Chika Nagaoka

Chika Nagaoka
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Gender:	Female
Date of birth:	1983
Place of birth:	Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Location:	Japan
First name can also be pronounced Tomoka

Chika Nagaoka (永岡 智佳 ,Nagaoka Chika), born 1983, is a Japanese film director and animation director, who has become the first female film director of a Detective Conan movie. The Fist of Blue Sapphire, which she directed, was also the highest grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan, with gross profits of 9.31 billion 円 (around USD $ 90 million) in Japan.

Works in Detective Conan

• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Technical director
• Dimensional Sniper (Movie 18): Technical director
• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (Special 5): Technical director
• Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19): Technical director and storyboard assistant
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20): Technical director
• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21): Co-director and storyboard assistant
• Bakumatsu Revolution Mystery Tour (Episodes 891-892): Storyboard
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Director, storyboard and technical director
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24): Director, storyboard and technical director
• The Million Dollar Signpost (Movie 27): Director, storyboard and technical director

Other notable works

Anime

• Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love Kingdom Movie (2019): Director
• Handa-kun (2 episodes): Director
• Kokoro Connect (3 episodes): Director
• Watashi ga motenai no wa dô kangaetemo omaera ga warui! (2 episodes): Director
• Sasami-san@Ganbaranai (2 episodes): Director

References

1. IMDB
2. AllCinema (Japanese)
3. Anime News Network
4. Instagram account
5. Wikipedia (Japanese)