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|name        =Minoru Yoshida
|name        =Minoru Yoshida
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|image        =Minoru Yoshida Godziban Book.png
|caption      =Yoshida's signature
|caption      =Minoru Yoshida circa 2022
|first        =''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' (1990)
|birthday      =1959
|birthplace    =Chiba, [[Japan]]<ref name="GvDCompletion">{{cite book|title=[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Completion]]|date=9 December 2017|publisher=Hobby Japan|page=37|isbn=978-4798615813}}</ref>
|first        =''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
|notable      =''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
|notable      =''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
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'''Minoru Yoshida''' {{Nihongo|吉田穣|Yoshida Minoru}} is a [[Japan]]ese artist. Yoshida has worked as a designer on the majority of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] films, starting with the unmade ''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' in 1990.
'''Minoru Yoshida''' {{Nihongo|吉田 {{ruby|穣|みのる}}|Yoshida Minoru}},<ref name="GvDCompletion"/> sometimes erroneously called '''Yuzuru Yoshida'''<ref name="Yuzuru">{{Cite web|url=https://viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def502000652c2d75c177305abbef432d39034fde460ff2f1ee50c7fa86553be3cbb8215e523bbc7d8cda4323c8ccd5ca5a20c24596ae7f8d128f0cd5c7eb2c7511226a72a92ba3207869b2f053ba84099b3863496bed951b9f93c538a6c3f99e83da1a712fec1e21e7ff0cb6f64ce4f542fcb5e7c13e170c7590c5b1c39b4641cd394273747d06f89aa971689ad40d84a44ee7b43fad45200|title=''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (ゴジラＶＳモスラ)|work=[[Toho]]|accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> and '''Joh Yoshida''', is a [[Japan]]ese artist. Yoshida has worked as a designer on the majority of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films, starting with the unmade ''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' in 1990. He is credited as having designed such monsters as [[Battra]], the [[Mechagodzilla (Heisei)|Heisei Mechagodzilla]], [[SpaceGodzilla]], [[Destoroyah]] and more.
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==Selected Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' (1990) [unmade]
*''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'' (1990) - Design works [unmade]
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - Design works [uncredited]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1992) [unmade]
*''[[Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1991) - Design works [unmade]
*''[[Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1992) [unmade]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'' (1992) - Design works [unmade]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future|Ultraman: Towards the Future]]'' (TV 1992)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future|Ultraman: Towards the Future]]'' (TV 1992) - Monster design [as Joh Yoshida]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - Design works [with [[Ryu Hariken|Hidemi Miyata]], Atsuhiko Sugita, Kunio Aoi, Kazuo Sumiya, [[Shinji Nishikawa]]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Kunio Aoi, Naoshi Yasui, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hidemi Miyata]
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hideo Okamoto, [[Yuji Sakai]], Hiroshi Sagae]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Satoshi Imai, Hideo Okamoto, Hideki Oka]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Hideki Oka, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'' (1997)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Ryu Hariken]
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006)
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (2004-2005) - Design works [uncredited; with Shinji Nishikawa, Naoki Ogiwara, Kazusa Masaki, Daisuke Nakamura]
==Designed Monsters==
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki]
*[[Mothra/Heisei|Mothra]] (''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'')
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005) - Design [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki]
*[[Bagan]] (Design A/Design B)
==Selected video games==
*[[Dorat]] (partially)
*''[[Super Godzilla]]'' (1993) - Original monster design
*[[Archaeopteryx]]
*''[[Godzilla Movie Studio Tour]]'' (1996) - Bagan, Gigamoth designer / Dogolas designer [uncredited]
*[[Battra]]/[[Gigamoth]]
==Selected bibliography==
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gudis|Gudis]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Completion]]'' (2017) - Interviewee
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Bogun|Bogun]]
*''[[Godziban Book]]'' (2022) - Interviewee
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gazebo|Gazebo]]
==Designed monsters==
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gigasaurus|Gigasaurus]]
*[[Mothra (Godzilla vs. Mothra)|Mothra]], [[Bagan]] (''[[Mothra vs. Bagan]]'')
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kilazee|Kilazee]]
*[[Dorat]] (''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'') [partially]
*[[Super Godzilla]]
*[[Gigamoth C Type]] (''[[Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'') [scrapped]
*[[Mechagodzilla/Heisei|Mechagodzilla (''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'')]]
*[[Gigamoth]] (''[[Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'', ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigamoth]]'') [scrapped]
*[[SpaceGodzilla]]
*[[Battra]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'')
*[[MOGUERA]]
*[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gudis|Gudis]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Bogun|Bogun]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gazebo|Gazebo]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Gigasaurus|Gigasaurus]], [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kilazee|Kilazee]] (''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future|Ultraman: Towards the Future]]'')
*[[Destoroyah]]
*[[Super Godzilla (monster)|Super Godzilla]] (''[[Super Godzilla]]'')
*[[Dogolas]]
*[[Mechagodzilla (Heisei)|Mechagodzilla]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'')
==See Also==
*[[SpaceGodzilla]], [[Moguera|MOGUERA]] (''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'')
*[[Destoroyah]] (''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'')
*[[Dogolas]] (''[[Godzilla Movie Studio Tour]]'')
*[[Desghidorah]], [[Garugaru]] (''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'')
*[[Mothra Leo|AquaMothra]],<ref group="note">With [[Hideo Okamoto]] and [[Ryu Hariken]].</ref> [[Dagahra]], [[Garugaru|Garugaru II]], [[Barem]] (''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'')
*[[Dr. Zora]], [[Morguiless]], [[Gildros]], [[Armorgunner]], [[Rhinoslave]] (''[[The Justirisers]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|p=85}}
*[[Reizaus]], [[Bardres]], [[Bigstag]], [[Graptor]], [[Deathber]], [[Gord]], [[Dilos]], [[Dark Geran]] (''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|pp=86-87}}
*[[Mammoth Boscheat]] (''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]''){{sfn|Maruyama et al.|2021|p=87}}
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Minoru Yoshida ROM1 interview.jpg|Yoshida in an interview for ''Rebirth of Mothra''
Minoru Yoshida signature.png|Yoshida's signature
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Shinji Nishikawa]]
*[[Shinji Nishikawa]]
==External Links==
==Notes==
*[https://www.toho.co.jp/library/system/people/?23941 Toho.co.jp page.]
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==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|title=[[Ultra Star God Series Completion]]
|last=Maruyama|first=Takeshi
|last2=Taketomi|first2=Gentaro
|last3=Yamazaki|first3=Gigan
|last4=Akita|first4=Hideo
|last5=Toyota|first5=Tomohisa
|last6=Nakano|first6=Yoo|author-link6=Yosuke Nakano
|last7=Nishikawa|first7=Shinji|author-link7=Shinji Nishikawa
|date=22 February 2021|publisher=Hobby Japan|isbn=978-4-7986-2337-5|ref={{harvid|Maruyama et al.|2021}}}}
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 19 May 2023

Minoru Yoshida
Minoru Yoshida circa 2022
Born 1959
Chiba, Japan[1]
First work Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Notable work Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

Minoru Yoshida (吉田 穣 (みのる),   Yoshida Minoru),[1] sometimes erroneously called Yuzuru Yoshida[2] and Joh Yoshida, is a Japanese artist. Yoshida has worked as a designer on the majority of the Heisei Godzilla films, starting with the unmade Mothra vs. Bagan in 1990. He is credited as having designed such monsters as Battra, the Heisei Mechagodzilla, SpaceGodzilla, Destoroyah and more.

Selected filmography

Selected video games

Selected bibliography

Designed monsters

Gallery

  • Yoshida in an interview for Rebirth of Mothra

    Yoshida in an interview for Rebirth of Mothra

  • Yoshida's signature

    Yoshida's signature

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ With Hideo Okamoto and Ryu Hariken.

References

This is a list of references for Minoru Yoshida. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Completion. Hobby Japan. 9 December 2017. p. 37. ISBN 978-4798615813.
  2. ↑ "Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラＶＳモスラ)". Toho. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Maruyama et al. 2021, p. 85.
  4. ↑ Maruyama et al. 2021, pp. 86-87.
  5. ↑ Maruyama et al. 2021, p. 87.

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