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Yoko Kikuchi
菊地洋子
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Animator, character designer artist
Employer(s)	Bee Train Studio DEEN Production I.G
Spouse	Eiji Suganuma
Children	1

Yoko Kikuchi (菊地洋子, Kikuchi Yōko) is a Japanese animator and character designer. She has participated in numerous anime TV series produced by Bee Train and Studio Fantasia. She is married to fellow animator Eiji Suganuma, and in 2000 they had a child.

Filmography

Anime television

Year	Title	Role	Note
1992	Yu Yu Hakusho	Key Animation
1996	Jigoku Sensei Nube	In-Between Animation
1998	Silent Möbius	Key Animation (ep 25)
1998	Cardcaptor Sakura	Key Animation (eps. 7, 34)
1999	Arc the Lad	Character Design, Animation Director
2001	Noir	Director (ED), Character Design, Animation Director (ED), Animation (OP)
2001	Tantei Shōnen Kageman	Announcer, Obachan	Voice role
2002	Petite Princess Yucie	Key Animation (eps. 10, 16, 26)
2003	.hack//Legend Of The Twilight	Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 12), Cover Art
2003	Rumbling Hearts	Character Design, Chief Animation Director
2005	Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE	Key Animation (eps. 26)
2006	Le Chevalier D'Eon	Key Animation (ep 1)
2007	El Cazador de la Bruja	Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 13, 26), Key Animation Supervisor (OP, ED)
2008	Junjō Romantica	Character Design
2008	Junjō Romantica 2	Character Design
2009	Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~	Character Design, Animation (OP1)
2009	Umineko When They Cry	Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (ep 26)
2010	Hakuōki	Key Animation (ep 12)
2011	The World's Greatest First Love	Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED)
2012	Kuroko's Basketball	Character Design
2016	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III	Key Animation (eps. 1, 13)	TV anime (Death Busters arc)
2018	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	Key Animation (eps. 15)
2018	My Hero Academia	2nd Key Animation (eps. 47, 54), Key Animation (eps. 59, 61, 63)	Season 3
2019	Carol & Tuesday	2nd Key Animation (eps. 8, 19), Design Cooperation (eps. 23-24), Key Animation (OP2; eps. 1-2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 20), Music Scene Animation (eps. 24)
2019	My Hero Academia	2nd Key Animation (eps. 77)	Season 4

Anime films

Year	Title	Role	Note
1995	Slayers: The Motion Picture	Key Animation
1995	Macross Plus Movie Edition	Key Animation
1998	Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target	Key Animation
2000	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Key Animation
2005	Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom	Character Design, Animation Director
2009	Yatterman	Key Animation
2010	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Key Animation
2011	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Key Animation
2014	The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa	Character Design
2014	The World's Greatest First Love: Valentine arc	Character Design
2020	The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal arc	Character Design
2021	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie	Chief Animation Director (Part 1), Animation Director (Part 1), Key Animation (Part 1–2)	2-Part film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal (Dead Moon arc)

OVA (Original video animations)

Year	Title	Role
1992	Giant Robo	Key Animation
1994	Dirty Pair Flash: Mission I	Key Animation
1994	Macross Plus	Key Animation
1996	Ninja Cadets	Original Drawing
1996	The Adventures of Kotetsu	Character Design, Animation Director
1997	Agent Aika	Animation Director (eps 2, 4–5), Assistant Character Design, Key Animation (Special Trial; eps 1–7)
1998	Geobreeders	Key Animation
2000	Labyrinth of Flames	Character Design
2005	Kirameki Project	Character Design, Animation Director (ep 1)
2005	Saikano: Another Love Song	Key Animation
2007	Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations	Character Design, Animation Director (ED; eps. 3)
2009	Tsubasa: Shunraiki	Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (OP)

References

@choco_kiku (2020-11-23). "本日、子供が二十歳になりました" (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-11-23 – via Twitter.

External links

Yoko Kikuchi on Twitter
Yoko Kikuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Yoko Kikuchi anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

v t e Works of Bee Train Production
Television series	Popolocrois Monogatari (1998–1999) Arc the Lad (1999) Wild Arms: Twilight Venom (1999–2000) Medabots (1999–2000) Captain Kuppa (2001–2002) Noir (2001) .hack//Sign (2001) Avenger (2003) Immortal Grand Prix (2003) .hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003) Madlax (2004) Panda-Z (2004) Meine Liebe (2004–2005) Tsubasa Chronicle (2005–2006) Meine Liebe ~Wieder~ (2006) .hack//Roots (2006) Spider Riders (2006–2007) El Cazador de la Bruja (2007) Blade of the Immortal (2008) Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (2009) Psychic Detective Yakumo (2010) Hyouge Mono (2011–2012)
OVA/ONAs	.hack//Gift (2002) .hack//Liminality (2002–2003) .hack//SIGN - Intermezzo (2003) .hack//SIGN - Unison (2003) Murder Princess (2007) Batman: Gotham Knight - Field Test (2008, animated sequence) Halo Legends: Homecoming (2010, animated sequence)
Related	Kōichi Mashimo
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v t e Production I.G television series
1987–2009	Zillion (1987) Blue Seed (1994–1995) Popolocrois Monogatari (1998–1999) Medabots Damashii (2000–2001) Vampiyan Kids (2001–2002) PaRappa the Rapper (2001–2002) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005) Cromartie High School (2003–2004) Windy Tales (2004–2005) Otogi Zoshi (2004–2005) Immortal Grand Prix (2005–2006) Blood+ (2005–2006) Le Chevalier D'Eon (2006–2007) xxxHolic (2006–2008) Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007) Reideen (2007) Ghost Hound (2007–2008) Sisters of Wellber (2007–2008) AniKuri15* (2007, animated segments) K-tai Investigator 7 (2008–2009) Library War (2008) Real Drive (2008) World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin (2008) The Beast Player Erin (2009) Eden of the East (2009) Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings (2009)
2010–2019	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II (2010) Kimi ni Todoke (2009–present) Moshidora (2011) Bunny Drop (2011) You're Being Summoned, Azazel (2011–2013) Blood-C (2011) Guilty Crown (2011–2012) Kuroko's Basketball (2012–2015) The Prince of Tennis II (2012) Shining Hearts (2012) Robotics;Notes (2012–2013) Psycho-Pass (2012–2013) Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2012–2013) Genshiken Nidaime (2013) Ace of Diamond (2013–2016) Haikyu!! (2014–2020) Ao Haru Ride (2014) Broken Blade (2014) Maria the Virgin Witch (2015) Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2015) Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015) Pikaia! (2015) Ghost in the Shell Arise – Alternative Architecture (2015) Joker Game (2016) Atom: The Beginning (2017) Welcome to the Ballroom (2017) Pikaia!! (2017) Magical Circle Guru Guru (2017) Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018) FLCL Progressive (2018) FLCL Alternative (2018) Run with the Wind (2018–2019) Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019–2020) True Cooking Master Boy (2019–2021) Psycho-Pass 3 (2019) Stay Tuned! (2019, live-action)
2020–2029	Noblesse (2020) Moriarty the Patriot (2020–2021) Star Wars: Visions ("The Ninth Jedi"; 2021) Fena: Pirate Princess (2021) Aoashi (2022) Heavenly Delusion (2023) FLCL: Shoegaze (2023) Kaiju No. 8 (2024) Shinkalion: Change the World (2024) Kinnikuman Kanpeki Chо̄jin Shiso-hen (2024)
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