Sailor Moon
美少女戦士セーラームーン
- Character Designer1992–93 TV series (first series, 46 episodes); credited as キャラクターデザイン (character design), listed as 只野和子（スタジオライブ）[1]
About
Kazuko Tadano is an animator, character designer and illustrator. Earlier credits include work as an animation director (作画監督) on the television series Mister Ajikko (ミスター味っ子, 1987). Tadano created the character designs for Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン), the first Sailor Moon television series (1992–93), credited with Studio Live (スタジオライブ), and is among the animation directors listed for the episodes on Toei Video's first DVD volume of the series. Tadano remained character designer for the next series, Sailor Moon R (1993–94). Later character-design credits include the television series Wedding Peach (愛天使伝説ウェディングピーチ, 1995) and Petite Princess Yucie (ぷちぷり*ユーシィ, 2002), as well as the films Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie. Collections of Tadano's illustrations include a 2004 art book published in English as The Kazuko Tadano Portfolio.
Works in the Archive
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Sailor Moon
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東映アニメーション 作品ラインナップ — 美少女戦士セーラームーン スタッフ
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Biography in English, Biography in Spanish, Japanese Name
Accessed: 2026-11-02
Sailor Moon (1992) · 1992–93 TV series (first series, 46 episodes); credited as キャラクターデザイン (character design), listed as 只野和子（スタジオライブ）
People and Roles
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東映アニメーション 作品ラインナップ — 美少女戦士セーラームーン 作品情報 (放映期間 1992年3月7日～1993年2月27日, 全46話, テレビ朝日系)
Source Notes
1992–93 Toei Animation TV series (first series): first broadcast 1992-03-07 on the TV Asahi network, Japan; broadcast through 1993-02-27; 46 episodes
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
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Toei Animation (international catalog) — Sailor Moon: 'Sailor Moon 26 min. 46eps. 1992' (first series; R, S, SuperS and Sailor Stars listed separately)
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English titles in Toei Animation's international catalog: Sailor Moon (46 eps, 1992), Sailor Moon R (43 eps, #47–89, 1993), Sailor Moon S (38 eps, #90–127, 1994), listed as separate series
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
東映ビデオ — 美少女戦士セーラームーン VOL.1 (DVD product page, DSTD06151)
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Toei Video DVD VOL.1 product-page staff list (edition-level credit for the episodes on that volume): 作画監督：松下浩美、松本勝次、夏目久仁彦、松本清、伊藤郁子、只野和子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
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東映アニメーション 作品ラインナップ — 美少女戦士セーラームーンR スタッフ
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Sailor Moon R staff list: キャラクターデザイン 只野和子（スタジオライブ）
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
東映アニメーション 作品ラインナップ — 美少女戦士セーラームーンR 作品情報 (放映期間 1993年3月6日～1994年3月12日, 全43話)
Source Notes
Sailor Moon R, second TV series: broadcast 1993-03-06 to 1994-03-12 on the TV Asahi network; 43 episodes (series episodes 47–89)
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
文化庁 メディア芸術データベース — ミスター味っ子 (アニメテレビレギュラーシリーズ, 1987-10-08～)
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Mister Ajikko TV series (from 1987-10-08): [作画監督] includes 只野和子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
文化庁 メディア芸術データベース — 愛天使伝説ウェディングピーチ (アニメテレビレギュラーシリーズ, 1995-04-05～)
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Wedding Peach TV series (from 1995-04-05): [キャラクター・デザイン]只野和子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
文化庁 メディア芸術データベース — ぷちぷり* ユーシィ (アニメテレビレギュラーシリーズ, 2002-09-30～)
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Petite Princess Yucie TV series (from 2002-09-30): [キャラクターデザイン]只野和子
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
Anime News Network Encyclopedia — Kazuko TADANO
Source Notes
Secondary reference database: name 'Kazuko TADANO' (case normalized); English titles Mister Ajikko, Wedding Peach, Petite Princess Yucie; character design for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal (movie) and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie; author of 'The New Generation of Manga Artists Vol. 6: The Kazuko Tadano Portfolio'
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish, Display Name, Romanized Name
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NDLサーチ — 只野和子イラスト作品集 (マンガアーティスト・ファイル ; 6, グラフィック社, 2004.10)
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Japanese edition of the 2004 illustration collection: 只野和子 著, Graphic-sha, October 2004; heading 只野, 和子 (00391226)
Biography in English, Biography in Spanish
Accessed: 2026-11-02
国立国会図書館 典拠データ — 只野, 和子 (00391226)
Source Notes
NDL name authority 'Tadano, Kazuko': library transliteration (given-name-first order normalized)
Display Name, Romanized Name
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Creator Classification
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