- Born
- Died
- Yoshihiro Nishimura was born on April 1, 1967 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), The ABCs of Death (2012) and Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017). He died on May 25, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Over-The-Top Story-lines and Characters
- Creating the "Gore Effect"
- Often casts _Eihi Shiina_, _Yukihide Benny_, _Maki Mizui_, _ Jiji Bu_.
- Is an original member of the Fundoshi Corps, along with Noboru Iguchi and Yukihiko Yamaguchi.
- Founder of Tokyo-based Nishimura Motion Picture Model Makers Group (Y.K. Nishimura Eizô), originally a special make-up effects company that later became involved in movie production.
- Meatball Machine (2005) became the international breakthrough movie of Yoshihiro Nishimura's career, as a result of the extensive coverage his special make-up effects work on it received from then-independent movie news website Twitch, beginning over a month before its premiere at the now-defunct Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival.
- Became interested in making models when he saw Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope as a child.
- Is an alumnus of Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in Shibuya, Tokyo.
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