Film Director 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.