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name: "Kiyoshi Murayama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kiyoshi-murayama"
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imdb_id: "nm1375928"
tmdb_id: 1387531
roles: ["Director"]
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:51:18.657114+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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# Kiyoshi Murayama

## Identity

Kiyoshi Murayama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kiyoshi-murayama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kiyoshi-murayama
- **IMDb ID:** nm1375928
- **TMDB ID:** 1387531
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1375928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1387531

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2007–2014
- **Also known as:** むらやま きよし, Kurige Katsura, 村山きよし, 村山 靖, 桂 栗毛
- **Frequently works with:** [Toshiaki Kanbara](https://film.one/person/toshiaki-kanbara.md), [Yoshihide Ibata](https://film.one/person/yoshihide-ibata.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1375928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1387531

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Kiyoshi Murayama is a Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter. He is credited under the pseudonym Kurige Katsura for adult-oriented works.

Murayama has directed episodes of series including *Naruto Shippūden* (2007) and *Haikyu!!* (2014). Other credits include directing *Steam Detectives* (1998), *Twin Star Exorcists* (2016) and *Magical Sempai* (2019), as well as work on *Kingdom* (2012), *Akiba Maid War* (2022) and *Berserk of Gluttony* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl* (2025), series, Director
- *Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You.* (2025), series, Director
- *Unnamed Memory* (2024), series, Director
- *Berserk of Gluttony* (2023), series, Director
- *Akiba Maid War* (2022), series, Director
- *22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni)* (2020), series, Director
- *Blade of the Immortal* (2019), series, Director
- *Magical Sempai* (2019), series, Director
- *Cinderella Nine* (2019), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Late Night! The Genius Bakabon* (2018), series, Director
- *Puzzle & Dragons* (2018), series, Director
- *Convenience Store Boy Friends* (2017), series, Director
- *ALL OUT!!* (2016), series, Director
- *Puzzle & Dragons X* (2016), series, Director
- *Twin Star Exorcists* (2016), series, Director, Writer
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Baby Steps* (2014), series, Director
- *Kingdom* (2012), series, Director, Writer
- *Naruto Shippūden* (2007), series, Director
- *Sexfriend* (2004), series, Director
- *Beat Angel Escalayer* (2002), series, Director
- *Kirara* (2000), Director
- *Love Hina* (2000), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Great Teacher Onizuka* (1999), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Steam Detectives* (1998), series, Writer, Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Virus Buster Serge* (1997), series, Director
- *Blue Seed Beyond* (1996), series, Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
- *Compiler Festa* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *Macross 7* (1994), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Blue Seed* (1994), series, Director, Storyboard
- *Compiler* (1994), Director, Screenplay
- *Sonic Soldier Borgman II: New Century 2058* (1993), Director
- *Idol Defense Force Hummingbird* (1993), series, Storyboard Artist, Series Director, Writer
- *After School Tinker Bell* (1992), Director
- *Silent Möbius 2* (1992), Storyboard Artist
- *Free Kick Toward Tomorrow* (1992), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Jingi* (1991), series, Director
- *Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain* (1990), Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Lightning Trap: Leina & Laika* (1990), Director
- *Legendary Idol Eriko* (1989), series, Director
- *Sonic Soldier Borgman* (1988), series, Director

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