Ryukishi07 (竜騎士07, Ryūkishi Zero-Nana, born November 19, 1973; real name unknown) is the pen name of a Japanese writer who is the leading member of the group 07th Expansion.
[1] He is also the writer for Silent Hill ƒ. Ryukishi07 studied at a vocational school that specializes in art and wrote doujinshi, while having interests in anime, manga and video games.
While in college, he tried to write manga and novels, but realized, "No matter your passion for something, without skill, you can never make it as a professional.
Ryukishi restructured Hinamizawa Bus Stop into the episodic visual novel series, Higurashi When They Cry.
After his younger brother Yatazakura learned game programming, 07th Expansion began to produce Higurashi When They Cry, a reworking of concepts from Ryukishi's Hinamizawa Bus Stop script into a psychological horror visual novel, with characters inspired by the works of Key.