Kafka Asagiri

Kafka Asagiri (朝霧カフカ,) is a, scenario writer, light novelist and creator of the Bungo Stray Dogs series.

Biography
Asagiri was born on March 17, 1984 in, Japan. Before becoming working on the Bungo Stray Dogs series, he originally worked as a salaryman in an automobile company. During this second and third year he started to think that he could become a scenario writer but, his job was demanding and it did not let him to both work and write stories so Asagiri decided to quit in early 2012 in order to pursue a career in scenario writing.

After he left the job he decided to create things while he continued to look for a scenario-writing job, during this time he created a Niconico channel and create videos. He would create a video series titled "Yukkuri Yōmu and the Really Scary Cthulhu Mythos" featuring Touhou series character Yōmu Konpaku in Yukkuri form explaining the Ctulhu mythos which quickly got popular. Soon this series would be given a novelization titled "".

Four months after uploading the video series, he was approached by the editor-in-chief of Monthly Shōnen Ace to come up with three projects in a span of two weeks and later on also approached by the Young Ace editorial department. Soon he would come up with the idea of Bungō Stray Dogs based on the idea of having late authors drawn as young adults and teenagers with special abilities.

Works

 * Bungo Stray Dogs
 * Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam
 * Dazai, Chūya, Fifteen Years Old
 * Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE (Manga)
 * Bungo Stray Dogs: STORM BRINGER
 * Bungo Stray Dogs Gaiden: Ayatsuji Yukito VS. Kyōgoku Natsuhiko
 * Ayane Shionomiya Cannot Be Wrong!
 * Guilty Children
 * Guilty Children

Influences
Asagiri has stated that he was influenced by the manga series when creating the Bungo Stray Dogs series. He also has said that he was a fan of RPG games such as and was also addicted to making games using the  software where he was constantly making stories in these games. He reminisces that it may have been at that time that the switch to storytelling was turned on. He comments that he is not particularly bothered by the media used to tell stories but, he wants to make sure that the stories he crafts fit into the medium itself.

Trivia

 * Asagiri's blood type is AB.
 * Kafka Asagiri's pseudonym is derived from, a Czech writer considered to be one of the pillars of 20th Century literature.