People · Dossier
Active since 1999
Akiyoshi Hongou
本郷あきよし
Director · Staff
23
Director and staff · 23 anime credits across four decades. Best known for Original Creator on Digimon: Our War Game!.
Derived from credit data — not curated copy
1999 – 2025
27 years active
23
Staff credits
Best known for · Direction
Original Creator
2000
Digimon: Our War Game!
Original Creator
Background
Akiyoshi Hongou is credited on all relevant media as the creator of the original concept and character designs for the Digimon franchise. However, nothing is known about Hongou as an individual. Akiyoshi Hongo actually is a pseudonym which actually combines the names of three people. Aki Maita, the co-creator of Tamagotchi, Hiroshi Izawa, the author of the first Digimon manga and Takeichi Hongo, who was the director of marketing at Bandai. (Source: Digimon Wiki)
Top staff positions
Original Creator
22
Character Design
1
Creator
1