Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Biography

Personal Facts

Known For

Visual Effects

Gender

male

Known Credits

71

Birth Date

1968-07-30 00:00:00

Birth Place

Ehime, Japan

Known For

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  Saint Seiya Omega
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  Mushi-Shi
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  My Hero Academia
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  Magical DoReMi
• 

  Berserk
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  Casshern Sins

Credits

• visual effects (71 credits)

  • My Hero Academia: More

    animation director

    visual effects
    2026
  • MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe

    key animation

    visual effects
    2026
  • My Hero Academia: You're Next

    animation director

    visual effects
    2024
  • Ojamajo Doremi 1620's

    animation director

    visual effects
    2024
  • Pretty Cure All Stars F

    animation director

    visual effects
    2023
  • One Piece Film Red

    key animation

    visual effects
    2022
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

    - Unrelenting Tenderness (2023) ... key animation visual effects
    2022
  • My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

    character designer

    visual effects
    2021
  • Looking for Magical Doremi

    key animation

    visual effects
    2020
  • My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

    character designer

    visual effects
    2019
  • Dragon Ball Super: Broly

    key animation

    visual effects
    2018
  • HUG! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Star Memories

    character designer

    visual effects
    2018
  • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

    supervising animation director

    visual effects
    2018
  • My Hero Academia

    character designer

    visual effects

    - My Hero Academia (2025) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Girl Who Loves Smiles (2025) ... character designer visual effects

    - Epilogue, The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final (2025) ... character designer visual effects

    - Izuku Midoriya: Rising (2025) ... character designer visual effects

    - From Aizawa (2025) ... character designer visual effects
    2016
  • Dou kyu sei – Classmates

    key animation

    visual effects
    2016
  • Mushi-Shi: The Next Chapter - Drops of Bells

    animation director

    visual effects
    2015
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront

    - Hello, World! (2015) ... key animation visual effects
    2015
  • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199

    - Under a Rainbow Sun (2013) ... key animation visual effects
    2013
  • Kill la Kill

    - So Sexy She Might Pass Out (2013) ... key animation visual effects
    2013
  • One Piece Film: Z

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • Saint Seiya Omega

    character designer

    visual effects

    - The End of the Battle! Become a Legend, Kouga! (2014) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Final Battle! Go, Omega Saints! (2014) ... character designer visual effects

    - Overcome the God! Seiya's Cosmo! (2014) ... character designer visual effects

    - Fighter of Hope! The Ties That Bind Saints! (2014) ... character designer visual effects

    - The God of Time! The Ascent of Saturn! (2014) ... character designer visual effects
    2012
  • Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future

    key animation

    visual effects
    2012
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    - Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (2) (2016) ... key animation visual effects
    2012
  • Penguindrum

    - I Love You (2011) ... key animation visual effects
    2011
  • HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the City of Flowers!?

    character designer

    visual effects
    2010
  • HeartCatch PreCure!

    character designer

    visual effects

    - Everyone's Hearts as One! I'm the Strongest Pretty Cure!! (2011) ... character designer visual effects

    - For the Earth! For Our Dreams! The Pretty Cure's Final Transformation! (2011) ... character designer visual effects

    - Tell Me It's a Lie! The True Identity of Professor Sabaaku!! (2011) ... character designer visual effects

    - Kumojacky! Cobraja! We will never forget you!! (2011) ... character designer visual effects

    - It's Too Late... The World Has Turned into a Desert... (2010) ... character designer visual effects
    2010
  • High School of the Dead

    - All DEAD'S Attack (2010) ... key animation visual effects
    2010
  • Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

    - Sex and Daten City (2010) ... key animation visual effects
    2010
  • One Piece Film: Strong World

    key animation

    visual effects
    2009
  • Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars

    key animation

    visual effects
    2009
  • From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

    - Determination (2009) ... key animation visual effects
    2009
  • Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! Movie: Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets

    key animation

    visual effects
    2008
  • Casshern Sins

    character designer

    visual effects

    - To the Wandering, Blooming Flowers (2009) ... character designer visual effects

    - Those Who Return (2009) ... character designer visual effects

    - A Drop Called Eternity (2009) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Paradise of Lost Hope (2009) ... character designer visual effects

    - For Whom do the Flowers Bloom? (2009) ... character designer visual effects
    2008
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend

    key animation

    visual effects
    2008
  • Yes! Precure 5: The Great Miracle Adventure in the Country of Mirrors

    key animation

    visual effects
    2007
  • Sword of the Stranger

    key animation

    visual effects
    2007
  • Gurren Lagann

    - I Will Head Towards Tomorrow (2007) ... key animation visual effects

    - Who Is This Bro? (2007) ... key animation visual effects
    2007
  • Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star the Movie: Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Digimon Savers: The Movie - Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2006
  • Death Note

    - New World (2007) ... key animation visual effects

    - Silence (2007) ... key animation visual effects

    - Performance (2007) ... key animation visual effects
    2006
  • Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple

    - Strike, Kenichi! Fists do the Talking! (2007) ... key animation visual effects
    2006
  • Mushi-Shi

    character designer

    visual effects

    - Tree of Eternity (2014) ... animation director visual effects

    - Mud Grass (2014) ... animation director visual effects

    - Lightning's End (2014) ... animation director visual effects

    - Azure Waters (2014) ... animation director visual effects

    - Sea of Otherworldly Stars (2014) ... animation director visual effects
    2005
  • Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor

    character designer

    visual effects

    - Advent!! Gigantic Bio-Boost (2006) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Quickening Chrysalis (2006) ... character designer visual effects

    - At the Town Under Oppression (2006) ... character designer visual effects

    - Beam of Annihilation (2006) ... character designer visual effects

    - Countdown of Destruction (2006) ... character designer visual effects
    2005
  • Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan

    key animation

    visual effects
    2005
  • Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

    key animation

    visual effects
    2005
  • One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

    key animation

    visual effects
    2005
  • Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

    - Marunouchi (2004) ... key animation visual effects

    - Rashou Gate (2004) ... key animation visual effects
    2004
  • Wolf's Rain

    - Don't Make Me Blue (2003) ... key animation visual effects

    - Toboe, Who Doesn't Howl (2003) ... key animation visual effects

    - City of Howls (2003) ... key animation visual effects
    2003
  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2001
  • Baki the Grappler

    - The Fang and the Tears (2001) ... key animation visual effects
    2001
  • Magical DoReMi Sharp: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    2000
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie

    key animation

    visual effects
    1999
  • Pokémon: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure

    key animation

    visual effects
    1999
  • Magical DoReMi

    character designer

    visual effects

    - The Doll That Leapt Through Time ~Doremi's Secret~ (2004) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Seventh Witch Apprentice ~Non-chan's Secret~ (2004) ... character designer visual effects

    - Valentine's Day ~Hazuki's Secret~ (2004) ... character designer visual effects

    - Wedding Promise ~Childhood Friends' Secret~ (2004) ... character designer visual effects

    - Baseball Club ~The Witches' Secret~ (2004) ... character designer visual effects
    1999
  • One Piece

    - Defend Luffy! Zoro and Law’s Sword Technique! (2022) ... key animation visual effects
    1999
  • One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!

    key animation

    visual effects
    1998
  • Pikachu's Vacation

    key animation

    visual effects
    1998
  • Satanika

    animation director

    visual effects
    1998
  • Berserk

    character designer

    visual effects

    - Time of Eternity (1998) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Great Eclipse (1998) ... character designer visual effects

    - Eve of the Feast (1998) ... character designer visual effects

    - Infiltration (1998) ... character designer visual effects

    - Confession (1998) ... character designer visual effects
    1997
  • Boys Over Flowers

    lead character designer

    visual effects
    1996
  • Neighborhood Story The Movie

    character designer

    visual effects
    1996
  • Marmalade Boy

    character designer

    visual effects
    1995
  • Neighborhood Story

    - Thank you, everyone (1996) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Second Proposal (1996) ... character designer visual effects

    - The Person known as "Love"... (1996) ... character designer visual effects

    - Mama!... (1996) ... character designer visual effects

    - How to love... (1996) ... character designer visual effects
    1995
  • Street Fighter II: V

    - Landing in Hong Kong (1995) ... key animation visual effects
    1995
  • Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter

    animation director

    visual effects
    1994
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    - Hierophant Green (2000) ... key animation visual effects

    - The Evil Spirit (2000) ... key animation visual effects

    - Iggy the Fool and N'Dool the GEB (Part I) (1993) ... key animation visual effects
    1993
  • Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still

    - Crime and Punishment (1995) ... key animation visual effects
    1992
  • Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

    key animation

    visual effects
    1991
  • Dragon Ball Z

    - The Puzzle of General Tao (1993) ... key animation visual effects
    1989
  • Gunbuster

    - Please Let Me Call You Big Sister! (2004) ... key animation visual effects
    1988