Riku Sanjou

Writing

Riku Sanjou

Born October 2, 1964 (age 61)

Riku Sanjo is a Japanese writer. He graduated from Meiji University. He has worked as both a story writer for manga, anime, as well as several live-action tokusatsu TV shows. He was the head writer of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider Drive. He was later one of the secondary writers on Kamen Rider Fourze and head writer of Zyuden Sentai KyoryugerIcon-crosswiki. He also played the Sweets Man in Kamen R…

Known For

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie Wars Full ThrottleKamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie Wars Full Throttle · 2014
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie Wars Full Throttle
6.62014
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Gaim: It begins on the planet Kouta and Mai reside. Suddenly a mysterious enemy appears, then heads for their friends back in Zawame City. What is the enemies’ plan to release the curse of the Over Lords and Helheim? This being has even driven Kouta, who has become an existence like-God. Find out how the series continues after the events of the last episode. Drive: A legendary thief, the Special Unit, and Drive are locked in a showdown. How does the Drive Driver (Mr. Belt) fit in to all of this?
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger the Movie:  Gaburincho of MusicZyuden Sentai Kyoryuger the Movie: Gaburincho of Music · 2013
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger the Movie: Gaburincho of Music
6.32013
MovieActionAdventure
The Kyoryuger saves Mikoto Amano, nicknamed Meeko, from a horde of Zorima who invaded her concert venue. It turns out that Daigo once met Meeko in France. Before they can catch up, the ancient knight Deathryuger, aka D, appears and kidnaps her. D’s goal is to use the secret legendary battery #00, to take control of the mysterious Tobaspino. The Kyoryugers go after "D" to rescue Meeko and prevent him from gaining control over the legendary Zyudenryu.
Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider SkullFuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull · 2024
Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull
8.02024
MovieAnimationAction
Shotaro tells Tokime all about his mentor, Shokichi Narumi, and the night he and Philip became Kamen Rider W.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 · 2009
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
6.22009
MovieActionAdventure
Serving as the true ending to Kamen Rider Decade and revealing the origins of Kamen Rider W, this movie is split into three parts. In "Kamen Rider Decade: Final Chapter", Tsukasa Kadoya fully embraces his title as the Destroyer of Worlds. In "Kamen Rider W: Begins Night", Shotaro and Philip recount the night on when it all began. Elements of both parts converge in the movie's final part, "Movie War 2010" as our heroes fight the forces of Super Shocker.
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars CoreKamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core · 2010
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core
6.02010
MovieActionAdventure
Confronting a mysterious enemy, the Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider W receives aid from Ryu, who has infuriated Akiko by being too busy to attend her wedding! Akiko demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place and the Pteranodon Yummy as it uses the Memory Memory on her to give her the answer to her question. Meanwhile, at the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself. Later, Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and W team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory’s source of power to even the odds.
Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of FateKamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate · 2010
Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
6.82010
MovieActionAdventure
Intercepting the transport carrying Foundation X’s new 2nd generation Gaia Memories, the special-ops unit NEVER, led by Daido Katsumi, intend to turn Fuuto into Hell on Earth. With Daido wielding the T2 Eternal Memory and a Lost Driver, granting him power in the form of Kamen Rider Eternal, Fuuto’s Kamen Riders are left powerless as Daido and his allies take control of Fuuto Tower, converting it into a massive laser weapon…
M.D. Geist II: Death ForceM.D. Geist II: Death Force · 1996
M.D. Geist II: Death Force
4.91996
MovieScience FictionAnimation
Less than a year after Geist activated the Death Force, which decimated most of Jerra's population, he has kept himself busy by dismantling the Death Force machines one by one. Most of the remaining human population have fled to a remote haven run by a warlord named Krauser. Krauser is another MDS unit, MD-01, who has a technology that hides his mobile fortress from the Death Force.
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur WarZyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War · 2014
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War
6.82014
MovieActionAdventure
Both TyrannoRanger and AbaRed are attacking the Kyoryugers because of mind control by Space War God Boldos. Boldos uses the feelings of revenge from enemies defeated by heroes who uses the power of dinosaurs, creating Neo-Grifforzer and Neo-Geildon, clones of past enemies as well as Enter and Escape,enemies of the Go-Busters. Villains spanning generations are united into a single evil force. The Kyoryugers, who are fighting an unseen evil, meet with the Go-Busters, and the "Greatest Trap ever seen on Earth" is sprung. What rises up against the true dinosaurs, and the death of your best friends? Now, the Kyoryugers must try and use the "True Brave".

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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars CoreKamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core · 2010
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core
6.02010
MovieActionAdventure
Confronting a mysterious enemy, the Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider W receives aid from Ryu, who has infuriated Akiko by being too busy to attend her wedding! Akiko demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place and the Pteranodon Yummy as it uses the Memory Memory on her to give her the answer to her question. Meanwhile, at the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself. Later, Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and W team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory’s source of power to even the odds.

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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur WarZyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War · 2014
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur War
6.82014
MovieActionAdventure
Both TyrannoRanger and AbaRed are attacking the Kyoryugers because of mind control by Space War God Boldos. Boldos uses the feelings of revenge from enemies defeated by heroes who uses the power of dinosaurs, creating Neo-Grifforzer and Neo-Geildon, clones of past enemies as well as Enter and Escape,enemies of the Go-Busters. Villains spanning generations are united into a single evil force. The Kyoryugers, who are fighting an unseen evil, meet with the Go-Busters, and the "Greatest Trap ever seen on Earth" is sprung. What rises up against the true dinosaurs, and the death of your best friends? Now, the Kyoryugers must try and use the "True Brave".

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Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDEDirector's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE · 2013
Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE
10.02013
Movie
Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE is the release of the director's cut version of Kyoryuger's first four episodes (Brave 1: He's Here! The Bright Red King, Brave 2: Gaburincho! Biting Combination, Brave 3: It's Going to Get Wild! The Slashing Brave, Brave 4: Shoot Through! The Gaburivolver of Courage), with a total running time of 106 minutes. The release features an additional 15 minutes of unreleased scenes from the series' first four episodes which explains how the other four Kyoryugers acquired their respective Zyudenryu. Also included are ending dance video, creditless ending, solo version of ending, and an audio commentary. The trailer for the Blu-Ray and DVD was released on July 25th 2013. Director's Cut Edition Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE PRELUDE is available in both Blu-Ray and DVD, for 7800 yen and 6800 yen respectively. It was released on September 13th 2013.

Screenplay

Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai - Six Great GeneralsDragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai - Six Great Generals · 1992
Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai - Six Great Generals
5.01992
MovieAnimationAdventure
The third Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken movie. The story takes place between episode 35 and 36 of the TV series. After yet again defeating some of Hadlar's (the leader of the Great Demon King's Army) warriors and saving the princess, Dai and his fellow adventurers are relaxing and helping with rebuilding the island village. Unbeknownst to them Hadlar was usurped by a new demon lord called Galbus, who immediately sets forth to once and for all destroy Dai, using his own sextet of champions. During the initial surprise attack Dai's friend Maam's soul is taken and in order to get it back Dai and his friends must attack Galbus on his chosen batlleground. Will Dai survive this?

Comic Book

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of DaiDragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai · 1991
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
8.21991
SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.

Comic Book

Cutie Honey: The LiveCutie Honey: The Live · 2007
Cutie Honey: The Live
5.22007
SeriesAction & AdventureComedy
The Panther Claw organization is driven by a relentless pursuit of wealth, using any means necessary to achieve their goals. However, their plans start to unravel thanks to the unexpected interference of a seemingly ordinary girl. This girl, who initially encounters Panther Claw by chance, turns out to be Kisaragi Honey, the ‘daughter’ of the brilliant cyberneticist Dr. Kisaragi Koshirou. Recognizing her value, Panther Claw’s four members race to capture Cutie Honey. Kisaragi Honey, also known as Cutie Honey, is not alone in her fight. She is joined by two allies, Saotome Miki (Sister Miki) and Kenmochi Yuki (Sister Yuki). Together, they work to thwart Panther Claw’s schemes and protect Honey from being exploited.

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