# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koichi-chigira
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:32:32.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koichi-chigira"
name: "Koichi Chigira"
slug: "koichi-chigira"
description: "Koichi Chigira  is a Japanese animator and director who has directed several anime series, usually working with Gonzo and formerly worked at Madhouse. Chigira is best known for directing Full Metal Panic! and Last Exile."
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: "1959-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.024336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KoichiChigira"
    handle:    "KoichiChigira"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157363/"
    handle:    "nm0157363"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c6be378-849b-4d0f-acc5-245546460d6d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "كويكى كيجيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Chigira"
    title: "Koichi Chigira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%DA%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "کوایچی چیگیرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Chigira"
    title: "Kōichi Chigira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E6%98%8E%E5%AD%9D%E4%B8%80"
    title: "千明孝一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E6%98%8E%E5%AD%9D%E4%B8%80"
    title: "千明孝一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3201281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/234363"
    title: "Koichi Chigira"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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