Riku Sanjo (Japanese: 三条 陸, Hepburn: Sanjō Riku, born October 3, 1964) is a Japanese manga writer and screenwriter.
He works as a story writer for manga, anime and live-action film.
Sanjo graduated from Meiji University.
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1989–1996), which he created with illustrator Koji Inada, is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 47 million copies sold.
[1] The two also created Beet the Vandel Buster (2002–2006, 2016–present), which has 4 million copies in print.