Benpineko is a Japanese animator, anime director, and voice actor, born on October 13, 1975. He is affiliated with the production company DLE. Professionally, his primary role is as an animation director. In his career as a director, Benpineko has directed numerous short-form anime series. His directorial works include the first and second seasons of MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura and MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G (2010-2011), Yuruani? (2011), and multiple entries in the Panpaka Pants series, such as Panpaka Pants o NEW! (2015) and Panpaka Pants W oNEW! (2016). He also contributed as a character designer for MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura and the series Pichi Kō Yakyūbu. As a voice actor, Benpineko voiced the character Puni in the MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura series across both the 2010 season and its 2011 sequel. He provided the voice for the character Shinja-kun in the 2011 anime Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan. He took on the voice role of Iberico in the 2017 series Panpaka Pants o NEW-san.