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[[caption-width:199:Kobayashi-sensei[[note]]In what seems to be the only photo of her on the Internet.[[/note]].]]

Yasuko Kobayashi is a name to be reckoned with in the {{Tokusatsu}} industry. For those unfamiliar, Kobayashi is a woman writer; that in itself is [[MostWritersAreMale a bit rare in the Toku genre]]. Started her career as a sub-writer in ''TokusouRoboJanperson''[[note]]''Only'' #40.[[/note]], she became especially well known in this decade as the writer of ''KamenRiderRyuki'', ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'', ''MiraiSentaiTimeranger'', ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and ''KamenRiderOOO''.

What's so remarkable about her, you ask? Because she's one of the few people in the industry who actively puts effort into creating Tokusatsu stories which are richer in context, while appealing to the target ''and'' {{periphery demographic}}s alike, as opposed to leaving them as light kid-appeal media as they generally are. Her style of writing and the tones she tend to take with her stories in particular are rather memorable; her stories are often dark, or if not, at least morally ambiguous. Her characters also tend to receive lots of variety and characterization from their creator. In short, she works on her stories wholeheartedly, and it shows.

For a more in-depth analysis on her style of writing, do take a look at the [[{{Analysis/YasukoKobayashi}} Analysis page]].

Long story short, if Yasuko Kobayashi is on board as the main writer, it's a safe bet that you're in for a well-written series - preferences notwithstanding.

Oh, and she apparently has her own page on the Chinese Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}.[[note]]Cannot be linked because of the Kanji in the URL. Type "小林靖子" in the search box.[[/note]]
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!! Kobayashi's involved works
->[-Note: Names in '''bold''' indicate works as the lead writer.-]

!!! Tokusatsu

* ''MetalHeroes'' Series
** ''TokusouRoboJanperson'' - Sub-writer; #40 only.
** ''BlueSWAT'' - Sub-writer; 4 episodes.
** ''{{Juukou B-Fighter}}'' - Sub-writer; final 2 episodes.
** ''{{B-Fighter Kabuto}}'' - Sub-writer; 6 episodes.
* ''SuperSentai'' Series
** ''DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' - Sub-writer; 13 episodes.
** '''''SeijuuSentaiGingaman'''''
** ''RescueSentaiGoGoFive'' - Sub-writer; 10 episodes.
** '''''MiraiSentaiTimeranger'''''
** ''GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' - Sub-writer; 11 episodes.
** '''''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'''''
*** '''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie - The Fateful War'''
*** '''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger VS [[{{EngineSentaiGo-onger}} Go-onger]]'''
** '''''[[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters]]'''''
* ''KamenRider'' Series
** ''KamenRiderAgito'' - Sub-writer; #28 only.
** '''''KamenRiderRyuki'''''
** '''''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'''''
*** '''Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!'''
*** '''Kamen Rider Den-O & [[KamenRiderKiva Kiva]]: Climax Detectives'''
*** '''Goodbye, Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown'''
*** '''Chō Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship'''
*** '''Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Trilogy: Episode Red, Episode Blue'''
** ''KamenRiderDecade'' - Sub-writer; 4 episodes. [[note]]Unsurprisingly, ones involving Den-O and Shinkenger.[[/note]]
** '''''KamenRiderOOO'''''
* '''''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon''''', of which she wrote every single episode.

!!! Anime [[note]]A detailed list of her involvements in this kind of media can be seen [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=431 here]].[[/note]]

* '''''{{Blassreiter}}'''''
* '''''CasshernSins'''''
* '''''{{Claymore}}'''''[[note]]Based on an existing Manga.[[/note]]
* '''''GearFighterDendoh'''''
* '''''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'''''[[note]]Based on an existing Manga.[[/note]]
* '''''{{Shakugan no Shana}}'''''[[note]]Based on an existing light novel.[[/note]]
* '''''Manga/{{Shingeki no Kyojin}}'''''[[note]]Based on an existing Manga.[[/note]]
* '''''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'''''
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