GA Bunko

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GA Bunko (GA文庫) is a publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company SB Creative, a subsidiary of Softbank. It was established in January 2006 and is a light novel label. The label is aimed at males in their teens to their twenties.

Contents

Light novels published under GA Bunko

0–9

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
29 to JKYuji YujiYan-Yam8
8 Girls OdysseyChikashi YoshidaUki1

A

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
AkitsushimaYūki TakanoKaori Minakami3
Alchemist no NirvanaKisetsu MoritaNatsuki Haruka5
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia Kei Tanaka &
Gust Corporation, Banpresto
Nagira1
Ayakashi Maniacs!Tane KakinoAn Inugahora5
Ayakashi Rotenshou TikitakaItsuki InoueYuran2

B

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Bakerano! Hikaru Sugii Akahito2
Black Magic Hideki Kakinuma,
Masamune Shirow (Original Creator)
Harusame Tsubaki2
Boku no ShionTōru HondaHisashi Momose3
Bōkyaku Kenshi no ExcellioMamoru NagamonoHirotaka Akagi1

C

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Calamity Knight: AlternativeKanata Takase Reine Hibiki 2
Charlotte wa Glass no Kutsu no Yume wo mirukaYoshihiro TsuzukiYōko Fujioka1
Chōjin-Kokoseitachi wa Isekai demo Yoyu de Ikinuku Yōdesu! Riku MisoraSacraneco8
Chō-jitaku Keibi Shōjo ChinoriYasumi ObataShū1
Chūko demo Koi ga Shitai!Noritake TaoReDrop5
Clear VoiceYukiko IidaNagare Yūryū1
Crazy Kangaroo no NatsuAko YoshimiMiyuki Fujimoto2

D

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
De-ko-tsu-nKenji NojimaSugar-Piccola1
Demon's SummonerYūji NakazatoRiya Hozumi4
Die Nachtjäger Yūichi Suzumoto Kazumi1
Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka? Fujino Ōmori Suzuhito Yasuda 18

E

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
EX!Oda KyōdaiUki15

F

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Fata Morgana no Yakata: Anata no Genten ni Itaru Monogatari Keika HanadaMoyataro4
FurifuroTōru TakasakiOkurō Tsuchida1

G

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Gin no Te no Shiva: Hakase to KotoriTōya TachiharaMizuki Takayama & Shūji Sokabe1
Goblin Slayer Kumo KagyuNoboru Kannatuki6
Genocide Reality finally getting publishedFujinyamaKeroshiki2

H

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Haikyo Hotel e YōkosoRio MatsudonoGanpon2
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Manta AisoraKoin12
HanamoriTesshū Echigoya Jū Ayakura 1
Hankōki no Imōto wo Maō no Chikara de Shinai Shite MitaAkiraSubaru Homura4
Hanon: Kimi no Mezasu Ashita eOda KyōdaiEiji Totsuka1
Happy Death DayKōta NozomiAkira Banpai2
Hareta Sora ni KujiraKagaku Ōnishirefeia3
HauhauTōmon BugiKoin1
Hikikomari Kyūketsuki no Monmon Kotei KobayashiRiichu11
Hundred Jun MisakiNekosuke Ōkuma7

I

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Inō-Battle wa Nichijō-kei no Naka de Kota Nozomi02912
Irregular's RebellionShizuku OchiOchau3
Isa to YukiAoi YūyaKakeru Mikazuki5
Ittōu Ryōudan no Amber KissSenya MihagiCoffee Neko2

J

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Jinx GameAtaru AdachiNiritsu3
Johnpei to Boku toKagaku ŌnishiGinpachi4
Jōki Teikoku SōdōkiYasuhiro KawasakiKatsuhiko Yūki3

K

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Kagura Kenbu no AerialJujin ChibaMasato Mutsumi4
Kamen Majo no ResistanceKen SuebashiManyako2
Kamisama ga Yōi Shitekureta BashoArimi YazakiFuzzy3
KamunagiJun OkigakiMunch Mutsuki5
Karakuri-sō no Ijin tachiKei ShimojimaMigi2
Kawaii Onnanoko ni Kōryaku Sareru no Wa Suki desu ka? Seiju Amano Kakao 5
Kishiō Kōho no GuarvantHiro ItōKurogin2
Koko wa Mahō Shōnen Ikusei CenterSaori Kumi Yuri Narushima 5
Kuraki wa Ware wo ōuKen AsamatsuRyō Kanai3
Kyokō no SenshiOkina KaminoYūichirō Tanuma3

L

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Light novel no Tanoshii kakikata Tōru HondaKasumi Kirino10
Lady GeneralMasayuki ChidaShōshirō Shirayuki3

M

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Maid Deka Yūji Hayami Kiyotaka Haimura 9
Mal'ākh no Tane: Katayoku no KiokuHiromi HosoeMikako Mikaki1
Maō to Hime to Ecchi no HonOtsukai ShimonoSyroh2
MAPS: Shared world Yūichi Hasegawa (Original Creator)2
Meikyū-gai ChronicleRyōsuke HayashiTsuyuki1
Metal Witch SistersYū HibikiKoin4
Mugen no LinkageAkamitsu AwamuraSenmu5

N

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
No-Rin Shirō ShiratoriKippu12

O

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Oda Nobuna no Yabō Mikage Kasuga Miyama-Zero 10
Odoru Hoshi Furu ReneshikuruYuuji YuujiTakayaKi6
Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Yuuji YuujiRuroo18 + Extra
Oto x MahoShū ShiraseYasu16
Otonari no Mahō tsukaiSami ShinozakiOsamu Oya3
Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken SaekisanHanekoto10 + 2 Short stories

P

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Parallel MarinersKōichi KinoSikorsky2
Pochi no Winning shotShin'ya KasaiJohn Hathway2
Princess Sword!Okina KaminoWaka Miyama5

Q

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Quintet!Tesshū EchigoyaSenmu2

R

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Radical ElementsShirō ShiratoriHaruaki Katō3
Rakudai Kishi no Eiyūtan Riku MisoraWon18
Ryūō no Oshigoto! Shirow ShiratoriShirabi14

S

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Sacred ChronicleRei MikogamiKeG1
Sadistic AgentYūji NakazatoImusanjo2
Sahō Tsukai no Shishō-chanKemuri HaruharaKoin2
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Senri AkatsukiAyumu Kasuga15
Samurai GuardHikaru MaisakaYui Shiino2
Sanada Jūyūki!Takuya BabaYūji Naruse3
School Girl Strikers Novel ChannelIchirō Sakaki, Keiichi Hikami, Seiju Amano, Yū HibikiGen Kobayashi, Hinase Momoyama2
Seiken Tsukai no World Break Akamitsu Awamurarefeia5
Senjin GaishiIsamu HanadaMasaki Hirooka4
Senpūden: Rera-SiwKen Asamatsu Akihiro Yamada 3
Shaggy DogAkira NanaoMiyagi5
ShamrockMiya SawagamiYūri Nishiwaki12
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Ichirō Sakaki (Crimson)
Jun'ichi Ōsako (Black & Leon the Resurrector)
Madoka Takatono (White)
Toshihiko Tsukiji (Blue)
Kōhei Azano (Don Sariel)
et al.
Noboru Kannazuki (Crimson)
Bunbun (Black)
Hiro Kinako (White, 1-5)
Kasumi Nagi (White, 6-)
Eiji Usatsuka (Blue)
Shōryū Shinobu (Leon)
Kazuaki (Don Sariel)
10 (Crimson)
10 (Black)
6 (White)
2 (Blue)
3 (Leon)
1 (Don Sariel)
2 (Marble)
1 (Palette)
Shokei Shōjo no Virgin Road Mato SatoNilitsu4
Shōnen Kyūmashi to Koi suru OtomeRei MikogamiTetsuhiro Nabeshima2
Sōkai Girls! Shirow ShiratoriYasuyuki3
Sol BrightRansei EtōKomeko Amajio3
S.P.A.T.!Yūki TakanoTsukune Taira1
Storage OverAkira NakaoToworu Takura3
Surveillance ManualRyōko SekiTaketo Sanada4
Survived FiveShin'ya KasaiShōtarō Tokunō3
Sword JunkerSow KamishiroChinatsu Kurahana1

T

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shōnen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Yō na Monogatari Toshio SatōNao Watanuki7
Tenjō Ugatsu Shinma no KenKōichi TakagiKoin3
Tenshi ga ochita MachiAkio HiguchiSuke Akurō1
Tensai Ōji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu: Sō da, Baikoku Shiyō Toru Tobafal_maro8
Tokyo Stray WizardsEita NakataniRiv1
Tomodachi no Imōto ga Ore ni Dake Uzai Ghost MikawaTomari6

U

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Uchi no Isōrō ga Sekai wo Shōaku Shiteiru!Tsuyoshi NanajohTsubame Nozomi9

V

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Valkyrie WorksManta AisoraHagane Tsurugi1

W

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Warelf OnlineMamoru NagamonoUmiko1
War Generation: Hōkago BōeitaiHideki KakinumaHōden Eizō1
Wasureenu Majo no MonogatariUsa NaruharuKamo Kamen2
White Album 2: Yuki ga Tsumugu Senritsu Masaya Tsukishima
Leaf (Original Creator)
Takeshi Nakamura
Keiichirō Katsura
6

Y

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
YggdrasillIkumi MizukiHalsame Tsubaki1

Z

Title Author Illustrator No. of volumes
Zoa HunterJun'ichi ŌsakoBunbun6

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