Yasuko Kobayashi

Writing

Yasuko Kobayashi

Born April 7, 1965 · Koto, Tokyo, Japan (age 61)

Yasuko Kobayashi is a Japanese anime and tokusatsu drama screenwriter who has been involved in various television shows throughout her career, beginning in 1993 with Tokusou Robo Janperson. Since her debut writing credits in Janperson, Kobayashi has been the main writer on many anime and tokusatsu television series and films. She has also been a writer on individual episodes within other series.

Known For

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a GodDeath Note Relight 1: Visions of a God · 2007
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
7.92007
MovieTV MovieCrime
When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power. With the Death Note in hand, brilliant high school student Light Yagami vows to rid the world of evil. A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with alternate footage.
Attack on Titan: Wings of FreedomAttack on Titan: Wings of Freedom · 2015
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
8.22015
MovieAnimationAction
As the Trost District is reclaimed from the Titans, Eren is taken under the wing of Captain Levi and his squad, who decide to try and teach him to master his mysterious abilities.
Death Note Relight 2: L's SuccessorsDeath Note Relight 2: L's Successors · 2009
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
7.42009
MovieTV MovieThriller
L's successor must ponder L's defeat if he hopes to succeed where his famed predecessor failed. At the headquarters of the SPK, he calls upon the Japanese task force to declare war on Light. A recap of Death Note episodes 27–37, with new footage.
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and ArrowAttack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow · 2014
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
8.12014
MovieAnimationAction
When man-eating Titans first appeared 100 years ago, humans found safety behind massive walls that stopped the giants in their tracks. But the safety they have had for so long is threatened when a colossal Titan smashes through the barriers, causing a flood of the giants into what had been the humans' safe zone.
Attack on Titan: The Roar of AwakeningAttack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening · 2018
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening
8.32018
MovieAnimationAction
Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just begun to become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion of Wall Rose—but all is not as it seems as more mysteries are unraveled. As the Survey Corps races to save the wall, they uncover more about the invading Titans and the dark secrets of their own members.
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The MovieRessha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie · 2015
Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie
6.92015
MovieScience FictionAction
ToQger vs. Kyoryuger will see the twelve rangers from both teams join forces to fight against an evil super giant. They must also save the Galaxy Line, which is falling from space. To make matters worse, the five main ToQgers are turned into children by a Shadow Monster.
Attack on Titan: ChronicleAttack on Titan: Chronicle · 2020
Attack on Titan: Chronicle
7.52020
MovieAnimationAction
In the fourth recap movie, episodes 1 to 59 of the anime are retold, compiling the first Three seasons of Attack on Titan into a two-hour event.
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega MaxKamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max · 2011
Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max
6.62011
MovieActionAdventure
Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as well as a new form for Kamen Rider OOO. Unlike previous Movie War films, where they were divided into 3 segments, Movie War Mega Max is divided into 5 parts. Like previous Movie War films the secondary Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Fourze, Kamen Rider Meteor, made his debut in the film.

Filmography

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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.

Script Consultant

Shakugan no Shana: The MovieShakugan no Shana: The Movie · 2007
Shakugan no Shana: The Movie
7.62007
MovieAnimationFantasy
The movie is more or less a retelling of the first few episodes of the series that is not much more than a slightly padded director's cut. You do learn some interesting details such as where Yugi's dad is, a look at the flame haze who was in the city before Shana, and even a couple of new powers for the Reiji Maigo. The story is certainly fleshed out quite a bit more and the final 15 minutes of the film comprise a surprisingly powerful conclusion (worth the price of admission on its own), but I would have liked a more original story rather then a highly polished version of one that I've already enjoyed. In the end, spectacular visuals, great new music, and well thought out additions to the core story leave you feeling glad to have seen the film. On the other hand, the fact that anything new that was added obviously doesn't change the events that come later in the series means that established fans will likely leave the experience less than satisfied.

Screenplay

Come Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special ActCome Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act · 2010
Come Back! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Special Act
4.82010
MovieActionAdventure
The film begins with the Shinkengers defeating the Ayakashi Demebakuto. As he assumes his second life, he captures the Shinkengers in mirrors as he sends them into a series of different dimensions (all different film genres) in order make them suffer for his amusement before actually killing them. First, the Shinkengers appear in the jidaigeki Lord's log of Notable Events, fighting a group of samurai, shortly followed by a Western showdown between Genta and Ginshirō, the owner of the rival sushi stand Silver Zushi, over whose food is better in Wild Grip. Then the scene changes again to the cop drama Passionate Version with the vassals as cops while Takeru is being held hostage as the Shinkengers starts to realize that something is wrong.

Screenplay

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Special Act: We're Getting Married!!Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Special Act: We're Getting Married!! · 2004
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Special Act: We're Getting Married!!
8.82004
MovieActionComedy
A sequel to the series, set four years later, that portrays the wedding of Mamoru and Usagi. Before their nuptials they must do battle with Mio Kuroki who has been resurrected and claims to be the new queen of the Dark Kingdom. She kidnaps Mamoru and Usagi and intends to force Mamoru to marry her. However, the Shitennou are revived and help their master to defeat Mio's youma, Sword and Shield. Meanwhile, the Sailor Senshi, minus Sailor Mars who is hospitalized with injuries from battling Mio while in her civilian state, use the Moon Sword provided by Queen Serenity to restore their power, enabling them to transform and face Mio.

Screenplay

ClaymoreClaymore · 2007
Claymore
8.22007
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being manufactured as half-human and half-youma, for the express purpose of exterminating these monsters. After Raki's family is killed, the Claymore saves his life, but he is subsequently banished from his home. With nowhere else to go, Raki finds the Claymore, known as Clare, and decides to follow her on her journeys. As the pair travel from town to town, defeating youma along the way, more about Clare's organization and her fellow warriors comes to light. With every town cleansed and every demon destroyed, they come closer to the youma on which Clare has sought vengeance ever since she chose to become a Claymore.

Writer