Kinoko Nasu

Kinoko Nasu (Japanese: 奈須 きのこ, Nasu Kinoko^?, born 28 November 1973) is a Japanese author, best known for writing the 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.

Biography

Together with high school classmate and friend, Takeshi Takeuchi, Nasu formed TYPE-MOON in 2000, originally as a dōjin group to create the visual novel Tsukihime, which soon gained immense popularity, much of which is attributed to Nasu's unique style of storytelling. A sequel to Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, was released on August 2001. Following the success of Tsukihime, TYPE-MOON became a commercial organization. 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 October 28 2005. Both of Nasu's visual novel works (Tsukihime and Fate/stay night) have been adapted to popular anime and manga series.

Kinoko Nasu's works

One of Nasu's most well known works, Tsukihime.

Among Kinoko Nasu's earlier works are the novels Kara no Kyoukai, originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004, Angel Notes, Mahoutsukai no Yoru and Koori no Hana. Nasu has authored the following:

Novels

• Kara no Kyoukai (空の境界, , The Boundary of Emptiness^?) also called Garden of Sinners - originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004. It was also re-released in a 3-volume format with new illustrations in 2007.
• Angel Notes
• Mahoutsukai no Yoru (魔法使いの夜, , Magician's Night^?)
• Koori no Hana (氷の花, , Ice Flowers^?)
• Decoration Disorder Disconnection: Junk the Eater
• Decoration Disorder Disconnection: HandS

Note: "Kara no Kyoukai" featured illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi, while the "DDD" series featured art by Koyama Hirokazu

Visual novels

• Tsukihime - Released on December 2000.
• Kagetsu Tohya - Sequel to Tsukihime, released on August 2001.
• Fate/stay night - Released on 28 January 2004.
• Fate/hollow ataraxia - Sequel to Fate/stay night, released on October 28 2005.

Other

• Melty Blood - The original Melty Blood fighting game, released in December 2002, features an extensive Story Mode, which is essentially a visual novel where story branches are chosen based on the outcome of battles. Nasu also writes the dialogue for Arcade Mode, which was first featured in Melty Blood ReACT, released in May 2004.

Miscellanea

• The name TYPE-MOON originates from one of Nasu's earliest works, Angel Notes.
• Nasu means eggplant in Japanese and Kinoko means mushroom; thus, he is depicted as a mushroom when he appears in-game.
• According to Tsukihime-Plus Disc, he wishes to release the Satsuki scenario, but finished it 'two years ago', and may be dissatisfied with it.

External links

• Kinoko Nasu and Takeshi Takeuchi's Official Homepage and Online Diary (Japanese)
• TYPE-MOON's Official Homepage (Japanese)