Professional illustrator, sciece fiction artist and a key member of Studio Nue.

Power suits in the Japanese edition of Starship Troopers was designed by Miyatake Kazutaka, but the cover page of the novel was actually illustrated by Katou.
The mechanical designs for the spaceships in the OVA Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu are broadly based on Katou's novel illustrations.

Japanese name: 加藤 直之 (Katō Naoyuki or Katou Naoyuki)
Old site name: 加藤さんちの仕事場

See also

• Blog: http://naokatoh.cocolog-nifty.com/
• Twitter account: http://twitter.com/NaoyukiKatoh
• Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoyuki_Kato
• iOS App store: http://itunes.apple.com/developer/naoyuki-katoh/id1024907934
• Nicopedia article (JP): http://dic.pixiv.net/a/加藤直之
• Sci-Fi Encyclopedia entry: http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kato_naoyuki
• Old home page (dead): http://homepage2.nifty.com/NaoKatoh/