Kohei Ashiya

Kohei Ashiya (芦谷 耕平) is a Japanese and university  credited for his directing and key animation for the  TV adaptation by David Production up to Golden Wind. He is well known for his publicized artwork and longtime work on the 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.

Controversy
On September 17, 2019, Ashiya wrote a thread on Twitter claiming that he hadn't been paid for his work on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime despite the final episode having aired over two months prior. He later made a Tweet reporting that, although the matter had not been fully resolved yet, he was able to get in touch with the producer and finally received payment for his work. However, because of the controversy surrounding his statement, Ashiya worried that he might not be allowed to participate in future JoJo-related productions. Ashiya also mentioned that he had already not been invited to work on the next Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan project which was already underway.

Credits

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
 * Animation Director:
 * Key Animation:
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
 * Assistant Chief Animation Director:
 * Animation Director:
 * Key Animation:
 * 2nd Key Animation:
 * Animation Director Cooperation:
 * Design Cooperation:
 * Eyecatch Illustration:
 * Diamond is Unbreakable
 * Animation Director:
 * Assistant Animation Director:
 * Eyecatch Illustration:
 * Key Animation:
 * 2nd Key Animation:
 * Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
 * Key Animation:
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
 * Animation Director:
 * Assistant Animation Director:
 * Key Animation:
 * 2nd Key Animation:

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.