Kinoko Nasu

__[The BAMBOO BROOM (Blog)](http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~takeucto/)__ 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. Together with high school classmate and friend, [Takeuchi Takashi](https://anilist.co/staff/99054/Takashi-Takeuchi), Nasu formed [TYPE-MOON](https://anilist.co/staff/97582) in 2000, originally as a doujin group to create the visual novel Tsukihime. It 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. 54563 Kinokonasu is named after him