Noboru Sugimura (杉村 升,Sugimura Noboru; June 28, 1948 – February 25, 2005)^[1] was a Japanesetelevision andvideo gamewriter best known for his work on theMetal Hero,Super Sentai,Resident Evil,Dino Crisis, andOnimusha series.

He had studied under Ei Ogawa, one of the main writers of the Japanesecrime drama TV seriesTaiyō ni Hoero! that Sugimura was hired for in 1975 as well, marking his first job as a scenarist.^[2] Starting his own business, he went on to become the main writer ofSukeban Deka and theMetal Hero Series, and later created scenarios forSeibu Keisatsu,Lupin III Part II,Hadaka no Taishō andKamen Rider Black.^[2]

A great fan ofShinji Mikami'sResident Evil, Sugimura became involved withCapcom when he was introduced toYoshiki Okamoto during the production ofResident Evil 2.^[1] Initially consulted on a trial basis, he ended up writing the complete story for the game and, together with Okamoto and two others, co-founded the now-defunct Capcom writers studioFlagship in April 1997 and would later work on other Capcom titles such asClock Tower 3,Dino Crisis 2,Dino Stalker,Dino Crisis 3, and the first three main installments of theOnimusha series. Sugimura also created the draft script forHaunting Ground, which was a revised edition of aResident Evil 4 script that had been rejected. This modified script was then transformed into the draft forDevil May Cry.^[3]

Sugimura died in 2005.Yoshiki Okamoto, who meanwhile foundedGame 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".^[1]

• asterisk= head writer

• 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)*

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

• Noboru Sugimura atIMDb
• Noboru Sugimura atMobyGames

• 1948 births
• 2005 deaths
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• Japanese television writers
• Japanese video game writers
• 20th-century Japanese screenwriters

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