🎬 director
Ayako Kouno河野亜矢子
Director and Storyboard on Your lie in April, 86 EIGHTY-SIX and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2.
- anime credits
- 14
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2021
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
Your lie in AprilEpisode Director · 2014
86 EIGHTY-SIXStoryboard · 2021
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2Storyboard · 2023
BLEND-SStoryboard · 2017
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto SagaKey Animation · 2017
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!Episode Director · 2024
NieR:Automata Ver1.1aEpisode Director · 2023
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless NightDirector · 2021
After the RainAssistant Director · 2018
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the SkyUnit Director · 2018
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep NightDirector · 2022
OvergearedDirector · 2026
Credits per year
Anime Ayako Kouno worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2021
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 2 in 2017 |
| 18 | 2 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 2 in 2021 |
| 22 | 1 in 2022 |
| 23 | 2 in 2023 |
| 24 | 1 in 2024 |
| 25 | 0 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
OvergearedDirector - 2024
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!Episode Director - 2023
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2Storyboard - 2023
NieR:Automata Ver1.1aEpisode Director - 2022
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep NightDirector, Storyboard, Unit Director - 2021
86 EIGHTY-SIXStoryboard - 2021
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless NightDirector, Storyboard, Unit Director - 2018
After the RainAssistant Director, Storyboard, Episode Director - 2018
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the SkyUnit Director, Key Animation - 2017
BLEND-SStoryboard - 2017
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto SagaKey Animation, Episode Director, Storyboard - 2016
Ace AttorneyStoryboard - 2015
The Perfect InsiderEpisode Director - 2014
Your lie in AprilEpisode Director
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Ayako Kouno worked on?
Ayako Kouno's best-known work includes Your lie in April (Episode Director), 86 EIGHTY-SIX (Storyboard), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 (Storyboard), BLEND-S (Storyboard), Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Key Animation), Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (Episode Director).
What does Ayako Kouno do?
Ayako Kouno is credited most often as director, storyboard, episode director on anime.