Kinoko Nasu
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Kinoko Nasu | |
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奈須 きのこ | |
Born | 28 November 1973 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Co-founder of Type-Moon, Writer, video game designer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Notable work | Tsukihime Fate/stay night Kara no Kyōkai |
Website | www |
Kinoko Nasu (奈須 きのこ, Nasu Kinoko, male,[1] born 28 November 1973) is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel Kara no Kyōkai and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night. Renowned for a unique style of storytelling and prose, Nasu is amongst the most prominent visual novelists in Japan. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.
Biography[]
Together with his junior high school classmate and friend Takashi Takeuchi, Nasu formed Type-Moon in 2000, originally as a dōjin group to create the visual novel Tsukihime, which soon gained immense popularity. Nasu's influences include Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Takemoto,[2] Ken Ishikawa,[3] and Yasuhiro Nightow.[4]
Following the success of Tsukihime, Type-Moon became a commercial organization. A sequel to Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, was released in August 2001. On 28 January 2004 Type-Moon released Fate/stay night, written by Nasu; it, too, gained great success, becoming one of the most popular visual novels on the day of its release. A sequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released on 28 October 2005. Nasu's visual novel work has been adapted to extremely popular manga and anime series.
Works[]
Among Kinoko Nasu's earlier works are the novels Kara no Kyōkai, originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004, Angel Notes, Mahōtsukai no Yoru and Kōri no Hana.
Novels[]
- Kara no Kyōkai also called Garden of Sinners - originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004. It was also re-released in a three-volume format with new illustrations in 2007
- Decoration Disorder Disconnection
- Tsuki no Sango (Moon’s Coral)
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru
- Notes. (Angel Voice)
- Kōri no Hana (氷の花, Ice Flowers)
- Clock Tower 2015
- Garden Of Avalon
Visual novels[]
- Tsukihime (2000)
- Kagetsu Tohya (2001) – Fan-disc of Tsukihime.
- Fate/stay night (2004)
- Fate/hollow ataraxia (2005) – Fan-disc of Fate/stay night.
- 428: Shibuya Scramble (2008) – Nasu wrote a special scenario for the game, with fellow Type-Moon co-founder Takashi Takeuchi providing the character designs. This scenario got a sequel as an anime, Canaan.[5]
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru (2012) – Adaptation of the novel.
- Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- (2021) – Remake of Tsukihime.
Video games[]
- Melty Blood (2002) – Story dialogue
- Melty Blood Re-ACT (2004) – Story dialogue
- Fate/Extra (2010) – Story dialogue
- Fate/Extra CCC (2013) - Storyline Writer
- Fate/Grand Order (2015) - Scenario Supervision, Writer
- Fate/Extella (2016) - Storyline Writer
- Fate/Extella Link (2018) - Writer
- Fate/Extra Record (TBA) – Story dialogue
Anime[]
- Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (2017) - Script
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Series Composition, Original Concept
Films[]
- Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám (2020)
- Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Paladin; Agaterám (2021)
- Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021)
References[]
- ^ Nasu, Kinoko (2004-07-23). "And so I became a girl。". Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ まんだらけ同人館/コラム 第七回 奈須
- ^ TYPE-MOON 武内崇×奈須きのこ×OKSG スタッフ座談会第二夜
- ^ 応援団メッセージ#24 奈須きのこ 『TRIGUN』オフィシャルブログ Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gpara.com". 12 October 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
External links[]
- Kinoko Nasu's and Takashi Takeuchi's official website and online diary (in Japanese)
- Type-Moon's official website (in Japanese)
- Kinoko Nasu manga in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Kinoko Nasu anime listing in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- 1973 births
- 20th-century Japanese novelists
- 21st-century Japanese novelists
- Anime screenwriters
- Dark fantasy writers
- Japanese writers
- Japanese fantasy writers
- Japanese screenwriters
- Japanese video game designers
- Living people
- Type-Moon
- Writers of modern Arthurian fiction