The Best Episodes Directed By Kazuya Sakamoto
Every TV Episode Directed by Kazuya Sakamoto Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Kazuya Sakamoto Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Kazuya Sakamoto is "Leading Role!", rated 9.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Jukki Hanada". "Leading Role!" aired on 8/4/2010 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Episode 11".
9.5/10 2 votes#1 - Leading Role!
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/4/2010
Mio and Ritsu are nominated to play the roles of Romeo and Juliet in the class play. Tsumugi helps Mio find confidence, and Azusa worries the the group isn't preparing well enough for the concert.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/2011
Pretending to be asleep won't do any good! Super ultra great delicious wonderful bad. That must be the power of Daiku Industries. Surely happiness must taste like mud.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2011
The kid is up to something ridiculous again. Your trick is out in the open! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Buy it! Starting tomorrow, you can go to school.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Tatsuya Ishihara
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - Episode 23
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/4/2011
Mio is poisoned, Makoto is caught, Yukko makes a tough decision, and Mai tries to make peace with the Professor.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
9.0/10 2 votes#5 - Anything But Tempura!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2015
Yamada begins searching for the witches and visits the home of the fourth witch, Sarushima Maria, who is a shut-in taking a break from school. When they're alone, she tells him that her power is to see the future of the person she kisses.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Michiko Yokote
9.0/10 1 votes#6 - Étude of Contact
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/2007
Yuichi sees Nayuki in a different light when the final track meet rolls around. Later on, Ayu and Yuichi’s search for the all-important missing item leads to something very special.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/10 1 votes#7 - The Scarlet Red Finale
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/2007
Yuichi is rescued by Makoto - who offers him some encouraging words. Meanwhile, Kaori tries to help Nayuki deal with her mother’s accident. And finally, Yuichi is reunited with Ayu - at least temporarily.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
9.0/10 3 votes#8 - The Road Home
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2009
Tomoya and Ushio get back from their trip together. After spending a night with Nagisa's parents, they leave to Tomoya's apartment, where they will both be living from now on. Some time later, Tomoya takes a day off from work and the two meet up with Kouko, whose sister Fuko has been released from the hospital. Afterward, Tomoya and Ushio visit Tomoya's father. Tomoya manages to convince his father into moving back to the countryside with his mother. While Tomoya and Ushio say goodbye to Tomoya's father, a light appears and gets absorbed by Tomoya, while only being noticed by Ushio.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.7/10 3 votes#9 - Rainy Season!
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2010
On a very rainy day, Yui gets completely soaked trying to keep her guitar from getting wet. Azusa later helps Yui maintain her guitar
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.3/10 3 votes#10 - Summer Festival!
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2010
Summer vacation leads the girls to a summer rock festival. The girls go their separate ways and become enthralled with different aspects of the rock music experience.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.3/10 3 votes#11 - Graduation Ceremony!
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 9/15/2010
Graduation day comes and goes. Azusa is happy for her friends but is sad to see them go.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.3/10 3 votes#12 - Graduation
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/2009
Tomoya tries to convince Akio to talk to him about his decision to marry Nagisa. Akio, however, will only talk to him if he can get a decent hit with a baseball match. Tomoya continues to practice hitting the ball until he gets good enough to face Akio again. He finally hits a home run, and runs over to Akio to beg him to let Nagisa be with him; Akio agrees. Christmas time arrives, and as Nagisa turns twenty, she has her first drink of sake; when she is drunk, she accuses Tomoya of being attracted to Sanae. Nagisa's fever goes up again, causing her to become absent from school, but not enough to repeat another year. Tomoya soon organizes with some of their friends and previous classmates to gather at the school and celebrate Nagisa's graduation. Nagisa receives her diploma and graduates. Tomoya and Nagisa get married soon after.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 6 votes#13 - Another Training Camp!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2009
The girls go on another training camp with their new member. Despite Azusa’s nagging, she’s the one that plays the most.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
8.0/10 1 votes#14 - Silver Overture
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2006
In a town blanketed by snow, a place from his distant childhood, Yuichi reconnects with his cousin Nayuki. As she gives him a tour of his new home, he struggles with memories long faded.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 1 votes#15 - A Dangerous Trio
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2006
Yuichi’s eager to defend Mai after her outburst at the dance, but someone beats him to it. His chance to play the hero dashed, Yuichi turns his attention to convincing Mai he’s brave enough to fight alongside her.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 3 votes#16 - Forever by Your Side
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2008
After getting over Igarashi, Misae starts hanging out with Katsuki more and starts falling in love with him. One day, Katsuki realizes after going to his house with two of Misae's friends that he is in fact not Katsuki Shima, but a cat who was sent by the dying Katsuki Shima to grant Misae's wish. At the autumn festival, Misae confesses she has come to love Katsuki, but that night he disappears shortly after Misae made her wish for him to always be with her. After Tomoya wakes up, and realizes the cat showed him all this, Tomoya later tells Misae some things Katsuki did not get a chance to tell her.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya III
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2006
Kyon is still processing what Yuki told him. Meanwhile, Haruhi’s wish comes true! A mysterious transfer student appears and joins the club. With five members, they can finally start on… whatever they do! But what’s up with the crazy reveals from everyone?
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Yutaka Yamamoto
6.5/10 2 votes#18 - The Last Target
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/6/2012
Satoshi is ready for Jumoji to strike, but when the anticipated target is passed over, he must reconsider his strategy. Tomoe gives Hotaro a copy of "A Corpse By Evening," and Eru notices that the art style is similar to one she has seen elsewhere.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Maiko Nishioka
6.3/10 3 votes#19 - Where She Belongs
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2008
Tomoya, Nagisa, and Youhei finally find out that Yukine is respected by the two rival gangs in the city since she helps both sides' members after they get hurt. Her older brother is the leader of one of the gangs, and a young boy named Yu comes to her to find his older sister who apparently is dating a guy in Yukine's brother's gang. Youhei tells Yu that he is Yukine's brother for a time, but the truth is later revealed after Yukine takes Yu, along with Tomoya, Nagisa, and Youhei, to a bar where her brother's gang hangs out. Yukine's brother has been in the hospital since he saved a friend and got in a car accident. While heading home, three members of the rival gang think Youhei is Yukine's brother and try to fight him and Tomoya, but Tomoyo intervenes, stopping them single-handedly.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
6.2/10 5 votes#20 - She and Her Apartment
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2016
After her roommate moves out, it is just her and Daru.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Naruki Nagakawa
6.2/10 5 votes#21 - She and Her Story
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2016
She has kept herself locked in her apartment and ignored phone calls for so long that friends, family and Daru are worried. Then, mysteriously, her mother receives a call from her home number, only to hear silence.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Naruki Nagakawa
6.0/10 1 votes#22 - Fugue of a Runaway Kitten
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2006
Makoto’s carelessness with a kitten causes Yuichi to lash out. Unfortunately, Makoto’s response to his anger is to run away. Later, Mai somehow directs him to her likely location.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
6.0/10 2 votes#23 - To Commit a Grave Sin
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2012
Hotaro's history class is interrupted by an outburst coming from Eru's math class, prompting a discussion in the Classic Lit Club about the nature of the seven deadly sins, and what might provoke Eru to become angry.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Maiko Nishioka
6.0/10 2 votes#24 - Blind Spot to All
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/25/2012
After meeting with Irisu, Hotaro has a change of heart, and sets his mind to solving the murder mystery. Hotaro and Satoshi discuss the nature of their own potential, and what each of them might be able to accomplish.
Director: Kazuya Sakamoto
Writer: Shoji Gatoh