Directed credits
27
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Tooru Yoshida
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 20All crew credits: 180
TMDB ID: 550655
IMDb ID: nm1250199
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: February 7, 1961
Age: 65
Place of birth: Kagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.53
Wikidata: Q11413791
Also known as
Toru Yoshida • Tôru Yoshida • Yoshida Tooru • よしだ とおる • Tohru Yoshida • 吉田 徹
Frequent jobs
Director (15)Animation Director (9)Action Director (1)Second Unit Director (1)Key Animation (131)Storyboard Artist (14)Animation (2)Mechanical Designer (2)Character Designer (1)Lead Animator (1)Opening/Ending Animation (1)Prop Designer (1)
Biography
Tooru Yoshida (吉田 徹, Yoshida Tōru, February 7, 1961) is an animator, mechanic designer, and anime director from Ayagawa town, Ayauta district, Kagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Osaka Designers' College, he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and then joined AnimeR 1st Studio. He is a lecturer at Osaka Amusement Media Academy and member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tooru Yoshida.
8.1
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
Animation Director
2023 Movie
7.9
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Second Unit Director
2018 Movie
4.0
Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Movie - Over the Wishes
Director
2016 Movie
Gattai Robot Atranger
Director
2011 Movie
7.1
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
Animation Director
1998 Movie
3.3
Demon Fighter Kocho
Director
1997 Movie
Blue Comet SPT Layzner: Act-III Seal 2000
Animation Director
1986 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Tooru Yoshida.
8.6
Gachiakuta
Animation Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.8
The Fable
Animation Director • 10 eps
2024 Series
4.1
Extreme Hearts
Action Director • 11 eps
2022 Series
8.0
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Director • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.7
Devilman Crybaby
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.1
Concrete Revolutio
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.3
Charlotte
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.1
KanColle: Kantai Collection
Director • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.3
Parasyte -the maxim-
Animation Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Superb Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.6
iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia
Director • 2 eps
2007 Series
8.4
Welcome to the N-H-K
Director • 2 eps
2006 Series
7.8
Ōban Star-Racers
Director • 1 eps
2006 Series
5.9
Sugar Sugar Rune
Animation Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
SPEED GRAPHER
Director • 4 eps
2005 Series
6.4
Tweeny Witches
Director • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.9
Usagi-chan de Cue!!
Series Director • 3 eps
2001 Series
6.8
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Director • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.0
Wild Knights Gulkeeva
Animation Director • 3 eps
1995 Series
8.7
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Animation Director • 7 eps
1985 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tooru Yoshida.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Tooru Yoshida.
8.7
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Key Animation • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.7
Attack on Titan
Key Animation • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.6
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Key Animation • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.6
My Hero Academia
Key Animation • 4 eps
2016 Series
8.6
Gachiakuta
Animation Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.6
Solo Leveling
Key Animation • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.6
Dan Da Dan
Key Animation • 3 eps
2024 Series
8.6
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Key Animation • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.6
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Key Animation • 7 eps
2012 Series
8.5
Dororo
Key Animation • 1 eps
2019 Series
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
Key Animation • 7 eps
1998 Series
8.5
Mob Psycho 100
Key Animation • 2 eps
2016 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tooru Yoshida.
8.6
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Key Animation • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.4
Bleach
Key Animation • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.6
Solo Leveling
Key Animation • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.6
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Key Animation • 7 eps
2012 Series
8.7
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Key Animation • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.7
Attack on Titan
Key Animation • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.3
Bungo Stray Dogs
Key Animation • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
Key Animation • 7 eps
1998 Series
8.4
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Key Animation • 3 eps
2017 Series
8.3
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Key Animation • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.6
Gachiakuta
Animation Director • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.6
Dan Da Dan
Key Animation • 3 eps
2024 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tooru Yoshida.
7.2
Trapezium
Key Animation
2024 Movie
7.3
maboroshi
Key Animation
2023 Movie
6.9
SHIROBAKO the Movie
Key Animation
2020 Movie
8.0
KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Legend of Crimson
Key Animation
2019 Movie
6.3
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Detonation
Key Animation
2018 Movie
7.1
Penguin Highway
Key Animation
2018 Movie
5.0
KanColle Movie
Storyboard Artist
2016 Movie
5.6
GARO: Divine Flame
Key Animation
2016 Movie
6.6
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Key Animation
2015 Movie
7.0
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie
Key Animation
2015 Movie
7.4
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie
Key Animation
2014 Movie
6.2
TIGER & BUNNY: The Rising
Key Animation
2014 Movie
7.3
Inazuma Eleven GO The Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon
Key Animation
2011 Movie
6.6
UN-GO episode:0 INGA-RON
Key Animation
2011 Movie
5.3
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Case; Irvine
Key Animation
2010 Movie
6.8
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
Key Animation
2010 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tooru Yoshida.
7.4
I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
Key Animation • 12 eps
2025 Series
8.0
Anne Shirley
Key Animation • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.6
Babanba Banban Vampire
Key Animation • 9 eps
2025 Series
6.8
Haigakura
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.6
Dan Da Dan
Key Animation • 3 eps
2024 Series
6.4
Grendizer U
Lead Animator • 13 eps
2024 Series
8.6
Rising Impact
Key Animation • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.3
T・P BON
Key Animation • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.6
Solo Leveling
Key Animation • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.3
My Happy Marriage
Key Animation • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.0
Buddy Daddies
Key Animation • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.0
KanColle: See You Again on Another Quiet Blue Sea
Key Animation • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Key Animation • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.3
The Heike Story
Key Animation • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.8
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
Key Animation • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.3
The Case Study of Vanitas
Key Animation • 3 eps
2021 Series