Kouji Ogawa

Director

Kouji Ogawa (小川孝治, Ogawa Kōji) is a Japanese anime director and storyboarder.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as: Director
Titles: 7 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Kouji Ogawa's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

49%

Self

18%

Morality

14%

Ideas

12%

Society

8%

Friendship4

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

3

Joyful

2

Thrilling

2

Warm

1

Contemplative

1

How their films linger

Hopeful4 Feel-good2

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 Kouji Ogawa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Kouji Ogawa'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

13 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

Star Detective Precure!(2026)
Show 2 episodes · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
You and Idol Precure the Movie: Thank You for Waiting! KirakkiLive for You!(2025)
Director
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Hirogaru Sky! Precure(2023)
Show 50 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Delicious Party Pretty Cure: Dreaming Children's Lunch!(2022)
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
GeGeGe no Kitaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 97 episodes · Director · Series Director · Storyboard Artist
Dragon Ball Super(2015)
Show 1 episode · Director · Storyboard Artist
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
World Trigger(2014)
Show 73 episodes · Series Director
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Director
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi(2013)
Director
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Glitter Force Doki Doki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 1 episode · Director
Suite Precure♪ The Movie: Take It Back! The Miraculous Melody That Connects Hearts! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Storyboard Artist
High School of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Key Animation
Rei Rei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Storyboard Artist

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 1993 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi (2013)

$11M worldwide

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing8 of 13 · 80^thOther crew9 of 13 · 71^st

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

By decade

1990s1 · crew2010s8 · 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.

Who does Kouji Ogawa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kouji Ogawa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erika Fukazawa shares the most, 3.