- Language
- Japanese
- Occupation
- Designer, Animator
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1964-05-27
- Hometown
- Tokyo, Japan
- Years active
- 1983
Hisashi Hirai
平井久司
Wiki (jp)
Hisashi Hirai is a Japanese animator, designer, illustrator and mangaka. He is best known for his character design work on Gundam SEED and the Fafner series.
Currently a freelancer. He began his career as an in-betweener for Nakamura Production and debuted in the 1983 TV series, Cat's Eye. He often worked on many outsourced episodes for Sunrise shows as a key animator and animation director.
In 1992 he would work on Dragon Slayer. An animated adaptation of the 1989 video game Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes by Nihon Falcom, his first major character design credit. Since then, he became more active as a character designer on numerous series. Most notably for Sunrise productions such as Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, and the aforementioned Gundam SEED series; which he had won the Character Design Prize for at the 3rd Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2004.
Hirai is also said to be a close friend of director Gorou Taniguchi.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Hisashi Hirai's name in other languages?
Hisashi Hirai is also known as 平井久司, 平井寿, H.H, Hisashi Hisashi (寿ひさし), Ryoutarou Haemi (南風見亮太郎).
When is Hisashi Hirai's birthday?
Hisashi Hirai was born on May 27, 1964.
How old is Hisashi Hirai?
Hisashi Hirai is 61 years old.
What is Hisashi Hirai's gender?
Hisashi Hirai is male.
What does Hisashi Hirai do?
Hisashi Hirai works as Designer, Animator.
What language does Hisashi Hirai voice in?
Hisashi Hirai performs in Japanese.
Where is Hisashi Hirai from?
Hisashi Hirai is from Tokyo, Japan.
