Ichiei Ishibumi

Ichiei Ishibumi
Kana	石踏 一榮
Romaji	Ishibumi Ichiei
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Race	Human
Gender	Male
Nicknames	God of Breasts

Ichiei Ishibumi (石踏 一榮 Ishibumi Ichiei) is a Japanese novelist best known for the creation of the High School DxD, SLASHDØG, and Denpachi series.

History

Ishibumi was born born on April 25, 1981, and raised in the Chiba Prefecture of Japan. He is a big fan of Pokémon and has collected every form of Gundam merchandise, which he writes about in his blog.

Career

In 2005, Ichiei received a special prize in the 17th Fantasia Awards hosted by Fujimi Shobo for the light-novel Denpachi that he submitted. He made his debut with that novel when it was published in 2006 as a tankōbon. The same year, he published his second light-novel Slash/Dog. Two years later, in 2008, Ichiei began publishing the light-novel series which made him famous, High School DxD. While preparing the series, Ichiei's father passed away.

Works

Fujimi Shobo

• DENPACHI Vol.1 (January, 2006)
• SLASH/DOG1 (August, 2006)
• High School DxD (September, 2008 - March 20, 2018)
  • High School DxD 1: Diabolos of the Old School Building
  • High School DxD 2: Phoenix of the Battle School
  • High School DxD 3: Excalibur of the Moonlit Schoolyard
  • High School DxD 4: Vampire of the Suspended Classroom
  • High School DxD 5: Hellcat of the Underworld Training Camp
  • High School DxD 6: Holy Behind the Gymnasium
  • High School DxD 7: Ragnarok After School
  • High School DxD 8: The Work of a Devil
  • High School DxD 9: Pandemonium at the School Trip
  • High School DxD 10: Lion Heart of the School Festival
  • High School DxD 11: Ouroboros and Promotion Tests
  • High School DxD 12: Heroes of Tutoring
  • High School DxD 13: Issei SOS
  • High School DxD 14: Wizards of Career Counseling
  • High School DxD 15: Dark Knight of the Sunny-spot
  • High School DxD 16: Daywalker of the Extracurricular Lesson
  • High School DxD 17: Valkyrie of the Teacher Training
  • High School DxD 18: Funny Angel of the Christmas Day
  • High School DxD 19: Durandal of the General Election
  • High School DxD 20: Belial of Career Consultation
  • High School DxD 21: Lucifer of the Optional Attendance
  • High School DxD 22: Gremory of the Graduation Ceremony
  • High School DxD 23: Joker of the Ball Games
  • High School DxD 24: Grim Reaper of the Off-Campus Learning
  • High School DxD 25: Yggdrasil of the Summer Courses
• True High School DxD (July, 2018 - )
  • True High School DxD 1: Welsh Dragon of the New School Term
  • True High School DxD 2: Ruin Princess of the Proficiency Test
  • True High School DxD 3: Sun Shower of School Trip
  • True High School DxD 4: Kingdom of the Decisive Battle Study Abroad
• High School DxD DX (March, 2015 - )
  • High School DxD DX1: Love Song to the Reincarnated Angel
  • High School DxD DX2: Worship☆Dragon-God Girl
  • High School DxD DX3: Cross×Crisis
  • High School DxD DX4: Student Council and Leviathan
  • High School DxD DX5: Superhero Trail
  • High School DxD DX6: Is the Order a Devil?
• Fantasia Bunko 25th Anniversary Book (March 18, 2013)
• Dog God of the Fallen, SLASHDØG (Revamp of SLASH/DOG, 2014 - )
  • SLASHDØG Volume 1
  • SLASHDØG Volume 2
  • SLASHDØG Volume 3

Trivia

• He initially planned to become a game designer before writing.
• His way of writing a novel is to write it from a favorite place and fill it up after plotting.
• The short story Cross×Crisis is one of Ichiei's personal top 5 short stories he's written.
• Saiyuki has been his favourite work since he was a student.
• Ichiei Ishibumi has twitter account with name "ishibumi ddd". He chose this name, because all his three novels has the letter "D" (Denpachi, Slash/Dog, DxD)