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Koi Kaze (TV)



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Alternative title:
Love Wind 
Love's Zephyr 
恋風 (Japanese) 
연풍 (Korean) 
Genres: romance 
Themes: incest 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: Kōshirō Saeki works as a wedding planner, but his own love life is a shambles. His background makes it difficult for him to commit himself wholeheartedly to love. The child of a divorced couple, he lives with his father. He has a mother and a sister, but he has not seen them in years. After being dumped by his girlfriend, a chance encounter with a female high school student shakes Kōshirō's calm and awakens new feelings in him - but he learns that the girl is in fact his sister, who will now be staying with his father and him. Yet, the feelings in Kōshirō's heart... 
Ratings: 1074 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 165 votes (sub:128, dub:29, ?:2, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 242 votes (sub:192, dub:40, ?:1, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 282 votes (sub:219, dub:52, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 203 votes (sub:176, dub:18, ?:1, raw:1, others:7
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 76 votes (sub:62, dub:12, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 44 votes (sub:35, dub:8, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:17, dub:1)
 Bad: 12 votes (sub:9, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1736 s, rank: #696 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.752 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.8889, rank: #1188 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.704 (Very good−), rank: #1183 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.85 / seen some: 6.11 / won't finish: 4.01)
Bayesian estimate: 7.702 (Very good−), rank: #895 (of 7635)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode 
Number of episodes: 13 
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2004-04-01 to 2004-06-17 
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Koikaze" by éf 
Ending Theme:
"Futari Dakara" by Masumi Ito 
Official website:
KoiKaze Website (Japanese) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Koi Kaze DVD 3 (Aug 14, 2005)
Koi Kaze DVD 2 (Jul 16, 2005)
Koi Kaze DVD 1 (Mar 4, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Koi Kaze - The Reunion (DVD 1) 2005-03-08 (from $14.90)
    Koi Kaze - The Reunion + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-03-08 (from $49.99)
    Koi Kaze - Budding Attraction (DVD 2) 2005-05-31 (from $14.99)
    Koi Kaze - The Decision (DVD 3) 2005-07-26 (from $14.95)
    Koi Kaze - Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2006-07-18 (from $179.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori 
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi 
Scenario:
Noboru Takagi  (eps 1-13) 
Storyboard:
Takashi Yamazaki (ep 4) 
Episode Director:
Tomoki Kobayashi (eps 3, 11) 
Unit Director: Takahiro Ōmori (OP, ED) 
Music:
Masanori Takumi 
Original creator: Motoi Yoshida 
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida 
Art Director: Tsutomu Nishikura 
Animation Director:
Fumio Matsumoto (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Yūji Shigekuni (eps 5, 8, 12) 
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami 
Director of Photography: Naoyuki Ohba 
Executive producer:
Yosuke Kobayashi (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT) 
Producer:
Yasuyuki Ueda (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT) 

Assistant Animation Director: Hiroaki Karasu (ep 5) 
Assistant Episode Director: Hiroshi Kimura (ep 13) 
Assistant producer: Miho Ide (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT) 
Background Art:
Kiyomi Kohara (Studio Jack; 6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10, 12
)Mika Kaminaga (Studio Jack; 8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 9, 11, 13
)Norihiro Yoshikawa (Studio Jack; 7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13
)Yuugo Otani (Studio Jack; 6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 10, 12
) 
Color Check:
Toshiyuki Miyamoto (Studio aB; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Yukiko Yamaguchi (eps 2, 6) 
Color Coordination: Rumiko Suzushiro 
Color Key:
Toshiyuki Miyamoto (Studio aB; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Yukiko Yamaguchi (eps 2, 6) 
Editing: Yasuaki Takeuchi 
In-Between Animation:
Da Yi Jung (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Dong Seok Kim (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Ja Eun Lee (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Mi Hyun Park (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Myung Suk Kang (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Ok Ja Lee (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Seon Lee (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Seong Jin Yang (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Su Jung Kim (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Sung Jae Lee (Sung San Production; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13
)Yun Hee Choi (ep 10) 
In-Between Check:
Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat; eps 3, 7, 9, 11) 
Key Animation:
Hiroaki Ikeda (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 13
) 
Hitoshi Kagiyama (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Katsumasa Yokomine (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 13
) 
Masahiro Andō (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Masakazu Yamazaki (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 13
) 
Masako Onozawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Miho Kojima (Studio Wanpack; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-9, 13
)  (Araki Production)Yoshiaki Tomita (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 13
)Yuri Takasaki (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 13
) 
Music Production: Kengo Fukui (VERY GOO) 
Music Production Cooperation: Kenichiro Tsutsumi (Lantis) 
Paint:
Byoung Ae Lee (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Eun Ha Choi (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Eun Young Kim (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Joung Soo Joung (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Kang Yoon Sug (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Kim Kyong Ui (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Lee Yeak Suk (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Seon Hee An (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Yoo Ju Young (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Yu Ja Song (Sung San Production; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Photography:
Nobuhiro Kawakami (Raretrick; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12
)Shigeki Asakawa (Raretrick; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12
)Takashi Tanahashi (Raretrick; 7 episodes
eps 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12
)Yukie Ōyagi (Raretrick; 8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12
)Yuri Hirokawa (Raretrick) 
Production Advancement:
Kenjirō Nakagawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 13
)Suguru Kawamata (eps 2, 6) 
Production Cooperation:
Yoshimi Nakajima (Big Shot) 
Production manager: Takeshi Baba 
Program Publicity:
Takashi Iida (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT) 
Promotion:
Takashi Iida (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT) 
Recording:
Noriko Katō 
Setting Production:
Yoshimi Matsumoto 
Sound Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda 
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata 
Sound Managing Producer: Michiko Kayasaki 
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano 
Special Effects:
Toshiyuki Miyamoto (Studio aB; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Masumi Itō (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Yukari Hashimoto (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Ritsuko Okazaki (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Masumi Itō (ED) 
Title Design: Akihisa Okuda (chocolate please graphics) 
Video Works:
Tetsuro Tsukada (Q-Tec) 
Kenta Miyake as Kōshirō Saeki 
Yuki Nakamura as Nanoka Kohinata 

Akemi Okamura as Kaname Chidori 
Kōsuke Okano as Kei Odagiri 
Ryōichi Tanaka as Zensou Saeki 
Ryōka Yuzuki as Yoiko Akimoto 

Atsushi Sekita as Kazuyuki Asano (ep 7) 
Haruhi Terada as
Female Customer B (ep 4) 
Female High School Student (ep 11) 
Kazuko Isizaki as Middle Aged Woman (ep 9) 
Kazuya Kobayashi as Male Worker (ep 11) 
Kumiko Itō as Female High School Student (ep 11) 
Kunihiro Kawamoto as
Dancing Old Man (ep 6) 
Real Estate Dealer (ep 10) 
Teacher (ep 5) 
Miharu Iijima as
Female customer 
Female high school student 
Mitsuyo Kondo as Female High School Student (ep 2) 
Miyako Tao as
Announcer (ep 10) 
Middle-aged Woman (ep 8) 
Mother (ep 12) 
Riichi Nishimoto as Teacher (ep 11) 
Risa Shimizu as
Ouko Tamaki 
Youko Kan 
Ryōkichi Takahashi as Male Guest B (ep 4) 
Satomi Akesaka as Futaba Anzai 
Shizuka Itō as
Female Customer A (ep 4) 
Female High School Student (ep 11) 
Nurse (ep 8) 
Wakaba Anzai (ep 10) 
Woman (eps 9, 13) 
Takafumi Kawakami as
Mr. Yamazaki (ep 9) 
Tea Dealer (ep 13) 
Tetsuya Kakihara as Friend B (ep 7) 
Yoshinari Kobayashi as Kazuya Miyauchi (eps 6-7) 
Yukimasa Obi as Male Guest A (ep 4) 
Yūko Katō as Makie Kohinata (Koushirou and Nanoka's mother) 
Japanese companies
Animation Cooperation:
Studio Hibari (ep 10) 
Animation Production: A.C.G.T 
Backgrounds:
Moon Seong Animation  (9 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13
)Sung San Production (ep 13) 
Broadcaster:
TV Asahi 
CG Production: Mild 
Color Checking:
Studio aB  (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-13
) 
Color Key:
Studio aB  (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-13
) 
In-Between Animation:
Frontline  (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 11, 13
)Sung San Production  (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Wao World  (ep 4) 
In-between Check:
Studio Wombat  (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
) 
Key Animation:
Tokyo Animation Center  (ep 12) 
Music Production: Lantis 
Paint:
Sung San Production  (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-13 odd
)Tamazawa Dōgasha  (ep 8) 
Photography: Raretrick 
Production:
TV Asahi 
Recording Studio:
Studio T&T 
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO 
Soundtrack Production: Geneon Entertainment, Inc. 
special effects:
Studio aB  (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9, 11-13
) 
Stuffed Toy Production: Smiles a lot 
Video Works: Q-Tec 
English cast
English staff
Translation: Saeka Kusu 
ADR Script: Liam O'Brien 
Executive producer:
Nobu Yamamoto 
Producer:
Reiko Matsuo 

Assistant producer: Sawako Furuya 
Audio Layback Engineer: Gregg Hall 
DVD Subtitling: Yohei Shikano 
Online Editor: Chris LadeGaard 
Recording engineer: Julian Beeston 
Sound Mixing: Julian Beeston 
Supervising Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto 
Voice Direction: Liam O'Brien 
Patrick Seitz as Koshiro Saeki 
Tiffany Hsieh as Nanoka 

Doug Stone as Zenzo Saeki 
Kirsty Pape as Shoko 
Liam O'Brien as Kei 
Michelle Ruff as Kaname 
Tara Hudson as Futaba 

Aimee Zannoni as
Girl (ep 11) 
Middle-Aged Lady B (ep 13) 
Amy Kincaid as Woman (ep 11) 
Barbara Goodson as Woman 
Darrel Guilbeau as Asano (ep 7) 
Erika Weinstein as
Girl (ep 11) 
Wakaba Anzai (ep 10) 
Heather Klinke as Ouko 
Kevin Hatcher as Kazuya Miyauchi (eps 6-7) 
Kirsty Pape as
High School Girl (ep 2) 
Koshiro Saeki (4 years old; ep 3) 
Liam O'Brien as
Friend A (ep 7) 
Man (ep 4) 
Maureen Stevenson as Middle Aged Woman (ep 8) 
Mike McFarland as
Announcer (ep 10) 
Male Worker (ep 11) 
Owner (ep 13) 
Teashop Owner (ep 13) 
Sam Regal as
Dancing Man (ep 6) 
Friend B (ep 7) 
Man (ep 4) 
Mr. Yamazaki 
Realtor (ep 10) 
Teacher (eps 5, 11) 
Tara Hudson as
Middle-Aged Lady A (ep 13) 
Woman (ep 4) 
Wendee Lee as
High School Girl (ep 2) 
Little Girl (ep 13) 
Makie Kohinata 
Woman (ep 4) 
English companies
Audio Layback: Soundscape, Inc. 
DVD Authoring: DIVITEK 
DVD Menu Design: DIVITEK 
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc.  (Expired) 
Production: New Generation Pictures 
Recording Studio: Central Command Studios 
Video Editing: The Post Office, LLC 

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