Kōji Kajita

Kōji Kajita is a producer and studio founder in the Japanese animation industry. He was president and a producer at the animation studio Gonzo before leaving it, and in September 2007 he and fellow producer Taito Okiura founded David Production, a studio based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo. The studio began as an animation subcontractor and in 2009 took on its first full production as primary contractor, Ristorante Paradiso. The company he co-founded went on to make JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Cells at Work!, Fire Force and the 2022 adaptation of Urusei Yatsura, and Fuji Television acquired it on 1 August 2014. Its name refers to the Biblical story of David and Goliath, chosen to stand for making good animation with strong storytelling despite being smaller than better known studios.