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Fujimoto Yuki is a Japanese screenwriter from Hyogo prefecture, Itami city. After working on stage comedy scripts, she debuted with a screenplay "Oni no Okui" on Fuji TV in 1999. In 2016 she was awarded the 34th Mukda Kuniko Prize by NHK for a drama "Chikemo" which depicts the life of Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It was the first prize winning as a screenplay of a historical drama, and it was elected by unanimity among the selection committee, based on the criticism that "she has the power of originality and output as a script writer." She also worked on lyrics of songs used in works and novelization of screenplays. In "Name Detective Red Fuji Hawk" and "Chiratte Tecchin", she demonstrated her skills. She even incorporated the contents of the upper rakugo into the composition of the story and the setting of characters.

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