Katsumi Tamegai entered the industry in 1987, and provided few key animations for few
OVAs. From 1992 to 1996, at
Toei Animation, Tamegai provided many episode animation directions and key animations for
Sailor Moon series. After
Ikuko Itoh's departure, Tamegai became the next character designer for its fifth and final season,
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars in 1996. In 1997, after
Sailor Moon had ended, he continued to work at Toei Animation, and provided few episode animation direction for
Cutey Honey Flash and
Fushigi Mahou Fan Fan Pharmacy. In 1999, Tamegai was chosen as a chief animation director for
Phantom Thief Jeanne, which were character designed by
Hisashi Kagawa. From 2004 and onwards, Tamegai worked as a frequent episode animation director for the
Pretty Cure series, and character designed each respective movies. ==Works==