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 (born 1947) is a Japanese animation writer and director. He was born in Ehime Prefecture.

Bio
Kōzō joined Tokyo Movie in 1971.

After moving to Japan Animation, he made his directorial debut in 1981 with Hussen's Dora Taro.

In charge of the mid-late works of the World Masterpiece Theater series, he directed the largest series of seven.

Freelance since 2004.

Appointed as General Director of Doraemon, which was renewed from April 2005, and served until 2012. Since then he has been working on a number of storyboards and directings for the television series. As a general director of Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006, he worked as a general director for external meetings and maintenance of the production site environment (most of the actual production was left to the director Ayumu Watanabe, and so on). After that, in Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) and Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012), he was not a general director mannager but a director.

Works

 * Hussen's Dora Taro (1981)
 * Little Lord Fauntleroy (1988)
 * The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989)
 * Trapp Family Story (1991)
 * Doraemon (2005 –2012)
 * Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006
 * Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
 * Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012)