Animator

Ryuu Nakayama

AnimatorDirector

Native: 中山竜
Language: Japanese
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Born: Feb 10, 1990
Years active: 2010–present

Founder and CEO of studio Andraft.

Also Co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors at Aurora Animation, established in 2025 together with Starry Cube and Yoyogi Animation Academy.

Credits

500 works

8.4Anime

Storyboard (ep 19)

JUJUTSU KAISEN

2020 · TV

8.4Anime

2nd Key Animation (OP1)

JUJUTSU KAISEN

2020 · TV

8.4Anime

Key Animation (ep 1)

JUJUTSU KAISEN

2020 · TV

8.4Anime

Episode Director (ep 19)

JUJUTSU KAISEN

2020 · TV

8.3Anime

Key Animation (ep 2)

One-Punch Man

2015 · TV

8.3Anime

Storyboard (PV, eps 1, 7, 12)

Chainsaw Man

2022 · TV

8.3Anime

Key Animation (PV, OP, eps 1, 12)

Chainsaw Man

2022 · TV

8.3Anime

Episode Director (PV, eps 1, 12)

Chainsaw Man

2022 · TV

8.3Anime

Director

Chainsaw Man

2022 · TV

7.9Anime

Animation Director (ED1)

Black Clover

2017 · TV

7.9Anime

Key Animation (OP6, eps 37, 84, 151)

Black Clover

2017 · TV

7.9Anime

Episode Director (ED1)

Black Clover

2017 · TV

7.9Anime

Storyboard (ED1)

Black Clover

2017 · TV

7.7Anime

Key Animation (OP)

No Game, No Life

2014 · TV

7.6Anime

Storyboard (ep 16)

The Rising of the Shield Hero

2019 · TV

7.6Anime

Episode Director (ep 16)

The Rising of the Shield Hero

2019 · TV

7.6Anime

Key Animation (ep 16)

The Rising of the Shield Hero

2019 · TV

7.6Anime

Script (ep 16)

The Rising of the Shield Hero

2019 · TV

8.3Anime

Key Animation

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

2021 · Movie

7.9Anime

Key Animation (ep 18)

Kill la Kill

2013 · TV

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

7.4Anime

Action Animation Director

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

2017 · Movie

6.0Anime

Key Animation (ep 11)

Eromanga Sensei

2017 · TV

7.9Anime

Key Animation (ep 6)

Nisemonogatari

2012 · TV

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

7.8Anime

Key Animation (ep 8)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

2024 · TV