Takeo Ohno

**Takeo Ohno**
**Profile**
**Gender:**
Male
**Date of birth:**
June 24, 1944 *(81)*
**Place of birth:**
Tokyo Metropolis, Japan[](#cite_note-Kaijin-1)
**Position:**
Screenplay
**Years active:**
1968-present
**Takeo Ohno** (大野 武雄 ,*Ōno Takeo*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born June 24, 1944[](#cite_note-Kaijin-1), is a Japanese screenplay writer from Tokyo, Japan. He is best known for his contributions to many 1970s and 1980s police dramas.
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Style analysis](#Style_analysis)
* [3 Scenarios written](#Scenarios_written)
* [4 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [4.2 Dramas](#Dramas)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Takeo Ohno studied under the renowned screenwriter [Yoshio Shirasaka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E7%99%BD%E5%9D%82%E4%BE%9D%E5%BF%97%E5%A4%AB "wikipedia:ja:白坂依志夫") (白坂 依志夫) in his early life. Even when he was still attending university, he had already debuted as a screenwriter in the TV drama *Princess Comet* (コメットさん)[](#cite_note-Kaijin-1). After graduating from university, he had worked as a bank employee and had worked at a performing arts company for a short stint of time.
Ohno only became a screenwriter again after he discovered a criminal drama from the [Kansai region](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_region "wikipedia:Kansai region"), which was named *Bucho Keiji* (部長刑事), thus resumed to work as a screenwriter[](#cite_note-Kaijin-1)[](#cite_note-blog-2). Apart from the *Detective Conan* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime"), his other scenario works entailed *[Seibu Keisatsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibu_Keisatsu "wikipedia:Seibu Keisatsu")* (西部警察), *[Wounded Angel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E5%82%B7%E3%81%A0%E3%82%89%E3%81%91%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%A9%E4%BD%BF "wikipedia:ja:傷だらけの天使")* (傷だらけの天使), and *[Tokusō Saizensen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:Tokus%C5%8D_Saizensen "wikipedia:ja:Tokusō Saizensen")* (特捜最前線) etc.[](#cite_note-Kaijin-1)
## Style analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Style analysis")]
Takeo Ohno is one of those veteran screenwriters who has written many screenplays for over ten years. In terms of his contribution to the *Detective Conan* anime, writing one-part cases with intense and tight plots is his major forte. Not only do his scripts possess an intricate type of story style, but they also contain a great number of legend stories (snow woman), traditional culture (rakugo), animals, and plants (sunflower) mingled among the cases. Which can be classified as *Everyday Mystery* (日常の謎) genre from the perspective of detective schools.
Most of his compositions do not follow the usual plot routine of those generic *Detective Conan* anime original episodes but rather are more splendid in terms of innovative story setting and character enrichment. As such, many tricks and mysteries found in his works are mostly superficial and more tended towards the orthodox mystery compositional technique. For example, [The Shaking Restaurant](/wiki/The_Shaking_Restaurant "The Shaking Restaurant") is comprised of the conceivement of a murderer and tricks, containing some Honkaku detective mystery (本格推理) elements. Notably, in [Riddle Granny Disappearance Case](/wiki/Riddle_Granny_Disappearance_Case "Riddle Granny Disappearance Case"), Ohno devised a fairly intriguing cypher utilising kanji, sharing analogous logic with the short story written by Yugo Aosaki (青崎 有吾), called *There Are Too Few Ten Yen Coins* (十円玉が少なすぎる).
Conan taking care of the 2-year-old "Santa-san".
Despite most of his screenplays being single episodes, he still wrote his only double-lengthed one: [The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car](/wiki/The_Kidnapper%27s_Disappearing_Getaway_Car "The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car"), where Conan happened to be kidnapped. After that, Ohno's refreshing ideas began to sprout further; in [Conan: A Strange Child](/wiki/Conan:_A_Strange_Child "Conan: A Strange Child"), Ohno introduced Japanese palindrome to the case; even the title of the episode manifested this phenomenon: it could be read both orientations "こなんへんなこ". Furthermore, in [The Partner is Santa-san](/wiki/The_Partner_is_Santa-san "The Partner is Santa-san"), Ohno made his attempt at writing a light comedy plot laced with chilled deduction, which Conan was frustrated with while taking care of a kid. This episode also contained many daily plots.
It is also worth remarking that, in reality, Ohno is a lone storyteller (落語家), and has the title of **Shofutei Dunhachi** (松風亭鈍八 ,*Matsukazetei Don Hachi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-blog-2), in addition to [The Meguro Sanma Case](/wiki/The_Meguro_Sanma_Case "The Meguro Sanma Case") written by him also has the element of traditional [Rakugo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo "wikipedia:Rakugo") (落語).
## Scenarios written[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Scenarios written")]
Number of case scenarios written: **19** (20 episodes)
* [The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case](/wiki/The_Crane%27s_Return_of_a_Favor_Murder_Case "The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case") (Episode 87)
* [Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case](/wiki/Snow_Woman%27s_Legend_Murder_Case "Snow Woman's Legend Murder Case") (Episode 94)
* [The Shaking Restaurant](/wiki/The_Shaking_Restaurant "The Shaking Restaurant") (Episode 260)
* [Riddle Granny Disappearance Case](/wiki/Riddle_Granny_Disappearance_Case "Riddle Granny Disappearance Case") (Episode 273)
* [Place Exposed to the Sun](/wiki/Place_Exposed_to_the_Sun "Place Exposed to the Sun") (Episode 315)
* [The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car](/wiki/The_Kidnapper%27s_Disappearing_Getaway_Car "The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car") (Episodes 321-322)
* [The Target is Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/The_Target_is_Kogoro_Mouri "The Target is Kogoro Mouri") (Episode 384)
* [Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup](/wiki/Hot,_Bitter,_Sweet_Soup "Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup") (Episode 397)
* [Photo E-mail from the Clown](/wiki/Photo_E-mail_from_the_Clown "Photo E-mail from the Clown") (Episode 424)
* [Conan: A Strange Child](/wiki/Conan:_A_Strange_Child "Conan: A Strange Child") (Episode 433)
* [The Final "Ahh"](/wiki/The_Final_%22Ahh%22 "The Final \"Ahh\"") (Episode 441)
* [The Meguro Sanma Case](/wiki/The_Meguro_Sanma_Case "The Meguro Sanma Case") (Episode 448)
* [The Uncontrollable Rental Car!](/wiki/The_Uncontrollable_Rental_Car! "The Uncontrollable Rental Car!") (Episode 471)
* [Yellow Alibi](/wiki/Yellow_Alibi "Yellow Alibi") (Episode 480)
* [Beckoning Cat from Right to Left](/wiki/Beckoning_Cat_from_Right_to_Left "Beckoning Cat from Right to Left") (Episode 486)
* [The Partner is Santa-san](/wiki/The_Partner_is_Santa-san "The Partner is Santa-san") (Episode 566)
* [The Night the Zombie Died](/wiki/The_Night_the_Zombie_Died "The Night the Zombie Died") (Episode 582)
* [The Footprintless Beach](/wiki/The_Footprintless_Beach "The Footprintless Beach") (Episode 677)
* [After That Hundred Million Yen](/wiki/After_That_Hundred_Million_Yen "After That Hundred Million Yen") (Episode 800)
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Cat's Eye*: Screenplay
### Dramas[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeo_Ohno&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Dramas")]
* *Ashita no Keiji*: Screenplay
* *Seibu Keisatsu*: Screenplay
* *Seibu Keisatsu PART-II*: Screenplay
* *Seibu Keisatsu PART-III*: Screenplay
* *Shin Yoake no Keiji*: Screenplay
* *Tadaima Zekkōchō!*: Screenplay