Kei Tsuchiya

Kei Tsuchiya
Japanese Name	土屋 圭
Profile
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animator Animation director Character Designer
Media
Anime Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

Kei Tsuchiya (土屋 圭, Tsuchiya Kei) is a Japanese animator credited as the sub-character designer for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean by David Production.

Tsuchiya is an animation director and character designer born in Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan. As a rookie animator, he joined Studio Biboo in 1983 where he worked on various mecha-related series like Mobile Suit Gundam. He eventually left Biboo to join Studio Gig alongside fellow industry veterans Shinichiro Minami and Masahiro Yamane.

Nowadays, Shino is well-known for his character designs in numerous animated series like Black Lagoon, Gungrave, No Guns Life, Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission, and Terra Formars. He is also notable for his idiosyncratic​ mech designs in shows like Brain Powerd and After War Gundam X. The package art for various Gundam models in the HGUC series are also drawn by Shino.

Credits

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
  • Key Animation: Episode 26
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Sub-Character Design