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name: "Hiroyuki Tanaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hiroyuki-tanaka"
roles: ["Assistant director","Director"]
born: "22 April 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T22:07:46.608961+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hiroyuki Tanaka

Assistant director and director. Born 22 April 1971 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant director, Director
- **Born:** 22 April 1971, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- **Also known as:** 田中 洋之
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17160878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2485876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1440053

## Streaming the US now

- **Crunchyroll:** [*Attack on Titan*](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md) (83)

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## Biography

Hiroyuki Tanaka (田中 洋之) is a Japanese anime director and episode director. He began his career at Madhouse studio in the early 1990s and later joined WIT Studio.

His directorial debut was the 2007 television series *Claymore*. He has contributed to numerous series as assistant director or episode director, including *Guilty Crown* (2011), *Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress* (2016) and *Attack on Titan* (2013), on which he served as assistant director across multiple seasons and directed several episodes.

Tanaka was born on 22 April 1971 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

*Sources: anime-planet.com, myanimelist.net, animenewsnetwork.com, imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Attack on Titan* (2013), Fi1m 83, Assistant Director, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Moonrise* (2025), series, Director
- *YAIBA: Samurai Legend* (2025), series, Director
- *Vampire in the Garden* (2022), series, Assistant Director, Director
- *SPY x FAMILY* (2022), series, Assistant Director
- *Ranking of Kings* (2021), series, Assistant Director
- *Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress* (2016), series, Director, Assistant Director
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Director, Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *Guilty Crown* (2011), series, Director, Assistant Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Claymore* (2007), series, Director, Storyboard Artist, Series Director
- *Kemonozume* (2006), series, Director
- *Final Fantasy VII: Last Order* (2005), Assistant Director
- *Chobits: Hibiya and Kotoko Chat* (2003), Assistant Director
- *Chobits* (2002), series, Assistant Director, Director
- *Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars* (2001), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card* (2000), Assistant Director
- *Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge* (1997), series, Director
- *X* (1996), Assistant Director
- *Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals* (1994), series, Assistant Director
- *A-Girl* (1993), Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *Pops* (1993), Assistant Director
- *Super Dimension Fortress Macross* (1982), series, Director

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