Hirohiko Araki
Writer · Born June 7, 1960 (66) · Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Hirohiko Araki (荒木 飛呂彦, Araki Hirohiko, born June 7, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut under the name Toshiyuki Araki (荒木 利之, Araki Toshiyuki) in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms, and began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh, and The Gorgeous Irene. Araki is best known for his long-running ongoing series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1987 and has to date sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone. The series is known for frequent references to Western rock music, fashion, and Italy, all of which Araki is reportedly very fond of.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 7, 1960 (66)
- Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Writer
- 8 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Known for
What are Hirohiko Araki's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
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 Hirohiko Araki's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for Hirohiko Araki'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
12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Kyoka Izumi Will Not Be Silenced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Rohan at the Louvre(2023)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan(2020)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan(2017)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Under Execution Under Jailbreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure(2012)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Baoh the Caller(1989)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1989 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Rohan at the Louvre (2023)
Highest rated
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (2007)
Most popular right now
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2017)
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 Hirohiko Araki's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 52/100 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.
Who does Hirohiko Araki work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hirohiko Araki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yasuko Kobayashi shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Kazutaka WatanabeShared titles: Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Zange-shitsu (2025), Rohan at the Louvre (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kazutaka Watanabe
Writers
- Yasuko KobayashiShared titles: Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Zange-shitsu (2025), Rohan at the Louvre (2023), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Yasuko Kobayashi
Actors
- Issei TakahashiShared titles: Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Zange-shitsu (2025), Rohan at the Louvre (2023), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Issei Takahashi
- Marie IitoyoShared titles: Rohan at the Louvre (2023), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Marie Iitoyo
- Takahiro SakuraiShared titles: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Takahiro Sakurai
Cinematographers
- Shigeru TajimaShared titles: Rohan at the Louvre (2023), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Shigeru Tajima
- Shûhei YamamotoShared titles: Rohan at the Louvre (2023), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Shûhei Yamamoto