Chiemi Hironaka

Chiemi Hironaka
Profile
Gender:	Female
Location:	Japan
Position:	Animation director Assistant animation director Sub-character design Key animation 2nd key animation In-between animation
Studio:	Studio Boomerang → TMS Entertainment
Years active:	2000-present

Chiemi Hironaka (広中 千恵美 ,Hironaka Chiemi) is a Japanese animation director and character designer best known for her work in Detective Conan. Formerly affiliated with Studio Boomerang, she now works with TMS Entertainment.

Biography

Chiemi Hironaka started being active in 2000 as in-between animation in the 2nd part of Kogoro Mouri, Suspect, before started as a key animation in 2002 with episode 300, the 2nd part of The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent. She then started working regularly with Keiko Sasaki and Rei Masunaga, who were Studio Boomerang's regular animation director for the series. Starting with the 1st part of Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom, she replaced Rei Masunaga and started working as animation director while still representing Studio Boomerang.

In 2014, she left the studio to join TMS and is now a regular animation director for the series.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Chiemi Hironaka

Anime

Participation in: 155 cases (170 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
200	215	Kogoro Mouri, Suspect (Part 2)	July 24, 2000	In-between animation
203	218	The Black Wings of Icarus (Part 1)	August 14, 2000	In-between animation
206	221	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2)	September 4, 2000	In-between animation
218	234	Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 2)	December 18, 2000	In-between animation
222	241	And Then There Were No Mermaids (The Case)	January 29, 2001	In-between animation
223	242	And Then There Were No Mermaids (The Deduction)	February 5, 2001	In-between animation
224	243	And Then There Were No Mermaids (The Resolution)	February 12, 2001	In-between animation
227	246	The Battle Game Trap (Part 2)	March 5, 2001	In-between animation
230	249	The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1)	April 16, 2001	In-between animation
231	250	The Mysterious Passenger (Part 2)	April 23, 2001	In-between animation
236	255	The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 1)	June 4, 2001	In-between animation
238	257	The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case (Part 1)	June 18, 2001	In-between animation
239	258	The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case (Part 2)	June 25, 2001	In-between animation
241	260	The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2)	July 9, 2001	In-between animation
242	261	Boy Genta's Misfortune	July 16, 2001	In-between animation
244	263	Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 2)	July 30, 2001	In-between animation
245	264	The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate	August 6, 2001	In-between animation
246	265	The Mystery in the Net (Part 1)	August 13, 2001	In-between animation
250	269	The Celebrities' Secret (Part 2)	September 10, 2001	In-between animation
255	274	The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamatsukuri Linked Verse Contest (Part 1)	October 29, 2001	In-between animation
272	294	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)	March 18, 2002	In-between animation
277	299	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002	In-between animation
282	304	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002	In-between animation
284	306	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 1)	July 1, 2002	In-between animation
286	308	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case)	July 15, 2002	In-between animation
288	310	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)	July 29, 2002	In-between animation
291	313	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case)	August 19, 2002	In-between animation
294	316	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 1)	September 9, 2002	In-between animation
298	320	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 2)	October 28, 2002	In-between 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
332	358	The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Part 2)	October 20, 2003	Key animation
338	362	The Four Porsches (Part 1)	October 20, 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
388	422	Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma (Part 1)	February 14, 2005	Key animation
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 25, 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
425	459-463	Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out	January 9, 2006	Key animation	2.5 hours
429	467	Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1)	February 6, 2006	Key animation
433	471	Conan: A Strange Child	March 6, 2006	Key animation
439	477	And It'd Be Nice if Everybody Disappeared	May 22, 2006	Key animation
443	481	Clam Digging With a Sigh (Part 1)	June 26, 2006	Key animation
448	486	The Meguro Sanma Case	August 14, 2006	Key animation
452	491-492	The Phantom of the Konpira	September 11, 2006	Key animation	1 hour
454	494	The Overturned Conclusion (Part 1)	October 30, 2006	Key animation
459	499	A Mysterious Man - Overly Strict with Regulations	December 4, 2006	Key animation
466	506	The Unsmashable Snowman (Part 1)	February 26, 2007	Key animation
472	512	Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (Part 1)	May 14, 2007	Key animation
475	515	Bad Luck Grand Prix	June 18, 2007	Key animation
479	519-522	Three Days with Heiji Hattori	July 16, 2007	Key animation	2 hours
480	523	Yellow Alibi	July 23, 2007	Key animation
483	526	The Vanished Policeman	August 13, 2007	Sub-character design
486	529	Beckoning Cat from Right to Left	September 3, 2007	Sub-character design
487	530-531	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger	October 15, 2007	Key animation	1 hour
490	536-537	Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope!	December 3, 2007	Key animation	1 hour
491	538	Clash of Red and Black (The Beginning)	January 14, 2008	Key animation
496	543	Clash of Red and Black (Invasion)	February 18, 2008	Key animation
500	547	Clash of Red and Black (Testament)	March 17, 2008	Key animation
505	552	Lawyer Eri Kisaki's Testimony (Part 1)	June 16, 2008	Key animation
510	557	Conan vs. Double Code Mystery	July 28, 2008	Key animation
514	561	Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention (Part 2)	September 8, 2008	Key animation
517	566	Furinkazan - Shadow and Lightning Conclusion	November 10, 2008	Key animation
521	570-571	Murderer, Shinichi Kudo	January 19, 2009	Key animation	1 hour
524	575	The Blue Spark of Hate (Part 1)	February 9, 2009	Key animation
529	580	Might Over Mystery (Part 2)	March 6, 2009	Key animation
531	582	The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (Part 2)	April 25, 2009	Key animation
535	586	An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit	May 23, 2009	Key animation
540	591	The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 1)	July 11, 2009	Key animation
545	596	The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 1)	September 5, 2009	Key animation
550	601	The Revolving Sushi Mystery (Part 2)	October 10, 2009	Key animation
557	608	A Dangerous Party of Two	November 28, 2009	Key animation
563	614	Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Turmoil)	January 23, 2010	Key animation
568	619	Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom (Part 1)	March 6, 2010	Animation director
570	621	The Crime with Zero Possibility to be Proven	March 27, 2010	Animation director
575	626	The Alibi of the Black Dress (Part 1)	May 29, 2010	Animation director
581	632	The Red Shaking Target	July 17, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
584	635	Inspector Shiratori's Lost Love	August 21, 2010	Animation director
590	641	The Worst Birthday (Part 2)	October 2, 2010	Animation director
595	646	The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour (Hiroshima Part)	November 6, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
599	650	A Friend of Justice	December 11, 2010	Animation director
603	654	The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (First Locked Room)	January 29, 2011	Animation director
609	660	White Day of Betrayal (Part 2)	March 19, 2011	Animation director
616	667	Holmes' Revelation (Holmes' Apprentice)	May 21, 2011	Animation director
622	673	Emergency Situation 252 (Part 1)	July 2, 2011	Animation director
627	678	Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure (Part 1)	August 20, 2011	Animation director
632	683	The Guardian of Time's Sword (Part 1)	October 1, 2011	Animation director
635	686	Beware of Dieting	November 5, 2011	Animation director
640	691	The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches (Okayama Part)	December 10, 2011	Animation director
644	695	Ramen So Good, It's to Die For (Part 1)	February 4, 2012	Animation director
649	700	The Case of the Besieged Detective Agency (Sniping)	March 10, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
651	702-703	Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West	March 24, 2012	Key animation	1 hour
653	705	The Design of Poison and Mirage (S)	April 28, 2012	Animation director
658	710	The Hot Chocolate Trap	June 2, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
662	714	Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Part 2)	June 30, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
663	715	Chase the Miyama Stag Beetle	July 7, 2012	Key animator(キーアニメーター)	Analogous to animation supervisor
666	718	The Rainy Night Menace	July 28, 2012	Animation director
671	723	Detectives' Nocturne (The Case)	October 6, 2012	Key animation
674	726	Detectives' Nocturne (Bourbon)	October 27, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
679	731	Nagasaki Mystery Theatre (Modern Time)	December 8, 2012	Animation director, Key animation
684	736	Froth, Steam, and Smoke (Part 1)	January 26, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
686	738	A Car Carrying a Time Bomb	February 9, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
689	741	The Client's Message	March 2, 2013	Animation director, Sub-character design
692	744	The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Part 1)	March 23, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
694	746	The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop	April 20, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
699	751	The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Part 1)	June 8, 2013	Animation director
704	756	The Jet-Black Mystery Train (Destination)	August 3, 2013	Key animation
706	758	Bourbon Figures It Out	August 17, 2013	Animation director
711	763	Everyone Saw (Part 2)	September 28, 2013	Animation director, Key animation
717	769	Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion (Part 2)	November 9, 2013	Animation director
723	775	Sweet and Cold Delivery Service (Part 2)	December 21, 2013	Animation director
729	781	The Diamond, the Painting, and the Great Actress	February 8, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
734	786-787	Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap	March 29, 2014	Animation director, Key animation	1 hour
736	789	The Secret of the Statue of Kogoro Mouri	April 26, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
741	794	Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well (Part 2)	June 7, 2014	Animation director
747	800	Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku (Part 2)	July 26, 2014	Animation director
752	805	The Case of the Lucky Calico (Part 2)	September 27, 2014	Key animation
768	821	Ai Haibara Imprisonment Case	February 21, 2015	Animation director
778	831	Mirage of the Disappearing Angel	May 16, 2015	Animation director
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
791	844	Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs	September 12, 2015	Animation director
795	848	The Secret of the Missing Young Lady	October 10, 2015	Animation director
804	857-858	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Part 1)	January 9, 2016	Animation director, Key animation	1 hour
820	875	The Seven People in the Waiting Room	June 11, 2016	Key animation
823	878	The Suspects Are a Passionate Couple (Part 2)	June 25, 2016	Animation director
829	884	The Mysterious Boy	August 13, 2016	Animation director
844	899	The Detective Boys in a Grove (Part 2)	December 24, 2016	Key animation
866	921	The Betrayal's Stage (Part 1)	July 15, 2017	Animation director
876	931	The Mechanical Witness	October 7, 2017	Animation director
882	937	The Wizard of the Ripples (Part 2)	November 25, 2017	Animation director
892	947	Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Hagi Part)	February 10, 2018	Animation director
897	952	The Woman with White Hands (Part 2)	March 24, 2018	Animation director
904	959	Result of the Draw	June 16, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
911	966	The Job Request from Inspector Megure	September 1, 2018	Animation director
921	976	The Murderous Carpool	November 17, 2018	Sub-character design
922	977	The Disappeared Detective Boys	November 24, 2018	Sub-character design
925	980	The Heartfelt Strap (Part 1)	December 15, 2018	Sub-character design
926	981	The Heartfelt Strap (Part 2)	December 22, 2018	Sub-character design
927	982-983	The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)	January 5, 2019	Assistant animation director, Key animation	1 hour
928	984-985	The Scarlet School Trip (Red Love Arc)	January 12, 2019	Assistant animation director	1 hour
935	992	The Fortuneteller and the Three Customers‎‎	March 23, 2019	Sub-character design
940	997	The Missing Girlfriend	May 11, 2019	Sub-character design
944	1001	The Cost of Likes (Part 1)	June 22, 2019	Sub-character design
945	1002	The Cost of Likes (Part 2)	June 29, 2019	Sub-character design
948	1005	The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur	July 27, 2019	Animation director
949	1006	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Challenge Arc)	August 3, 2019	Sub-character design
950	1007	The Radio Questions and Concerns Show (Solution Arc)	August 10, 2019	Sub-character design
955	1012	The Secret of the Insect Man	September 28, 2019	Sub-character design
958	1015	The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 1)	November 9, 2019	Sub-character design
959	1016	The Poodle and the Shotgun (Part 2)	November 16, 2019	Sub-character design
961	1018	The Glamping Mystery	November 30, 2019	Sub-character design
962	1019	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 1)	December 7, 2019	Sub-character design
963	1020	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 2)	December 14, 2019	Sub-character design
964	1021	Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture (Part 3)	December 21, 2019	Sub-character design
981	1038	Welcome to Bocchan Restaurant (Part 1)	September 19, 2020	Animation director, Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 5 openings and 5 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP13	Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made	君と約束した優しいあの場所まで	Key animation
OP35	TRY AGAIN	TRY AGAIN	Key animation
OP38	Greed	Greed	Key animation
OP41	Nazo (La PomPon)	謎（La PomPon）	Key animation
OP43	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru	世界はあなたの色になる	Key animation
ED
ED17	Ashita o Yume Mite	明日を夢見て	Key animation
ED38	Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō	月夜の悪戯の魔法	Key animation
ED44	Hitomi no Melody	瞳のメロディ	Key animation
ED56	Kamikaze Express	神風エクスプレス	Key animation
ED67	Playmaker	プレイメーカー	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 9 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	In-between animation
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	In-between animation
7	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	April 19, 2003	In-between animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Assistant animation director, Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Animation director
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 1 OVA

OVA	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
10	Kid in Trap Island	April 14, 2010	Key animation

Specials

Participation in: 2 specials

Special	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
5	The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History	December 26, 2014	Animation director
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Animation director, Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa: Animation director
• Bakuon!!: Assistant animation director
• Battle Girls: Key animation
• Before Green Gables: Key animation
• Cinderella Nine: Animation director
• D.Gray-man: Key animation
• EDENS ZERO: Animation director
• Genji Monogatari Sennenki: Key animation
• Glass Mask: Key animation
• Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san: Animation director, key animation, 2nd key animation
• Kochoki: Key animation
• Live On Cardliver Kakeru: Key animation
• Lupin III, part SIX: Key animation
• Megalobox: Key animation
• Mitsudomoe: Key animation
• Natsuiro Kiseki: Key animation
• Tenshi na Konamaiki: In-between animation, key animation
• Those Snow White Notes: Animation director, key animation
• Tiger & Bunny: Key animation
• Tower of God: Animation director, key animation, 2nd key animation

Movies

• Tottoko Hamutarō: Ham Ham Ham - Jya! Maboroshi no Princess: In-between animation
• Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san: Assistant animation director, key animation, 2nd key animation, prop design, video assistant, character design (sub-character)
• Blue Thermal: Animation director, key animation

See also

• Studio Boomerang

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of March 16th, 2023.
2. 広中千恵美 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. Anilist
4. Anime News Network