Reiko Yoshida

Japanese screenwriter (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reiko Yoshida (吉田 玲子, Yoshida Reiko; born December 31, 1967) is a Japanese screenwriter. She has written and supervised numerous screenplays for anime series, live-action dramas and films. Her major works include Kaleido Star, Aria, Maria-sama ga Miteru, D.Gray-man, K-On!, Bakuman, and Girls und Panzer. In more recent works, she has supervised the screenplays for Majestic Prince, Non Non Biyori, A Town Where You Live, Tamako Market, Yowamushi Pedal, and Castle Town Dandelion. In films, she wrote the screenplay for The Cat Returns, the original films that would make up Digimon: The Movie, Kyoto Animation’s hit anime film A Silent Voice, and the film adaptations of Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, the second film of which was given a stamp of approval by the Dalai Lama.[1] She wrote the story for the manga series Tokyo Mew Mew along with illustrator Mia Ikumi. Among her works, she was recognized for Best Screenplay/Original Work for Girls und Panzer at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2014,[2] and she won another Best Screenplay/Original Work award in 2017.[3] In 2018, she wrote the screenplay for Violet Evergarden which aired on TV in Japan and is licensed by Netflix.[4] Her latest project is the animated series The Heike Story, produced with animation studio Science Saru.[5] She has been announced to be writer for a Pokemon mini-anime.

Native name
吉田 玲子
Born (1967-12-31) December 31, 1967 (age 58)
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityJapanese
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Reiko Yoshida
Native name
吉田 玲子
Born (1967-12-31) December 31, 1967 (age 58)
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityJapanese
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Works

Anime

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List of production work in anime
Year Title Crew role Notes Source[6]
1995–96Virtua FighterScript
1996–97Mizuiro JidaiScript[7]
1996–97Boys Over FlowersScript[7]
1997–99Yume no Crayon OukokuScript
1997–98Fortune Quest LScript[7]
1999Digimon AdventureScreenplayshort film, part 1 of 3 of Digimon: The Movie
1999–00Kaikan PhraseScript[7]
1999SaiyukiScript supervisorOVA
2000Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!Screenplayshort film, part 2 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie
2000Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden DigimentalsScreenplayfilm, part 3 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie
2000Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and SemiraScreenplayshort film
2000Street Fighter Alpha: The AnimationScreenplayOVA film
2001Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of DiaboromonScreenplayshort film
2001Angelic LayerScriptEpisodic[a][7]
2001–03KasuminScript supervisor3 seasons[7]
2001Rurouni Kenshin: ReflectionScreenplayOVA
2002Jing: King of BanditsScript supervisor[7]
2002The Cat ReturnsScreenplayfilm[7]
2002–03GetbackersScript[7]
2003Digi-giri Pop!Script[7][8]
2003–04Kaleido StarScript supervisorTV series (2 seasons) and 2 OVAs (2004, 2006)[7]
2003Scrapped PrincessScript supervisor[7][8]
2003Gad GuardScript[7]
2003–04PopolocroisScript supervisor
2004Maria-sama ga MiteruScript supervisorTV series 1st season only
2004Jing: King of Bandits in Seventh HeavenScreenplayOVA series
2004–05Miracle! Panzo
ja:みらくる! ぱんぞう		Script supervisor
2004Maria-sama ga Miteru: PrintempsScript
2004–05School RumbleScriptEpisodic[a]
2004GenshikenScriptEpisodic[a][7]
2005Emma: A Victorian RomanceScriptEpisodic[a][7]
2005–06Mushiking: The King of BeetlesScript supervisor
2005–06Sugar Sugar RuneScript supervisor
2005–06Canvas 2: Niji Iro no SketchScript supervisor
2005Aria the AnimationScriptEpisodic[a][7]
2005Kaleido Star: Legend of PhoenixScript supervisorTV film
2006RecScript Supervisor[7]
2006Ballad of a ShinigamiScript supervisor[7]
2006–07The Story of SaiunkokuScript supervisor[9]
2006Jyu-Oh-SeiScript supervisor[7][9]
2006God FamilyScriptTV series, Eps. 6, 12[7]
2006–07La Corda d'Oro: Primo passoScript supervisorTV series[7]
2006–07Ghost HuntScriptTV series[7]
2006–08D.Gray-manScript supervisorTV series, 4 seasons[7]
2006–07Maria-sama ga MiteruScript supervisor3rd season OVA series
2007–08Deltora QuestScript[7]
2007Romeo × JulietScript supervisorTV series[7]
2007Mushi-UtaScript supervisorTV series[9]
2008Our Home's Fox DeityScript supervisor[7]
2009Maria-sama ga MiteruScript supervisor4th season
2009Kurokami: The AnimationScript supervisor[7][9]
2009La Corda d'Oro: Secondo PassoScriptTV special
2009–11K-On!Script supervisor[7][10]
2009Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeScreenplayfilm[7]
2010Chu-Bra!!Script supervisor[11]
2010Nodame Cantabile FinaleScript[7]
2010–13BakumanScript supervisorTV series (3 seasons)[7][12][13][14][15]
2010TamayuraScriptOVA series[7]
2011Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time)ScriptTV special[7][16]
2011Buddha: The Great DepartureScreenplayfilm[7][17]
2011Mayo Chiki!Script supervisorTV series[11]
2011Tamayura: HitotoseScriptTV series[citation needed]
2011–12Kimi to BokuScript supervisor2 seasons[18][15]
2011K-On! The Movie!Screenplay[19]
2012–13Saint Seiya OmegaScript supervisor[20]
2012–13Girls und PanzerScript supervisorTokyo Anime Award Festival, Best Screenplay/Original Work, 2014[7][21][2]
2012Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2Script supervisorONA series and OVA (2013)[7][22][23]
2012Blue Exorcist: The MovieScreenplayfilm[7][24]
2013Mangirl!Script supervisor[7]
2013Tamako MarketScript supervisorTV series[7][25]
2013Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time)Script2nd TV series, Ep. "Jinsei Besutoten"
2013Majestic PrinceScript supervisorTV series, Nominated – 3rd Newtype Anime Awards, Script. Also TV special and film (2016)[26]
2013A Town Where You LiveScript supervisorTV series and OVA (2014)[7][27]
2013–15Yowamushi PedalScript supervisorOVA, TV series (2 seasons), and 2 films[28]
2013Non Non BiyoriScript supervisorAlso Repeat (2015), Vacation (2018), and Nonstop (2021)[29][30][31]
2014Witch Craft WorksScriptalso OVA (2015)[32]
2014The Pilot's Love SongScript
2014 Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki TabiScreenplayfilm[33][34]
2014Tamako Love StoryScreenplayfilm[35][36]
2014Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle!Script supervisorOVA
2014HanayamataScript supervisor and ScriptTV series[37]
2015Castle Town DandelionScript supervisorTV series[38][39][40]
2015Yowamushi Pedal: The MovieScreenplayfilm[41]
2015–16Aria the AvvenireScriptOVA series[42][43]
2016HaruchikaScript supervisorTV series[44][45][46]
2016High School FleetScript supervisorTV series[47]
2016A Silent VoiceScreenplayfilm[48]
2017Lu Over the WallScreenplayfilm[49][50]
2018Liz and the Blue BirdScreenplayfilm, part of the Sound! Euphonium series[51]
2020ArteScript supervisorTV series[52]
2021The House of the Lost on the CapeScreenplayfilm[53]
2021The Heike StoryScript supervisorTV series[5]
2021Blue PeriodScript supervisorTV series[54]
2021Hula Fulla DanceScript supervisorfilm[55]
2022DeaimonScript supervisorTV series[56]
2024Dead Dead Demon's Dededede DestructionScreenplay2 films and ONA series[57]
2024The Colors WithinScreenplayfilm[58]
2026Paris ni Saku ÉtoileScreenplayfilm[59]
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Live-action

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List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films
Year Title Crew role Notes Source
1999Bunny KnightsScript[60]
2000Office Lady's Beauty Battle (ja:OLヴィジュアル系, OL Vuuijuaru-kei)Script[61]
2001Dreams of RomanceScript[62]
2001Parfum de la Jelouise (ja:嫉妬の香り, Shittonokaori; Also Scent of Jealousy)Script[63][61]
2002TransparentScript[64]
2002Satorare (ja:サトラレ) Script[61]
2007Time Limit Investigator 2 (帰ってきた時効警察, Kaettekita Jikookeisatsu)Script[61]
2013Shiromajo GakuenScreenplay[65][61]
2015Innocent Lilies: The End and the Beginning (白魔女学園 オワリトハジマリ, Shiromajo Gakuen Owaritohajimari)Screenplaysequel[61]
2020Kotera-san Climbs!Screenplay[66]
2022Teen RegimeScreenplay[67]
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Manga

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Title Year Notes Refs
Kirameki no meikyu (きらめきの迷宮, Labyrinth of Sparkle) 1998Original story. Illustrated by Kuni Arisaka
Published by Judy Comics for 3 volumes		[68]
Ai no hate ni (愛の果てに, The Ends of the Love) 1999Original story. Illustrated by Kuni Arisaka
Published by Judy Comics for 4 volumes		[69]
Tokyo Mew Mew2000–03Writer. Illustrated by Mia Ikumi.
Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine
Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes		[70][71]
Romeo × Juliet2007–09Writer. Illustrated by Hiroki Harada.
Serialized in Monthly Asuka magazine
Published by Kadokawa Shoten for 2 volumes		—
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Novels

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Title Year Notes Refs
Sōgen no Kagayaki2023Published by Kyoto Animation in their KA Esuma Bunko imprint[72]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Yoshida was one of several scriptwriters who rotated episode writing duties for the TV series

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