is a Japanese

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. He has written several

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series for

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, including ''

My-HiME is a Japanese anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The series focuses on the lives of HiMEs—girls with the capa ...

'' and ''

My-Otome is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of ''My-HiME'' anime series and as such ''My-Otome'' takes place in a new setting with new main characters. The series origi ...

''.

Biography

Yoshino graduated from

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's school of literature and later joined the staff of

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's ''

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'' magazine as a writer. It was here that the

producer Naotake Furusato offered him a position in the studio as screenwriter. After joining Sunrise, his first project as the head writer responsible for series composition was ''

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'', whose follow-ups '' Mai-Otome'' and '' Mai-Otome Zwei'' he also went on to supervise. He authored the manga adaptation of ''Mai-Otome'' (along with Tatsuhito Higuchi) and went on to write numerous other manga series. Yoshino served as the assistant to main series composer Ichiro Okouchi, during both seasons of the ''

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'' TV series. Among other projects for different animation studios, he has written ''

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'', '' Denpa teki na Kanojo'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Screenwriting

* series head writer denoted in bold

Anime television series

*''

Gear Fighter Dendoh is a Japanese robot anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Sunrise. It was directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, with Chiaki Morosawa handling series scripts, Hirokazu Hisayuki designing the characters and monsters, Satoshi ...

'' (2000–2001) *''

Crush Gear Turbo ''Crush Gear'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It aired from October 2001 to January 2003, with 68 episodes. The series is about people throwing mechanical vehicles called "Gears" into a large ...

'' (2001–2003) * ''

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has devel ...

'' (2002–2003) *''

Machine Robo Rescue is a 2003 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It's the third incarnation of the ''Machine Robo'' anime trilogy, which is based on the toyline by PLEX and Bandai. It is directed by Mamoru Kanbe (''Cardcaptor Sakura'') and ...

'' (2003) *''

'' (2004–2005) *''

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Se ...

'' (2005) *''

'' (2005–2006) *'' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (2006–2007): assistant head writer *'' Idolmaster: Xenoglossia'' (2007) *''

'' (2008) *'' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' (2008): assistant head writer * '' Black Butler '' (2008–2009) *''

Darker than Black , is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by studio Bones. Twenty-five episodes were broadcast on MBS, TBS and their affiliated stations from April to September 2007. The series is set ...

'' (2009) *''

'' (2010) *''

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'' (2010–2011) *''

'' (2011–2012) *''

Accel World is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by HiMA. The series began publication in ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki Bunko'' imprint from February 2009 and is licensed in North America by Yen Press. Two manga ...

'' (2012) *'' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' (2012–2013) *''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) *'' Strike the Blood'' (2013–2014) *'' Magi: The Kingdom of Magic'' (2013–2014) * '' Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea'' (2013–2014) *'' Black Butler: Book of Circus'' (2014) *''

Trinity Seven is a fantasy romantic comedy manga series written by Kenji Saitō and illustrated by Akinari Nao. It has been serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Dragon Age'' since 2010 and collected in twenty-eight ''tank� ...

'' (2014) *''

World Trigger , also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December 2 ...

'' (2014–2016, 2021–2022) *''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015–2016) *''

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'' (2015–2016) *'' Izetta: The Last Witch'' (2016) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'' (2016–2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Chronos Ruler'' (2017) * ''MARGINAL #4'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018–2019) * ''

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'' (2018–2019) * '' GeGeGe no Kitarō 6th series'' (2018–2020) * ''

The Magnificent Kotobuki is an anime television series produced by GEMBA, which aired from January to March 2019. A smartphone game titled ''Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai - Ōzora no Take Off Girls!'' was released in February 2019. A compilation film titled ''The Magni ...

'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2021–present)

Anime films

* '' Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime'' (2009) * '' Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa'' (2011) * '' A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion'' (2013) * '' Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic'' (2017) * '' Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo'' (2023)

OVAs

* ''

My-Otome Zwei is a Japanese OVA anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it consists of four episodes, which were released across three-month intervals and is the sequel to the original ''My-Otome'' anime ...

'' (2006-2007) * '' Denpa teki na Kanojo'' (2009) * '' Black Butler: Book of Murder'' (2015) * '' Exodus! Exit Tokyo'' (2015) * '' The Third Girls Aerial Squad: Falling Angel'' (2015) * '' Strike the Blood: Kingdom of the Valkyria'' (2015) * '' Strike the Blood II'' (2016–2017) * '' Strike the Blood III'' (2018–2019) * '' Strike the Blood IV'' (2020–2021) * ''Strike the Blood Final'' (2022)

Manga

*''

'' (Co-authoring with Tatsuhito Higuchi; Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2005) *''

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'' (Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2006) *''VITA Sexualis'' (Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2007) *''Shinju No Nectar'' (Co-authoring with Satou Kenetsu; 2016) Sources:

References

External links

* 1970 births Anime screenwriters Japanese screenwriters Living people Sunrise (company) people Writers from Chiba Prefecture {{anime-bio-stub