Anime director, animator, character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator
Years active
1992–present
Family
Koh Yoshinari (older brother)
Yoh Yoshinari (吉成 曜, Yoshinari Yō, born May 6, 1971) is a Japanese anime director, key animator, and storyboard artist.
Biography
Early life
Yoshinari was born in Tokyo on May 6, 1971. He graduated from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College.[1]
Career
Yoshinari entered the anime industry through the influence of his older brother, Kou Yoshinari. Several of his early works were uncredited second key animation and in-betweens for his brother during high school. After leaving professional school, he applied to Gainax and Madhouse. Not receiving a response from Gainax, he joined Madhouse. Due to a misunderstanding, Gainax failed to process his application until three months later. Not wanting to explain, Yoshinari told Madhouse "being an animator is too hard for me", and switched to Gainax.[2]
At Gainax, Yoshinari had joined just after the closure of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.[2] With nothing to do, he was immediately put onto visual development for the film Aoki Uru.[3] The brief turn around after Nadia put Yoshinari on the fast track to becoming a key animator.
