Akira Tsuburaya

Akira Tsuburaya
円谷 粲
Tsuburaya, c. 1965
Born	(1944-02-12) February 12, 1944 (age 80) Tokyo, Japan[1]
Alma mater	Tamagawa University[2]
Occupation(s)	Film and television producer
Years active	1965–2006
Children	Yūko Tsuburaya [ja]
Parents	Eiji Tsuburaya (father) Masano Araki (mother)
Japanese name
Kanji	円谷 粲
Kana	つぶらや あきら[1]
Transcriptions Romanization Tsuburaya Akira

Akira Tsuburaya (円谷 粲（あきら）, Tsuburaya Akira, born February 12, 1944) is a former Japanese film and television producer. The third son of special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, he began his career at his father's company Tsuburaya Productions while at Tamagawa University in 1966.^[2] Tsuburaya had an extremely prolific five-decade career in film and television, during which he worked on over 80 productions.