Noboru Sugimura

was a Japanese television and video game writer best known for his work on the Metal Hero, Super Sentai, Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, and Onimusha series.

Career He 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. 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.

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".

Screenwriting credits • asterisk= head writer

Television 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)* Special Rescuers Exceedraft (1992–1993)* Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (1992–1993)* Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993–1994)* Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994–1995)* Choriki Sentai Ohranger (1995–1996)*

Film Kamen Rider ZO (1993) Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993) Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994)