Takao Yoshioka

Takao Yoshioka (Japanese: 吉岡たかを, Hepburn: Yoshioka Takao) is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After leaving Shin-Ei Animation, he debuted as a screenwriter with Happy Lesson. Since Happy Lesson, he has been in charge of screenwriting for many series, some of which are Elfen Lied, Your Lie in April, High School DxD, Horimiya, and The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments.

Biography

The first series Yoshioka worked on was Elf-ban Kakyūsei. He later worked at Shin-Ei Animation for some time, but later left and became a freelancer. After going freelance, the first series he was in charge of screenwriting was Happy Lesson. Since Happy Lesson, Yoshioka has been in charge of screenwriting for many other series.

Works

• Happy Lesson (2001) (screenwriter)
• Ikki Tousen (2003) (screenwriter)
• Elfen Lied (2004) (screenwriter)
• Sekirei (2008) (screenwriter)
• Demon King Daimao (2010) (screenwriter)
• Working!!' (2011–2016) (screenwriter)
• Senran Kagura (2012) (screenwriter)
• High School DxD (2012–2015) (screenwriter)
• No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! (2013) (screenwriter)
• Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire (2014) (screenwriter)
• Bladedance of Elementalers (2014) (screenwriter)
• Your Lie in April (2014–2015) (screenwriter)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015) (screenwriter)
• The Morose Mononokean (2016–2019) (screenwriter)
• Magical Girl Raising Project (2016) (screenwriter)
• Interviews with Monster Girls (2017) (screenwriter)
• Schoolgirl Strikers (2017) (screenwriter)
• Konohana Kitan (2017) (screenwriter)
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments (2018) (screenwriter)
• Seven Senses of the Reunion (2018) (screenwriter)
• Boarding School Juliet (2018) (screenwriter)
• If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (2019) (screenwriter)
• I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020–2021) (screenwriter)
• Horimiya (2021) (screenwriter)
• Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022) (screenwriter)
• 2.5 Dimensional Seduction (2024) (screenwriter)

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Takao Yoshioka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

1. High School DxD
2. List of High School DxD episodes
3. Yoshioka (surname)
4. List of Your Lie in April episodes
5. High School DxD season 1
6. Your Lie in April
7. Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
8. Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
9. I'm Standing on a Million Lives
10. Elfen Lied
11. The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments
12. No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!
13. Senran Kagura
14. List of The Seven Deadly Sins episodes
15. 2.5 Dimensional Seduction
16. The Testament of Sister New Devil
17. List of Elfen Lied episodes
18. High School DxD Born
19. High School DxD New
20. Sekirei