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name: "Ryuta Kawahara"
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roles: ["Director"]
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:09:14.362890+00:00"
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# Ryuta Kawahara

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Ryuuta Kawahara, Ryūta Kawahara, 河原 龍太
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9794972/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2382964

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Ryūta Kawahara is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He began working in animation production around 2015, initially with Sunrise, before taking on directing roles. He is affiliated with studio BAKKKA.

Kawahara has served as episode director on series including *Attack on Titan* (2018), *The Ancient Magus' Bride* (2017), *Overlord* (2018), *The Promised Neverland* (2019), *86 EIGHTY-SIX* (2021–2022), *Blue Period* (2021) and *Dragon Ball DAIMA* (2024–2025). He has also contributed storyboards and unit direction to several titles.

*Sources: imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com, detectiveconanworld.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Summer Hikaru Died* (2025), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback* (2025), Second Unit Director
- *Umamusume: Cinderella Gray* (2025), series, Director
- *Dragon Ball DAIMA* (2024), series, Director
- *BUCCHIGIRI?!* (2024), series, Director
- *THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS U149* (2023), series, Storyboard Artist, Director, Assistant Director
- *Blue Period* (2021), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *86 EIGHTY-SIX* (2021), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Noblesse* (2020), series, Director
- *Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon* (2020), series, Director
- *Wave, Listen to Me!* (2020), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire* (2019), Second Unit Director
- *The Promised Neverland* (2019), series, Director
- *Grand Blue Dreaming* (2018), series, Director
- *The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These* (2018), series, Director
- *The Ancient Magus' Bride* (2017), series, Director
- *BLEND-S* (2017), series, Director
- *Angel's 3Piece!* (2017), series, Storyboard, Director
- *Orange* (2016), series, Director
- *Overlord* (2015), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke* (2009), series, Director, Storyboard Artist

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