Riku Sanjo

Riku Sanjo (三条 陸) 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.

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)

Dragon Quest

 * Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (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)