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name: "Kazuya Tsurumaki"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "2 February 1966"
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updated: "2026-09-16T23:23:41.620667+00:00"
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# Kazuya Tsurumaki

Director. Born 2 February 1966 in Gosen, Niigata, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 2 February 1966, Gosen, Niigata, Japan
- **Also known as:** 鶴巻 和哉

## Biography

Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻 和哉) is a Japanese anime director and animator. Born on 2 February 1966 in Gosen, Niigata, he trained as an animator and joined Gainax in the early 1990s.

He served as assistant director on the television series *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995) under Hideaki Anno, contributing storyboards and episode direction. Tsurumaki later directed the OVA series *FLCL* (2000) and *Aim for the Top 2! Diebuster* (2004), and worked as a director on the *Rebuild of Evangelion* film series (2007–2021). He has also directed *The Dragon Dentist* (2017) and serves as series director on *Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, evangelion.fandom.com, khara.co.jp.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/neon-genesis-evangelion.md)

## Also known for

- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion* (1997), Second Unit Director
- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Storyboard
- *Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone* (2007), Director
- *Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance* (2009), Director
- *Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time* (2021), Director
- *Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo* (2012), Director
- *Berserk* (1997), Director
- *Kill la Kill* (2013), Director

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