Eiji Yamaura

Yamaura originally joined Toei Animation and worked at their photography department for a while, but with the advent of the television era, he moved to Mushi Production.

He was one of the seven people from Mushi Pro's production department who established Sunrise in 1972. When the studio changed its trade name to Sunrise Ltd. in June, 1987 he became the studio's third president.

Passed away suddenly at a coffee shop in 2010.