Hiroyasu Yamaura is a Japanese screenwriter. He has served as a writer for the Ultraman Series during the Showa era.
Career[]
In 1961, Yamaura submitted his script The Murderous Theft to the 16th Annual Arts Festival Public Script Competition, where it won the Arts Festival Award. He dropped out of Waseda University’s Faculty of Letters the same year and made his debut as a screenwriter. Following this, he contributed to the screenwriting of numerous films, TV series, and anime, particularly within the Tsuburaya Productions' series.
In addition, as a novelist, he wrote many mystery novels, science fiction works, and other stories aimed at both young adults and adults. After retiring in the 21st century, he focused on community theater activities in the Asao area. [1]
Works[]
- Ultra Q (1966) - Writer, 3 episodes
- Episode 10 "The Underground Super Express Goes West" (with Kitao Senzoku)
- Episode 20 "The Undersea Humanoid Ragon" (with Samaji Nonagase and Shoji Otomo)
- Episode 27 "The Disappearance of Flight 206" (with Tetsuo Kinjo)
- Ultraseven (1968) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 22 "The Human Farm"
- Episode 36 "A Lethal 0.1 Seconds"
- Mighty Jack (1968) - Writer, 1 episode
- Episode 12 "Terror in the Big City"
- Fight! Mighty Jack (1968) - Writer, 3 episodes
- Episode 3 "Fly to the Devil's Sea!!"
- Episode 18 "Defeat the Hydrogen Bomb Dinosaur!!"
- Episode 23 "Mark the Assassin Lady!"
- Operation: Mystery (1969) - Writer,[2] 1 episode
- Episode 24 "Mad Humans"
- Mirrorman (1971-1972) - Writer,[3] 17 episodes
- Episode 5 "Monster Bird Inbera Appears!" (with Shigemitsu Taguchi)
- Episode 6 "A Graveyard in the Mirror"
- Episode 8 "Revenge of the Steel Dragon Iron"
- Episode 11 "Shoot the Flame Monster, Zailas!"
- Episode 13 "The Flute Playing Witch"
- Episode 14 "Defeat King Zaiger!"
- Episode 17 "Mirrorman Entrapped"
- Episode 22 "Death Duel with King Wonder: The Moon Monster"
- Episode 26 "The Certain Demise"
- Episode 27 "Full Force Attack"
- Episode 28 "Challenge From A Killer"
- Episode 34 "SGM vs Mirrorman"
- Episode 35 "SGM's Strategic Plan"
- Episode 38 "The Monster Magmagon"
- Episode 43 "The Phantom Monster"
- Episode 50 "Earth's Last Day"
- Episode 51 "Farewell Mirrorman"
- Horror Theater Unbalance (1973) - Writer, 1 episode
- Jumborg Ace (1973) - Writer,[4][5], 20 episodes
- Episode 1 "A Gift From the Emerald Star"
- Episode 2 "Great Counterattack! Anti Go-Ne"
- Episode 7 "Stand Up! Lonely Hero Naoki"
- Episode 8 "The Trumpeter Plays for the Setting Sun"
- Episode 12 "Dead in Osaka! Jumborg Ace"
- Episode 13 "Revive Now! Jumborg Ace"
- Episode 14 "Terror! Hell Flower Dances in the Night Sky"
- Episode 16 "Mystery! Witch Monster Arrives"
- Episode 19 "Danger! Atomic Bomb Missile"
- Episode 20 "The Great Used Car Rebellion!"
- Episode 23 "Celebration! Big Change of Portable Shrines"
- Episode 26 "Riddle! Nombirigon's True Colors"
- Episode 30 "Execute Jumborg Ace and Jumborg 9!"
- Episode 31 "Run Fast to Ice Hell!"
- Episode 34 "Telephone Death Threats from the Grim Reaper!"
- Episode 38 "Destroy Cyborg Command!"
- Episode 40 "Great Desperate Fight! Vamos I and Vamos II"
- Episode 47 "Desperate Struggle! Ace vs Nine?"
- Episode 49 "Mystery! The Demon's Spell Severs Time"
- Episode 50 "Tokyo's Final Day"
- Dinosaur Great War Izenborg (1977-1978) - Writer, 15 episodes
- Episode 3 "Dinosaur Army! Mouse Operation of Terror!"
- Episode 4 "Deathblow! Izen Cross Cutter!"
- Episode 6 "A Mysterious Beautiful Girl Whistling a Storm!"
- Episode 7 "Three Large Monsters Appear! When a Man Risks His Life"
- Episode 9 "A Mysterious Dinosaur's Dead Body!"
- Episode 11 "A Cross of Tears on the Dinosaur Grave!"
- Episode 13 "SOS! Defend the D Squadron Base!"
- Episode 14 "Counterattack! The D Squadron Burning With Rage"
- Episode 16 "Sweetheart, Decorate the Flowers for Izen!"
- Episode 19 "Fury of the Dinosaur Devil! Undying Love"
- Episode 20 "Shine, First Star! Izenbo"
- Episode 23 "Escape from Magma Hell!"
- Episode 28 "A Black Shadow on the Snowy Field? Battle of the North Pole"
- Episode 33 "Fear the Mechanical Firefly Army"
- Episode 36 "Great Power! Mysterious Supernatural Monster"
- Star Wolf (1978) - Writer,[6] 4 episodes
- Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon (1978-1979) - Writer, 7 episodes
- Ultraman 80 (1980-1981) - Writer, 4 episodes
- Episode 5 "Streets of Illusion"
- Episode 21 "Shine for Eternity! Space GMan 85"
- Episode 23 "SOS! Invasion of the Space Amoeba"
- Episode 49 "80's Greatest Peril! Transform! Lady Ultraman"
Other Works[]
- Ambassador Magma (1966)
- Go! Go Skyar (1973)
- Mazinger Z (1974)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Steel Jeeg (1975)
- Lupin the 3rd Part II (1977)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
- Space Runaway Ideon (1980)
- New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Queen Millennium (1981)
- Tokyo Blackout (1987)
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