is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

and director. She was born in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

. Her name is sometimes misromanized as Seiko Sayama.

Works

TV Anime

*'' Nintama Rantarou'' (1993–1994) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Tama & Friends is a character franchise created by Sony Creative Products in 1983. An OVA series based on the products titled was produced by Sony Music Entertainment Japan and animated by Group TAC. The episodes were released between 1988 and 19 ...

'' (1994) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Soar High! Isami is an anime series made by Group TAC and directed by Gisaburō Sugii. The anime is based on '' The Hakkenden'' but is set in the future. The anime was broadcast on NHK between April 8, 1995 and March 30, 1996. It was licensed by Hirameki Int ...

'' (1994–1996) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''Harimogu Harley'' (1996) - Director *'' Saber Marionette J to X'' (1998) - Chief Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11-25 odd), Episode Director (eps 1, 6, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25), Background Art (ep 12), Illustration (ep 26), Key Animation (eps 9, 25), Photography Assistant (ED for ep. 25) *''

Magic User's Club is a magical girl/magical boy, boy anime created by Triangle Staff and Junichi Sato. It was first released as a six-part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television ne ...

'' (1999) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Now and Then, Here and There is a Japanese anime television series conceived and directed by Akitaro Daichi, with a screenplay by Hideyuki Kurata. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14, 1999 and ran until January 20, 2000. It was licensed ...

'' (1999–2000) - Storyboard *''

Hunter × Hunter ''Hunter × Hunter'' (stylized as ''HUNTER×HUNTER'' and pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōn ...

'' (1999–2001) - Storyboard *''

Tsukikage Ran is an animated action comedy written and directed by Akitaro Daichi, and produced by Madhouse Studios. The television series follows Ran and Meow, two wanderers who face all sorts of antagonists in Tokugawa Japan. The series started airing ...

'' (2000) - Storyboard *'' Boys Be...'' (2000) - Special Thanks *''

Gravitation In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the stron ...

'' (2000–2001) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Prétear , also called ''Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White'', is a manga series written by Junichi Sato and illustrated by Kaori Naruse. Spanning four volumes, the manga series was originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten from May 2000 t ...

'' (2001) - Director *'' Shiawase Sou no Okojo-san'' (2001–2002) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Seven of Seven is an anime TV series created by Yasuhiro Imagawa (''Giant Robo'', ''G Gundam'') and produced by A.C.G.T. The TV series premiered January 10, 2002 on TV Tokyo and finished in run on June 27, 2002, totaling 25 episodes. A New Year's special ...

'' (2002) - Storyboard *''

Ai Yori Aoshi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal (magazine), Young Animal'' magazine from 1998 to 2005 and the chapters collected into 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

'' (2002) - Storyboard *''

Chobits is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from September 2000 to October 2002, with its chapters collected ...

'' (2002) - Storyboard *''

King of Bandit Jing , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuichi Kumakura. The series was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Comic Bom Bom'' magazine from 1995 to 1998; the publisher later collected the individual chapters into seven tank ...

'' (2002) - Episode Director *''

Princess Tutu is a Japanese magical girl anime series created by illustrator and animator Ikuko Itoh. Inspired by ballet and fairy tales, particularly '' The Ugly Duckling'' and ''Swan Lake'', the story follows a duck who is transformed into the mythical ...

'' (2002–2003) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Galaxy Angel A is a ''bishōjo'' sci-fi metaseries composed of anime, manga and dating sim video games. It was created by Broccoli in July 2000, when it launched a multi-platformed project called ''Project G.A.'' The anime and ''Galaxy Angel Party' ...

'' (2002–2003) - Storyboard *''

Last Exile is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo. It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda. The three had previously worked together in '' ...

'' (2003) - Storyboard *''

Kaleido Star is a Japanese anime series animated by Japanese studio Gonzo. The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida. ''Kaleido Star: New Wings'' was directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike. ''Kale ...

'' (2003) - Storyboard, Episode Director *'' Jubei-chan 2'' (2004) - Storyboard *''

Uta Kata is a 2004 anime television series. Written differently (泡沫), the title can refer to bubbles and used as such in the ending theme. The series can be loosely considered a magical girl story. However, this series deviates from more conven ...

'' (2004) - Storyboard *''

Sgt. Frog ''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...

'' (2004–2011) - Storyboard *''

Fushigiboshi no Futagohime is a 2005 Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Birthday and produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, with animation from Hal Film Maker. A manga adaptation titled ''Twin Princess of Wonder Planet: Lovely Kingdom'' by Mayuki ...

'' (2005–2006) - Storyboard *''

Blood+ Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the ci ...

'' (2005–2006) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

ARIA The NATURAL ''Aria'' (stylized as ''ARIA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled ''Aqua'' (stylized as ''AQUA'') when it was published in Enix's ''Monthly Stencil'' magazine from 2001 ...

'' (2006) - Storyboard, Episode Director *''

Nana Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ( ...

'' (2006) - Storyboard *'' Bokura ga Ita'' (2006) - Storyboard *''

Skip Beat! , abbreviated as ''Sukibi'', is a Japanese shōjo manga by Yoshiki Nakamura. It is the story of , a 16-year-old girl who discovers that her childhood friend and romantic goal, Shotaro Fuwa, only keeps her around to act as a maid and to ea ...

'' (2008) - Director *''

Vampire Knight is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga series is licensed in Engli ...

'' (2008) - Director, Storyboard (OP1,ED1; eps 1, 3, 7, 13), Episode Director (OP1,ED1; ep 1) *'' Vampire Knight Guilty'' (2008) - Director, Storyboard (OP, ED; eps 3, 6, 10, 13), Episode Director (OP, ED) *''

Brave 10 ''Brave 10'' (stylized as ''BRAVE10'') is a manga series by Kairi Shimotsuki, serialized in Media Factory's ''Comic Flapper'' from 2006 to 2010. The series was resumed on June 15, 2011 and retitled ''Brave 10 Spiral'', better known as ''Brave ...

'' (2012) - Director *''

No Game No Life is a Japanese light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with ten novels released between April 25, 2012, and January 25, 2018. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a mang ...

'' (2014) - Storyboard (eps. 5, 10) *'' Flying Witch'' (2016) - Storyboard (eps. 5, 10), Episode Director (eps. 5, 10) *''

A Place Further than the Universe is an anime original television series produced by Madhouse. The series is directed by Atsuko Ishizuka, written by Jukki Hanada and features character designs by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. It aired in Japan between January and March 2018, and wa ...

'' (2018) - Storyboard (ep. 11) *'' Amanchu! Advance'' (2018) - Director *'' To Your Eternity 2nd Season'' (2022) - Director

OVA

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Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is a comedy, ''yuri'' (love between women) manga written and illustrated by Clamp, an all-female manga artist team consisting of Satsuki Igarashi, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Nanase Ohkawa. The story focuses on the eponymous protagonist, ...

'' (1995) - Director (episode 1) *''

Angel Sanctuary is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki. It was serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from July 1994 to October 2000. It follows Setsuna Mudo, a human teenager who, as the reincarnation of ...

'' (2000) - Director

References

External links

Kiyoko Sayama official website
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