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is a light novel publishing imprint of the Japanese publishing company Kadokawa Shoten, a division of Kadokawa Corporation. It was established in 1988 and is aimed at a male audience.^[1] Some light novels published under this imprint were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's light novel magazine The Sneaker, which was published between 1993 and 2011.

The Kadokawa Corporation website is currently undergoing emergency maintenance and remained unavailable due to the 2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico on June 8, 2024 from a group of hackers called BlackSuit.

Published titles

A

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Adam Head Dorothy	Ao Jyumonji	Suburi	3
Ai da Koi da wo Torishimaru Ore ni, Haru ga Yattekita no de Chaos	Tōka Takei	Saisai	3
Akiba Senki	Heiho Yoshikawa	Hazara Hisaka	1
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian	SunSunSun	Momoko	3
Andhaka no Kaizōgaku	Ao Jyumonji	Suburi	10
Another	Yukito Ayatsuji	Noizi Ito	2 (re-release of the original novel series)
Are wa Choukouritsu no Mochako da yo!	Harunobu Niwa	Umiko	1
Aru Zombie Shōjo no Nyuugaku	Ryō Ikehata	Hagane Tsurugi	2
Aru Zombie Shōjo no Sainan	Ryō Ikehata	Hagane Tsurugi	2

B

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Baketero	Ao Jyumonji	Akemi Mikoto	2
Bakunetsu Tenshi X-Sun	Akira	TNSK	2
Bara no Maria	Ao Jyumonji	BUNBUN	27
Bishōjo Sakka to Mezasu Million Sellaaaaaaaa!		Takeru Kasukabe	Mika Pikazo	1
Blood+	Ryo Ikehata	Chizu Hashii	4
Bloody Geass	Tomonori Sugihara	Riri Sagara	1
Bokura wa Minna Ikiteiru	Annagi Kurosaya	Natsu Natsuna	1
The Boy and the Beast	Mamoru Hosoda	Geko Hirasawa, Takaaki Yamashita	1
Brave Witches Prequel	Toshihiko Tsukiji	Humikane Shimada, Wirue Kusinada	2

C

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Canaan	Tomonori Sugihara	Kanami Sekiguchi	2
Cheat Sensei no Chōhatsu	Masaki Amane	Osa	1
Circle Crusher no Ano Ko, Boku ga Kidoku Through Kimetara Donna Kao Suru Darou	Hideaki	R_ringo	1
Class de 2-ban Me ni Kawaii Onna no Ko to Tomodachi ni Natta	Takata	Tom Osabe	4
Cocoon World	Shō Tomono	Kōji	5
Cross x Regalia	Makoto Sanda	Yūgen	7
CtG: Zero kara Sodateru Dennō Shōjo	Gangudō	Bun150	3
Cyber Arts	Tsukasa Seo	Yappen	1

D

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Daimaō Jamako-san to Zen-jinrui-sō Yūsha	Katsumi Misaki	Yamasan	1
Danmatsu no Millennion	Ao Jyumonji	So-bin	2
Dantalian no Shoka	Gakuto Mikumo	G-Yuusuke	8
Dare ga Yūsha wo Koroshita ka	Daken	toi8	2
Detamaka	Kazuyuki Takami	Chiyoko	16
Dog Days		Kiro Habane	1

E

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Ebiten: Kitan Kitan	SCA-JI	Kira Inugami	1
Ecstas Online	Masamune Kuji	Tsukune Taira	3
End Re End	Tsukasa Nimeguchi	Yasu	2
Enkan Shōjo	Satoshi Hase	Miyū	13
Eulen Spiegel	Tow Ubukata	Humikane Shimada	1
Eureka Seven	Tomonori Sugihara	Robin Kishiwada	4

F

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FLCL	Yoji Enokido		3
Free Life: Isekai Nandemoya Funtōki			1

G

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Game Playing Role	Shinichi Kimura	Bonnie	1
Gokudo	Usagi Nakamura	Takeru Kirishima	13
Goth	Otsuichi		1
Gundam Build Fighters	Shōta Asuka	Kiyoshi Konoyo, Suzuhito Yasuda	2
Gusha no Junction	Tsukasa Nimeguchi	Magomago	2

H

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Hero and Daughter	Koroku Takano	Megane Yoshizawa	1
Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirou	Shimesaba	booota	3
Hiiro no Gyokuza	Yūichi Takahashi	Iwamoto05	1
Himawari :unUtopial World	Tomoaki Hayashi	Manyako	4
Hime Kishi to Camping Car	Nazuna Miki	Kuinji 51-gou	2
Hoiku no Kishi to Monster Children	Masafumi Kamiaki	En Morikura	2
Horobiyuku Sekai wo Sukū Tame ni Hitsuyō na Ore Igai no Shujinkō no Kazu wo Motomeyo	Teren Mikami	En Morikura	2
Hoshifuru Yoru wa Shachiku wo Nagure	Yūichi Takahashi	Eight Shimotsuki	3
Hyōka	Honobu Yonezawa	Otohiko Takano	6 (1st edition)
Hyōryū Ōkoku	Gangudō	Umiko	2

I

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Ikai no Gunshi no Kyūkoku Kitan	Masayuki Kataribe	Kagayo Myōjō	3
Invision World	Kurosuke Aikawa	Kai	1
Isekai Sagishi no Consulting	Takumi Miyaji	Maro Fal	4
Isekai Toshokan e Yōkoso	Senya Mihagi	Gochō	1
Isekai Yōkai Summoner: Zenbu Yōkai no Sei	Ryōta Azuma	Azuri Hyūga	2

J

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Jidō Hanbaiki ni Umare Kawatta Ore wa Meikyū o Samayō	Hirukuma	Itsuwa Katō	3
Jitto Mitsumeru Kimi wa Datenshi	Nyao	R-ringo	1
Jōkamachi wa Kyō mo Mahō Jiken de Afureteiru	Yō Inoue	Kurihito Mutō	2

K

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Kaifuku Jutsushi Yarinaoshi: Sokushi Mahō to Skill Copy no Chōetsu Heal	Rui Tsukiyo	Shiokonbu	6
Kakeyuku Toshi no Moon Doll	Yōichi Nagana	Yū Rin	1
Kamase-kei Heroine Route no Ketsumatsu wo Ore wa Shiranai	Yū Kagami	Akemi Mikoto	2
Kamisama Game	Shū Miyazaki	Nanakusa	7 + 3 short story volumes
Kamisama Life		Sakura Miwabe	4
KanColle: To Aru Chinjufu no Ichinichi	Siidekei, Kazuyuki Takami, Bakagane	Koruri	1
KanColle: Zui no Umi, Hō no Sora	Yukiya Murasaki	Satoru Arikawa	3
Kariyushi Blue Blue: Sora to Kamisama no 8-gatsu	Rainy Kamitsuki	Pairan	1
Kiddy Girl-and	Hidefumi Kimura	Hidefumi Kimura	2
Kiddy Grade Pr.	Tomohiko Aoki	Hidefumi Kimura	2
Kiddy Grade	Tomohiko Aoki	Hidefumi Kimura	3
Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai	Otsuichi	Miyako Hasumi	1
Kimi no Na wa. Another Side:Earthbound	Arata Kanoh	Hiyori Asahikawa, Masayoshi Tanaka	1
Kimi to Yondome no Gakuensai	Masaki Amane	Yasumo	1
Kizuna no Hime to Seitokai Kishidan		Ponzu Yūkyū	1
Koko kara Detakereba Koi Shiae!	Touka Takei	Karei	4
Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Sōdan wo!	Natsume Akatsuki	Kurone Mishima	1
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!	Natsume Akatsuki	Kurone Mishima	16
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!	Natsume Akatsuki	Kurone Mishima	3
Kōtei no Battle Throne!	Yō Inoue	Gintarō	2
Kurau wa Taberu Koto ni Shita	Ronri Fujii	TakayaKi	1

L

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Last Embryo	Tarō Tatsunoko	Momoko	3
Last Phoenix	Takashi Morohoshi	Manyako	1
Light Novel wo Yomu no wa Tanoshii kedo, Kaitemiru to Motto Tanoshii kamo yo!?	Tomoaki Hayashi	Ayumu Kasuga	1
Lol	Physics Point	Physics Point, KEI	2
	Touko Machida	Yukiko Horiguchi	1

M

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Macross Frontier	Ukyō Kodachi	Risa Ebata, Hayato Aoki	4
Madō GPX Wizard Formula	Tōka Takei	Matarō, Ōbuta	2
Magical Explorer'	Irisu	Noboru Kannatsuki	4
Mahō to SkyTube de Ikiteiku	Koroku Takano	Jū Ayakura	1
Makiwari Slow Life wo Hajimemasuka? [Hai/Iie]	Shin Araki	Makoto Sajima	2
Makyō Senku no Nightingale	Katsumi Misaki	Haruyuki	1
Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta	Kyōsuke Kamishiro	Takayaki	7
Maō Suspense Gekijō: Tsuchikemuri Dungeon, Bijin Yūsha Goroshi	Harunobu Niwa	Matarō	1
Masō Gakuen HxH	Masamune Kuji	Hisasi, Kurogin	11
Maze	Satoru Akahori		13
Meikyu!	Ryōto Morisaki	Tsubame Nozomi	2
Meitantei x Furyō x Riajū x Chijo x Kettōsha: Hannin wa Dareda!?	Yūga Amachi	Asagi Tōsaka	2
Mismarca Kōkoku Monogatari	Tomoaki Hayashi	Tomozo	12
Mismarca Kōkoku Shinai Monogatari	Tomoaki Hayashi	Keiji Asakawa, Tomozo	1
Mobile Fighter G Gundam	Yoshitake Suzuki		3
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED	Riu Goto		5
Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?	Tarō Tatsunoko	Yū Amano	10
Muhai no Black Courier	Sennendō Taguchi	Yūichi Kinugasa	1
Mushi-Uta	Kyouhei Iwai	Ruroo	15
Mushi-Uta bug	Kyouhei Iwai	Ruroo	8

N

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Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Toaru Ichinichi	Shin Araki	Puyo	1
Nanahoshi Kōrei Gakuen no Akuma	Taguchi Sennendō	Yujin	6
Nichijō dewa Saenai tada no Ossan, Jitsu wa Chijō Saikyō no Ikusagami	Jin Aino	Rein Kuwashima	7
Noble Witches: Dai 506 Tōgō Sentō Kōkūdan Hishō!	Hidehisa Nanbō	Humikane Shimada	6

O

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Omiai Shitakunakatta node, Muri Nandai na Jouken wo Tsuketara Doukyuusei ga Kita Ken ni Tsuite	Sakuragi Sakura	Clear	7
Ōoku no Sakura: Gendai Ōoku Jogakuin	Akira	Miyama-Zero	6
Ōoku no Sakura: Gendai Ōoku Jogakuin Honmaru	Akira	Miyama-Zero	1
Ore no Kyōshitsu Haruhi ha Inai	Teru Arai	Kojikoji	4
Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru	Takeru Kasukabe	Yukiwo	12
O-ri-ga-mi	Tomoaki Hayashi	2C-Galore	7
Overcomer!		Takeru Kasukabe	Haruken	1

P

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Pantsu Atatamemasu ka?	Yūki Ishiyama	Bun150	1
Parapura Gakuen	Kō Kimura	Yamucha	1
Pockeloli	Touka Takei	Akane Ikegami	2

R

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R-15	Hiroyuki Fushimi	Takuya Fujima	11
Rakudai kenja no gakuin musō ~nido tensei shita saikyō kenja, 400-nen-go no sekai o maken de musō~	Shiraishi Arata	Uodenim	4
Rare Drop no Shihaisha	Tohru Takasaki	Salada	1
RDG Red Data Girl	Noriko Ogiwara	Komako Sakai, Meru Kishida	6
Record of Lodoss War	Ryo Mizuno	Yutaka Izubuchi	7
Reisen	Tomoaki Hayashi	Yumehito Ueda	6
Rental Bukiya Ariche	Sennendō Taguchi	Sunaho Tobe	2
Rental Magica	Makoto Sanda	pako	22
Reverse;End	Ryōta Azuma	Eihi	1
Runal Saga	Shō Tomono	Hiroyuki Nishimura	10
Ryū Matsue no Conductor	Katsuya Hayazuka	Isll	2

S

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Saihate no Kyūseishu	Kyohei Iwai	Bō	2
Saikyō Degarashi Ōji no Anyaku Teii Arasoi: Munō wo Enjiru SS Rank Ōji wa Kōi Keishōsen wo Kage kara Shihai suru	Tanba	Yūnagi	6
Sakurada Reset	Yutaka Kōno	Yō Shiina	7
Sangria: In the Dracuria Earth	Koroku Takano	Ryū Double	2
Saredo Bokura no Maku wa Agaru.	Kanata Kitami	Yukiko Horiguchi	2
Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryū to Odoru	Asai Labo	Miyagi	8
Satsui to Chōwa no Dust Shangri-La	Fuyuki Fuyuki	Sigma	2
Sekai Saikō no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru	Rui Tsukiyo	Reia	5
Senryaku Kyoten 32098 Rakuen	Satoshi Hase	CHOCO	1
Sentō Jōsai Masurawo	Tomoaki Hayashi	Yumehito Ueda	5
Sentōin, Hakenshimasu!	Natsume Akatsuki	Kakao Lanthanum	5
Shibari Play Eiyūki	Masayuki Kataribe	Giuniu	2
Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita	Zappon	Yasumo	8
Shinmai Maō no Testament	Tetsuto Uesu	Nekosuke Ōkuma	9 + 2 side stories
Shinwa-goroshi no Fake Master	Tamazo Yanagi	Ako Arisaka	2
Shishō Domo ni Tsugu	Masafumi Kamiaki	Hou	2
Shissō Holiday	Otsuichi	Miyako Hasumi	1
Shōkanshu wa Iede Neko	Kazuyuki Takami	Yu	4
Shūen Sekai no Rebellion	Ryuji Minokami	Takuya Fujima	3
Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Mō Ichido Dake, Aemasu ka?	Akira Kareno	Ue	5
Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?	Akira Kareno	Ue	5 + 1 side story
Sōkyū no Alto Ciel	Inumajin	Ponzu Yūkyū	1
Strike Witches: Otome no Maki	Hidehisa Nanbō	Hashigo Ueda, Humikane Shimada	4
Sugar Dark	Enji Arai	mebae	1
Super Cub	Tone Koken	Hiro	5
Suzumiya Haruhi series	Nagaru Tanigawa	Noizi Ito	12

T

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Tamakō Shakō Dance-bu e Yōkoso	Senya Mihagi	Gochō	1
Tenkō-saki no Seiso Karen na Bishōjo ga, Mukashi Danshi to Omotte Issho ni Asonda Osananajimi Datta Ken	Yu Hibari	Shiso	6
Tenkū Kangoku no Majutsu Garō	Yōichi Nagana	Minato Yasaka	5
Tensei Jūsha no Black Chronicle	Kataribe Masayuki	Asagi Toosaka	3
Testament Spiegel	Tow Ubukata	Humikane Shimada	3
Tokumei Seitokai	Akira	Reia	1
Tokyo Inroaded: Closed Eden	Kyohei Iwai	Shirabi	3
Trinity Blood	Sunao Yoshida, Kentaro Yasui	Thores Shibamoto	12
Tsurugi no Hime to Alderaban	Tomonori Sugihara	Nidy-2D-	6

U

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Ū-chan no Kobako	Toshiki Kazumi	Aldehyde	1
Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?			1

V

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Vandread	Takeshi Mori		7
Violence Magical!	Tomoaki Hayashi	Mikan Ehime	3

W

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Waga Homura ni Hirefuse Sekai	Hiyoko Sumeragi	Mika Pikazo	3
WizARding Game	Katsumi Misaki	Ayaki	1

Y

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Yakuzaishi Kyōkai no Chikensha Boshū An'nai		Mijin Kōka	2
Yamiochi Kishi ga Dungeon Hajimemashita!		Ryōta Azuma	Yume no Owari	2
Yappa Choroin Desho!	Heiho Yoshikawa	Shinsuke Inue	2
Yokohama Dungeon	Tsukasa Seo	Yamcha	3
Yon Okuen Ateta Yūsha Loto to Ore wa Tomodachi ni Natteru	Shin Araki	Makoto Sajima	2
Yowai 5000-nen no Sōshoku Dragon, Iwarenaki Jaryū Nintei	Kaisei Enomoto	Shugao	3
Yūsha Ikkō Burari Tabi	Kigatsukeba Kedama	Horosuke	2

Z

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Zanma Taisei Demonbane	Jin Haganeya		6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Publishing heavyweights see light in growing 'light novel' market. Asahi Shimbun. December 15, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215225800/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/aj201111300001. December 15, 2013.