Yūji Kobayashi

Yūji Kobayashi
Native name
小林 雄次
Born (1979-09-03) September 3, 1979 (age 45)
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
OccupationScreenwriter, novelist
NationalityJapanese
Notable works
Japanese name
Kanji小林 雄次
Hiraganaこばやし ゆうじ
RomanizationKobayashi Yūji

Yūji Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 雄次, Hepburn: Kobayashi Yūji, born September 3, 1979) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist that is mostly known for his work on Garo series, Ultraman franchise, and the first three seasons of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal series.

Career

Born and raised from Nagano Prefecture, Kobayashi graduated from Japan University's department of Arts and Theater's Film Studies Scenario Writing course. In 2002, Yuji Kobayashi started working as a screenwriter and wrote an anime, Sazae-san. Since then, Kobayashi has written scripts for various tokusatsu, anime and novelized products, such as Garo, and Ultraman franchise. He is also a part time teacher at his alma-mater.[1]

In 2014, after writing various episodes for Suite PreCure, Smile PreCure and Saint Seiya Omega anime series, Kobayashi was chosen as a head writer for the Sailor Moon reboot series, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.[2] He was involved in the anime until the end of its third season.[3]

In 2020, Kobayashi wrote the anime film adaptation of Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō, as well the television series.[4]

Filmography

TV Tokusatsu

Year Title Credit Note
2005-06 Garo Script (eps. 1-25) [1]
2007 Ultraseven X Script (eps. 1, 6, 10-12)
2011-12 Garo: Makai Senki Script (eps. 13)
2013 Ultraman Ginga Script
2014 Ultraman Ginga S
2015 Ultraman X Script (eps. 1, 7, 11, 22)
2016 Ultraman Orb Script (eps. 2, 7, 10, 17, 24)

Live-action film

Year Title Credit Note
1995 Mechanical Violator Hakaider Himself Acting-role
2015 Ultraman Ginga S The Movie Screenplay Co-written with Takao Nakano[5]
Ultraman X The Movie

TV Anime

Year Title Credit Note
2002 Sazae-san Script
2008 Himitsu – Top Secret Script (eps. 10, 16)
2009 Aoi Bungaku Script (eps. 11-12) [6]
2011-12 Suite PreCure Script (eps. 22, 29, 33, 38, 42, 45)
2012-13 Smile PreCure! Script (eps. 3, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 33, 37, 41)
2012-14 Saint Seiya Omega Script (eps. 55-56, 59, 64, 72)
2016 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-13) Death Busters arc[3]
2019-20 Star Twinkle PreCure Script (eps. 6, 12, 18, 25, 34, 39)
2020 Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō Series Composition [4]

Anime film

Year Title Credit Note
2020 Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki Screenplay [4]

Web Anime

Year Title Credit Note
2014 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season I Series Composition, Script (eps. 1-3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14) Dark Kingdom arc[2]
2015 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season II Series Composition, Script (eps. 2, 4, 6-9, 11-12) Black Moon arc[2]

Bibliography

Novel

  • Yūji Kobayashi (October 4, 2016). Smile PreCure! 小説 スマイルプリキュア! [Novel: Smile PreCure!] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-314878-7.[7]

Manga

Year Title Credit Note
2012 Space Sheriff Gavan Story [8]

References

  1. ^ a b Constantine, Tom (November 24, 2014). "Koichi Sakamoto & Yūji Kobayashi Give Tokusatsu Special Talk at Tokyo University". Tokusatsu Network. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Loo, Egan (February 27, 2014). "New Sailor Moon Anime Adds Majestic Prince Animator, Naruto Composer". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "セーラームーンCrystal第3期は今春！外部太陽系戦士のキャストはニコ生で発表". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). January 8, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "TVアニメ『ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂』は9月8日（火）よりNHK Eテレにて放送開始。キャストコメントも到着". MoCa News (in Japanese). July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Pineda, Rafael (September 5, 2016). "SM Cinema to Screen Ultraman Ginga S Film on September 10-11". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Loo, Egan (September 22, 2009). "Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Posts Staff, Cast Lineup". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
  7. ^ "[Novel] Smile PreCure! (Kodansha Character Bunko)". CD Japan. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Loo, Egan (October 4, 2012). "GTO's Fujisawa Co-Creates Space Sheriff Gavan Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 4, 2012.