Kazuma Kamachi | |
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Pen name | Kazuma Kamachi (鎌池和馬 Kamachi Kazuma) |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Japanese |
Notable works |
A Certain Magical Index A Certain Scientific Railgun Heavy Object |
Website | |
kamachi10th |
Kazuma Kamachi (鎌池和馬 Kamachi Kazuma?) is a pseudonymous Japanese author with over 50 light novel volumes published. He is best known for the creation of the A Certain Magical Index series which as of 2013 has sold over 14.25 million copies in Japan and has been licensed in North America by Yen Press with the first novel being released in Q4 2014.
Not much is known about Kazuma Kamachi's personal life, which is also true for other light novel authors in Japan. As an author, he is known to be consistent in writing his books, releasing at least 3 books per year. Starting in December 2014, Kazuma has been releasing novels monthly on 4 different titles while working on 3 different manga titles.
Kazuma Miki, editor of the A Certain Magical Index series, released a book and a chapter named Kamachi Kazuma the Legend confirms/debunks rumors about him and talks about him: