Yosuke Nakano

Yosuke Nakano Born August 8, 1971 Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan Occupation Director, writer, artist First work Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) Notable work Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Yosuke Nakano (中野 陽介,   Nakano Yōsuke), known professionally as Yoo★Nakano (なかの★陽,   Nakano Yō), is a Japanese director, writer, and artist. After graduating from the Tokyo Institute of Visual Arts, Nakano joined Toho Eizo Bijutsu in 1993 as an assistant director to Koichi Kawakita for the then-upcoming Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. He continued to work in this capacity, as well as drawing storyboards and concept art, for Toho Pictures' next five kaiju films. He has since worked as a director and storyboardist for various tokusatsu and anime films and television series.

Selected filmography

• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) - Assistant special effects director [with Yoshiaki Kondo]
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) - Assistant special effects director [with Yoshiaki Kondo] / storyboardist [uncredited]
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Assistant special effects director [with Yoshiaki Kondo, Hideki Oka] / storyboardist [uncredited]
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) - Assistant special effects director [with Yoshiaki Kondo, Akira Kanbe] / storyboardist [uncredited]
• Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996-1997) - Assistant director [episodes 38-39; uncredited]
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996) - Assistant special effects director [with Yoshiaki Kondo, Satoshi Imai, Yoko Sakai] / storyboardist [uncredited]
• Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) - Assistant special effects director [with Satoshi Imai, Hiroshi Okamoto] / storyboardist [uncredited]
• Ultraman Tiga: Revival of the Ancient Giant (2001) - Assistant director [with Taikan Higurashi, Masayasu Yasuhara, Hidetaka Matsuoka, Ryoichi Ito, Kayo Izumi]
• Ultraman Cosmos (TV 2001-2002) - Storyboardist [episodes 23, 27-28, 33-34, 37-38, 41-42, 45-46, 49-50, 53-54, 59-60, 65; as Yoo☆Nakano]
• The Gransazers (TV 2003-2004) - Storyboardist [only credited on episode 1; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman Ginga S (TV 2014) - Storyboardist [episode 6; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Gunbot (TV 2014) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-4; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman X (TV 2015) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 21-22; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (TV 2015) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-3; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman X the Movie (2016) - Storyboardist [with Shinji Nishikawa, Tomoshige Ichikawa, Kazuki Hayashitani; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman Orb (TV 2016) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-3, 9-10, 16-17, 24-25; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman Orb the Movie (2017) - Storyboardist [with Toshiki Hirano, Kiyotaka Taguchi; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman Geed (TV 2017) - Storyboardist [episodes 5-6, 20-21; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman R/B (TV 2018) - Storyboardist [episodes 1, 5, 8-9, 13-15, 18-19, 25; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman Z (TV 2020) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-2, 5, 9, 15-16, 24-25; as Yoo★Nakano]
• Ultraman: A New Power of Singapore (web 2021) - Storyboardist [episodes 1-3; as Yoo★Nakano]

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