is a Japanese animator, character designer, illustrator and animation director. She's mostly known for her character design work for the first two seasons of the 1990s Sailor Moon anime series.

Career Tadano first worked as an animation director for an episode of 1980s Saint Seiya anime. She then became a character designer for Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, and Crystal Triangle.

In the 1990s, after working on various episodes for Goldfish Warning!, she then became a character designer for the first two seasons of the Sailor Moon anime series (Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R), and provided some animation direction for many episodes. She also provided the designs for its first movie, Sailor Moon R: The Movie.

From the late 1990s to 2000s, after Sailor Moon, she designed the characters for Wedding Peach, Petite Princess Yucie, Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova, Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's Sake, and Nobunagun.

In June 2018, it was announced that Tadano was chosen as a character designer for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, a two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fourth season" for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime series, adapting the Dream arc of the manga. The two-part film was released in 2021.

In December 2019, both Tadano and her husband, Hiromi Matsushita, were chosen as character designers for the sixth spin-off of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. In December 2021, Tadano and Matsushita were chosen as character designers again for the seventh spin-off, Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!.

In April 2022, it was announced that Tadano will design the characters for Sailor Moon Eternals sequel, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie, another two-part anime film project that takes place as a "fifth and final season" for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime series, adapting the Stars arc of the manga, and was released in June 2023.

Personal life She married Hiromi Matsushita, who was also an animation director on Sailor Moon.

Her favorite hobbies are going to karaoke, traveling, and her dislikes are exercising, though she prefers to walk.

Works TV Anime Year Show Credit Note 1985 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God Character Design (Shinobu, Masato, Laura), Animation Director (eps. 4, 19, 24), Key Animation (eps. 2, 17) 1986 Saint Seiya Animation Director (eps. 65) 1989 Time Travel Tondekeman Key Animation (eps. 18), Sub-Character Design (eps. 1–5, 12, 24, 30, 33) 1991–1992 Goldfish Warning! Animation Director (eps. 14, 19, 25, 30, 35, 40, 43, 50) 1992–1993 Sailor Moon Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 6, 12, 17, 21, 28, 34, 39, 46) 1993–1994 Sailor Moon R Character Design, Animation Director (eps. 53, 58, 64, 69, 88), Key Animation (eps. 53) 1995–1996 Wedding Peach Character Design 2002–2003 Petite Princess Yucie Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (eps. 8, 25) 2003 The World of Narue Eyecatch Illustration 2004 Sgt. Frog Key Animation (eps. 58) 2007 Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor Character Design Under the name of "KAZZ" 2011 Hunter x Hunter Key Animation (eps. 23, 31, 38, 45, 53, 75, 81) 2014 Nobunagun Character Design Under the name "KAZZ-T" 2014–2015 Mysterious Joker Animation Director (eps. 13, 19, 24, 26) 2017 The Royal Tutor Chief Animation Director (eps. 3, 11–12) 2018 Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Chief Animation Director 2020–2022 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 92), Animation Director (eps. 1, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92), Key Animation (OP1, ED1; eps. 1, 4, 10, 17, 23, 31, 43, 53, 67, 77, 92) Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita 2020 Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2 Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (eps. 1), Key Animation (eps. 1, 6) 2022–2025 Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! Character Design, Chief Animation Director (OP1-3, ED1-5; eps. 1, 17, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 48, 52, 58, 77, 79, 85, 90, 102, 128), Animation Director (OP1-3, ED2-5; eps. 17, 38, 46, 52, 119, 128), 2nd Key Animation (ED5), Key Animation (OP1-2, ED3-5; eps. 38, 41, 46, 52) Co-character design with Hiromi Matsushita 2026 The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne Character Design

Anime Film YearTitleCreditNote1983Choro Q DougramCharacter design, Animation Director9 minute short film1993Sailor Moon R: The MovieCharacter Design, Animation Director2021Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The MovieCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director (Part 1)2-Part FilmSeason 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal 2023Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The MovieCharacter Design2-Part filmSeason 5 of Sailor Moon Crystal

OVA (Original Video Animation) YearTitleCreditNote1985Vampire Hunter DKey Animation1987Crystal TriangleCharacter Design1995GraduationCharacter Design1996-1997Wedding Peach DXCharacter Design2011Valkyria of the Battlefield 3: The Wound Taken from Someone's SakeCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director

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