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Kôichi Kikuta

  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Kôichi Kikuta is known for Sword Art Online (2012), Robotics;Notes (2012) and Haikyu!! (2014).
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    Known for

    Sword Art Online (2012)
    Sword Art Online
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Art Department
    Robotics;Notes (2012)
    Robotics;Notes
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director(as Kouichi Kikuta in English language credits)
    Yu Hayashi, Satoshi Hino, Ayumu Murase, and Kaito Ishikawa in Haikyu!! (2014)
    Haikyu!!
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Seitokai yakuindomo (2010)
    Seitokai yakuindomo
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(ending sequence, opening sequence)

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    Animation Department

    • Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (2016)
      Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • animation director
      • chief animation director
      • 2016–2024
    • KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (2023)
      KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
      7.0
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2023
    • Nina Tamaki, Reina Ueda, Rui Tanabe, Haruka Chisuga, Yuka Takakura, and Manaka Iwami in Blue Reflection Ray (2021)
      Blue Reflection Ray
      6.1
      TV Series
      • animation director: opening and ending animation
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2021
    • Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls (2020)
      Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls
      6.2
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 2020
    • Konosuba!: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - Legend of Crimson (2019)
      Konosuba!: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! - Legend of Crimson
      7.8
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • layout supervisor ...
      • 2019
    • Aki Toyosaki and Rie Takahashi in Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (2016)
      Konosuba OVA: God's Blessing on This Wonderful Choker!
      7.5
      Video
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2016
    • Nisekoi (2014)
      Nisekoi
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • Yurikuma Arashi (2015)
      Yurikuma Arashi
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • Aikatsu! The Movie (2014)
      Aikatsu! The Movie
      8.8
      • key animator
      • 2014
    • Yu Hayashi, Satoshi Hino, Ayumu Murase, and Kaito Ishikawa in Haikyu!! (2014)
      Haikyu!!
      8.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2014
    • Aikatsu! (2012)
      Aikatsu!
      8.8
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2014
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story (2013)
      Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story
      7.8
      • key animator
      • key animator: opening animation
      • 2013
    • BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (2012)
      BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
      7.4
      Video Game
      • key animator
      • 2012
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)
      Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
      7.9
      • key animator
      • 2012
    • Nisemonogatari (2012)
      Nisemonogatari
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2012

    Art Department

    • Princess Connect! Re: Dive (2020)
      Princess Connect! Re: Dive
      6.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Yurikuma Arashi (2015)
      Yurikuma Arashi
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Yu Hayashi, Satoshi Hino, Ayumu Murase, and Kaito Ishikawa in Haikyu!! (2014)
      Haikyu!!
      8.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (2012)
      BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
      7.4
      Video Game
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust (2012)
      Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
      6.4
      • concept designer
      • 2012
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012
    • Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion (2011)
      Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
      6.2
      • concept designer
      • image boards
      • 2011
    • Seitokai yakuindomo (2010)
      Seitokai yakuindomo
      7.1
      TV Series
      • color concept: ending sequence
      • storyboard artist: ending sequence
      • 2010

    Director

    • Yu Hayashi, Satoshi Hino, Ayumu Murase, and Kaito Ishikawa in Haikyu!! (2014)
      Haikyu!!
      8.7
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2014
    • Robotics;Notes (2012)
      Robotics;Notes
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director (as Kouichi Kikuta in English language credits)
      • 2012
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Seitokai yakuindomo (2010)
      Seitokai yakuindomo
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director (ending sequence)
      • 2010

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      • Kouichi Kikuta in English language credits

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