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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 1, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Osaka, Japan
Also Known As
- 森川滋
- Yū Kō
- Shigeru Morikawa
- Yumekichi Minatoya
- 湊屋夢吉
Yuu Kou
Biography
Yuu Kou (紅 優, Kō Yū, born 1960) is a Japanese animator and anime director from Osaka Prefecture. His real name is Shigeru Morikawa (森川 滋, Morikawa Shigeru). In the 1990s, he also used under the name Yumekichi Minatoya (湊屋 夢吉, Minatoya Yumekichi). He has been working as an animation director since the late 1980s.
Known For
Directing
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga
Storyboard Artist
2020
Cells at Work!
Storyboard Artist
2018
Uta no Prince-sama
Series Composition, Director, Storyboard Artist, Series Director, Writer
2011
Blue Exorcist
Storyboard Artist
2011
Giant Killing
Series Director
2010
Naruto Shippūden
Storyboard Artist
2007
The Familiar of Zero
Storyboard Artist, Series Director
2006
Blood+
Storyboard Artist
2005
Loveless
Series Director
2005
The Law of Ueki
Writer
2005
Gankutsuou
Director
2004
Chrono Crusade
Series Director, Creator
2003