---
name: "Rokou Ogiwara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rokou-ogiwara"
fi1m_id: "rokou-ogiwara"
imdb_id: "nm3022632"
tmdb_id: 1919985
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:51:04.831288+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."
---

# Rokou Ogiwara

## Identity

Rokou Ogiwara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rokou-ogiwara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rokou-ogiwara
- **IMDb ID:** nm3022632
- **TMDB ID:** 1919985
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3022632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1919985

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2004–2017
- **Also known as:** Rokō Ogiwara, Rokô Ogiwara, 萩原露光, おぎわら ろこう, 荻原 露光
- **Frequently works with:** [Matsuo Asami](https://film.one/person/matsuo-asami.md), [Takahiro Otsuka](https://film.one/person/takahiro-otsuka.md), [Tomoko Hiramuki](https://film.one/person/tomoko-hiramuki.md), [Toshiaki Kanbara](https://film.one/person/toshiaki-kanbara.md), Akira Shimizu, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Takahiro Enokida
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3022632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1919985

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Rokou Ogiwara (also credited as Rokō Ogiwara or Rokô Ogiwara; Japanese: 萩原露光) is a Japanese animation director, episode director and storyboard artist.

He has contributed to numerous anime television series, including episode direction on *Bleach* (2004), *Haikyu!!* (2014) and *Black Clover* (2017). Other credits include *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations* (2017), *Fighting Spirit* (2000), *The Misfit of Demon King Academy* (2020), *SHAMAN KING* (2021), *ThunderCats* (2011), *Usagi Drop* (2011) and *Non Non Biyori* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, anilist.co, myanimelist.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Insomniacs After School* (2023), series, Director
- *SHAMAN KING* (2021), series, Director
- *The Misfit of Demon King Academy* (2020), series, Director
- *Babylon* (2019), series, Director
- *Run with the Wind* (2018), series, Assistant Director, Director
- *Black Clover* (2017), series, Director
- *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations* (2017), series, Director
- *Puzzle & Dragons X* (2016), series, Director
- *World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman* (2015), series, Director
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Non Non Biyori* (2013), series, Director
- *NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals* (2012), series, Director
- *The Knight in the Area* (2012), series, Director
- *ThunderCats* (2011), series, Director
- *Usagi Drop* (2011), series, Director
- *Cobra The Animation: The Psycho-Gun* (2008), series, Director
- *Angel Heart* (2005), series, Director
- *Bleach* (2004), series, Director
- *Phoenix* (2004), series, Director
- *Fighting Spirit* (2000), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Koharu*, Actor

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