Kazuaki Kiriya
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Kazuaki Kiriya (紀里谷和明 Kiriya Kazuaki?), born April 20, 1968 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is a photographer and director of films and music videos. His real name is Kazuhiro Iwashita (岩下和裕 Iwashita Kazuhiro?).
He wrote, directed, and edited the live action science fiction movie Casshern, but is still probably best known in his native Japan as being the husband of pop music superstar Utada Hikaru. The two were married on September 7, 2002.
In addition to Casshern, he has directed several of his wife's music videos.