Yasutoshi Murakawa

Yasutoshi Murakawa
Profile
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	May 31, 1971
Place of birth:	Shibuya, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Location:	Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Position:	Screenplay
Years active:	2007-present
Website:	Twitter Account

Yasutoshi Murakawa (村川 康敏 ,Murakawa Yasutoshi) is a Japanese screenplay writer. He was a student of Hiroshi Kashiwabara and is a member of the Japan Writers' Guild.

Biography

Before debuting as a screenplay writer via Hideo Yamamoto (山本 英夫)'s original work Voyeur (のぞき屋) in 2006, Yasutoshi Murakawa self-trained at the 43rd Screenwriting Course Training Department, where he met and studied under Yumiko Inoue (井上 由美子), Takuya Nishioka (西岡 琢也), and Hiroshi Kashiwabara.

Furthermore, a movie that he has written and directed, Furuits Basket, won an award at the Indies Movie Festival (インディーズムービー・フェスティバル) in 2000.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 5 (5 episodes)

• The Hot Chocolate Trap (Episode 658)
• Cactus Capriccio (Episode 680)
• An Unconfirmed Shocking Case (Episodes 709)
• Friendship Washed Away in the Riverbed (Episode 908)
• The Moving Police Box (Episode 1138)

Other notable works

Anime

• Golgo 13: Screenplay
• Leather Bee: Screenplay

Movies

• Puka Puka Juju: Screenplay
• Wangan Midnight the Movie: Screenplay
• Psycho Shark: Screenplay
• OneChanbara: Screenplay
• Tokyo Burnout: Screenplay

References

1. 村川康敏 - Wikipedia
2. Yasutoshi Murakawa - IMDb
3. Yasutoshi Murakawa - Anime News Network
4. Detective Conan Staff Listing