Kinoko Nasu

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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.

1 Biography
2 Kinoko Nasu's works
- 2.1 Novels
- 2.2 Visual novels
3 Miscellanea
4 External links

[edit] 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 soon changed into a commercial organization. On 28 January 2004, they released Fate/stay night, of which Nasu was the author, which 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 works, Tsukihime and Fate/stay night have been adapted to popular anime and manga series.

[edit] 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 on 1998 and re-printed on 2004, Angel Notes, Mahoutsukai no Yoru and Koori no Hana.

Nasu has authored the following:

[edit] Novels

Kara no Kyoukai (空の境界, , The Realm of Emptiness^?) also called Garden of Sinners - Originally released on 1998 and re-printed on 2004.
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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 his in-game depictions as a mushroom.