is a Japanese director. In addition to directing and writing for films and television dramas, he also works on music videos and commercials.
He completed his graduate studies at the School of Film and New Media at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2009, he won the Jury Grand Prix at the Louis Vuitton Journeys Awards, where the jury included Wong Kar-wai and Sofia Coppola.
He directed Netflix's YuYu Hakusho, the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga and anime of the same name. His second Netflix collaboration was the Japanese-South Korean drama Romantics Anonymous.
Filmography Film Year(s) Title 2011 Cheerfu11y 2016 Defying Kurosaki-kun 2017 Let Me Eat Your Pancreas The 100th Love with You 2018 My Teacher, My Love My Little Monster Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō 2019 You Shine in the Moonlit Night And Life Goes On 2024 Dear Family
Television Year(s) Title 2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo! 2023 YuYu Hakusho 2025 Romantics Anonymous
Music video "Keitai Denwa", RADWIMPS, 2010
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