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]

Reiko Yoshida
Native name
吉田 玲子
Born (1967-12-31) December 31, 1967 (age 56)
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityJapanese

Works

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Anime

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List of production work in anime
Year Title Crew role Notes Source[6]
1995–96 Virtua Fighter Script
1996–97 Mizuiro Jidai Script [7]
1996–97 Boys Over Flowers Script [7]
1997–99 Yume no Crayon Oukoku Script
1997–98 Fortune Quest L Script [7]
1999 Digimon Adventure Screenplay short film, part 1 of 3 of Digimon: The Movie
1999–00 Kaikan Phrase Script [7]
1999 Saiyuki Script supervisor OVA
2000 Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! Screenplay short film, part 2 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie
2000 Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals Screenplay film, part 3 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie
2000 Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira Screenplay short film
2000 Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation Screenplay OVA film
2001 Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon Screenplay short film
2001 Angelic Layer Script Episodic[a] [7]
2001–03 Kasumin Script supervisor 3 seasons [7]
2001 Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection Screenplay OVA
2002 Jing: King of Bandits Script supervisor [7]
2002 The Cat Returns Screenplay film [7]
2002–03 Getbackers Script [7]
2003 Digi-giri Pop! Script [7][8]
2003–04 Kaleido Star Script supervisor TV series (2 seasons) and 2 OVAs (2004, 2006) [7]
2003 Scrapped Princess Script supervisor [7][8]
2003 Gad Guard Script [7]
2003–04 Popolocrois Script supervisor
2004 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor TV series 1st season only
2004 Jing: King of Bandits in Seventh Heaven Screenplay OVA series
2004–05 Miracle! Panzo
ja:みらくる! ぱんぞう
Script supervisor
2004 Maria-sama ga Miteru: Printemps Script
2004–05 School Rumble Script Episodic[a]
2004 Genshiken Script Episodic[a] [7]
2005 Emma: A Victorian Romance Script Episodic[a] [7]
2005–06 Mushiking: The King of Beetles Script supervisor
2005–06 Sugar Sugar Rune Script supervisor
2005–06 Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch Script supervisor
2005 Aria the Animation Script Episodic[a] [7]
2005 Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix Script supervisor TV film
2006 Rec Script Supervisor [7]
2006 Ballad of a Shinigami Script supervisor [7]
2006–07 The Story of Saiunkoku Script supervisor [9]
2006 Jyu-Oh-Sei Script supervisor [7][9]
2006 God Family Script TV series, Eps. 6, 12 [7]
2006–07 La Corda d'Oro: Primo passo Script supervisor TV series [7]
2006–07 Ghost Hunt Script TV series [7]
2006–08 D.Gray-man Script supervisor TV series, 4 seasons [7]
2006–07 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 3rd season OVA series
2007–08 Deltora Quest Script [7]
2007 Romeo × Juliet Script supervisor TV series [7]
2007 Mushi-Uta Script supervisor TV series [9]
2008 Our Home's Fox Deity Script supervisor [7]
2009 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 4th season
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Script supervisor [7][9]
2009 La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo Script TV special
2009–11 K-On! Script supervisor [7][10]
2009 Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike Screenplay film [7]
2010 Chu-Bra!! Script supervisor [11]
2010 Nodame Cantabile Finale Script [7]
2010–13 Bakuman Script supervisor TV series (3 seasons) [7][12][13][14][15]
2010 Tamayura Script OVA series [7]
2011 Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time) Script TV special [7][16]
2011 Buddha: The Great Departure Screenplay film [7][17]
2011 Mayo Chiki! Script supervisor TV series [11]
2011 Tamayura: Hitotose Script TV series [citation needed]
2011–12 Kimi to Boku Script supervisor 2 seasons [18][15]
2011 K-On! The Movie! Screenplay [19]
2012–13 Saint Seiya Omega Script supervisor [20]
2012–13 Girls und Panzer Script supervisor Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Best Screenplay/Original Work, 2014 [7][21][2]
2012 Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 Script supervisor ONA series and OVA (2013) [7][22][23]
2012 Blue Exorcist: The Movie Screenplay film [7][24]
2013 Mangirl! Script supervisor [7]
2013 Tamako Market Script supervisor TV series [7][25]
2013 Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time) Script 2nd TV series, Ep. "Jinsei Besutoten"
2013 Majestic Prince Script supervisor TV series, Nominated – 3rd Newtype Anime Awards, Script. Also TV special and film (2016) [26]
2013 A Town Where You Live Script supervisor TV series and OVA (2014) [7][27]
2013–15 Yowamushi Pedal Script supervisor OVA, TV series (2 seasons), and 2 films [28]
2013 Non Non Biyori Script supervisor Also Repeat (2015), Vacation (2018), and Nonstop (2021) [29][30][31]
2014 Witch Craft Works Script also OVA (2015) [32]
2014 The Pilot's Love Song Script
2014 Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi Screenplay film [33][34]
2014 Tamako Love Story Screenplay film [35][36]
2014 Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! Script supervisor OVA
2014 Hanayamata Script supervisor and Script TV series [37]
2015 Castle Town Dandelion Script supervisor TV series [38][39][40]
2015 Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie Screenplay film [41]
2015–16 Aria the Avvenire Script OVA series [42][43]
2016 Haruchika Script supervisor TV series [44][45][46]
2016 High School Fleet Script supervisor TV series [47]
2016 A Silent Voice Screenplay film [48]
2017 Lu Over the Wall Screenplay film [49][50]
2018 Liz and the Blue Bird Screenplay film, part of the Sound! Euphonium series [51]
2020 Arte Script supervisor TV series [52]
2021 The House of the Lost on the Cape Screenplay film [53]
2021 The Heike Story Script supervisor TV series [5]
2021 Blue Period Script supervisor TV series [54]
2021 Hula Fulla Dance Script supervisor film [55]
2022 Deaimon Script supervisor TV series [56]
2024 Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Screenplay 2 films and ONA series [57]
2024 The Colors Within Screenplay film [58]

Live-action

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List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films
Year Title Crew role Notes Source
1999 Bunny Knights Script [59]
2000 Office Lady's Beauty Battle (ja:OLヴィジュアル系, OL Vuuijuaru-kei) Script [60]
2001 Dreams of Romance Script [61]
2001 Parfum de la Jelouise (ja:嫉妬の香り, Shittonokaori, Also Scent of Jealousy) Script [62][60]
2002 Transparent Script [63]
2002 Satorare (ja:サトラレ) Script [60]
2007 Time Limit Investigator 2 (帰ってきた時効警察, Kaettekita Jikookeisatsu) Script [60]
2013 Shiromajo Gakuen Screenplay [64][60]
2015 Innocent Lilies: The End and the Beginning (白魔女学園 オワリトハジマリ, Shiromajo Gakuen Owaritohajimari) Screenplay sequel [60]
2020 Kotera-san Climbs! Screenplay [65]
2022 Teen Regime Screenplay [66]

Manga

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Title Year Notes Refs
Kirameki no meikyu (きらめきの迷宮, Labyrinth of Sparkle) 1998 Original story. Illustrated by Kuni Arisaka
Published by Judy Comics for 3 volumes
[67]
Ai no hate ni (愛の果てに, The Ends of the Love) 1999 Original story. Illustrated by Kuni Arisaka
Published by Judy Comics for 4 volumes
[68]
Tokyo Mew Mew 2000–03 Writer. Illustrated by Mia Ikumi.
Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine
Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes
[69][70]
Romeo × Juliet 2007–09 Writer. Illustrated by Hiroki Harada.
Serialized in Monthly Asuka magazine
Published by Kadokawa Shoten for 2 volumes

Novels

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Title Year Notes Refs
Sōgen no Kagayaki 2023 Published by Kyoto Animation in their KA Esuma Bunko imprint [71]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Yoshida was one of several scriptwriters who rotated episode writing duties for the TV series

References

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