Kinoko Nasu
Kinoko Nasu | |
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Native name | 奈須 きのこ |
Born | 28 November 1973 |
Residence | Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Co-founder of Type-Moon, Writer, video game designer |
Years active | 2000–present |
Notable work |
Tsukihime Fate/stay night Kara no Kyōkai |
Website |
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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 (Fate/stay night) 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)
- Garden Of Avalon
Visual novels
- Tsukihime – Released in December 2000.
- Kagetsu Tohya – Fan-disc of Tsukihime, released in August 2001.
- Fate/stay night – Released on January 28, 2004.
- Fate/hollow ataraxia – Fan-disc of Fate/stay night, released on October 28, 2005.
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru – Adaptation of the novel, released on April 12, 2012.
- Tsukihime remake – Adaptation of the novel, release date unknown.
Video games
- Melty Blood (2002) – Story dialogue
- Melty Blood React (2004) – Story dialogue
- 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de – Nasu wrote a special scenario for the game, with fellow Type-Moon co-founder Takashi Takeuchi providing the character designs. This scenario was subsequently adapted into an anime, Canaan.[5]
- Fate/Extra (2010) – Story dialogue
- Fate/Extra CCC (2013)
- Fate/Grand Order (2015)
- Fate/Extella (2016)
Anime
- Fate/Zero: Onegai! Einzbern Soudanshitsu (2012)
- Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (2017)
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018)
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)