Kinoko Nasu Explained

Kinoko Nasu
Native Name:奈須 きのこ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:28 November 1973
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Co-founder of Type-Moon, Writer, video game designer
Years Active:1998–present
Notable Works:Tsukihime
Fate/stay night
The Garden of Sinners
Witch on the Holy Night
Website:Official Blog

,[1] [2] [3] known better as, 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

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

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

Visual novels

Video games

Anime

Films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AUTOMATON. Amber V. 2024-09-03. Fate series developer TYPE-MOON goes viral after fans discover it’s quietly running a charity to feed children. 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..
  2. Web site: 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 . 2024-09-03 . ITmedia NEWS . ja.
  3. Web site: 財団について ノーツすこやかこども財団 . 2024-09-03 . notes-foundation.jp.
  4. http://www.tsukikan.com/misc/kanwatsukihime/jp/07.html まんだらけ同人館/コラム 第七回 奈須
  5. http://www.typemoon.org/etc/zadan/zadan2.html TYPE-MOON 武内崇×奈須きのこ×OKSG スタッフ座談会第二夜
  6. http://trigun.at.webry.info/201004/article_2.html 応援団メッセージ#24 奈須きのこ 『TRIGUN』オフィシャルブログ
  7. Web site: Gpara.com. 12 October 2008. 24 December 2008. 26 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090126184539/http://www.gpara.com/article/cms_show.php?c_id=9929&c_num=56. dead.