Ayako Kurata

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| **Ayako Kurata** | |
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| Gender: | Female |
| Date of birth: | unknown |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
**Ayako Kurata** (倉田 綾子 ,*Kurata Ayako*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animation director affiliated with [Studio Live](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96 "wikipedia:ja:スタジオ・ライブ"). She is married to fellow animator [Hiroshi Takeuchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E7%AB%B9%E5%86%85%E6%B5%A9%E5%BF%97 "wikipedia:ja:竹内浩志").
## Contents
* [1 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
* [2 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [3 References](#References)
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayako_Kurata&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Ayako Kurata](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Ayako_Kurata "Category:Animation directed by Ayako Kurata")
Starting with the 1st part of [A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case](/wiki/A_Mysterious_Sniper_Murder_Case "A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case") in 1998, Kurata began to participate in the production of the *Detective Conan* anime. After that she did 13 episodes of key animation work, and quit the anime production team in 2000, after finishing the key animation work of the 1st part of [The Water Palace of Five Colors Legend](/wiki/The_Water_Palace_of_Five_Colors_Legend "The Water Palace of Five Colors Legend").
In addition, Kurata served as an assistant animation director for once, in the *Detective Conan* anime, which was the 2nd part of [The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case](/wiki/The_Indiscriminate_Stadium_Threatening_Case "The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case").
Participation: **1** movie
* [Captured in Her Eyes](/wiki/Captured_in_Her_Eyes "Captured in Her Eyes") (Movie 4): Layout design, Key animation
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayako_Kurata&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Ayako_Kurata&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Area 88*: Chief animation director
* *Black Blood Brothers*: Chief animation director
* *Grenadier*: Animation director, key animation
* *Inuyasha*: Animation director, key animation
* *Rurouni Kenshin*: Key animation
* *Star Ocean EX*: Character design, animation director, ending animation, opening animation