is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director and director best known for working with Studio Pierrot on series such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ninku, Flame of Recca and Bleach. The former won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994. Works Norakuro-kun (1987 TV series) – Episode director Musashi, the Samurai Lord (1990 TV series) – Storyboard, episode director Ore wa Chokkaku (1991 TV series) – Episode director Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992 TV series) – Director, storyboard, episode director, animation director Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie (1993 film) – Director Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report (1994 film) – Supervision Ninku (1995 TV series) – Director, storyboard Ninku: The Movie (1995 film) – Director, storyboard Midori no Makibaō (1996 TV series) – Director, episode director Flame of Recca (1997 TV series) – Director, Storyboard, episode director Saber Marionette J to X (1998 TV series) – Storyboard (ep 16) Chiisana Kyojin Microman (1999 TV series) – Series director Great Teacher Onizuka (1999 TV series) – Director, storyboard, recording Director Banner of the Stars (2000 TV series) – Storyboard Ghost Stories (2000 TV series) – Director, sound director Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (2001 TV series) – Storyboard (eps #5, #8) Banner of the Stars II (2001 TV series) – Storyboard Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 TV series) – Director, recording Director Detective School Q (2003 TV series) – Director, storyboard, episode director Bleach (2004 TV series) – Director, storyboard, episode director, technical director Bleach: Memories in the Rain (2004 OVA) – Director Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy (2005 OVA) – Director Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006 film) – Director, storyboard Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007 film) – Director, storyboard, unit director Bleach: Fade to Black (2008 film) – Director Bleach: Hell Verse (2010 film) – Director Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014 TV series) – Director Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014 OVA) – Director Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017 film) – Director The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015 TV series) – Director The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (2016 TV series) – Director Divine Gate (2016 TV series) – Director Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017 TV series) – Chief director (eps #1–#104) The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018 film) – Chief director Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga (2019 TV series) – Director Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (2020)