Yoko Kikuchi
Yoko Kikuchi (菊地 洋子, Kikuchi Yōko) is a Japanese animator and character designer. She has participated in numerous anime TV series produced by Bee Train and Studio Fantasia. She is married to fellow animator Eiji Suganuma, and in 2000 they had a child.
Also recorded as Yōko Kikuchi · Youko Kikuchi · Kikuchi Yōko · Kikuchi Yoko
Yoko Kikuchi
- Name
- Yoko Kikuchi
- Occupation
- Animator, character designer artist
- Spouse
- Eiji Suganuma
- Born
- 1967
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Yoko Kikuchi • Native Name — 菊地 洋子 • Employer — Bee Train Studio DEEN Production I.G • Occupation — Animator, character designer artist • Spouse — Eiji Suganuma • Children — 1
Anime television
Anime television
• Year — Title — Role — Note • 1992 — Yu Yu Hakusho — Key Animation • 1996 — Jigoku Sensei Nube — In-Between Animation • 1998 — Silent Möbius — Key Animation (ep 25) • Cardcaptor Sakura — Key Animation (eps. 7, 34) • 1999 — Arc the Lad — Character Design, Animation Director • 2001 — Noir — Director (ED), Character Design, Animation Director (ED), Animation (OP) • Tantei Shōnen Kageman — Announcer, Obachan — Voice role • 2002 — Petite Princess Yucie — Key Animation (eps. 10, 16, 26) • 2003 —.hack Legend Of The Twilight — Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 12), Cover Art • Rumbling Hearts — Character Design, Chief Animation Director • 2005 — Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE — Key Animation (eps. 26) • 2006 — Le Chevalier D'Eon — Key Animation (ep 1) • 2007 — El Cazador de la Bruja — Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 13, 26), Key Animation Supervisor (OP, ED) • 2008 — Junjō Romantica — Character Design • Junjō Romantica 2 — Character Design • 2009 — Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ — Character Design, Animation (OP1) • Umineko When They Cry — Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (ep 26) • 2010 — Hakuōki — Key Animation (ep 12) • 2011 — The World's Greatest First Love — Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED) • 2012 — Kuroko's Basketball — Character Design • 2016 — Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III — Key Animation (eps. 1, 13) — TV anime (Death Busters arc) • 2018 — Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card — Key Animation (eps. 15) • My Hero Academia — 2nd Key Animation (eps. 47, 54), Key Animation (eps. 59, 61, 63) — Season 3 • 2019 — Carol & Tuesday — 2nd Key Animation (eps. 8, 19), Design Cooperation (eps. 23-24), Key Animation (OP2; eps. 1-2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 20), Music Scene Animation (eps. 24) • My Hero Academia — 2nd Key Animation (eps. 77) — Season 4 • 2024 — Ishura — Character Design • Twilight Out of Focus — Character Design • 2025 — Mechanical Marie — Character Design
OVA (Original video animations)
OVA (Original video animations)
• Year — Title — Role — Note • 1992 — Giant Robo — Key Animation • 1994 — Dirty Pair Flash: Mission I — Key Animation • Macross Plus — Key Animation • 1996 — Ninja Cadets — Original Drawing • The Adventures of Kotetsu — Character Design, Animation Director • 1997 — Agent Aika — Animation Director (eps 2, 4–5), Assistant Character Design, Key Animation (Special Trial; eps 1–7) • 1998 — Geobreeders — Key Animation • 2000 — Labyrinth of Flames — Character Design • 2005 — Kirameki Project — Character Design, Animation Director (ep 1) • Saikano: Another Love Song — Key Animation • 2007 — Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations — Character Design, Animation Director (ED; eps. 3) • 2009 — Tsubasa: Shunraiki — Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (OP)
Anime films
• Year — Title — Role — Note • 1995 — Slayers: The Motion Picture — Key Animation • Macross Plus Movie Edition — Key Animation • 1998 — Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target — Key Animation • 2000 — Ah! My Goddess: The Movie — Key Animation • 2005 — Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom — Character Design, Animation Director • 2009 — Yatterman — Key Animation • 2010 — Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works — Key Animation • 2011 — Sengoku Basara: The Last Party — Key Animation • 2014 — The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa — Character Design • The World's Greatest First Love: Valentine arc — Character Design • 2020 — The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal arc — Character Design • 2021 — Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie — Chief Animation Director (Part 1), Animation Director (Part 1), Key Animation (Part 1–2) — 2-Part film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal (Dead Moon arc)
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