Nizou Yamamoto
Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 27, 1953
Day of Death: August 19, 2023 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
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).
