
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
July 3, 1988 (37 years old)
Mihama, Aichi, Japan
Also Known As
- Tete
- 石田 祐康
Hiroyasu Ishida
Biography
Goes by the pseudonym "Tete."
Ishida Hiroyasu was a student at Kyoto Seika University. He independently produced various animated shorts and posted them on the internet.
In 2009, his two-and-a-half-minute short titled "Fumiko no Kokuhaku" (Fumiko's Confession) garnered him attention internationally across the internet. He won the Japanese YouTube Video Award for his video which he produced at 21 years of age.
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He has been praised by director Hosoda Mamoru (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and his work has been featured in Newtype magazine.
Tete uploaded most of his shorts directly to the internet on popular streaming sites.
Known For
Directing

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
Additional Storyboarding
2026

Drifting Home
Screenplay, Director, Storyboard Artist
2022

A Whisker Away
Key Animation
2020

Penguin Highway
Storyboard Artist, Director
2018

MFKZ
Key Animation
2018

Typhoon Noruda
Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
2015

Fastening Days
Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Director, Animation Director
2014

Paulette's Chair
Screenplay, Director
2014

Wonder Garden
Animation
2013

Rain in the Sunshine
Writer, Director, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Screenplay
2013

Rain Town
Writer, Animation, Screenplay, Director
2011

Fumiko's Confession
Director, Screenplay, Writer, Key Animation, Editor, Sound Designer, Producer
2009