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Kenji Shimizu (清水 賢治 Shimizu Kenji) is the Japanese president of Fuji Television. He is also a producer, and the director of media promotion and development for Fuji Television Network. He was involved in the planning of a number of anime and dramas.
Biography[]
Kenji Shimizu joined Fuji Television after he graduated from Keio University in 1983. Since joining the company, he served as a director for TV productions, film producer, and director of the Fuji film production business office.
He produced several successful franchises and also participated in the planning of many late-night shows.
On June 26, 2009, Kenji Shimizu joined the Planning Department of Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. On June 28, 2012, he became the media promotion and development director for Fuji Television Network. On January 27, 2025, Shimizu became the president of Fuji TV, replacing predecessor Kōichi Minato who resigned the previous day due to a company scandal.[1]
Filmography[]
Anime[]
- Adventures of the Little Mermaid - Producer (Fuji Television)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot! - Planning
- Ashita Tenki ni Nāre - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Assassination Classroom - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Astro Boy (2003) - Planning
- Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales - Production
- Battery the Animation - Production (Fuji TV)
- Bokura ga Ita - Production
- Captain Tsubasa J - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Chibi Maruko-chan - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Daddy Long-Legs - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dokkiri Doctor - Planning
- Dr. Slump & Arale-chan - Producer (Fuji TV; eps 198-243)
- Dragon Ball - Planning (Fuji TV; eps 1-28, 92-153)
- Dragon Ball GT - Planning (Fuji TV; eps 1-26)
- Dragon Ball Z - Producer (Fuji TV), Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon League - Planning
- DT Eightron - Planning (Fuji TV)
- ERASED - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Flame of Recca - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Gaki Deka - Planning
- Gegege no Kitarō (1985) - Planning (Fuji TV; eps 1-40, 88-108)
- Gegege no Kitarō (1996) - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen (1988) - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Ghost Stories - Planning
- Ginga Densetsu Weed - Planning (SkyPerfect! Wellthink)
- GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Heisei Tensai Bakabon - Producer
- Hell Girl - Planning (Wellthink)
- High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Himitsu no Akko-chan (1988) - Planning
- Jyu-Oh-Sei - Corporate Production
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Production (Fuji Television)
- Kariage-kun - Planning
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka - Producer, Planning (Fuji TV)
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Kuma no Pūtarō - Planning
- Little Women II Jo's Boys - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Magical Hat - Producer
- Maruboshi Mabo-chan - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Marude Dameo - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Meiken Lassie - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Meimon! Daisan Yakyū-bu - Planning
- Midori no Makibao - Planning
- Mushi-Shi - Overall Production
- Mushishi: The Next Chapter - Production (Fuji TV)
- Ninku - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Norakuro-kun - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Nouvelle Fantasia Gulliverboy - Planning
- Ore wa Chokkaku - Producer
- Osomatsu-kun (1966) - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Osomatsu-kun (1988) - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Parappa the Rapper - Planning
- Peter Pan & Wendy - Planning
- Psycho-Pass 2 - Executive producer
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Romeo and the Black Brothers - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Rurouni Kenshin (1996) - Executive producer, Planning (Fuji TV)
- Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Production (Fuji TV)
- Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat - Production (Fuji TV)
- Sans Famille - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Save Me! Lollipop - Planning
- Scum's Wish - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Super Zugan - Planning (Fuji TV)
- The Bush Baby - Planning (Fuji TV)
- The Great Passage - Planning (Fuji TV)
- The Perfect Insider - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Tico and Friends - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Time Quest! - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Trapp Ikka Monogatari - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Tsuide ni Tonchinkan - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Witchblade - Planning (SkyPerfect Well Think)
- Your Lie in April - Executive producer (Fuji TV)
- Yu Yu Hakusho - Producer
Anime Films[]
- Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness - Production Committee (Sky Perfect Well Think)
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Watashi no Suki na Uta - Producer
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - Producer, Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture - General Producer (Fuji TV)
- Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Gegege no Kitarou - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Genocidal Organ - Executive producer
- Harmony - Executive producer
- I've Always Liked You - Production Chief
- Kennosuke-sama - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo The Movie 2 - Producer
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie - Producer
- Lu over the wall - Executive producer
- Ninku the Movie - Planning Assistant (Fuji TV)
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island - Planning Assistant
- One Piece: Episode of Chopper - The Miracle Winter Cherry Blossom - Executive producer (Fuji Television), Production
- One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta - Executive producer (Fuji Television)
- Pink Mizu Dorobō Ame Dorobō - Planning
- Psycho-Pass - Executive producer
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio - Producer
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture - Planning
- The Anthem of the Heart - 製作代表
- The Empire of Corpses - Executive producer
- The Moment You Fall in Love - Production Executive
- Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai - Planning
- Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Planning Assistant
- Zatch Bell: 101st Devil - Executive producer
- Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan - Planning
Live Films[]
- Kitaro - Planning (Fuji Television)
- Kitaro and the Millennium Curse - Planning (Fuji Television)
ONAs[]
- Koro Sensei Quest! - Executive producer
OVAs[]
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho - Producer (Fuji TV)
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho II - Producer (Fuji TV)
Specials[]
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku - Planning (Fuji TV)
- Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks - Planning (Fuji TV)
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle - Executive producer (Fuji TV) Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf - Executive producer (Fuji TV) Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture - Executive producer
Reference[]
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 27, 2025). Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho Producer Kenji Shimizu Becomes New Fuji TV President Amidst Scandal. Anime News Network.