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{{short description|Japanese animator and character designer}}
{{Infobox person
| name          =  Yoko Kikuchi
| native_name = 菊地 洋子
| native_name_lang = ja
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|nationality   = [[Japan]]ese
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|employer      = [[Bee Train]]<br>[[Studio DEEN]]<br>[[Production I.G]]
|occupation    = Animator, character designer [[artist]]
|spouse        = [[Eiji Suganuma]]
|children      = 1
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{{nihongo|'''Yoko Kikuchi'''|菊地 洋子|Kikuchi Yōko}} is a Japanese animator and character designer. She has participated in numerous anime TV series produced by [[Bee Train]] and [[Studio Fantasia]]. She is married to fellow animator [[Eiji Suganuma]], and in 2000 they had a child.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=choco_kiku|number=1330713568354811904|date=2020-11-23 |access-date=2020-11-23|title=本日、子供が二十歳になりました}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Anime television ===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Note
|-
| 1992 ||''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''|| Key Animation ||
|-
|1996 ||''[[Jigoku Sensei Nube]]'' || In-Between Animation ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998 || ''[[Silent Möbius]]'' || Key Animation (ep 25) ||
|-
|''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' || Key Animation (eps. 7, 34) || 
|-
|1999 || ''[[Arc the Lad]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001 || ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'' || Director (ED), Character Design, Animation Director (ED), Animation (OP) || 
|-
|''[[Tantei Shōnen Kageman]]'' || Announcer, Obachan || Voice role
|-
|2002 || ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]'' || Key Animation (eps. 10, 16, 26) || 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003 || ''[[.hack//Legend Of The Twilight]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director  (eps 1, 12), Cover Art ||
|-
|''[[Rumbling Hearts]]'' || Character Design, Chief Animation Director ||
|-
|2005 || ''[[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle|Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE]]'' || Key Animation (eps. 26) ||
|-
|2006 || ''[[Le Chevalier D'Eon]]'' || Key Animation (ep 1) ||
|-
|2007 || ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director (eps 1, 13, 26), Key Animation Supervisor (OP, ED) || 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''[[Junjō Romantica]]'' || Character Design ||
|-
|''[[Junjō Romantica 2]]'' || Character Design ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009 || ''[[Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~]]'' || Character Design, Animation (OP1) ||
|-
|''[[Umineko When They Cry]]'' || Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (ep 26) ||
|-
|2010 || ''[[Hakuōki]]'' || Key Animation (ep 12) ||
|-
|2011 || ''[[The World's Greatest First Love]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director (OP, ED) ||
|-
|2012 || ''[[Kuroko's Basketball]]'' || Character Design ||
|-
|2016 || ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III]]'' || Key Animation (eps. 1, 13) || TV anime {{small|(''Death Busters'' arc)}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018 || ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card]]'' || Key Animation (eps. 15) || 
|-
|''[[My Hero Academia (season 3)|My Hero Academia]]'' || 2nd Key Animation (eps. 47, 54), Key Animation (eps. 59, 61, 63) || Season 3
|-
|rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Carol & Tuesday]]'' || 2nd Key Animation (eps. 8, 19), Design Cooperation (eps. 23-24), Key Animation (OP2; eps. 1-2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 17, 20), Music Scene Animation (eps. 24) ||
|-
|''[[My Hero Academia (season 4)|My Hero Academia]]'' || 2nd Key Animation (eps. 77) || Season 4
|}

=== Anime films ===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Note
|-
| rowspan="2"|1995
|''[[Slayers: The Motion Picture]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|''[[Macross Plus|Macross Plus Movie Edition]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Ah! My Goddess: The Movie]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom]]''
|Character Design, Animation Director
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Yatterman]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010 film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Sengoku Basara: The Last Party]]''
|Key Animation
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2014
|''[[The World's Greatest First Love|The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa]]''
|Character Design
|
|-
|''[[The World's Greatest First Love|The World's Greatest First Love: Valentine arc]]''
|Character Design
|
|-
|2020
|''[[The World's Greatest First Love|The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal arc]]''
|Character Design
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie]]''
|Chief Animation Director (Part 1), Animation Director (Part 1), Key Animation (Part 1–2)
|2-Part film, Season 4 of ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' {{small|(''Dead Moon'' arc)}}
|-
|}

=== OVA (Original video animations) ===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Note
|-
|1992 ||''[[Giant Robo]]'' || Key Animation ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994 ||''[[Dirty Pair Flash: Mission I]]'' || Key Animation ||
|-
|''[[Macross Plus]]'' || Key Animation ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1996 || ''[[Ninja Cadets]]'' || Original Drawing ||
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Kotetsu]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director ||
|-
|1997 || ''[[Agent Aika]]'' || Animation Director  (eps 2, 4–5), Assistant Character Design, Key Animation (Special Trial; eps 1–7) ||
|-
|1998 || ''[[Geobreeders]]'' || Key Animation ||
|-
|2000 || ''[[Labyrinth of Flames]]'' || Character Design ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005 || ''[[Kirameki Project]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director (ep 1) ||
|-
|''[[Saikano: Another Love Song]]'' || Key Animation ||
|-
|2007 || ''[[Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director (ED; eps. 3)||
|-
|2009 || ''[[Tsubasa: Shunraiki]]'' || Character Design, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (OP) ||
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Twitter|choco_kiku}}
* {{ann|people|345|Yoko Kikuchi}}
* [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=菊地洋子&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Yoko Kikuchi anime] at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}}

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