# Takeshi Koike

Takeshi Koike (小池健, Koike Takeshi) (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.
Something of a protégé of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from a high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as director is the title sequence of the 2000 film Party 7; while his first feature film is Redline, which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the IIIrd: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

## Filmography
### Director

| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
| 2000 | Party 7 | Title sequence | Opening animation of the live-action film Party 7 |
| 2000 | Smanime | Short film | Three short animated films for a SMAP concert |
| 2003 | Trava: Fist Planet | OVA | |
| 2003 | World Record | Short film | Part of the Animatrix anthology |
| 2003 | Afro Samurai: Pilot | Television pilot | |
| 2005 | The Taste of Tea | Animated sequence | Animated sequence in the live-action film The Taste of Tea |
| 2005 | Funky Forest | Animated sequence | Animated sequence in the live-action film Funky Forest |
| 2009 | Iron Man: Pilot | Television pilot | |
| 2009 | Redline | Feature film | |
| 2014 | Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone | Feature film | |
| 2017 | Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray | Feature film | |
| 2019 | Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie | Feature film | |
| 2025 | Lupin the IIIrd The Movie | Feature film | |

### Other work

* The Foxes of Chironup Island (1987) In-Between Animation
* Wicked City (1987) - In-Between Animation
* Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (1988) - Animation Check
* Bride of Deimos (1988) Animation Check
* Demon City Shinjuku (1988) - Animation Check
* Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1st season (1988) - Key Animation (Ep 19)
* Goku: Midnight Eye (1989) - Animation Check, Key Animation
* Goku II: Midnight Eye (1989) - Key Animation
* Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989) Key Animation (Ep 1, 18)
* Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) - 　Mechanical Animation Director,　Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
* Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen (1990) Key Animation (Ep 1, 2)
* Nineteen 19 (1990) Key Animation
* A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) - Key Animation
* Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) - Key Animation
* Doomed Megalopolis (1991) - Assistant Animation Director (Ep 1, 2), Key Animation (Ep 1, 2, 3)
* Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992) - Key Animation (Ep 1, 6)
* Ninja Scroll (1993) - Key Animation
* The Cockpit (1994) (segment Slipstream) - Key Animation
* True Peakock King (1994) - Character Design, Key Animation
* Clamp in Wonderland (1994) - Key Animation
* Darkside Blues (1994) - Key Animation
* Mighty Space Miners (1994) - Opening Animation, Ending Animation
* DNA² (1996) - Mechanic Design, Opening Animation
* Bio Hunter (1995) - Key Animation
* Memories (1995) (segment Stink Bomb) - Key Animation
* X (1996) - Key Animation
* Birdy the Mighty (1996) - Key Animation (Ep 1–4)
* Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) - Key Animation (Ep1, 57)
* Jubei-chan - Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (1999) - Animation Director (Ep 10, 11)
* Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999) - Key Animation
* Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000) - Key Animation (Op, Ep 1, 5)
* Hidamari no Ki (2000) - Key Animation
* Fighting Spirit (2000) - Key Animation (Op 1, Ep 20)
* Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000) - Key Animation
* Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) - Key Animation
* Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) - Setting Design, Key Animation
* WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) - Key Animation
* Texhnolyze (2003) - Key Animation (Ep1)
* Dead Leaves (2004) - Key Animation
* Samurai Champloo (2004) Key Animation (Opening Animation, Ep 5)
* The Taste of Tea (2004) - Animation Director
* Funky Forest (2005) - Animation Director
* Iron Man (2010) - Mechanical Design, Key Animation (Ep 1, 7, 11)
* Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010) - Key Animation
* Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - Character Design, Animation Director, Episode Animation Director (Ep 1, 13), Key Animation (Opening, Ep 13)
* Yasuke (2021) - Character Design