Tappei Nagatsuki

The novelist who created Re:Zero.

Tappei Nagatsuki is the Japanese novelist who writes the Re:Zero light novel series. He began it as a web novel on the user-generated site Shosetsuka ni Naro on April 20, 2012.

Quick Facts

Born

11 March 1987

Other names

"Mouse-Colored Cat"
鼠色猫
Nezumi-iro Neko

Notable works

Re:Zero

Occupation

Novelist

Facts from the source article.

Background

Media Factory later picked the series up for print, and by December 2025 it had reached 43 volumes, along with six side story volumes and thirteen short story collections. Re:Zero has been adapted into anime, manga and visual novels. Nagatsuki was closely involved in the anime, sitting in on script meetings, recording sessions and dubbing.