Reiko Yoshida

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 last one's second film 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]

Reiko Yoshida
Native name	吉田 玲子
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	Japan

Works

Anime

List of production work in anime

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source[5]
1989	Dragon Ball Z	Script	Episodes	[6]
1994	Fortune Quest	Script		[7]
1995	Virtua Fighter	Script
1996	Mizuiro Jidai	Script		[7]
1996	Boys Over Flowers	Script		[7]
1997	Yume no Crayon Oukoku	Script (episodes 9-12, 33-37, 51, 56, 61, 66)
1999	Digimon Adventure	Screenplay	short film, part 1 of 3 of Digimon: The Movie
1999	Digimon Adventure	Script	TV series
1999	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
2000–01	Digimon Adventure 02	Script
2000	Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation	Screenplay	OVA
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
2001	Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon	Screenplay	short film
2001	Angelic Layer	Script	Episodes	[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	Getbackers	Script		[7]
2003	Digi-giri Pop!	Script supervisor		[7][8]
2003–04	Kaleido Star	Script supervisor	Also New Wings season	[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	Maria-sama ga Miteru only
2004–05	Miracle! Panzo ja:みらくる! ぱんぞう	Script
2004	Maria-sama ga Miteru Spring
2004	School Rumble	Script	Episodes	[7]
2004	Genshiken	Script	Episodic	[7]
2004	Jing: King of Bandits in Seventh Heaven	Screenplay
2005	Emma: A Victorian Romance	Script	Episodic	[7]
2005	Mushiking: The King of Beetles	Script supervisor
2005	Sugar Sugar Rune	Script supervisor
2005	Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch	Script supervisor
2005	Aria the Animation	Script	Episodic	[7]
2006	Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix	Script
2006	Rec	Script Supervisor		[7]
2006	Ballad of a Shinigami	Script supervisor		[7]
2006	The Story of Saiunkoku	Script supervisor		[9]
2006	Jyu-Oh-Sei	Script supervisor		[7][9]
2006	La Corda d'Oro: Primo passo	Script supervisor		[7]
2006	Ghost Hunt	Script		[7]
2006–08	D.Gray-man	Script supervisor		[7]
2006	Maria-sama ga Miteru	Script supervisor	3rd season OVA series
2006	God Family	Script		[7]
2007	Deltora Quest	Script		[7]
2007	Romeo × Juliet	Script supervisor		[7]
2007	Mushi-Uta	Script supervisor		[9]
2008	Our Home's Fox Deity	Script supervisor		[7]
2009	Maria-sama ga Miteru	Script supervisor	4th season TV series
2009	Kurokami: The Animation	Script supervisor		[7][9]
2009	La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo	Script
2009–10	K-On! series	Script supervisor		[7][10]
2009	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Script		[7]
2010	Chu-Bra!!	Script supervisor		[11]
2010	Nodame Cantabile Finale	Script		[7]
2010	Tamayura	Script	OVA series	[7]
2010–13	Bakuman	Script supervisor	3 seasons	[7][12][13][14][15]
2011	Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time)	Script		[7][16]
2011	Buddha: The Great Departure	Screenplay	film	[7][17]
2011	Mayo Chiki!	Script supervisor		[11]
2011–12	Kimi to Boku	Script supervisor	2 seasons	[18][15]
2011	K-On! the movie	Screenplay		[19]
2012–14	Saint Seiya Omega	Script supervisor		[20]
2012	Tamayura Hitotose	Script	OVA
2012	Girls und Panzer	Script supervisor	Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Best Screenplay/Original Work, 2014	[7][21][2]
2012	Blue Exorcist: The Movie	Screenplay		[7][22]
2013	Mangirl!	Script supervisor		[7]
2013	Tamako Market	Script supervisor		[7][23]
2013	Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2	Script supervisor		[7][24][25]
2013	Adult Women's Anime Time	Script	2nd TV series, Ep. "Jinsei Besutoten"
2013	Majestic Prince	Series Structure	Nominated – 3rd Newtype Anime Awards, Script	[26]
2013	A Town Where You Live	Script supervisor	TV series	[7][27]
2013	Non Non Biyori	Script supervisor	Also Repeat (2015) and Nonstop (2021)	[28][29][30]
2013	Yowamushi Pedal	Script supervisor		[31]
2014	Witch Craft Works	Script		[32]
2014	The Pilot's Love Song	Script
2014	Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi	Screenplay		[33][34]
2014	Tamako Love Story	Screenplay	film	[35][36]
2014	Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle!	Script supervisor
2014	Hanayamata	Script supervisor and script		[37]
2015	Castle Town Dandelion	Script supervisor		[38][39][40]
2015	Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie	Screenplay		[41]
2015	Aria the Avvenire	Script	OVA	[42][43]
2016	Haruchika	Script supervisor		[44][45][46]
2016	Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm	Script supervisor
2016	High School Fleet	Script supervisor		[47]
2016	Cheer Boys!!	Script supervisor
2016	A Silent Voice	Screenplay	film	[48]
2018	Violet Evergarden	Script supervisor
2018	Hakumei and Mikochi	Script supervisor
2018	Liz and the Blue Bird	Screenplay	Part of the Sound! Euphonium series	[49]
2018	Okko's Inn	Screenplay
2019	Ride Your Wave	Screenplay
2020	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen	Script supervisor
2020	Arte	Script supervisor		[50]

Live-action

List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source
1999	Bunny Knights	Script		[51]
2000	Office Lady's Beauty Battle (ja:OLヴィジュアル系, OL Vuuijuaru-kei)	Script		[52]
2001	Dreams of Romance	Script		[53]
2001	Parfum de la Jelouise (ja:嫉妬の香り, Shittonokaori, Also Scent of Jealousy)	Script		[54][52]
2002	Transparent	Script		[55]
2002	Satorare (ja:サトラレ)	Script		[52]
2007	Time Limit Investigator 2 (帰ってきた時効警察, Kaettekita Jikookeisatsu)	Script		[52]
2013	Shiromajo Gakuen	Screenplay		[56][52]
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	[52]

Manga

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	[57]
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	[58]
Tokyo Mew Mew	2000–03	Writer. Illustrated by Mia Ikumi. Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes	[59][60]
Romeo × Juliet	2007–09	Writer. Illustrated by Hiroki Harada. Serialized in Monthly Asuka magazine Published by Kadokawa Shoten for 2 volumes	—

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External links

• Reiko Yoshida at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Reiko Yoshida on IMDb
• Reiko Yoshida anime listing at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
• Reiko Yoshida manga listing at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)