Kazuko Tadano
Introduction  is a Japanese animator, character designer, illustrator and animation director. She's mostly known for her character design work for the first two seasons of the 1990s ''Sailor Moon'' anime series.
Career Tadano first worked on as an animation director for an episode of 1980s ''Saint Seiya'' anime. She then became a character designer for ''Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God'', and ''Crystal Triangle''.In the 1990s, after working on various episodes for ''Goldfish Warning! '', she then became a character designer for the first two seasons of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series (''Sailor Moon'' and ''Sailor Moon R''), she provided some animation direction for many episodes. She also provided the designs for its first movie, ''Sailor Moon R: The Movie''.From the late 1990s to 2000s, after ''Sailor Moon'', she designed the characters for ''Wedding Peach'', ''Petite Princess Yucie'', ''Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova'', ''Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake'', and ''Nobunagun''.In June 2018, it was announced that Tadano was chosen as a character designer for ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie'', a two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fourth season" of the ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'' anime series, adapting the ''Dream'' arc of the manga.In December 2019, both Tadano and her husband, Hiromi Matsushita, were chosen as character designers for the sixth spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' anime series, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens''. In December 2021, Tadano and Matsushita were chosen as character designers again for the seventh spin-off, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush''.In April 2022, it was announced that Tadano will design the characters for ''Sailor Moon Eternal'' sequel, titled ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie'', which will cover ''Stars'' arc of the manga, and will be released in 2023.
Personal life She married Hiromi Matsushita, who was also an animation director on ''Sailor Moon''.Her favorite hobbies are going to karaoke, traveling, and her dislikes are exercising (though she prefers to walk).
Works ===TV Anime=== Year  Show  Credit  Note 1985  ''Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God''  Character Design (Shinobu, Masato, Laura), Animation Director (eps. 4, 19, 24), Key Animation (eps. 2, 17)   1986  ''Saint Seiya''  Animation Director (eps. 65)  1989  ''Time Travel Tondekeman''  Key Animation (eps. 18), Sub-Character Design (eps. 1–5, 12, 24, 30, 33)  1991-1992  ''Goldfish Warning!'' Animation Director (eps. 14, 19, 25, 30, 35, 40, 43, 50)  1992-1993  ''Sailor Moon''  Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 6, 12, 17, 21, 28, 34, 39, 46)  1993-1994  ''Sailor Moon R''  Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 53, 58, 64, 69, 88), Key Animation (eps. 53)  1995-1996  ''Wedding Peach''  Character Design  2002-2003  ''Petite Princess Yucie''  Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (eps. 8, 25)  2003  ''The World of Narue''  Eyecatch Illustration  2004  ''Sgt. Frog''  Key Animation (eps. 58)  2007  ''Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor''  Character Design  Under the name of "KAZZ" 2011  ''Hunter x Hunter''  Key Animation (eps. 23, 31, 38, 45, 53, 75, 81)  2014  ''Nobunagun''  Character Design  Under the name "KAZZ-T" 2014-2015  ''Mysterious Joker''  Animation Director (eps. 13, 19, 24, 26)  2017  ''The Royal Tutor''  Chief Animation Director (eps. 3, 11–12)  2018  ''Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation''  Chief Animation Director  2020  ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens''  Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23), Key Animation (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23)  Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita 2020  ''Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2''  Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6)  2022  ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush''  Character Design  Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita===Anime Film===YearTitleCreditNote1983''Choro Q Dougram''Character design, Animation Director9 minute short film1993''Sailor Moon R: The Movie''Character Design, Animation Director2021''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie''Character Design, Chief Animation Director (Part 1)2-Part Film, Season 4 of ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' 2023''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie''Character Design2-Part film, Season 5 of ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' ===OVA (Original Video Animation)===YearTitleCreditNote1985''Vampire Hunter D''Key Animation1987''Crystal Triangle''Character Design1995''Graduation''Character Design1996-1997''Wedding Peach DX''Character Design2011''Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake''Character Design, Chief Animation Director
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