Kinoko Nasu

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Kinoko Nasu
奈須 きのこ
Born (1973-11-28) 28 November 1973 (age 50)
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Co-founder of Type-Moon, Writer, video game designer
Years active1998–present
Notable workTsukihime
Fate/stay night
The Garden of Sinners
Witch on the Holy Night
WebsiteOfficial Blog


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 The Garden of Sinners and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night, and a co-founder of Type-Moon. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.

Biography[edit]

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. His influences include Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Takemoto,[2] Ken Ishikawa[3] and Yasuhiro Nightow.[4]

After 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[edit]

Among his 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[edit]

  • 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
  • Avalon le Fae Synopsys

Visual novels[edit]

Video games[edit]

  • Melty Blood - Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code (2002 - 2016) – Story dialogue
  • Fate/Extra (2010) – Story dialogue
  • Fate/Extra CCC (2013) - Storyline Writer
  • Fate/Grand Order (2015) - Composition, Screenplay & Supervision. Storyline and dialogue for several main story chapters, including Singularity F: Fuyuki, Sixth Singularity: Camelot, Seventh Singularity: Babylonia, Final Singularity: Solomon, Prologue/December 31st 2019, Lostbelt No.5: Olympus (along Hikaru Sakurai), Lostbelt No.6: Avalon le Fae and Lostbelt No.7: Nahui Mictlan. It also includes the main story related event Abyssal Cyber Space: SE.RA.PH and the summer events Servant Festival and Servant Festival 2023, along several lesser others.
  • Fate/Extella (2016) - Main Scenario writer.
  • Fate/Extella Link (2018) - Scenario supervisor
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina (2021) – Storyline dialogue
  • Fate/Extra Record (TBA) – Story dialogue

Anime[edit]

Films[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nasu, Kinoko (2004-07-23). "And so I became a girl。". Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  2. ^ まんだらけ同人館/コラム 第七回 奈須
  3. ^ TYPE-MOON 武内崇×奈須きのこ×OKSG スタッフ座談会第二夜
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Gpara.com". 12 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

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