Koto Nagata

Born in 1971. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University majored in Business and Commerce. While in university, Koto Nagata participated and devoted her passion in study and cheerleading.

Taking advantage of experiences in dance lessons in New York, she worked on directing and planning stages and choreography for her team. And naturally, she started to have an interest in filmmaking for her career.

And she joined WILCO　corporation soon after she graduated from school in 1995.

As she began her career, soon she started to develop her gift. She worked on many productions of films, TV dramas, P.V, and CF being an assistant director.

Many of them involved with leading directors and producers such as Shunji Iwai, Kenki Saegusa, and Christopher Doyle.

In the meantime, she worked as a director for the first time under a head director of Ten Shimoyama which was a TV- drama series (TV Tokyo) called “Jelly in the Merry-go-round”, a mega hit comics by Moyoco Anno.

Koto Nagata is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2002), Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Unrequited Love (2017), Tokyo Love Story (2020), The Club Activity Way (2010), Paranoid Sisters (2009), Transformation (2014). The recorded credits span 1999 to 2025, including 16 movies and 9 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.