Biography: Hiroshi Ikehata (池畠 博史, Ikehata Hiroshi) is a Japanese director, episode director and storyboard artist. Depending on the work, he used to be credited using different variants of his real name, 池畠博史, 池畠ヒロ史, and 池畠ヒロシ (all have the same reading), but since the 2010s, he's credited as 博史池畠 (reversing name and surname).