Ishizaki Toshio, better known as Sushio, is an animator, illustrator and character designer working for Trigger.
After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Academy, he joined Gainax. He debuted as an in-betweener in Neon Genesis Evangelion, as a key animator on Berserk, and as an animation director on Mahoromatic. In 2007, he served as a character designer for the first time on Kiss Dum: Engage Planet. He was a key staff member at Gainax for a long time, but left in 2011 when Hiroyuki Imaishi and others established the anime production company Trigger. There he was given the job of handling the character designs for Kill la Kill, the first TV series produced by the newly-found studio.
Specializes in action and effects, and his skills attract a lot of attention in the industry.
Took part as a key animator on Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" in 2003.
