Yuichi Higurashi

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| **Yuichi Higurashi** | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | November 13, 1957 |
| Date of death: | July 2001 |
| Place of birth: | Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
**Yuichi Higurashi** (日暮 裕一 ,*Higurashi Yūichi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"), November 13, 1957–July 2001) is a Japanese screenplay writer from [Chiba Prefecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture "wikipedia:Chiba Prefecture").
Higurashi started his screenwriting career since 1979, a television drama series called *[Seibu Keisatsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu_Keisatsu "wikipedia:Seibu Keisatsu")*, working with [Hiroshi Kashiwabara](/wiki/Hiroshi_Kashiwabara "Hiroshi Kashiwabara"), [Takeo Ohno](/wiki/Takeo_Ohno "Takeo Ohno"), and [Junichi Miyashita](/wiki/Junichi_Miyashita "Junichi Miyashita"). Afterwards, he was exceedingly active for crime dramas and TV animations from the 80's to 90's.
In 2001, he died of cancer, at only 43 years old.
Higurashi only participated the production of the *Detective Conan* anime from 1996 to 1998. He did not only wrote scripts for anime original cases, but also a severely altered manga script for once. The cases written by him were obviously *Honkaku Detective Fiction* (本格派推理).
## Contents
* [1 Scenarios written](#Scenarios_written)
* [2 Scenarios adapted from the manga](#Scenarios_adapted_from_the_manga)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [3.2 Drama](#Drama)
* [4 References](#References)
## Scenarios written[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuichi_Higurashi&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Scenarios written")]
Number of case scenarios written: **7** (8 episodes)
* [The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case](/wiki/The_False_Kidnapping_and_Hostage_Case "The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case") (Episode 25)
* [Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case](/wiki/Three_Hotta_Siblings_Murder_Case "Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case") (Episode 44)
* [Facial Mask Murder Case](/wiki/Facial_Mask_Murder_Case "Facial Mask Murder Case") (Episode 45)
* [A Ghost Ship Murder Case](/wiki/A_Ghost_Ship_Murder_Case "A Ghost Ship Murder Case") (Episodes 61-62)
* [Stage Actress Murder Case](/wiki/Stage_Actress_Murder_Case "Stage Actress Murder Case") (Episode 67)
* [The Flower Scent Murder Case](/wiki/The_Flower_Scent_Murder_Case "The Flower Scent Murder Case") (Episode 90)
* [The Farewell Wine Murder Case](/wiki/The_Farewell_Wine_Murder_Case "The Farewell Wine Murder Case") (Episode 97)
## Scenarios adapted from the manga[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuichi_Higurashi&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Scenarios adapted from the manga")]
Number of manga cases adapted: **1** (1 episode)
* [The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case](/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case") heavily altered from the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") (Episode 13)
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuichi_Higurashi&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuichi_Higurashi&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart*: Screenplay
* *Puppet Master Sakon*: Screenplay
* *Reporter Blues*: Screenplay
* *Saint Tail*: Screenplay
### Drama[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuichi_Higurashi&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Drama")]
* *Seibu Keisatsu*: Screenplay