門脇康平

Kohei Kadowaki

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2022年 / 2021年
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2D animation Animation Illustration Original PV TVアニメ ending 劇場映画
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after-effects premiere-pro photoshop illustrator media-encoder
Profile
Animation artist. After graduating from the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts, he joined an animation production company. He later went independent and, after working primarily on stage visuals, commercial films, and product promotional videos, became an animation artist. By blending live-action footage and three-dimensional materials into animation through a distinctive visual style, he creates works with a strong sense of weight and presence. Representative works include YOASOBI’s “Yasashii Suisei” Official Music Video and the ending theme for Link Click Season 2. His original feature-length animated film We Are Aliens is scheduled for release in 2026.
Biography
2017年
・ぴあフィルムフェスティバル2017にノミネート。

2019年
・舞台『DON JUAN』、『NODA MAP Q』、『仁義なき戦い〜彼女たちの死闘篇〜』、『ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA』映像チームに参加。

2020年
・QPLO 1st EP『spaceship』/Ayase『よくばり』/あれくん『好きにさせた癖に』『Date』/すとぷり　るぅと『腐心』/堂村璃羽『溺れ愛』のMVを手掛ける。

2021年
・FOMARE『長い髪』/TVアニメBEASTARS第2期エンディング映像ならびにYOASOBI『優しい彗星』/P丸様。『ならばおさらば』/ナナニジ『ヒヤシンス』、『覚醒』/花譜『それを世界と言うんだね』のアニメーションMVを手掛ける。
・ぴあMUSIC COMPLEX３月号掲載。
・雑誌GINZA 別冊号「YOASOBI MAGAZINE」掲載。

2022年
・時光代理人2期ED/みんなのうた『サクラノカケラ』/NARUTO THE GARALLY/ケツメイシ『夜空を翔ける』を手がける。

2026年
・オリジナル劇場用長編アニメ『我々は宇宙人』企画・脚本・監督。

Work

WE ARE ALIENS - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
2D animationAnimationMovieOriginal

WE ARE ALIENS

2026
00:01:01
Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight, 79th Cannes Film Festival We Are Aliens to be released in theaters in 2026. Co-starring: Ryota Bando × Aoto Okayama Music: Yaffle Two boys meet in a small town in the Heisei era. Tsubasa, troubled by being “ordinary,” and Kyotaro, a “special” presence. But what happens beyond the distortions of everyday life will dramatically change the relationship between the two——. Is this a story of the boys’ youth? Or a memory they wish they could erase?
Feature-Length Anime “We Are Aliens” Teaser Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
2D animationAnimation劇場映画

Feature-Length Anime “We Are Aliens” Teaser Video

2026
00:01:35
Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight, the 79th Cannes Film Festival The film We Are Aliens will be released in theaters in 2026. Co-starring: Ryota Bando × Amon Okayama Music by: Yaffle Two boys meet in a rural town in the Heisei era. Tsubasa struggles with being “ordinary,” while Kiyotaro is someone “special.” But an incident that occurs beyond the distortions of everyday life dramatically changes the relationship between the two——. Is this a story of their youth? Or a memory they want to erase? ▼Official Website https://nothingnew.film/wearealiens/ [Film Information] Title: We Are Aliens English Title: We are Aliens Release Date: Theatrical release in 2026 Planned, Written, and Directed by: Kohei Kadowaki Cast: Ryota Bando, Amon Okayama (co-starring) Music: Yaffle Copyright: ©NOTHING NEW, MIYU PRODUCTIONS Planning, Production, and Filmmaking: NOTHING NEW In cooperation with: MIYU PRODUCTIONS
YOASOBI "Comet" Official Music Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
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YOASOBI "Comet" Official Music Video

2020, 2021
00:03:40
A music video set in the world of the manga BEASTARS. The first 89 seconds also serve as the ending sequence for the second season of the TV anime BEASTARS. The blue-world portion in the first half was colored frame by frame entirely with watercolor paints. By combining this blue segment with the red-world segment that begins in the second half, which is expressed digitally, the video presents two extremes within a single music video, contrasting the tenderness and happiness that have filled the past in the story behind this song with the cruel reality that is to come. For the production of this video, three-dimensional models of each character were created. Using these as references for the drawings made it possible to depict the BEASTARS characters, whose complex shapes are difficult to express through animation, with hand-drawn animation.
Ketsumeishi “Flying Through the Night Sky” Music Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
2D animationAnimationArt workMusic video

Ketsumeishi “Flying Through the Night Sky” Music Video

2023〜
00:04:31
Music video for “Yozora wo Kakeru,” the theme song for the Saturday night drama “6-Second Trajectory ~ The Melancholy of Fireworks Maker Mochizuki Seitaro” The protagonist’s feelings of love are depicted through a story-driven narrative with a strong nostalgic appeal. The layout was carefully crafted so that it would become a beautiful illustration no matter where you pause it.
KAF “That’s What We Call the World” Official Music Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
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KAF “That’s What We Call the World” Official Music Video

2021
00:04:15
In a way that embodies the world of the lyrics, the protagonist, Kaf, changes form one after another and travels through time, rediscovering the joy of writing a novel. In the dream scenes, the drawings are strongly hand-drawn, with lines as the main focus and little use of shading, whereas in the real scenes, footage of the actual sky is composited in, the use of lines is conversely restrained, and buildings and other elements are rendered more realistically. This creates a contrast in the mood of each sequence while also aligning the story’s themes with the themes of its visual expression.
Kawasaki Takaya "Ai no Tomoshibi" Official Music Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
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Kawasaki Takaya "Ai no Tomoshibi" Official Music Video

2022
00:05:42
This work was created through the first collaboration between Kohei Kadowaki and Takaya Kawasaki. It incorporates real-life experiences from Kawasaki’s childhood, and also features photos taken by Kawasaki himself in his hometown and at his home, as well as timelapse footage of the sky shot by Director Kadowaki. The result is a fresh, innovative visual work that seamlessly blends live action and animation. Told as a fantasy-tinged story beginning with the encounter between a boy who has come from the future in a time machine and an elderly man, it delicately portrays the two characters’ memories, bond, and eventual parting through gentle, warm animation.
22/7 "Hyacinth" Official Music Video - 映像作家: kadowakikouhei
2D animationArt workMusic video

22/7 "Hyacinth" Official Music Video

2021
00:04:37
A story about a protagonist who, after learning about hyacinths, is reminded of a memory from their elementary school days and visits their alma mater for the first time in a long while. While looking at a drawing of hyacinths that they discover there by tracing their memories, they encounter the apparition of a friend they once had a one-sided crush on. The protagonist’s emotions and feelings are expressed through the color and shape of the light, as well as the intensity with which it shines.