Kenichi Suzuki

Kenichi Suzuki
Japanese Name	鈴木 健一
Profile
Age	~57
Gender
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Director Animation director Storyboard artist
Other Information
Affiliation	David Production
Media
Anime Debut	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

Kenichi Suzuki (鈴木 健一, Suzuki Kenichi) is a Japanese Animation Director generally credited as the "Series Director" for the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. He alongside Naokatsu Tsuda are the main authority for the overseeing the production of the TV Anime. Many of the series's episodes are supervised and storyboarded by him.

Known particularly for being an experienced action director, he was chosen by David Production producer, Hisataka Kasama, to tackle the series's notably unique and difficult-to-adapt style with Tsuda.

Suzuki has directed several other animated series, including Drifters, Fairy Gone, Hellsing, and Cells at Work!. He is also credited as the CG technical director for the SD Gundam franchise.

Biography

Kenichi Suzuki started his career as an office worker until he decided he wanted to work in the animation field. He became a CG animator, and that eventually led to him becoming a director.

Credits

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season 1)
  • Series Director
  • Episode Director: Episode 9Episode 13Episode 25
  • Storyboard: Episode 9Episode 25
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
  • Series Director
  • Script: Episode 38Episode 39
  • Episode Director: Episode 5Episode 22Episode 25
  • Episode Director Cooperation: Episode 34
  • Storyboard: Episode 5Episode 25Episode 38Episode 39Episode 48
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Executive Director
  • Ending Animation Storyboard: Ending 1Roundabout
  • Ending Animation Director: Ending 1Roundabout
  • Storyboard: Episode 1Episode 37
  • Episode Director: Episode 38

Interviews

#	Interview	Type	Media	Published
1	Animation Series Production Note (March 2021)	Interview & Commentary	Website/Online	March 26, 2021
2	Ultra Jump (December 2021)	Interview	Magazine	December 18, 2021
3	Kenichi Suzuki (March 2022)	Interview	Magazine	March 19, 2022
4	Ultra Jump (October 2022)	Interview	Magazine	October 19, 2022
5	Stone Ocean Anime Interviews (February 2023)	Interview	Home Media	November 30, 2022
6	Inheritance of the JoJo Anime - OPED Styles (December 2023)	Interview	Magazine	December 19, 2023

Gallery

Artwork (原画)

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  Stone Ocean Chapter 3 Key Visual

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  Episode 9 Storyboard

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  Episode 9 Storyboard #2

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  Episode 9 Storyboard #3

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  Episode 25 Storyboard

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  SC Episode 48 Storyboard

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  SC Episode 48 Storyboard #2

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  Suzuki's autograph from the JOJOraDIO event booklet

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  Suzuki's autograph from the Last Crusaders booklet

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  Suzuki's autograph from the Walk Like Crusaders booklet

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  Roundabout (Stone Ocean) Storyboard

Photos

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  Suzuki with executive director Naokatsu Tsuda

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  Suzuki with the cast of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

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  Suzuki and Fairouz Ai at the Stone Ocean Reveal Event

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  ORAORAdio S

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  With Chiaki Matsuzawa, Mutsumi Tamura, Fairouz Ai, Yuichiro Umehara, and Daisuke Namikawa at the Stone Ocean Final Episodes Screening 1

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  With Daisuke Ono, Fairouz Ai & Chiaki Matsuzawa at the Stone Ocean Final Episodes Screening 2

Trivia

• As directors, both Suzuki and Naokatsu Tsuda were big fans of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga prior to their positions on the TV Anime. Tsuda notes that he likely would have refused the director role had Suzuki not joined him, as trying to capture "both the strength and fun of the original manga" would have been impossible on his own.