Hiroyuki Yoshino (screenwriter)

This article is about the Japanese screenwriter. For the voice actor, see Hiroyuki Yoshino (voice actor).

Hiroyuki Yoshino (吉野 弘幸, Yoshino Hiroyuki, born June 2, 1970 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese screenwriter. He has written several anime series for Sunrise, including My-HiME and My-Otome.^{[1][user-generated source]}

Biography

Yoshino graduated from Waseda University's school of literature and later joined the staff of Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine as a writer.^{[1][user-generated source]} It was here that the Sunrise producer Naotake Furusato offered him a position in the studio as screenwriter.^{[1][user-generated source]} After joining Sunrise, his first project as the head writer responsible for series composition was Mai-HiME, whose follow-ups Mai-Otome and Mai-Otome Zwei he also went on to supervise.^{[1][user-generated source]} He authored the manga adaptation of Mai-Otome (along with Tatsuhito Higuchi) and went on to write numerous other manga series.^{[1][user-generated source]} Yoshino served as the assistant to main series composer Ichiro Okouchi, during both seasons of the Code Geass TV series. Among other projects for different animation studios, he has written Macross Frontier, Denpa teki na Kanojo, Sound of the Sky, Dance in the Vampire Bund and Guilty Crown.^{[1][user-generated source]}

Screenwriting

• series head writer denoted in bold

Anime television series

• Gear Fighter Dendoh (2000–2001)
• Crush Gear Turbo (2001–2003)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002–2003)
• Machine Robo Rescue (2003)
• My-HiME (2004–2005)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2005)
• My-Otome (2005–2006)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006–2007): assistant head writer
• Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007)
• Macross Frontier (2008)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008): assistant head writer
• Black Butler (2008–2009)
• Darker than Black (2009)
• Sound of the Sky (2010)^[2]
• Dance in the Vampire Bund (2010)^[3]
• Fractale (2010–2011)
• Guilty Crown (2011–2012)^[4]
• Accel World (2012)^[5]
• Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012–2013)^[6]
• Vividred Operation (2013)^[7]
• A Certain Scientific Railgun S (2013)
• Strike the Blood (2013–2014)^[8]
• Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013–2014)
• Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2013–2014)
• Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014)^[9]
• Trinity Seven (2014)^[10]
• World Trigger (2014–2016, 2021–2022)^[11]
• Kantai Collection (2015)
• Rin-ne (2015–2016)
• Heavy Object (2015–2016)^[12]
• Izetta: The Last Witch (2016)^[13]
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2016–2017)
• Chain Chronicle (2017)
• Chronos Ruler (2017)
• MARGINAL #4 (2017)
• A Certain Magical Index III (2018–2019)^[14]
• Tsurune (2018–2019)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō 6th series (2018–2020)
• The Magnificent Kotobuki (2019)
• Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure (2021–2022)
• Black Butler: Public School Arc (2024)^[15]
• Bye Bye, Earth (2024)^[16]

Anime films

• Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime (2009)
• Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa (2011)
• A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion (2013)^[17]
• Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)^[18]
• The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)^[19]

OVAs

• My-Otome Zwei (2006-2007)
• Denpa teki na Kanojo (2009)
• Black Butler: Book of Murder (2015)
• Exodus! Exit Tokyo (2015)
• The Third Girls Aerial Squad: Falling Angel (2015)
• Strike the Blood: Kingdom of the Valkyria (2015)
• Strike the Blood II (2016–2017)
• Strike the Blood III (2018–2019)
• Strike the Blood IV (2020–2021)
• Strike the Blood Final (2022)^[20]

Manga

• My-Otome (Co-authoring with Tatsuhito Higuchi; Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2005)
• The Qwaser of Stigmata (Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2006)
• VITA Sexualis (Art by Kenetsu Satō; 2007)
• Shinju No Nectar (Co-authoring with Satou Kenetsu; 2016)

Sources:^{[1][user-generated source]}

References

1. 吉野弘幸とは - はてなダイアリー (in Japanese). Hate na Diary. Retrieved 2007-05-15.^{[user-generated source]}
2. "So-Ra-No-Wo-To Promo Streamed by Aniplex, TV Tokyo". Anime News Network. August 11, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
3. 新房×シャフトの新作アニメ『ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアバンド』1月開始!!. Dengeki. December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
4. "Guilty Crown Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. July 8, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
5. "Accel World Science-Fiction TV Anime's Teaser Streamed". Anime News Network. December 10, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
6. "Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic Anime's 2nd Preview Aired". Anime News Network. August 5, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
7. "Vividred Operation Slated to Air Next January". Anime News Network. August 28, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
8. "Silver Link/Connect Animate Vampire Anime Strike the Blood". Anime News Network. July 10, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
9. "Black Butler: Book of Circus 30-Second Commercial Streamed". Anime News Network. May 29, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
10. "A Certain Magical Index's Nishikiori to Direct Trinity Seven Anime". Anime News Network. July 7, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
11. "Outlaw Star's Mitsuru Hongo Directs World Trigger Anime". Anime News Network. August 29, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
12. "Heavy Object Anime Date, Visual, Staff Revealed". Anime News Network. March 15, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
13. "Shūmatsu no Izetta Anime's 4th Promo Video Reveals Staff, Cast". Anime News Network. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
14. "A Certain Magical Index Season 3's Cast, Staff, October Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. June 8, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
15. "Black Butler: Public School Arc Anime Reveals Key Visual, Story". Anime News Network. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
16. 「ばいばい、アース」ラブラック=ベル役はファイルーズあい、制作にライデンフィルム. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
17. "Toaru Majutsu no Index Novels' Haimura Draws Film's New Characters". Anime News Network. June 7, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
18. "Black Butler Manga Gets New Anime Film in Early 2017". Anime News Network. February 17, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
19. "Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Film Reveals Main Staff, Teaser Visual". Anime News Network. November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
20. "Strike the Blood Final Anime Confirmed as 4 Episodes Debuting in March-June 2022". Anime News Network. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

External links

• Hiroyuki Yoshino at Anime News Network's encyclopedia