Yoshihiro Sugai

**Yoshihiro Sugai**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Location:**
Japan
**Position:**
Storyboard cooperation
Episode directorTechnical director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
**Studio:**
[Mouse](/wiki/Mouse "Mouse")
**Years active:**
1996-present
**Yoshihiro Sugai** (菅井 嘉浩 ,*Sugai Yoshihiro*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") and [movies](/wiki/Movies "Movies").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Works in Detective Conan](#Works_in_Detective_Conan)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [2.2 Movies](#Movies)
+ [2.3 Specials](#Specials)
* [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=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Yoshihiro Sugai is currently vice president of [Mouse](/wiki/Mouse "Mouse"). He joined the *Detective Conan* production in 2017, starting with [**Episode 849**: The Marriage Registration's Password (Part 1)](/wiki/The_Marriage_Registration%27s_Password "The Marriage Registration's Password"). When Mouse become one of the regular outsource studios since 2021, he regularly did key animation (sometimes uncredited).
On the other hand, in the *Detective Conan* movie, Sugai rendered noticeable contributions: starting with [**Movie 19**: Sunflowers of Inferno](/wiki/Sunflowers_of_Inferno "Sunflowers of Inferno"), he started to serve as roles like storyboard cooperation and technical director, scattered all around these recent *Detective Conan* movies.
## Works in [Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Works in Detective Conan")]
* See [Animation directed by Yoshihiro Sugai](/wiki/Category:Animation_directed_by_Yoshihiro_Sugai "Category:Animation directed by Yoshihiro Sugai")
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
Participation in: **17** cases (17 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 849 | 904 | [The Marriage Registration's Password (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_849 "Episode 849") | February 11, 2017 | Key animation |  |
| 918 | 973 | [The Mini Patrol Car Police's Big Chase](/wiki/Episode_918 "Episode 918") | October 27, 2018 | Episode director |  |
| 1021 | 1078 | [Rondo in Bad Company](/wiki/Episode_1021 "Episode 1021") | October 2, 2021 | Episode director |  |
| 1026 | 1083 | [The Wordless Witness](/wiki/Episode_1026 "Episode 1026") | November 13, 2021 | Key animation |  |
| 1032 | 1089 | [Ran Mouri, The Model](/wiki/Episode_1032 "Episode 1032") | December 25, 2021 | Key animation |  |
| 1039 | 1096 | [The Flying Jack-o'-lantern](/wiki/Episode_1039 "Episode 1039") | April 16, 2022 | Key animation |  |
| 1042 | 1099 | [Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara](/wiki/Episode_1042 "Episode 1042") | May 7, 2022 | Assistant animation director |  |
| 1045 | 1105 | [The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1045 "Episode 1045") | June 5, 2022 | Key animation |  |
| 1053 | 1110 | [The Spark That Fell on the Ranch (Part 1)](/wiki/Episode_1053 "Episode 1053") | August 6, 2022 | Key animation |  |
| 1086 | 1144 | [The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_1086 "Episode 1086") | June 10, 2023 | Key animation |  |
| 1091 | 1149 | [Girls Day Mystery](/wiki/Episode_1091 "Episode 1091") | July 22, 2023 | Key animation |  |
| 1112 | 1170 | [Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 2)](/wiki/Episode_1112 "Episode 1112") | January 27, 2024 | Key animation |  |
| 1118 | 1176 | [Girls Day Mystery 2](/wiki/Episode_1118 "Episode 1118") | March 23, 2024 | Key animation |  |
| 1159 | 1217 | [The Whereabouts of the Goodbye](/wiki/Episode_1159 "Episode 1159") | April 19, 2025 | Key animation |  |
| 1175 | 1233 | [The Glassy Water's Surface (Part 2)](/wiki/The_Glassy_Water%27s_Surface "The Glassy Water's Surface") | September 13, 2025 | Episode director, key animation |  |
| 1182 | 1240 | [Arrest That Face](/wiki/Arrest_That_Face "Arrest That Face") | November 15, 2025 | Episode director, key animation |  |
| 1189 | 1248 | [Double Alibi](/wiki/Double_Alibi "Double Alibi") | January 17, 2026 | Episode director, key animation |  |
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Movies")]
Participation in: **5** movies
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19 | [Sunflowers of Inferno](/wiki/Sunflowers_of_Inferno "Sunflowers of Inferno") | April 18, 2015 | Technical director, Key animation |  |
| 20 | [The Darkest Nightmare](/wiki/The_Darkest_Nightmare "The Darkest Nightmare") | April 16, 2016 | Technical director, Key animation |  |
| 21 | [The Crimson Love Letter](/wiki/The_Crimson_Love_Letter "The Crimson Love Letter") | April 15, 2017 | Technical director, Key animation |  |
| 22 | [Zero the Enforcer](/wiki/Zero_the_Enforcer "Zero the Enforcer") | April 13, 2018 | Storyboard cooperation, Technical director, Key animation |  |
| 25 | [The Bride of Halloween](/wiki/The_Bride_of_Halloween "The Bride of Halloween") | April 15, 2022 | Key animation |  |
### Specials[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Specials")]
Participation in: **1** special
| Special | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6 | [Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small") | December 9, 2016 | Technical director, Key animation |  |
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Sugai&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Black Clover*: Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
* *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*: Storyboard, Key animation
* *Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne*: Animation director, Key animation
* *Knight Hunters*: Storyboard, Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
* *Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace note*: Storyboard, Episode director
* *Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine*: Key animation
* *Naruto*: Episode director
* *Serial Experiments Lain*: Animation director, Key animation, Scene design
* *The Seven Deadly Sins*: Storyboard, Key animation
* *Street Fighter II V*: Key animation
* *Tantei Gakuen Q*: Animation director