Riku Sanjo
# 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.

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. The two also created Beet the Vandel Buster (2002–2006, 2016–present), which has 4 million copies in print.

## 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)
* 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: Dai no Daibōken (1989–1996)
* 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)
