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Kota Nezu

car designer / computer animator

SUMMARY

- 8 years' experience in car design.

- Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design.

- Experienced in concept making, styling design, FEM analysis, and computer graphics in transportation design.

EXPERIENCE

Car Designer

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1992-

- Concept making, directing computer graphics presentations.

- Advanced design.

- Exterior / interior styling design, parts design.

- Research project for practical use of computer graphics in car design.

Achievement

- Chosen to be the scholar to study computer animation at USC (University ot Southern California). 1997

SKILLS

Computer Software

- Alias|Wavefront : Alias AutoStudio, Power Animator, Composer
- GESTEL : solidThinking
- Adobe : Photoshop, AfterEffects
- MACROMEDIA : Flash, DreamWeaver, Director, FreeHand
- and others...

EDUCATION

Visiting scholar of USC (University ot Southern California) Cinema-TV Animation 1997-1998

- Learned entire process of computer graphic film making and traditional animation methods.

- Produced 2 minutes computer animation project 'Light & Shadow'.

Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Design 1992

CHIBA UNIVERSITY

- Graduated with the top level record (GPA 3.93).

- Courseworks: Product design, Material planning, Ergonomics, Graphic Design, Landscape design, Interior design, Display design, Visual communication design, Design history

Achievement

- Patent pending steering system for bicycles. 1991

(Exhibited at Design and Material Exibition as the best student work of industrial design class. 1992.)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

In-line skate instructor 1994-

IISA(International In-line Skating Association)

Teaching children paper-craft 1989-1992

ASUKA-KAI (Tokyo, Japan)