The Japan News by the Yomiuri Shimbun reports that director & screenwriter Kazuki Omori passed away on November 12 at age 70.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20221115-70930/
Omori was one of the main architects of the Heisei Series of Godzilla films, writing and directing both Biollante and King Ghidorah, and later writing both Mothra and Destroyer. Among the many other films he directed was Super Star Fleet Sazer-X The Movie (2005) which also had special effects directed by Koichi Kawakita.
Thankfully, just a little over a year ago, Omori was gracious enough to participate in a livestreamed video interview for the Kaiju Masterclass II event. For just a little over an hour, Steve Ryfle and Patrick Galvan interviewed Omori with Mariko Godziszewski serving as an interpreter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOvVvHdtArk
Here's a transcript of Brett Homenick's July 2006 interview with Omori, with an updated 2021 translation by Yusuke Sasaki:
https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/13/kazuki-omori-recalls-the-heisei-godzilla-series-tohos-writer-director-shares-his-memories-of-the-king-of-the-monsters/
Here's a transcript of Brett Homenick's May 2019 interview with Omori, translated by Mari Hirose and Keiko Takemata:
https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/07/30/reimagining-godzilla-for-the-heisei-era-kazuki-omori-on-updating-godzilla-for-a-new-generation/
R.I.P. Kazuki Omori