Minoru Yoshida

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

Minoru Yoshida (吉田 穣 (みのる),   Yoshida Minoru), sometimes erroneously called Yuzuru Yoshida 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

• Mothra vs. Bagan (1990) - Design works [unmade]
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - Design works [uncredited]
• Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth (1991) - Design works [unmade]
• Godzilla vs. Gigamoth (1992) - Design works [unmade]
• Ultraman: Towards the Future (TV 1992) - Monster design [as Joh Yoshida]
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Design works [with Hidemi Miyata, Atsuhiko Sugita, Kunio Aoi, Kazuo Sumiya, Shinji Nishikawa]
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Kunio Aoi, Naoshi Yasui, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hidemi Miyata]
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Atsuhiko Sugita, Hideo Okamoto, Yuji Sakai, Hiroshi Sagae]
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Ryu Hariken]
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Satoshi Imai, Hideo Okamoto, Hideki Oka]
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Hideki Oka, Ryu Hariken]
• Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Hideo Okamoto, Takayuki Sakai, Ryu Hariken]
• The Justirisers (2004-2005) - Design works [uncredited; with Shinji Nishikawa, Naoki Ogiwara, Kazusa Masaki, Daisuke Nakamura]
• Super Fleet Sazer-X (TV 2005-2006) - Design works [with Shinji Nishikawa, Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki]
• Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) - Design [with Futoshi Nagata, Kazusa Masaki]

Selected video games

• Super Godzilla (1993) - Original monster design
• Godzilla Movie Studio Tour (1996) - Bagan, Gigamoth designer / Dogolas designer [uncredited]

Selected bibliography

• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Completion (2017) - Interviewee
• Godziban Book (2022) - Interviewee

Designed monsters

• Mothra, Bagan (Mothra vs. Bagan)
• Dorat (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah) [partially]
• Gigamoth C Type (Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth) [scrapped]
• Gigamoth (Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth, Godzilla vs. Gigamoth) [scrapped]
• Battra (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
• Gudis, Bogun, Gazebo, Gigasaurus, Kilazee (Ultraman: Towards the Future)
• Super Godzilla (Super Godzilla)
• Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II)
• SpaceGodzilla, MOGUERA (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
• Destoroyah (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
• Dogolas (Godzilla Movie Studio Tour)
• Desghidorah, Garugaru (Rebirth of Mothra)
• AquaMothra, Dagahra, Garugaru II, Barem (Rebirth of Mothra 2)
• Dr. Zora, Morguiless, Gildros, Armorgunner, Rhinoslave (The Justirisers)
• Reizaus, Bardres, Bigstag, Graptor, Deathber, Gord, Dilos, Dark Geran (Super Fleet Sazer-X)
• Mammoth Boscheat (Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie)

Gallery

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  Yoshida in an interview for Rebirth of Mothra

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  Yoshida's signature

See also

• Shinji Nishikawa

References

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Bibliography

• Maruyama, Takeshi; Taketomi, Gentaro; Yamazaki, Gigan; Akita, Hideo; Toyota, Tomohisa; Nakano, Yoo; Nishikawa, Shinji (22 February 2021). Ultra Star God Series Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-2337-5.

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