Tsuyoshi Nagano

Tsuyoshi Nagano (Japanese: 長野 剛) is an artist who does the cover artwork for the Japanese versions for the Star Wars novels.

In addition to his Star Wars works, he's done illustrations for KOEI PC/Online game series of Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Toho's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-out Attack, and covers for Sekai Bunka Publishing Sanguozhi (Three Kingdom Saga).

He is a member of the Society of Illustrators and the Japan Publication Artist League.

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Biography

Around 1998, artist Tsuyoshi Nagano saw a Star Wars novel at a bookstore and was inspired to ask his employer, Takeshobo, publisher of the Japanese Star Wars novels, if he could do cover art for the novels. Nagano had been a fan of Star Wars since seeing it in school, and the first laserdisc he bought was Star Wars, so he was "really excited" to take on the project. The first job he got was to do the cover art for a Willow novel, and his boss Junzo Takagi was impressed with his work. Afterwards, Nagano was given the go-ahead to create his first Star Wars novel cover art for the Hand of Thrawn duology.

Nagano went on to create 96 pieces of cover art in total for the Star Wars franchise.

Star Wars art

Book covers

• The Phantom Menace
• The Jedi Quest series
  • The Way of the Apprentice
  • The Trail of the Jedi
  • The Dangerous Games
  • The Master of Disguise
  • The School of Fear
  • The Shadow Trap
  • The Moment of Truth
  • The Changing of the Guard
  • The False Peace
  • The Final Showdown
• Outbound Flight
• Attack of the Clones
• The Clone Wars multimedia project
  • Shatterpoint
  • The Cestus Deception
  • Jedi Trial
  • Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
• Labyrinth of Evil
• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
• The Last of the Jedi series
  • The Desperate Mission
  • Dark Warning
  • Underworld
  • Death on Naboo
  • A Tangled Web
  • Return of the Dark Side
• Death Star
• Allegiance
• The Hand of Thrawn duology
  • Specter of the Past
  • Vision of the Future
• Survivor's Quest
• The New Jedi Order series
  • Vector Prime
  • Dark Tide I: Onslaught
  • Dark Tide II: Ruin
  • Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
  • Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
  • Balance Point
  • Edge of Victory I: Conquest
  • Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
  • Star by Star
  • Dark Journey
  • Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
  • Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
  • Traitor
  • Destiny's Way
  • Force Heretic I: Remnant
  • Force Heretic II: Refugee
  • Force Heretic III: Reunion
  • The Final Prophecy
  • The Unifying Force
• The Dark Nest trilogy
  • The Joiner King
  • The Unseen Queen
  • The Swarm War
• The Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Chronology
• The Ultimate Visual Guide: Special Edition

External links

• Rebel Reads 2021 on the official Rebel Legion YouTube channel (backup link)
• Tsuyoshi Nagano: Interview with the Legendary Expanded Universe Artist and Art Gallery Spotlight (post by xezene) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (March 19, 2022) (backup link)
• Tsuyoshi Nagano, Legendary EU Illustrator: Interview and Art Spotlight on Reddit (backup link)
• https://tsuyoshi-nagano.nftc2022.com/ - Tsuyoshi Nagano's official site
• http://artas1.com/tsuyoshi_nagano/ - Tsuyoshi Nagano's official ARTas1 page
• http://en.tis-home.com/tsuyoshi-nagano - Tsuyoshi Nagano's official Tokyo Illustrators Society page
• Tsuyoshi Nagano (@TsuyoshiNagano) on Twitter (backup link)
• Tsuyoshi Nagano (@tsuyoshi.nagano.official) on Instagram (backup link needs confirmation)