Biography

Kenji Kodama (こだま 兼嗣, Kodama Kenji, born December 13, 1949), real name: 児玉 兼嗣 (same reading), is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist born in Hokkaidō. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). His wife is Sachiko Kamimura, an animator and illustrator. He is best known for being one of the main directors on the long-running anime Case Closed, also known as Detective Conan, as well as the City Hunter series and Lupin III Part III.

Known for

★8.0

Detective Conan

1996

★7.4

Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper

1997

★7.8

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

2002

★7.2

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

1998

★7.4

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

2000

★7.3

Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century

1999

★7.4

Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven

2001

★7.1

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

2003

★8.0

Lupin the 3rd

1971

★6.4

City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

2019

★7.8

City Hunter

1987

★6.9

Cat's Eye

1983

★6.4

City Hunter: .357 Magnum

1989