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name: "Yoshihiro Furusawa"
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imdb_id: "nm4189780"
tmdb_id: 1749022
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-28T21:06:00.086969+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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# Yoshihiro Furusawa

## Identity

Yoshihiro Furusawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshihiro-furusawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshihiro-furusawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm4189780
- **TMDB ID:** 1749022
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118727138
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118727138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4189780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1749022

Producer. Born 25 February 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 February 1978, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** 古澤 佳寛
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 69 (4), 2020s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Drama 3, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $768m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118727138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4189780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1749022

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Exit 8*](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Yoshihiro Furusawa is a Japanese film producer. Born on 25 February 1978 in Tokyo, he graduated from Meiji University in 2000 and joined Toho the same year. He worked in cinema operations and sales before taking on new business initiatives, later heading the anime division and establishing the TOHO animation label.

In 2017 he founded STORY inc. and serves as its president while remaining affiliated with Toho. He has been executive producer on several Makoto Shinkai films, including *Your Name.* (2016), *Weathering with You* (2019) and *Suzume* (2022). He received the Fujimoto Award for his work on *Your Name.*.

Furusawa produced the 2025 live-action film *Exit 8* and has contributed to other projects such as *Bubble* (2022) and *The Colors Within* (2024). His father, Toshio Furusawa, was a noted film publicity producer.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Exit 8* (2025), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)
- *Suzume* (2022), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)
- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Fi1m 55, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)
- *Your Name.* (2016), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island* (2026), Executive Producer
- *mofusand the animation* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Exit 8* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)
- *Koupen-chan* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *The Colors Within* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Suzume* (2022), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)
- *Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Bubble* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Godzilla Singular Point* (2021), series, Associate Producer
- *Her Blue Sky* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Azur Lane* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Weathering with You* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Godzilla: The Planet Eater* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-the-planet-eater.md)
- *Run with the Wind* (2018), series, Associate Producer
- *My Hero Academia: Two Heroes* (2018), Executive Producer
- *HANEBADO!* (2018), series, Associate Producer
- *Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-city-on-the-edge-of-battle.md)
- *Umamusume: Pretty Derby* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Teasing Master Takagi-san* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Asahinagu* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Fireworks* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Sakura Quest* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Orange: Future* (2016), Executive Producer
- *GANTZ:O* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Orange* (2016), series, as Other
- *Your Name.* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48* (2016), Producer
- *Ajin* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Himouto! Umaru-chan* (2015), series, Supervising Producer
- *Blood Blockade Battlefront* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Idols' Tears: Documentary of SKE48* (2015), Producer
- *Blue Spring Ride* (2014), series, Executive Producer
- *Rose Color's Buko* (2014), Producer
- *One Week Friends* (2014), series, as Other
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain* (2013), Producer
- *Saint☆Young Men* (2013), Producer
- *Majestic Prince* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education* (2011), series, Producer
- *Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan* (2010), series, Producer

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