Kamachi Kazuma/Kamachi Kazuma 10th Year Anniversary Celebration

Kamachi Kazuma, author of Toaru Majutsu no Index and several other light novel series, debuted in Dengeki Bunko on April 10, 2004 with the very first volume of Toaru Majutsu no Index. Prolific in his career, in a decade he became one of the most successful light novel authors in Japan. On April 10, 2014, Dengeki Bunko celebrated 10 years of his career with a website containing news for new projects, comments from figures from the industry, as well as Kamachi's comment on the 10th year anniversary itself.

The website was open for the public on the same day as promotional stream on Niconico and Youtube of the videogame Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Puzzdex, which featured Iguchi Yuka (Index's seiyuu) and Miki Kazuma.

This page details the currently translated material from the website.

Background
Kamachi Kazuma is writer for the Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. His career as a professional author began after his talent for writing was recognized in his amateur work Schrödinger's Road for the 9th Dengeki Game Novel Prize. He was given a project about writing a book for starting a writing career, after which Kamachi started working on his first and currently longest running work, Toaru Majutsu no Index. The series was first released on 2004.

Toaru Majutsu no Index soon rose into fame, and was recognized in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! awards for several years in a row. Kamachi later expanded the story of Index by writing the spinoff manga series Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, while starting on other projects outside of Index such as Heavy Object and The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village.

Ten years on, Kamachi continues to write for various forms of media, including anime, manga and games.

Kamachi Kazuma's 10th Year Anniversary Message
''So ten years have already gone by. Thinking about the time that had passed, honestly... after thinking over it a dozen times, it always comes out in a mess. There are rumors that say that Kazuma Kamachi doesn't exist, but the stuff about me being a story writing program in the servers of Dengeki is not true!''

''Like always, there are a lot of things that I want to do, but obstacles like "looking simple when imagined as pictures animated like in anime and games, but impossible to write" and "the opposite of that" show up once in a while. However though, if you can whip up ideas like flicking the switch of an electric fan, it would be revolutionary. If ever this "flame" flickers out, I may be able to live life normally if that ever comes, but I wouldn't know what I would be able to accomplish ten years after that moment.''

''That aside, on the topic of the tenth year anniversary of being a creator, to those who have been helping me throughout these ten years, I want to say that their efforts have been meaningful to me. I still feel that the "flame" is still burning bright within me. For the one who allowed me to rent his place time and time again, thank you. Thank you very much.''

Well then, as we head towards the 20th year, I hope that our "flames" would never burn out.

Timeline of Kamachi Kazuma's 10 year career
Legend: ☆ indicates new novel publication.

Messages from Key Figures
The Kamachi 10th anniversary site's content includes congratulatory messages from various people who collaborated with Kamachi throughout his career, from the publishing of his works to the production of anime adaptations. This section lists down the people who greeted Kamachi from the website, as well as their favorite characters from Kamachi's works. All characters mentioned are from the Toaru Majutsu no Index universe except were noted.
 * Asakura Ryousuke: Index
 * Inue Shinsuke (Heavy Object manga artist): Kanzaki Kaori, Himegami Aisa
 * Saito Sakae (Heavy Object S manga artist): Milinda Brantini  (Heavy Object) 
 * Tanaka Yuichi (JC STAFF character designer): Index
 * Mijin Kouka: Index, Agnese Sanctis, Shirai Kuroko
 * Yamaji Arata: Accelerator, Last Order
 * Asakawa Miya (Anime scenario writer): Hamazura Shiage
 * Itou Michiko (Railgun scriptwriter): Shirai Kuroko
 * Kimura Yasutaka (Square Enix cross-media producer): Leivinia Birdway
 * Shimomura Yuuichi (Index manga editor): Index, Misaka Mikoto, the Sisters, Accelerator, Angelene
 * Sunayama Kurasumi (Railgun and Index II scriptwriter): Tessou Tsuzuri
 * Ryohgo Narita (Baccano! and Durarara!!): Roberto Katze, Heaven Canceller, Hamazura Shiage, Sogiita Gunha, Aogami Pierce, Rhino Beetle, Sasha Kreutzev/Misha, Kazakiri Hyouka, the whole royal family, the Sisters, Misaka Mikoto, Shokuhou Misaki, ITEM, Kiyama Harumi, Nunotaba Shinobu, Konori Mii, Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor
 * Nishikiori Hiroshi (Index and Index Movie director): Index
 * Hama Hayato (Index-san editor): Index, Misaka Mikoto, Uiharu Kazari, Saten Ruiko
 * Fushimi Tsukasa (Ore no Imouto author): Mugino Shizuri
 * Yuji Matsukura (JC STAFF chief producer): Index
 * Miki Kazuma: Measure Heart
 * Minakami Seishi (Index scriptwriter and Railgun series composer): Shirai Kuroko
 * Yoshino Hiroyuki (Index Movie and Railgun S scriptwriter): Index

10th Year Anniversary Projects
As part of the celebration of Kamachi Kazuma's 10th year as a light novel writer, ten projects are slated for announcement starting April 10th. Currently, there are three projects green-lit.
 * Messages from Creators, Illustrators and Anime Staff - A section of the website was reserved for key collaborators in Kamachi's works to express their reactions for the 10th year anniversary. A list of contributors can be found on the previous section, while their messages can be read here (in Japanese).
 * Haimura Kiyotaka's Second Art Book - The illustrator of the Index light novels announces an upcoming second art book containing his latest works. Further announcements to be made throughout Spring 2014.
 * A New Novel from Kamachi! - Also revealed in the May issue of Dengeki Bunko Magazine, Kamachi Kazuma will publish a new light novel series. Very sparse information is known about this new project aside from stating that it would be a "traditional" series.