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name: "Yoshitaka Koyama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoshitaka-koyama"
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tmdb_id: 1579862
wikidata_id: "Q11563232"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:50:52.411193+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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# Yoshitaka Koyama

## Identity

Yoshitaka Koyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshitaka-koyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshitaka-koyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm1457331
- **TMDB ID:** 1579862
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11563232
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11563232, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1457331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579862

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Koyama Yoshitaka, 湖山 禎崇
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11563232, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1457331/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579862

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Yoshitaka Koyama is a Japanese anime director, episode director and storyboard artist. He began his career in animation, working in key animation and the animation department on projects including *The Transformers: The Movie* (1986) and *Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie* (1994), before moving into directing roles.

Koyama has directed series such as *Miami Guns* (2000), *Rune Soldier* (2001), *Noramimi* (2008) and *Handa-kun* (2016). He has also served as episode director or storyboard artist on *xxxHOLiC* (2006), *Kamisama Kiss* (2012), *Golden Time* (2013), *SHIROBAKO* (2014), *Haikyu!!* (2014) and *Charlotte* (2015). His wife, Manami Koyama, works as an art director.

*Sources: imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com, anidb.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Catch Me at the Ballpark!* (2025), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *LUPIN ZERO* (2022), series, Director
- *Combatants Will Be Dispatched!* (2021), series, Director
- *A3!* (2020), series, Director
- *DYNAMIC CHORD* (2017), series, Director
- *Handa-kun* (2016), series, Series Director
- *Charlotte* (2015), series, Storyboard
- *SHIROBAKO* (2014), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V* (2014), series, Director
- *Golden Time* (2013), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Kamisama Kiss* (2012), series, Director
- *Usagi Drop* (2011), series, Director
- *You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san* (2011), series, Storyboard
- *Angel Beats!* (2010), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Ghost Hound* (2007), series, Storyboard Artist
- *xxxHOLiC* (2006), series, Storyboard Artist, Director
- *IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix* (2005), series, Director
- *Honey and Clover* (2005), series, Director
- *Fuichin-san* (2004), Director
- *Rune Soldier* (2001), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Sin: The Movie* (2000), Key Animation
- *Initial D* (1998), series, Storyboard Artist
- *Those Who Hunt Elves* (1996), series, Director, Storyboard Artist
- *Nyūin Bokki Monogatari Ojiji ni!* (1991), series, Writer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- *名門!第三野球部* (1988), series, Storyboard Artist
- *The Transformers: The Movie* (1986), Key Animation

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