Yoshifumi Fukushima

Yoshifumi Fukushima
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	December 10, 1965
Place of birth:	Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Position:	Screenplay
Years active:	1999-present

Yoshifumi Fukushima (福嶋 幸典 ,Fukushima Yoshifumi), born 10 December 1965, is a Japanese screenplay writer. He is a member of the Japan Writers' Guild.

Biography

Fukushima graduated from the Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University (大阪大学人間科学部) in 1989. After his graduation, he worked for Sumitomo Corporation (住友商事株式会社) until 1995. His first debut as a screenwriter was in 1999, when he wrote the script for the 8th episode of the anime OVA Getter Robo Armageddon (真ゲッターロボ 世界最後の日).

He mostly wrote scripts for fantasy, action, and science-fiction anime. The first time that he has ever written scripts for a mystery anime was for Detective Conan. He only served as a screenwriter from 2002 to 2003.

Style analysis

He is another early Detective Conan screenwriter who wrote cases that meet the qualification of impossible crime. For example, his The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden is known as a typical "no footprints locked room", in which the victim ended up murdered in the middle of the sand field with no footprints leading to the corpse.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 2 (3 episodes)

• The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Episodes 282-283)
• Hidden Circumstances of the Falling Incident (Episode 337)

Other notable works

Anime

• Bakugan (5 episodes): Screenplay
• Beyblade (23 episodes + 1 movie): Screenplay
• Kindaichi no Jikenbo R (14 episodes): Screenplay
• Inazuma Eleven (17 episodes): Screenplay
• Lupin III (1 TV Special): Screenplay
• Yu-Gi-Oh ! (22 episodes): Screenplay

Many others including Cyborg 009, Monster Rancher, and Yowamushi Pedal.

References

1. 福嶋幸典 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. IMDb
3. Anime News Network
4. Nautiljon (French)