Yasushi Nirasawa

Yasushi Nirasawa (韮沢 靖, Nirasawa Yasushi, August 26, 1963-) is a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and model maker born in Tochio, Niigata Prefecture. His first works were as the conceptual artist for the film Space Truckers and the set design of Vampire Hunter D. He is also credited for designing the Phantoms in "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within". His more known works are the character designs for the Undead for the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Blade. He was then brought onto the Godzilla: Final Wars team to design Gigan and the X Aliens featured in the film. He also designed the Horrors of GARO, the Worms of Kamen Rider Kabuto, and the Imagin of Kamen Rider Den-O. In 2009, he was brought onto the productions of Kamen Rider Decade, the Cho-Den-O Series, and Kamen Rider G in designing the Paradoxa Undead, the Alligator Imagin, the villains Goludora and Shilubara, and the Phylloxera Worm, respectively. His designs for the various Kamen Rider Series productions are published in UNDEAD GREEN BLOOD, GITAI, and SAY YOUR WISH.

References

• Official website (Japanese)
• Yasushi Nirasawa Undead Works
• Yasushi Nirasawa Worm Works
• Yasushi Nirasawa Imagin Works