Kyohei Ishiguro

Kyohei Ishiguro (イシグロ キョウヘイ, real name: 石黒恭平, Ishiguro Kyōhei, April 2, 1980) is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist from Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is married to animator and character designer Yukiko Aike. After joining Sunrise as a production manager, he made his debut as an episode director in 2009 with the eighth episode of Fairy Tail. After that, he became a freelancer and made his debut as a series director in 2014 with Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April).

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)

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After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyohei Ishiguro
CAST:  Ichikawa Somegorō VIII  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Megumi Han

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyohei Ishiguro
CAST:  Ichikawa Somegorō VIII  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Megumi Han

Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)

Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyohei Ishiguro
CAST:  Yuuki Nomura  •  Daisuke Hirakawa  •  Shion Wakayama  •  MIYAVI

Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyohei Ishiguro
CAST:  Yuuki Nomura  •  Daisuke Hirakawa  •  Shion Wakayama  •  MIYAVI