Junya Okabe (岡部淳也) is a Japanese producer, scriptwriter and director. He was born in Yokohama in 1965. In 1986, he founded Buildup, Co., Ltd and remained CEO until 2006. From 2007 to 2009, he was Vice President and Creative Director of Tsuburaya Productions. In 2010, he established a new organization, BLAST, Inc.