Noboru Sugimura (
Noboru Sugimura | |
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Born | June 28, 1948 |
Died | February 25, 2005 | (aged 56)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Television writer, video game writer |
Years active | 1975–2005 |
Known for |
Career
editHe had studied under Ei Ogawa, one of the main writers of the Japanese crime drama TV series Taiyō ni Hoero! that Sugimura was hired for in 1975 as well, marking his first job as a scenarist.[2] Starting his own business, he went on to become the main writer of Sukeban Deka and the Metal Hero Series, and later created scenarios for Seibu Keisatsu, Lupin III Part II, Hadaka no Taishō and Kamen Rider Black.[2]
A great fan of Shinji Mikami's Resident Evil, Sugimura became involved with Capcom when he was introduced to Yoshiki Okamoto during the production of Resident Evil 2.[1] Initially consulted on a trial basis, he ended up writing the complete story for the game and, together with Okamoto and two others, co-founded the now-defunct Capcom writers studio Flagship in April 1997 and would later work on other Capcom titles such as Clock Tower 3, Dino Crisis 2, Dino Stalker, Dino Crisis 3, and the first three main installments of the Onimusha series. Sugimura also created the draft script for Haunting Ground, which was a revised edition of a Resident Evil 4 script that had been rejected. This modified script was then transformed into the draft for Devil May Cry.[3]
Sugimura died in 2005. Yoshiki Okamoto, who meanwhile founded Game Republic, said: "He was an extremely energetic person, and I thought that he would live a lot longer than me. [...] I had recently asked him to do a new script for an upcoming game from Game Republic and I was looking forward to working with him again".[1]
Screenwriting credits
edit• asterisk= head writer
Television
edit- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1974–1979)
- Emergency Line (1976)
- The Secret Inspectors (1976)
- The Unfettered Shogun (1978)
- Lupin the Third Part II (1978–1980)
- The Hangman (1980)
- Bakuso! Doberman Deka (1980)
- Seibu Keisatsu (1981)
- Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983)
- Nebula Mask Machineman (1984)
- Kyodai Ken Byclosser (1985)
- Sukeban Deka (1985–1986)*
- Jikuu Senshi Spielban (1986)
- Kamen Rider Black (1987–1988)*
- Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya (1988)
- The Mobile Cop Jiban (1989–1990)*
- Special Rescue Police Winspector (1990–1991)*
- Super Rescue Solbrain (1991–1992)*
- Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (1992–1993)*
- Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993–1994)*
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994–1995)*
- Choriki Sentai Ohranger (1995–1996)*
Film
edit- Kamen Rider ZO (1993)
- Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993)
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Onimusha writer Noboru Sugimura dies". GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc. 28 February 2005. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "
鬼 武者 2 [集 ]の章 ". Capcom Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2017. - ^ Minoru Funatsu (11 April 2001). "カプコン、
深作 欣二 監督 を招 き「クロックタワー3」を制作 ". Game Watch. Impress Watch Corporation. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2017.