# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masaaki-yuasa
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:44.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masaaki-yuasa"
name: "Masaaki Yuasa"
slug: "masaaki-yuasa"
description: "Masaaki Yuasa  is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with ame pippin. He is the former president of Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from this role in 2020. Recognized for his idiosyncratic art style and directorial voice, Yuasa began his career as an animator on the landmark television series Chibi Maruko-chan (1990–1992) and Crayon Shin-chan (1992–present), before moving into directing with the feature film Mind Game (2004) and developing a cult appeal following."
tagline: "Japanese anime artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masaaki_Yuasa_at_Anime_Expo_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.401301755729366
  historical:           17.55042
  currentAttention:     3.75
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2190
platforms:
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    handle:    "masaakiyuasa"
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    handle:    "yuasa1965"
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    handle:    "nm1482702"
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    handle:    "@masaakiyuasa7709"
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    title: "Юаса, Масааки"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump