is a Japanese

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has composed the script and series composition for numerous

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series.

Works

Anime television series

*1987: ''

Tsuide ni Tonchinkan is a Japanese manga series by Koichi Endo which first appeared in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in issues 49–50 in 1984, and then ran from 1985 (issue 14) through 1989 (issue 22). There are 18 volumes of the manga. The manga was adapted into a ...

'' (script); debut series *1989: '' Mado King Granzort'' (script) *1989: ''Gaki Deka'' (script) *1990: ''

Magical Angel Sweet Mint is a magical girl anime TV series produced by Ashi Productions and aired from 2 May 1990 to 27 March 1991 on TV Tokyo. Plot Mint is a young girl who also happens to be the princess of the world of dreams and magic. The natural environment of ...

'' (script) *1991: ''

Karasu Tengu Kabuto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa in 1987. Plot Those who have the blood of the Karasu Tengu (Crow Goblin) in their veins must forever fight against the powers of darkness. Along with four other holy nin ...

'' (script) *1991: ''Jankenman'' (script) *1992: ''

Floral Magician Mary Bell , or known as ''Mary Bell'' in some countries, is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Ashi Productions, aired from 1992 until 1993. The series was adapted as a theatrical film and two educational films and the DVD version was released on ...

'' (series composition) *1992: ''

Calimero ''Calimero'' is an animated television series about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on th ...

'' (script) *1993: ''Dragon League'' (series composition) *1993: ''Tanoshii Willow Town'' (script) *1994: ''

Nanatsu no Umi no Tico is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is about an 11-year-old girl and her best friend Tico, a female orca. Unlike the other series in Nippon Animation's ''World Masterpiece Theater'' line, ''Tico of the Seven Seas'' is an entire ...

'' (script) *1994: '' Akazukin Chacha'' (script) *1994: ''

Mahoujin Guru Guru ''Magical Circle Guru Guru'' ( ja, 魔法陣グルグル, Mahōjin Guru Guru) is a Japanese manga by Hiroyuki Etō, which was serialized in Enix's ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 1992 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime series on ...

'' (script) *1996: '' Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (script) *1996: ''

Meiken Lassie is a 1996 Japanese anime television series animated by Nippon Animation as the 22nd entry of the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' staple. The anime is based on the 1940 novel ''Lassie Come-Home'' by Eric Knight and also the second animated Lassi ...

'' (script) *1997: ''

Tenchi in Tokyo is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and aired on TV Tokyo from April 1 to September 23, 1997. It is the third installation of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' line of series, preceding ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' and succeeding ''Tenchi Univer ...

'' (script) *1997: ''

Mashin Hero Wataru is a mecha multimedia franchise originally created by Sunrise and Red Entertainment. The first series aired on April 15, 1988, replacing the 17:00–17:30 timeslot used for '' Transformers: The Headmasters''. Sunrise credited "Hajime Y ...

'' (script) *1998: ''

El-Hazard is a Japanese anime franchise written by Ryoe Tsukimura and directed by Hiroki Hayashi. The series was animated by AIC and produced by Pioneer LDC. There is also a manga adaptation, which is published in English by VIZ Media. The series ...

'' (script) *1998: '' All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku'' (script) *1998: ''Nessa no Hao Gandara'' (script) *1998: ''

Cyberteam in Akihabara is a 1998 Japanese anime television series created by Tsukasa Kotobuki and Satoru Akahori. It aired from April 4, 1998 to September 26, 1998 on TBS and ran for 26 episodes. It was released in the United States by ADV Films and was also broa ...

'' (script) *1998: '' Popolocrois'' (script) *1999: '' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom'' (script) *1999: ''

Future Boy Conan , also known as ''Conan, The Boy in Future'', is a Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction anime series. It is an adaptation of American science-fiction writer Alexander Key's 1970 novel ''The Incredible Tide''. It was broadcast for twenty ...

'' (script) *2000: ''Dokidoki? Densetsu: Mahoujin Guru Guru'' (script) *2000: ''

Gate Keepers is a Tactical role-playing game developed by Entertainment Software Publishing and published by Kadokawa Shoten for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into a manga series written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and drawn by Keiji Gotoh and a ...

'' (script) *2001: '' Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School'' (script) *2001: ''

Nono-chan is a yonkoma manga series begun in 1991 by Hisaichi Ishii originally serialized as in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' in Japan. When the series first began, it was generally focused on all of the members of the Yamada family. As the series progresse ...

'' (script) *2004: ''

Ragnarok The Animation ''Ragnarok: The Animation'' is a Japanese-Korean anime television series based on the MMORPG ''Ragnarok Online''. The story happens in the same world of Rune-Midgard. An evil entity called the Dark Lord wants to create chaos in the world with ...

'' (series composition) *2004: ''

Fantastic Children is a Japanese anime television series created by Takashi Nakamura and produced by Nippon Animation. It first aired in Japan across TV Tokyo between October 4, 2004 and March 28, 2005, totaling 26 episodes. There was an extended ending specia ...

'' (script) *2005: ''

Mix Master ''Mix Master'' (; ja, カード王ミックスマスター) is a South Korea–Japan co-produced anime series based on the massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''Mix Master: King of Cards''. It is a co-production of Nippon Animation ...

'' (script) *2005: ''

Kotencotenco is a Japanese manga and anime series Children's anime and manga, for young children by Atsuko Ueno. The anime was produced by Nihon Ad Systems, NAS and TV Tokyo. Kotencotenko replaces the previous anime series: Onmyou Taisenki on the TV Tok ...

'' (series composition) *2005-2006: ''Cho Positive! Fighters'' (series composition) *2006: ''

Magikano is a Japanese manga series by Takeaki Momose, which was later adapted into an anime series, directed by Seiji Kishi and written by Hideki Mitsui. The anime series was also broadcast by Animax, who adapted and dubbed the series into English for ...

'' (series composition, script) *2006: ''Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyōsei Torishimarikan: Zaizen Jotarō'' (series composition) *2006: '' Galaxy Angel-Rune'' (script) *2007: ''Master of Epic The Animation Age'' (script) *2007: ''

Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova is an area in Yodogawa-ku in north central Osaka, Japan. The core of the area is Jūsō Station, the hub station of the Hankyu Railway system. The area typifies the unique culture of Osaka. Situated across the Yodo River from central Osaka ...

'' (story construction) *2007-2010: '' Reborn!'' (script) *2012: '' Arashi no Yoru ni'' (script) *2014: '' Nobunaga the Fool'' (script)

Anime films

*1996: ''Mahōjin Guru Guru'' (script)

Original video animations

*1990: ''Shiawase no Katachi'' (script) *1999: '' Taiyō no Fune: Sol Bianca'' (script) *2000-2002: ''

Magical Canan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Terios. It was later adapted into a hentai OVA series; four episodes were released from August 25, 2000, to November 25, 2001, and two additional episodes, titled , were released ...

'' (script)

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* 1963 births Living people Japanese screenwriters Anime screenwriters Writers from Chiba Prefecture {{anime-bio-stub