Shota Gajin

Gajin Shouta is a Japanese screenwriter. He was formerly also a comedian.

Works

Tokyo Water Police

Tokyo Bay Water Police, formed to combat rising maritime crime in under-patrolled waters contrasting land's high-surveillance success, unites a fractured team of officers—a veteran leader, an ambitious transfer detective, and a skilled marine engineer—whose clashing backgrounds evolve into collaborative resilience as they solve coastal crimes and protect Tokyo’s waterways.

Release Date2025-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count11

Vote Count1

I Will Rob Your Lover

I Will Rob Your Lover

Minami Hinako is the company president of Office CAT, a mysterious detective agency that accepts requests from women who wish to have help with their relationship issues. The company’s objective is not just to facilitate a breakup for the client, but to “abduct” the targeted individual. Otherwise known as “Thief Cat” Minami Hinako has a 100% robbery success rate. She skilfully manipulates her appearance and personality to make the target fall for her, thus tearing apart relationships between men and women. One day, the company receives a request from a woman named Hayakawa Risa, asking for help in stealing away her abusive boyfriend.

Release Date2024-04-14

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JobWriter

Episode Count10

Billion x School

Rei Kagami (Ryosuke Yamada) is a billionaire and the CEO of the leading conglomerate company Kagami Group. He is an extremely smart inventor, who has developed revolutionary products, and is now doing research on high precision AI. When he was little, he was a curious and kind kid. As he grew up, his curiosity remained, but he became self-centered. For certain reasons, he begins to teach at a school, while hiding his identity as a billionaire and the CEO of Kagami Group. His performance as a teacher is quite poor compared to his excellent work as a CEO. He is incapable of understanding the ordinary lives of the teachers and students around him.

Release Date2024-07-05

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JobScreenplay

Episode Count11

Vote Count3

Sakura

Izumi Morikuchi, a county police officer, investigates a murder linked to a college student's tragic death and police misconduct. Driven by guilt and determination, Izumi uncovers dark truths and fights for justice.

Release Date2024-06-21

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Vote Count13

Two Husbands One Wife

When a man's ex suggests a three-person marriage with her boyfriend, the trio face jealousy, social stigma and intimacy issues in their unique setup.

Release Date2025-04-09

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JobWriter

Episode Count11

Vote Count3

Mission: Sorta Possible

The film is a slapstick action comedy about company employees, known as "underground employees," who secretly handle problems that cannot be solved in public. The story unfolds when the group receives a mission to demolish a shuttered shopping district in order to build a commercial complex. Also appearing in the film are underground employees of rival companies with the same mission, a large landowner who is the target of both companies, a passionate man trying to revive a shopping district that is on the verge of collapse, and a man with some kind of secret.

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FUJIKO

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Falling High School Girl and Irresponsible Teacher

Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Jin Haiba, the physics teacher known for being a slacker and the butt of students' jokes. Calmly, he lights a cigarette and asks for an explanation of the events that led her to this precipice. Rather than dissuade her from killing herself, he makes a request—will she enter into a romance with him before she dies? Together, the two gradually ponder why they should keep living and why they should not love each other in earnest.

Release Date2023-04-07

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JobScreenplay

Episode Count9

Vote Count10

ビーチボーイズに憧れて

Release Date2023-12-15

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Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei

Release Date2023-09-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count1

Oshako, Sommelier of Fancy Homes

The comedy manga's story centers on Oshako Jaeger, a woman who can't date men who don't live in fancy homes. She goes around judging the homes of various men.

Release Date2020-07-15

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JobScreenplay

Episode Count3

Vote Count1

My Happy Divorced Life

Kazuha Ono is divorced at the age of 35 due to her husband's affair. Despite this, she is trying to live positively but is conscious of other people’s remarks regarding her age and the fact she’s a divorcee. While announcing her divorce to her coworkers she is overhead by Mitsui, a new employee, who happens to be there. Furthermore, Rensuke Hayami, a former business partner, now a popular actor, also appears, and begins to wield her Kazuha?!

Release Date2023-02-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count2

Isn't It a Bad Guy?

Gonta, a good-looking man living a false life in Tokyo, and Katsuyo, whose grandma is a powerful and energetic woman who lives an honest life in the countryside, suddenly exchange bodies one day.

Release Date2022-02-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count1

The Record of Murder

The Record of Murder

A psychological thriller centered on Sakai Yoichi, a freelance video director, and Mitsumi Kei, a piano teacher who moonlights as a serial killer. When Yoichi, who is stuck in his current situation doing small jobs to make ends meet, returns to his office, there’s a package waiting for him. Inside is a human finger, and the message for Yoichi to get in touch if he’s interested to “document his activities.” Yoichi was going to call the police, but after considering, he decides instead to contact the sender. The person he meets at the designated house is none other than pianist Mitsumi Kei. This encounter leads Yoichi to continue documenting the murders, but what awaits him as a result of this decision… remains to be seen.

Release Date2024-04-12

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JobScreenplay

Episode Count6

Kore kara Haishin Hajimemasu

An original anthology drama based on the theme of live streaming, that depicts the connections between online streamers ("livers") and their listeners.

Release Date2024-03-09

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Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Ghost Yankee

Ghost Yankee

Follows a boy who has lost all hope in life and encounters a group of “Showa Ghost Yankees” with unique personalities.

Release Date2024-04-18

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JobWriter

Episode Count5

48 Nichi go ni Kekkon Shimasu

48 Nichi go ni Kekkon Shimasu

Keiichi is due to marry his girlfriend in 48 days when she returns from her business trip to China. However, before that happens, Keiichi ends up sharing his apartment with 3 other women and tries to hide this from Kano who happens to return home earlier than expected.

Release Date2021-05-13

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JobWriter

Episode Count50

Ghost Yankee

Follows a boy who has lost all hope in life and encounters a group of "Showa Ghost Yankees" with unique personalities.

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JobScreenplay