Japanese Name: 吉野弘幸

Place of Birth: Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Information for Authors: Upon graduating from Waseda University's school of literature, he took a position as a teacher of world history at a high school. After this, Yoshino joined the staff of Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine as a writer. It was here that the [Sunrise](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2347) producer Naotake Furusato offered him a position in the studio as screenwriter. Since joining Sunrise, the first series in which he was head writer and wrote the series composition was [Mai-HiME](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=114), whose follow-ups [Mai-Otome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1837) and [Mai-Otome Zwei](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=11838) he has also gone on to supervise. He has also authored the manga adaptation of Mai-Otome (along with [HIGUCHI Tatsuhito](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4447)) and gone on to write numerous other manga series. He also the writer of [Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5230) and [Gundam Seed](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1092).