🎬 animator

Yoshihiko Umakoshi馬越嘉彦

Character Design and Animation Director on Death Note, My Hero Academia and ONE PIECE.

anime credits: 12; anime credits
most credited as: Character Design; most credited as
busiest year (2): 2016; busiest year (2)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Yoshihiko Umakoshi worked on, by premiere year

012

2 in 2016

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Item	Credits
99	1 in 1999
00	0 in 2000
01	0 in 2001
02	0 in 2002
03	0 in 2003
04	0 in 2004
05	0 in 2005
06	1 in 2006
07	1 in 2007
08	0 in 2008
09	0 in 2009
10	1 in 2010
11	0 in 2011
12	0 in 2012
13	1 in 2013
14	0 in 2014
15	0 in 2015
16	2 in 2016
17	1 in 2017
18	1 in 2018
19	1 in 2019
20	0 in 2020
21	1 in 2021
22	1 in 2022

All credits

2022My Hero Academia Season 6Character Design
2021My Hero Academia Season 5Character Design, Animation Director, Key Animation
2019My Hero Academia Season 4Character Design, Key Animation, Animation Director
2018My Hero Academia Season 3Character Design, Animation Director, Chief Animation Director
2017My Hero Academia Season 2Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director
2016My Hero AcademiaCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
2016JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is UnbreakableKey Animation
2013Kill la KillKey Animation
2010High School of the DeadKey Animation
2007Gurren LagannKey Animation
2006Death NoteKey Animation
1999ONE PIECEKey Animation

Profile

Birthday: July 30, 1968
Age: 58
Hometown: Ehime City, Japan
Active since: 1988
Gender: Male

About

A highly prolific and respected character designer. Originating from Monsieur Onion, where he spent his in-betweening days studying under Hirotoshi Takaya and Junichi Hayama. In 1991, he moved to Studio Cockpit with Hisashi Kagawa and Tatsufumi Tamakawa. A few years later he debuted as a character designer on Grappler Baki in 1994. He is said to be a very fast and efficient worker, and according to himself, he much rather participates in TV productions than theatrical ones. Close friends with Hiroshi Nagahama whom he often works with. They first worked together on Juubei-chan 2, for which Umakoshi provided the designs for and served as the chief animation director on all 13 episodes. The following year, the duo teamed up again for Mushishi, which's production quality was unusually high for a TV production. Umakoshi designed the characters and worked as the chief animation director on all 26 episodes of the series and hit a burn-out. After this he took a step back on major roles for a few years. Both him and Nagahama reprised their roles on Mushishi's revival in 2014. In 2016, Umakoshi was appointed as the character designer on My Hero Academia, and has since been highly involved with the series' production as both an animation director and animator.

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Yoshihiko Umakoshi worked on?

Yoshihiko Umakoshi's best-known work includes Death Note (Key Animation), My Hero Academia (Character Design), ONE PIECE (Key Animation), My Hero Academia Season 2 (Character Design), My Hero Academia Season 3 (Character Design), My Hero Academia Season 4 (Character Design).

What does Yoshihiko Umakoshi do?

Yoshihiko Umakoshi is credited most often as character design, animation director, key animation on anime.

When was Yoshihiko Umakoshi born?

Yoshihiko Umakoshi was born on July 30, 1968.