Jan 1, 1960 - Osaka, Japan
Yuu Kou (紅 優, Kō Yū, born 1960) is a Japanese animator and anime director from Osaka Prefecture. His real name is Shigeru Morikawa (森川 滋, Morikawa Shigeru). In the 1990s, he also used under the name Yumekichi Minatoya (湊屋 夢吉, Minatoya Yumekichi). He has been working as an animation director since the late 1980s.
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| Movie | 1986 | Project A-ko: Secret File | Self |
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| Movie | 1986 | Project A-Ko | Stage Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream！ | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| Movie | 1990 | Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| Movie | 1989 | Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | All That Gundam | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture | Original Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2022 | GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: Find Your One Way | Storyboard | Writing |
| Movie | 2017 | Eiga Kamisama miranai himitsu no kotodama: Kiseki o okose Teppuru to dokidoki kokotamakai | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2004 | Gankutsuou | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2009 | Umi Monogatari | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Fuma no Kojirou: Yasha-hen | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Loveless | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2003 | Chrono Crusade | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2010 | Giant Killing | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1986 | Fight! Kickers | Storyboard | Writing |
| TV Show | 1990 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Blue Exorcist | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1990 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2011 | Uta no Prince-sama | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Familiar of Zero | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Uta no Prince-sama | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2005 | Blood+ | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2011 | Uta no Prince-sama | Series Composition | Writing |
| TV Show | 1995 | Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1995 | Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Familiar of Zero | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2011 | Uta no Prince-sama | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2011 | Uta no Prince-sama | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2004 | Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2004 | Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1989 | Yawara! | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2007 | Naruto Shippūden | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2003 | Gunparade March | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2020 | Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Law of Ueki | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 2018 | Cells at Work! | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 2025 | GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS | Series Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1987 | Kimagure Orange Road | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1987 | Kimagure Orange Road | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1995 | Wild Knights Gulkeeva | Storyboard Artist | Art |
| TV Show | 1995 | Wild Knights Gulkeeva | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | Saikano | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2003 | Chrono Crusade | Creator | Creator |
