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|name            =Yoshio Suzuki
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|image            =Yoshio Suzuki.png
|occupation      =Artist, modeler, cinematographer, art director, {{small|special effects art director}}
|caption          =Yoshio Suzuki in the "Godzilla's Creation! Yoshio Suzuki" Godzilla Raids Again Blu-ray special feature
|occupation      =Production designer
|birthday        =1935
|birthday        =1935
|birthplace      =[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|first            =[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'' (1954)]]
|first            =[[Godzilla (1954 film)|''Godzilla'']] (1954)
|notable          =''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968)
|notable          =''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968)
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'''Yoshio Suzuki''' {{Nihongo|鈴木儀雄|Suzuki Yoshio}} is a [[Japan]]ese artist, modeler, cinematographer and production designer.
'''Yoshio Suzuki''' {{Nihongo|鈴木 儀雄|Suzuki Yoshio}} is a former [[Japan]]ese production designer. Beginning his career as a part-time modeler on ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) and ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955), Suzuki worked as an assistant in the camera and art departments at [[Toho]] for a time. In [[1968]], he was hired by [[Tsuburaya Productions]] to work as the drama-unit production designer of their tokusatsu television shows, beginning with ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]''. His duties included creating character and weapon designs, most famously designing [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace|Ultraman Ace]] and [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo|Ultraman Leo]] as well as numerous [[kaiju]].


Suzuki began his career as a part-time modeling assistant to [[Eizo Kaimai]] on ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' and ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'', but sought to move away from special effects so that he could become a director. He worked for a time as an assistant cinematographer and art director for [[Toho]], and was hired by [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] to work on [[Tsuburaya Productions|his company]]'s tokusatsu television shows, starting with 1968's ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]''. He would also go on to serve as a frequent character designer on several entries of the Ultra series in the 1970's, most notably creating the designs of [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace|Ultraman Ace]] and [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo|Leo]]. Suzuki planned, designed, and performed in theme parks between the 80s and 90s, such as the Tokyo Disneyland, and was recruited to create miniature sets for ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' in 1995. Overseas, he provided special art direction on the South and North Korean films ''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' and ''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'', respectively, also creating character and weapon designs for the latter. Though seemingly retired from film, Suzuki has since made appearances at tokusatsu and art events across Japan.
Suzuki was also given sporadic work at Toho through the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, when he oversaw the production design for [[Takao Okawara]]'s ''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) and ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995). Outside of Japan, he joined several former and then-current Toho personnel on the South Korean film ''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) and North Korean film ''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'' (1985), working as special effects production designer under directors [[Sadamasa Arikawa]] and [[Teruyoshi Nakano]], respectively.
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==Selected Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Assistant modeler===
===Assistant modeler===
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) [uncredited]
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) [uncredited]
===Assistant cinematographer===
===Assistant cinematographer===
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959)
*''[[wikipedia:Monkey Sun|Monkey Sun]]'' (1959) [uncredited]
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959) [uncredited]
===Assistant art director===
*''[[wikipedia:The Lost World of Sinbad|Samurai Pirate]]'' (1963) [uncredited]
*''[[jawp:奇巌城の冒険|The Adventures of Takla Makan]]'' (1966) [uncredited]
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974) [uncredited]
===Art director===
===Art director===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episodes TBA]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Fight! Mighty Jack|Fight! Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Fight! Mighty Jack|Fight! Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episodes TBA]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [all episodes]
*''[[wikipedia:Horror Theater Unbalance|Horror Theater Unbalance]]'' (TV 1973)
*''[[wikipedia:Horror Theater Unbalance|The Unbalance Zone]]'' (TV 1973) [episodes TBA]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [all episodes]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo (series)|Ultraman Leo]]'' (TV 1974-1975)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo (series)|Ultraman Leo]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [all episodes]
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
===Assistant art director===
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
===Special effects art director===
===Special effects art director===
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1978)
*''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'' (1985)
*''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'' (1985)
==Gallery==
===Interviewee===
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*"Godzilla's Creation! Yoshio Suzuki" [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Toho Video]] ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' Blu-ray special feature (2014)
Yoshio Suzuki speaking.jpg|Suzuki speaking at an event in 2014
{{Real People|tab=Artist}}
</gallery>
{{Real People}}
{{Comments}}
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 9 August 2023

Yoshio Suzuki
Yoshio Suzuki in the "Godzilla's Creation! Yoshio Suzuki" Godzilla Raids Again Blu-ray special feature
Born 1935
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Production designer
First work Godzilla (1954)
Notable work Mighty Jack (TV 1968)
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Yoshio Suzuki (鈴木 儀雄,   Suzuki Yoshio) is a former Japanese production designer. Beginning his career as a part-time modeler on Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla Raids Again (1955), Suzuki worked as an assistant in the camera and art departments at Toho for a time. In 1968, he was hired by Tsuburaya Productions to work as the drama-unit production designer of their tokusatsu television shows, beginning with Mighty Jack. His duties included creating character and weapon designs, most famously designing Ultraman Ace and Ultraman Leo as well as numerous kaiju.

Suzuki was also given sporadic work at Toho through the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, when he oversaw the production design for Takao Okawara's Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). Outside of Japan, he joined several former and then-current Toho personnel on the South Korean film The Mighty Peking Man (1977) and North Korean film Pulgasari (1985), working as special effects production designer under directors Sadamasa Arikawa and Teruyoshi Nakano, respectively.

Selected filmography

Assistant modeler

Assistant cinematographer

Assistant art director

Art director

Special effects art director

Interviewee

Staff members
 
Directors
Drama directors
Adam Wingard • Daisuke Sato • Ernest Schoedsack • Eugène Lourié • Gareth Edwards • Hideaki Anno • Hirochika Muraishi • Hiroto Yokokawa • Hiroyuki Seshita • Ishiro Honda • John Guillermin • Jordan Vogt-Roberts • Jun Fukuda • Kazuhiro Nakagawa • Kazuki Omori • Kensho Yamashita • Kimiyoshi Yasuda • Kiyotaka Taguchi‎‎ • Kobun Shizuno • Koji Hashimoto • Kunio Miyoshi • Masaaki Hisamatsu • Masaaki Tezuka • Masaji Nonagase • Merian C. Cooper • Michael Dougherty • Minoru Kawasaki • Motoyoshi Oda • Noriaki Yuasa • Okihiro Yoneda • Peter Jackson • Roland Emmerich • Ryuhei Kitamura • Ryuichi Ichino • Shinji Higuchi • Shinpei Hayashiya • Shizuo Nakajima • Shusuke Kaneko • Takao Okawara • Takashi Miike • Takashi Yamazaki • Takeshi Yagi • Takuya Uenishi • Tomoo Haraguchi • Tokuzo Tanaka • Willis O'Brien • Yoshikazu Ishii • Yoshimitsu Banno • Yusuke Ishida
Effects directors
Assistant directors
 
Artists
Production designers
Illustrators
Propmakers

 
 
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