Masayuki Kouda is an animator/storyboarder/director. He came to be recognized as a strong animation director for 'Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows (2008)' and sequentially as a regular animator/animation director for 'Naruto Shippuden (2007)' Made his debut as a character designer in 'Baby Steps' (2014), and as a storyboard artist/episode director in episode 469 of Naruto Shippuden (2016).