Takeharu Sakurai - Revision history

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 * [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery]] (Episode 1002)
 * [[The Cameras Targeting Haibara]] (Episode 1080)
-* [[The Secret "Flashback"]] (Episode 1161)
+* [[The Secret's Afterimage]] (Episode 1161)
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 * [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery]] (Episode 1002)
 * [[The Cameras Targeting Haibara]] (Episode 1080)
-* '''The Secret "Flashback" (Episode 1161)
+* [[The Secret "Flashback"]] (Episode 1161)
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 * [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery]] (Episode 1002)
 * [[The Cameras Targeting Haibara]] (Episode 1080)
-* [[The Whereabouts of the Goodbye]] (Episode 1159)
+* '''The Secret "Flashback" (Episode 1161)
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 # [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=118412 Takeharu Sakurai - Anime News Network]
 # [https://seesaawiki.jp/w/radioi_34/d/%cc%be%c3%b5%c4%e5%a5%b3%a5%ca%a5%f3%a1%ca%a5%b7%a5%ea%a1%bc%a5%ba%a5%ea%a5%b9%a5%c8%a1%cb '''Detective Conan Staff Listing''']
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 <ref name="interview">[https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/20166276/ 赤井一家（ファミリー）はなぜ集結したのか――劇場版『名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸』制作秘話を脚本家・櫻井武晴が語る]</ref>
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 <ref name="university">{{Cite web|title=櫻井 武晴 - 東宝芸能|url=https://www.toho-ent.co.jp/actor/48408|website=www.toho-ent.co.jp}}</ref>
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 == Scenarios written ==
-Number of case scenarios written: '''6''' (6 episodes)
+Number of case scenarios written: '''7''' (7 episodes)
 * [[The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop]] (Episode 694)
 * [[Munch's Missing Scream]] (Episode 774)
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 * [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery]] (Episode 1002)
 * [[The Cameras Targeting Haibara]] (Episode 1080)
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 [[File:Sakurai-1.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Photo of Takeharu Sakurai taken in 2021.]]
-In 2002, as a newcomer, he accepted the scriptwriting job for detective TV drama ''[[wikipedia:ja:科捜研の女|The Woman of Science Research Institute]]'' {{jp|科捜研の女}} of Season 4. Back then, the production team of said drama underwent a crisis: veteran screenwriter [[wikipedia:ja:深沢正樹|Masaki Fukasawa]] {{jp|深沢 正樹}} quit the production somehow and experienced screenwriter of Season 3; Masashi Todayama {{jp|戶田山 雅司}} was recuperating due to illness; the main cast retired from the front line. Sakurai withstood this burden and made his way to Season 6, despite the TV rating of the drama decreasing in Season 5. With illness, Todayama returned and worked along with Sakurai in the process of producing the screenplay, and so the drama was allowed to prolongate. This thus became one of the most famous detective dramas, and both of them claimed great reputation.
+In 2002, as a newcomer, he accepted the scriptwriting job for detective TV drama ''[[wikipedia:ja:科捜研の女|The Woman of Science Research Institute]]'' {{jp|科捜研の女}} of Season 4. Back then, the production team of said drama underwent a crisis: veteran screenwriter [[wikipedia:ja:深沢正樹|Masaki Fukasawa]] {{jp|深沢 正樹}} quit the production somehow; an experienced screenwriter of Season 3, Masashi Todayama {{jp|戶田山 雅司}} was recuperating due to illness; the main cast retired from the front line. Sakurai withstood this burden and made his way to Season 6, despite the TV rating of the drama decreasing in Season 5. With illness, Todayama returned and worked along with Sakurai in the process of producing the screenplay, and so the drama was allowed to prolongate. This thus became one of the most famous detective dramas, and both of them claimed great reputation.
 Sakurai also held a position in the production of another detective TV drama called ''[[wikipedia:AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo|AIBOU]]'' {{jp|相棒}}, produced by [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|TV Asahi]]. Whilst taking care of the screenplay for these works, he was also the screenplay cooperation of TV drama ''Shinzanmono'' {{jp|新参者}}, which was adapted from a novel written by a best-selling mystery novelist [[wikipedia:Keigo Higashino|Keigo Higashino]] {{jp|東野 圭吾}}.

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 | image               = Takeharu Sakurai.jpg
 | gender              = Male
 | date-of-birth       = November 25, 1970
 | place-of-birth      = Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

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 Outside of ''Detective Conan'', Sakurai's style is more inclined towards the Shakai deduction {{jp|社会派推理}}, focusing on the unexpectedness of the story; most of them contain dark tone and ironic connotations, being very different from ''Detective Conan'', which is for all ages of audiences. In 2018, when he was writing the script of [[Zero the Enforcer|'''Movie 22''': Zero the Enforcer]], he intended to conceive a story with a style of his forte. However, the first draft was way too realistic and thought-provoking, which was then rejected by Aoyama. After that, when he was writing the screenplay of [[The Scarlet Bullet|'''Movie 24''': The Scarlet Bullet]], he dare not to write stories that he is best at and paid extra attention to depicting the personalities of each protagonist after confirming every detail with Aoyama and director [[Chika Nagaoka]].
-A character created by him, named [[Yuya Kazami]], who first appeared in movie 20, was actually named after Yuya Usami {{jp|宇佐見 裕也}}; starred by Toru Kazama {{jp|風間 トオル}}, a character from one of the TV dramas that Sakurai is responsible for, ''[[wikipedia:ja:科捜研の女|The Woman of Science Research Institute]]'' {{jp|科捜研の女}}. Moreover, Sakurai is also an expert at gourmet food. According to Aoyama, the plot featuring [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]]'s cuisine recipes from the pre-story of movies 20 and 22 is all devised by Sakurai himself<ref>RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book</ref>.
+A character created by him, named [[Yuya Kazami]], who first appeared in movie 20, was actually named after Yuya Usami {{jp|宇佐見 裕也}}; starred by Toru Kazama {{jp|風間 トオル}}, a character from one of the TV dramas that Sakurai is responsible for, ''[[wikipedia:ja:科捜研の女|The Woman of Science Research Institute]]'' {{jp|科捜研の女}}. Moreover, Sakurai is an expert at gourmet food. According to Aoyama, the plot featuring [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]]'s cuisine recipes from the pre-story of movies 20 and 22 is all devised by Sakurai himself<ref>RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book</ref>.
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 == Style analysis ==
 As [[Kazunari Kouchi]] and [[Hiroshi Kashiwabara]] were gradually fading away from the scriptwriting of ''Detective Conan'' movies due to ageing, in 2013, [[Gosho Aoyama]] invited Sakurai to the production team<ref group="Note">'''Note:''' Aoyama might have done so after he paid homage to Sakurai in a [[Kaitou Kid]] case, [[The Kirin's Horn That Vanished into the Dark]] - the idea of "Mosquito alarm" was first utilised by Sakurai in the first episode of ''[[wikipedia:ja:科捜研の女|The Woman of Science Research Institute]]'' (科捜研の女), of Season 8.</ref>, a screenwriter who has never written for an anime before. Aoyama, on the other hand, told him to compose the script freely; as such, due to Sakurai's lack of experience, his debut work in the series received a great deal of criticism. At the same time, the demand for commercial films had been increasing when [[Kobun Shizuno]] was still the director; thus, details of the case were downplayed in his scripts and explosion scenes were pervasive with the intent of increasing the impact of the movie. By featuring several action scenes, [[The Darkest Nightmare|'''Movie 20''': The Darkest Nightmare]] that he wrote was a huge success in terms of box office. Most of his ''Detective Conan'' scripts possess high conception and they reflect the law and values to some extent.
 Outside of ''Detective Conan'', Sakurai's style is more inclined towards the Shakai deduction {{jp|社会派推理}}, focusing on the unexpectedness of the story; most of them contain dark tone and ironic connotations, being very different from ''Detective Conan'', which is for all ages of audiences. In 2018, when he was writing the script of [[Zero the Enforcer|'''Movie 22''': Zero the Enforcer]], he intended to conceive a story with a style of his forte. However, the first draft was way too realistic and thought-provoking, which was then rejected by Aoyama. After that, when he was writing the screenplay of [[The Scarlet Bullet|'''Movie 24''': The Scarlet Bullet]], he dare not to write stories that he is best at and paid extra attention to depicting the personalities of each protagonist after confirming every detail with Aoyama and director [[Chika Nagaoka]].