Shôichi Masuo was born on 24 February 1960 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director, known for Akira (1988), Evangelion: 1.11 Yalnızsın (Değilsin) (2007) and Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (1997). He died on 24 July 2017 in Japan.