---
name: "Jouji Furuta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jouji-furuta"
fi1m_id: "jouji-furuta"
imdb_id: "nm5951040"
tmdb_id: 1467507
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:51:55.609550+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."
---

# Jouji Furuta

## Identity

Jouji Furuta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jouji-furuta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jouji-furuta
- **IMDb ID:** nm5951040
- **TMDB ID:** 1467507
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5951040/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1467507

Director. Born 17 January 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 January 1981
- **Also known as:** Takeshi Furuta, ふるた じょうじ, Joji Furuta, 古田 丈司
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5951040/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1467507

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Haikyu!!*](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jouji Furuta is a Japanese animation director. He has worked under the names Takeshi Furuta and Jôji Furuta, and is credited on numerous anime series and films.

Early in his career he was associated with the Sunrise studio. He served as episode director on *Haikyu!!* (2014) and directed *The Comic Artist and His Assistants* (2014). Subsequent directing credits include *Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold* (2015), *The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments* (2018), *Double Decker! Doug & Kirill* (2018) and *Shaman King* (2021). He has also contributed storyboards and scripts to several projects.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Haikyu!!* (2014), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Bad Girl* (2025), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- *SHAMAN KING FLOWERS* (2024), series, Series Director
- *MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES* (2023), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Visual Prison* (2021), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- *SHAMAN KING* (2021), series, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- *HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima* (2020), series, Storyboard
- *Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS* (2020), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Utano Princesama Maji LOVE Kingdom* (2019), Director
- *Double Decker! Doug & Kirill* (2018), series, Series Director
- *ēlDLIVE* (2017), series, Series Director
- *Mr. Osomatsu* (2015), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Dragon Ball Super* (2015), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold* (2015), series, Storyboard, Series Director, Director
- *The Seven Deadly Sins* (2014), series, Storyboard, Series Director, Storyboard Artist
- *The Comic Artist and His Assistants* (2014), series, Storyboard, Director, Series Director
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Nobunagun* (2014), series, Assistant Director
- *Devil Survivor 2: The Animation* (2013), series, Storyboard, Director
- *Love Live! School Idol Project* (2013), series, Storyboard, Director
- *Cuticle Detective Inaba* (2013), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Sword Art Online* (2012), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Place to Place* (2012), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Uta no Prince-sama* (2011), series, Series Director
- *Valkyria Chronicles 3: Unrecorded Chronicles* (2011), Co-Director
- *Fairy Tail* (2009), series, Storyboard Artist

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