Erika Toyama: Japanese Screenwriter and Television Writer

Erika Toyama (Japanese: 遠山絵梨香) is a Japanese screenwriter known for her work across various television drama series and streaming projects. Born in 1983 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Toyama has contributed scripts to numerous productions broadcast on major Japanese television networks including TV Asahi, Nippon Television (NTV), Yomiuri TV (YTV), Fuji TV, NHK, and streaming platforms like Netflix.

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Career and Screenwriting Credits

Toyama's career spans over a decade, beginning with early television works such as Soup Curry in 2012 and Tank-Top Fighter in 2013. Over the following years, she expanded her portfolio to include serial dramas and adaptations, working on long-running procedural and anthology franchises.

Selected Television Drama Series

Shinai Naru Otto e (NTV-YTV / 2026)
Forbidden to Love (Renai Kinshi) (NTV-YTV / 2025)
Make up with Mud (Kao ni Doro wo Nuru) (TV Asahi / 2024)
Kanzo wo Ubawareta Tsuma (NTV / 2024)
The Neighbor Of Healing Has A Secret (Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga Aru) (NTV / 2023)
Grandmother's Melancholy (Granma no Yuutsu) (Fuji TV / 2023)
Cool Boys Only High (Moshimo, Ikemen dake no Koko ga Attara) (TV Asahi / 2022)
Shimobee (NHK / 2022)
Tokyo MPD: From Zero to Hero Season 4 (Keishichou Sousa Ichikachou 2020) (TV Asahi / 2020)
The Woman of S.R.I. Season 19 (Kasouken no Onna) (TV Asahi / 2019–2020)
Blazing Transfer Students (Hono no Tenkosei: Reborn) (Netflix / 2017)
Tank-Top Fighter (TBS-MBS / 2013)
Soup Curry (TBS / 2012)