Hiroto Yokote

Hiroto Yokote
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Gender:	Male
Place of birth:	Japan
Location:	Japan

Hiroto Yokote (横手 博人 ,Yokote Hiroto) is a Japanese animation director. He does animation director, key animation, and design works for Detective Conan anime, movies and OVAs.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Hiroto Yokote

Yokote was formerly affiliated with Studio Boomerang. He began working as key animator starting with An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case, ever since 1996. During the same year, he started to participate in the episodes Studio Boomerang involved regularly, from the 1st part of Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case onwards. Moreover, Yokote was once the prop designer in The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case, working along with Junko Yamanaka. In 2005, after finishing the key animation work of the 1st part of The Evil Spirit Appears on An Unlucky Day, he quit the Detective Conan anime production team and has not returned yet.

Movies

Participation in: 1 movie

• Countdown to Heaven (Movie 5): Key animation

OVAs

Participation in: 2 OVAs

• Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (OVA 1): Key animation
• 16 Suspects!? (OVA 2): Key animation

Games

Participation in: 2 games

• Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People (2000): Key animation (Opening Animation)
• Detective Conan: The Greatest Partner (2002): Key animation (Opening Animation)

Other notable works

Anime

• Bungo Stray Dogs 2: Key Animation
• Butlers x Battlers: Key Animation
• Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne: 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation
• Red Baron: Mecha Design, Key Animation
• Sentimental Journey: Animation Director

OVAs

• Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories: Key Animation

See also

• Studio Boomerang

References

1. Page partially or completely translated from the Chinese version of June 23rd, 2023.
2. Wikipedia (Japanese)
3. Atwiki (Japanese)
4. Anime News Network