Takeharu Sakurai

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Takeharu Sakurai

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Profile
Gender: Male
Date of birth: November 25, 1970[1]
Place of birth: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Position: Screenplay
Years active: 1993-present
Nicknames: 飯田武[2]

Takeharu Sakurai (櫻井 武晴 Sakurai Takeharu?), born 25 November 1970[1], is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer that specializes in movie scripts. He is also active under the alias Takeshi Iida (飯田 武 Iida Takeshi?) on minor occasions[2].

Biography

Takeharu Sakurai graduated from Waseda University Second Faculty of Literature (早稲田大学第二文学部)[3], and became a producer for Toho films in 1993. In 2002, as a newcomer, he accepted the scriptwriting job for detective TV drama The Woman of Science Research Institute (科捜研の女) of Season 4, working along with the scriptwriter of Season 3, Masashi Todayama (戶田山 雅司).

Sakurai also held a position in the production of another detective TV drama called AIBOU (相棒), produced by TV Asahi. Whilst taking care of the screenplay for these works, he was also the screenplay cooperation of TV drama Shinzanmono (新参者), which was adapted from a novel written by a best-selling mystery novelist Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾).

In 2013, due to the adjustment made by the AIBOU production team, Sakurai left the production team and joined the Detective Conan movie production team. In the same year, he wrote Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea. After that, he tends to write a movie script every other year, alternating with Takahiro Okura.

Scenarios written

Number of case scenarios written: 6 (6 episodes)

Movie scenarios written

Number of movie scenarios written: 7

Other notable works

Dramas

  • The Woman Of Science Research Institute S4-S23 (2002-2023): Screenplay
  • AIBOU S2-S12 (2003-2013): Screenplay
  • Shinzanmono (2010): Screenplay cooperation

Movie

  • Designated Lawyer (2018): Screenplay

References

  1. 櫻井武晴 - Wikipedia
  2. Takeharu Sakurai - IMDb
  3. Takeharu Sakurai - Allociné
  4. Takeharu Sakurai - Anime News Network
  5. Detective Conan Staff Listing