Yôsuke Kuroda

Writer · Born March 29, 1968 (58) · Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan

Yosuke Kuroda was born March 29, 1968 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He is a screenwriter and the inside director (board of directors member) of Studio Orphee. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: March 29, 1968 (58)
From: Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
Works as: Writer
Titles: 27 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 117% in 30 days

What are Yôsuke Kuroda's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

25%

Bonds

24%

Morality

16%

Power

14%

Survival

12%

Society

Ideas

Survival4 Coming of age3 Justice3 Friendship3 Community2 Identity2 Power2 Romantic love2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Heightened

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 4

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Relentless

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

Tense

Joyful

Hopeful

Absurd

Other

How their films linger

Fun8 Feel-good5 Hopeful4 Rousing3 Thought-provoking3

How their films end

Happy6
Bittersweet4
Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yôsuke Kuroda's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (21).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE1 title, show their title on HIDIVE
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Yôsuke Kuroda's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes(2025)
Show 26 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: You're Next(2024)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Gundam Build Metaverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 3 episodes · Writers' Assistant
Mashle: Magic and Muscles(2023)
Show 24 episodes · Screenplay · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy(2022)
Show 24 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story(2022)
Show 25 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission(2021)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
2.43 Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley Bu(2021)
Show 12 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising(2019)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Goblin Slayer(2018)
Show 5 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes(2018)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online(2018)
Show 24 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
ID-0(2017)
Show 12 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
Drifters(2016)
Show 7 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Matoi the Sacred Slayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 12 episodes · Writer
Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Writer
My Hero Academia(2016)
Show 170 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid(2015)
Show 12 episodes · Creator · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Gundam Build Fighters(2013)
Show 50 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Btooom! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 12 episodes · Screenplay · Series Writer · Writer
Jormungand(2012)
Show 24 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Scryed Alteration II: Quan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Screenplay
Waiting in the Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 12 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Scryed Alteration I: Tao (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Screenplay
Messiah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Writer
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus(2011)
Show 22 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Writer
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer(2010)
Screenplay
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 3 episodes · Screenplay · Script · Story
Highschool of the Dead(2010)
Show 12 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom(2009)
Show 26 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Mobile Suit Gundam 00(2007)
Show 50 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Big Windup! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 38 episodes · Series Composition
Hayate, the Combat Butler(2007)
Show 25 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Spider Riders(2006)
Show 52 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Hellsing Ultimate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 10 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Demonbane(2006)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows
Ultraman Max (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Honey and Clover(2005)
Show 36 episodes · Screenplay · Writer
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Holyland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 13 episodes · Writer
Ring Ni Kakero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 36 episodes · Series Composition
MADLAX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 26 episodes · Screenplay
Gungrave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 26 episodes · Screenplay · Series Composition · Writer
Please Twins! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 13 episodes · Writer
Yumeria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 12 episodes · Writer
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 6 episodes · Script · Series Composition
Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 26 episodes · Screenplay · Series Composition
Tenchi Muyô! GXP(2002)
Show 26 episodes · Series Composition
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Please Teacher! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Kokoro Library (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 12 episodes · Script · Series Composition · Writer
s-CRY-ed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 26 episodes · Screenplay · Series Composition · Writer
Puni Puni Poemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 2 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Geobreeders: Breakthrough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 4 episodes · Screenplay
Love Hina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Infinite Ryvius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 26 episodes · Series Composition
Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Screenplay
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 14 episodes · Series Composition
TRIGUN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 26 episodes · Series Composition · Writer
Photon: The Idiot Adventures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 4 episodes · Writer
Jungle de Ikou! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 3 episodes · Screenplay
Variable Geo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Show 3 episodes · Writer
Panzer Dragoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Writer
Magical Project S (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Fire Emblem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 2 episodes · Screenplay
Tenchi Muyou! The Night Before the Carnival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Screenplay
Tenchi Muyo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 6 episodes · Storyboard · Writer
Eleceed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · Series Composition

Career shape

A full career of 67 titles, 66 of them dated from 1992 to 2025.

Biggest box office

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)

$47M worldwide

Highest rated

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)

Midcredits 97^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Writing67 of 67 · 68^thOther crew5 of 67

67 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1990s13 · crew2000s23 · crew2010s22 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Yôsuke Kuroda's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86^th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

85^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

91^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

75^th and up10
50^th to 74^th6
25^th to 49^th6
Below 25^th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved5
Crowd Pleaser11
Mixed11

Most divisive · writer

Spider Riders (2006)

82^nd percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)

Midcredits 97^th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Yôsuke Kuroda's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 52 · moderate

Sex & Nudity6 titles7–50 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all films

Profanity3 titlesmedian 30 · mild

Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 29 · mild

Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 47 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Yôsuke Kuroda work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yôsuke Kuroda's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kenji Nagasaki shares the most, 5.

Yôsuke Kuroda

What are Yôsuke Kuroda's films like?

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Yôsuke Kuroda's films?

Filmography

Career shape

By role

By decade

How do Yôsuke Kuroda's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is Yôsuke Kuroda's work okay for kids?

Who does Yôsuke Kuroda work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers