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Kentarô Waki

Kentarô Waki

Cinematographer · Born December 18, 1989 (36) · Saitama, Japan

Kentaro Waki (脇 顯太朗, Waki Kentarō) is a Japanese director of photography and compositing artist.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 18, 1989 (36)
From
Saitama, Japan
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 25% in 30 days

What are Kentarô Waki's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
27%
Morality
19%
Bonds
14%
Self
13%
Power
12%
Society
9%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 2

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
4
Thrilling
3
Dread
3
Contemplative
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous4

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 Kentarô Waki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kentarô Waki'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

23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom(2024)

    Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Heavenly Delusion(2023)

    Show 13 episodes · Cinematographer · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • UniteUp! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Compositing Supervisor

  • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Cinematographer

  • Lycoris Recoil(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Girls' Frontline(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Opening/Ending Animation

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie III: Legacy from Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie II: Bellri's Fierce Charge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: NT - Narrative(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale(2017)

    Cinematographer · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

  • God Eater(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Gundam Reconguista in G(2014)

    Show 26 episodes · Assistant Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Valvrave the Liberator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 24 episodes · Assistant Director of Photography

  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Compositing Artist

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Sword Art Online(2012)

    Show 47 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals(2012)

    Show 51 episodes · Assistant Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 2012 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)

$29M worldwide

Highest rated

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Heavenly Delusion (2023)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography17 of 22: 15 only cinematography, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew7 of 22: 5 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score86th

By decade

2010s12 · crew2020s10 · 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 Kentarô Waki's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · cinematographer

Gundam Reconguista in G (2014)

73rd percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)

Midcredits 91st · 77% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 72/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Kentarô Waki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kentarô Waki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoshiyuki Tomino shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Composers and editors

Producers