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name: "Yumiko Nakata"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yumiko-nakata"
fi1m_id: "yumiko-nakata"
imdb_id: "nm2427005"
tmdb_id: 1374587
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:52:23.697298+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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# Yumiko Nakata

## Identity

Yumiko Nakata

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yumiko-nakata
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yumiko-nakata
- **IMDb ID:** nm2427005
- **TMDB ID:** 1374587
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2427005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1374587

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Also known as:** 中田裕美子, 中田 祐美子
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2427005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1374587

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Yumiko Nakata is a Japanese cinematographer and director of photography, also credited as 中田裕美子 and 中田 祐美子. She has worked extensively in anime, serving as director of photography on the television series *Haikyu!!* (2014) and its sequels and films.

Her credits include director of photography on *Giovanni's Island* (2014), *Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning* (2015), *Star Wars: Visions* (2021) and *HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle* (2024). She has also contributed to compositing and photography on other anime productions.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi* (2026), series, Compositing Artist
- *Rilakkuma* (2026), series, Compositing Artist
- *HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle* (2024), Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
- *Aoashi* (2022), series, Compositing Artist
- *Star Wars: Visions* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 2 Paladin; Agateram* (2021), Compositing Artist
- *Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning* (2015), Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
- *Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie* (2015), Compositing Artist
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Director of Photography, Compositing Artist — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Giovanni's Island* (2014), Director of Photography
- *From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke* (2009), series, Compositing Artist
- *The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game* (2005), Compositing Artist

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