Riku Sanjo

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.

Riku Sanjo 三条 陸
Born	(1964-10-03) October 3, 1964 (age 60) Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga writer, screenwriter

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)