Masaya Kakehi

Born in West Tokyo City, Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hoya High School and Nihon University College of Art. Soon as a manga artist, when he was 14 years old, he won the Big Comic Spirits Monthly Newcomer Encouragement Award at “The City of Youkai” . He has also been selected for Kodansha 's Chiba Tetsuya Award . In college, he completed two independent films, including “Scrap” and “Haraise”. Both were selected for the Yubari Film Festival . Enrolled in a video production company for a period after graduating from university, earning full-fledged CG and video editing related technologies. After leaving the company, he worked mainly on motion graphics and animation . In 2003, the independent movie “ Beauty Can ” was announced. The third challenge, Yubari Film Festival 03 Off Theater Division Grand Prix, other Pia Film Festival 03 Planning Award, Michinoku International Mystery Film Festival 03 Kadokawa Off Theater Competition Grand Prix, etc. The award will be used as a whole, and will be linked to the 2004 theater release. In 2005, he made a self-remake of “ Beauty Can ” starring Satoshi Tsumabuki in “The World's Strange Story '05 Spring Special Edition” . In 2006, he wrote the novel “Beauty Can”. In 2008, the short film “ Ross: Time: Life ” , which was previously produced as an independent work , will be made into an omnibus series drama on Fuji TV. He participated as a draft, general director and director. He also made a feature film director debut for theatrical performance in “ Sweet Rain Grim Reaper Accuracy ” slightly ahead of this

Works

Yips
7.2

Yips

A detective drama produced by Fuji TV.

Release Date:2024-04-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:11

Vote Count:4

Snack Scratches
6.0

Snack Scratches

Toko runs a small restaurant named Snack Kizutsuki, (Snack Bar of wounds). Her restaurant serves snacks, but doesn't sell alcohol. She welcomes her customers, who carry wounds in their minds.

Release Date:2021-10-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:1

7.0

Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan & Valkyrie

Shigeru Daimonji, the Secretary of National Defense, has ordered Yua Yaiba/Kamen Rider Valkyrie to eliminate Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai. While she hesitates to act on this directive, the Rider itself sets sights on Valkyrie. Meanwhile, the now former Solds attempt to discover freedom for the first time without ZAIA Enterprise, while engaging in an all out war against A.I.M.S. Isamu Fuwa/Kamen Rider Vulcan, who personally witnessed the birth of Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai, investigates to discover their true goal. What is Yua's fate, who acts on her own justice as she refuses to fight both Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai, the Solds, & Isamu who is determined to carry out his final mission as Kamen Rider Vulcan?

Release Date:2021-08-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

The High School Heroes

The High School Heroes

Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Taisei Manaka (Taisho Iwasaki), Ryuhei Domon (Ryuga Sato), Yusuke Takigawa (Yuto Nasu), Hyuma Oura (Hidaka Ukisho), Naoya Morimura (Naoki Fujii) and Ichika Sakurai (Issei Kanasashi).

Release Date:2021-07-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

7.4

Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai

ZAIA Enterprise CEO Leon Arkland has abducted Jin away from Metsuboujinrai.net. A large number of soldier-model Huma Gears "Sold" were seen by Naki and Ikazuchi while rescuing Jin. The intention of Leon Arkland was to mass-produce "Sold" and sell them as weapons all over the world. Jin is indignant at the fact that Humagears are about to be used as a weapon, and tells the other members of Metsuboujinrai.net that he wants to free the "Solds". Four people who transform into Kamen Riders will fight to release the "Solds". However, something unexpected happened... What happened to Jin, while he was captured by Leon? According to Leon's plan, the being that poses the "greatest threat" to humankind is about to be born in a surprising way...

Release Date:2021-03-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

8.3

Kamen Rider Zero-One: Shooting Special

Fuwa has been told that his true past, the one that hadn't been falsified, has been "boring and uninteresting", as Yua overhears and notices that Fuwa cannot hide the look of disappointment on his face. "You are Vulcan! Engrave it in your head!" In order to regain his confidence, Isamu Fuwa looks back at his life and battles as a Kamen Rider! However, this plan of his starts to head in an unexpected direction...!

Release Date:2020-05-31

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

Kotodama Shoujo the Animation: Microphone Soul Spinners

Kotodama Shoujo the Animation: Microphone Soul Spinners

The project focuses on four girls who belong to the lowest group of a star training high school and their success story to the top after encountering rap battle performances.

Release Date:2020-01-11

Department:Directing

Job:Series Director

Episode Count:24

Kamen Rider Zero-One: What Will Hop Out of the Kangaroo? Decide on Your Kangar-own! That's How You Know It's Aruto!

Hyper Battle DVD of Kamen Rider Zero-One, featuring Kamen Rider Zero-One Hopping Kangaroo and the Trapping Spider Progrisekey.

Release Date:2019-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Kamen Rider Zero-One
8.0

Kamen Rider Zero-One

Humagears, created by the leading company for A.I., HIDEN Intelligence, serve humanity's every convenience. But a cyber-terrorist organization begins hacking the Humagears in a conspiracy that turns them into monsters. Aruto Hiden has taken over at HIDEN Intelligence, and along with the CEO's post, he also takes over the responsibility for Kamen Rider Zero-One by using his company's technology. Aruto tries to keep the peaceful world between humans and Humagears with his Humagear secretary, while A.I.M.S., a military squad, pursues the terrorists!

Release Date:2019-09-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

6.0

Tiger: My Life as a Cat

After dying in an accident, a manga artist with a gambling problem is given one month back with his family to redeem himself — in the body of a cat.

Release Date:2019-02-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

7.0

Detective Story

Shuichi Tsujiyama (Takumi Saito) is a broke private investigator. While on a job assignment, he is about to catch a crucial moment by taking a picture, but Naomi Arai (Fumi Nikaido) misunderstands the situation. Shuichi Tsujiyama and Naomi Arai struggle physically. Because of this, Shuichi Tsujiyama misses his crucial photo opportunity. Kimie Hasenuma (Mari Natsuki) is a housekeeper who has been employed by Naomi Arai for many years. Kimie Hasenuma asks Shuichi Tsujiyama to be Naomi Arai’s bodyguard.

Release Date:2018-04-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Great Selection Taxi
8.4

Great Selection Taxi

Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.

Release Date:2014-10-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:11

Shinigami-kun
6.8

Shinigami-kun

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over the dying. To a grim reaper, persuading people attempting to commit suicide and preventing unforeseen deaths is also an important task. But because #413 is new to this grim reaper work, he has a tendency to lean towards humans in his judgments, break the rules of the nether world and get reprimanded by his superior.

Release Date:2014-04-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:4

大卖吧☆未体验少女 ウレロ☆未体験少女

大卖吧☆未体验少女 ウレロ☆未体験少女

Release Date:2014-01-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Soumatou Kabushikigaisha
6.5

Soumatou Kabushikigaisha

Release Date:2012-07-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:3

6.1

Quirky Guys and Gals

The movie consists of 4 stories each telling how people survive on life-death choice. The story titles are: Cheering Girls, Boy? meets girl., Claim Night! and The House Full Of 'Abandoned' Businessmen.

Release Date:2011-01-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

Tofu Sisters

Tofu Sisters

A tv drama that fused mockumentary, drama, and animation. It was originally planned to be an original DVD drama in 2008. Three sisters live together (all played by Yoshitaka Yuriko) who are like tofu. The eldest is a librarian suffering due to an affair, the second daughter is a cabaret club worker and the youngest is an actress. The eldest daughter is a drama. The second daughter was an animation. The youngest daughter is a documentary.

Release Date:2010-07-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

6.5

Tokyo OnlyPic 2008

Virtuoso animated satire on the Olympic Games as a media spectacle. In the form of a news broadcast, the strangest sports, rituals and participants are included. The maker invited several animation artists to provide contributions to this truly colourful procession. Fun. Great fun.

Release Date:2008-08-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

7.0

Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death

Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It’s time for the Reaper to go to work.

Release Date:2008-04-22

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

5.9

Tokyo Serendipity

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.

Release Date:2007-08-18

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:11

5.0

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.

Release Date:2007-03-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Have a Nice Day

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.

Release Date:2006-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Kamen Rider
6.4

Kamen Rider

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Release Date:1971-04-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:11

Vote Count:84

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