Naohisa Inoue

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| birth_name = 井上直久

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}

| birth_place = Osaka, Japan

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| nationality = Japanese

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| movement = Fantasy art, surrealism

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{{nihongo|Naohisa Inoue|井上 直久|Inoue Naohisa|born in 1948 in Osaka, Japan}} is a fantasy artist influenced by both the Surrealism and Impressionism movements.{{cite web|url=http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/2007/04/short-takes-today-aurora-ghibli-stop-mo.php|title=Short Takes: Today, Aurora, Ghibli, Stop-Mo|first=Emru|last=Townsend|date=April 14, 2007|accessdate=October 1, 2011|publisher=fps magazine}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mimi/faq.html#inoue|title=Mimi wo Sumaseba: Frequently Asked Questions: Who did the beautiful background pictures in the fantasy scenes? |publisher=Nausicaa.net|author=Team Ghiblink|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://canadiancinephile.com/2009/09/08/whisper-of-the-heart/|title=Whisper of the Heart|publisher=Canadian Cinephile|first=Jordan|last=Richardson|date=September 8, 2009|accessdate=October 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181906/http://canadiancinephile.com/2009/09/08/whisper-of-the-heart/|archive-date=2012-04-06|url-status=dead}} Most of his paintings are set in the fantastical land of {{nihongo|Iblard|イバラード|Ibarādo}}. He created reference and background art for the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart and also provided a cameo appearance as the voice of Minami. More recently, his works were given a more direct adaptation in the short film {{Nihongo|The Day I Harvested a Star|星をかった日|Hoshi o Katta Hi}} which is shown exclusively at the Ghibli Museum. He directed the 2007 OVA Iblard Jikan, produced by Studio Ghibli.

Inoue is currently a professor at Seian University of Art and Design.

He attended the Kanazawa College of Art from 1971 to 1973.