Kunihiro Nasu (奈須 國広, Nasu Kunihiro; born 28 November 1973), is a Japanese video game developer, and writer. Nasu began creating visual novels while in college, making a few small games, visual novels, and pieces of written fiction, before rising to prominence in 2000 with the release of Tsukihime. He went on to work on Fate/stay night in 2004, which quickly became a commercial success and spawned the Fate media franchise. Type-Moon released an adult visual novel spin-off called Fate/hollow ataraxia in October 2005, that expanded on the events of Fate/stay night.
Nasu co-founded the Japanese company Type-Moon, where he designed games including Tsukihime and Fate/stay night. The company specializes in production of various media, including video games, anime, and manga.
Biography
Kunihiro Nasu was born on 28 November 1973. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science. While attending college in the 1990s, Nasu had come up with different concepts for his Fate/Stay Night novel, and began writing it. In 2000, he later co-founded the Japanese media conglomerate Type-Moon, alongside Japanese artist Takashi Takeuchi as a dōjin circle to create the visual novel Tsukihime, which soon gained popularity. After the success of Tsukihime, Type-Moon became a commercial organization. A sequel to Tsukihime, titled Kagetsu Tohya, was released for Windows PCs in August 2001.
Nasu released the eroge visual novel Fate/stay night under Type-Moon in January 2004. The game had grown in popularity and spawned the Fate media franchise, consisting of adaptations and spin-offs in various different media, including anime and manga. A sequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released in October 2005. In December 2006, Nasu had released a prequel light novel to Fate/stay night, titled Fate/Zero under Type-Moon.
Influences
Nasu has stated his influences as Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Takemoto, Ken Ishikawa, and Yasuhiro Nightow.
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. His works are usually characterized by the worldview and specific setting shared by most of the titles.
Novels
Mahōtsukai no Yoru (1996; unreleased) – Author
Kōri no Hana (unreleased) – Author
Kara no Kyōkai (1998) – Author
Notes. (Angel Voice) (1999) – Author
Fate/Zero (2006) – Supervisor
Decoration Disorder Disconnection (2007) – Author
Tsuki no Sango (Moon’s Coral) (2010) – Author
Fate/Apocrypha (2012) – Supervisor
Clock Tower 2015 (2014) – Author
Garden Of Avalon (2015) – Author
Avalon le Fae Synopsys (2022) – Author
Mahōtsukai no Yoru (2026) – Author