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Kazuma Miki

{{short description|Japanese light novel editor}}

{{notability|biography|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Kazuma Miki

| native_name = 三木一馬

| native_name_lang = ja

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|12|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tokushima prefecture, Japan

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| alma_mater = Sophia University

| occupation = Editor, writer

| nationality = Japanese

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| genre = Fiction, light novel

| website = {{official website|http://straightedge.jp/}}

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{{nihongo|Kazuma Miki|三木一馬|Miki Kazuma|born September 12, 1977}} is a Japanese light novel editor. He is CEO of Straight Edge Inc, editor-in-chief of LINE novel, and outside director of Egg Firm. He is from the Tokushima prefecture. He graduated from Sophia University as a physics major.

Overview

After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Sophia University, Miki joined Media Works (the predecessor of the current Kadokawa ASCII Media Works brand) in 2000, and was assigned to the editorial department of Dengeki Bunko in 2001.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-30|title=三木一馬：電撃文庫のカリスマ編集者が退職 新会社「ストレートエッジ」設立 - MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ）|url=http://mantan-web.jp/2016/04/07/20160407dog00m200035000c.html|access-date=2021-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630214118/http://mantan-web.jp/2016/04/07/20160407dog00m200035000c.html|archive-date=2016-06-30}}

After serving as editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko and Dengeki Bunko Magazine, he left Kadokawa on March 31, 2016, and established Straight Edge Inc on April 1, 2016,{{Cite web|date=2016-04-07|title=名物ラノベ編集者・三木一馬氏はなぜ独立したか|url=https://magazine-k.jp/2016/04/08/straightedge/|access-date=2021-03-28|website=マガジン航[kɔː]|language=ja}} but continues to work for Dengeki Bunko as an external editor.

In February 2020, Miki began posting his original fiction on the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.{{Cite web|title=僕が小説を書いた理由｜三木一馬｜note|url=https://note.com/straightedge/n/n964aada4e09b|access-date=2021-03-28|website=note（ノート）|language=ja}}

He is a close friend of YouTuber Kunhiro and often appears in his videos.

Notable authors under his supervision

Involvement in the industry

Miki believes in selling original works through media franchising in hopes to appeal to markets outside traditional publishing. As such, many of the works he supervised have had manga and anime adaptations.

In the initial draft of Shakugan no Shana, the titular protagonist Shana was in her twenties and resembled Margery Daw, another character in the series, in appearance, however following Miki's suggestions, the character was reworked.

The concept of Oreimo as a slice of life comedy based on otaku culture was planned by Miki based on the style of the author, Tsukasa Fushimi.{{Cite web|date=2010-10-26|title=2008年下半期ライトノベル界の話題作 『俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない』 伏見つかさ先生インタビュー（後編） - CloseUp NetTube - ライブドアブログ|url=http://closeup-nettube.livedoor.biz/archives/581591.html|access-date=2021-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026084914/http://closeup-nettube.livedoor.biz/archives/581591.html|archive-date=2010-10-26}}{{Cite web|title=俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない（２） 発売記念インタビュー -後編-|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/geek/archives/50776597.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=アキバBlog}} Kirino Kosaka, the main heroine of the series, was proposed by Miki as like "a gyaru character taken from the works of Tooru Fujisawa."{{Cite web|date=2010-10-28|title=2008年下半期ライトノベル界の話題作 『俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない』 伏見つかさ先生インタビュー（前編） - CloseUp NetTube - ライブドアブログ|url=http://closeup-nettube.livedoor.biz/archives/581598.html|access-date=2021-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028081017/http://closeup-nettube.livedoor.biz/archives/581598.html|archive-date=2010-10-28}} As a native of Tokushima, he often appears at Machi Asobi which is held in Tokushima City, along with Fushimi.

Bibliography

  • Omoshirokereba Nandemoari Hakkō Ruikei 6000 Manbu -- Toaru Henshū no Shigoto Mokuroku (面白ければなんでもあり　発行累計6000万部――とある編集の仕事目録) (Illustrated by abec, published by Kadokawa, 2016, {{ISBN|9784048657150}})

Other credits

= Anime =

Miki has been credited as a producer in all anime adaptations of series he was editor of, such as the Sword Art Online anime series. In addition to this, he has also been credited in:

  • Ittadaki no e Katētan – Script Writer
  • Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu – DVD Episode 4 Audio Commentary

= Games =

  • Oreimo Portable – Manami Tamura's Route Supervising Director{{Cite web|date=2011-01-14|title=【週刊 俺の妹P】麻奈実ルートは正統派の直球ド真ん中!? 『俺の妹』座談会後編|url=http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/335/335258/|access-date=2011-04-30|website=電撃オンライン 週刊 俺の妹P|publisher=アスキー・メディアワークス}}
  • Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku Gunsou Katsugeki – Supervising Director{{Cite web|last=電撃オンライン|title=【とある魔術と科学の週刊詳報】鎌池和馬先生をはじめとした本作のキーマンたちによる座談会をお届け！|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/539/539516/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=電撃オンライン|language=ja}}
  • Tokyo Cronos – Producer{{Cite web|last=電撃オンライン|title=三木一馬さんらが参加する新作VRミステリーADV『東京クロノス』も発表されたトークイベントの模様をお届け|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/723/1723673/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=電撃オンライン|language=ja}}

References

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