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name: "Takehiko Inoue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takehiko-inoue"
fi1m_id: "takehiko-inoue"
imdb_id: "nm2547182"
tmdb_id: 1898633
wikidata_id: "Q459911"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:29:39.435466+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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# Takehiko Inoue

## Identity

Takehiko Inoue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takehiko-inoue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takehiko-inoue
- **IMDb ID:** nm2547182
- **TMDB ID:** 1898633
- **Wikidata ID:** Q459911
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiko_Inoue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2547182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1898633

Director. Born 12 January 1967 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 January 1967, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** 成合雄彦, いのうえ たけひこ, なりあい たけひこ, Takehiko Nariai, Inoue Takehiko
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiko_Inoue, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2547182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1898633

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The First Slam Dunk*](https://film.one/film/the-first-slam-dunk.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He wrote and directed the 2022 animated feature *The First Slam Dunk*, his first film as director and screenwriter. The film is based on his manga series *Slam Dunk*.

Inoue was born in 1967 in Kagoshima Prefecture. He made his manga debut in 1988 with the one-shot *Kaede Purple*, which was nominated for the Tezuka Award. His basketball series *Slam Dunk* (1990–1996) became one of the best-selling manga of all time and was adapted into an anime television series and several short films. He is also known for the historical series *Vagabond*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The First Slam Dunk* (2022), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Comic Book, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-first-slam-dunk.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The First Slam Dunk* (2022), Director, Screenplay, Comic Book — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-first-slam-dunk.md)
- *Ahiru no Sora* (2019), series, Thanks
- *Takehiko Inoue: The Last Manga Exhibitions* (2010), Actor
- *Buzzer Beater* (2005), series, Writer, Comic Book
- *Slam Dunk 4: Roar!! Basket Man Spirit* (1995), Writer, Comic Book
- *Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School* (1995), Writer, Comic Book
- *Slam Dunk 2: National Tournement* (1994), Writer, Comic Book, Original Story
- *Slam Dunk: The Determined Shohoku Basketball Team* (1994), Comic Book, Writer
- *Slam Dunk: The Movie* (1994), Writer, Original Story
- *Slam Dunk* (1993), series, Comic Book

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