Kouichiro Kuroda

**Koichiro Kuroda**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Location:**
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
**Position:**
Episode directorTechnical director
Storyboard
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Azeta Pictures](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures")
**Years active:**
2005-present
**Koichiro Kuroda** (黒田 晃一郎 ,*Kuroda Kōichirō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese episode director and storyboard artist. He takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime_2)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Koichiro_Kuroda&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Koichiro Kuroda is affiliated with [**Azeta Pictures**](/wiki/Azeta_Pictures "Azeta Pictures"). Kuroda has been an animator within the industry since 2005, mainly serving as a technical director for numerous animation works.
Starting with [**Episode 494**: Clash of Red and Black (Hades)](/wiki/Clash_of_Red_and_Black "Clash of Red and Black"), Kuroda began to participate in the production of the *Detective Conan* anime and delegated the studio Azeta Pictures to single episode directing. This continued for an extensive period, and notably, ever since 2019, Kuroda has also started to serve as storyboardist for some *Detective Conan* anime episodes as well.
In 2021, he abruptly started to collaborate with another technical director from Azeta Pictures, [Yosuke Fujino](/wiki/Yosuke_Fujino "Yosuke Fujino"), for some episode direction in the anime. After several episodes, Fujino gradually succeeded Kuroda's position as Azeta Pictures regular episode director. This simultaneously led to [**Episode 1064**: The Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Last Shot at Love](/wiki/The_Dreamy-Eyed_Woman%27s_Last_Shot_at_Love "The Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Last Shot at Love") from 2022 being Kuroda's last participation in *Detective Conan*.
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Koichiro_Kuroda&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Koichiro_Kuroda&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **96** cases (98 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 494 | 541 | [Clash of Red and Black (Hades)](/wiki/Episode_494 "Episode 494") | February 4, 2008 | Episode director |  |
| 499 | 546 | [Clash of Red and Black (Disguise)](/wiki/Episode_499 "Episode 499") | March 10, 2008 | Episode director |  |
| 506 | 553 | [Lawyer Eri Kisaki's Testimony (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_506 "Episode 506") | June 23, 2008 | Episode director |  |
| 511 | 558 | [Deduction Showdown! Shinichi vs. Subaru Okiya](/wiki/Episode_511 "Episode 511") | August 4, 2008 | Episode director |  |
| 519 | 568 | [Meiji Restoration Mystery Tour (Decipherment Chapter)](/wiki/Episode_519 "Episode 519") | December 8, 2008 | Episode director | Mystery tour |
| 523 | 574 | [What She Truly Wants to Ask](/wiki/Episode_523 "Episode 523") | February 2, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 524 | 575 | [The Blue Spark of Hate (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_524 "Episode 524") | February 9, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 528 | 579 | [Might Over Mystery (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_528 "Episode 528") | March 9, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 533 | 584 | [The Scar that Evokes the Past](/wiki/Episode_533 "Episode 533") | May 9, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 541 | 592 | [The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_541 "Episode 541") | July 18, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 548 | 599 | [Two Days with the Culprit (Second Day)](/wiki/Episode_548 "Episode 548") | September 26, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 553 | 604 | [The Interrogation Room](/wiki/Episode_553 "Episode 553") | October 31, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 560 | 611 | [The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (The Late Komei)](/wiki/Episode_560 "Episode 560") | December 19, 2009 | Episode director |  |
| 566 | 617 | [The Partner is Santa-san](/wiki/Episode_566 "Episode 566") | February 27, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 573 | 624 | [The Whereabouts of the Embarrassing Charm (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_573 "Episode 573") | May 15, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 579 | 630 | [The Suggestion of Black Thirteen](/wiki/Episode_579 "Episode 579") | July 3, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 586 | 637 | [The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark](/wiki/Episode_586 "Episode 586") | September 4, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 592 | 643 | [The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_592 "Episode 592") | October 23, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 597 | 648 | [The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_597 "Episode 597") | November 27, 2010 | Episode director |  |
| 605 | 656 | [The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Opened Locked Room)](/wiki/Episode_605 "Episode 605") | February 12, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 610 | 661 | [The Victim is Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Episode_610 "Episode 610") | April 9, 2011 | Episode director, Key animation |  |
| 615 | 666 | [The Secret Played by the Diary (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_615 "Episode 615") | May 14, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 620 | 671 | [Holmes' Revelation (Grass Court Queen)](/wiki/Episode_620 "Episode 620") | June 18, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 626 | 677 | [The Screaming Operation Room (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_626 "Episode 626") | July 30, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 633 | 684 | [The Guardian of Time's Sword (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_633 "Episode 633") | October 8, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 637 | 688 | [The Most Useful School in the World Case (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_637 "Episode 637") | November 19, 2011 | Episode director |  |
| 643 | 694 | [Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_643 "Episode 643") | January 14, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 648 | 699 | [The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Outbreak)](/wiki/Episode_648 "Episode 648") | March 3, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 652 | 704 | [The Design of Poison and Mirage (EYE)](/wiki/Episode_652 "Episode 652") | April 21, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 657 | 709 | [The Professor's Video Site (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_657 "Episode 657") | May 26, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 661 | 713 | [Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_661 "Episode 661") | June 23, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 668 | 720 | [Wedding Eve (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_668 "Episode 668") | September 8, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 670 | 722 | [The Dark Tower's Hidden Treasure (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_670 "Episode 670") | September 22, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 676 | 728 | [Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_676 "Episode 676") | November 17, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 680 | 732 | [Cactus Capriccio](/wiki/Episode_680 "Episode 680") | December 15, 2012 | Episode director |  |
| 685 | 737 | [Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_685 "Episode 685") | February 2, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 690 | 742 | [Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_690 "Episode 690") | March 9, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 695 | 747 | [The Roses in the Vineyard](/wiki/Episode_695 "Episode 695") | April 27, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 700 | 752 | [The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_700 "Episode 700") | June 15, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 705 | 757 | [Conan in a Locked Room](/wiki/Episode_705 "Episode 705") | August 10, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 710 | 762 | [Everyone Saw (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_710 "Episode 710") | September 21, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 716 | 768 | [Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_716 "Episode 716") | November 2, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 722 | 774 | [Sweet and Cold Delivery Service (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_722 "Episode 722") | December 14, 2013 | Episode director |  |
| 728 | 780 | [The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_728 "Episode 728") | February 1, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 733 | 785 | [The Wedding Reception and the Two Gunshots](/wiki/Episode_733 "Episode 733") | March 22, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 737 | 790 | [The Suspicious Walking Path](/wiki/Episode_737 "Episode 737") | May 3, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 743 | 796 | [Two Coincidental Successes](/wiki/Episode_743 "Episode 743") | June 21, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 748 | 801 | [Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Confession)](/wiki/Episode_748 "Episode 748") | August 2, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 753 | 806 | [The Blind Spot in the Share House](/wiki/Episode_753 "Episode 753") | October 4, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 759 | 812 | [The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_759 "Episode 759") | November 22, 2014 | Episode director |  |
| 765 | 818 | [Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case Creek (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_765 "Episode 765") | January 24, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 771 | 824 | [The Tense Tea Party (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_771 "Episode 771") | March 14, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 777 | 830 | [Detective Boys vs. Elderly Detective League](/wiki/Episode_777 "Episode 777") | May 9, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 785 | 838 | [Taiko Meijin's Match of Love (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_785 "Episode 785") | July 18, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 790 | 843 | [Bekapon's Bleeding Service](/wiki/Episode_790 "Episode 790") | September 5, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 797 | 850 | [The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction](/wiki/Episode_797 "Episode 797") | October 24, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 803 | 856 | [The Pitfall of Fire Precautions](/wiki/Episode_803 "Episode 803") | December 12, 2015 | Episode director |  |
| 811 | 866 | [The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_811 "Episode 811") | March 5, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 817 | 872 | [The Missing Fiancée](/wiki/Episode_817 "Episode 817") | May 14, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 824 | 879 | [The Detective Boys Get Out of the Rain](/wiki/Episode_824 "Episode 824") | July 9, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 830 | 885 | [A Cottage Surrounded by Zombies (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_830 "Episode 830") | September 3, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 837 | 892 | [The Unfriendly Girls Band (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_837 "Episode 837") | October 22, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 843 | 898 | [The Detective Boys in a Grove (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_843 "Episode 843") | December 17, 2016 | Episode director |  |
| 848 | 903 | [Chiba's Difficult UFO Case (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_848 "Episode 848") | February 4, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 856 | 911 | [The Secret of the Celebrity Couple](/wiki/Episode_856 "Episode 856") | April 22, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 860 | 915 | [The Security System's Pitfall](/wiki/Episode_860 "Episode 860") | May 20, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 868 | 923 | [The Whistling Bookstore](/wiki/Episode_868 "Episode 868") | July 29, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 875 | 930 | [The Mysterious Prophetic Buddha](/wiki/Episode_875 "Episode 875") | September 30, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 883 | 938 | [The Pop-up Book Bomber (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_883 "Episode 883") | December 2, 2017 | Episode director |  |
| 891 | 946 | [Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Yamaguchi Part)](/wiki/Episode_891 "Episode 891") | February 3, 2018 | Episode director | Mystery tour |
| 898 | 953 | [The Melting Cake!](/wiki/Episode_898 "Episode 898") | April 7, 2018 | Episode director | M22 pre-story |
| 903 | 958 | [Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads](/wiki/Episode_903 "Episode 903") | May 26, 2018 | Episode director |  |
| 910 | 965 | [Mystery of the Burning Tent (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_910 "Episode 910") | August 4, 2018 | Episode director |  |
| 915 | 970 | [High School Girl Detective Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Episode_915 "Episode 915") | September 29, 2018 | Episode director |  |
| 921 | 976 | [The Murderous Carpool](/wiki/Episode_921 "Episode 921") | November 17, 2018 | Episode director |  |
| 929 | 986 | [A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_929 "Episode 929") | February 2, 2019 | Episode director |  |
| 935 | 992 | [The Fortuneteller and the Three Customers‎‎](/wiki/Episode_935 "Episode 935") | March 23, 2019 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 940 | 997 | [The Missing Girlfriend](/wiki/Episode_940 "Episode 940") | May 11, 2019 | Episode director |  |
| 943 | 1000 | [The Tokyo Barls Collection](/wiki/Episode_943 "Episode 943") | June 15, 2019 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 950 | 1007 | [The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc)](/wiki/Episode_950 "Episode 950") | August 10, 2019 | Episode director |  |
| 956 | 1013 | [The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_956 "Episode 956") | October 12, 2019 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 957 | 1014 | [The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_957 "Episode 957") | October 19, 2019 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 960 | 1017 | [Miss Lonely and the Detective Boys](/wiki/Episode_960 "Episode 960") | November 23, 2019 | Episode director |  |
| 964 | 1021 | [Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)](/wiki/Episode_964 "Episode 964") | December 21, 2019 | Episode director |  |
| 970 | 1027 | [The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_970 "Episode 970") | February 22, 2020 | Episode director | Mystery tour |
| 975 | 1032 | [The Secret of the Search for his Wife](/wiki/Episode_975 "Episode 975") | July 4, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 980 | 1037 | [An Encouragement of the Perfect Crime](/wiki/Episode_980 "Episode 980") | September 5, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 987 | 1044 | [The Company Dissolution Party](/wiki/Episode_987 "Episode 987") | November 7, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 992 | 1049 | [Murder at the Townhouse Café](/wiki/Episode_992 "Episode 992") | December 26, 2020 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 998 | 1055 | [The Frying Pan of Hatred](/wiki/Episode_998 "Episode 998") | February 20, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1006 | 1063 | [Who Poisoned the Victim](/wiki/Episode_1006 "Episode 1006") | May 15, 2021 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 1011 | 1068 | [Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1011 "Episode 1011") | July 10, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1016 | 1073 | [The Monorail Sniper Case (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1016 "Episode 1016") | August 28, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1022 | 1079 | [The Cursed Museum](/wiki/Episode_1022 "Episode 1022") | October 9, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1028 | 1085 | [Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake](/wiki/Episode_1028 "Episode 1028") | November 27, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1033 | 1090 | [Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move)](/wiki/Episode_1033 "Episode 1033") | January 8, 2022 | Episode director |  |
| 1052 | 1109 | [The Detective Boys' Test of Courage](/wiki/Episode_1052 "Episode 1052") | July 30, 2022 | Storyboard, Episode director |  |
| 1064 | 1121 | [The Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Last Shot at Love](/wiki/Episode_1064 "Episode 1064") | November 19, 2022 | Episode director |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Koichiro_Kuroda&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Koichiro_Kuroda&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Argevollen*: Episode director
* *Baby Steps*: Episode director
* *Da Capo III*: Episode director
* *Dr. Stone: New World*: Episode director
* *Eyeshield 21*: Episode director
* *Gatchaman Crows*: Episode director
* *I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job.*: Episode director
* *Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere deorum*: Episode director
* *Natsume's Book of Friends*: Storyboard, Episode director
* *Prism Ark*: Episode director
* *Reborn!*: Episode director
* *The Pilot's Love Song*: Episode director
* *The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior*: Episode director
* *Yowamushi Pedal New Generation*: Episode director
* *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal S1-S2*: Episode director