FILM DIRECTOR

Naoko Yamada

1984 - Today

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Naoko Yamada () (山田 尚子, Yamada Naoko) is a Japanese animator and director. Working at Kyoto Animation until 2020, she has directed the anime series K-On! (2009–2010) and Tamako Market (2013), and the anime films A Silent Voice (2016), Liz and the Blue Bird (2018) and The Colors Within (2024). In 2021, she directed the original net animation (ONA) The Heike Story under Science Saru. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Naoko Yamada is the 1,806th most popular film director (up from 1,826th in 2024), the 2,533rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,138th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Naoko Yamada ranks 1,804 out of 2,041. Before her are Zeki Demirkubuz, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Jon Watts, and Wojciech Smarzowski. After her are Craig Gillespie, Aishwarya R. Dhanush, Scott Frank, Damián Szifron, Cate Shortland, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Jon M. Chu, and John A. Russo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Naoko Yamada ranks 352. Before her are Miguel Ángel Moyá, Maarten Martens, Passenger, Lydia Hearst, Ryan Taylor, and Amir Haddad. After her are Guillaume Hoarau, Leighton Baines, Niki Terpstra, Alessio Figalli, Marc-André Fleury, and Daigo Imai.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Yamada ranks 2,530 out of 6,245. Before her are Noriyuki Haga (1975), Tomoo Kudaka (1963), and Michiko Neya (1965). After her are Katsuhiro Minamoto (1972), Kamijo (1975), Chieko Honda (1963), Masaki Tozaki (1994), Kaoru Asano (1973), Takahiro Endo (1968), Takayuki Chano (1976), Shugo Nishikawa (1977), and Shinsuke Shimabukuro (1983).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Naoko Yamada ranks 66. Before her are Mahiro Maeda (1963), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Mari Okada (1976), Byron Howard (1968), Ryuhei Kitamura (1969), and Tatsuya Ishihara (1966). After her are Shinji Aoyama (1964), and Shiori Itō (1989).

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