Takahiro Okura
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | 1968 |
| Place of birth: | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Location: | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Nicknames: | Natsuki Tsuburaya (圆谷 夏树) |
| Surname can also be written Ookura, Oukura or Ohkura | |
Takahiro Okura (大倉 崇裕 Ōkura Takahiro), born 1968, is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer and mystery novelist from Kyoto. He is famous for his Detective Dramas and for his work in Detective Conan. He is also the creator of Lieutenant Fukuie who was featured in the Detective Picture Book.
He comes from the family that founded Gekkeikan, a company that manufactures sake and plum wine. Which its president, Haruhiko Okura (大倉 治彦), is his cousin[1].
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Biography
He graduated from Gakushuin University (学習院大学). While he was working for a Western liquor company and an editorial department for police magazines, he was also attending the novel course taught by Eisuke Kaito (海渡 英祐). In 1997, by virtue of Another Ghost (三人目の幽霊), he won the fourth session of the Sougen Mystery Short Award. In the same year, his work The Egyptians Came (エジプト人がやってきた) was selected by Tetsuya Ayukawa's edited anthology Honkaku Mystery 10. Later, he won the Novel Mystery Newcomer Award due to his work Tools & Stalls (ツール&ストール), under his penname Natsuki Tsuburaya (圆谷 夏树) back then.
Okura is also a fan of monsters and tokusatsus (his remark on Twitter profile: "I like monsters more than three times a meal"); therefore, he wrote the script for the 7th episode of Ultraman Max. Incidentally, one of his released works named Looking for the Phantom Monster in the Lawless Zone (無法地帯 幻の？を捜せ) contains these elements as the main theme. Meanwhile, he also does some translation work; for example, he translated and novelized the American TV drama Columbo. In addition, his representative work is Osamu Shirato Case Files (白戸修の事件簿); which was supposedly influenced by his early experience as an editor for police magazines.
In 2016, Okura joined the Detective Conan production team, under the recommendation of Gosho Aoyama, who saw one of Okura's works, Greetings from Lieutenant Fukuie (福家警部補の挨拶). He is now in charge of some Detective Conan movie scripts.
Scenarios written
Number of case scenarios written: 5 (8 episodes)
- The Mysterious Boy (Episode 829)
- The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (Episode 855)
- Intrigue at the Food Court (Episode 936)
- Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (Episodes 965-968)
- The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (Episode 1039)
Movie scripts written
Number of movie scripts written: 4
- The Crimson Love Letter (Movie 21)
- The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Movie 23)
- The Bride of Halloween (Movie 25)
- The Million Dollar Signpost (Movie 27)
Other notable works
Anime
- Lupin the Third: Part 5 (Episode 17): Screenplay
TV dramas
- MPD: Animal Unit: Screenplay
- Enter Lieutenant Fukuie: Screenplay
- Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo: Screenplay
TV movies
- Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu (2009): Screenplay
References
- Twitter Account (Japanese)
- Instagram Account (Japanese)
- 大倉崇裕 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- Asian Wiki
- Anime News Network
