Kohei Ashiya

Kohei Ashiya (芦谷 耕平) is a Japanese and university  credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. He is well known for his publicized artwork and has been a freelance animation director for the JoJo series since season one.

Ashiya is a full-time lecturer in the Tokyo Media Arts department at where he teaches classes in animation content production. Influenced by JoJo since his high school days, he was eventually sought out after officials discovered his early drawings of its characters.

Other series Ashiya has worked on include, , and.

Credits

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
 * Animation Director (ep 21)
 * Key Animation (eps 14, 21, 26)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
 * Assistant Chief Animation Director (eps 1, 4, 6-8, 10-11, 14-17, 19, 23-24)
 * Animation Director (eps 4, 9, 22, 25, 34, 46, 48)
 * Key Animation (eps 1, 25, 31, 34, 46)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 4, 6-11, 14, 16-17, 19, 22-24, 35, 39)
 * Animation Director Cooperation (eps 32, 38-39)
 * Eyecatch Illustration (eps 4, 6, 16-17, 22, 34-35)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
 * Animation Director (eps 4, 8, 12, 15, 18, 23, 27-39)
 * Assistant Animation Director (ep 10)
 * Eyecatch Illustration (eps 2, 4, 12, 23, 34)
 * Key Animation (eps 2, 4, 8, 23, 33)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 12, 24, 31-32, 34-35, 37-38)
 * Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
 * Key Animation (eps 5, 2)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
 * Animation Director (eps 22-23, 25)
 * Assistant Animation Director (eps 18-19)
 * Key Animation (eps 1-2)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 18-21, 29, 35, 37-39)

Personal Artwork (Property of Kohei Ashiya)
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Trivia

 * Ashiya's favorite JoJo characters are Joseph Joestar and Bruno Bucciarati.
 * His favorite Stands are Sticky Fingers and Bad Company.
 * His favorite part is Vento Aureo.
 * According to Ashiya, the easiest characters for him to draw are Jean Pierre Polnareff, Okuyasu Nijimura, and Kars.