Shozo Uehara

is a Japanese screenwriter. He has participated in the screenwriting and series composition of the Ultraman Series, and is also one of the first screenwriters in the series. 
His aliases are and .
==Biography==
Uehara was born in Okinawa in 1937. When he was studying at Chuo University, he wrote scripts as an amateur, and created stories based on the Okinawa campaign and US military bases to convey his past experiences in World War II.
However, after graduating from university, when Uehara suffered from tuberculosis and went back to his hometown temporarily for medical treatment, he was invited by his mother's friend to meet Tetsuo Kinjo from his hometown. At the invitation of Jincheng, he went to Tokyo to join the literature and art department of Tsuburaya Tokugi Production, so he got acquainted with Eiji Tsuburaya and Hajime Tsuburaya and participated in the company's program production.
In 1964, he debuted as a screenwriter for the first episode of the Okinawa local program "Folk Theater" Shimiruru Nuga, and then worked as a screenwriter for works produced by Tsuburaya: Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Mighty Jack and Operation: Mystery.
In 1969, when Jincheng left Tsuburaya Productions and returned to Okinawa, Uehara also left the company and became a freelance screenwriter. After that, he participated in the screenwriting of Return of Ultraman and Ultraman Taro for a short time, but since then, he has been mainly active in Toei's works, responsible for the planning of children's programs, script creation for special effects and animation works, and even as the chief screenwriter for the Kamen Rider series, Super Sentai series and Metal Hero series.
During the 1990s and 2000s, he participated in the screenwriting of the Heisei Ultraman series.
===Death===
On January 2, 2020, Uehara died of liver cancer at the age of 82.https://www.sankei.com/article/20200109-P4JZGILG4JMWHEV7RGKDHD33OU/
==Works==
Shozo Uehara wrote the following episodes for the following series:
*Ultra Q
**Space Directive M774
**The Idol of Goga
*Ultraman
**The Lawless Monster Zone
**The Spaceship Rescue Command
*Ultraseven
**Operation Android Zero
**Underground Go! Go! Go!
**Search for Tomorrow
**The 700 Kilometer Run!
**The Flower where the Devil Dwells
**The Strolling Planet
**The Invading Dead
**Nightmare of Planet No. 4
**The Terrifying Super Ape-man
**The Saucers Have Come
**The Showdown of Dan vs Seven
**Who are You? 
*Return of Ultraman - Main writer
**All Monsters Attack
**Takkong's Big Counterattack
**Evil Monster Realm of Terror
**Definite Kill! Comet Kick
**Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo
**Battle! Monsters vs. MAT 
**Operation Rainbow Monster!
**Dinosaur Explosion Directive
**Revenge of the Monster Shugaron
**Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big Pinch
**Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado
**Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus
**Monster Bird Terochilus - Tokyo's Big Aerial Bombing
**The Giant Invisible Monster That Came from Space
**Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth
**Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident
**The Monster User and the Boy
**Ultraman Dies at Sunset
**When the Ultra Star Shines
**The 5 Ultra Oaths
*Ultraman Taro
**Giant Sea Turtle Monsters Attack Tokyo!
**Parent Star, Child Star, First Star
*Ultraman Tiga
**The Ultra Star
*Ultraman Dyna
**Tear of Churasa
*Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
**Dancing Garagon
**Unitoroda’s Repayment
**Gara Q's Revenge
**The Town Beauty
*Ultraman Max
**Zetton's Daughter
**Love and King Joe
===Other participating Tsuburaya works===
*Kaiju Booska (1966)
*Mighty Jack (1968)
*Operation: Mystery (1968)
*Chibira-kun (1970)
*Horror Theater Unbalance (1973)
===Others===
*Inazuman Flash (1974)
*Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (1975)
*Space Ironman Kyodain (1976)
*J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (1977)
*Spider-Man (1978)
*Battle Fever J (1979)
*Denshi Sentai Denziman (1980)
*Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981)
*Uchuu Keiji Gavan (1982)
*Uchuu Keiji Sharivan (1983)
*Uchuu Keiji Shaider (1984)
*Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion (1985)
*Jikuu Senshi Spielban (1986)
*Kamen Rider Black (1987)
*Kamen Rider J (1994)
*Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995)
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Real Life People
Category:Writers
Category:Deceased Actors