Kohei Ashiya

Kohei Ashiya (芦谷 耕平) is a Japanese animator credited for his work on the TV adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by David Production. An animation director since the first season, Ashiya is well known for his publicized traditionally drawn artwork.

Ashiya is a full-time lecturer in the Media Arts department at  where he teaches classes in animation content production. Influenced by JoJo since his high school days, he was eventually sought out as an animation director for the series after officials discovered his early drawings of its characters.

Works

 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation
 * Animation Director (ep 21)
 * Key Animation (eps 14, 21, 26)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
 * Assistant Chief Animation Director (eps 1, 4, 6-8, 10-11, 14-17, 19, 23-24)
 * Animation Director (eps 4, 9, 22, 25, 34, 46, 48)
 * Key Animation (eps 1, 25, 31, 34, 46)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 4, 6-11, 14, 16-17, 19, 22-24, 35, 39)
 * Animation Director Cooperation (eps 32, 38-39)
 * Eyecatch Illustration (eps 4, 6, 16-17, 22, 34-35)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
 * Animation Director (eps 4, 8, 12, 15, 18, 23, 27-39)
 * Assistant Animation Director (ep 10)
 * Eyecatch Illustration (eps 2, 4, 12, 23, 34)
 * Key Animation (eps 2, 4, 8, 23, 33)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 12, 24, 31-32, 34-35, 37-38)
 * Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (OVA)
 * Key Animation (eps 5, 2)
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
 * Animation Director (eps 22-23, 25)
 * Assistant Animation Director (eps 18-19)
 * Key Animation (eps 1-2)
 * 2nd Key Animation (eps 18-21, 29, 35, 37-39)

Trivia

 * Ashiya's favorite JoJo characters are Joseph Joestar and Bruno Bucciarati.
 * His favorite Stands are Sticky Fingers and Bad Company.
 * His favorite part is Vento Aureo.
 * According to Ashiya, the easiest characters for him to draw are Jean Pierre Polnareff, Okuyasu Nijimura, and Kars.