A veteran animator and designer with a nearly 60-year-long career. Throughout the '80s and early '90s he wasn't as active in the anime industry due to popular demand in western productions. The older brother of Hidemi Kubo.
Notable non-anime staff credits:
- Character Designer, Animation Director - [The Hobbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1977_film%29) (1977)
- Animation Director - Doctor Snuggles (1979)
- Character Designer, Animation Director - [The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_King_(1980_film%29) (1980)
- Animation Director - [The Last Unicorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Unicorn_(film%29) (1982)
- Character Designer - [ThunderCats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats_(1985_TV_series%29) (1985)
- Animation Designer - [The Wind of the Willows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows_(1987_film%29) (1987)
- Animation Director - Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1990)
- Layout Director - Darkwing Duck (1991)
- Animation Director - The Legend of Korra (2012)
