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| position            = Director <br> Organizer <br> Storyboard <br> {{Bracket|Episode director|Technical director}}
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| years-active        = 1980-present
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| footnotes          = Also known as '''Masuku Taiga'''.<br>The last name can also be pronounced Okawa, Daiga, Oko or Oga<ref>https://myoji-yurai.net/myojiPrefectureRanking.htm?myojiKanji=%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3</ref>. The first name can either be read Masuhisa, Masuki or Masutama<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9D</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96</ref>.
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| aliases            = 大河桝玖
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| footnotes          = Also known as '''Masuku Taiga'''.<br>The last name can also be pronounced Okawa, Daiga, Oko or Oga<ref name="pronunciation"/>. The first name can either be read Masuhisa, Masuki or Masutama<ref name="reading"/><ref name="reading-2"/>.
 
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{{nihongo|'''Masato Sato'''|佐藤 真人|Satō Masato}} is a Japanese animation director, screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director. He was assistant director from episode 318 to 332, before replacing [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] as director from episode 333 to 504. Occasionally he uses the alias {{nihongo|'''Masuku Taiga'''|大河 桝玖|Taiga Masuku}} for some storyboard and episode directing work.
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{{nihongo|'''Masato Sato'''|佐藤 真人|Satō Masato}} is a Japanese animation director, screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director. He was assistant director from episode 318 to 332, before replacing [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] as director from episode 333 to 504. Occasionally he uses the alias {{nihongo|'''Masuku Taiga'''|大河 桝玖|Taiga Masuku}} for some storyboard and episode directing work<ref name="alias"/>.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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He used to work as a video operator at [[Wikipedia: Ajia-do Animation Works|Ajia-do]] (亜細亜堂). After switching to do directing, he established his own animation studio named Axel (アクセル).
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Masato Sato used to work as a video operator at [[wikipedia:Ajia-do Animation Works|Ajia-do]] {{jp|亜細亜堂}}. After switching to do directing, he established his own animation studio named Axel {{jp|アクセル}}.
  
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He was involved in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for the third episode [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]]; during this period, he also had been the director of the anime in episode 162 and episode 219. Afterwards, he became the assistant director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Lucky Cigar Case]]; then the long-term director, starting with the 1st part of [[The Similar Princesses]]. Until the last episode of the [[Clash of Red and Black]] series, which was in the beginning of 2008, Sato eventually retired from the director role; [[Koujin Ochi]] took over the director position thereafter.
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He was involved in the ''Detective Conan'' [[anime]] production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case|'''Episode 3''': An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]]; during this period, he also had been the director of the anime in episode 162 and episode 219. Afterwards, he became the assistant director, starting with [[The Lucky Cigar Case|'''Episode 318''': The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 1)]]; then the long-term director, starting with [[The Similar Princesses|'''Episode 333''': The Similar Princesses (Part 1)]].
  
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In 2007 and 2013, Sato worked on some episodes under the pseudonym Masuku Taiga, which seems to be a direct reference to the boxing name and manga series [[Wikipedia: Tiger Mask|Tiger Mask]] (タイガーマスク / Taigā Masuku).
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[[File:Masato-op22.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The departure of [[Shuichi Akai|Akai]] along with the resignation of Masato Sato. (OP22)]]
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During his period as director, the ''Detective Conan'' anime production became rather chaotic; there was a huge alteration in the staff team, most storyboard artist began to quit the anime production, and a lot of animators were diverted to work on the [[movies]], even the anime character designer [[Masatomo Sudo]] temporarily ceased serving as the role. As a result, the anime character designer was changed to [[Mari Tominaga]] forcibly. The colour design was also switched to [[Fusako Nakao]], and the queer colour tone had brought a few questionings. This caused the unsteadily of the animation back then, leading to the increase in the demand of the involvements of outsource companies as well.
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Special extended episodes (1-2.5 hours) are more commonly found in the Masato Sato era (mostly during YTV schedule rearrangement in Fall 2007). Amusingly, they made different versions of the same opening for each special episodes - for example [[opening 21]] has different versions of opening animation for each episodes (including the remaster episodes).
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Until the last episode of the [[Clash of Red and Black|'''Episodes 491~504''': Clash of Red and Black]] series, which was aired in mid 2008, Sato eventually retired from the director role; [[Koujin Ochi]] took over the director position thereafter (Sato did not take part in the ''Detective Conan'' production for some time after his resignation as director, but surprisingly returned in 2011 and served as the director for OVA Detective Conan vs. Wooo).
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In 2007 and 2013, Sato worked on some episodes under the pseudonym Masuku Taiga, which seems to be a direct reference to the boxing name and manga series [[wikipedia:Tiger Mask|Tiger Mask]] (タイガーマスク / Taigā Masuku)<ref name="alias"/>.
  
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
 
== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
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<div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255);">
 
=== As Masato Sato ===
 
=== As Masato Sato ===
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Participation in:  
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* [[]] (Episode 3):
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==== Anime ====
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* [[]] (Episode 9):
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Participation in: '''55''' cases (74 episodes)
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* [[]] (Episode 14):
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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* [[]] (Episode 19):
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:5%;"|Int#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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* [[]] (Episode 25):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 30):
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|3||3||[[Episode 3|An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]]||January 22, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 35 only):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 42):
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|9||9||[[Episode 9|Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]]||March 4, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episodes 48-49):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episodes 68-70):
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|14||15||[[Episode 14|The Mysterious Shooting Message Case]]||April 29, 1996||Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 77 only):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 79):
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|19||20||[[Episode 19|An Elevator Murder Case]]||June 10, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 86):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 110 only):
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|25||26||[[Episode 25|The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case]]||July 22, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 115 only):
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* [[]] (Episodes 121-122):
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|30||31||[[Episode 30|Alibi Testimony Murder Case]]||August 26, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 162):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 165):
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|35||36||[[Episode 35|Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 2)]]||October 28, 1996||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episodes 172-173):
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* [[]] (Episode 196):
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|42||43||[[Episode 42|Karaoke Box Murder Case]]||December 16, 1996||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episodes 205-206):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 219):
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|48||49||[[Episode 48|Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1)]]||February 17, 1997||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 226 only):
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* [[]] (Episodes 230-231):
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|49||50||[[Episode 49|Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2)]]||February 24, 1997||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episodes 240-241):
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* [[]] (Episode 245):
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|68||70||[[Episode 68|Night Baron Murder Case (The Case)]]||July 28, 1997||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 258-259):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episodes 271-272):
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|69||71||[[Episode 69|Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion)]]||August 4, 1997||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episodes 286-288):  
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 304):
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|70||72||[[Episode 70|Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution)]]||August 11, 1997||Organizer||
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* [[]] (Episode 344 only):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 345):
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|77||80||[[Episode 77|Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 1)]]||October 20, 1997||Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 383):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episodes 390-391):
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|79||82||[[Episode 79|The Bank Heist Murder Case]]||November 3, 1997||Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 393):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 414):
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|86||89||[[Episode 86|The Kidnapping Location Case]]||January 12, 1998||Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 418):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episodes 421-422):
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|110||116||[[Episode 110|Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 1)]]||July 27, 1998||Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 425):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episodes 429-430):
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|115||121||[[Episode 115|Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 2)]]||August 31, 1998||Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episodes 435-436):
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* [[]] (Episode 437):  
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|121||128||[[Episode 121|The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1)]]||October 26, 1998||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 449):
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* [[]] (Episode 454 only):  
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|122||129||[[Episode 122|The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 2)]]||November 2, 1998||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episode 456):
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* [[]] (Episodes 457-458):
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|162||172-173||[[Episode 162|The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case]]||September 27, 1999||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||1 hour
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* [[]] (Episodes 463 only):  
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* [[]] (Episode 467 only):
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|165||176||[[Episode 165|The Disappearing Detective Boys Case]]||October 25, 1999||Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 468):
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|-
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* [[]] (Episode 485 only):
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|172||183||[[Episode 172|The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 1)]]||December 13, 1999||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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* [[]] (Episode 487):  
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* [[]] (Episode 490):
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|173||184||[[Episode 173|The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2)]]||December 20, 1999||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[]] (Episodes 498-499, 501, 503-504 only):
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|196||211||[[Episode 196|The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation]]||June 26, 2000||Episode director||
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|-
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|205||220||[[Episode 205|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 1)]]||August 28, 2000||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|206||221||[[Episode 206|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2)]]||September 4, 2000||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|219||235-238||[[Episode 219|The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid]]||January 8, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||2 hours
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|-
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|226||245||[[Episode 226|The Battle Game Trap (Part 1)]]||February 26, 2001||Episode director||
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|-
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|230||249||[[Episode 230|The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1)]]||April 16, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|231||250||[[Episode 231|The Mysterious Passenger (Part 2)]]||April 23, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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|-
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|240||259||[[Episode 240|The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 1)]]||July 2, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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|-
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|241||260||[[Episode 241|The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2)]]||July 9, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||
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|-
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|245||264||[[Episode 245|The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate]]||August 6, 2001||Storyboard||
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|-
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|258||277||[[Episode 258|The Man from Chicago (Part 1)]]||November 19, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|259||278||[[Episode 259|The Man from Chicago (Part 2)]]||November 26, 2001||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|271||293||[[Episode 271|The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)]]||March 11, 2002||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|272||294||[[Episode 272|The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)]]||March 18, 2002||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|286||308||[[Episode 286|Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case)]]||July 15, 2002||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|287||309||[[Episode 287|Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)]]||July 22, 2002||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|288||310||[[Episode 288|Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)]]||July 29, 2002||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|304||326-329||[[Episode 304|The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages]]||January 6, 2003||Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director||2 hours
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|-
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|344||370||[[Episode 344|The Convenience Store Trap (Part 2)]]||December 8, 2003||Episode director||
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|-
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|345||371-375||[[Episode 345|Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]]||January 5, 2004||Episode director||2.5 hours
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|-
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|383||414-417||[[Episode 383|Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon]]||December 20, 2004||Organizer, Storyboard||2 hours
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|390||424||[[Episode 390|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 1)]]||February 28, 2005||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|391||425||[[Episode 391|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2)]]||March 7, 2005||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|393||427||[[Episode 393|A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems]]||March 21, 2005||Episode director||
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|-
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|414||448||[[Episode 414|The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase]]||September 12, 2005||Storyboard||
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|418||452||[[Episode 418|Home of Beika's Grenier]]||October 31, 2005||Storyboard||
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|421||455||[[Episode 421|Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 1)]]||November 21, 2005||Episode director||
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|-
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|422||456||[[Episode 422|Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 2)]]||November 28, 2005||Episode director||
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|-
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|425||459-463||[[Episode 425|Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out]]||January 9, 2006||Episode director||2.5 hours
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|429||467||[[Episode 429|Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1)]]||February 6, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|430||468||[[Episode 430|Two People Who Can't Return (Part 2)]]||February 13, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|435||473||[[Episode 435|Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 1)]]||April 17, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|436||474||[[Episode 436|Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 2)]]||April 24, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|437||475||[[Episode 437|Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago]]||May 8, 2006||Storyboard||
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|-
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|449||487-488||[[Episode 449|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding]]||August 21, 2006||Episode director||1 hour
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|-
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|454||494||[[Episode 454|The Overturned Conclusion (Part 1)]]||October 30, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|456||496||[[Episode 456|The Mystery I Loved]]||November 13, 2006||Storyboard||
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|-
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|457||497||[[Episode 457|Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 1)]]||November 20, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|458||498||[[Episode 458|Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 2)]]||November 27, 2006||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|463||503||[[Episode 463|The Shadow of the Black Organization (The Strange Illumination)]]||February 5, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|467||507||[[Episode 467|The Unsmashable Snowman (Part 2)]]||March 5, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|468||508||[[Episode 468|Mysterious Case Near the Pond]]||March 12, 2007||Episode director||
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|-
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|485||528||[[Episode 485|Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 2)]]||August 27, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|487||530-531||[[Episode 487|Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger]]||October 15, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||1 hour
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|490||536-537||[[Episode 490|Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope!]]||December 3, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||1 hour
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|498||545||[[Episode 498|Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance)]]||March 3, 2008||Storyboard||
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|-
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|499||546||[[Episode 499|Clash of Red and Black (Disguise)]]||March 10, 2008||Storyboard||
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|-
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|501||548||[[Episode 501|Clash of Red and Black (Suspicion)]]||April 14, 2008||Storyboard||
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|-
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|503||550||[[Episode 503|Clash of Red and Black (Ready to Die)]]||May 12, 2008||Storyboard||
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|504||551||[[Episode 504|Clash of Red and Black (Killed in the Line of Duty)]]||May 19, 2008||Storyboard, Episode director||
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==== Openings and Endings ====
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Participation in: '''5''' openings and '''6''' endings
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|#!!style="width:15%;"|Song name!!style="width:15%;"|Original title!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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!colspan="5"|OP
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|-
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|OP3||[[Nazo]]||謎||Technical director||
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|-
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|OP5||[[TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~]]||TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|OP8||[[Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense]]||恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|OP10||[[Winter Bells]]||Winter Bells||Technical director||
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|-
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|OP12||[[Kaze no Lalala]]||風のららら||Technical director||
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|-
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!colspan="5"|ED
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|-
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|ED8||[[Free Magic]]||Free Magic||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|ED12||[[always]]||always||Technical director||
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|-
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|ED14||[[Yume Mita Ato de]]||夢みたあとで||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|ED15||[[Mushoku]]||無色||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|ED17||[[Ashita o Yume Mite]]||明日を夢見て||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|ED18||[[Kimi to Iu Hikari]]||君という光||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|}
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==== Movies ====
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Participation in: '''4''' movies
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|Movie!!style="width:15%;"|Title!!style="width:10%;"|Original airdate!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|-
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|1||[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]||April 19, 1997||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|2||[[The Fourteenth Target]]||April 18, 1998||Storyboard, Technical director||
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|-
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|3||[[The Last Wizard of the Century]]||April 17, 1999||Technical director||
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|-
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|4||[[Captured in Her Eyes]]||April 22, 2000||Technical director||
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|}
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==== OVAs ====
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Participation in: '''5''' OVAs
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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!style="width:5%;"|OVA!!style="width:15%;"|Title!!style="width:10%;"|Original airdate!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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|-
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|4||[[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]]||March 3, 2004||Director||
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|-
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|5||[[The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report]]||March 9, 2005||Director||
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|6||[[Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!]]||March 15, 2006||Director||
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|-
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|Detective Conan vs. Wooo 1||[[Fatuous Detective!? Kogoro Mouri]]||April 22, 2011||Director||
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|-
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|Detective Conan vs. Wooo 2||[[Television Personality Maomi Yuki's Worries]]||June 23, 2011||Director||
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<div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255);">
 
=== As Masuku Taiga ===
 
=== As Masuku Taiga ===
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</div>
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==== Anime ====
 
Participation in: '''5''' cases (5 episodes)
 
Participation in: '''5''' cases (5 episodes)
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* [[The Shadow of the Black Organization]] (Episode 465 only): Organizer, Storyboard
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:small;"
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* [[Genta's Certain Kill Shot]] (Episode 476 only): Organizer, Storyboard
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!style="width:5%;"|Jpn#!!style="width:5%;"|Int#!!style="width:15%;"|Episode title!!style="width:10%;"|Original broadcast!!style="width:10%;"|Role!!style="width:5%;"|Note
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* [[Beckoning Cat from Right to Left]] (Episode 486): Episode director
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* [[The Devil of the TV Station]] (Episode 488): Episode director (along with [[Makoto Nagao]])
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|465||505||[[Episode 465|The Shadow of the Black Organization (Shining Star of Pearl)]]||February 19, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||
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* [[The Unsolvable Ice Trap]] (Episode 687): Storyboard
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|-
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|476||516||[[Episode 476|Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1)]]||June 25, 2007||Organizer, Storyboard||
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|-
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|486||529||[[Episode 486|Beckoning Cat from Right to Left]]||September 3, 2007||Episode director||
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|-
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|488||532-533||[[Episode 488|The Devil of the TV Station]]||October 22, 2007||Episode director||1 hour
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|687||739||[[Episode 687|The Unsolvable Ice Trap]]||February 16, 2013||Storyboard||
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== Other notable works ==
 
== Other notable works ==
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# [https://w.atwiki.jp/anime_wiki/pages/17976.html 大河桝玖 - Atwiki] (Japanese)
 
# [https://w.atwiki.jp/anime_wiki/pages/17976.html 大河桝玖 - Atwiki] (Japanese)
 
# [https://www.allcinema.net/person/pdf/944020 大河桝玖 - AllCinema] (Japanese)
 
# [https://www.allcinema.net/person/pdf/944020 大河桝玖 - AllCinema] (Japanese)
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Latest revision as of 10:31, 25 May 2024

Masato Sato

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Profile
Gender: Male
Location: Japan
Position: Director
Organizer
Storyboard
Episode director
Years active: 1980-present
Aliases: 大河桝玖
Also known as Masuku Taiga.
The last name can also be pronounced Okawa, Daiga, Oko or Oga[1]. The first name can either be read Masuhisa, Masuki or Masutama[2][3].

Masato Sato (佐藤 真人 Satō Masato?) is a Japanese animation director, screenplay writer, storyboard artist, and technical director. He was assistant director from episode 318 to 332, before replacing Yasuichiro Yamamoto as director from episode 333 to 504. Occasionally he uses the alias Masuku Taiga (大河 桝玖 Taiga Masuku?) for some storyboard and episode directing work[4].

Biography

Masato Sato used to work as a video operator at Ajia-do (亜細亜堂). After switching to do directing, he established his own animation studio named Axel (アクセル).

He was involved in the Detective Conan anime production since it was first broadcast. He first did organizer, storyboard, and episode director work for Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case; during this period, he also had been the director of the anime in episode 162 and episode 219. Afterwards, he became the assistant director, starting with Episode 318: The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 1); then the long-term director, starting with Episode 333: The Similar Princesses (Part 1).

The departure of Akai along with the resignation of Masato Sato. (OP22)

During his period as director, the Detective Conan anime production became rather chaotic; there was a huge alteration in the staff team, most storyboard artist began to quit the anime production, and a lot of animators were diverted to work on the movies, even the anime character designer Masatomo Sudo temporarily ceased serving as the role. As a result, the anime character designer was changed to Mari Tominaga forcibly. The colour design was also switched to Fusako Nakao, and the queer colour tone had brought a few questionings. This caused the unsteadily of the animation back then, leading to the increase in the demand of the involvements of outsource companies as well.

Special extended episodes (1-2.5 hours) are more commonly found in the Masato Sato era (mostly during YTV schedule rearrangement in Fall 2007). Amusingly, they made different versions of the same opening for each special episodes - for example opening 21 has different versions of opening animation for each episodes (including the remaster episodes).

Until the last episode of the Episodes 491~504: Clash of Red and Black series, which was aired in mid 2008, Sato eventually retired from the director role; Koujin Ochi took over the director position thereafter (Sato did not take part in the Detective Conan production for some time after his resignation as director, but surprisingly returned in 2011 and served as the director for OVA Detective Conan vs. Wooo).

In 2007 and 2013, Sato worked on some episodes under the pseudonym Masuku Taiga, which seems to be a direct reference to the boxing name and manga series Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク / Taigā Masuku)[4].

Works in Detective Conan

As Masato Sato

Anime

Participation in: 55 cases (74 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
3 3 An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case January 22, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
9 9 Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case March 4, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
14 15 The Mysterious Shooting Message Case April 29, 1996 Episode director
19 20 An Elevator Murder Case June 10, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
25 26 The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case July 22, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
30 31 Alibi Testimony Murder Case August 26, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
35 36 Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case (Part 2) October 28, 1996 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
42 43 Karaoke Box Murder Case December 16, 1996 Storyboard, Episode director
48 49 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1) February 17, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
49 50 Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2) February 24, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
68 70 Night Baron Murder Case (The Case) July 28, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard
69 71 Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion) August 4, 1997 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
70 72 Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution) August 11, 1997 Organizer
77 80 Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 1) October 20, 1997 Episode director
79 82 The Bank Heist Murder Case November 3, 1997 Storyboard
86 89 The Kidnapping Location Case January 12, 1998 Storyboard
110 116 Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 1) July 27, 1998 Storyboard
115 121 Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 2) August 31, 1998 Storyboard
121 128 The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1) October 26, 1998 Organizer, Storyboard
122 129 The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 2) November 2, 1998 Organizer, Storyboard
162 172-173 The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case September 27, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 1 hour
165 176 The Disappearing Detective Boys Case October 25, 1999 Storyboard, Episode director
172 183 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 1) December 13, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
173 184 The Revival of the Dying Message (Part 2) December 20, 1999 Organizer, Storyboard
196 211 The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation June 26, 2000 Episode director
205 220 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 1) August 28, 2000 Organizer, Storyboard
206 221 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3 (Part 2) September 4, 2000 Organizer, Storyboard
219 235-238 The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid January 8, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 2 hours
226 245 The Battle Game Trap (Part 1) February 26, 2001 Episode director
230 249 The Mysterious Passenger (Part 1) April 16, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
231 250 The Mysterious Passenger (Part 2) April 23, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
240 259 The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 1) July 2, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
241 260 The Shinkansen Transport Case (Part 2) July 9, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director
245 264 The Gunshot at the Sunflower Estate August 6, 2001 Storyboard
258 277 The Man from Chicago (Part 1) November 19, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
259 278 The Man from Chicago (Part 2) November 26, 2001 Organizer, Storyboard
271 293 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1) March 11, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
272 294 The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2) March 18, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
286 308 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case) July 15, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
287 309 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction) July 22, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
288 310 Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution) July 29, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard
304 326-329 The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages January 6, 2003 Organizer, Storyboard, Episode director 2 hours
344 370 The Convenience Store Trap (Part 2) December 8, 2003 Episode director
345 371-375 Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night January 5, 2004 Episode director 2.5 hours
383 414-417 Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon December 20, 2004 Organizer, Storyboard 2 hours
390 424 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 1) February 28, 2005 Organizer, Storyboard
391 425 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6 (Part 2) March 7, 2005 Organizer, Storyboard
393 427 A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems March 21, 2005 Episode director
414 448 The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase September 12, 2005 Storyboard
418 452 Home of Beika's Grenier October 31, 2005 Storyboard
421 455 Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 1) November 21, 2005 Episode director
422 456 Gingko-Colored First Love (Part 2) November 28, 2005 Episode director
425 459-463 Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out January 9, 2006 Episode director 2.5 hours
429 467 Two People Who Can't Return (Part 1) February 6, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
430 468 Two People Who Can't Return (Part 2) February 13, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
435 473 Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 1) April 17, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
436 474 Information Gathered About the Detective Boys (Part 2) April 24, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
437 475 Aya Ueto and Shinichi - The Promise from 4 Years Ago May 8, 2006 Storyboard
449 487-488 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding August 21, 2006 Episode director 1 hour
454 494 The Overturned Conclusion (Part 1) October 30, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
456 496 The Mystery I Loved November 13, 2006 Storyboard
457 497 Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 1) November 20, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
458 498 Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Part 2) November 27, 2006 Organizer, Storyboard
463 503 The Shadow of the Black Organization (The Strange Illumination) February 5, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
467 507 The Unsmashable Snowman (Part 2) March 5, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
468 508 Mysterious Case Near the Pond March 12, 2007 Episode director
485 528 Whereabouts of the Dark Photograph (Part 2) August 27, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
487 530-531 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger October 15, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard 1 hour
490 536-537 Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope! December 3, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard 1 hour
498 545 Clash of Red and Black (Disturbance) March 3, 2008 Storyboard
499 546 Clash of Red and Black (Disguise) March 10, 2008 Storyboard
501 548 Clash of Red and Black (Suspicion) April 14, 2008 Storyboard
503 550 Clash of Red and Black (Ready to Die) May 12, 2008 Storyboard
504 551 Clash of Red and Black (Killed in the Line of Duty) May 19, 2008 Storyboard, Episode director

Openings and Endings

Participation in: 5 openings and 6 endings

# Song name Original title Role Note
OP
OP3 Nazo 謎 Technical director
OP5 TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ Storyboard, Technical director
OP8 Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense 恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス Storyboard, Technical director
OP10 Winter Bells Winter Bells Technical director
OP12 Kaze no Lalala 風のららら Technical director
ED
ED8 Free Magic Free Magic Storyboard, Technical director
ED12 always always Technical director
ED14 Yume Mita Ato de 夢みたあとで Storyboard, Technical director
ED15 Mushoku 無色 Storyboard, Technical director
ED17 Ashita o Yume Mite 明日を夢見て Storyboard, Technical director
ED18 Kimi to Iu Hikari 君という光 Storyboard, Technical director

Movies

Participation in: 4 movies

Movie Title Original airdate Role Note
1 The Time-Bombed Skyscraper April 19, 1997 Storyboard, Technical director
2 The Fourteenth Target April 18, 1998 Storyboard, Technical director
3 The Last Wizard of the Century April 17, 1999 Technical director
4 Captured in Her Eyes April 22, 2000 Technical director

OVAs

Participation in: 5 OVAs

OVA Title Original airdate Role Note
4 Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother March 3, 2004 Director
5 The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report March 9, 2005 Director
6 Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! March 15, 2006 Director
Detective Conan vs. Wooo 1 Fatuous Detective!? Kogoro Mouri April 22, 2011 Director
Detective Conan vs. Wooo 2 Television Personality Maomi Yuki's Worries June 23, 2011 Director

As Masuku Taiga

Anime

Participation in: 5 cases (5 episodes)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
465 505 The Shadow of the Black Organization (Shining Star of Pearl) February 19, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
476 516 Genta's Certain Kill Shot (Part 1) June 25, 2007 Organizer, Storyboard
486 529 Beckoning Cat from Right to Left September 3, 2007 Episode director
488 532-533 The Devil of the TV Station October 22, 2007 Episode director 1 hour
687 739 The Unsolvable Ice Trap February 16, 2013 Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

  • Lupin III: Part III: Original drawings
  • Soreike! Anpanman: Technical director
  • Slayers: Technical director, Storyboard
  • Slayers Next: Storyboard
  • Doraemon: Technical director, Storyboard
  • Yatterman: Storyboard
  • Ultimate Otaku Teacher: Storyboard (Credited as "大河桝玖")

References

  1. 佐藤真人 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
  2. 大河桝玖 - Atwiki (Japanese)
  3. 大河桝玖 - AllCinema (Japanese)
  4. Masato Sato - Anime News Network
  5. Detective Conan Staff Listing (Japanese)
  1. ^ https://myoji-yurai.net/myojiPrefectureRanking.htm?myojiKanji=%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3
  2. ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9D
  3. ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%96
  4. ^ a b SeesaaWiki 大河桝玖
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