is the founder and President of P.A. Works Studio and the Operations Director for

Bee Train , commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with '' Noir'', '' .hack//Sign'', and ''Madlax'' (among other series) they have a strong following in the yuri f ...

Productions Inc. He was also formerly an employee with

Production I.G is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise, founded on December 15, 1987, by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The letters I and G derive from the names of the company founders: producer Mitsuhisa Ish ...

and

Tatsunoko Productions and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and "sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko's headquarters are i ...

. In 2000 he founded P.A. Works and currently produces the works produced by the studio. Horikawa has also worked as a

Production Manager In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non- ...

and

Production Assistant A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a member of the film crew and is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production. The job of a PA can vary greatly depending on the budget ...

Filmography

*'' Another'' (2012) (Producer and Planning) *''

Hanasaku Iroha , or ''Hanairo'' for short, is a Japanese 26-episode anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Masahiro Andō. The screenplay was written by Mari Okada, with original character design by Mel Kishida. P.A. Works produced t ...

'' (2011) (Producer) *''Mai's Magic and Family Day'' (2011) (Producer) *''Bannō Yasai Ninninman'' (Producer) *'' Angel Beats'' (2010) (Producer) *''

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Masakazu Hashimoto, written by Aya Matsui from a story by Akihiro Hino and produced by P.A. Works and OLM. The film is based on the ''Professor Layton'' video game series by Level-5, taking ...

'' (2009) (Producer) *''

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

'' (2009) (Producer) *''

True Tears ''True Tears'' (stylized as ''true tears'') is a Japanese popular culture, Japanese visual novel developed by La'cryma, a collaboration between Broccoli (company), Broccoli, Circus (company), Circus, GameCrab and Rei Izumi, and was originall ...

'' (2008) (Producer) *''

Immortal Grand Prix refers to two anime series co-produced by Production I.G and Cartoon Network. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first. Koichi Mashimo co- ...

'' (2005) (Production Desk for P.A. Works) *''

Wild Arms 3 ''Wild Arms 3'', known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game developed by Media.Vision for the PlayStation 2. It is a sequel to ''Wild Arms'' and '' Wild Arms 2''. Sony Computer Entertainment released it in Japan and North America in 2002 ...

'' (2002) (Animation Producer) *''

Medabots ''Medabots'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese role-playing video game franchise created by Rin Horuma (Horumarin) and currently owned by Imagineer. The main series of RPGs focus on collecting and battling with the titular robots. The bulk of ...

'' (1999) (Producer) *'' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom'' (1999) (Line Producer) *''

Popolocrois Story is a Japanese video game software developer located in Tokyo, Japan. Originally established as “GEN CREATIVE HOUSE CO., LTD.” in February 1987, changed company name to “G-Artists Inc.” in March 1991, then to “epics Inc.” in June 2 ...

(1998) (Series Composition and Line Producer) *''

Xenogears ''Xenogears'' is a 1998 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the debut entry in the larger '' Xeno'' franchise. The gameplay of ''Xenogears'' revolves around navigating 3D enviro ...

'' (1998) (Animation Cut Scene Producer) *'' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' (

Line Producer A line producer is a type of film or television producer who is the head of the production office management personnel during daily operations of a feature film, advertisement film, television film, or TV program. A line producer usually works on o ...

and Production Manager) *''

Panzer Dragoon ''Panzer Dragoon'' is a series of video games by Sega. The first three games were developed in the 1990s by Sega's Team Andromeda for the Sega Saturn. The fourth, ''Panzer Dragoon Orta'' (2002), was developed by Sega's Smilebit team for the Xbox ...

'' (1996 OAV) (Production Manager) *''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...

(Production Manager)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horikawa, Kenji P.A.Works Bee Train Production Japanese anime producers Japanese animated film producers Japanese film producers Living people Asian film producers People from Kōnan, Aichi 1965 births