Which novelist is credited as a writer on Fire Emblem Fates?

Shin Kibayashi is the novelist credited as a writer on Fire Emblem Fates.

Kibayashi is a Japanese novelist, manga storywriter, and screenwriter who was brought into the project after the developers sought a writer from outside the usual video-game field. He was known for work across manga and television, and character designer Yusuke Kozaki helped connect him with the Fates team.

Kibayashi initially planned to provide only a short summary for each storyline. After becoming invested in the characters, he expanded the Birthright, Conquest, and Revelation outlines dramatically. The Birthright summary alone grew to roughly 500 pages, while the combined material filled the equivalent of two books.

He was not the only writer involved: Yukinori Kitajima and Nami Komuro also contributed to the game’s scenario and dialogue. Still, among the listed choices, Kibayashi is the novelist specifically associated with Fates’ major story conception. The other names are writers connected with different games or media projects, not the credited novelist sought for this title.