Creature Designer Yasushi Nirasawa

Yasushi Nirasawa (韮沢靖 Nirasawa Yasushi) was a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and model maker born in Tochio, Niigata Prefecture. He is well known for character designs in Kamen Rider Series entries Kamen Rider Blade, Kamen Rider Kabuto, and Kamen Rider Den-O and the creatures in the GARO series.

In 2009, he was brought onto the productions of Kamen Rider Decade, the Cho-Den-O Series, and Kamen Rider G in designing the Paradoxa Undead, the Alligator Imagin, the villains Goludora and Shilubara, and the Phylloxera Worm, respectively. He later provided the designs of the original villains of the Super Sentai Series's 2011 entry Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. His designs for the various Tokusatsu productions are published in UNDEAD GREEN BLOOD, GITAI, SAY YOUR WISH, and ZANGYACK WORKS LOG.

On February 2, 2016, Nirasawa died of complications from kidney failure at the age of 52.

Relationship with the Monster Hunter Series[]

Yasushi Nirasawa made a collaboration with Monster Hunter.

クリーチャーデザイナー韮沢靖 x MHF-G: Divol Kit[]

The collaboration was announced on October 17, 2013. The Premium Kit was designed by Yasushi Nirasawa himself. It features Weapons and Armor Sets fashioned after the Espinas, Espinas Subspecies and Espinas Rare Species. The following Weapons are:

スパインディヴォル (Lance)
ナランジャヴォロ (Lance)
トワルフプリック (Bow)
デオギスジン (Bow)

Divol Armor / ディヴォルシリーズ[]

Divol Armor / ディヴォルシリーズ
Front Back 1 2 3 1 2 3
Blademaster Guard +1 Fencing +1	Gunner Quake Res +1 Normal S/Rapid Arrow UP

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クリーチャーデザイナー韮沢靖 x MHF-G: Genome Kit[]

The collaboration was announced on December 12, 2013. The Premium Kit was designed by Yasushi Nirasawa himself. It features Armor Sets and the following Weapons: