Keisuke Fujikawa is a Japanese screenwriter. He has served as a writer for the Ultraman Series during the Showa era.
Career
After graduating from Keio University, Fujikawa used his connections to apply for a position at Toho Film Company but was not accepted. After severing ties with his parents for six months, his best friend from college helped him join RKB Mainichi Broadcasting in Fukuoka, where he began writing scripts for the station’s music programs. Later, through the introduction of his university senior, Toshihiro Iijima, he debuted as a scriptwriter for live-action television dramas in 1958.
From the mid-1960s to the id-1970s, Fujikawa wrote for live-action productions and special effects films. In 1966, he became involved in the planning and scriptwriting for Ultraman. During this time, he met producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki through designer Tohl Narita, which led to his role as a scriptwriter for Nishizaki's 1974 anime Space Battleship Yamato. In the 1970s and 1980s, he expanded his work to include writing for television anime, and since the mid-1980s, he has focused primarily on writing novels.[1]
As of 2024, Fujikawa and Yuzo Higuchi are the only surviving scriptwriters from the original Ultraman production team.
Works
- Ultraman (1966-1967) - Writer,[2] 5 episodes
- Episode 5 "Secret of the Miloganda"
- Episode 12 "Cry of the Mummy"
- Episode 17 "Passport to Infinity"
- Episode 24 "The Undersea Science Center"
- Episode 32 "The Endless Counterattack"
- Kaiju Booska (1966-1967) - Writer, 11 episodes
- Ultraseven (1967-1968) - Writer, 5 episodes
- Episode 16 "The Eye That Shines in the Darkness"
- Episode 27 "Operation Cyborg"
- Episode 30 "Glory for Whom?"
- Episode 39 "The Seven Assassination Plan Part 1"
- Episode 40 "The Seven Assassination Plan Part 2"
- Fight! Mighty Jack (1968) - Writer, 4 episodes
- Episode 1 "Beat the Trap You Fell For!"
- Episode 8 "Go to Hell and Laugh!"
- Episode 11 "Grab the Sweet Bombs!"
- Episode 15 "Rush to the Dead Man's Mansion!"
- Episode 19 "Stop the Human Botanical Garden!"
- Operation: Mystery (1969) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 14 "Good Night"
- Episode 26 "The Snow Woman"
- Chibira-kun(1970) - Writer, 37 episodes
- Mirrorman (1971-1972) - Writer, 5 episodes
- Episode 4 "Terror of the Cobalt 60"
- Episode 9 "Multi Appears Riding Upon a Kite"
- Episode 16 "Chase Kinder: The Doll Monster!"
- Episode 20 "Bodyguard from the Deep"
- Episode 47 "The Plan For Defeat"
- Triple Fighter (1972) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 2 "Triple Fighter Escape Case!"
- Episode 5 "Hypnosis Gun AZ Strategy!"
- Emergency Directive 10-4·10-10 (1972) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 11 "Yokai: Mud Man"
- Episode 20 "The Assassins from Space"
- Episode 21 "Attack of Monster Bird Lagon!"
- The☆Ultraman (1979) - Writer,[3] 1 episode
- Episode 10 "I Saw It! The Illusion of a Monster..."
- The Ultra Q Club (2003) - Writer, 1 episode
- Episode 16 "The Mystery of the Heavenly God"
- Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy (2004) - Writer, 1 episode
- Episode 21 "The Night Fog, This Evening..."
- Ultraman Max (2006) - Writer, 1 episode
- Episode 35 "Adam and Eve of M32 Nebula"
Other Works
- Assault! Human!! (1972)
- Thunder Mask (1972)
- Mazinger Z (1973)
- Space Battleship Yamato (1974)
- Great Mazinger (1974)
- God Mars (1976)
- Space Ironman Kyodain (1976)
- Balatack (1977)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
- X-Bomber (1980)
- The New Adventures of Gigantor (1980)
- Utsunomiko (1984)
Lyricist Credits
- Mighty Jack
- Susume Mighty Jack
- Chibira-kun
- Gakinko Gaki Taisho
- Pochi-Pochi no Uta
References