Yasuyuki Ueda (上田 耕行 Ueda Yasuyuki) is a Japanese man who has been heavily involved in the production of major and minor anime series such as Serial Experiments Lain (as a producer and story writer). He was a director for the Noel video game, worked on the Lain video game, and also on WachenRoder for the Sega Saturn. He first hired Yoshitoshi ABe.