is a Japanese

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director, producer and photography director.

Career

Daichi is a native of

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and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic University. He originally aspired to be a stage photographer, but entered the employ of Tokyo Animation Film, an anime photography company. His first work in the industry was as photography director for the ''

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'' movie ''History of Nobita's Outer Space Trailblazing'' (ドラえもんのび太の宇宙開拓史). After five years, Daichi changed jobs and worked for a video production company making

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videos among other things, but he later returned to the anime industry and focused on direction. In 1994, he attracted attention for his storyboard work on '' Akazukin Chacha'', and in 1995 he made his debut as a series director on ''

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''.

Sexual harassment allegations

In 2018 and 2019, voice actress Hiroko Konishi alleged that she was propositioned by her manager to enter a mixed bath with Daichi in the nude and was blacklisted from the voice acting industry when she refused.

Works (as director)

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Kodomo no Omocha'' (''Kodocha: Sana's Stage''; 1996–1998) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san'' (1998) * '' Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Atashin'chi'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

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'' ('' Grrl Power!'') (2004) * '' Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl 2'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Gag Manga Biyori'' (2005) * '' We Were There'' (2006) * '' Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012–2015) * '' DD Fist of the North Star'' (2013) * '' Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō'' (2016) * '' Nobunaga no Shinobi'' (2017) * '' Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa'' (2022) * '' Me & Roboco'' (2022)

References

External links

Daichi's homepage
(Japanese) *
Daichi at AnimeNEXT 2005 convention
Anime directors Living people 1956 births People from Gunma Prefecture {{Anime-bio-stub