武本康弘畢業於兵庫縣立赤穗高等學校。從以前就很喜歡繪畫，高中時期是文藝部所屬，此時繪畫技術已經有不錯的水準，並決定將來要當動畫師。

高中畢業之後，進入代代木動畫學院大阪校動畫師科就讀。期間一直以自由身畫師身份工作，直至完成《The Soul Taker ～魂狩～》後被招請執導外傳《魔法護士小麥》首兩集，於此時與同樣被招請的京都動畫結緣，並於正式畢業後決定成為該公司的長駐成員。

聘請不久便開始從事導演工作，而因著京都動畫員工很重視作畫表現能力，所以後期仍有參與雜誌的拉頁海報、OPED和關鍵場面的原畫工作，並開始嘗試撰寫劇本。

2019年7月18日在京都動畫縱火事件中遇難，同月26日其死者身分獲京都府警方正式確認，並通知家屬領回遺體，得年47歲。

Yasuhiro Takemoto (Japanese: 武本 康弘, April 5, 1972 – July 18, 2019) was a Japanese animator and television and film director. He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996.

His first major job as a director came in 2003 with Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu. Two years later he directed his sequel: The Second Raid. In 2007, Takemoto replaced Lucky Star director Yutaka Yamamoto after his dismissal. He led The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyorōn Churuya-san original net animation series, and was co-director with Tatsuya Ishihara of the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, broadcast in 2009, as well as the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

In 2012 he was in charge of directing Hyouka, based on a series of mystery novels by Honobu Yonezawa. In the series collaborated as screenwriter Shoji Gatoh, author of Full Metal Panic!. Two years later, in 2014, Takemoto was commissioned to direct another series of Gatoh novels, Amagi Brilliant Park.

Four days after the Kyoto Animation arson attack on July 18, 2019, Takemoto was declared missing by his father, who stated "he was untraceable". His death was later confirmed by his relatives and authorities.

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