Hidetaka Tenjin

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Hidetaka Tenjin
Born (1973-10-13) October 13, 1973 (age 50)
Kobe City, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Anime artist
Sci-fi artist
Mecha anime illustrator
Known for Macross
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Macross Zero
Macross Frontier
Space Battleship Yamato

Hidetaka Tenjin (天神 英貴 Tenjin Hidetaka?, born 1973) is a Japanese mecha anime artist and sci-fi illustrator. [1]

Personal life

Hidetaka Tenjin was born in Nishinomiya, Kobe City, on October 13, 1973. After graduating from the Shibaura institute of Technology's Department of System Engineering, majoring in mechanical control systems, he became a freelance illustrator.[2][3]

Mechanical and Sci-fi Illustrations

Later he established the Tenjin Studio Ltd. where he began working on plastic model box art, video game software and DVD cover art, illustrations, etc., the best known being in the Hasegawa Macross series, the Bandai MG Gundam series, Konami's Gradius V videogame, Space Battleship Yamato Fact File illustrations, etc. He has declared in many occasions that his realistic art style is influenced by the works of Yoshiyuki Takani, Noriyoshi Ohrai, Shigeru Komatsuzaki, Yuji Kaida and Tsuyoshi Nagano.[1][2][3][4]

Anime

Tenjin Hidetaka has also worked as an animation artist in several sci-fi anime productions like Macross Zero, Sousei no Aquarion, Gundam Evolve, Macross Frontier and Macross Delta.[3][4]

Videography

Macross

  • Macross Zero - Mechanical Artist
  • Macross Frontier - Mechanical Artist
  • Macross Frontier: The False Diva - Mechanical Artist
  • Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye - Mechanical Artist
  • Macross Delta - Macross Visual Artist

Other anime

Video games

Artbooks

  • Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works Of Macross: VALKYRIES - Mechanical Illustrator[1]
  • Hidetaka Tenjin Works: the Art of Hidetaka Tenjin - Mechanical Illustrator[5]
  • Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works Of Macross: VALKYRIES SECOND SORTIE - Mechanical Illustrator[6]
  • Macross The Ride - Mechanical Illustrator
  • Yamato Mechanical Illustrations - Mechanical Illustrator[3][7]

References

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