Takeharu Sakurai

Writing

Takeharu Sakurai

Born November 25, 1970 · Tokyo, Japan (age 55)

Takeharu Sakurai (born November 25, 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter and producer known for Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025), Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) and Ace Attorney (2012).

Known For

Detective Conan: One-Eyed FlashbackDetective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback · 2025
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
★ 7.22025
MovieAnimationAction
As police inspector Yamato Kansuke pursues a certain man in the snowy mountains of Nagano, a shadow suddenly appears in his field of vision. While he's distracted, a rifle bullet fired by someone grazes his left eye and causes an avalanche accompanied by a roar. Ten months later, Kansuke, having miraculously survived the avalanche, receives a report that a researcher at the Nobeyama National Astronomical Observatory has been attacked.
Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletDetective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet · 2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
★ 6.52021
MovieAnimationAction
At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large companies are kidnapped from the party venue where WSG tournament sponsors gather. Conan moves toward a solution and eventually finds a connection with the WSG abduction case that occurred 15 years ago in Boston, USA.
Detective Conan: Black Iron SubmarineDetective Conan: Black Iron Submarine · 2023
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
★ 7.02023
MovieAnimationAction
While visiting Hachijo-jima, Conan sneaks aboard a security boat heading to the Pacific Buoy, an off-shore facility constructed near the coasts built to connect surveillance cameras used by police forces around the world. However, an engineer gets abducted! An eerie sound of a propeller hums underwater as a dark figure begins to creep toward Ai Haibara... When the forbidden Black Box is opened, the sealed-away past will surface above the treacherous waves!
Detective Conan: The Darkest NightmareDetective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare · 2016
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
★ 6.82016
MovieAnimationMystery
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of InfernoDetective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno · 2015
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno
★ 6.22015
MovieAnimationCrime
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant SeaDetective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea · 2013
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea
★ 6.62013
MovieAnimationAction
It’s a high-stakes mystery on the high seas! Enjoying a free prize cruise on a military ship, Conan and his friends find their relaxation interrupted by the threat of possible explosives on board! It’s a race against time to find the culprit and save the ship — and potentially the whole country!
Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30
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Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 · 2026
Detective Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30
★ 6.42026
MovieAnimationAction
As a new 10,000-yen banknote featuring the Touto Tower design is issued and the nation is swept up in excitement, Conan and the Junior Detective League, accompanied by Professor Agasa, Ran, and Sonoko, visit the Nagano factory of the Japan Banknote Printing Bureau. Meanwhile, counterfeit money is discovered at the scene of a murder in Tokyo, prompting the Metropolitan Police Department to establish an investigation headquarters. As the unprecedented circulation of counterfeit new banknotes throws the public into confusion, Conan and Heiji head to Osaka, where the counterfeit money is believed to have been printed.
Case Closed: Zero the EnforcerCase Closed: Zero the Enforcer · 2018
Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
★ 6.22018
MovieAnimationCrime
After a sudden explosion at Edge of Ocean island in Tokyo, Tōru Amuro, codename Zero, begins to investigate. Meanwhile, private eye Kogorō is arrested as a suspect, so Conan Edogawa conducts his own investigation to prove his innocence, but Amuro stands in his way.

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Detective Conan: The Darkest NightmareDetective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare · 2016
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
★ 6.82016
MovieAnimationMystery
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.

Screenplay

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo · 2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
★ 7.52002
SeriesDramaCrime
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Writer

Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? · 2013
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
★ 7.02013
SeriesComedyCrime
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves 「TAKE FIVE」. This group stole from the rich who had acquired their wealth through immoral means. Due to an incident, Masayoshi decided to retire from the group, and settled into his life as a professor of Psychology at a reputable university. One day, he runs into a mysterious homeless woman, who passes him a picture of a Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, which prompts him to re-enter the world of thievery and resurrect 「TAKE FIVE」. Sasahara Rui joined the Burglary Division in the footsteps of her father, who had died in an accident involving a burglary heist. She wows to take down 「TAKE FIVE」 and stop them from stealing again. What was the real reason for the disbanding of 「TAKE FIVE」 20 years ago? Who is the mysterious homeless woman and what is the significance of the Da Vinci picture she had given to Masayoshi? How did Rui's father really died?

Screenplay