Hiroshi Kashiwabara

Hiroshi Kashiwabara
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	September 6, 1949
Place of birth:	Tokyo, Japan
Location:	Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Kashiwabara (柏原 寛司 ,Kashiwabara Hiroshi), born September 6, 1949, is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer and director from Tokyo. He was previously the president of Television and Radio Writers' Association of Japan and the vice president of Japan Writers' Guild. He is best known for his work on Detective Conan, Lupin III, and Golgo 13. He also works under the name Kanji (かんじ).

Kashiwabara studied under the screenwriter Hajime Arai. After studying at Faculty of Arts, Nihon University (日本大学芸術学部文学科) in 1973, he joined Toho as a part-time worker and experienced the screenplay and production assistant roles of the children's comedy programme Crecre tacora (クレクレタコラ). In 1974, through the introduction from producer Osamu Isono of Toho, Kashiwabara was in charge of the screenplay for Wounded Angel (傷だらけの天使).

Soon after, he received an invitation from the screenwriter Ei Ogawa, Kashiwabara was able to participate in the production of the famous TV crime drama back then, named Taiyō ni Hoero! (太阳にほえろ!), he also met Kazunari Kouchi at the same time. After that, he wrote more scripts for crime dramas such as Hello Harinezumi (ハロー張りネズミ) and Seibu Keisatsu (西部警察).

In 1996, Kashiwabara joined the Detective Conan anime production team since the beginning. Before that, he was also involved in the production of another anime, also produced by TMS Entertainment called Cat's Eye (キャッツ・アイ). Kashiwabara was in charge of the screenplay of the first Detective Conan episode, Roller Coaster Murder Case. Meanwhile, he also invited Kazunari Kouchi to join the production team. Moreover, Kashiwabara was one of the main scriptwriters and organizers when the Detective Conan series started, but left the anime production team some time later. He wrote some scripts for the series for later episodes, and wrote the scripts for movies 10 and 11. Currently, Kashiwabara is running a film production company called "KOM" along with Toshimichi Okawa and Atsushi Muroga.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 9 (13 episodes)

• A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Episodes 124-125)
• The Amusement Park Bungee Jumping Case along with Tokihiro Kon (Episode 149)
• The Candy House the Witch Lives In along with Michiko Tsumura (Episode 368)
• Deadly Poisonous Spider Trap along with Yoko Abe (Episode 373)
• The Time Limit is 15:00! along with Naoto Kunioka (Episode 376)
• Real 30 Minutes (Episode 478)
• Two Days with the Culprit (Episodes 547-548)
• The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River (Episodes 692-693)
• Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (Episodes 804-805)

Scenarios adapted from the manga

Number of manga cases adapted: 3 (4 episodes)

• Roller Coaster Murder Case (Episode 1)
• Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Episode 2)
• Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case (Episodes 27-28)

Movies

Movie scenarios written: 2

• The Private Eyes' Requiem (Movie 10)
• Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Movie 11)

Other notable works

Anime

• Golgo 13: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus: Screenplay
• Lupin III: From Russia With Love: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Hemingway Papers: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody: Screenplay
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure: Screenplay
• Lupin III: Voyage to Danger: Screenplay

See also

• Kazunari Kouchi

References

1. 柏原寛司 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
2. Anime News Network
3. IMDB