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{{InfoBox Staff | name = Junichi Miyashita | image = Junichi Miyashita.jpg | gender = Male | date-of-birth = August 12, 1956 | place-of-birth = Nagano Prefecture, Japan | location = Tokyo Metropolis, Japan | position = Screenplay <br> Organizer | years-active = 1979-present | aliases = 宮下潤一 | footnotes = }} {{nihongo|'''Junichi Miyashita'''|宮下 隼一|Miyashita Jun'ichi}}, born August 12, 1956<ref name="interview"/>, is a Japanese screenplay writer from Tokyo. After graduating from university, Miyashita started a career as assistant director, but later specialized in scriptwriting, starting in the 1970s in police TV dramas, and later shifting to ''[[wikipedia:Tokusatsu|Tokusatsu]]''. He first started scriptwriting for anime series in 1984, and was a writer for ''[[Detective Conan]]'' as early as the series' inception in 1996. Having written more than fifty scripts for the series, he is one of its more prolific writers, and is known for creating cases focusing on kidnappings and character development, being however less creative with tricks. Since the late 2010s, he has been less involved in the series, but has provided significant contributions, including to the compilation movies released before big screen releases of the annual movies. == Biography == Junichi Miyashita graduated from Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School {{jp|横浜放送映画専門学院}}<ref name="interview"/>, currently known as [[wikipedia:Japan Institute of the Moving Image|Japan Institute of the Moving Image]], where he was classmates with [[wikipedia:ja:岸間信明|Nobuaki Kishima]] {{jp|岸間 信明}} and [[wikipedia:ja:平野靖士|Yasushi Hirano]] {{jp|平野 靖士}}, who are also screenwriters. Miyashita's first intention was to be a director, therefore, he worked as an assistant director for TV movies, but after writing scripts for Ishihara Promotion {{jp|石原プロモーション}}, he took this opportunity and studied under the Japanese screenwriter [[wikipedia:ja:永原秀一|Shuichi Nagahara]] {{jp|永原 秀一}}. After that, he debuted in the 7th episode of the Japanese TV series ''[[wikipedia:Seibu Keisatsu|Seibu Keisatsu]]'' {{jp|西部警察}} in 1979<ref name="interview"/><ref name="BTS"/><ref name="interview-2"/>. Not long afterwards, under the recommendation of the producer from [[wikipedia:TV Asahi|TV Asahi]], he participated in the screenplay writing of some of the episodes of the second part of the TV series ''[[wikipedia:Tokusō Saizensen|Tokusō Saizensen]]'' {{jp|特捜最前線}}<ref name="BTS"/>. Later on, the producer of ''Tokusō Saizensen'', [[wikipedia:ja:阿部征司|Seiji Abe]] {{jp|阿部 征司}} introduced Miyashita to [[wikipedia:ja:堀長文|Nagafumi Hori]] {{jp|堀 長文}}, who was one of the producers of the series ''[[wikipedia:Kamen Rider Black|Kamen Rider Black]]'' {{jp|仮面ライダーBLACK}}<ref name="BTS"/>. As a result, Miyashita became the screenwriter for a [[wikipedia:Tokusatsu|Tokusatsu]] for the first time. From 1990 onwards, he served as the screenwriter for the "Metal Hero series". He was notably the main screenwriter for ''[[wikipedia:Special Rescue Police Winspector|Special Rescue Police Winspector]]'' {{jp|特警ウインスペクター}}, ''[[wikipedia:Special Rescue Exceedraft|Special Rescue Exceedraft]]'' {{jp|特捜エクシードラフト}}, and ''[[wikipedia:B-Fighter Kabuto|B-Fighter Kabuto]]'' {{jp|ビーファイターカブト}}. He held this position for five years<ref name="interview"/>, until ''[[wikipedia:Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack|Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack]]'' {{jp|テツワン探偵ロボタック}} in 1999<ref name="interview-2"/>. In 1984, Miyashita served as the screenwriter of the second season of the anime series ''[[wikipedia:List of Cat's Eye episodes|Cat's Eye]]'' {{jp|キャッツ・アイ}}. Because of this anime, he later on participated frequently in those works that were produced by [[TMS Entertainment]]. This made him become one of the veteran screenwriters in the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]]. Meanwhile, Miyashita also participated in the flagship company established by [[wikipedia:Noboru Sugimura|Noboru Sugimura]] and others, in which he attempted to create some game scenarios as well<ref name="interview-2"/>. Miyashita married in 2002<ref name="marriage"/>, and started teaching screenwriting at Tokyo Artist University {{jp|東京作家大学}}<ref name="interview"/>. He also created several webinars, such as ''Try to create reasoning techniques''<ref name="web"/>. In 2018, he published his first novel, named ''Where the Starving Heart Goes.'' {{jp|餓える心臓の往くところ。}}, released by Shinnami Publishing<ref name="novel"/><ref name="novel-2"/>. == Style analysis == [[File:Tamanosuke Ito Before.jpg|thumb|right|200px|left|Tamanosuke Ito.]] As a veteran staff in ''Detective Conan'' who has joined the production since its genesis in 1996, Miyashita's styles within his scripts vary a lot. One can find orthodox Honkaku deductions, adventure deductions, social Shakai deductions, among others. Additionally, '''Miyashita loves writing abduction cases''', which is influenced by his early work as a screenwriter for criminal TV dramas. All his works are more inclined towards the traditional style and do not contain complicated tricks, but instead mostly contain character enrichment and story devising. Another aspect of his personal style of writing is that he tends to mingle adventure elements into a deduction story. An example would be [[The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case]] in terms of the complexity of different theme elements. Due to his main focus being the plot and adventure, tricks and deductions are usually neglected in his scripts. Incidentally, Miyashita sometimes also fancies making a certain character the centre and extending them to make character-centered stories; he has done this with the [[Detective Boys]], [[Ran Mouri]], [[Kogoro Mouri]], and [[Conan Edogawa]] already. Also, a character created by him, named [[Tamanosuke Ito]], is very memorable and popular among the ''Detective Conan'' fandom as well. Despite the wide array of styles used in his works, the timeline of his compositions can still be divided into three parts: * The first part is from 1996 to 2001, when he was still experimenting different styles. His first TV original script, written in ''Detective Conan'', [[Hijacked Department Store Case]], was already featuring elements pertaining to "abduction" and "blackmailing". Moreover, [[Alibi Testimony Murder Case]] was an attempt at traditional alibi-breaking. Furthermore, [[General Hospital Murder Case]] and [[Scoop Picture Murder Case]] contained some science tricks. In addition, he even paid tribute to the novel ''[[wikipedia:And Then There Were None|And Then There Were None]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]] in his work [[The Disappearing Detective Boys Case]]. Besides, he also wrote a case with Shakai deduction {{jp|社会派推理}}, being [[The Tenth Passenger]]. This already indicates the variety of styles Miyashita wrote during this early period. * The second part is from 2002 to 2013, when he was responsible for several [[Mystery Tour (series)|mystery tour]] cases, such as [[Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour]], [[Stork Mystery Tour]], [[The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour]], and [[Nagasaki Mystery Theatre]]. Most of them contained cyphers and abductions. In 2005 and 2006, he decided to continue the "Travelling Drama Troupe" series and wrote two sequels to it: [[The Simultaneous Stage Advance and Kidnapping]] and [[The Phantom of the Konpira]] (1 Hour Special). * The third part is from 2014 to present, when he ceased holding responsibility for the writing of mystery tours. He nevertheless still continued with his "passion" for abducting characters like Ran Mouri and Conan Edogawa. [[Conan Cornered in the Darkness]], [[Conan Disappeared on the Cliff]], and [[Conan Kidnapped]] were the three attempts at kidnapping Conan. He also wrote a series of episodes related to Kogoro Mouri only, enriching Kogoro's image, including [[The Framed Great Detective]], [[The Manipulated Great Detective]], [[Bodyguard Kogoro Mouri]], [[The Great Detective's Weakness]], and [[Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture]] (the second filler with the length of three episodes). At a certain point, it may get quite repetitive, as most of the styles in these works are only related to kidnapping, adventure, and criminal pursuit; deduction was reduced to merely a tool for progressing the plot. == Scenarios written == Number of case scenarios written: '''56''' (76 episodes) {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * [[Hijacked Department Store Case]] (Episode 17) * [[The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case]] (Episode 24) * [[Alibi Testimony Murder Case]] (Episode 30) * [[Victory Flag Tearing Case]] (Episode 41) * [[Sports Club Murder Case]] (Episode 47) * [[The Train Trick Murder Case]] (Episode 55) * [[The First Errand Murder Case]] (Episode 59) * [[The Detective Boys' Disaster Case]] (Episode 73) * [[The Wandering Artist Murder Case]] (Episode 80) * [[General Hospital Murder Case]] (Episode 83) * [[The Fearful Traversing Murder Case]] (Episodes 92-93) * [[Scoop Picture Murder Case]] (Episode 106) * [[Detective Club Pursuit Case]] (Episode 109) * [[The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case]] (Episodes 126-127) * [[The Mysterious Old Man Disappearance Case]] (Episode 152) * [[The Disappearing Detective Boys Case]] (Episode 165) * [[The Tenth Passenger]] (Episodes 201-202) * [[The Kidnapper in the Picture]] (Episode 252) * [[The Smash of Determination and Love]] (Episodes 294-295) * [[Love, Ghosts, and World Heritage]] (Episodes 348-349) * [[Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour]] (Episodes 377-378) * [[The Simultaneous Stage Advance and Kidnapping]] (Episodes 409-410) * [[The Car Stunt's Utmost Limit]] (Episode 440) * [[The Phantom of the Konpira]] 1 hour special (Episode 452) * [[The Interrogation Room]] (Episode 553) * [[Stork Mystery Tour]] (Episodes 554-555) * [[Rainbow Color Kidnapping]] (Episode 562) * [[The Seven Wonders of the Hiroshima Miyajima Tour]] (Episodes 594-595) {{col-2}} * [[The Crime with Zero Possibility to be Proven]] (Episode 570) * [[A Friend of Justice]] (Episode 599) * [[The Memory Trip of the Eight Sketches]] (Episodes 640-641) * [[The Rainy Night Menace]] (Episode 666) * [[Nagasaki Mystery Theatre]] (Episodes 678-679) * [[A Car Carrying a Time Bomb]] (Episode 686) * [[The Framed Great Detective]] (Episode 707) * [[The Troublesome Emergency Patient]] (Episode 769) * [[The Manipulated Great Detective]] (Episodes 775-776) * [[Welcome to Club Orihime]] (Episode 784) * [[Detective Takagi On the Run in Handcuffs]] (Episode 791) * [[Bodyguard Kogoro Mouri]] (Episode 794) * [[The Dreaming Girl's Confused Deduction]] (Episode 797) * [[The Pitfall of Fire Precautions]] (Episode 803) * [[The Ventriloquist's Illusion]] (Episodes 806-807) * [[The Seven People in the Waiting Room]] (Episode 820) * [[The Great Detective's Weakness]] (Episode 833) * [[Conan Cornered in the Darkness]] (Episodes 845-846) * [[Conan Disappeared on the Cliff]] (Episodes 869-870) * [[The Nobunaga 450 Case]] (Episode 871) * [[The Pop-up Book Bomber]] (Episodes 883-884) * [[The Mystery of the Michelin Starred Restaurant]] (Episode 893) * [[Birds of a Feather at Loggerheads]] (Episode 903) * [[Conan Kidnapped]] (Episodes 913-914) * [[The Disappeared Detective Boys]] (Episode 922) * [[Thoroughbred Kidnapping Case]] (Episodes 933-934) * [[Kogoro Mouri's Grand Lecture]] (Episodes 962-964) * [[The Spiral of Rain and Malice]] (Episode 1062) {{col-end}} == Scenarios adapted from the manga == Number of cases adapted from the manga: '''6''' (7 episodes) * [[An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case]] (Episode 3) * [[The Shinkansen's Bomb Case]] heavily altered from the [[Manga]] (Episode 5) * [[Once-A-Month Present Threat Case]] (Episode 7) * [[Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case]] (Episode 12) * [[Scuba Diving Murder Case]] (Episodes 114-115) * [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]] heavily altered from the Manga (Episode 128) == [[Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief]] TV Specials adapted == Number of cases adapted: '''7''' (7 episodes) * [[The Revived Phantom Thief]] (Special 1) * [[Kaitou Kid's Busy Date]] (Special 2) * [[A Witch Sheds No Tears]] (Special 4) * [[The Fated Blue Birthday]] (Special 5) * [[The Splendid Rivals]] (Special 7) * [[The Reminiscent Golden Eye]] (Special 10) * [[Tears of Love for the Dark Knight]] (Special 12) '''Note:''' Also credited as series organizer == Games and Specials == Number of Game scripts written: '''1''' * [[Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People]]: Screenplay Number of Specials written: '''4''' * [[The Internet - The Mysterious E-mail Case]] (Shogakukan Illustrated Encyclopedia Series 4) * [[City Exploration! Get the Animal Mark!]] (Shogakukan Illustrated Encyclopedia Series 9) * [[Fugitive: Kogoro Mouri|Happy New Year, Kogoro Mouri]]: Screenplay (New Year Greeting) * [[Love Story at Police Headquarters ~Wedding Eve~]]: Screenplay and Organizer == Detective Conan movies == * [[The Scarlet Alibi]] (Compilation Movie): Screenplay and Organizer * [[The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~]] (Compilation Movie): Screenplay and Organizer * [[Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief]] (Compilation Movie): Screenplay and Organizer == Other notable works == === Anime === * ''Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto'': Screenplay * ''Kingdom S3-S5'': Screenplay * ''Kinkyuu Hasshin Saver Kids'': Screenplay * ''Mankatsu'': Screenplay * ''Project ARMS'': Concept Supervisor * ''Puppet Princess'': Screenplay * ''Reporter Blues'': Screenplay * ''Soreike! Anpanman'': Screenplay == See also == * [[Nobuo Ogizawa]] == References == # [[wikipedia:ja:宮下隼一|宮下隼一 - Wikipedia]] (Japanese) # [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8815 Anime News Network] <references> <ref name="interview">{{cite journal|title=「特別対談 宮下隼一×野中剛」|journal=『宇宙船』vol.152（SPRING 2016.春）|date=April 1, 2016|isbn=978-4-7986-1218-8}}</ref> <ref name="BTS">{{cite journal|title=「スーパー戦隊制作の裏舞台 宮下隼一」|journal=『スーパー戦隊 Official Mook 21世紀 vol.2 忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー』講談社〈講談社シリーズMOOK〉|date=June 9, 2017|isbn=978-4-06-509513-3}}</ref> <ref name="interview-2">{{cite journal|title=「特別対談 堀長文×野中剛」|journal=『宇宙船』Vol.147（WINTER 2015.冬）|date=December 29, 2014|isbn=978-4-7986-0942-3}}</ref> <ref name="marriage">{{cite web|title=忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー 第13話|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019051311/http://tvarc.toei.co.jp/tv/user/program/browse3.asp?Command=Old&StrNum=13&SID=160|website=東映|date=2002|access-date=2023-09-20}}</ref> <ref name="web">[https://www.tokyo-writer.jp/online/miyashita 宮下隼一『ミステリーの手法で書いてみよう』]</ref> <ref name="novel">[https://www.tokyo-writer.jp/blog/%E5%AE%AE%E4%B8%8B%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F-%E4%BD%9C%E3%83%BB%E3%80%8C%E9%A4%93%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E5%BF%83%E8%87%93%E3%81%AE%E5%BE%80%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%80%8D.html 宮下先生 作・「餓える心臓の往くところ」]</ref> <ref name="novel-2">[https://niihama.mypl.net/shop/00000354628/news?d=1498948 鷺山京子、宮下隼一、扇澤延男の短編小説を連続配信します！]</ref> </references> {{FeaturedArticle|February 6, 2024}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyashita, Junichi}} [[Category:Screenplay writers]] [[zh:宫下隼一]]

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