Yuichi Kodama

Japanese video director

Yuichi Kodama (児玉裕一, Kodama Yuichi) is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. He often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected or "tied-up" to each other, such as Perfume's "Secret Secret" and Morinaga Milk's "Eskimo Pino", or Amuro Namie's songs and Vidal sassoon's ads.^{[clarification needed]}

In 2008, he won 3 awards in the Cannes International Advertising Festival, 4 awards in the Clio Awards and 3 awards in the One Show Interactive for a project he did for UNIQLOCK. Kodama is an alumnus of Tohoku University.^[1]

Music videos

2022

Ed Sheeran – "Celestial"
Hikaru Utada – "Somewhere Near Marseilles ―マルセイユ辺りー　-LIVE at Sea Paradise"

2020

Fujii Kaze - "Kaerou"

2018

Perfume - "Future Pop"

2017

Wednesday Campanella - "Ikkyu-san"^[2]

2015

Ringo Sheena - "No verão, as noites / God, nor Buddha"^[3]
Perfume - "Pick Me Up"

2011

Tokyo Jihen - "Sora ga Natteiru"
Tokyo Jihen - "Onna no Ko wa Daredemo"

2010

Nanba Shiho - "Gomen ne, Watashi"
Perfume - "Natural ni Koishite" "Nee"
salyu - "Extension"

2009

Sakanaction - "Native Dancer"
Ringo Sheena - "Tsugou no Ii Karada"
Sawa - "Swimming Dancing"

2008

Perfume - "Secret Secret"
Ringo Sheena -"Mellow"
Midorikawa Shobo -"Dare Yorimo Anata wo"
Polysics - "Pretty good"
Sawa - "ManyColors"
Base Ball Bear - "17 sai" "changes"
Mr.Children "Esora" filmed with Morimoto Chie, as "Kodama goen゜"
Radwimps - "Order Made"
Amuro Namie - "New Look"

2007

POLYSICS - "Catch On Everywhere" "Hard Rock Thunder"
Tokyo Jihen "OSCA" "Killer Tune" "Senkou Shoujo"
Base Ball Bear - "Ai Shiteru"
bird - "SPARKLES"
M-Flo and Crystal Kay - "Love Don't Cry"
Rip Slyme - "I.N.G"
Your Song Is Good - "Aitsu ni Yoroshiku"
Hitomitoi - "Konayuki no Spur"
Rekishi - "Rekishi Brand-new Day"
Midorikawa Shobo "Oh! G men" "Koi ni Ikiru Hito""Kouetsu no Hito"

2006

Base Ball Bear - "Electric Summer" "Girlfriend" "Matsuri no Ato"
Polysics - Electric Surfin' Go Go" "I My Me Mine"
Midorikawa Shobo "I am a mother" "Ringo Girl"
Go! Go! 7188 "Kinkyori Renai"
Ishino Takkyu - "Siren"
Captain Straydum - "Fusen Gum"

2005

Quruli - "Birthday"
Ando Yuko - "Samishigariya no Kotobatachi"
Chemistry -"Wings of Words"
Suneo Hair - "Waltz"
Midorikawa Shobo - "Kao 2005" "Sorezore ni Shinjitsu ga Aru"

2004

Midorikawa Shobo -"Baka Kyodai" "Hokenshitsu no Sensei"
Dreams Come True - "Ola! Vitoria!"
Yuki - "Hello Goodbye"

2003

Suneo Hair - "Uguisu" "Fuyu no Tubasa" "Over the River" "Communication "Seikou Toutei" "Pinto"

2002

Suneo Hair - "Wake mo Shiranaide" "Ivory" "Jimon Jidou"

Only particularly notable ones are mentioned:

2010

Ezaki Glico - "Waterring Kiss Mint Gum" featuring Tokyo Jihen - "Kachi Ikusa"

2009

McDonald Japan ”Quarter Pounder” featuring Amuro Namie
P&G -Vidal Sassoon "Bourgeois Gorgeous" featuring Amuro Namie - "Dr."
Uniqlo - "Uniqlock" Season 5

2008

Morinaga Milk -"Eskimo Pino" featuring Perfume - "Secret Secret"
Uniqlo - "Uniqlock" Season 2,3,4
Kanebo - Kate "Confusion"
P&G - Vidal Sassoon "Fashion×Music×VidalSasoon 60s" featuring Amuro Namie - "New Look"

2007

Uniqlo - Uniqlock blog parts
NEC - "FOMA N904i"
Sony - VAIO Entermercial(entertainment+commercial), featuring Rip Slyme - "I.N.G"

2006

Nintendo：Bit Generation
Keio Corporation - "Akai Densha Akai Futari" featuring Quruli - "Akai Densha"

Filmography

Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai (2018)

References

^ "Alumni Interview with Yuichi Kodama" (in Japanese).
^ "WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA releases music video for "Ikkyu-san" from upcoming first major album on sale February 8th". Moshi Moshi Nippon. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "ONE OK ROCK、林檎、星野、セカオワ、Perfumeら『MTV VMAJ』にノミネート" (in Japanese). RO69. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.