Katsuya Shigehara

Katsuya Shigehara
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	October 29, 1984
Location:	Japan
Position:	Director Storyboard Episode director Key animation
Years active:	2007-present
Nicknames:	カツ
Website:	Twitter Account

Katsuya Shigehara (重原 克也 ,Shigehara Katsuya) is a Japanese anime film director, storyboard artist, and key animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan movies.

Biography

Katsuya Shigehara debuted in 2007 by virtue of the animation work Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o! (護くんに女神の祝福を!); in the following seven years, he mainly worked as a key animator. In 2014, Shigehara served as episode director in Rail Wars! for the first time; in the same year he became an assistant animation director in the 2nd season of Encouragement of Climb (ヤマノススメ セカンドシーズン). In 2016, he was involved in the production of Mob Psycho 100 (モブサイコ100); in 2024, he served as sub-director in Brave Bang Bravern! (勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン) for the first time.

In Detective Conan, Shigehara has worked on several movies, as a technical director and key animator, starting with Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer in 2018. Aside from that, he also served as stroyboard artist and technical director for ED58 Aozolighter. Incidentally, Shigehara frequently works with Yuzuru Tachikawa.

In 2025, he was in charge of the overall direction of Movie 28.

Works in Detective Conan

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 1 ending

#	Song name	Original title	Role	Note
ED58	Aozolighter	Aozolighter	Storyboard, Technical director

Movies

Participation in: 5 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Technical director, Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Technical director
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Technical director, Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Key animation
28	Movie 28	April 18, 2025	Director, Storyboard, Technical director

Other notable works

Anime

• Battle Spirits Burning Soul: Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Brave Bang Bravern!: Storyboard, Episode director, Assistant director, Key animation
• Carole & Tuesday: Episode director cooperation, 2nd key animation
• Comet Lucifer: Episode director, Assistant animation director, Key animation, 2nd key animation
• Encouragement of Climb S3: Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
• Fantasista Doll: Episode director, Assistant episode director, Assistant key animation director, Mechanical animation director, Key animation, 2nd key animation
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Assistant animation director, Key animation, 2nd key animation
• Mob Psycho 100 S1-S3: Storyboard, Episode director, Ending animation assistant, Key animation, 2nd key animation
• Moriarty the Patriot S1-S2: Storyboard, Episode director, Key animation
• Psycho-Pass 2: Episode director, Assistant animation director, Key animation
• Rail Wars!: Episode director, Animation director, Key animation
• Shakugan no Shana Second: Key animation (Studio Gamei)
• Time Bokan 24: Episode director, Assistant animation director, Key animation

See also

• Yuzuru Tachikawa

References

1. 重原克也 - Atwiki
2. 重原克也 - Bangumi
3. Katsuya Shigehara - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing