Naoko Yamada

Animation Department / Director / Art Department

Birthdate – November 28, 1984 (40 Years Old)

Birthplace – Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series and the anime film A Silent Voice.

Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime series.

Videos

Filmography

A Silent Voice: The Movie: 2019 Re-release ()

Liz and the Blue Bird

Director (2018)

A Silent Voice: The Movie

(2017)

The Colors Within

(2025)