Riku Sanjo

Japanese manga writer and screenwriter (born 1964)

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Riku Sanjo 三条陸
Born	(1964-10-03) October 3, 1964 (age 59) Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga writer, screenwriter

Riku Sanjo (Japanese: 三条陸, Hepburn: Sanjō Riku, born October 3, 1964) is a Japanese manga writer and screenwriter. He works as a story writer for manga, anime and live-action film. Sanjo graduated from Meiji University.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1989–1996), which he created with illustrator Koji Inada, is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 47 million copies sold.^[1] The two also created Beet the Vandel Buster (2002–2006, 2016–present), which has 4 million copies in print.^[2]

Selected works

Anime

OVAs

MD Geist (1986)
Cybernetics Guardian (1989)
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989–1990)
MD Geist II: Death Force (1996)
Ultraman Super Fighter Legend (1996)

Television

series head writer denoted in bold
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (2005–2006)^[3]
Happy Lucky Bikkuriman (2006–2007): eps 20-46
GeGeGe no Kitarō 5th series (2007–2009): eps 27–100
Digimon Fusion (2010–2012)

Film

Gegege no Kitarō: Explosive Japan!! (2008)

Manga

Dragon Quest

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1989–1996)^[4]
Dragon Quest IV Gaiden -The Labyrinth of Hell (December 2001-January 2002)
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken - Yuusha Avan to Gokuen no Maou (2020–present)

Other Manga

Ultraman Super Fighter Legend (1993–1997): as Ryu Sagawa
Beet the Vandel Buster (2002–present)
Fuuto PI (2017–present)

Live-action TV

series head writer denoted in bold
Cutey Honey The Live (2007)
Kamen Rider W (2009–2010)
Kamen Rider Fourze (2011–2012)
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013–2014)
Satria Garuda BIMA-X (2014–2015)
Kamen Rider Drive (2014–2015)
Kamen Rider Zero-One (2019–2020)
Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020)

Live-action films

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 (2009)
- Kamen Rider W: Begins Night
Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (2010)
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core (2010)
- Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double
- Movie War Core
Kamen Rider Eternal (2011)
Piece~Fragments of a Memory~ (2012)
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music (2013)
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (2014)
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Returns: 100 Years After (2014)
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle (2014)
- Kamen Rider Drive: The Challenge From Lupin
- Movie War Full Throttle
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015)
Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser (2016)
Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Heart (2016)
Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Brain (2019)

References

^ "『ダイの大冒険』来秋28年ぶり完全新作で再びアニメ化ドラクエ世界観の人気漫画が原作". Oricon. December 21, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
^ Sherman, Jennifer (April 8, 2018). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Gaiking Details". Anime News Network. 2005-10-23. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
^ "GeGeGe no Kitarō Anime Movie to Open in Japan in December". Anime News Network. 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2009-06-15.