Takahiro Ookura

**Takahiro Okura**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
1968 *(58)*
**Place of birth:**
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
**Position:**
Screenplay
**Years active:**
1997-present
**Alias:**
円谷夏樹
**Website:**
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Surname can also be written Ookura, Oukura or Ohkura.
**Takahiro Okura** (大倉 崇裕 ,*Ōkura Takahiro*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born 1968, is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer and mystery novelist from Kyoto. He is famous for his Detective Dramas and for his work in *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. He is also the creator of *Lieutenant Fukuie* who was featured in the [Detective Picture Book](/wiki/Detective_Picture_Book "Detective Picture Book").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Scenarios written](#Scenarios_written)
* [3 Movie scripts written](#Movie_scripts_written)
* [4 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [4.2 Movies](#Movies)
+ [4.3 Dramas](#Dramas)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Okura in Singapore. ([Movie 23](/wiki/Movie_23 "Movie 23") setting)
Takahiro Okura graduated from [Gakushuin University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakushuin_University "wikipedia:Gakushuin University") (学習院大学). While he was working for a Western liquor company and an editorial department for police magazines, he was also attending the novel course taught by Eisuke Kaito (海渡 英祐). In 1997, by virtue of *Another Ghost* (三人目の幽霊), he won the fourth session of the Sougen Mystery Short Award. In the same year, his work *The Egyptians Came* (エジプト人がやってきた) was selected by [Tetsuya Ayukawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ayukawa "wikipedia:Tetsuya Ayukawa") (鮎川 哲也)'s edited anthology *Honkaku Mystery 10*. Later, he won the Novel Mystery Newcomer Award due to his work *Tools & Stalls* (ツール&ストール), under his penname **Natsuki Tsuburaya** (円谷 夏樹 ,*Tsuburaya Natsuki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) back then. Furthermore, he comes from the family that founded [Gekkeikan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekkeikan "wikipedia:Gekkeikan"), a company that manufactures sake and plum wine; which its president, Haruhiko Okura (大倉 治彦), is his cousin[](#cite_note-gekkeikan-1).
Meanwhile, Okura is also a fan of monsters and tokusatsus; therefore, he wrote the script for the 7th episode of *[Ultraman Max](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman_Max "wikipedia:Ultraman Max")*. Incidentally, one of his released works named *Looking for the Phantom Monster in the Lawless Zone* (無法地帯 幻の？を捜せ) contains these elements as the main theme. Simultaneously, he also does some translation work; for example, he translated and novelized the American TV drama *[Columbo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo "wikipedia:Columbo")*. In addition, his representative work is *Osamu Shirato Case Files* (白戸修の事件簿); which was supposedly influenced by his early experience as an editor for police magazines.
In 2016, Okura joined the *Detective Conan* production team, under the recommendation of [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), who saw one of Okura's works: *Greetings from Lieutenant Fukuie* (福家警部補の挨拶)[](#cite_note-lupin-2). He is now in charge of some *Detective Conan* movie scripts.
## Scenarios written[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Scenarios written")]
Number of case scenarios written: **7** (11 episodes)
* [The Mysterious Boy](/wiki/The_Mysterious_Boy "The Mysterious Boy") (Episode 829)
* [The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt](/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Vanished_Black_Belt "The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt") (Episode 855)
* [Intrigue at the Food Court](/wiki/Intrigue_at_the_Food_Court "Intrigue at the Food Court") (Episode 936)
* [Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba](/wiki/Kaiju_Gomera_vs._Kamen_Yaiba "Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba") (Episodes 965-968)
* [The Flying Jack-o'-lantern](/wiki/The_Flying_Jack-o%27-lantern "The Flying Jack-o'-lantern") (Episode 1039)
* [Mystery of the Lost Treasure](/wiki/Mystery_of_the_Lost_Treasure "Mystery of the Lost Treasure") (Episode 1120)
* [The Ranpo Mansion Murder Case](/wiki/The_Ranpo_Mansion_Murder_Case "The Ranpo Mansion Murder Case") (Episodes 1142-1143)
## Movie scripts written[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Movie scripts written")]
Number of movie scripts written: **4**
* [The Crimson Love Letter](/wiki/The_Crimson_Love_Letter "The Crimson Love Letter") (Movie 21)
* [The Fist of Blue Sapphire](/wiki/The_Fist_of_Blue_Sapphire "The Fist of Blue Sapphire") (Movie 23)
* [The Bride of Halloween](/wiki/The_Bride_of_Halloween "The Bride of Halloween") (Movie 25)
* [The Million-dollar Pentagram](/wiki/The_Million-dollar_Pentagram "The Million-dollar Pentagram") (Movie 27)
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Lupin the Third: Part 5*: Screenplay
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu* (2009): Screenplay
### Dramas[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takahiro_Okura&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Dramas")]
* *MPD: Animal Unit*: Screenplay
* *Enter Lieutenant Fukuie*: Screenplay
* *Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo*: Screenplay