Shuichi Hirokawa

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Hirokawa Shuichi

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: February 8, 1995
Date of death: August 20, 2012[1]
Place of death: Nerima, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position: Organizer
Storyboard
Years active: 1972-2012
Aliases: 広川和之
中村亮之介
Website: Twitter Account

Hirokawa Shuichi (廣川 集一 Hirokawa Shuichi?, February 8, 1995 – August 20, 2012) is a Japanese animator. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime.

Biography

Hirokawa Shuichi debuted as production advancement in 1972 by virtue of the animation work Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ). Under the pseudonym Kazuyuki Hirokawa (広川 和之 Hirokawa Kazuyuki?), he directed Lensman (レンズマン).

On August 20, 2012, Shuichi was found deceased on the street in Nerima of Tokyo[1]. Before he passed away at 57 years old, he was yet responsible for serving as storyboard artist and episode director for the 45th episode of anime Inazuma Eleven GO (イナズマイレブンGO), thus have become his posthumous. According to his Twitter and Facebook posts during lifetime, he was a rather kind-hearted person; hence, when the news of his death was announced on Twitter, staff who knew him such as Sato Chiharu (佐藤 千春), long with the fans of his directed movie Space Warrior Baldios (宇宙戦士バルディオス), expressed their condolences for his sudden passing.

Works in Detective Conan

Anime

Participation in: 1 case (1 episode)

Jpn# Int# Episode title Original broadcast Role Note
285 307 Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 2) July 8, 2002 Organizer, Storyboard

Other notable works

Anime

  • Beet the Vandel Buster: Storyboard, Episode director
  • Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Storyboard, Episode director
  • The New Adventures of Maya the Honeybee: Storyboard, Episode director
  • Fighting General Daimos: Storyboard, Episode director
  • Shin Tetsujin 28 (1980): Storyboard, Episode director
  • Lupin III: Part III: Storyboard

References

  1. 廣川集一 - Wikipedia
  2. 廣川集一 - Atwiki
  3. Shuichi Hirokawa - Anime News Network
  4. Detective Conan Staff Listing