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| name = Yosuke Kabashima
| image = Yosuke Kabashima.jpg
| gender = Male
| location = Tokyo, Japan
| date-of-birth = April 22, 1976
| place-of-birth = Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
| position = Action animation director <br> Key animation
| years-active = 1999-present
| aliases =
| website = https://x.com/KABABABABA
| studio = [[wikipedia:Studio Kai|Studio Kai]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Yosuke Kabashima'''|椛島洋介|Kabashima Yōsuke}}, born April 22, 1976 in Fukuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese animation director and key animator affiliated with [[wikipedia:Studio Kai|Studio Kai]]. He takes part in the production of ''Detective Conan'' [[movies]].

== Biography ==
Born on April 22, 1976 in Fukuoka Prefecture<ref name="AT">https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/664.html</ref>, he was interested in animation from a very young age, observing how animators drew opening themes in elementary school<ref name="Interview1">https://doncry.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/10/21/210000</ref>. In high school, he joined a technical school in Fukuoka, but did not attend most of his classes since he was afraid of the delinquents there. He however joined the animation club of his school at the recommendation of a teacher and cemented his desire to become an animator there<ref name="Interview1"/>. Yosuke Kabashima first joined animation studio Studio Z5 (スタジオZ5), a freelance animation group founded by [[Hideyuki Motohashi]], [[Hajime Kamegaki]] and [[Satoshi Hirayama]] after the disbandment of their previous studio Studio Z. Studio Z5 specialized in [[wikipedia:Mecha anime and manga|mecha]] animation. After Z5's reorganization into animation studio [[wikipedia:Xebec (studio)|Xebec]]'s subsidiary Xebec M2 in 2003<ref>https://w.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/2128.html</ref>, Kabashima became a freelance animator instead of joining Xebec M2<ref name="AT"/>. As a freelancer, he collaborated with studios [[Studio G-1 Neo]], [[wikipedia:Anime International Company|AIC ASTA]] and [[wikipedia:Sunrise (studio)|Sunrise]]<ref name="AT"/>. Between April 2017 and September 2019, he became affiliated with [[wikipedia:Satelight|Satelight]], before returning to freelance<ref name="AT"/>. In April 2021, with many former staff of Satelight, he joined [[wikipedia:Studio Kai|Studio Kai]]<ref name="AT"/>.

Kabashima is known as a versatile animator, able to animate mecha, but also action effects for female and male characters<ref name="AT"/>. He was credited for the first time in 1999 as key animation in series ''[[wikipedia:DT Eightron|DT Eightron]]''. He has consistently worked since then. In 2001, he was credited as animation director for the first time, in OVA ''[[wikipedia:Angel Blade|Angel Blade]]''. He joined the production staff of ''Detective Conan'' for the first time around 2005, becoming a key animator for the 9th movie [[Strategy Above the Depths]]. He then disappeared from ''Detective Conan'' and became known meanwhile for his work in ''Symphogear'' as chief animator and character designer, and ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby'', notably. He was back around 2017 as an action animation director for movie 21, [[The Crimson Love Letter]]. He has not been involved with the franchise since.

== Works in [[Detective Conan]] ==
* See [[:category:Animation directed by Yosuke Kabashima|Animation directed by Yosuke Kabashima]]

=== Movies ===
Participation in: '''2''' movies
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|9||[[Strategy Above the Depths]]||April 9, 2005||Key animation||
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|21||[[The Crimson Love Letter]]||April 15, 2017||Action animation director, key animation||
|}

== Other notable works ==
=== Anime ===
* ''D.Gray-man Hallow'': Character design, chief animation director, animation director
* ''Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot'': Chief animation director
*''FUUTO PI'': Director, animation director, animator, etc.
* ''Symphogear'': Chief animation director, storyboard, animation director, key animation, transformation key animation, action director
* ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby'': Character design, chief animation director, animation director

== References ==
# [https://www.instagram.com/ka_babababa/ Instagram]
# [https://t.co/IIoIr0pOl4 Pixiv]
# [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=19142 Yosuke Kabashima - Anime News Network]
# [https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%A4%9B%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%8B%E4%BB%8B 椛島洋介 - Pixiv Dictionary]
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