Naoyuki Itō (伊藤 尚往, Itō Naoyuki) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. Some of his major works directed include the first Kanon series released in 2002, and Digimon Data Squad, the latter of which had a run of 48 episodes in 2006–07. In 2015, he directed the anime adaptation of the Overlord novel series.