Tatsuya Yoshihara (吉原 達矢, Yoshihara Tatsuya) is a freelance animator born on December 9, 1988. He was formerly affiliated with Actas where he was attending its internal animation school and debuted as an animator at the age of 20. His work has been greatly influenced by contemporary Kanada school animators Seiya Numata and Hironori Tanaka. He made his debut as director in 2013 with Arve Rezzle as part of the Young Animator Training Project. He is married to fellow animator Kikuko Sadakata.