Ichiei Ishibumi


Ichiei Ishibumi is a Japanese novelist best known for his light novel series High School DxD.

Career

In 2005, Ishibumi 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, he began publishing the light-novel series High School DxD, with 25 volumes published as well as an additional 3 volumes of a sequel series, Shin High School DxD. The series has been adapted into multiple manga and anime television series. While preparing the light novels, his father died.

Early works

  1. Diabolos of the Old School Building
  2. Phoenix of the Battle School
  3. Excalibur of the Moonlit Schoolyard
  4. Vampire of the Suspended Classroom
  5. Hellcat of the Underworld Training Camp
  6. Holy Behind the Gymnasium
  7. Ragnarok After School
  8. The Work of a Devil
  9. Pandemonium at the School Trip
  10. Lion Heart of the School Festival
  11. Ouroboros and Promotion Tests
  12. Heroes of Tutoring
  13. Issei SOS
  14. Wizards of Career Counseling
  15. Dark Knight of Sunshine
  16. Daywalker of the Extracurricular Lesson
  17. Valkyrie of the Teacher Training
  18. Funny Angel of the Christmas Day
  19. Durandal of the General Election
  20. Belial of Career Consultation
  21. Lucifer of the Optional Attendance 2016
  22. Gremory of the Graduation Ceremony 2016
  23. Joker of the Ball Games 2017
  24. Grim Reaper of the Off-campus Learning 2017
  25. Yggdrasil of the Summer Courses 2018
To accommodate the growing number of short stories published, a series of light novels, the DX series, that acts as a compilation was created.
  1. DX.1 Love Song to the Reincarnated Angel
  2. DX.2 Worship☆Dragon-God Girl!
  3. DX.3 Cross×Crisis
  4. DX.4 Student Council and Leviathan