Kaori is a Japanese anime director.
Earlier in her career, when she worked as a storyboard artist, she was credited under the name Kaori Komori. But when she started directing, she used her first name alone.
Her directing credits include:
- Yuyushiki
- Is the Order a Rabbit? (episode/assistant director)
- How to Keep a Mummy
- Endro~!
- The Quintessential Quintuplets, season two
- Stardust Telepath
Tropes associated with her and her work include:
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: She appeared on one of Rasuko Okuma's livestreams. Her illustrated avatar had a perpetually-stoned look while chugging a big, frothy mug of beer.
- Schoolgirl Series: She has directed three series following a handful of moe schoolgirls. Two of them are adaptations of Manga Time Kirara manga, the third is an Anime First fantasy with Takashi Aoshima (YuruYuri, Gabriel Dropout) as head writer and Namori (the author of Yuru Yuri) as character designer. She also worked on the season season and OVA for Is The Order A Rabbit?
