Kazuo Tsuburaya
Producer, Writer, Actor
January 18, 1961 (65 years)
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.
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
| 2002 | Ultraman Cosmos: The Blue Planet · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ultraman Cosmos · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Ultraman NeosOn Plex |
| 2000 | Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Ultraman Gaia · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1998 | Ultra Nyan 2: Happî Daisakusen · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Ultraman Dyna · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Ultra Nyan: Extraordinary Cat who Descended from the Starry Sky · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Ultraman Tiga · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | |
| 1993 |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 |
| 1998 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters · as Interviewee |
| 2008 | Superior 8 Ultra Brothers · as Supervising Producer |
| 2006 | Ultraman Mebius · as Production SupervisorOn Plex |
| 2005 | Ultraman Max · as Production Supervisor |
| 2004 | Ultraman Nexus · as Production Supervisor |
| 2003 | Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle · as Supervising Producer |