birthdate: '1901-07-07'
birthplace: Sukagawa Town, Iwase District (currently Iwase City), Fukushima Prefecture,
  Japan
deathdate: '1970-01-25'
discography:
- catalog: MB-136
  date: '1966'
  link: album/115452
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Production
  titles:
    en: 'Victor Music Book Ultra Q: Garamon no Gyakushu'
    ja: ビクターミュージックブック ウルトラQ ガラモンの逆襲
    ja-latn: 'Victor Music Book Ultra Q: Garamon no Gyakushu'
  type: toku
- catalog: MB-141
  date: '1966'
  link: album/123966
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Production
  titles:
    en: 'Victor Music Book Ultra Q: Kaitei Gengin Ragon'
    ja: ビクターミュージックブック ウルトラQ 海底原人ラゴン
    ja-latn: 'Victor Music Book Ultra Q: Kaitei Gengin Ragon'
  type: toku
- catalog: M-33
  date: 1966-01
  link: album/111179
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Supervisor
  titles:
    en: Asahi Sonorama Ultra Q
    ja: 朝日ソノラマ ウルトラQ
    ja-latn: Asahi Sonorama Ultra Q
  type: toku
- catalog: CS-7190
  date: 1980-05
  link: album/146781
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Special Effects Director
  titles:
    en: Super Kaijuu Godzilla Eiga Series 1 Kaijuuou Godzilla
    ja: スーパー怪獣ゴジラ映画シリーズ1 怪獣王ゴジラ
    ja-latn: Super Kaijuu Godzilla Eiga Series 1 Kaijuuou Godzilla
  type: toku
- catalog: K18G-7191~2
  date: '1984-05-21'
  link: album/134910
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Special Effects
  titles:
    en: GODZILLA
    ja: <完全収録ドラマ編シリーズ> GODZILLA(ゴジラ) ドラマ編
    ja-latn: <Kanzen Shuuroku Drama-hen Series> GODZILLA Drama-hen
  type: toku
- catalog: K18G-7213~2
  date: '1984-09-21'
  link: album/127678
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Special Effects Director
  titles:
    en: MONSTER-ZERO
    ja: 完全収録ドラマ編シリーズ 怪獣大戦争
    ja-latn: Kanzen Shuurokuban Drama-hen Series Kaiju Daisensou
  type: toku
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Jul 7, 1901
  Birthplace: Sukagawa Town, Iwase District (currently Iwase City), Fukushima Prefecture,
    Japan
  Credited works: 6 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 2 production
  - 2 special effects director
  - 1 supervisor
  - 1 special effects
  Education: Kanda Denki School (currently Tokyo Denki University)
  Organizations: &id001
  - link: org/4270
    names:
      en: Tsuburaya Productions Co., Ltd.
      ja: 株式会社円谷プロダクション
link: artist/71211
meta:
  added_date: 2025-04-16T22:51
  edited_date: 2025-04-17T11:33
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T08:28
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 164
name: Eiji Tsuburaya
name_real: 円谷 英二
name_trans: つぶらや えいじ
notes: 'Late Japanese tokusatsu (special effects) director, film director, cinematographer
  & inventor, considered the "father of tokusatsu."

  Founder and first president of Tsuburaya Visual Effects Productions, currently known
  as Tsuburaya Productions.

  His real name was Eiichi Tsuburaya [圓谷英一].

  His sons were second and third Tsuburaya president Hajime and Noboru Tsuburaya,
  and his granddaughter is Hitomi Tsuburaya.

  Passed away due to angina pectoris at age 68.'
organizations: *id001
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/11/71211/71211-1744872764.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/11/71211/71211-1744872764.jpg
sex: male
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/71211?perpage=99999
websites:
  Official: []
  Reference: []
