Tappei Nagatsuki

Tappei Nagatsuki is a Japanese novelist best known as the author of the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, which he initially serialized as a web novel under the pen name Nezumi-iro Neko on Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting April 20, 2012.[1][2] The series was acquired by Media Factory for print publication and has been adapted into a popular anime, with 43 volumes published as of December 2025.[1] He began writing fan fiction in the late 2000s and has also contributed to manga production and anime supervision.[2][3]