Acting credits
5
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 23Series: 4Crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 144476
IMDb ID: nm0948488
Known for: Directing
Born: July 10, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Ishikawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1998 - 2025
Years active: 28
Average TMDB rating: 7.65
Wikidata: Q2630715
Also known as
Maro • 米林 宏昌 • 麻呂
Other jobs
Key Animation (15)Director (3)Animation Director (2)Screenplay (2)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (born 1973 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Borrower Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
8.0
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
as Self
2025 Movie
7.7
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
as Self
2024 Movie
7.7
The Imaginary
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation
2023 Movie
6.5
The Deer King
Key Animation
2021 Movie
With All Our Hearts
Director
2021 Movie
6.6
Modest Heroes
Key Animation
2018 Movie
7.1
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Director
2017 Movie
7.9
When Marnie Was There
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.6
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
as Self
2013 Movie
7.8
The Wind Rises
Key Animation
2013 Movie
7.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Key Animation
2011 Movie
9.0
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
as Himself
2010 Movie
7.7
The Secret World of Arrietty
Director
2010 Movie
7.0
The Theory of Evolution
Screenplay
2008 Movie
7.8
Ponyo
Key Animation
2008 Movie
6.6
Iblard Time
Key Animation
2007 Movie
8.4
Howl's Moving Castle
Key Animation
2004 Movie
6.2
Imaginary Flying Machines
Animation Director
2002 Movie
7.2
Mei and the Kittenbus
Animation Director
2002 Movie
8.5
Spirited Away
Key Animation
2001 Movie
10.0
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
2001 Movie
5.5
Ghiblies
Key Animation
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
