Film Director Motohiro Shirakawa

Profile

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.

Opening Movie

“LUPIN THE 3rd THE FIRST”

“eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022”

©Konami Digital Entertainment

WEB Movie

“LUPIN THE 3rd × McDonald's”

McDonald’s Japan ©Monkey Punch / TMS・NTV

“PIP MAGNELOOP MAX × BAKI”

PIP CO., LTD.

“JUMPUTI HEROES”

©JUMP 50th Anniversary

©LINE Corporation

©WonderPlanet Inc.

“Nanchou Nan Nan”

Sorairo

Special content

“ROAD TO NINJA-NARUTO THE MOVIE-”

©Masashi Kishimoto Scott /Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot

©NARUTO Movie Production Committee 2014

“Memorial Exhibitionfor Fujio Akatsuka”

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings

Minna no Uta”Tanoshīne”

NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Movie for shop

“A sheet that eliminates ticks”

KINCHO

Exhibition

“SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION -A look inside the world-”

App

“Mr. shape’s Touch Card”

©KOO-KI

AWARDS

“Nanchou Nan Nan”/Animation
- MBT Film festival(2021)/prizewinner
- 25nd Japan Media Arts Festival (2022)/Jury Selection
- Tokyo Video Festival (2022)/Citizen award
- FCC Award（2021)/FCC Award
- FUKUOKA AD ASSOCIATION PRIZE for Web Movie/GOLD
- Kyoto Ani Monozukuri Award2022/Grand Prix,GOLD,BRONZE
- 62th ACC (2022)/ACC FINALIST
- The 49th Japan Prize 2022/FINALIST
- Kyushu ADCAward2023/Best9,Category Grand Prize
“SUKE SUKE EXHIBITION -A lookinside the world-”/Exhibiton
- 6th DIGITAL EHON AWARD (2018)/Kenichiro Mogi Prize & Yuji Ujiashi Prize
- 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival (2019)/Jury Selection
“The Finale Song”/Animation
- Miyagi Sendai Animation Grand Prix(2018)/Grand Prix
- Tokyo Video Festival (2018)/prizewinner
“Mr shape’s Touch Card” /App
- 15th Japan Media Arts Festival/Jury Selection
- iTunes Rewind (2011)/Best 5 apps for iPad
- Good Design Award (2013)
AXN MYSTERY Web ad
- Promax BDA 2011 Design World GoldAward/SILVER
“Memorial Exhibition for Fujio Akatsuka” /Short film
- The 31st Annual TELLY Awards/BRONZE
“Mr.shape” /Original animation
- Asia Digital Art Award (2009)/Excellence Awards
- shown at Hiroshima InternationalAnimation Festival (2010)
“Pittanko-Pittanko with TaiyoSensei!-” /Original animation
- Ottawa International Animation Festival(2009)/Finalist
“Edo Shigusa” TV ad/ADVERTISING COUNCIL JAPAN
- JAA Advertising Awards(2006)/GOLD
“Arcade movie” /SEGA WCCF
- BDA Design AWARD (2004)/GOLD