Takeshi Koike

His first professional work as director is the title sequence of the 2000 film Party 7; while his first feature film is Redline, which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and directed film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

• Name — Takeshi Koike • Born — 26 January 1968 • Birthplace — Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan • Occupation — film director, animator

• Year — Title — Type — Notes • 2000 — Party 7 — Feature film — Opening animation of the live-action film • 2000 — Smanime — Short film — Three short animated films for a SMAP concert • 2003 — Trava: Fist Planet — OVA • 2003 — World Record — Short film — Part of The Animatrix anthology • 2003 — Afro Samurai: Pilot — Television pilot • 2005 — The Taste of Tea — Feature film — Animated sequence in the live-action film • 2005 — Funky Forest — Feature film — Animated sequence in the live-action film • 2009 — Iron Man: Pilot — Television pilot • 2009 — Redline — Feature film • 2014 — Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone — Feature film • 2017 — Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray — Feature film • 2019 — Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie — Feature film • 2025 — Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata and the Two Lupins — ONA • 2025 — Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline — Feature film

• The Foxes of Chironup Island (1987) – In-Between Animation • Wicked City (1987) – In-Between Animation • Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988) – Animation Check • Bride of Deimos (1988) – Animation Check • Demon City Shinjuku (1988) – Animation Check • Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season (1988) – Key Animation (Ep 19) • Goku: Midnight Eye (1989) – Animation Check, Key Animation • Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989) – Key Animation • Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18) • Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) – Mechanical Animation Director, Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3) • Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2) • Nineteen 19 (1990) Key Animation • A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) – Key Animation • Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) – Key Animation • Doomed Megalopolis (1991) – Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3) • Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992) – Key Animation (Ep 1, 6) • Ninja Scroll (1993) – Key Animation • The Cockpit (1994) (segment Slipstream) – Key Animation • True Peakock King (1994) – Character Design, Key Animation • Clamp in Wonderland (1994) – Key Animation • Darkside Blues (1994) – Key Animation • Mighty Space Miners (1994) – Opening Animation, Ending Animation • DNA² (1996) – Mechanic Design, Opening Animation • Bio Hunter (1995) – Key Animation • Memories (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) – Key Animation • X (1996) – Key Animation • Birdy the Mighty (1996) – Key Animation (Ep 1–4) • Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) – Key Animation (Ep1, 57) • Jubei-chan – Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (1999) – Animation Director (Ep 10, 11) • Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999) – Key Animation • Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) – Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5) • Hidamari no Ki (2000) – Key Animation • Fighting Spirit (2000) – Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20) • Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000) – Key Animation • Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) – Key Animation • Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) – Setting Design, Key Animation • WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) – Key Animation • Texhnolyze (2003) – Key Animation (Ep1) • Dead Leaves (2004) – Key Animation • Samurai Champloo (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5) • The Taste of Tea (2004) – Animation Director • Funky Forest (2005) – Animation Director • Iron Man (2010) – Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11) • Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010) – Key Animation • Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) – Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13) • Yasuke (2021) – Character Design