Biography
Tomohiro Hirata is a Japanese anime director, animator and character designer. He began working in key animation on titles including Project A-Ko (1986) and provided character designs for The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993). He made his directorial debut with the series Peace Maker Kurogane (2003–2004).
Hirata directed Trinity Blood (2005), for which he also served as series composer, and contributed episode direction and storyboards to Haikyu!! (2014). He is married to animator and character designer Atsuko Nakajima, with whom he collaborated on Trinity Blood.
