Hiroko Utsumi
内海紘子
Also known as 内海鉱子
Hiroko Utsumi is a Japanese director and animator.
Utsumi is best known for her work with Kyoto Animation(opens in a new tab), particularly as the original director of Free!, and for her later work at MAPPA(opens in a new tab), where she directed Banana Fish. She is a graduate of the Osaka Municipal College of Design.
(Source: Wikipedia)
- Occupation
- Director, Animator, Designer
- Gender
- Female
- Years active
- 2009 – present
- Language
- Japanese
Works
My Hero Academia Season 2
2017 · TV
Storyboard (ED2) · Episode Director (ED2)
Dororo
2019 · TV
Storyboard (OP2) · Episode Director (OP2)
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
2012 · TV
Episode Director (ep 5) · Storyboard (ep 5)
Hyouka
2012 · TV
Key Animation (OP1, OP2, eps 7, 15, 21) · Episode Director (eps 2, 7, 15, 21) · Storyboard (eps 7, 15, 21)
BANANA FISH
2018 · TV
Director · Episode Director (OP1, ED2, eps 1, 24) · Storyboard (OP1, OP2, ED2, eps 1-3, 24) · Assistant Animation Director (ep 20) · Key Animation (ep 24)
Clannad
2007 · TV
Key Animation (eps 1-3, 8, 13, 18, 23)
K-ON!
2009 · TV
Key Animation (OP, eps 1, 6)
JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1
2026 · TV
Key Animation (OP)
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
2011 · TV
Storyboard (eps 3, 9, 18, 19) · Key Animation (OP1, OP2, ep 1) · Episode Director (eps 3, 9, 18, 19)
Bungo Stray Dogs 2
2016 · TV
Storyboard (ep 8)
SK8 the Infinity
2021 · TV
Director · Original Creator · Original Character Design · Storyboard (OP, ED, eps 1, 2)