Takashi Kawaguchi

Takashi Kawaguchi
Profile
Gender:	Male
Location:	Japan
Position:	Assistant animation director Key animation
Studio:	TMS Entertainment
Years active:	1987-present
Aliases:	かわぐち たかし

Takashi Kawaguchi (川口 隆 ,Kawaguchi Takashi) is a Japanese animatior. He served as key animator and assistant animation director roles in Detective Conan anime and movies. He was originally from the Telecom Animation Film, and is now affiliated with TMS Entertainment.

Biography

Takashi Kawaguchi first worked for the movie Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀) as an animator. After that, he continued being active in the industry. In 2000, he joined the Detective Conan anime production in Episode 192: The Desperate Revival - Shinichi's Return as a key animator. Kawaguchi also worked for several Detective Conan anime episodes in 2001, but after that, he quit the anime production team. In 2022, he returned to Detective Conan and did key animation in Episode 1042: Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara. In 2023, he worked in Episode 1089: The Genius Restaurant as key animator as well.

After Kawaguchi quit the Detective Conan anime production in 2001, he mostly worked for Detective Conan movies and was almost present in all Detective Conan movie key animation teams. In addition, he has been one of the assistant animation directors in movies 19-20.

Aside from the anime and the movies, Kawaguchi was also involved in the key animation works for some openings and endings, as well as TV specials (The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History and Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small).

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Takashi Kawaguchi

Anime

Participation in: 12 cases (12 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
192	207	The Desperate Revival - Shinichi's Return	May 29, 2000	Key animation
197	212	The Super Car's Trap (Part 1)	July 3, 2000	Key animation
204	219	The Black Wings of Icarus (Part 2)	August 21, 2000	Key animation
209	225	The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case	October 16, 2000	Key animation
213	229	Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys (Part 2)	November 13, 2000	Key animation
218	234	Megure's Sealed Secret (Part 2)	December 18, 2000	Key animation
235	254	The Locked Wine Cellar	May 28, 2001	Key animation
241	260	The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2)	July 9, 2001	Key animation
246	265	The Mystery in the Net (Part 1)	August 13, 2001	Key animation
251	270	The Tragedy at the OK Corral	September 17, 2001	Key animation
1042	1099	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Kenji Hagiwara	May 7, 2022	Key animation
1089	1147	The Genius Restaurant	July 8, 2023	Key animation

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 7 openings and 2 endings

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
OP
OP23	Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you	一秒ごとに Love for you	Key animation
OP25	Revive	Revive	Key animation
OP26	Everlasting Luv	Everlasting Luv	Key animation
OP38	Greed	Greed	Key animation
OP43	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru	世界はあなたの色になる	Key animation
OP47	Countdown	カウントダウン	Key animation
OP53	ZERO kara Hajimete	ZEROからハジメテ	Key animation
ED
ED31	GO YOUR OWN WAY	GO YOUR OWN WAY	Key animation
ED32	Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara	恋心 輝きながら	Key animation

Movies

Participation in: 24 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
2	The Fourteenth Target	April 18, 1998	Key animation
4	Captured in Her Eyes	April 22, 2000	Key animation
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Key animation
6	The Phantom of Baker Street	April 20, 2002	Key animation
7	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital	April 19, 2003	Key animation
8	Magician of the Silver Sky	April 17, 2004	Key animation
9	Strategy Above the Depths	April 9, 2005	Key animation
10	The Private Eyes' Requiem	April 15, 2006	Key animation
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Key animation
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Key animation
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Key animation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Key animation
16	The Eleventh Striker	April 14, 2012	Key animation
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Key animation
Crossover	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	December 7, 2013	Key animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Assistant animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Assistant animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Key animation
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	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	Key animation
6	Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small	December 9, 2016	Key animation

Spin-offs

The Culprit Hanzawa

Participation in: 1 episode + 1 opening

Jpn#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
2	Encountering People is Such A Mysterious Thing	October 11, 2022	Key animation
Also involved in: * Tsukamaete, Konya. (OP1): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Drifters: Animation Director
• Fractale: Key Animation
• Gurren Lagann: Key Animation
• Heroman: Key Animation
• How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord: Key Animation
• Kaiba: 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
• Soul Eater: Key Animation
• Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW: Key Animation
• Wolf's Rain: Key Animation

Movies

• Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers : Key Animation (character)
• Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland: Animation
• Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy: In-Between Animation
• Ojisan Kaizō Kōza: In-Between Animation

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of July 8th, 2023.
2. 川口隆 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. 川口隆 - Atwiki (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network
5. Bangumi (Chinese)