Known for
Art
Credits
32
Gender
Man
Birthday
Jun 27, 1953
Day of death
Aug 19, 2023 (70)
Place of birth
Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
Also known as
Ямамото Нидзо
山本二三
Nizô Yamamoto
Nizo Yamamoto
Nizou Yamamoto
Biography
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
Known for
Credits