Takeharu Sakurai

Takeharu Sakurai
Profile
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	November 25, 1970 (52 years old)
Place of birth:	Tokyo, Japan
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Nicknames:	Takeshi Iida (飯田 武)

Takeharu Sakurai (櫻井 武晴 ,Sakurai Takeharu), born 1970, is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer that specializes in movie scripts.

He graduated from Waseda University, and became a producer for Toho films in 1993. In 2002, as a newcomer, he accepted the scriptwriting job for detective TV drama The Woman Of Science Research Institute season 4, working along with the scriptwriter of season 3, Masashi Todayama.

He also held a position in the production of another detective TV drama called AIBOU, made by TV Asahi. Whilst taking care of screenply for these works, he was also the screenplay coorparation of TV drama Shinzanmono, adapted from the novel written by a best-selling mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.

In 2013, due to the adjustment made by the AIBOU production team, Sakurai left the production team and joined the Detective Conan movie production team. In the same year, he wrote the 17th movie of Detective Conan, Private Eye in the Distant Sea. After that, he tends to write a movie script every other year alternating with Takahiro Okura.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 6 (6 episodes)

• The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (Episode 694)
• Munch's Missing Scream (Episode 774)
• The Shadow Approaching Amuro (Episode 813)
• The Melting Cake! (Episode 898)
• The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Episode 1002)
• The Cameras Targeting Haibara (Episode 1080)

Movie scenarios written

Number of movie scenarios written: 6

• Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17)
• Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19)
• The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20)
• Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22)
• The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24)
• Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26)

Other notable works

TV series and drama

• The Woman Of Science Research Institute S4-S23 (2002-2023): Screenplay
• AIBOU S2-S12 (2003-2013): Screenplay
• Shinzanmono (2010): Screenplay cooperation

Movie

• Designated Lawyer (2018): Screenplay

References

1. 櫻井武晴 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. IMDB
3. Allociné
4. Anime News Network