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Naomi Nakayama

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Art Department
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Naomi Nakayama is known for Sword Art Online (2012), My Hero Academia (2016) and Orange (2016).
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    Known for

    Sword Art Online (2012)
    Sword Art Online
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
    My Hero Academia
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Orange (2016)
    Orange
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Marvel Anime (2010)
    Marvel Anime
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • My Hero Academia
      • Director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2016–2024
    • Uncle from Another World (2022)
      Uncle from Another World
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Koikimo (2021)
      Koikimo
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • series director
      • 2016
    • Wake Up, Girls! (2014)
      Wake Up, Girls!
      6.6
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2014
    • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
      JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • X-Men (2011)
      X-Men
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Iron Man (2010)
      Iron Man
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Marvel Anime (2010)
      Marvel Anime
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Kobato. (2009)
      Kobato.
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Psychic School Wars (2012)
      Psychic School Wars
      5.9
      • unit director
      • 2012
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Mariya Ise, and Megumi Han in Hunter x Hunter (2011)
      Hunter x Hunter
      9.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2011–2012
    • Kobato. (2009)
      Kobato.
      7.3
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2009–2010
    • Casshern Sins (2008)
      Casshern Sins
      7.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2008

    Art Department

    • My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023)
      My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2023
    • Uncle from Another World (2022)
      Uncle from Another World
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Sword Art Online (2012)
      Sword Art Online
      7.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014–2020
    • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)
      My Hero Academia
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020
    • Satomi Arai, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Rie Takahashi, Chinatsu Akasaki, Yumi Uchiyama, Rie Murakawa, and Inori Minase in The Beginning of the Sanctuary and the Beginning of the End (2021)
      Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
      8.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard assistant
      • 2019
    • Carole & Tuesday (2019)
      Carole & Tuesday
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • Phantom in the Twilight (2018)
      Phantom in the Twilight
      5.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Keiji Fujiwara, Banjô Ginga, Akira Ishida, Rikiya Koyama, Mike McFarland, Hikaru Midorikawa, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Monica Rial, Maaya Sakamoto, Mark Stoddard, Akio Ôtsuka, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Ian Sinclair, Aaron Dismuke, Mamoru Miyano, Phil Parsons, Orion Pitts, Nana Mizuki, Yû Kobayashi, J. Michael Tatum, Jessie James Grelle, Alex Organ, Trina Nishimura, Micah Solusod, Megan Emerick, Francis Henry, Sarah Wiedenheft, and Yuma Uchida in Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015)
      Blood Blockade Battlefront
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Orange (2016)
      Orange
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Tomokazu Seki, Kôichi Yamadera, and Yû Kobayashi in Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2016)
      Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
      8.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Wake Up, Girls! (2014)
      Wake Up, Girls!
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Kobato. (2009)
      Kobato.
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009
    • Casshern Sins (2008)
      Casshern Sins
      7.0
      TV Series
      • production setting
      • 2008

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