---
name: "Kōichirō Itō"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/koichiro-ito"
fi1m_id: "koichiro-ito"
imdb_id: "nm5147232"
tmdb_id: 1895797
wikidata_id: "Q68592445"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:07:23.277170+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."
---

# Kōichirō Itō

## Identity

Kōichirō Itō

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/koichiro-ito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** koichiro-ito
- **IMDb ID:** nm5147232
- **TMDB ID:** 1895797
- **Wikidata ID:** Q68592445
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68592445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5147232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1895797

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Koichiro Ito, Kouichirou Itou, 伊藤 耕一郎
- **Frequently works with:** [Genki Kawamura](https://film.one/person/genki-kawamura.md), [Makoto Shinkai](https://film.one/person/makoto-shinkai.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68592445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5147232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1895797

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Your Name.*](https://film.one/film/your-name.md) (84)
- **Crunchyroll:** [*Suzume*](https://film.one/film/suzume.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Koichiro Ito (also credited as Kouichirou Itou, Kōichirō Itō or 伊藤 耕一郎) is a Japanese anime producer. He has worked primarily with CoMix Wave Films and served as producer on several films directed by Makoto Shinkai.

His credits include *Your Name.* (2016), *Weathering with You* (2019) and *Suzume* (2022). Earlier work encompasses *Children Who Chase Lost Voices* (2011), *The Garden of Words* (2013) and *Kakurenbo* (2004). In 2025 he was sentenced to four years in prison after conviction on multiple charges of child prostitution and production of child pornography.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, anime-planet.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Suzume* (2022), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)
- *Your Name.* (2016), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Suzume* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)
- *Modern Love Tokyo* (2022), series, Producer
- *Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song* (2022), Producer
- *Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1* (2017), as Other
- *Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?* (2017), series, Producer
- *Your Name.* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *After School Midnighters* (2012), Producer
- *Children Who Chase Lost Voices* (2011), Producer
- *Hoshizora Kiseki* (2006), Producer, Screenplay

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