is a Japanese novelist,

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, and

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. He started out writing

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s, before debuting as a novelist in 2008 and a screenwriter in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, he worked on the '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' manga, which has performed well commercially.

Biography

Kodachi grew up as the son of a

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, so he was interested in science from an early age. He started working by creating

s. In 2008, Kodachi started writing professionally as a novelist with the novel adaptation of ''

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''. In 2013, he started working as a

for various anime series with ''

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''. Two years later in 2015, he assisted ''

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'' author

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with screenplays for '' Boruto: Naruto the Movie''. This would help him be granted the position of writer for the main series, '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', which premiered the next year. He held his position until the release of the 14th volume, when Kishimoto took over. The ''Boruto'' manga did very well commercially in Japan, and was the eighth best selling manga from

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in 2017 and 2018. The series also performed well internationally, especially in North America, where the series became the sixth-best-selling serialised manga in 2017. In the fall season of 2018, the series was the fourth best-selling manga in the region.

Works

Manga

* '' Infini-T Force: Arc to the Future'' (2015–2020) (serialized in ''Monthly Hero's''; illustrated by

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) * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' (2016–2020) (serialized in ''

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'' and ''

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''; illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto)

Novels

* ''

'' (2008–2009) (illustrated by Risa Ebata and Hayato Aoki) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010–2011) (illustrated by

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, Tommy Otsuka, and Katsumi Enami) * '' Code Geass: Akito the Exiled'' (2013–2016)

Screenwriter

* ''

'' (2013) * '' Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Boruto: Naruto the Movie'' (2015) * ''

School-Live! is a Japanese manga series written by Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series was serialized from May 24, 2012 to November 22, 2019 in the Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' magazine and is licensed in English ...

'' (2015; episode 7) * '' Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School'' (2016; individual episodes) * ''

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'' (2019; individual episodes) * '' Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Grace Note'' (2019) * '' Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia'' (2019–2020) * '' Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot'' (2020–2021) * '' Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor'' (2021)

Video games

* '' Macross 30: Voices across the Galaxy'' (2013) * '' Fate/Extella Link'' (2018)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kodachi, Ukyō Anime screenwriters Japanese novelists Japanese screenwriters Living people Manga artists Video game writers Year of birth missing (living people)