# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koji-morimoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:18:42.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koji-morimoto"
name: "Kōji Morimoto"
slug: "koji-morimoto"
description: "Kōji Morimoto  is a Japanese anime director. Some of his works include being an animator in the Akira film; shorts in Robot Carnival, Short Peace, and The Animatrix; and key animation in anime such as Kiki's Delivery Service, City Hunter, and Fist of the North Star. He is the co-founder of Studio 4°C. He has hosted the independent creative team \"phy\" since 2009."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
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: "1959-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.77985066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kojimorimoto"
    handle:    "kojimorimoto"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605479/"
    handle:    "nm0605479"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kojimorimoto.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1081128"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كوجي موريموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كوجى موريموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Morimoto"
    title: "Koji Morimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Morimoto"
    title: "Kōji Morimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Morimoto"
    title: "Kōji Morimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "کوجی موریموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Morimoto"
    title: "Kōji Morimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Morimoto"
    title: "Kōji Morimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E6%9C%AC%E6%99%83%E5%8F%B8_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "森本晃司 (アニメーター)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A8%EB%A6%AC%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%EC%BD%94%EC%A7%80"
    title: "모리모토 코지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Моримото, Кодзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "کوجی موریموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E6%9C%AC%E6%99%83%E5%8F%B8_(%E5%8B%95%E7%95%AB%E5%B8%AB)"
    title: "森本晃司 (動畫師)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/409de7a2-b85b-4343-92b4-309bcdf74bc1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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