Born in 1963, Mr.Toshihiro Kawamoto founded Studio BONES in 1998, together with Masahiko Minami (former Sunrise producer) and Hiroshi Ousaka (animator colleague who passed away in 2007). He is the board member of the said animation production company ever since. In his animator career of more than 30 years, he was involved in a long list of high profile works but probably best known outside of Japan as the character designer and animation director for Cowboy Bebop, and the recent new show Blood Blockade Battlefront.