Tetsurō Araki(荒木 哲郎Araki Tetsurō) (born November 5, 1976) is a Japanese anime director. He was born in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Araki is a graduate at Senshu University and works with Madhouse. His directorial debut was 2005's Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin. He is best known as the director of the Death Note anime adaptation. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, appeared at Anime Expo 2007.