Kazuo Tsuburaya
- Production
- January 18, 1961 · 日本, 東京都
Biography
Kazuo Tsuburaya (円谷 一夫, Tsuburaya Kazuo) is a Japanese producer. As both the fourth and eighth president of Tsuburaya Productions, he oversaw the Ultraman Series for much of the Heisei era. Kazuo is the son of Noboru Tsuburaya and a grandson of Eiji Tsuburaya. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters of Tamagawa University, he joined Tsuburaya Productions as a sales manager in 1983. He became president in 1995 following his father's death, a position he held until his cousin Masahiro Tsuburaya took over in 2003. In 2007, he was reappointed as president, before becoming honorary chairman in 2008, and then retiring in 2009.
Known for
Filmography
- Superior Ultra 8 Brothers · Supervising Producer
- Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File · Creator
- Ultraman Mebius · Production Supervisor
- Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession · Executive producer
- Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth · Executive producer
- Ultraman Max · Producer, Production Supervisor
- Ultraman Nexus · Production Supervisor
- New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE · Producer
- Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle · Supervising Producer
- New Century Ultraman Legend · Producer
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet · Executive producer
- Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact · Executive producer
- Ultraman Cosmos · Executive producer
- Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro · Executive producer
- Ultraman Neos · Producer
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey · Executive producer
- Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace · Executive producer
- Ultraman Gaia · Executive producer
- Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation · Executive producer
- Ultraman Dyna · Executive producer
- Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow · Producer
- Ultraman Tiga · Executive producer
- Ultraman Zearth · Producer
- Ultraman Company · Producer
- Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero · Producer
- Gridman the Hyper Agent · Producer