, also known by the

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Hagera, is an

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producer and production designer. He has worked for the Tōkyū Agency, Asatsu DK, and

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, and he currently works as a full-time advisor at Marvelous Entertainment. His proactive approach to planning anime when he worked at advertising firms has made him a front runner in his field. Since 2000, Kataoka has worked on the Friday shōjo anime on

TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...

, including shows such as ''

Hime-chan's Ribbon is a magical girl manga series created by Megumi Mizusawa that was serialized in Ribon Magazine from August 1990 to January 1994. It was later developed into a 61 episode anime series, produced by Studio Gallop, that aired from October 2, ...

''. In addition to being an anime producer, Kataoka produces anime

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als. He is also one of the founders of the Animax satellite channel and Aniraji, a radio program devoted to anime,

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and light novels.

Productions

*'' Ashita Tenki ni Naare'' (producer, Fuji TV) *''

Chikkun Takkun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was adapted into a 23-episode anime television series which was produced by Gakken and Fuji Television, co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems, and animated by Studio Pier ...

'' (producer, Fuji TV) *'' Battle Fighters: Fatal Fury'' (production planning, Fuji TV) *'' Battle Fighters: Fatal Fury 2'' (production planning, Fuji TV) *''

Gu-Gu Ganmo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1982 to 1985, and was collected into 12 bound volumes. It was adapted into a fifty-episode an ...

'' (production planning, Fuji TV) *'' Gunslinger Girl'' (production planning, Fuji TV, Animax) *''

Hiatari Ryōkō! is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1979–1981 in the magazine ''Shōjo Comic'' and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an a ...

'' (production planning, Fuji TV) *'' High School! Kimengumi'' (producer, Fuji TV, movie) *''

'' (producer, TV Tokyo) *'' Hunter x Hunter'' (production planning, Fuji TV, Animax) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (executive producer, Toho) *''

Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, which has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from issue 33 of 2005 to issue 21-22 of 2008. It has been adapted into an anime television series, di ...

'' (production planning) *'' Mushishi'' (production planning) *'' Peach Girl'' (production planning, TV Tokyo) *'' Sasuga no Sarutobi'' (producer, Fuji TV) *'' School Rumble'' (production planning, TV Tokyo) *''

Shura no Toki - Age of Chaos is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara. The story follows a young Karate practitioner named Tsukumo Mutsu, 40th master of the deadly Mutsu Enmei Ryu style. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Monthly Shōnen ...

'' (production planning, TV Tokyo) *''

Tonde Burin is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo magazine '' Ciao'' from August 1994 to September 1995, collecting into 3 ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime se ...

'' (production planning,

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) *'' Touch'' (producer, Fuji TV) **''Touch: Sebango no Nai Ace'' (producer, Toho) **''Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono'' (producer, Toho) **''Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni'' (producer, Toho)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kataoka, Yoshiro Japanese film producers Japanese television producers Japanese theatre managers and producers Japanese production designers Animax People from Kanagawa Prefecture 1945 births Living people