Erika Yoshida official photo - Japanese Queen-B screenwriter and novelist, writer of Cherry Magic!, Koisenu Futari, Tora ni Tsubasa, and BOCCHI THE ROCK!

Erika Yoshida

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BIOGRAPHY

Erika Yoshida (吉田恵里香; born 21 November 1987) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist, and the lead writer of TV Tokyo’s Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020).

Yoshida was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. She attended the Nihon University junior and senior high school and went on to the Department of Literary Arts in Nihon University’s College of Art, joining her agency, Queen-B, while still a student. She writes across television drama, film, anime and stage, handling both original stories and adaptations, and has also published prose fiction.

Her television credits include Hana Nochi Hare (2018), Heaven? (2019), DASADA (2020), Cherry Magic (2020), Kimi no Hana ni Naru (2022) and the NHK drama Seiri no Ojisan to Sono Musume (2023). In film she has written Sensei Kun Master (2018), xxxHOLiC (2022) and Otonanajimi (2023). In anime she wrote the series composition of Bocchi the Rock! (2022) and its 2024 compilation films, and she has also worked on Tower of God (2020) and the original series Maebashi Witches (2025).

Two prize-winning NHK dramas come from her recent years. The first is Koisenu Futari (恋せぬふたり, 2022), a drama about an aromantic asexual woman and man who decide to live together. It won her the 40th Mukoda Kuniko Award, one of the highest honours in Japanese television writing; the selection committee praised it for describing its subject “in an extremely subdued voice, yet with a bright tone”. The second is Tora ni Tsubasa (虎に翼, 2024), NHK’s morning serial about Japan’s first female lawyer, which she had long wanted to write. It took a Galaxy Award monthly prize in October 2024.

Yoshida wrote the Cherry Magic television series, and the 2022 film went to a different screenwriter.

She wrote the first episode and the majority of the twelve in the 2020 drama, with Satoko Okazaki writing episodes 5 and 6. The screenplay of the 2022 film is credited to Riko Sakaguchi.

Yoshida and Okazaki are both represented by Queen-B, so the two writers of the series share an agency.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
吉田恵里香
Pronouns
she/her
Born
(Age 38)
Birthplace
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Gender
Female
Western Zodiac
Scorpio ♏
Chinese Zodiac
Rabbit 🐇
Profession
AuthorScreenwriter
Nationality
Japanese
Debut
2007 · Tips Town [HAPPY DRIVE! HAPPY LIFE!] (2007) as writer, a Yokohama FM Broadcasting radio programme, the earliest credit in her Japanese Wikipedia filmography
Agency / Label
Queen-B (株式会社クイーンビー), she joined the agency while still a university student.
Years Active
2007-present
Languages
Japanese (native)
Skills
Screenwriting, Anime Series Composition, Prose Fiction and Novelisation, Radio Drama Writing, Stage Writing, Drawing

FILMOGRAPHY: TV SERIES (1)

Cherry Magic official poster featuring lead actors Eiji Akaso and Keita Machida - 2020 TV Tokyo Japanese BL drama series
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
2020
Screenwriter

PERSONAL LIFE

Hobbies
Watching films, reading on trains

FUN FACTS

  • She won the Mukoda Kuniko Award, a leading individual prize for Japanese television writing, for Koisenu Futari.
  • She signed with her agency, Queen-B, while she was still a university student.
  • She also holds a Japanese language teaching licence.
  • Her earliest credit is a radio show, not a drama: a 2007 Yokohama FM programme.
  • Satoko Okazaki is also at Queen-B, so the two Cherry Magic writers share representation.
  • Writing an NHK morning serial was a stated long-term ambition of hers, fulfilled with Tora ni Tsubasa in 2024.
  • That serial took the Galaxy Awards’ Television Division Grand Prize in 2025, credited to NHK.
  • She brought her son on stage when she accepted the Mukoda Kuniko Award in May 2022.
  • She published a prose version of Koisenu Futari.
  • Her agency lists drawing as one of her skills, and reading on trains as a hobby.
  • Her adaptation credits run from shojo manga (Hana Nochi Hare) to CLAMP (xxxHOLiC) to Korean webtoon (Tower of God).

TRIVIA

  • She was the lead writer of the 2020 TV Tokyo series, sharing the twelve episodes with Satoko Okazaki; she wrote episode 1 and the majority of the run (source: Japanese Wikipedia per-episode staff table).
  • She did not write Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE (2022). The film’s screenplay is credited to Riko Sakaguchi (source: Eiga.com staff listing, movie/96221).
  • She was born on 21 November 1987 in Kanagawa Prefecture (source: Japanese Wikipedia; Queen-B official agency profile; TMDB person 1470065, all three agree).
  • She graduated from the Department of Literary Arts in Nihon University’s College of Art, and joined her agency Queen-B while still a student (source: Japanese Wikipedia; Queen-B official profile; Nihon University College of Art alumni page 日藝ラプラス).
  • Her agency profile also records that she holds a Japanese language teaching licence, lists drawing as a skill, and gives her hobbies as watching films and reading on trains (source: Queen-B official agency profile).
  • Her earliest credit is a 2007 radio programme for Yokohama FM Broadcasting, Tips Town [HAPPY DRIVE! HAPPY LIFE!], which predates her television work by several years (source: Japanese Wikipedia filmography).
  • She won the 40th Mukoda Kuniko Award for Koisenu Futari, presented in May 2022 (source: Tokyo News Tsushinsha official award page, tokyonews.co.jp/mukouda/prize40/; PR Times release for the ceremony; Nihon University College of Art alumni page).
  • The Mukoda Kuniko selection committee praised Koisenu Futari for portraying an asexual woman and man living together “in an extremely subdued voice, yet with a bright tone” (source: Tokyo News Tsushinsha official award page).
  • She wrote the 2024 NHK morning serial Tora ni Tsubasa, about Japan’s first woman lawyer, which she had described as a long-held ambition (source: VERY magazine interview, veryweb.jp/life/632726/; Japanese Wikipedia).
  • Tora ni Tsubasa went on to take the Television Division Grand Prize at the 62nd Galaxy Awards, along with the 33rd Hashida Prize and the 51st Japan Broadcasting Culture Foundation Award for drama. All three are programme-level prizes credited to NHK rather than personal awards to her (source: Hoso Hihyo Kondankai official 62nd Galaxy Award page; MANTANWEB, 5 April 2025; Minpo Online).
  • She handled the series composition for the anime Bocchi the Rock! (2022) and its two 2024 compilation films (source: Japanese Wikipedia).
  • She is a published novelist as well as a screenwriter; Shueisha issued a prose edition of Koisenu Futari under her name (source: Shueisha book listing, ISBN 978-4-08-744724-8).

NOTABLE AWARDS

  • 2021, 58th Galaxy Award, Television Division Encouragement Prize (第58回ギャラクシー賞テレビ部門奨励賞), and 15th My Best TV Award Grand Prix, for Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, production-level honours shared with the team. The same drama also took the Galaxy Award monthly prize for December 2020, plus Japanese Drama of the Year and Best Adapted Screenplay from the Taiwanese platform KKTV, as listed by her agency Queen-B.
  • 2022, 40th Mukoda Kuniko Award (第40回向田邦子賞) for Koisenu Futari (恋せぬふたり, NHK). One of the principal individual honours for television writing in Japan, presented in May 2022. The selection committee praised the drama for portraying an asexual woman and man living together “in an extremely subdued voice, yet with a bright tone”.
  • 2023, Tokyo Drama Award, Single Drama category, Excellence Prize, for Seiri no Ojisan to Sono Musume (生理のおじさんとその娘, NHK), a production-level prize, listed under her name by Queen-B
  • 2023, Bocchi the Rock!, for which she wrote the series composition, was named Anime of the Year at the 9th Anime Trending Awards, a work-level honour
  • 2024, Galaxy Award monthly prize, October 2024, for NHK’s morning serial Tora ni Tsubasa (虎に翼); the citation singled out her writing
  • 2025, 33rd Hashida Prize (第33回橋田賞) for Tora ni Tsubasa. Awarded to the programme; that year’s individual Hashida Prizes went to other recipients. Listed under her name by Queen-B.
  • 2025, 51st Japan Broadcasting Culture Foundation Award (第51回放送文化基金賞), Television Drama Division, Grand Prize, for Tora ni Tsubasa, awarded to the programme; that year’s individual screenplay prize went to another writer
  • 2025, 62nd Galaxy Award, Television Division Grand Prize (第62回ギャラクシー賞テレビ部門大賞) for Tora ni Tsubasa, the top honour in Japanese television, awarded to the programme, credited to NHK

EDUCATION

  • Nihon University Junior and Senior High School (日本大学中学校・高等学校)
  • Nihon University, College of Art (日本大学芸術学部), Department of Literary Arts (文芸学科), graduated. She signed with her agency, Queen-B, while still enrolled.
  • Holds a Japanese language teaching licence (国語教員免許), as listed on her agency profile

CAREER AT A GLANCE

Erika Yoshida holds one record across the site: one credit behind the camera.

It dates from 2020.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Erika Yoshida?

Erika Yoshida (吉田恵里香) is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist, born 21 November 1987. She was the lead writer of the 2020 TV Tokyo drama Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

Did Erika Yoshida write Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE?

No. The 2022 film was written by Riko Sakaguchi. Yoshida wrote the television series only.

Did Erika Yoshida write every episode of the Cherry Magic series?

No. She wrote the majority of the twelve episodes, including the first. Satoko Okazaki wrote episodes 5 and 6.

How old is Erika Yoshida?

She was born on 21 November 1987, which makes her 38 years old as of September 2026.

Where is Erika Yoshida from?

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

What did Erika Yoshida study?

She attended the Nihon University junior and senior high school, then the Department of Literary Arts in Nihon University’s College of Art. Her agency profile also records that she holds a Japanese language teaching licence.

Which agency represents Erika Yoshida?

Queen-B. She joined while still a university student. Her fellow Cherry Magic writer Satoko Okazaki is represented by the same agency.

When did Erika Yoshida start writing professionally?

Her earliest credit is a 2007 radio programme for Yokohama FM Broadcasting, Tips Town [HAPPY DRIVE! HAPPY LIFE!]. Her television work began several years later.

What is Erika Yoshida's most acclaimed work?

Koisenu Futari (恋せぬふたり, NHK, 2022), a drama about an aromantic asexual woman and man who decide to live together. It won her the 40th Mukoda Kuniko Award.

What is the Mukoda Kuniko Award?

It is one of the highest individual honours for television screenwriting in Japan, named after the writer Kuniko Mukoda. Yoshida received the 40th edition in May 2022.

Did Erika Yoshida write an NHK asadora?

Yes. She wrote Tora ni Tsubasa (虎に翼, 2024), the morning serial about Japan’s first female lawyer. She has said in interviews that writing an asadora was a long-held ambition.

What awards did Tora ni Tsubasa win?

It took the Television Division Grand Prize at the 62nd Galaxy Awards, the 33rd Hashida Prize, and the Grand Prize in the drama division of the 51st Japan Broadcasting Culture Foundation Awards, plus a Galaxy monthly prize in October 2024 whose citation singled out her writing. All but the monthly prize are programme-level honours credited to NHK rather than personal awards to her.

Did Erika Yoshida write Bocchi the Rock!?

She handled the series composition for the 2022 anime and its two 2024 compilation films.

What else has Erika Yoshida written?

Her television credits include Hana Nochi Hare (2018), Heaven? (2019), DASADA (2020), Kimi no Hana ni Naru (2022) and Seiri no Ojisan to Sono Musume (2023). Her films include Sensei Kun Master (2018), xxxHOLiC (2022) and Otonanajimi (2023). In anime she has also worked on Tower of God (2020) and Maebashi Witches (2025).

Is Erika Yoshida a novelist too?

Yes. She publishes prose fiction alongside her screen work, including a novel version of Koisenu Futari issued by Shueisha.

Does Erika Yoshida have children?

She has spoken publicly about raising a young child in interviews and brought her son on stage when she accepted the Mukoda Kuniko Award in 2022.

Does Erika Yoshida have social media?

Yes. Her X account is @yorikoko.

Written and verified by Renkaze · Last updated 30 September 2026

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