Kinoko Nasu
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Kinoko Nasu | |
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奈須 きのこ | |
| Born | 28 November 1973 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder of Type-Moon, Writer, video game designer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable work | Tsukihime Fate/stay night The Garden of Sinners Witch on the Holy Night |
| Website | Official Blog |
Kunihiro Nasu (奈須 國広, Nasu Kunihiro),[1][2][3] known better as Kinoko Nasu (奈須 きのこ, Nasu Kinoko), 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. Nasu graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.
Biography
[edit]Together with 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,[4] Ken Ishikawa[5] and Yasuhiro Nightow.[6]
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 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
[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]- Loveless ~Owaranai Monogatari~ (2000)
- 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.[7]
- Mahōtsukai no Yoru (2012) – Adaptation of the novel.
- Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- (2021) – Remake of Tsukihime Near-Side Route.
- Tsukihime -The other side of red garden- (TBA) – Remake of Tsukihime Far-Side Route.
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]- Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (2017) - Script
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Series Composition, Original Concept
Films
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Amber V (2024-09-03). "Fate series developer TYPE-MOON goes viral after fans discover it's quietly running a charity to feed children". AUTOMATON.
The foundation's board of directors includes TYPE-MOON's CEO Kunihiro Nasu (known better as Kinoko Nasu) and interestingly, the CEO of anime production company Aniplex.
- ^ "TYPE-MOON、慈善団体を設立していた 「ノーツすこやかこども財団」としてこども食堂を支援". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "財団について | ノーツすこやかこども財団". notes-foundation.jp. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
External links
[edit]- Kinoko Nasu's and Takashi Takeuchi's official website and online diary (in Japanese)
- Type-Moon's official website (in Japanese)
- Kinoko Nasu manga Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Kinoko Nasu anime[permanent dead link] listing in Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
