# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/munehisa-sakai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:51.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/munehisa-sakai"
name: "Munehisa Sakai"
slug: "munehisa-sakai"
description: "Munehisa Sakai  is a Japanese anime director. He joined Toei Animation in 1992, where he directed part of One Piece, Suite PreCure, and Sailor Moon Crystal. After leaving Toei Animation and joining MAPPA in 2017, he has directed Zombie Land Saga, Mr Love: Queen's Choice, and Dance Dance Danseur. Sakai later joined Studio Kai in 2022."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lbdY7euJBzWZy5k3hNCbTpS9H8J.jpg"
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: "1971-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.453856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/munehisa_sakai"
    handle:    "munehisa_sakai"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2909800/"
    handle:    "nm2909800"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A2%83%E5%AE%97%E4%B9%85"
    title: "境宗久"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munehisa_Sakai"
    title: "Munehisa Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munehisa_Sakai"
    title: "Munehisa Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "مونه‌هیسا ساکای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munehisa_Sakai"
    title: "Munehisa Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A2%83%E5%AE%97%E4%B9%85"
    title: "境宗久"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munehisa_Sakai"
    title: "Munehisa Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3867121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/560352"
    title: "Munehisa Sakai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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