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  1. Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka[4] (Japanese: 田中 友幸 ともゆき, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki, April 26, 1910 – April 2, 1997) was a Japanese film producer. Widely regarded as the creator of the Godzilla franchise, he produced most of the installments in the series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

  2. Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997) was a Japanese producer, writer and soundtrack artist who created the iconic monster Godzilla and oversaw many Toho sci-fi films. He also worked with director Akira Kurosawa on six films, including Yojimbo and High and Low.

    • Producer, Writer, Soundtrack
    • April 26, 1910
    • Tomoyuki Tanaka
    • April 2, 1997
  3. Tanaka Tomoyuki was a prolific producer for Toho Studios, best known for the Godzilla series. He also worked with Kurosawa Akira and other renowned directors.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. Jan 4, 1998 · Tomoyuki Tanaka said he was flying over the Bikini Islands, site of American nuclear-bomb testing, when the idea for Godzilla came to him. If this is true, Tanaka's vision...

  5. May 13, 2014 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, the producer of the "Godzilla" movie series and a former chairman of movie house Toho Co., seen in this April 1981 photo, died of a stroke Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at a Tokyo...

  6. Apr 4, 1997 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, who frightened and fascinated generations of children with his series of films featuring an outsize, outdated creature named Godzilla, died on Wednesday at a hospital here. He...

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  8. Aug 4, 2024 · Tomoyuki Tanaka was a Japanese film producer who created Godzilla and produced many other kaiju and science-fiction films. He worked with directors Ishiro Honda, Akira Kurosawa, and others, and died in 1997 at the age of 86.