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. 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, and she won another Best Screenplay/Original Work award in 2017. In 2018, she wrote the screenplay for Violet Evergarden which aired on TV in Japan and is licensed by Netflix. Her latest project is the animated series The Heike Story, produced with animation studio Science Saru. She has been announced to be writer for a Pokemon mini-anime.
Works Anime + List of production work in anime Year Title Crew role Notes Source –96 Virtua Fighter Script –97 Mizuiro Jidai Script –97 Boys Over Flowers Script –99 Yume no Crayon Oukoku Script –98 Fortune Quest L Script Digimon Adventure Screenplay short film, part 1 of 3 of Digimon: The Movie –00 Kaikan Phrase Script Saiyuki Script supervisor OVA Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! Screenplay short film, part 2 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals Screenplay film, part 3 of 3 of Digimon: the Movie Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer – Ojaru and Semira Screenplay short film Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation Screenplay OVA film Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon Screenplay short film Angelic Layer Script Episodic –03 Kasumin Script supervisor 3 seasons Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection Screenplay OVA Jing: King of Bandits Script supervisor The Cat Returns Screenplay film –03 Getbackers Script Digi-giri Pop! Script –04 Kaleido Star Script supervisor TV series (2 seasons) and 2 OVAs (2004, 2006) Scrapped Princess Script supervisor Gad Guard Script –04 Popolocrois Script supervisor Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor TV series 1st season only Jing: King of Bandits in Seventh Heaven Screenplay OVA series –05 Miracle! Panzo:ja:みらくる! ぱんぞう Script supervisor Maria-sama ga Miteru: Printemps Script –05 School Rumble Script Episodic Genshiken Script Episodic Emma: A Victorian Romance Script Episodic –06 Mushiking: The King of Beetles Script supervisor –06 Sugar Sugar Rune Script supervisor –06 Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch Script supervisor Aria the Animation Script Episodic Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix Script supervisor TV film Rec Script Supervisor Ballad of a Shinigami Script supervisor –07 The Story of Saiunkoku Script supervisor Jyu-Oh-Sei Script supervisor God Family Script TV series, Eps. 6, 12 –07 La Corda d'Oro: Primo passo Script supervisor TV series –07 Ghost Hunt Script TV series –08 D.Gray-man Script supervisor TV series, 4 seasons –07 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 3rd season OVA series –08 Deltora Quest Script Romeo × Juliet Script supervisor TV series Mushi-Uta Script supervisor TV series Our Home's Fox Deity Script supervisor Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 4th season Kurokami: The Animation Script supervisor La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo Script TV special –11 K-On! Script supervisor Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike Screenplay film Chu-Bra!! Script supervisor Nodame Cantabile Finale Script –13 Bakuman Script supervisor TV series (3 seasons) Tamayura Script OVA series Script TV special Buddha: The Great Departure Screenplay film Mayo Chiki! Script supervisor TV series Tamayura: Hitotose Script TV series –12 Kimi to Boku Script supervisor 2 seasons K-On! The Movie! Screenplay –13 Saint Seiya Omega Script supervisor –13 Girls und Panzer Script supervisor Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Best Screenplay/Original Work, 2014 Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 Script supervisor ONA series and OVA (2013) Blue Exorcist: The Movie Screenplay film Mangirl! Script supervisor Tamako Market Script supervisor TV series Script 2nd TV series, Ep. "Jinsei Besutoten" Majestic Prince Script supervisor TV series, Nominated – 3rd Newtype Anime Awards, Script. Also TV special and film (2016) A Town Where You Live Script supervisor TV series and OVA (2014) –15 Yowamushi Pedal Script supervisor OVA, TV series (2 seasons), and 2 films Non Non Biyori Script supervisor Also Repeat (2015), Vacation (2018), and Nonstop (2021) Witch Craft Works Script also OVA (2015) The Pilot's Love Song Script Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha – Owarinaki Tabi Screenplay film Tamako Love Story Screenplay film Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! Script supervisor OVA Hanayamata Script supervisor and Script TV series Castle Town Dandelion Script supervisor TV series Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie Screenplay film –16 Aria the Avvenire Script OVA series Haruchika Script supervisor TV series High School Fleet Script supervisor TV series A Silent Voice Screenplay film Lu Over the Wall Screenplay film Liz and the Blue Bird Screenplay film, part of the Sound! Euphonium series Arte Script supervisor TV series The House of the Lost on the Cape Screenplay film The Heike Story Script supervisor TV series Blue Period Script supervisor TV series Hula Fulla Dance Script supervisor film Deaimon Script supervisor TV series Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Screenplay 2 films and ONA series The Colors Within Screenplay film Paris ni Saku Étoile Screenplay film
Live-action + List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films Year Title Crew role Notes Source Bunny Knights Script Script Dreams of Romance Script Script Transparent Script Script Script Shiromajo Gakuen Screenplay Screenplay sequel Kotera-san Climbs! Screenplay Teen Regime Screenplay
Manga Title Year Notes Refs 1998 Original story. Illustrated by Kuni ArisakaPublished by Judy Comics for 3 volumes 1999 Original story. Illustrated by Kuni ArisakaPublished by Judy Comics for 4 volumes Tokyo Mew Mew 2000–03 Writer. Illustrated by Mia Ikumi.Serialized in Nakayoshi magazinePublished by Kodansha for 7 volumes Romeo × Juliet 2007–09 Writer. Illustrated by Hiroki Harada.Serialized in Monthly Asuka magazinePublished by Kadokawa Shoten for 2 volumes —
Novels Title Year Notes Refs Sōgen no Kagayaki 2023 Published by Kyoto Animation in their KA Esuma Bunko imprint
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References
"D.Gray-man". (November 2006) Newtype USA. p. 13. Taniguchi, Hiroshi et al. "The Official Art of Canvas2 ~Nijiiro no Sketch~". (November 2006) Newtype USA. pp. 101–107.
External links
Reiko Yoshida anime listing at Media Arts Database Reiko Yoshida manga listing at Media Arts Database