Kanju Yagi
An image from King Kong vs. Godzilla, one of the productions that also features Kanju Yagi.

Kanju Yagi

Kanju Yagi (Yagi Kanju), known collectively with his brother Yasuei as the Yagi Brothers, was a Japanese sculptor and modelmaker. The first known film Yagi worked on was "Godzilla" (1954), and he (alongside Yasuei), would continue to do modeling and sculpting work on Toho's Tokusatsu films, such as "Mothra" (1961), "Atragon" (1963), and "Frankenstein vs. Baragon" (1965), as well as the Daiei Tokusatsu film "Gamera the Giant Monster" (1965). Kanju passed away sometime in 1966 from unknown circumstances, but his brother Yasuei would continue their work on Tokusatsu films up until "Space Amoeba" (1970).

Godzilla

Godzilla

1954

King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

1955

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Gamera, the Giant Monster

Gamera, the Giant Monster

1965