Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-07-11 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo

Also Known As やたべ かつよし, 森田風太, Fūta Morita, Fuuta Morita, 森田光太, Kota Morita

Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Biography

Yatabe Katsuyoshi (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Tomino Yoshiyuki and Takahashi Ryousuke before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.

Known For

Director

2011
STAR☆jewel

as Director

2007
Dinosaur King

as Series Director

2006
Strawberry Panic!

as Director

2006
Boku no Pico

as Director

2006
NANA

as Director

2006
Boku no Pico

as Director

2003
Detective School Q

as Director

2001
Hikaru no Go

as Director

1999
Gundress

as Director

1999
Shin Hakkenden

as Director

1997
Legend of the Mystical Ninja

as Series Director

1991
1990
Brave Exkaiser

as Series Director

1989
Bucchigiri

as Director

1988
Mashin Hero Wataru

as Director

1988
Ronin Warriors

as Director

1987
Dirty Pair 2

as Series Director

1987
Dirty Pair 2

as Director

1985
1983
1982
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked

as Assistant Director

Writer

1995
Jura Tripper

as Screenplay

1989
Bucchigiri

as Storyboard

1988
Ronin Warriors

as Storyboard

1985
1983

Art

2003
Detective School Q

as Storyboard Artist

2001
Hikaru no Go

as Storyboard Artist

1997
Eat-Man

as Storyboard Artist

1987
Dirty Pair 2

as Storyboard Artist

Creator

1993
1990
Brave Exkaiser

as Creator

Sound

1999
Gundress

as Sound Director

Producer

1998
ふたり暮らし

as Producer