Takeshi Koike

Director

1968-01-26 · Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan

Takeshi Koike (小池健 Koike Takeshi, born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.

Something of a protégée of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was also influenced by Yoshinori Kanada, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, and Katsuhito Ishii. He went straight from high school education to beginning his career at Madhouse as an in-betweener on works directed by Kawajiri after being interviewed by him. His first professional work as a director is the title sequence of the 2000 film Party 7; while his first feature film is Redline, which premiered in 2009 and was released in 2010. He served as character designer and animation director for 2012's Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, and directs film continuations of it starting with Lupin the Third: Daisuke Jigen's Gravestone in 2014. Work outside of animation includes the artwork for the 2004 Dreams Come True single "Yasashii Kiss o Shite".

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• The Animatrix (2003) — Director
• The Boy and the Beast (2015) — Key Animation
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001) — Production Design, Key Animation
• Ninja Scroll (1993) — Key Animation
• Redline (2009) — Director, Background Designer, Animation Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) — Key Animation
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010) — Key Animation
• Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000) — Key Animation
• Lupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017) — Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Character Designer
• The Taste of Tea (2004) — Lead Animator
• Matriculated (2003) — Key Animation
• World Record (2003) — Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
• Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone (2014) — Director, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
• Dead Leaves (2004) — Key Animation
• Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie (2019) — Second Unit Director, Character Designer, Animation Director
• X (1996) — Key Animation
• A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) — Key Animation
• Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002) — Key Animation
• Bio Hunter (1995) — Key Animation
• LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline (2025) — Director, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Key Animation
• Party 7 (2000) — Lead Animator
• LUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins (2025) — Director, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director, Second Unit Director, Key Animation
• Darkside Blues (1994) — Key Animation
• Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991) — Key Animation