Hibiki Yoshizaki

Hibiki Yoshizaki (吉崎 響, Yoshizaki Hibiki, born March 10, 1980) is a Japanese video artist, animator, music video director, art director, and motion graphics designer. He is most famous for his animated music videos "ME!ME!ME!" and "GIRL," which gained mainstream popularity both in Japan and internationally after being submitted to the Japan Animator Expo. He also works as VJ Cotobuki with Naoki Nagayasu.

Hibiki Yoshizaki
Born (1980-03-10) March 10, 1980
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Video artist, animator, music video director, art director, motion graphics designer
Known forME!ME!ME!
GIRL
Eve's Bouto (Mob)
Signature

Biography

Yoshizaki was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 16, he was deeply impressed by Kōji Morimoto's MV "Extra" (music by Ken Ishii), which inspired him to work in animation. As a high school student, he started working in Gainax under the guidance of Hiroyuki Yamaga. He then entered Tama Art University and started working as a VJ in nightclubs all around Tokyo while studying animation under Kōji Morimoto at Studio 4°C.[1]

After graduation, he became a freelance motion graphics designer and art director, mainly for animated music videos and promotional videos. In 2011, for making Clammbon's Kanade Dance MV, he was selected as one of the top 100 video artists of the year in a magazine published by BNN Shinsha, Japan.[2] In 2013, he created the first-two original animated music videos "ME!ME!ME!" and "GIRL" in collaboration with TeddyLoid and Daoko. It was made as the 3rd and 31st episode of Japan Animator Expo, which has gone viral with over 100 million views on YouTube and achieved the highest number of views among all 36 episodes in the project. After working as a freelance art director for 18 years, he joined Khara in 2016.

Selected works

Television series

OVAs

Films

Music videos
  • ME!ME!ME! by TeddyLoid feat. Daoko[3][4] (2014; director, unit director, editor, compositor, storyboard artist, visual effects, and original creator)
  • ME!ME!ME! CHRONIC by TeddyLoid feat. Daoko (2015; director, storyboard artist, and original creator)
  • GIRL by Daoko (2015; director, storyboard artist, and original creator)
  • Sakura Nagashi by Hikaru Utada[5] (2016; director)
  • The Asahi Shimbun by Motohiro Onishi (2016; director)

Other MV
  • Believe by i-dep (2007; Director)
  • Room #204 by Jazztronik (2009; Director)
  • KANADE DANCE by Clammbon (2010; Director)

Video games

Commercials
  • HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design: Kirai, Demo, Suki (2016, 2020; Director)

Awards and recognition
  • 2014: MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Animation Video for "ME! ME! ME!" by TeddyLoid feat. Daoko
  • 2014: Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Animation for "ME! ME! ME!" by TeddyLoid feat. Daoko
  • 2015: Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music Video for "GIRL" by Daoko
  • 2022: Tokyo Anime Award for Best Director for Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time

References
  1. "Hibiki.ne.jp". Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. "クラムボンMV『KANADE Dance』 | FEATURE | CGWORLD.jp". Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition website offers new avenue for animation industry"
  4. "フィラリア予防薬通販｜犬猫｜犬糸状虫症｜ぽちたま薬局".
  5. "Evangelion: 3.33 Music Video for Hikaru Utada's Song Features Unused Cuts". Anime News Network. September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
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