Kazuto Nakazawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kazuto Nakazawa

Japanese anime director

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1968

Place of Birth: Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Profession: animator, illustrator, film director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Kazuto Nakazawa (?? ??, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (? ??, Tsuji Takeshi).
His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond.
He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director.
In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings.
Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story".
He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006.
He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit."