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Yūji Kobayashi

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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

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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

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TV Tokusatsu

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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

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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

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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

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

Web Anime

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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

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Novel

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  • 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

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

References

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  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.
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