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Sōji Yoshikawa (吉川 惣司, Yoshikawa Sōji, born February 22, 1947) is a Japanese animator, scriptwriter, director of anime, and stage director. He has worked under the aliases Kazumi Takahashi (高橋 和美, Takahashi Kazumi), Kyōdō Oda (小田 経堂, Oda Kyōdō), and Haruka Kyō (京 春香, Kyō Haruka). He dropped out of senior high school, entered a Mushi Production, and became an animator. He later became a scriptwriter and a director.