Takahiko Kyôgoku

Director and writer, also producer · Born August 14, 1981 (45)

Born: August 14, 1981 (45)
Works as: Director and writer, also producer
Titles: 15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 98% in 30 days

What are Takahiko Kyôgoku's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

39%

Bonds

32%

Society

15%

Ideas

6%

Power

4%

Survival

4%

Friendship5 Identity3 Purpose3 Community2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

4

Thrilling

4

Tense

2

Hopeful

3

Melancholic

3

Other

7

How their films linger

Hopeful7 Feel-good3 Fun2 Thought-provoking2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet7

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 Takahiko Kyôgoku's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Also on these channels

RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Takahiko Kyôgoku'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

25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

The Idolm@ster Gakuen: Story of Re;IRIS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Director
Love Live! Superstar!!(2021)
Show 36 episodes · Director · Series Director
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Shinchan: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes(2020)
Director · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Great Pretender(2020)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Capture the Heart of That Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Director · Screenplay
Beastars(2019)
Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
NiNoKuni(2019)
Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes(2019)
Second Unit Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Blend S(2017)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Land of the Lustrous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Series Director
Makeruna!! Aku no Gundan! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 12 episodes · Director · Producer · Series Composition
Love Live! μ's Live Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Director
Orange(2016)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Gate(2015)
Show 24 episodes · Director · Producer · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Love Live! The School Idol Movie(2015)
Director · Screenplay
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Music S.T.A.R.T!! special OVA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Director
Walkure Romanze(2013)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Love Live! School Idol Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 26 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard · Writer
Seinto Seiya: Omega(2012)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Accel World(2012)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn IV - At the Bottom of the Gravity Well (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Director
Un-Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 1 episode · Director
Star Driver(2010)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn(2010)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
パンどろぼう (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 2010 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015)

Midcredits 88^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing19 of 24 · 74^thWriting5 of 24Producing1 of 24Other crew9 of 24 · 74^th

24 titles, 8 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s19 · crew2020s4 · 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.

Is Takahiko Kyôgoku's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 51 · moderate

Profanity3 titlesmedian 39 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Takahiko Kyôgoku work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takahiko Kyôgoku's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoshiaki Fujisawa shares the most, 4.