Katsuyoshi Yatabe
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 11, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo
Biography
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (谷田部 勝義) is a Japanese screenwriter and director born July 11, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating he joined the Department of Arts at Nihon Daigaku in 1975. In 1978 he joined Ad Cosmo but felt that as subcontrctractor there would be no real productions done and thus went on to join Sunrise in 1979. There he learned under Yoshiyuki Tomino and Ryousuke Takahashi before becoming freelancer. He also uses the aliases of Futa Morita (森田 風太) and Kota Morita (森田 光太), which are the names of his sons.
Known For
Filmography

STAR☆jewel
TV · Director · 1 ep

Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
TV · Director · 39 eps

Dinosaur King
TV · Series Director · 79 eps

Strawberry Panic
TV · Director · 1 ep

Boku no Pico
TV · Director · 4 eps

NANA
TV · Director · 1 ep

Detective School Q
TV · Director · 2 eps

Hikaru no Go
TV · Director · 6 eps

Gundress
Movie · Director

Shin Hakkenden
TV · Director · 26 eps

Legend of the Mystical Ninja
TV · Series Director · 23 eps

Street Fighter II: V
TV · Director · 1 ep

The Brave of Legend Da-Garn
TV · Director · 46 eps

The Brave of the Sun Fighbird
TV · Series Director · 48 eps

Brave Exkaiser
TV · Series Director · 48 eps

Bad Boys Boogie
Movie · Director

Bucchigiri
TV · Director · 4 eps

Mashin Hero Wataru
TV · Director · 4 eps

Ronin Warriors
TV · Director · 1 ep

Dirty Pair OVA
TV · Series Director · 10 eps

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Vol.1 Stories of the 'A.T. VOTOMS'
Movie · Director

Blue Comet SPT Layzner
TV · Director · 8 eps

Armored Trooper VOTOMS
TV · Director · 8 eps

Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
Movie · Assistant Director, Co-Director