Rio Sakurai

Rio Sakurai

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Animation production assistant Animation production coordinator Animation production supervisor Status: Active Number of episodes: 203 Seasons active: Season 28 - Present First short: Playdate with Destiny Most recent short: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year First episode: "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" Most recent episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Skinner"

Rio Sakurai is a production supervisor. He currently serves as an animation production supervisor for The Simpsons and previously served as an animation production assistant and animation production coordinator.

Credits

Animation production assistant

Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" Episode – "Friends and Family" Episode – "The Town" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" Episode – "Trust but Clarify" Episode – "There Will Be Buds" Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend" Episode – "Dad Behavior" Episode – "The Last Traction Hero" Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas" Episode – "Pork and Burns" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "Fatzcarraldo" Episode – "The Cad and the Hat" Episode – "Kamp Krustier" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "A Father's Watch" Episode – "The Caper Chase" Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Episode – "Moho House" Episode – "Dogtown" Episode – "The Serfsons" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" Episode – "Whistler's Father" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" Episode – "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me" Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be" Episode – "Singin' in the Lane" Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus" Episode – "Gone Boy"

Animation production coordinator

Episode – "Haw-Haw Land" Episode – "Frink Gets Testy" Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" Episode – "Fears of a Clown" Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" Episode – "King Leer" Episode – "Lisa Gets the Blues" Episode – "Forgive and Regret" Episode – "Left Behind" Episode – "Throw Grampa from the Dane" Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" Episode – "Bart's Not Dead" Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel" Episode – "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" Episode – "From Russia Without Love" Episode – "Werking Mom" Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "Daddicus Finch" Episode – "'Tis the 30th Season" Episode – "Mad About the Toy" Episode – "The Girl on the Bus" Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can" Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture" Episode – "101 Mitigations" Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Episode – "E My Sports" Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode – "Girl's in the Band" Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" Episode – "D'oh Canada" Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer" Episode – "The Fat Blue Line" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast" Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill" Episode – "Livin La Pura Vida" Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" Episode – "Hail to the Teeth" Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "Frinkcoin" Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy" Episode – "Screenless" Episode – "Better Off Ned" Episode – "Highway to Well" Episode – "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part One" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part Two" Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

Production coordinator

• Special – Playdate with Destiny

Animation production supervisor

Episode – "Undercover Burns" Episode – "I, Carumbus" Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" Episode – "The 7 Beer Itch" Episode – "Podcast News" Episode – "Three Dreams Denied" Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry" Episode – "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas" Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited" Episode – "Diary Queen" Episode – "Wad Goals" Episode – "Yokel Hero" Episode – "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?" Episode – "Manger Things" Episode – "Uncut Femmes" Episode – "Burger Kings" Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield" Episode – "Mother and Child Reunion" Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." Episode – "The Last Barfighter" Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" Episode – "Bart's in Jail!" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" Episode – "The Wayz We Were" Episode – "Lisa's Belly" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers" Episode – "A Made Maggie" Episode – "The Longest Marge" Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid" Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands" Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!" Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid" Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar" Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher" Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Meat Is Murder" Episode – "Poorhouse Rock" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "One Angry Lisa" Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" Episode – "The King of Nice" THOH – "Not It" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Episode – "From Beer to Paternity" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "When Nelson Met Lisa" Episode – "Game Done Changed" Episode – "Top Goon" Episode – "My Life as a Vlog" Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield" Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Hostile Kirk Place" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "Fan-ily Feud" Episode – "Write Off This Episode" Episode – "The Very Hungry Caterpillars" Episode – "Clown V. Board of Education" Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" Episode – "Homer's Crossing" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood's Night Dream" Episode – "McMansion & Wife" Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" Episode – "Iron Marge" Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance" Episode – "Murder, She Boat" Episode – "Do the Wrong Thing" Episode – "Frinkenstein's Monster" Episode – "Lisa Gets an F1" Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom" Episode – "Night of the Living Wage" Episode – "Cremains of the Day" Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants" Episode – "The Tipping Point" Episode – "Bart's Brain" Episode – "Bart's Birthday" Episode – "The Yellow Lotus" Episode – "Desperately Seeking Lisa" Episode – "Shoddy Heat" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV" Episode – "Women in Shorts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" Episode – "Convenience Airways" Episode – "Homer and Her Sisters" Episode – "O C'mon All Ye Faithful" Episode – "The Man Who Flew Too Much" Episode – "Bottle Episode" Episode – "The Past and the Furious" Episode – "The Flandshees of Innersimpson" Episode – "The Last Man Expanding" Episode – "P.S. I Hate You" Episode – "Yellow Planet" Episode – "Abe League of Their Moe" Episode – "Stew Lies" Episode – "Full Heart, Empty Pool" Episode – "Estranger Things" Special – When Billie Met Lisa Special – Welcome to the Club Special – Feliz Navidad Special – Rogue Not Quite One Special – May the 12th Be with You Special – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Production supervisor

• Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap

• Special – The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

• Special – Plusaversary

External links

• Rio Sakurai at the Internet Movie Database

Animation production assistants

Current animation production assistants Alec Cannold • Kevin M. Dix • Gianna Jones • Kassandra Lima • Carter Roodman • Brooks Stonestreet • Jesse Torres Jr. • Ali Woodruff Former animation production assistants Elizabeth Ableson • Zia Adsit-Metts • Juan Ramon Aguilar • Robyn Anderson • Lily Ardalan • Deanna Asato • Emma Barker • Matt Battle • Sean Batton • Dean Bauer • Alexandru Becea • Jason Bikowski • Jody Brooks • Amanda Byrnes-Higgs • Enzo Calandra • Sarah Carpenter • Ani Cash • Rielle Dizon • Lejon Douroux • Éva Enriquez • Heather Fields • Matthew Fisher • Jake Flores • Ariel Freeman • Laura A. Gaimaro • Stevie Gallardo • Margaret Glaser Mohr • Rachel Greenberg • Sarah Greyson • Sam Grinberg • Michael Hartman • Daniela Hoyos • Amber Ingram • Patrick Inness • Nikki Isordia • Chizorom Izeogu • Kyle Jaynes • David Kantrowitz • Reid Kramer • Ashlyn Lardinois • Esther H. Lee • Herman G. Lopez • Eric Loudon • Frank Magasich • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Michael G. Mahan • Andy Manley • Ross McAlpine • Connor McGlynn • James McKinnie • Ronald McNutt • Stephenie Moffatt • Cady Williams Moser • Harold Ochoa • Ethan Ogilby • Everett A. Oliver • Natasha Presler-Wicke • Angela Quezada • Carlos Rivas • Ethan Robinson • Rio Sakurai • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Andrew Schaffer • Shannon Scott • Melody Severns • Pete Sickbert-Bennett • Jody Singleton • Trevor A. Smith • Brandon Michael Spear • Lilly Thorne • Matt Torres • Michael Tran • Sunday Tsai • Brittney Anne Vasquez • Daniel Vega • Angela Wixtrom Other animation production assistants Doug Anderson • Jenny Bettis • Ryan Garcia • Lisa Hallbauer • Scott Hill • Matthew Lathrop • Alice S. Lin • Hugo Linares • Amy V. Lodevico • Paul "Ping-Pong" Mangulabnan • Abner Pineda • Adam Rickabus • Leslie Andrew Ridings • Carolyn Roach • Laura Smalec • Peter Truss • Leonardy Veliz

Animation production coordinators

Current animation production coordinators Alexandru Becea • Enzo Calandra • Éva Enriquez • Stevie Gallardo • Michael Hartman • Chizorom Izeogu • Ashlyn Lardinois • Connor McGlynn • Cady Williams Moser • Harold Ochoa • Brittney Anne Vasquez • Angela Wixtrom Former animation production coordinators Elizabeth Ableson • Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Deanna Asato • Emma Barker • Matt Battle • Mike Battle • Sean Batton • Dean Bauer • Jason Bikowski • Edu Black • Jody Brooks • Robert Brunette • Amanda Byrnes-Higgs • Sarah Carpenter • Richard K. Chung • Minni Clark • Ashley Brooke Cooper • Ralph A. Eusebio • Jake Flores • Collin Fowler • Tony Garcia • Margaret Glaser Mohr • Sam Grinberg • Amber Ingram • Nikki Isordia • Darrell Kennedy • Joel Kuwahara • Andrew J. Lee • Frank Magasich • Michael G. Mahan • Nadine Mahasneh • Andy Manley • Ross McAlpine • James McKinnie • Stephenie Moffatt • Ethan Ogilby • Sean Patrick Rielly • Rio Sakurai • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Shannon Scott • Katherine Seibert • Kimball Shirley • Meghan Short • Trevor A. Smith • Brandon Michael Spear • Lilly Thorne • Matt Torres • Rebecca Totman Other animation production coordinators Julia Kim

Production supervisors, Post-production supervisors and Animation production supervisors

Production supervisors Bill Barry • Jennifer Brown • Brian Carey • Nicholas Cofrancesco • Christine Deitner • Narendra Deshpande • Carol Farhat • Matthew Fisher • Edith Gonzales Guttierez • Sunil Guptha • Roshan Kumar Singh • Pamela Liptak • Frank Magasich • Anne Michaud • Trista H. Navarro • Julie Peng • Rio Sakurai • Shannon Scott • Penelope Parr Thornton • Michael Upperco • Stephen Weinheimer Post-production supervisors Jeannine Berger • Joseph A. Boucher • Dominique Braud • Thomas Burkhart • Alexander Duke • Alison Elliott • Jeffrey Goldstein • Christine Griswold • Brian J. Kaufman • George Khair • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Angela Ousey-Samona • Matt Singer • Adam Sonnenfeld Current animation production supervisors Alexandru Becea • Rio Sakurai Former animation production supervisors Elizabeth Ableson • Martin Alvarez • Deanna Asato • Barbara Beck • Ashley Brooke Cooper • Deirdre Creed • Matthew Fisher • Tony Garcia • Margaret Glaser Mohr • Christine Griswold • Nikki Isordia • Frank Magasich • Michael G. Mahan • Ross McAlpine • Trista H. Navarro • Angela Ousey-Samona • Rick Polizzi • Sharon D. Ramsay • Sean Patrick Rielly • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Shannon Scott • Meghan Short • Rebecca Totman

Production coordinators and Post-production coordinators

Episode production coordinators Laurie Biernacki • Louis Ferrara • Nichole Graham • Miles Lewis Horst • Raymond M. Iacovacci • Todd Jacobsen • Julia Kim • Linda Levine • Jesse D. Miller • Eleanor Mills • Denise Mitchell • Felicia Nalivansky-Caplan • Angela Ousey-Samona • Sharon D. Ramsay • Jacqueline Sillo • Sarah Werner • Marleen Williams Other production coordinators Dennis Adams • Mike Battle • Michelle Blumenschine • Laura Bussinger • Amanda Byrnes-Higgs • Ani Cash • Linda Chiodo • Kylie Christensen • Derek Cohen-Copeland • Ashley Brooke Cooper • Christine Deitner • Allison L. Francis • Stevie Gallardo • Jim Hasman • Seon-Ho Jeong • Yeon Hwa Jeong • Ed Johnson • Jasmine Johnson • Steve Johnson • Neelam K • Benjamin Kaltenecker • Dave Kim • Eun-Hee Kim • Paul Kim • Soon-Young Kim • Steve Kofsky • Roja Rani Kuruva • Ashlyn Lardinois • Alice S. Lin • Chris Long • Rebecca Morellato • Michael Nobori • Jeong Yeul Park • Yong Min Park • Rocco Pucillo • Rio Sakurai • Jung Soo Shin • Sidarth Shukla • Jennifer Stephens • Josh Sundby • Teri Weigel • Adam Wollenberg • Alexander Wu • Andrew Zack • Kent Carpenter Zambrana Post-production coordinators Andrew Albenze • Drew Arrison • Michelle Berman • Joseph A. Boucher • Dominique Braud • Alice Chang • Richard K. Chung • Alexander Duke • Alison Elliott • Ralph A. Eusebio • Jeffrey Goldstein • Brian J. Kaufman • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Jamie Nachenberg • Angela Ousey-Samona • Joe Saunders • Tami Sloan Tsark • Ping Warner