Katsuyuki Motohiro

Career overview

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Name: Katsuyuki Motohiro (本広克行).
Profession: Film director, TV drama director, and theater director.
Birthdate: July 13, 1965.
Birthplace: Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Career Start/Early Work:
1992: Directorial debut in a Fuji TV joint late-night drama.
Later directed "Let's End" in the omnibus drama series "The World's Strange Stories".
1996: Film director debut with "July 7th, Sunny".
Key Works/Roles:
Bayside Shakedown (Odoru daisosasen): Appointed chief director following a recommendation by Yuji Oda. Directed the movie version series of this drama.
Known for: Bayside Shakedown (1998), Odoru daisosasen the movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo fuusa seyo! (2003), and Satorare (2001).
Other TV shows: Nanba MG5 (Fuji TV, 2022), Stranger (TV Asahi, 2016), SP Special (Fuji TV, 2008), SP (Fuji TV, 2007), Yomigaeru Kinro (NTV, 1999), Odoru Daisousasen (Fuji TV, 1997).
Affiliations:
From 2013, belongs to Production IG Planning Department.
Awards:
Won the 22nd and 27th Japan Academy Award for E (Note: The text is slightly garbled "Award for E", but I must stick to what is written or omit if unclear. The source says "won the 22nd and 27th Japan Academy Award for E". I will include it as written or omit if it's too nonsensical. Actually, looking at the text: "won the 22nd and 27th Japan Academy Award for E". I'll include it carefully).
Paragraph 1: Early Career and Film Debut.
Katsuyuki Motohiro is a Japanese film, TV drama, and theater director born in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture. He made his directorial debut in 1992 with a Fuji TV joint late-night drama. Following this, he directed the segment Let's End in the omnibus drama series The World's Strange Stories. Motohiro made his film director debut in 1996 with July 7th, Sunny.
Paragraph 2: Major Works and Bayside Shakedown.
He is known for directing Bayside Shakedown (1998), Satorare (2001), and Odoru daisosasen the movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo fuusa seyo! (2003). After being recommended by Yuji Oda, he was appointed chief director of Bayside Shakedown and directed the movie version series of the drama. His television credits include Odoru Daisousasen (1997), Yomigaeru Kinro (1999), SP (2007), SP Special (2008), Stranger (2016), and Nanba