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Yoshihiko Umakoshi

  • Animation Department
  • Visual Effects
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Yoshihiko Umakoshi was born on 30 July 1968 in Ehime, Hakata, Japan. Yoshihiko is known for My Hero Academia (2016), Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001).
BornJuly 30, 1968
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      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
    My Hero Academia
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
    Dragon Ball Super: Broly
    7.7
    Movie
    • Animation Department(as Yoshihiko Baba)
    • 2018
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    Movie
    • Animation Department
    • 2001
    Casshern Sins (2008)
    Casshern Sins
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Animation Department

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    Animation Department

    • Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023)
      Pretty Cure All Stars F
      8.2
      • animation director
      • original character designer
      • 2023
    • One Piece Film: Red (2022)
      One Piece Film: Red
      6.8
      • key animator
      • 2022
    • Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Mayumi Tanaka, and Kappei Yamaguchi in One Piece (1999)
      One Piece
      9.0
      TV Series
      • key animator (as Yoshihiko Magoshi)
      • 2022
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • character designer
      • animation director
      • 2016–2021
    • Tetsu Inada, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yûki Kaji, and Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
      My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
      7.1
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2021
    • Looking for Magical DoReMi (2020)
      Looking for Magical DoReMi
      6.7
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • key animator
      • 2020
    • My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)
      My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
      7.8
      • animation director
      • character designer
      • 2019
    • Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
      Dragon Ball Super: Broly
      7.7
      • key animator (as Yoshihiko Baba)
      • 2018
    • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
      My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
      7.3
      • character designer
      • chief animation director
      • 2018
    • The Reflection (2017)
      The Reflection
      5.0
      TV Mini Series
      • character designer
      • 2017
    • Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates (2016)
      Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates
      7.7
      • key animator
      • 2016
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • Mushi-Shi: Next Passage (2014)
      Mushi-Shi: Next Passage
      8.8
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • character designer/chief animation director
      • 2015
    • Mushi-Shi (2005)
      Mushi-Shi
      8.5
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • character designer/chief animation director
      • key animator ...
      • 2005–2014
    • KILL la KILL (2013)
      KILL la KILL
      7.8
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2013

    Visual Effects

    • My Hero Academia
      • character design
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • character design
      • 2016–2024

    Art Department

    • Kôchû ôja mushikingu: Mori no tami no densetsu (2005)
      Kôchû ôja mushikingu: Mori no tami no densetsu
      7.3
      TV Series
      • character design
      • 2005–2006

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    • Alternative names
      • Yoshihiko Baba
    • Born
      • July 30, 1968
      • Ehime, Hakata, Japan

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