Masashi Kudo (Japanese: 工藤昌史) is a Japanese animator.
He is best known for his work on Bleach, the anime series based on the manga of the same name.
[1] Kudo was responsible for the design of some minor characters that do not appear in the manga and from the selection of colours for characters which have not been illustrated; this last task is also made in collaboration with the series' creator.
He has also made collaborations on several OVAs and Original net animations, mostly as a character designer or key animator.