Directed credits
20
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 17All crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 1248560
IMDb ID: nm1211084
Known for: Directing
Born: July 11, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Tokyo
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1982 - 2011
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 7.86
Wikidata: Q6378246
Also known as
やたべ かつよし • 森田風太 • Fūta Morita • Fuuta Morita • 森田光太 • Kota Morita
Frequent jobs
Director (14)Series Director (5)Assistant Director (1)Storyboard (2)Storyboard Artist (2)Creator (1)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Yatabe Katsuyoshi (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Tomino Yoshiyuki and Takahashi Ryousuke before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
5.5
STAR☆jewel
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.4
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Director • 39 eps
2009 Series
8.2
Dinosaur King
Series Director • 79 eps
2007 Series
3.0
Boku no Pico
Director • 4 eps
2006 Series
8.5
NANA
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.0
Strawberry Panic!
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.0
Detective School Q
Director • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.7
Hikaru no Go
Director • 6 eps
2001 Series
6.5
Shin Hakkenden
Director • 26 eps
1999 Series
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Series Director • 23 eps
1997 Series
8.7
The Brave of Legend Da-Garn
Director • 46 eps
1992 Series
8.2
The Brave of the Sun Fighbird
Series Director • 48 eps
1991 Series
8.2
Brave Exkaiser
Series Director • 48 eps
1990 Series
Bucchigiri
Director • 4 eps
1989 Series
7.0
Mashin Hero Wataru
Director • 4 eps
1988 Series
6.6
Dirty Pair OVA
Series Director • 10 eps
1987 Series
8.7
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Director • 8 eps
1985 Series
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
7.0
Mashin Hero Wataru
Director • 4 eps
1988 Series
8.5
NANA
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.7
Hikaru no Go
Director • 6 eps
2001 Series
7.1
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Storyboard • 5 eps
1983 Series
7.9
Ronin Warriors
Storyboard • 2 eps
1988 Series
8.7
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Director • 8 eps
1985 Series
8.7
The Brave of Legend Da-Garn
Director • 46 eps
1992 Series
7.9
Street Fighter II: V
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1995 Series
8.2
The Brave of the Sun Fighbird
Series Director • 48 eps
1991 Series
5.5
Jura Tripper
Screenplay • 39 eps
1995 Series
8.0
Detective School Q
Director • 2 eps
2003 Series
8.2
Dinosaur King
Series Director • 79 eps
2007 Series
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Katsuyoshi Yatabe.
ふたり暮らし
Producer • 36 eps
1998 Series
8.0
EAT-MAN
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.9
Street Fighter II: V
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
1995 Series
5.5
Jura Tripper
Screenplay • 39 eps
1995 Series
7.5
Muka Muka Paradise
Creator
1993 Series
7.9
Ronin Warriors
Storyboard • 2 eps
1988 Series
7.1
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Storyboard • 5 eps
1983 Series