Tetsushi Kitagawa

Tetsushi Kitagawa
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	1946
Place of birth:	Hyogo, Japan
Location:	Japan

Tetsushi Kitagawa (北川 哲史 ,Kitagawa Tetsushi) is a Japanese screenplay writer and novelist.

Tetsushi was born in Hyogo Prefecture, in 1946. After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kansai University (関西大学機械工学科), Tetsushi worked in Osaka. He then got married in 1976. The first time he started doing screenwriting was in 1984, when he debuted in the TV Drama Taiyō ni Hoero! as screenwriter. In 2005, he became a novelist and published his novel series named Oniwa Banheikuro (御庭番平九郎 シリーズ).

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 3 (3 episodes)

• The Coffee Shop Truck's Wild Entrance Case (Episode 179)
• The Falling from Mt. Ryujin Case (Episode 209)
• The Falling from the Condo Case (Episode 232)

Other notable works

TV Dramas

• Taiyō ni Hoero!: Screenplay
• Choshichiro Edo Nikki: Screenplay
• Sanbiki ga Kiru!: Screenplay
• 808 Town Dream Diary: Screenplay
• Meibugyō Tōyama no Kin-san: Screenplay

Novels

• The Oniwa Banheikuro series:
  • Oniwa Banheikuro Series: Sado Fishing Lamentation (御庭番平九郎シリーズ『佐渡漁り火哀歌』)
  • Oniwa Banheikuro Series: Yagiri no Watashi (御庭番平九郎シリーズ『矢切の渡し』)
  • Oniwa Banheikuro Series: Hanafubuki Yoshiwara (御庭番平九郎シリーズ『花吹雪吉原』)
  • Oniwa Banheikuro Series: Shirazakura no Ken (御庭番平九郎シリーズ『白桜の剣』)

References

1. Twitter Account (Japanese)
2. Lecture Website (Japanese)
3. Allcinema (Japanese)
4. Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (Japanese)