Kenji Suzuki

Kenji Suzuki Born July 9, 1957 Ibaraki, Japan Occupation Special effects director, director First work Monkey (TV 1978) Notable work Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

Kenji Suzuki (鈴木 健二,   Suzuki Kenji) is a Japanese director. Suzuki took over as special effects director at Toho after Koichi Kawakita's retirement before himself stepping down after Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects director

• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981)
• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)

1st assistant director

• Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986)
• Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994)

1st assistant special effects director

• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997)

Director of special effects

• Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Ultraman Cosmos (TV 2001-2002) [episodes 37-38, 49-50, 61-62]
• Ultraman Max (TV 2005-2006) [episodes 1-2, 5, 13-14, 21, 23, 25-26, 35-37]
• Ultraman Mebius (TV 2006-2007) [episodes 11-12, 19-20, 29-30, 41-42]

Director

• The Gransazers (TV 2003-2004) [episodes 3-4, 7-8, 11-12, 17-18, 26-27, 31-32, 38-39, 44-45]
• The Justirisers (TV 2004-2005) [episodes 41-42]
• Ultraseven X (TV 2007) [episodes 3-5]
• Ultraman Mebius (TV 2006-2007) [episodes 11-12]
• Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Armored Darkness (2008) [stock footage]
• Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019)

Actor

• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as Maser Cannon pilot

Gallery

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  Kenji Suzuki with Godzilla

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  Kenji Suzuki with Masaaki Tezuka, Godzilla, and Megaguirus on the Shibuya set of Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

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