# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroyuki-kakudo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:55:54.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroyuki-kakudo"
name: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
slug: "hiroyuki-kakudo"
description: "Hiroyuki Kakudō  is a Japanese anime director from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Toyo University's Faculty of Letters. In 1978, while in college, he was a founding member of Group Ebisen, an independent animation production and screening group. He began working for Toei Animation in 1983, where he trained under Yugo Serikawa. He is best known for directing the first two Digimon series."
tagline: "Japanese anime director (1959-)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.6
  momentum:             2.865168539325842
  historical:           9.435856000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kakudou"
    handle:    "kakudou"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435435/"
    handle:    "nm0435435"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%92%E9%8A%85%E5%8D%9A%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "角銅博之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "هيرويوكي كاكودو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "هيرويوكى كاكودو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kakud%C5%8D"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kakudo"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kakud%C5%8D"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirojuki_Kakud%C5%8D"
    title: "Hirojuki Kakudō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%92%E9%8A%85%E5%8D%9A%E4%B9%8B"
    title: "角銅博之"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kakud%C5%8D"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Kakud%C5%8D"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260399"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4908220"
    title: "Hiroyuki Kakudō"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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