, born , is a

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who has worked for

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and Siesta, but as of 2006, he is a freelance writer. He is well known for being the main writer of the popular

visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...

'' Kanon'' while working under Key. Additional works include ''

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'', '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'', and ''Moon Childe''. He is also known for being the original concept writer for ''

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'' and '' Sora no Method''. He later wrote the scenario for the

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''. He also does work in a

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circle named Cork Board.

Career

Naoki Hisaya debuted as the main scenario writer for the adult

developer

under

Nexton is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novels for 23 game development brands that Nexton is partners with. The company is located in Osaka, Japan. The current president, Akihik ...

in 1997. He first worked on the company's second title ''

'', followed by '' One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' in 1998. After ''Ones completion, Hisaya and much of the staff who made both ''Moon'' and ''One'', including

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Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga ''C'' by Shō Kitagawa; the protagonist in the man ...

Shinji Orito is a Japanese musical composer originally from Hyōgo, Japan working for the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named Leaf where he contributed to four games. After leaving Lea ...

, and

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, left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company

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where they formed the company

. At Key, Hisaya worked on the planning and most of the scenario for '' Kanon'', released in 1999, but following the completion of ''Kanon'', quit Key. Afterwards, Hisaya formed the

circle Cork Board and participated at Comiket and C Revo, another comic convention, between 1999 and 2002. He wrote 10 dōjinshi under Cork Board, some of which expand on the plots from ''Moon'', ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' and ''Kanon'': ''Four Rain'' (1999), ''First Snow'' (1999), ''One's Memory'' (1999), ''Seven Piece'' (2000), ''Innocent'' (2000), ''One's Memory Remake'' (2000), ''Kanon another story if'' (2000), ''Hinata'' (2001), ''Moon. anecdote'' (2002) and ''Seven Piece Remake "Piece II'' (2002). In 2003, Hisaya became involved with the dōjin circle "Black box" where he was put in charge of their first dōjin visual novel ''Limit Off''. Hisaya was even able to write the lyrics for the game's theme song "Real intention", something he had never done before. However, even with anticipation mounting, in August 2003, the project was frozen and has never been restarted again. In 2004, Hisaya started working for the video game company Siesta where he contributed as a sub-writer for their first title ''Moon Childe'' released in December 2005. Afterwards, Hisaya once again quit the company he was working for, but at Comiket 70 in August 2006, it was announced that he would now be working with illustrator

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on a series entitled ''

'' as the main concept writer. When ''Sola'' was adapted into an

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

in 2007, Hisaya was in charge of five out of fifteen episodes of the screenplay. He is also the author of the ''Sola''

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series, illustrated by

Chako Abeno is a female Japanese illustrator and manga artist. She publishes dōjinshi with the circle . She is also involved in the artwork of adult games. Works Manga * (2002, Kadokawa Shoten), Illustrator * (2003, Kadokawa Shoten) * (2006, Kadokawa ...

. In 2012, Hisaya began collaborating with illustrator Mel Kishida to produce the novel-based project ''Sakura Kagura''. The first ''Sakura Kagura'' novel was published on May 15, 2014 by

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. He is the creator and writer of the original anime television series '' Sora no Method'', and he is also the author of the ''Sora no Method'' manga series, illustrated by Yuka Namisaki. He wrote the scenario for the 2018

''.

References

External links

Naoki Hisaya's personal website
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