Ryōgo Narita

Ryōgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) (born May 30, 1980) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into an anime television series in 2007. His series Durarara!! was also made into two anime television series, one airing January 2010 and the second in January 2015.

Narita's works all feature a single thematic style, involving an ensemble cast of characters (each with their own viewpoint chapters) finding their lives intersecting with each other in various ways due to a supernatural entity, and more often than not getting into conflict with each other. Additionally, all of them take place within a shared universe known by fans as the "Naritaverse", featuring fantastical elements within an otherwise-normal society.

Baccano! is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the Prohibition era. It focuses on various people, including alchemists, thieves, thugs, Mafiosi and Camorristi, who are unconnected to one another. After an immortality elixir is recreated in 1930 Manhattan, the characters begin to cross paths, setting off events that spiral further and further out of control. It is illustrated by Katsumi Enami.

Set on a giant, almost finished bridge between Sadogashima and Niigata. Abandoned by the government, the bridge, and the giant man-made floating island at the center, has become a city of criminals and societal drop-outs. It is illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.

Durarara!! tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet-based anonymous gang called the Dollars, and the chaos that unfolds around the most dangerous people in Ikebukuro. It is illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.

Vamp! is a light novel series about vampires and other supernatural creatures that live on an island in Germany called Gowerth. It is illustrated by Katsumi Enami.

Short stories linked only by Hariyama-san, who appears as a minor character in each. It is illustrated by Katsumi Enami and Suzuhito Yasuda.

A light novel based on the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga Bleach.

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