Fumi Tsubota

Fumi Tsubota (坪田文, Tsubota Fumi, July 7, 1983) is a Japanese screenwriter born in Okayama Prefecture. She provides screenplays for a wide range of genres, including dramas, anime, movies, and theatrical performances. She graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Drama, Playwright Course. She completed the master's program at the Department of Performing Arts, Graduate School of Arts, Nihon University, and has a master's degree in arts. While she was in school, she received guidance from Isawo Takahashi (高橋いさを) and Ren Saitō (斎藤憐). In July 2002, she presided over Kūkan Zerī (空間ゼリー), a women-only theater company with the concept of “sympathizing with women and marveling at men,” and she wrote all of the theater company's works.

Works

The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger

Akiko (Mai Fukagawa) is a former idol, but now lives an ordinary life. She works at a company and keeps reminding herself that she is happy and to have a fulfilling day. One day, she walks to work and falls down. She becomes stuck and unable to move. Akiko breaks down mentally and decides to quit her job. Now, Akiko doesn't have a job, a boyfriend, and only 100,000 yen (~$700 USD) in her bank account. Her friend then tells her that she should move in with 56 year old salaryman Sasapon (Arata Iura), who lives alone in his house in Tokyo. When she visits Sasapon, he invites her to stay at his house on the condition that she can live there until his retirement. Their strange living arrangement begins.

Release Date: 2023-11-03

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

As careers pull them in different directions after college, Hira and Kiyoi must face the question—can their high school love survive the real world?

Release Date: 2023-04-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 18

My Beautiful Man ~special edit version~

With no friends, poor grades, and a stutter, Hira Kazunari (Riku Hagiwara) isn’t exactly enjoying his life as a high school student. With no dreams, and little ambition, Hira’s only hobby is to take photographs of his everyday life. With a new semester now starting, Hira doesn’t really expect things to change but when they take a turn for the worst, he’s caught completely off-guard. Rescued from a horribly uncomfortable situation by none other than the class’s “King”, Kiyoi Sou (Yusei Yagi), Hira can’t help the feelings of admiration that threaten to overwhelm him. Despite his best efforts to resist, Hira soon finds himself madly in love with the exceedingly handsome Kiyoi, but with such polar positions in the class, his chances of winning Kiyoi’s heart are slim. Or so it would seem. Uncovering Kiyoi’s secret dream, quite by accident, Hira soon realizes he and his crush now have something important connecting them.

Release Date: 2023-03-10

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom

Once upon a time, there were two neighboring countries that did not get along. They bickered over trivial things day in and day out. Finally, they went to war over the issue of cleaning up dog feces. God intervened in a hurry and said to the chiefs of the two countries. Country A gives its most beautiful girl to Country B as a bride and Country B gives its wisest young man to Country A as a bridegroom. Then, the princess of country A, Saara, happens to meet a young man from country B...!

Release Date: 2023-01-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 2

Dear Detective from RAMPO with Love

Hirai Taro is a writer, who admires detective novels by Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc, and Edgar Allan Poe. He tries to get his own novels published, but newspapers and publishing companies show no interest towards his stories. The only person who reads his novels is Murayama Ryuko. They communicate with each other through letters. While writing his novels, Hirai Taro works low paying jobs and lives in poverty. He meets elderly Private Detective Shirai Saburo. Shirai Saburo teams up with Hirai Taro and they do private detective jobs together.

Release Date: 2023-01-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 1

Sawako: It's Endless Revenge

Machika Otokawa (Mai Fukagawa) loses her future lover, Yukito Hatta (Yuta Koseki).. Sawako Fukai (Shuri), Yukito's ex-lover, appears before Machika, who is at a loss.. By chance, Sawako ends up living with Machika.. Machika's family welcomes the cheerful and thoughtful Sawako, but the voluptuousness and madness that Sawako occasionally shows spreads like poison to Machika's family and surroundings.. Kensuke Otokawa (Sota Ryosuke), Machika's younger brother who is attracted to Sawako's bewitching charm, Shinji Otsu (Kohei Shoji), a detective who approaches Machika, and Nono Igarashi (Hirai Amon), Kensuke's art school classmate, a reporter Kazuomi Makihara (Kazuya Tanabe), who suspects Machika, is quietly creeped out by Sawako's madness.. Why does the crazy Sawako target the people around Machika one after another…?

Release Date: 2022-10-02

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

Fishbowl Wives

Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.

Release Date: 2022-02-14

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 34

Struggling Man

Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??

Release Date: 2021-12-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

Will I Be Single Forever?

36-year-old bachelorette Mami achieved success with an essay she wrote 10 years ago. Mami has since lost her way, and hasn't been able to write a hit piece. Meanwhile Yukino, who leads an independent life, Ayaka who is a housewife, and Miho, who makes her livelihood as a "daddy's girl", are each facing various difficulties in their own lives.

Release Date: 2021-11-19

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 3

My Beautiful Man

Hira lives in silence, hiding behind a camera—until Kiyoi walks in and becomes the only thing he wants to see.

Release Date: 2021-11-18

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 42

Waccha Primagi!

“PriMagi” is a form of entertainment created by singing, dancing and fashion! There's a secret to this magical, sparkling stage! Yes, seriously, it really is "magic"! The main character, Hibino Matsuri, is a first year junior high school student who yearns to do "PriMagi". One day, she is scouted to join "PriMagi" by the wizard "Miyam", who suddenly appears!! The two of them work together to be at the top of "PriMagi", so they don't lose to their rivals!

Release Date: 2021-10-03

Department: Writing

Job: Series Composition

Episode Count: 51

Vote Count: 4

Bushisutanto Aisaka-kun!

On the verge of death a passionate shunga painting samurai from edo period somehow travels through time just before his execution.

Release Date: 2021-07-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

Colorful Love ~My Androgynous Boyfriend~

Wako Machida is an editor for a manga magazine. She focuses on her work and she doesn't have time to think about making herself look beautiful. Meanwhile, Meguru Sōma is good at adorning himself, and he is surrounded by beautiful things. He works at a fashion shop as a model. These two people, who are quite different from each other, begin to date.

Release Date: 2021-04-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 2

RISKY

Mika Kuroda is engaged to Toru Sakurai, a high-spec boy who works for a trading company. She pushes troublesome jobs to colleagues saying "I'm about to get married", and the girls in the company dislike it. Mitsutoshi Asai, a part-time job, is a good young man who helps with work without making an unpleasant face even when he sees Mika. One day, a message arrives from an eerie account to Mika, a hated girl in the company. Starting with that, mysterious events begin to occur around her. Mika receives a direct message as if her behaviour was being monitored, and a phone call at work calling her former fiancée "Hirose Kanata". On the other hand, her fiancé Toru suddenly approaches Hinata with a certain kick and has a relationship. But that was just the beginning of Hinata's horrifying revenge plan. A terrifyingly addictive revenge drama that takes place between five men and women. Gradually, the real faces and relationships of the mysterious characters are revealed.

Release Date: 2021-03-25

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 2

Pops Loves Kawaii Stuff

Mitsutaka Oji is an attractive hard-working manager, admired by both his superiors and subordinates. Well-mannered, gentlemanly, and stylish to boot, he’s popular among women. However, this man has a secret... He absolutely loves cute things! Mitsutaka can’t resist cuteness, and he’s head over heels for his beloved character Pug Taro! Aware that his hobby is in flagrant discord with his looks, Mitsutaka does all he can to hide it from the people around him. However, he’s determined to remain the devoted “Pug Taro-ist.” How does his determination fair as he interacts with Wataru Naruto, a manager of the neighboring department and his rival, Kenta Kawai, a first ever “soul mate”, and his nephew Masumi Nii, currently freeloading at his house?

Release Date: 2020-08-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 3

Rent-a-Girlfriend

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!

Release Date: 2020-07-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 888

Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania

Yurika Nanba is an attractive women who has no problems socially communicating with others, but when it comes to having romantic relationships, she seems to struggle.This is mainly due to her ex-boyfriend Makoto Saito, who was the first guy that she ever had a relationship with. In usual romantic relationships, the teenage years through to the early twenties is a period of experimenting and experiencing the ups and downs of love.

Release Date: 2019-10-17

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

The Island of Cats

Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the small island and enjoys relaxing days with his childhood friends including Iwao and his cat Tama. Daikichi has a son Tsuyoshi who lives in Tokyo. Tsuyoshi worries a bit about his father living alone on the island, but Daikichi is content with his life. After his close friend passes away, Daikichi worries about his physical condition. His daily life begins to change. Based on manga series "Neko to Jiichan"

Release Date: 2019-02-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 8

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead

When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be dead everyday. Jun is dumbfounded by his wife's behavior, but he begins to feel uneasy with her.

Release Date: 2018-06-08

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 33

HUGtto! PreCure

Hana Nono is an 8th-grade student who wants to be a stylish and mature big sister-like figure. She always puts on a lovely smile and loves to search for exciting things. One day, Hana meets a baby named Hug-tan and her guardian fairy named Harry who had fallen from the sky. At that exact moment, an evil organization called Dark Tomorrow suddenly appeared! They're trying to forcefully take Hug-tan's Mirai Crystal! In order to protect Hug-tan, Hana wishes to do something to help her, and her wish is granted, as she gains a Mirai Crystal and transforms into Cure Yell. The world is overflowed with Tomorrow Power, which is the power to create a brilliant tomorrow, which is crystalized into the Mirai Crystals. If it's stolen, everyone's future will not exist. To protect Hug-tan and everyone's future, Cure Yell will do her best!

Release Date: 2018-02-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 11

Teasing Master Takagi-san

"If you blush, you lose." Living by this principle, the middle schooler Nishikata gets constantly made fun of by his seat neighbor Takagi-san. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and get back at her some day. And so, he attempts to tease her day after day, only to find himself victim to Takagi-san's ridicule again sooner than later. Will he be able to make Takagi-san blush from embarrassment even once in the end?

Release Date: 2018-01-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 369

Pretty Cure Dream Stars!

A mysterious girl named Sakura escaped after her fox friend, Shizuku was arrested. When he managed to escape, she fell to the Human World only to be found by Ichika Usami. Sakura says she is from "Sakuragahara", a world based on ancient Japan that is in danger because a mysterious evil figure named Karasu Tengu has taken over and stolen all the beautiful things in her world. She is also looking for Pretty Cure that represents Sweet, Jewels and Keys. Ichika says that she found the KiraKira PreCure team, which represents sweets. As two Karasu Tengu servants arrived in the human world looking for Sakura, the other members of the KiraKira team were ambushed, only to be saved by Maho Girls PreCure! Team, which represented Jewel and Go! Princess PreCure Team, which represents Key. When they gathered together with Sakura, the three teams had to dare Sakuragahara to save Shizuku and free her world from the evil hands of Karasu Tengu.

Release Date: 2017-03-18

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 7

Are You Ok?

Release Date: 2016-08-30

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Episode Count: 10

12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki

The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. The series depicts a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love.

Release Date: 2016-04-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 24

Vote Count: 9

HEAT

Release Date: 2015-07-07

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1