is a Japanese

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. After leaving

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, he debuted as a screenwriter with '' Happy Lesson''. Since ''Happy Lesson'', he has been in charge of screenwriting for many series, some of which are ''

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'', '' Your Lie in April'', ''

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'', '' Horimiya'', and '' The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments''.

Biography

The first series Yoshioka worked on was ''

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''. He later worked at

for some time, but later left and became a freelancer. After going freelance, the first series he was in charge of

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was '' Happy Lesson''. Since ''Happy Lesson'', Yoshioka has been in charge of screenwriting for many other series.

Works

*'' Happy Lesson'' (2001) (screenwriter) *'' Ikki Tousen'' (2003) (screenwriter) *''

'' (2004) (screenwriter) *''

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'' (2008) (screenwriter) *''

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'' (2010) (screenwriter) *'' Working!!''' (2011–2016) (screenwriter) *''

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'' (2012) (screenwriter) *''

'' (2012–2015) (screenwriter) *'' No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!'' (2013) (screenwriter) *'' Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire'' (2014) (screenwriter) *'' Bladedance of Elementalers'' (2014) (screenwriter) *'' Your Lie in April'' (2014–2015) (screenwriter) *''

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'' (2015) (screenwriter) *'' The Morose Mononokean'' (2016–2019) (screenwriter) *'' Magical Girl Raising Project'' (2016) (screenwriter) *'' Interviews with Monster Girls'' (2017) (screenwriter) *'' Schoolgirl Strikers'' (2017) (screenwriter) *'' Konohana Kitan'' (2017) (screenwriter) *'' The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments'' (2018) (screenwriter) *'' Seven Senses of the Reunion'' (2018) (screenwriter) *''

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'' (2018) (screenwriter) *'' If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord'' (2019) (screenwriter) *''

I'm Standing on a Million Lives is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen manga'' magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since June 2016. The manga is licensed in North America by Kod ...

'' (2020–2021) (screenwriter) *'' Horimiya'' (2021) (screenwriter) *'' Aharen-san wa Hakarenai'' (2022) (screenwriter)

References

External links

Official website
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