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'''Koichi Takano''' {{Nihongo|高野 宏一|Takano Kōichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese special effects director and director.
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'''Koichi Takano''' {{Nihongo|高野 宏一|Takano Kōichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese special effects director. After graduating high school in 1953, Takano joined [[Toho]] as an assistant cinematographer, working on film such as 1955's ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' and 1957's ''[[The Mysterians]]''. Following his departure from Toho in 1963, [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] hired him as a special effects director for [[Tsuburaya Productions]].
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==Selected filmography==
===Director of special effects===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 1, 4, 6-11, 14-36, 39]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature|Ultraman]]'' (1967) [compilation movie]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraseven (series)|Ultraseven]]'' (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 1-3, 5, 13-16, 24-25, 28-29, 32-43, 45, 48-49]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Operation: Mystery|Operation: Mystery!]]'' (TV 1968) [episodes 7, 13, 16]
*''The Founding of Ming Dynasty'' (1971)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman|Return of Ultraman]]'' (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-12, 15-17, 20-21, 26-27, 30-31]
*''Return of Ultraman'' (1971) [compilation movie]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman (series)|Mirror Man]]'' (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-15, 18, 44-45, 48-49]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman is Born|Mirror Man]]'' (1972) [theatrical episode]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead|Mirror Man: Dinosaur Aroza Rises from the Dead]]'' (1972) [theatrical episode]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [episodes 17-18, 23-24, 34-35, 38-39, 42-43, 51-52]
*''[[wikipedia:Iron King|Iron King]]'' (TV 1972) [episodes 9, 19-20]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Jumborg Ace (series)|Jumborg Ace]]'' (TV 1973) [episodes 3-4, 7-8, 11-13, 17, 19, 23-24, 31-32, 35-36]<ref group="note">Episodes 35 and 36 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.</ref>
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 29-30]
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo (series)|Ultraman Leo]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [episodes 1-2, 9-10, 22-23, 30-31]<ref group="note">Episodes 30 and 31 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.</ref>
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [episodes 8-9, 11-13, 16-18, 21-26]
*''War God'' (1976)
*''The Birth Goddess'' (1978)
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (1979 film)|Director Akio Jissoji's Ultraman]]'' (1979)
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979) [episodes 16-17, 26-27]
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle|Ultraman: Great Monster Battle]]'' (1979) [compilation movie; with Toru Matoba]
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981) [episodes 1-8, 11-12, 15-16, 19-20, 23-24, 27-28, 31-32, 35-36, 39-40, 45, 48-49]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Terror on Route 87|Ultraman: Terror on Route 87]]'' (1989) [theatrical episode]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Revive! Ultraman|Ultraman Forever]]'' (1996)
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga (series)|Ultraman Tiga]]'' (TV 1996) [episodes 1-2, 7, 15-16, 49]<ref group="note">Episodes 15 and 16 with Kyota Kawasaki. Episode 49 with Tsugumi Kitaura.</ref>
===Director===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Dinosaur Expedition Born Free|Born Free]]'' (TV 1976-1977) [episodes 1-8, 11-13, 16-18, 22-25]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman ZOFFY: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army|Ultraman Zoffy]]'' (1984)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Story|Ultraman Story]]'' (1984)
===Supervisor===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Zearth (film)|Ultraman Zearth]]'' (1996)
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga (series)|Ultraman Tiga]]'' (TV 1996)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Dyna (series)|Ultraman Dyna]]'' (TV 1997-1998)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light|Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna]]'' (1998)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Gaia (series)|Ultraman Gaia]]'' (TV 1998-1999)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace|Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace]]'' (1999)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey|Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey]]'' (2000)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant|Ultraman Tiga: Revival of the Ancient Giant]]'' (2001)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro|Ultraman Dyna: Return of Hanejiro]]'' (2001)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again|Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia]]'' (2001)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos (series)|Ultraman Cosmos]]'' (TV 2001-2002)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact|Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact]]'' (2001)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet|Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet]]'' (2002)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet|Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet - 13 Year Old Musashi Version]]'' (2002)
===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) - Assistant special effects cinematographer [uncredited; with [[Sadamasa Arikawa]], [[Motoyoshi Tomioka]], [[Yoichi Manoda]], [[Hajime Tsuburaya]]]
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957) - Assistant special effects cinematographer [uncredited]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q|Ultra Q]]'' (TV 1966) - Special effects cinematographer
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) - Puppet animation [uncredited]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Andro Melos|Andromelos]]'' (TV 1983) - Special effects supervisor
*''Ultra Monsters Encyclopedia'' (1983) - Organizer
*''Ultra Monsters Encyclopedia'' (TV 1988) - Organizer
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future|Ultraman: Towards the Future]]'' (TV 1990-1992) - SFX consultant
*''[[wikia:w:c:Gridman the Hyper Agent|Gridman]]'' (TV 1993-1994) - Special effects supervisor
*''[[wikia:w:c:Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider|Ultraman vs. Masked Rider]]'' (1993) - Special effects supervisor
*''Cyberbeauties Telomere'' (TV 1998) - Visual supervisor
===Actor===
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) as fisherman at Lake Kitayama [episode 10] / man at ski lodge [episode 30]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Operation: Mystery|Operation: Mystery]]'' (TV 1968) as coroner's assistant [episode 13] / Takeshi Kawabe [episode 13]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Tiga (series)|Ultraman Tiga]]'' (TV 1996) as professor [episode 32; uncredited]
*''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (documentary)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters]]'' (1998) as himself [interviewee]


== Selected filmography ==
==Gallery==
=== Assistant special effects cinematographer ===
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
 
Takano10.jpg|Koichi Takano (standing center) supervises filming the monster [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Gomora|Gomora]] for ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' episode "The Monsters Highness"
* ''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)  [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, [[Yoichi Manoda]], Hajime Tsuburaya]
Takano17.jpg|Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman|Mirror Man]]
 
Takano and Mariya.jpg|Takano with [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Mariya Yamada|Mariya Yamada]]
=== Director of special effects ===
 
* ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) - puppet effects
* ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (1967 film)|Ultraman]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Operation: Mystery!|Operation: Mystery!]]'' (TV 1968)
* ''[[wikipedia:Iron King|Iron King]]'' (TV 1972)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Leo (series)|Ultraman Leo]]'' (TV 1974)
* [[Submersion of Japan: Television Series|''Submersion of Japan: Television Series'']] (TV 1974-75)
* ''[[War God]]'' (1976) [Chinese version]
* ''The Birth Goddess'' (1978)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (1979 film)|Ultraman]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Monster Big Battle|Ultraman: Monster Big Battle]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981)
*''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Towards the Future|Ultraman: Towards the Future]]'' (TV 1990-92)
* ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman: Tiga|Ultraman: Tiga]]'' (TV 1996)
 
=== Interviewee ===
 
* [[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (documentary)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters]] (1998 documentary)
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Takano10.jpg| Koichi Takano (standing center) supervises filming the monster [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Gomora|Gomora]] for ''[[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' episode The Monsters Highness.
File:Takano17.jpg|Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Mirrorman|Mirrorman]]
File:Takano and Mariya.jpg|Takano with [[Wikia:w:c:ultra:Mariya Yamada|Mariya Yamada]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2008/12/27/koichi-takano-1935-2008/ Koichi Takano tribute on SciFi Japan]
*[https://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2008/12/27/koichi-takano-1935-2008/ Koichi Takano tribute on SciFi Japan]
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 9 February 2024

Koichi Takano
Koichi Takano
Born August 28, 1935
Tokyo, Japan
Died November 30, 2008 (aged 73)
Occupation Special effects director
First work Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Notable work Ultraman (1967)
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Koichi Takano (高野 宏一,   Takano Kōichi) was a Japanese special effects director. After graduating high school in 1953, Takano joined Toho as an assistant cinematographer, working on film such as 1955's Godzilla Raids Again and 1957's The Mysterians. Following his departure from Toho in 1963, Eiji Tsuburaya hired him as a special effects director for Tsuburaya Productions.

Selected filmography

Director of special effects

Director

Supervisor

Miscellaneous

Actor

Gallery

  • Koichi Takano (standing center) supervises filming the monster Gomora for Ultraman episode "The Monsters Highness"

    Koichi Takano (standing center) supervises filming the monster Gomora for Ultraman episode "The Monsters Highness"

  • Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as Mirror Man

    Takano instructs Mitsuru Saijo as Mirror Man

  • Takano with Mariya Yamada

    Takano with Mariya Yamada

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Episodes 35 and 36 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.
  2. ↑ Episodes 30 and 31 with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura.
  3. ↑ Episodes 15 and 16 with Kyota Kawasaki. Episode 49 with Tsugumi Kitaura.

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