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DIRECTORS
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Kan Eguchi 
Director of the Netflix Series "Sanctuary" and the films "The Fable" and "THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill". Planned and directed "Riding Uphill". Winner at Cannes Lions for 3 consecutive years. Kan is the most experienced director at KOO-KI, which he co-founded in 1997. His work has repeatedly won prizes at international festivals, including 3 consecutive Cannes Lions wins (Bronze /Bronze /Gold).
Kan Eguchi
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Tatsushi
Momen
He was born in Ishikawa in 1973 and co-founded KOO-KI in 1997. In 2014, he became its president. As a generalist director, he covers various styles of video. Some of his notable works include Georgia x TinyTAN's TV commercial, McDonald's x Pokemon's TV commercial, Hot Pepper Beauty's web commercial, Yasutaka Nakata's music video "White Cube", and Ken Hirai's music video "Kitte No Nai Okurimono."In 2019, he won four overseas awards for Yasutaka Nakata's "White Cube" music video, and in 2021, he was an ACC Regional Finalist for ZENT's corporate advertising. In 2022, Oshima IMS THE LAST SHOW won the 39th CODO Award.
Tatsushi Momen
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Kei Uehara 
Kei started working for MTV Japan in 1997, after winning an award in the MTV Station ID Contest the previous year. He also worked for P.I.C.S before becoming a freelancer. During this period he was involved with the making of adverts and music clips, with his role ranging from visual direction to art direction, creating motion graphics and music scores. His high reputation comes from creating videos that make viewers feel the sound.He won the Asian Television Technical & Creative Award for Best Direction in 2003. He then joined KOO-KI in 2012. "Tomorrow begins", the PR video he directed to promote Tokyo as a host to 2020 Olympics, won K-ADC Members Prize for Movie, Digital Communication in 2013. In 2015, his work "Sporting Spirit", one of the largest scale projection mapping works in Japan, was exhibited at TOKYO BIG SIGHT.Uehara seeks to keep breaking the boundaries in visual art, going beyond screens. In 2019, he has won several awards both in and outside Japan, including the Gold Medal at FUKUOKA AD ASSOCIATION PRIZE, LIA and Telly Awards for Web Movie with "KA・TA・O・RI・HA" a celebratory film made for Hakata-Ori textile's 777th anniversary. Directed the opening Movie for The Netflix Series "Sanctuary".Alongside the popularity of the drama itself, it garnered attention and won the FILM CRAFT [Bronze] at the Cresta Awards 2024, one of the world's most prestigious creative awards.
Kei Uehara
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Motohiro
Shirakawa
A Director at the creative studio KOO-KI, Motohiro Shirakawa was born in Osaka, Japan in 1974. His specialty is character animation and his past work includes directing game opening sequences, television commercials and program packages. His works are family friendly and diverse, ranging from film & app direction, event planning to interior design. His original short animated film, "Mr. shape," a short animated film, has been screened at film festivals in over 10 countries around the world. "Mr.shape's Touch Card," an educational app featuring Mr. shape, won the Good Design Award (2013) and was one of Japan Media Arts Festival's Jury Selections (2011). The sequel to "Touch Card", "Mrs. Remy's Touch Food" (is/was) a food education app made in collaboration with Remy, the official brand of Japanese cooking expert Ms. Remy Hirano. Motohiro is expanding his portfolio, producing and designing multi-media, multi-sensory experiences. He made a foray into interior design, the project at the children's section at a department store, Hakata Daimaru, featuring Mr. shape's character. His work from 2017, "The Finale Song" won the Grand Prix at Miyagi Sendai Animation Grand Prix 2018. The work was made for a restoration project for following the earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture. He planned and directed a s pecial exhibition "SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION -A look inside the world-" for Fukuoka City Science Museum in 2018, providing the unique combination of digital and real life experiences for the record number of 85,000 visitors. The exhibition started touring around Japan in 2019.
Motohiro Shirakawa
RECENT WORKS
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Netflix Japan"Asura" Opening Sequence
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Netflix Japan“Sanctuary” Opening Sequence
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The Tokyo 2020 Bid CommitteeTOKYO2020 “Tomorrow begins”
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Kitakyushu City, Simonoseki City“COME ON! Kanmon!”
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SAGAMI RUBBER INDUSTRIESSagami Original 0.02, “LOVE DISTANCE”
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©Masashi Kishimoto Scott /Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot ©NARUTO Movie Production Committee 2014“ROAD TO NINJA-NARUTO THE MOVIE-”
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SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light “Nakama ni shiteyo”
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SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.“RANBU Sangokushi Ranbu”
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© Monkey Punch / 2019 LUPIN THE 3rd Film Partners“LUPIN THE 3rd THE FIRST”
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