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Yamamoto Yutaka is a director, screenwriter, lyricist and storyboard artist. He was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the Department of Literature at Kyoto University he began working for Kyoto Animation.

During his time at Kyoto University he belonged to the local animation club and was responsible for producing the independent Tokusatsu film Onnen-sentai Ressentiment in 1997, a homage to Neon Genesis Evangelion.

When at Kyoto Animation, he was working at Power Stone were the first anime series he worked on.

He gained wide recognition with the visual "dancing" openings for Lucky Star.

Lucky Star was also his debut as director, however, after only four episodes he was replaced as director because "he was not ready yet". Following his leave in June 23, 2007 he became a freelancer and shortly after established an own animation studio, Kadowaki Satoshi.

The studio, being relatively small, worked closely with Kannagi. Moreover, Yamamoto became the director for Kannagi, marking his first full series as a director.