# 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2017 | Lu Over the Wall | 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 and ONA series |
| 2024 | The Colors Within | Screenplay | film |

### Live-action

List of production work in live-action television shows, videos and films :
| Year | Title | Crew role | Notes |
| 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 | |