Hiroyuki Horiuchi

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Hiroyuki Horiuchi

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Gender:

Male

Date of birth:

December 21, 1962 (63)

Place of birth:

Aomori, Japan

Location:

Japan

Position:

Mechanical design
Effect animation director
Action animation director
Animation director
Assistant animation director
Key animation
Layout checker
Layout supervisor
Design works

Years active:

1981-present

Website:

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Instagram Account

First name can also be Hinoyuki.

Hiroyuki Horiuchi (堀内 博之 ,Horiuchi Hiroyuki) is a Japanese animator from Aomori Prefecture. He takes part in the production of Detective Conan anime and movies.

Biography

Hiroyuki Horiuchi joined Studio Poke in 1981. When Studio Poke disbanded in 1987, he joined AIC for a year before become freelance.

Horiuchi was involved in the production of the Detective Conan anime fairly early, starting with the 2nd episode Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case in 1996. He is in charge of key animation mostly in the anime, except Episode 219: The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid where he was in charge of design works and animation director; and Episode 383: Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon where he was in charge of layout supervision. After 2005, Horiuchi mainly focused on the production of Detective Conan movies, in which he served as different kinds of animation director, such as effect and action animation directors.

Works in Detective Conan

• See Animation directed by Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Anime

Participation in: 11 cases (11 episodes)

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	Role	Note
2	2	Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case	January 15, 1996	Key animation
28	29	Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Part 2)	August 12, 1996	Key animation
219	235-238	The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid	January 8, 2001	Animation director, Design works
244	263	Kogoro Mouri's Imposter (Part 2)	July 30, 2001	Key animation
345	371-375	Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night	January 5, 2004	Key animation
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Key animation, Layout supervision
393	427	A Kidnapping Case... So It Seems	March 21, 2005	Key animation
783	836	The Scarlet Truth	June 27, 2015	Key animation
927	982-983	The Scarlet School Trip (Bright Red Arc)	January 5, 2019	Key animation
1029	1086	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Jinpei Matsuda	December 4, 2021	Key animation
1061	1118	Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Hiromitsu Morofushi	October 29, 2022	Key animation

Note: Horiuchi served as the technical advisor in episodes 343-344, 346-382, and 384-408.

Participation in: 19 movies

• The Fourteenth Target (Movie 2): Key animation
• Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4): Key animation
• Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Movie 11): Assistant animation director, Layout check
• Full Score of Fear (Movie 12): Assistant animation director, Layout check, Key animation
• The Raven Chaser (Movie 13): Mechanical design, Layout check
• The Lost Ship in the Sky (Movie 14): Animation director, Key animation
• Quarter of Silence (Movie 15): Animation director, Key animation
• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17): Effect animation director
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (Crossover movie): Key animation
• Dimensional Sniper (Movie 18): Animation director, Key animation
• Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19): Animation director, Key animation
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20): Animation director, Key animation
• The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21): Animation director
• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22): Animation director, Key animation
• The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23): Action animation director, Key animation
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24): Key animation
• The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25): Key animation
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26): Key animation
• The Million-dollar Pentagram (Movie 27): Key animation
• One-eyed Flashback (Movie 28): Key animation

Participation in: 2 specials

• The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (Special 5): Key animation
• Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small (Special 6): Key animation

Other notable works

Anime

• Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time: Key Animation
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Action Animation Director, Action Supervision, Effect Animation Director, Key Animation
• Dr. Stone: Action Animation Supervisor, Key Animation, Main Animator
• The Familiar of Zero: Rondo of Princesses: Chief Animation Director, Key Animation
• Dr. Stone: Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation
• Momo: The Girl God of Death: Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director
• Pokémon Sun & Moon: Animation Director, Key Animation

Movies

• Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive: Key Animation
• Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus: Key Animation
• Naruto Shippūden: Animation Director, Key Animation
• Yowamushi Pedal Re:Generation: Ride Design

See also

• Yoshiharu Shimizu

References

1. 堀内博之 - Wikipedia
2. 堀内博之 - Atwiki
3. Hiroyuki Horiuchi - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing