- Nickname
- Yamakan
- In 2007 he was terminated as director of the series Lucky Star (2007) after four episodes. Following that, he and several other of his co-workers at Kyoto Animation left to form their own studio called Ordet. Then in 2016 he left Ordet and established another studio known as Twilight Studio.
- Directed the first four episodes of the Kyoto Animation comedy Lucky Star (2007), but for reasons unknown was fired. He unsuccessfully lobbied to stay as director but was replaced with one of his colleagues at Kyoto Animation, Yasuhiro Takemoto.
- Issued a personal apology for the result of the infamous "Endless Eight Arc" on the start of the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006).
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