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from Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has his own studio enterprise, Studio Orphee. Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay and story composition of the anime series '' Excel Saga'', '' Please Teacher!'' and its sequel '' Please Twins!'', '' Honey and Clover'', '' Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event, held annually in

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. He has collaborated with fellow screenwriter and novelist Hideyuki Kurata on multiple series, including ''Goblin Slayer'', ''Hellsing Ultimate'', and ''Drifters''.

Screenwriting

A work in bold denotes Kuroda as its head writer.

Anime television series

* '' Tenchi Universe'' (1995) * '' Magical Project S'' (1996-1997) * '' Battle Athletes Victory'' (1997-1998) * '' Trigun'' (1998) * '' Android Announcer Maico 2010'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Infinite Ryvius'' (1999) * '' Excel Saga'' (1999) * '' Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety'' (1999) * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' s-CRY-ed'' (2001) * '' Kokoro Library'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Please Teacher!'' (2002) * '' Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan'' (2002) * '' Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' (2002) * '' Please Twins!'' (2003) * '' Bottle Fairy'' (2003) * '' Gungrave'' (2003-2004) * '' Yumeria'' (2004) * '' Madlax'' (2004) * '' Ring ni Kakero 1'' (2004-2011) * '' Best Student Council'' (2005) * '' Honey and Clover'' (2005-2006) * '' Kishin Houkou Demonbane'' (2006) * '' Spider Riders'' (2006-2007) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' (2007-2009) * '' Big Windup!'' (2007-2010) * '' Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~'' (2009) * ''

Hayate the Combat Butler!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from October 2004 to April 2017. Shogakukan released 52 volumes in Japan from February 2005 to Jun ...

'' (2009) * '' Highschool of the Dead'' (2010) * '' Softenni'' (2011) * '' Maken-ki!'' (2011) * '' Waiting in the Summer'' (2012) * '' Jormungand'' (2012) * '' Btooom!'' (2012) * '' Gundam Build Fighters'' (2013-2014) ** ''Battlogue'' (2017) ** ''GM’s Counterattack'' (2017) * '' Maken-ki! Two'' (2014) * '' SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation'' (2014) * '' Gundam Build Fighters Try'' (2014-2015) * '' Wooser’s Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen'' (2015) * '' Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid'' (2015) * '' Drifters'' (2016) * '' Matoi the Sacred Slayer'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2016–present) * '' ID-0'' (2017) * '' Battle Girl High School'' (2017) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'' (2017) * '' Gundam Build Divers'' (2018) * '' Goblin Slayer'' (2018) * '' Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online'' (2018) * '' 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team'' (2021) * '' Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story'' (2022) * ''

Mashle is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Kōmoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from January 2020 to July 2023, with its chapters collected in 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes . An anime televi ...

'' (2023)

OVAs

* '' Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' ** ''Series 1'' (1993) ** ''Series 2'' (1994-1995) ** ''Series 3'' (2003-2005) * '' Trouble Evocation'' (1996) * ''Tattoon Master'' (1996) * '' Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem'' (1996) * '' Magical Girl Pretty Sammy'' (1996) * '' Panzer Dragoon'' (1996) * '' Variable Geo'' (1997) * '' Jungle de Ikou!'' (1997) * '' Photon: The Idiot Adventures'' (1997-1999) * '' Geobreeders'' ** ''Get Back the Kitty'' (1998) ** ''Breakthrough'' (2000) * ''

'' (1999) * '' Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'' (2001) * '' Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter 2 - Inferno'' (2006-2008) * ''

Hellsing Ultimate ''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its cha ...

'' (2006-2012) * '' Hayate the Combat Butler!! OVA: Hayate’s Interests'' (2009) * '' Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G'' (2010) * '' Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the DEAD'' (2011) * '' Maken-ki! OVA'' ** ''It’s Summer! It’s Swimsuits! It’s Training Camp!'' (2012) ** ''Takeru Turns Into a Woman!? Naked in a Southern Island!'' (2013)

ONAs

* '' Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-'' (2022)

Live action TV

* '' Ultraman Max'' (2005) * '' Holyland'' (2005)

Films

* '' Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer'' (2010) * '' Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars'' (2016)

Video game

* ''

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'' (2003)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroda, Yōsuke 1968 births Anime screenwriters 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese screenwriters Living people Writers from Mie Prefecture