Motohiro Shirakawa
Film Director

A Director at the crea�ve studio KOO-KI, Motohiro Shirakawa was born in Osaka, Japan in 1974. His
specialty is character anima�on and his past work includes direc�ng game opening sequences,
television commercials and program packages. His works are family friendly and diverse, ranging fromﬁlm & app direc�on, event planning to interior design. His original short animated ﬁlm, “ Mr. shape,” ashort animated ﬁlm, has been screened at ﬁlm fes�vals in over 10 countries around the world.
"Mr.shapeʼs Touch Card,” an educa�onal app featuring Mr. shape, won the Good Design Award (2013)
and was one of Japan Media Arts Fes�valʼs Jury Selec�ons (2011). The sequel to “ Touch Card ”, “ Mrs.
Remyʼs Touch Food" (is/was) a food educa�on app made in collabora�on with Remy, the oﬃcial brandof Japanese cooking expert Ms. Remy Hirano. Motohiro is expanding his por�olio, producing anddesigning mul�-media, mul�-sensory experiences. He made a foray into interior design, the project atAWARDS-“Nanchou Nan Nan”/Anima�on★ 25nd Japan Media Arts Fes�val (2022)/Jury Selec�on★FCC Award（2021)/FCC Award★FUKUOKA AD ASSOCIATION PRIZE for

Web Movie/GOLD

the children's sec�on at a department store, Hakata Daimaru, featuring Mr. shapeʼs character. His
work from 2017, “ The Finale Song” won the Grand Prix at Miyagi Sendai Anima�on Grand Prix 2018.
The work was made for a restora�on project for following the earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture. He
planned and directed a special exhibi�on “ SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION -A look inside the world- ” forFukuoka City Science Museum in 2018, providing the unique combina�on of digital and real lifeexperiences a�rac�ng a record number of 85,000 visitors. “ SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION ” toured 12 ci�esna�onwide, recording a total a�endance of approximately 400,000 people.

★Kyoto Ani Monozukuri Award2022/Grand Prix,GOLD,BRONZE★ 62th ACC (2022)/ACC FINALIST★The 49th Japan Prize 2022
/FINALIST★Kyushu ADCAward2023/Best9,Category Grand Prize-KINCHO／“A sheet that eliminates�cks” Movie for shop
★ 62th ACC (2022)/ACC Bronze“LUPIN THE 3rd × McDonald's ”
WEB Movie
McDonaldʼs Japan©Monkey Punch／ＴＭＳ・ＮＴＶ-Yonekyu／TV ad★ 62th ACC (2022)/ACC FINALIST-“SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION -A lookinside the world-”/Exhibiton★ 6th DIGITAL EHON AWARD (2018)/Kenichiro Mogi Prize & Yuji Ujiashi Prize★ 22nd Japan Media Arts Fes�val (2019)/Jury Selec�on-“ The Finale Song”/Anima�on★Miyagi Sendai Anima�on Grand Prix

(2018)/Grand Prix

★Tokyo Video Fes�val (2018)/prizewinner“LUPIN THE 3rd THE FIRST ”“eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 ”
Opening Movie©Konami Digital Entertainment

Opening �tle sequences© Monkey Punch / 2019 LUPIN THE 3rd Film Partners-“Mr shapeʼs Touch Card” /App

★15th Japan Media Arts Fes�val/Jury Selec�on★iTunes Rewind (2011)/Best 5 apps for iPad
★ Good Design Award (2013)-AXN MYSTERY Web ad★Promax BDA 2011 Design World Gold

Award/SILVER“ Tanoshīne”“A sheet that eliminates �cks”“PIP MAGNELOOP MAX × BAKI ”“ROAD TO NINJA-NARUTO THE MOVIE-”“Memorial Exhibi�on
for Fujio Akatsuka”“Nanchou Nan Nan”

“JUMPUTI HEROES”“ SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION-A look inside the world-”“Mr. shapeʼs Touch Card”

Minna no Uta
NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Movie for shop
KINCHOWEB Movie
PIP CO., LTD.

-“Memorial Exhibi�on for Fujio
Akatsuka” /Short ﬁlm★The 31st Annual TELLY Awards/BRONZE-“Mr.shape” /Original anima�on★Asia Digital Art Award (2009)/Excellence Awards★shown at Hiroshima Interna�onalAnima�on Fes�val (2010)

Special video©Masashi Kishimoto Sco� /Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot©NARUTO Movie Produc�on Commi�ee 2014

Short ﬁlm
Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings

PR Movie
Sorairo-“Pi�anko-Pi�anko with Taiyo
Sensei!-” /Original anima�on★ O�awa Interna�onal Anima�on Fes�val(2009)/Finalist-“Edo Shigusa” TV ad/ADVERTISING COUNCIL JAPAN★JAA Adver�sing Awards(2006)/GOLDPV©JUMP 50th Anniversary©LINE Corpora�on©WonderPlanet Inc.

Exhibi�on©fukuoka city science museum©Nishinippon Shimbun ©RKB MAINICHI BROADCASTING CORP.

App©KOO-KI