Tensai Okamura

Biography

Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎, Okamura Tensai, December 13, 1961) is a Japanese anime director and animator born in Fukushima Prefecture and raised in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His real name is Yutaka Okamura (岡村 豊, Okamura Yutaka). He graduated from Waseda University department of science and engineering. In 1991, he began using the name Tensai Okamura.

Directed

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) — Director
2. Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) — Director
3. Memories (1995) — Director
4. Blue Exorcist (2011) — Director
5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997) — Director
6. Soul Eater (2008) — Director
7. Darker than Black (2007) — Director
8. My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024) — Director
9. Wolf's Rain (2003) — Director
10. Medabots (1999) — Director
11. EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² (1998) — Director
12. Revival of Evangelion (1998) — Director
13. Yawara! (1989) — Director
14. Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese (1989) — Director
15. Project Blue Earth SOS (2006) — Director
16. Renewal of Evangelion (2003) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Memories of Memories (2004) — Self