---
name: "Naohisa Inoue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/naohisa-inoue"
fi1m_id: "naohisa-inoue"
imdb_id: "nm1815864"
tmdb_id: 87623
wikidata_id: "Q3117944"
roles: ["Background designer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-18T10:45:53.250892+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Naohisa Inoue

## Identity

Naohisa Inoue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/naohisa-inoue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** naohisa-inoue
- **IMDb ID:** nm1815864
- **TMDB ID:** 87623
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3117944
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naohisa_Inoue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3117944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1815864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87623

Background designer. Born 1 January 1948 in Osaka.

## Details

- **Work:** Background designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Osaka
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naohisa_Inoue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3117944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1815864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87623

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Whisper of the Heart*](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) (82)

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## Biography

Naohisa Inoue is a Japanese fantasy artist and painter born in 1948 in Osaka. He graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1971 and worked as a graphic designer and high school art teacher until 1992, after which he became a freelance artist. He is a professor at Seian University of Art and Design.

Inoue is best known for his paintings depicting the fantastical world of Iblard. He created reference and background art for the Studio Ghibli film *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), in which he also provided the voice of the Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi. He directed the 2007 Studio Ghibli OVA *Iblard Jikan* (*Iblard Time*), which animates elements of his paintings.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ghibli.fandom.com, nausicaa.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Iblard Time* (2007), Director, Writer, Screenplay, Author
- *The Day I Bought a Star* (2006), Story
- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), as Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi (voice) · Background Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

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