Takahisa Taira

**Takahisa Taira**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
1961-1962
**Place of birth:**
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
**Location:**
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
**Position:**
Writer
Novelist
**Takahisa Taira** (平良 隆久 ,*Taira Takahisa*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a writer and has provided scenario for the *[Detective Conan Special](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Special "Detective Conan Special")* series when [Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe") and [Denjiro Maru](/wiki/Denjiro_Maru "Denjiro Maru") are in charge of it. He also wrote [The Witch of Ejinbara](/wiki/The_Witch_of_Ejinbara "The Witch of Ejinbara") novel, as well as novel adaptations of the [Detective Conan dramas](/wiki/Drama "Drama").
Born in the 1960s in a heavily American influenced Okinawa, Taira grew up in the Asato neighborhood of Naha City. His childhood was spent in an American style and he enjoyed the American influence on Okinawa. In 1972, with the return of Okinawa to Japan, Taira moved to Chiba Prefecture in the mainland and started working as a scriptwriter and novelist.[](#cite_note-1)
## Other works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahisa_Taira&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Other works")]
* *Golgo 13*: Screenplay