# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroaki-sakurai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:36.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroaki-sakurai"
name: "Hiroaki Sakurai"
slug: "hiroaki-sakurai"
description: "Hiroaki Sakurai  is a Japanese anime director and bassist who is known for his work in UFO Baby and the Di Gi Charat series. He has served as the director for series such as Nanaka 6/17, Cromartie High School, Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette, GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, Maid Sama!, Nekogami Yaoyorozu, Jewelpet Happiness, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., and The Demon Girl Next Door. He is married to Sayuri Ōba, an anime screenwriter."
tagline: "Japanese animator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1958-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.916526666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757313/"
    handle:    "nm0757313"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AB%BB%E4%BA%95%E5%BC%98%E6%98%8E"
    title: "櫻井弘明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "هيروأكي ساكوراي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "هيرواكى ساكوراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroaki_Sakurai"
    title: "Hiroaki Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A2%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "هیروآکی ساکورای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroaki_Sakurai"
    title: "Hiroaki Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C%E4%BA%95%E5%BC%98%E6%98%8E"
    title: "桜井弘明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroaki_Sakurai"
    title: "Hiroaki Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2469986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5496519"
    title: "Hiroaki Sakurai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump