Reiko Yoshida

Reiko Yoshida
Native name
吉田 玲子
Born (1967-12-31) December 31, 1967 (age 55)
Hiroshima, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityJapanese

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. 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.

Works

Anime

List of production work in anime
Year Title Crew role Notes Source
1995–96 Virtua Fighter Script
1996–97 Mizuiro Jidai Script
1996–97 Boys Over Flowers Script
1997–99 Yume no Crayon Oukoku Script
1997–98 Fortune Quest L Script
1999 Digimon Adventure Screenplay short film, part 1 of 3 of Digimon: The Movie
1999–00 Kaikan Phrase Script
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
2001–03 Kasumin Script supervisor 3 seasons
2001 Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection Screenplay OVA
2002 Jing: King of Bandits Script supervisor
2002 The Cat Returns Screenplay film
2002–03 Getbackers Script
2003 Digi-giri Pop! Script
2003–04 Kaleido Star Script supervisor TV series (2 seasons) and 2 OVAs (2004, 2006)
2003 Scrapped Princess Script supervisor
2003 Gad Guard Script
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
2004 Genshiken Script Episodic
2005 Emma: A Victorian Romance Script Episodic
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
2005 Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix Script supervisor TV film
2006 Rec Script Supervisor
2006 Ballad of a Shinigami Script supervisor
2006–07 The Story of Saiunkoku Script supervisor
2006 Jyu-Oh-Sei Script supervisor
2006 God Family Script TV series, Eps. 6, 12
2006–07 La Corda d'Oro: Primo passo Script supervisor TV series
2006–07 Ghost Hunt Script TV series
2006–08 D.Gray-man Script supervisor TV series, 4 seasons
2006–07 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 3rd season OVA series
2007–08 Deltora Quest Script
2007 Romeo × Juliet Script supervisor TV series
2007 Mushi-Uta Script supervisor TV series
2008 Our Home's Fox Deity Script supervisor
2009 Maria-sama ga Miteru Script supervisor 4th season
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Script supervisor
2009 La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo Script TV special
2009–11 K-On! Script supervisor
2009 Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike Screenplay film
2010 Chu-Bra!! Script supervisor
2010 Nodame Cantabile Finale Script
2010–13 Bakuman Script supervisor TV series (3 seasons)
2010 Tamayura Script OVA series
2011 Adult Women's Anime Time (Otona Joshi no Anime Time) Script TV special
2011 Buddha: The Great Departure Screenplay film
2011 Mayo Chiki! Script supervisor TV series
2011 Tamayura: Hitotose Script TV series [citation needed]
2011–12 Kimi to Boku Script supervisor 2 seasons
2011 K-On! The Movie! Screenplay
2012–13 Saint Seiya Omega Script supervisor
2012–13 Girls und Panzer Script supervisor Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Best Screenplay/Original Work, 2014
2012 Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 Script supervisor ONA series and OVA (2013)
2012 Blue Exorcist: The Movie Screenplay film
2013 Mangirl! Script supervisor
2013 Tamako Market Script supervisor TV series
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)
2013 A Town Where You Live Script supervisor TV series and OVA (2014)
2013–15 Yowamushi Pedal Script supervisor OVA, TV series (2 seasons), and 2 films
2013 Non Non Biyori Script supervisor Also Repeat (2015), Vacation (2018), and Nonstop (2021)
2014 Witch Craft Works Script also OVA (2015)
2014 The Pilot's Love Song Script
2014 Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi Screenplay film
2014 Tamako Love Story Screenplay film
2014 Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! Script supervisor OVA
2014 Hanayamata Script supervisor and Script TV series
2015 Castle Town Dandelion Script supervisor TV series
2015 Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie Screenplay film
2015–16 Aria the Avvenire Script OVA series
2016 Haruchika Script supervisor TV series
2016 High School Fleet Script supervisor TV series
2016 A Silent Voice Screenplay film
2018 Liz and the Blue Bird Screenplay film, part of the Sound! Euphonium series
2020 Arte Script supervisor TV series
2021 The House of the Lost on the Cape Screenplay film
2021 The Heike Story Script supervisor TV series
2021 Blue Period Script supervisor TV series
2021 Hula Fulla Dance Script supervisor film
2022 Deaimon Script supervisor TV series
2024 Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Screenplay 2 films
2024 Kimi no Iro Screenplay film

Live-action

List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films
Year Title Crew role Notes Source
1999 Bunny Knights Script
2000 Office Lady's Beauty Battle (ja:OLヴィジュアル系, OL Vuuijuaru-kei) Script
2001 Dreams of Romance Script
2001 Parfum de la Jelouise (ja:嫉妬の香り, Shittonokaori, Also Scent of Jealousy) Script
2002 Transparent Script
2002 Satorare (ja:サトラレ) Script
2007 Time Limit Investigator 2 (帰ってきた時効警察, Kaettekita Jikookeisatsu) Script
2013 Shiromajo Gakuen Screenplay
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
2020 Kotera-san Climbs! Screenplay
2022 Teen Regime Screenplay

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
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
Tokyo Mew Mew 2000–03 Writer. Illustrated by Mia Ikumi.
Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine
Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes
Romeo × Juliet 2007–09 Writer. Illustrated by Hiroki Harada.
Serialized in Monthly Asuka magazine
Published 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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