Takeshi Mori (もり たけし, Mori Takeshi, real name: 森 健 (Mori Takeshi), October 10, 1963) is a Japanese anime director, storyboard artist and scriptwriter from Tokyo, Japan. His biological father is Tōru Mori (森 徹, Mori Tōru), a former professional baseball player. Throughout his career, he has used the aliases Shin Nemoto (根本 清, Nemoto Shin), Inumakura (いぬまくら) and Urano Kantoku (浦野 寛徳) (the latter meaning “director behind the scenes”).