Koujin Ochi

Koujin Ochi
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Gender:	Male
Place of birth:	Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Location:	Japan
Also known as "Hirohito Ochi" and "Chiko Uonji".

Koujin Ochi (於地 紘仁 ,Ochi Kōjin), also known as Hirohito Ochi (越智 浩仁 ,Ochi Hirohito), is a Japanese anime director, technical director, and screenplay writer. He also uses rarely the alias Chiko Uonji (宇恩寺 稚子 ,Uonji Chiko). He directed Detective Conan from episode 505 to 666, and later episodes 678-679.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written under the name of Hirohito Ochi: 4 (6 episodes)

• On Location, TV Drama Murder Case (Episode 21)
• Dracula's Villa Murder Case (Episodes 88-89)
• A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs (Episode 184)
• The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (Episodes 379-380)

Number of case scenarios written under the name of Chiko Uonji: 4 (7 episodes)

• The Alibi of the Fall (Episode 596)
• The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case (Episode 603-605)
• The Suspicious Initial K (Episodes 665)
• Eyewitness Testimony Seven Years Later (Episode 905-906)

Other works in Detective Conan

Participation in: 43 cases (53 episodes)

• The Coded Map of the City Case (Episode 4): Storyboard and episode director
• Once-A-Month Present Threat Case (Episode 7): Storyboard and episode director
• Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case (Episode 12): Storyboard and episode director
• The Antique Collector Murder Case (Episode 16): Storyboard and episode director
• On Location, TV Drama Murder Case: Storyboard and episode director
• Pet Dog John Murder Case (Episode 26): Storyboard and episode director
• TV Station Murder Case (Episode 31): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case (Episode 38): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case (Episode 44): Storyboard and episode director
• Library Murder Case (Episode 50): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• The Mystery Weapon Murder Case (Episode 53): Episode director
• A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Episode 61 only): Storyboard
• Night Road Murder Case (Episode 66): Storyboard
• Dracula's Villa Murder Case: Storyboard and episode director
• Kogoro's Date Murder Case (Episode 95): Episode director
• The Memories of First Love Case (Episode 100 only): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• The Mysterious Mansion of a Band of Thieves Case (Episode 105 only): Episode director
• Detective Club Pursuit Case (Episode 109): Episode director
• Scuba Diving Murder Case (Episode 114 only): Episode director
• The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case (Episode 119): Episode director
• A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Episode 125 only): Storyboard and episode director
• The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Episode 130 only): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Episode 136-137): Organizer and storyboard (also episode director in Episode 137)
• The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (Episode 142 only): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case (Episode 150 only): Episode director
• Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2 (Episode 157 only): Episode director
• The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun (Episode 163-164): Organizer and storyboard (also episode director in Episode 164)
• The Blind Spot in the Darkness (Episode 170 only): Episode director
• Reunion with the Black Organization (Episode 176 only): Organizer, storyboard, and episode director
• A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs: Storyboard and episode director
• The Significant Music Box (Episode 195 only): Organizer and storyboard
• The Black Wings of Icarus (Episode 203-204): Storyboard (also episode director in Episode 203)
• The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus (Episode 208): Episode director along with Satoshi Kuwabara
• The Mysterious Retro Room Case (Episode 214): Storyboard
• And Then There Were No Mermaids (Episodes 222-224): Organizer and storyboard
• The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Episode 304): Organizer and storyboard along with Mashu Ito and Masato Sato
• Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Episode 323-324): Organizer and storyboard
• A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Episode 329-330): Organizer and storyboard
• The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Episode 331 only): Organizer and storyboard
• The Convenience Store Trap (Episode 343-344): Organizer and storyboard
• Clash of Red and Black (Episode 499 only): Storyboard along with Masato Sato
• Lawyer Eri Kisaki's Testimony (Episodes 505-506): Storyboard
• Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West (Episode 651): Organizer

Participation in: 8 openings and 10 endings

• Revive (Opening 25): Storyboard
• Everlasting Luv (Opening 26): Storyboard
• MAGIC (Opening 27): Storyboard
• As the Dew (Opening 28): Storyboard
• SUMMER TIME GONE (Opening 29): Storyboard
• Don't Wanna Lie (Opening 31): Storyboard
• Misty Mystery (Opening 32): Storyboard
• Miss Mystery (Opening 33): Storyboard
• Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara (Ending 32): Storyboard
• Doing all right (Ending 33): Storyboard
• Hikari (Ending 34): Storyboard
• Hello Mr. my yesterday (Ending 35): Storyboard
• Tomorrow is the last Time (Ending 36): Storyboard
• Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō (Ending 38): Storyboard
• Your Best Friend (Ending 40): Storyboard
• Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne (Ending 41): Storyboard
• Overwrite (Ending 42): Storyboard
• Koi ni Koishite (Ending 43): Storyboard and technical director

Participation in: 3 OVAs

• The Stranger from Ten Years Later (OVA 9): Director and ending storyboard
• Kid in Trap Island (OVA 10): Director
• A Secret Order From London (OVA 11): Director

Other notable works

Anime

As Koujin Ochi:

• (La) Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~: Director, Storyboard
• Samurai Warriors: Director, Storyboard, Unit director
• Voice of Fox: Director, Screenplay

As Hirohito Ochi:

• After War Gundam X: Storyboard, Episode director
• Nekketsu Saikyo Gozaurer: Storyboard, Episode director
• Pocket Monster Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu: Storyboard, Unit director, Opening animation
• Pokémon - Destiny Deoxys: Unit director
• Pokemon 4Ever: Assistant director
• Pokemon Heroes - Latias & Latios: Assistant director
• Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea: Storyboard, Assistant director

As Chiko Uonji:

• Samurai Warriors (2 episodes): Screenplay

References

1. 於地紘仁 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. Kōjin OCHI - Anime News Network