Yoshinobu Nishizaki was born on 18 December 1934 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. He was a writer and producer, known for Uchû senkan Yamato: Fukkatsuhen (2009), Yamato 2520 (1994) and Yamato yo towa ni (1980). He died on 7 November 2010 in Chichi-jima, Ogasawara, Japan.