Tetsuya Nishio
Aichi, Japan

Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也, Nishio Tetsuya, born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. He began his career in 1988 as an inbetween animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun. He was affiliated with Studio Pierrot before joining Production I.G.

He is considered one of the "Three Gods of IG" along with Hiroyuki Okiura and Kazuchika Kise and was rewarded the Best Character Design Award at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards in 2009 for his outstanding work on Sky Crawlers, where he designed the characters and was key animation supervisor.

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Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto (2022)
Supervising Animation Director | Key Animation
The Deer King (2021)
Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
Key Animation
Napping Princess (2017)
Key Animation
Dou kyu sei – Classmates (2016)
Key Animation
Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
Character Designer | Supervising Animation Director | Animation Director | Key Animation
Miss Hokusai (2015)
Key Animation
The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
Supervising Animation Director | Animation Director | Key Animation | Character Designer
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
Key Animation
Giovanni's Island (2014)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers (2013)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)
Animation Director | Character Designer | Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
Key Animation
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
Character Designer
Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
Key Animation
A Letter to Momo (2012)
Key Animation
Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru! (2011)
Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
Character Designer
Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
Character Designer
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
Key Animation
Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It! (2010)
Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
Character Designer | Opening/Ending Animation
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)
Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
Opening/Ending Animation | Character Designer | Key Animation
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Animation Director | Character Designer | Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008)
Character Designer | Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
Character Designer | Production Illustrator
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
Character Designer | Storyboard Artist
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
Key Animation | Character Designer
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Character Designer | Animation Director
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
Character Designer
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
Character Designer | Animation Director | Key Animation
Space Station No.9 (2005)
Key Animation
Oval x Over (2005)
Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
Key Animation | Character Designer
Steamboy (2004)
Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Character Designer | Supervising Animator | Key Animation
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003)
Character Designer
Millennium Actress (2002)
Key Animation
The Cat Returns (2002)
Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Opening/Ending Animation
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Key Animation
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
Character Designer | Animation Director | Key Animation
Virtua Fighter: Costomize Clip (1996)
Key Animation
Ninku the Movie (1995)
Animation Director
Ninku: Tomb of Knives (1994)
Character Designer | Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report (1994)
Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal (1993)
Key Animation