Katsumi Tamegai

is a Japanese animator, character designer and animation director that works at Toei Animation. He is most notable for his episode animation director work on the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series and character design for its fifth and final season. His other notable works include his episode animation direction work for the Pretty Cure series.

Career Katsumi Tamegai entered the industry in 1987, and provided few key animations for few OVAs. From 1992 to 1996, at Toei Animation, Tamegai provided many episode animation directions and key animations for Sailor Moon series. After Ikuko Itoh's departure, Tamegai became the next character designer for its fifth and final season, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars in 1996.

In 1997, after Sailor Moon had ended, he continued to work at Toei Animation, and provided few episode animation direction for Cutey Honey Flash and Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy. In 1999, Tamegai was chosen as a chief animation director for Phantom Thief Jeanne, which were character designed by Hisashi Kagawa.

From 2004 and onwards, Tamegai worked as a frequent episode animation director for the Pretty Cure series, and character designed each respective movies.

Works TV Anime Year Title Credit Note 1992-93 Sailor Moon Animation Director (eps. 43), Key Animation (eps. 18, 24, 43) 1993-94 Sailor Moon R Animation Director (eps. 4, 13, 20, 26, 28, 33, 38), Key Animation (eps. 4-5, 20, 26, 28, 33, 38, 40) 1994-95 Sailor Moon S Animation Director (eps. 2, 7, 16, 25, 30), Key Animation (eps. 16) 1995-96 Sailor Moon SuperS Animation Director (eps. 1, 7, 15, 22, 29) 1996-97 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Character Design, Animation Director (OP; eps. 1, 14, 19, 24, 34), Key Animation (eps. 1, 7, 14, 19, 34) 1995 Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie Assistant Animation Director 2003 Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem Chief Animation Director, Animation Director 2005 Futari wa Pretty Cure the Movie Character Design, Animation Director Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky 2006 Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star: Tick-Tock Crisis Hanging by a Thin-Thread! 2007 Yes! PreCure 5 the Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom! 2008 Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! the Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweets Kingdom 2009 Fresh Pretty Cure! the Movie: The Toy Kingdom has Lots of Secrets?! 2010 HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital…Really?! Assistant Animation Director 2015 Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie: Go! Go!! Gorgeous Triple Feature!!! Assistant Animation Director (Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure) 2017 Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode the Movie: Crisply! The Memory of Mille-feuille! Character Design, Chief Animation Director 2018 Pretty Cure Super Stars! Animation Director Hug! Pretty Cure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories Animation Director 2021 Healin' Good Pretty Cure the Movie: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams Character Design, Animation Director

OVA (Original Video Animation) Year Title Credit Note 1987 Shōnen Bakuzoku Key Animation (eps. 5) 1988 Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer Key Animation Tōyama Sakura Uchū Chō - Yatsu no Na wa Gold 1990 Vampire Wars 1996-97 Magic User's Club Key Animation (eps. 5-6)