Education
Ryukishi07, who was interested in video games, anime, and manga, studied at a vocational school that specialized in art
竜騎士
illustrator novelist screenwriter writer
Ryukishi07, who was interested in video games, anime, and manga, studied at a vocational school that specialized in art
His pen name originates from the Final Fantasy series, "Ryūkishi" being the Japanese term for "Dragon Knight", and "07" goroawase for the name of Final Fantasy V character "Lenna". During that time, he wrote doujinshi. During his time in college, he tried to write manga and novels, but he came to realize that "Number matter your passion for something, without skill, you can never make it as a professional." One day, he met with a colleague from a theatre troupe, and he was inspired to write a play called "The Hinamizawa Business Stop" (雛見沢停留所, Hinamizawa Teiryūjo) which he submitted to a contest that he later lost.
After graduating from the vocational school, he dreamed of becoming a video game developer, so he focused on finding a job at a video game manufacturer.
However, none of his attempts at this were successful. Reluctantly, he took up a position at a menswear store, but after a few months, he tentatively took up an offer for a civil service position based on the civil service test that he had taken during the job search.
Ryukishi07"s writing has been described as alternating between "macabre scenes and schoolboy humor". He has said that, "a story should be like a roller coaster.
That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift the people"s spirits, for example, with a fun scene.
Before writing a scene of pure despair, we must go through scenes of hope. And indeed, when I write, all of this amuses me very much." He has cited Agatha Christie"s And Then There Were None as one of his major influences.
He is the representative member of the group 07th Expansion.