🎬 animator
Hitomi Tsuruta鶴田仁美
Animation Director and Character Design on Fruits Basket (2019), BANANA FISH and Gintama.
- anime credits
- 19
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2014
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
Fruits Basket (2019)Sub Character Design · 2019
BANANA FISHKey Animation · 2018
GintamaKey Animation · 2006
Blue Spring RideKey Animation · 2014
Grand Blue DreamingAnimation Director · 2018
Fruits Basket Season 2Design Assistance · 2020
Fruits Basket The Final SeasonDesign Assistance · 2021
InuYashaKey Animation · 2000
OreimoKey Animation · 2010
Fire Force Season 32nd Key Animation · 2025
World TriggerCharacter Design · 2014
ChobitsKey Animation · 2002
Credits per year
Anime Hitomi Tsuruta worked on, by premiere year
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3 in 2014
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 00 | 1 in 2000 |
| 01 | 0 in 2001 |
| 02 | 1 in 2002 |
| 03 | 2 in 2003 |
| 04 | 0 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 1 in 2006 |
| 07 | 0 in 2007 |
| 08 | 0 in 2008 |
| 09 | 2 in 2009 |
| 10 | 1 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 0 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 3 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 2 in 2018 |
| 19 | 1 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 1 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Fire Force Season 3 Part 2Storyboard - 2025
Fire Force Season 32nd Key Animation, Key Animation - 2021
Fruits Basket The Final SeasonDesign Assistance - 2020
Fruits Basket Season 2Design Assistance - 2019
Fruits Basket (2019)Sub Character Design - 2018
BANANA FISHKey Animation - 2018
Grand Blue DreamingAnimation Director, Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director - 2014
Blue Spring RideKey Animation - 2014
World TriggerCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director - 2014
The Comic Artist & His AssistantsCharacter Design - 2011
Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~Key Animation - 2010
OreimoKey Animation, Animation Director - 2009
Phantom: Requiem for the PhantomKey Animation - 2009
InuYasha: The Final ActKey Animation - 2006
GintamaKey Animation - 2003
PlanetesKey Animation - 2003
Wolf's RainKey Animation - 2002
ChobitsKey Animation - 2000
InuYashaKey Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Hitomi Tsuruta worked on?
Hitomi Tsuruta's best-known work includes Fruits Basket (2019) (Sub Character Design), BANANA FISH (Key Animation), Gintama (Key Animation), Blue Spring Ride (Key Animation), Grand Blue Dreaming (Animation Director), Fruits Basket Season 2 (Design Assistance).
What does Hitomi Tsuruta do?
Hitomi Tsuruta is credited most often as animation director, character design, key animation on anime.