Masaaki Sakurai

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| **Masaaki Sakurai** | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | December 10, 1948 |
| Date of death: | February 20, 2010 (aged 68) |
| Place of birth: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nicknames: | ケロヨンちゃん (Keroyon-chan) |
| Not to be confused with an animator with the same name **Masaaki Sakurai**, who is affiliated with [Studio Giants](https://twitter.com/StGIANTS). | |
**Masaaki Sakurai** (桜井 正明 ,*Sakurai Masa'aki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born in 1948, was a Japanese screenplay writer from Tokyo, Japan. He was formerly affiliated with *Waseda University Film Study Group*.
Sakurai went to [Waseda University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waseda_University "wikipedia:Waseda University") (早稲田大学) after he had just graduated from [Waseda University Junior and Senior High School](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waseda_University_Junior_and_Senior_High_School "wikipedia:Waseda University Junior and Senior High School") (早稲田大学高等学院・中学部). When he was learning at the Film Study Group, he made friends who also had the will to become screenwriters like him, for example, [Yutaka Kaneko](/wiki/Yutaka_Kaneko "Yutaka Kaneko") and [Toshimichi Saeki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E4%BD%90%E4%BC%AF%E4%BF%8A%E9%81%93 "wikipedia:ja:佐伯俊道"). Moreover, he was graciously being called as "Keroyon-chan". Sakurai became an anime screenwriter after he had worked at an animation production company, named [Mushi Production](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushi_Production "wikipedia:Mushi Production") (虫プロダクション). Supposedly, a screenwriter he really admired, [Hiroyuki Hoshiyama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E6%98%9F%E5%B1%B1%E5%8D%9A%E4%B9%8B "wikipedia:ja:星山博之"), was also from a literature club of that company. He passed away on February 20, 2010 due to lung cancer developed from alcohol abuse.[](#cite_note-1)
Like other early *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") screenwriters, his cases focus on the trick of killing. Incidentally, [Officer Sakurai](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Officer_Sakurai "Minor law enforcement") from episode 296 is named after him.
## Contents
* [1 Scenarios written](#Scenarios_written)
* [2 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [2.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [2.2 Movies](#Movies)
* [3 References](#References)
## Scenarios written[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaaki_Sakurai&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Scenarios written")]
Number of case scenarios written: **3** (3 episodes)
* [A Honey Cocktail Murder Case](/wiki/A_Honey_Cocktail_Murder_Case "A Honey Cocktail Murder Case") (Episode 120)
* [The Streetcar's Sudden Stopping Case](/wiki/The_Streetcar%27s_Sudden_Stopping_Case "The Streetcar's Sudden Stopping Case") (Episode 148)
* [Houseboat Fishing Shock](/wiki/Houseboat_Fishing_Shock "Houseboat Fishing Shock") along with [Masataka Tsukimawashi](/wiki/Masataka_Tsukimawashi "Masataka Tsukimawashi") (Episode 296)
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaaki_Sakurai&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaaki_Sakurai&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Aesop's World*: Screenplay
* *Cinderella Monogatari*: Series Organizer
* *Dokkan! Robotendon*: Series Organizer
* *Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo*: Screenplay
* *Hime-chan's Ribbon*: Screenplay
* *Kyofu Shinbun*: Screenplay
* *Manmaru the Ninja Penguin*: Screenplay
* *Monchichi, the Twins*: Screenplay
* *Nyani ga Nyandaa Nyandaa Kamen*: Series Composition, Screenplay, Literature Setting
* *Muu no Hakugei*: Screenplay
* *New Gigantor*: Screenplay
* *Ohayo! Spank*: Screenplay
* *Shirayuki Hime no Densetsu*: Screenplay
* *Speed Racer X*: Screenplay
* *Three Little Ghosts*: Screenplay
* *Time Bokan*: Screenplay
* *Voltron*: Scenario
### Movies[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaaki_Sakurai&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Movies")]
* *Ohayo! Spank*: Screenplay
* *Ninja Hattori-kun: Nin Nin Ninpō Enikki no Maki*: Screenplay
* *Obake no Q-Taro: Susume! 1/100 Daisakusen*: Screenplay
* *Shin Dokonjo Gaeru: Dokonjo Yumemakura*: Script Cooperation