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Cindy H. Yamauchi
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 11, 1963 (62 years)
Cindy Hideko Yamauchi was born September 11th at a U.S. Air Base near Tokyo, Japan, where her father worked as a civilian. She showed an interest in drawing from an early age, so her parents enrolled her in several art classes when she was in grade school. Except for these classes, she is basically self-taught—she never attended a formal art school.
She began her art career at the age of sixteen, working part-time as an in-between animator at Studio Musashi. After graduating from high school, she went to work for Kaname Productions, where she worked as an in-between animator for titles such as Plawres Sanshiro, Birth and Windaria. She moved up to key animation as a freelancer until being hired by Studio D.A.S.T., where she worked on titles like Bionic 6 and Battle Royal High School. Over time, her animation career gave her opportunities to work abroad in countries like Canada and Indonesia.
She left the anime industry in her late 20s and moved back to Honolulu to explore other career options and further her education. When Square (now Square Enix) opened a studio there to make computer animated feature films, she took a job as a 3D animator on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. After that, she moved to San Francisco, where she worked as a producer for Super Techno Arts on the English adaptation of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime series. These days, she lives mostly in Japan, working for various studios as a chief animation director, key animator and character designer, and is the owner of REGION FREE Japan Artist Network.
She began her art career at the age of sixteen, working part-time as an in-between animator at Studio Musashi. After graduating from high school, she went to work for Kaname Productions, where she worked as an in-between animator for titles such as Plawres Sanshiro, Birth and Windaria. She moved up to key animation as a freelancer until being hired by Studio D.A.S.T., where she worked on titles like Bionic 6 and Battle Royal High School. Over time, her animation career gave her opportunities to work abroad in countries like Canada and Indonesia.
She left the anime industry in her late 20s and moved back to Honolulu to explore other career options and further her education. When Square (now Square Enix) opened a studio there to make computer animated feature films, she took a job as a 3D animator on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. After that, she moved to San Francisco, where she worked as a producer for Super Techno Arts on the English adaptation of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime series. These days, she lives mostly in Japan, working for various studios as a chief animation director, key animator and character designer, and is the owner of REGION FREE Japan Artist Network.
Cindy H. Yamauchi Filmography
| 1993 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV Series) · as Sick Woman |
| 1993 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (TV Series) · as Character Designer |
| 2022 | Fuuto PI (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2022 | Tokyo 24th Ward (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2021 | Platinum End (TV Series) · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2020 | Akudama Drive (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2017 | Napping Princess · as Animation Director |
| 2016 | Divine Gate (TV Series) · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2014 | Yona of the Dawn (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2014 | Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher · as Animation Director |
| 2013 | Gekijouban Hakuouki: Daiisshou Kyouto ranbu · as Animation Director |
| 2012 | Kids on the Slope (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2012 | Star Blazers 2199 (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Blade (2011) (TV Series) · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2011 | Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon · as Key Animation |
| 2010 | Trigun: Badlands Rumble · as Animation Director |
| 2009 | Beyond the Heavens (TV Series) · as Character Designer |
| 2008 | Michiko & Hatchin (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2007 | Kaiji (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2007 | Highlander: The Search for Vengeance · as Key Animation |
| 2006 | Tokyo Tribe 2 (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2006 | Black Lagoon (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2005 | Black Cat (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Bleach (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2004 | Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2003 | Gungrave (TV Series) · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2000 | Escaflowne: The Movie · as Key Animation |
| 1993 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV Series) · as Translation |
| 1990 | Record of Lodoss War (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 1990 | Maroko · as Key Animation |
| 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 1989 | Venus Wars · as Key Animation |
| 1988 | Akira · as Key Animation |
| 1987 | Original: Dirty Pair OVA (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 1985 | Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko · as Animation |
| 1984 | Birth · as Animation |