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	2 hours
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	2.5 hours
383	414-417	Miracle at Koshien Ball Park! The Defiants Face the Dark Demon	December 20, 2004	Key animation, Layout supervision	2 hours
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: Hiroyuki Horiuchi served as the technical advisor in episodes 343-344, 346-382, and 384-408; which is not listed in the table above.

Movies

Participation in: 21 movies

Movie	Title	Original airdate	Role	Note
2	The Fourteenth Target	April 18, 1998	Key animation
4	Captured in Her Eyes	April 22, 2000	Key animation, Layout
5	Countdown to Heaven	April 21, 2001	Key animation
11	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	April 21, 2007	Assistant animation director, Layout check
12	Full Score of Fear	April 19, 2008	Assistant animation director, Layout check, Key animation
13	The Raven Chaser	April 18, 2009	Mechanical design, Layout check
14	The Lost Ship in the Sky	April 17, 2010	Animation director, Key animation
15	Quarter of Silence	April 16, 2011	Animation director, Key animation
17	Private Eye in the Distant Sea	April 20, 2013	Effect animation director
Crossover	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	December 7, 2013	Key animation
18	Dimensional Sniper	April 19, 2014	Animation director, Key animation
19	Sunflowers of Inferno	April 18, 2015	Animation director, Key animation
20	The Darkest Nightmare	April 16, 2016	Animation director, Key animation
21	The Crimson Love Letter	April 15, 2017	Animation director, Key animation
22	Zero the Enforcer	April 13, 2018	Animation director, Key animation
23	The Fist of Blue Sapphire	April 12, 2019	Action animation director, Key animation
24	The Scarlet Bullet	April 16, 2021	Key animation
25	The Bride of Halloween	April 15, 2022	Key animation
26	Black Iron Submarine	April 14, 2023	Key animation
27	The Million-dollar Pentagram	April 12, 2024	Key animation
28	One-eyed Flashback	April 18, 2025	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 堀内博之 - Wikipedia 堀内博之 - Atwiki Hiroyuki Horiuchi - Anime News Network Detective Conan Staff Listing