Hiroto Yokote

Hiroto Yokote
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Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Design works Animation director Key animation
Years active:	1996-present

Hiroto Yokote (横手 博人 ,Yokote Hiroto) is a Japanese animation director. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime, movies and OVAs.

Biography

Hiroto Yokote was originally affiliated with Studio Boomerang. Yokote began working as key animator in the Detective Conan anime starting with Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case, ever since 1996. During the same year, he started to participate in the episodes Studio Boomerang involved regularly, from Episode 34: Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 1) onwards.

Moreover, Yokote was once the prop designer in Episode 209: The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case, working along with Junko Yamanaka. In 2005, after finishing the key animation work of Episode 415: The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Case), he quit the Detective Conan anime production team.

In 2025, via outsourcing, Yokote returned and drew key animation for Episode 1155: Follow Them! Detective Taxi 2; future changes remain to be seen.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Hiroto Yokote

Anime

Participation in: 66 cases (66 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
3	3	An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case	January 22, 1996	Key animation
9	9	Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case	March 4, 1996	Key animation
34	35	Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 1)	October 21, 1996	Key animation
40	41	Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Part 2)	December 2, 1996	Key animation
45	46	Facial Mask Murder Case	January 27, 1997	Key animation
57	59	Holmes Freak Murder Case (Part 1)	May 5, 1997	Key animation
62	64	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 2)	June 9, 1997	Key animation
68	70	Night Baron Murder Case (The Case)	July 21, 1997	Key animation
74	76	The Death God Jinnai Murder Case	September 1, 1997	Key animation
78	81	Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 2)	October 27, 1997	Key animation
82	85	The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case (Part 2)	November 24, 1997	Key animation
87	90	The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case	January 19, 1998	Key animation
96	99-102	The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases	March 23, 1998	Animation director	2 hours
118	124-125	The Naniwa Serial Murder Case	September 21, 1998	Animation director	1 hour
123	130	The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case	November 9, 1998	Key animation
128	135	The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case	December 14, 1998	Key animation
135	145	The Disappearing Weapon Search Case	February 15, 1999	Key animation
140	150	SOS! Messages from Ayumi	April 12, 1999	Key animation
145	155	The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (Part 2)	May 17, 1999	Key animation
151	161	The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Part 2)	July 5, 1999	Key animation
156	166	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Part 1)	August 9, 1999	Key animation
161	171	The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant	September 20, 1999	Key animation
168	179	Tottori Spider Mansion Demon (The Resolution)	November 15, 1999	Key animation
175	189	The Man Who Was Killed Four Times	January 10, 2000	Key animation
181	195	The Nocturne of Red Murderous Intent (Part 2)	February 21, 2000	Key animation
187	202	The Unknown Gunshot That Rings in the Dark	April 24, 2000	Key animation
193	208	The Desperate Revival - The Promised Place	June 5, 2000	Key animation
200	215	Kogoro Mouri, Suspect (Part 2)	July 24, 2000	Key animation
206	221	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2)	September 4, 2000	Key animation
209	225	The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case	October 16, 2000	Design works
212	228	Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys (Part 1)	November 6, 2000	Key animation
217	233	Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 1)	December 11, 2000	Key animation
224	243	And Then There Were No Mermaids (The Resolution)	February 12, 2001	Key animation
230	249	The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1)	April 16, 2001	Key animation
236	255	The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 1)	June 4, 2001	Key animation	Travel episode
242	261	Boy Genta's Misfortune	July 16, 2001	Key animation
247	266	The Mystery in the Net (Part 2)	August 20, 2001	Key animation
252	271	The Kidnapper in the Picture	October 8, 2001	Key animation
257	276	The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven	November 12, 2001	Key animation
272	294	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)	March 18, 2002	Key animation
277	299	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002	Key animation
282	304	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002	Key animation
288	310	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)	July 29, 2002	Key animation
294	316	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 1)	September 9, 2002	Key animation
300	322	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 2)	November 18, 2002	Key animation
304	326-329	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages	January 6, 2003	Key animation	2 hours
311	336	Contact with the Black Organization (Desperation)	February 24, 2003	Key animation
316	341	The Sullied Masked Hero (Part 1)	April 21, 2003	Key animation
322	347	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 2)	June 2, 2003	Key animation
327	352	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Resolution)	July 7, 2003	Key animation
345	371-375	Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night	January 5, 2004	Key animation	2.5 hours
352	382	The Fishing Tournament Tragedy (Part 1)	February 23, 2004	Key animation
356	386-387	Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk	April 12, 2004	Key animation	1 hour
364	395	The Synchronicity Case (Part 1)	June 14, 2004	Key animation
373	404	Deadly Poisonous Spider Trap	September 6, 2004	Key animation
379	410	The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Part 1)	November 22, 2004	Key animation
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Key animation	2 hours
391	425	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2)	March 7, 2005	Key animation
395	429	Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion (The Mechanism)	April 25, 2005	Key animation
398	432	The Strange Family's Request (Part 1)	May 16, 2005	Key animation
403	437	The Mysterious Angel's Mansion (Part 1)	June 20, 2005	Key animation
407	441	Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic (The Mansion)	July 18, 2005	Key animation
410	444	The Simultaneous Stage Advance and Kidnapping (Part 2)	August 15, 2005	Key animation
411	445	The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part 1)	August 22, 2005	Key animation
415	449	The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day (The Case)	October 10, 2005	Key animation
1155	1213	Follow Them! Detective Taxi 2	March 1, 2025	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 1 movie

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 2 OVAs

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
1	Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!	October 11, 2000	Key animation
2	16 Suspects!?	January 16, 2002	Key animation

Games

Participation in: 2 games

Title	Release date	Role	Note
Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People	August 10, 2000	Key animation	Opening animation
Detective Conan: The Greatest Partner	April 25, 2002	Key animation	Opening animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Bungo Stray Dogs 2: Key animation
• Butlers x Battlers: Key animation
• Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne: Key animation, 2nd key animation
• Red Baron: Mechanical design, Key animation
• Sentimental Journey: Animation director

OVAs

• Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories: Key animation

See also

• Studio Boomerang

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 23rd, 2023.
2. 横手博人 - Wikipedia
3. 横手博人 - Atwiki
4. Hiroto Yokote - Anime News Network
5. Detective Conan Staff Listing