🎬 director
Yoshifumi Sasahara笹原嘉文
Script and Director on My Hero Academia, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and The Case Study of Vanitas.
- anime credits
- 18
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Script
- most credited as
- busiest year (3)
- 2018
- busiest year (3)

Best-known work
My Hero AcademiaEpisode Director · 2016
Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsEpisode Director · 2017
The Case Study of VanitasEpisode Director · 2021
SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t ExistEpisode Director · 2015
My Hero Academia Season 7Storyboard · 2024
Akudama DriveAssistant Director · 2020
PERSONA5 the AnimationEpisode Director · 2018
Humanity Has DeclinedEpisode Director · 2012
Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2Episode Director · 2022
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSEStoryboard · 2026
Love Through A PrismEpisode Director · 2026
Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of BirthUnit Director · 2013
Credits per year
Anime Yoshifumi Sasahara worked on, by premiere year
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| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 12 | 1 in 2012 |
| 13 | 1 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 2 in 2016 |
| 17 | 1 in 2017 |
| 18 | 3 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 2 in 2022 |
| 23 | 1 in 2023 |
| 24 | 1 in 2024 |
| 25 | 0 in 2025 |
| 26 | 2 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSEStoryboard, Episode Director - 2026
Love Through A PrismEpisode Director - 2024
My Hero Academia Season 7Storyboard, Episode Director - 2023
Otaku ElfEpisode Director - 2022
Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2Episode Director - 2022
ROAD OF NARUTODirector, Unit Director - 2021
The Case Study of VanitasEpisode Director - 2020
Akudama DriveAssistant Director, Script, Storyboard, Episode Director - 2018
PERSONA5 the AnimationEpisode Director - 2018
Hakumei and MikochiEpisode Director - 2018
Hakumei and Mikochi: A Screw and a Bed / The Fireside and GamblingStoryboard, Episode Director - 2017
Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsEpisode Director - 2016
My Hero AcademiaEpisode Director - 2016
Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of RebirthUnit Director - 2015
SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t ExistEpisode Director - 2014
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's DreamUnit Director - 2013
Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of BirthUnit Director - 2012
Humanity Has DeclinedEpisode Director
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Yoshifumi Sasahara worked on?
Yoshifumi Sasahara's best-known work includes My Hero Academia (Episode Director), Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Episode Director), The Case Study of Vanitas (Episode Director), SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (Episode Director), My Hero Academia Season 7 (Storyboard), Akudama Drive (Assistant Director).
What does Yoshifumi Sasahara do?
Yoshifumi Sasahara is credited most often as script, director, episode director on anime.