Akio Watanabe
Born	Akio Watanabe (渡辺明夫, Watanabe Akio) (1969-07-27) July 27, 1969 (age 54) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Poyoyon♥Rock
Occupation(s)	Animator Character Designer
Employer(s)	Studio Hibari (former) Frontwing (current)

Akio Watanabe (渡辺明夫, Watanabe Akio, born July 27, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle Pokopii (ぽこぴー).^[1]^[2] His pseudonym is Poyoyon♥Rock (ぽよよん♥ろっく). He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for Popotan, and character design for Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker and Monogatari.

Works

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (character design)
The SoulTaker (character design)
Nurse Witch Komugi (character design)
Magical Canan (character design)
Hoshizora Kiseki (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design)
Monogatari (chief animation director, character design)^[3]
The World God Only Knows (character design)
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (original character design)
Etotama (original character design)^[4]
Zaregoto (character design)^[5]
Fireworks (character design)^[6]
Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu (character design)
Rumble Garanndoll (original character design)^[7]