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, Japan. He has his own studio, Studio Orphee. Kuroda is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay, and story composition of the anime series ''
Excel Saga is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 ...
'', '' 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. He has collaborated with fellow screenwriter and novelist Hideyuki Kurata on multiple series, including ''
Goblin Slayer (stylized as GOBLIN SLAYER! in Latin script) is a Japanese dark fantasy light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatsuki. A manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose is serialized in the ''Monthly Big Gangan' ...
'', '' 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) * ''
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure is a Japanese anime series animated by AIC and created by Masaki Kajishima, best known for the '' Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on Wowow from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later k ...
'' (1999) * '' Infinite Ryvius'' (1999) * ''
Excel Saga is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 ...
'' (1999) * '' Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety'' (1999) * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (2000) * '' Puni Puni Poemy'' (2001) * '' s-CRY-ed'' (2001) * ''
Kokoro Library is a slice-of-life Japanese manga series by Nobuyuki Takagi and Yōsuke Kuroda, originally serialized between April 2000 and July 2002 in '' Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh''. It follows the peaceful daily lives of three sisters who live in a li ...
'' (2001) * '' Steel Angel Kurumi 2'' (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!!'' (2009) * '' Highschool of the Dead'' (2010) * '' Softenni'' (2011) * ''
Maken-ki! is a Japanese manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda. It was published by Fujimi Shobo's magazine '' Dragon Age Pure'', and later '' Monthly Dragon Age'', after the former magazine ceased publishing. It has been adapted into an anime series by A ...
'' (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) * '' My Hero Academia'' (2016–present) * '' ID-0'' (2017) * '' Battle Girl High School'' (2017) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'' (2017) * '' Gundam Build Divers'' (2018) * ''
Goblin Slayer (stylized as GOBLIN SLAYER! in Latin script) is a Japanese dark fantasy light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatsuki. A manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose is serialized in the ''Monthly Big Gangan' ...
'' (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'' (2023) * '' My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'' (2025)


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! is a Japanese OVA series written by Yōsuke Kuroda and directed by Yuji Moriyama in 1997. It has been licensed in the U.S. by Media Blasters and was released on VHS in 1999, on DVD in 2001, and on Blu-ray in 2020. It was also added on Tubi ...
'' (1997) * '' Photon: The Idiot Adventures'' (1997-1999) * '' Geobreeders'' ** ''Get Back the Kitty'' (1998) ** ''Breakthrough'' (2000) * ''
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure is a Japanese anime series animated by AIC and created by Masaki Kajishima, best known for the '' Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on Wowow from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later k ...
'' (1999) * '' Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'' (2001) * '' Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter 2 - Inferno'' (2006-2008) * '' Hellsing Ultimate'' (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

* '' Bujingai'' (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