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Kazama Chikage across Hakuoki, 2008–2026: A Release-by-Release Guide

September 11, 2026

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Kazama Chikage appears across romance routes, shared scenes, prequels, animation, audio dramas and short prose. This guide follows that material by medium, showing what each release carries and where later editions add or collect it. Coverage is selective and updated through 4 October 2026; announced future productions are noted separately.

Dates refer to releases, rather than the age of every scene they contain. Some early texts are known here through later editions; their original wording is not assumed to be identical. Merchandise and illustration fall outside this guide unless they carry newly written text or newly recorded voice for him; such items are listed where known. Live-action adaptations — musicals, TV dramas and film — with commercial DVD or Blu-ray releases are covered in a separate section; unreleased live performance is not included.

Games

The 40 entries below include ports and compilations, so they do not represent 40 separate stories. Dates follow the publisher's title archive and the product records used in the bibliography.

2008–2012

  • 新選組奇譚 (PS2) (2008-09-18). His hidden romance route, one of six. The text considered here is preserved in later editions; the 2008 disc was not directly compared.

  • 薄桜鬼 ポータブル (PSP) (2009-08-27). His route, plus the first-person novella 飽くなきもの in 遺聞 戦友絵巻.

  • 随想録 (PS2) (2009-08-27). Five 恋情想起 episodes and 事件想起 二, known through later editions.

  • 薄桜鬼 DS (2010-03-18). His route and participation in the added voiced quiz. The quiz is recorded speech rather than a narrative episode.

  • 遊戯録 (PSP) (2010-05-13). A festival scene involving the heroine's wishes.

  • 巡想録 (PS3) (2010-06-17). Collects the original game and 随想録. Four oni-centred 戦友絵巻 stories were offered as downloads; identification with the paired novellas remains an inference.

  • 随想録 ポータブル (PSP) (2010-08-26). Adds his 事件想起 三, 送り火, to the earlier fan disc.

  • 黎明録 (PS2) (2010-10-28). The scenes listed under the 2011 PSP edition belong to this prequel line. Their individual presence in the 2010 disc has not been directly verified; their attribution to it rests on the port-addition records.

  • 随想録 DS (2011-02-17). Includes four oni-centred 戦友絵巻 stories, provisionally identified with the paired novellas, and his passage in the map feature 薄桜鬼紀行.

  • 遊戯録 DS (2011-04-28). Carries the festival material. Added karuta and alarm voices are recorded speech rather than new narrative episodes.

  • 黎明録 ポータブル (PSP) (2011-07-28). The examined version: three Serizawa-route scenes, one common-route bad ending, two 幕末講義録 chapters and two 十六夜挿話.

  • 薄桜鬼 3D (3DS) (2011-11-24). His route; the limited-edition drama is listed under game bonuses below.

  • 幕末無双録 (PSP) (2012-03-22). Playable in both modes. His chapter closes the six-chapter original story; the other mode retells the main game. No substantial divergence is recorded for the retelling mode; brief additions remain unresolved.

  • 黎明録 DS (2012-04-26). Carries the prequel material. Its added sections do not establish a new narrative episode of his.

  • 黎明録 名残り草 (PS3) (2012-06-28). Carries the prequel material; no additional narrative of his is established in the added sections.

  • 遊戯録弐 祭囃子と隊士達 (PSP) (2012-10-18). A 桜下恋語り conversation; a separate Stellaworth story booklet is listed below.

2013–2014

  • 懐古録 (mobile) (2013, issued by volume). An episodic work, not a route-based game. He appears in volumes 一, 三, 六, 七, 九, 十 and 終巻; 九 centres on him. Examined through the 2023 collection.

  • 裏語 薄桜鬼 (PSP) (2013-06-27). Two located scenes, one each in the Takasugi and Katsura routes, and a related rumour quest. The nameplate behaves differently in the two scenes. No further appearance was found in the surveyed recordings.

  • 鏡花録 (PSV) (2013-12-19). His route and an outcome of the added shared scene 雨下語り, examined in the 2023 collection.

  • 懐古録 (PC) (2014-03-06). Carries the same seven volumes in which he appears.

  • 薄桜鬼 for iOS & Android (2014-03-06). His route, a branch of the added scenario 茶会代理始末, and the 遺聞 novellas.

  • SSL (PSV) (2014-03-27). One of six main romance routes. His route and epilogue are supplemented by common scenes, appearances in other routes and nine emails from him.

  • 裏語 薄桜鬼～暁の調べ～ (PSP) (2014-08-07). A credit-level entry. Secondary sources report his name in the staff roll alongside the five Shinsengumi captains, but his particular scenes have not been located in the surveyed material. One of the game's three story lines remains unseen.

2015–2018

  • 随想録 面影げ花 (PSV) (2015-02-19). Carries the earlier fan-disc material with its 2009 art.

  • 黎明録 思馳せ空 (PSV) (2015-07-02). Carries the prequel material with its 2010 art. The text was examined in the 2011 port; this edition's own additions are not established here.

  • 真改 風ノ章 (PSV) (2015-09-25). His part in the first half of the remake, including two substantial conversations behind an optional event.

  • 真改 華ノ章 (PSV) (2016-06-16). His romance route in the second half of the remake. A paid DLC of six short episodes, set in the second month of Meiji 2, opens with his.

  • 遊戯録 隊士達の大宴会 (PSV) (2016-11-17). A piece in each of two character-specific unlockable modes, plus an all-clear reward scene.

  • 真改 風華伝 (PS4) (2017-07-13). Collects the two remake halves; no new text of his is identified.

  • 真改 風ノ章 (PC) (2017-08-25). Carries his material from the first remake half.

  • 真改 華ノ章 (PC) (2018-03-15). Carries his material from the second remake half.

  • 真改 風華伝 (Switch) (2018-09-06). Carries the bundled remake; no new text of his is identified.

  • 真改 for iOS & Android (2018-12-12). Carries his material from both remake halves.

2019–2024

  • 真改 月影ノ抄 (Switch) (2019-09-26). Eight route episodes and an epilogue. Two separate bonus booklets each contain a first-person piece of his.

  • 真改 銀星ノ抄 (Switch) (2020-07-30). He has no romance route. A shared scene of the three oni at an inn is attributed to this release in the record, but the underlying note dates it to 2019; its allocation between the two fan discs remains unresolved.

  • 真改 黎明録 (Switch) (2021-08-26). Adds his 文久心覚え piece to the prequel line; the limited-edition drama is listed under game bonuses below.

  • 真改 天雲ノ抄 (Switch) (2022-10-06). His route; two separate story booklets are listed below.

  • SSL for Switch (2023-06-15). Carries his school-setting route and adds a special-edition booklet containing a piece of his.

  • 真改 万葉ノ抄 (Switch) (2023-08-10). Collects earlier side stories under the remake's sprites, including 懐古録, 戦友絵巻 and his 紀行録 passage. Includes 事件想起 四 and 五, whose first publication is unresolved, and 鬼、集うとき, narrated by Senhime. His 恋情想起 pieces are not collected.

  • 遊戯録 大宴会 for Switch (2024-03-28). Carries the earlier minigame collection; separately issued booklets accompany this edition.

Official translations

These releases carry Japanese material in which he appears. They are not counted among the 40 entries above and add no Kazama content of their own unless noted.

  • English. Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom (PSP, Aksys Games, 2012-02-14); Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi (3DS, Aksys Games, North America 2013-09-19); Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi (PS3, Aksys Games, 2014-05-06); a mobile edition published by Gloczus (North America 2015-04-20), which carries the Tea Ceremony episode; Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds (PS Vita 2017-05-16, Steam 2017-08-24) and Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms (PS Vita and Steam, 2018-03-13), both from Idea Factory International; Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom (Switch, eastasiasoft, 2024-08-01), which collects the two. Aksys PS3 date; Kyoto Winds; Chronicles of Wind and Blossom

  • Chinese. A Chinese mobile edition of the original game, recorded in play by 2016, includes the tea-ceremony episode; its release date is not established here. 薄櫻鬼 真改 風之章 and 華之章 followed as Traditional Chinese mobile ports (iOS and Android, 2019-12-17). On Switch: 薄櫻鬼 真改 風華傳 (2022-12-22); 薄櫻鬼 真改 黎明錄 (2023-02-23), whose limited edition prints a Chinese text of the bonus drama 文久三年のお宝探し; 月影之抄・銀星之抄 (2025-02-27), a two-in-one package issued only in Chinese; 天雲之抄 (announced for 2026-02-05); and 萬葉之抄, announced for 2027. 風之章・華之章 mobile; 風華傳; 黎明錄; 月影・銀星; 天雲; 萬葉

Animation

Animation has its own sequence of adaptations and additions. Most dates in this section derive from secondary release listings. Episode-level findings are distinguished from coverage of a whole series.

  • TV series 1 (12 ep.) (2010-04-04 → 06-20). Appears from episode 3 at Ikedaya, with further appearances including episodes 6–7. The materials examined do not cover every episode.

  • TV series 2 碧血録 (10 ep.) (2010-10-03 → 12-06). The naming scene appears in episode 10.

  • 雪華録 (OVA, 6 ch.) (2011-08-05 → 2012-06-27). Appears in chapter 5; chapter 6 centres on him.

  • TV series 3 黎明録 (12 ep.) (2012-07-01 → 09-25). Appears and speaks with Serizawa in episode 10.

  • Film ch. 1 京都乱舞 (2013-08). The Ikedaya confrontation is redrawn, with a different placement of the wound.

  • Film ch. 2 士魂蒼穹 (2014-03). Includes the naming scene, using the series-2 audio.

  • 御伽草子 (TV, 12 shorts) (2016-04-05 → 06-28). Appears in episodes 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12. Episode 8's appearance occurs in 天霧の好み.

  • OVA 薄桜鬼 (3 ch.) (2021–2022). He appears in all three chapters.

Live-action adaptations

This section covers musicals and live-action TV / film adaptations with commercial DVD or Blu-ray releases. Kazama's participation is identified where supported by cast documentation; an unresolved entry is explicitly qualified. None of these productions has been viewed for this guide; dates, formats and cast names are drawn from publisher announcements and retailer listings. Unreleased live performances are not included. Song collections and original-soundtrack albums are not counted as independent narratives.

Musicals

Since 2012, Marvelous has produced a musical series (ミュージカル薄桜鬼) adapted from the games. The list below covers narrative performance releases, including the 2015 黎明録 with Kazama's participation unresolved. Two concert-event releases (HAKU-MYU LIVE, 2014; HAKU-MYU LIVE 2, 2016) also list him, but these are song-based live events without continuous narrative and are not counted here. Cast names are checked against the publisher's official production and product pages; a combined catalogue covering the first series and 原田左之助 篇 is at the disco page.

First series (2012–2017)

  • 斎藤一 篇 — DVD (2012-09-21). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo.

  • 沖田総司 篇 — DVD (2013-07-12). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo.

  • 土方歳三 篇 — DVD (2014-01-04). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo.

  • 風間千景 篇 — DVD (2014-09-19). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo (lead role).

  • 藤堂平助 篇 — DVD (2015-05-22). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo. Cast

  • 黎明録 — DVD (2015-10-26). Kazama's presence has not been verified for this guide. The published cast list does not name him; this entry notes the release without asserting either his presence or absence. Release; Cast

  • 新選組奇譚 — BD / DVD (2016-06-08). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo. Cast

  • 原田左之助 篇 — BD / DVD (2017-08-23). Kazama: Sasaki Yoshihide. PR Times

志譚 series (2018–2019)

  • 志譚 土方歳三 篇 — BD / DVD (2018-08-29). Kazama: Nakagauchi Masaki.
  • 志譚 風間千景 篇 — BD / DVD (2019-08-21). Kazama: Nakagauchi Masaki (lead role).

真改 series (2021–2025)

  • 真改 相馬主計 篇 — BD / DVD (2021-08-18). Kazama: Suzuki Shūgo. Cast

  • 真改 斎藤一 篇 — BD / DVD (2022-09-22). The official production cast lists Suzuki Shūgo as Kazama. Cast

  • 真改 山南敬助 篇 — BD / DVD (2023-09-06). Kazama: Sasaki Yoshihide. Cast; Release

  • 真改 土方歳三 篇 — BD (2024-09-25). Kazama: Sasaki Yoshihide. Product

  • 真改 藤堂平助 篇 — BD with song CD (2025-10-22; no DVD edition). Kazama: Sasaki Yoshihide. The video records the closing performance on 2025-06-29; the accompanying CD contains live songs from the production. Cast; Release

Two musicals centre on him: 風間千景 篇 (2014) and 志譚 風間千景 篇 (2019), each newly scripted. All video releases are produced by Marvelous.

Live-action TV and film

Three live-action productions adapt Hakuoki for the screen. All three feature Kazama and have been released on DVD.

  • 薄桜鬼SSL ～sweet school life～ (TV drama, 6 episodes) — aired 2015-09-24, TOKYO MX2. DVD (OPSD-S1112, 2015-12-11). Kazama: Ibuka Katsuhiko. Adapts the school-setting spin-off.

  • 薄桜鬼SSL ～sweet school life～ THE MOVIE (film, 94 min) — released 2016-02-06. DVD (OPSD-S1119, 2016-06-02). Kazama: Ibuka Katsuhiko. A separate Valentine's Day story in the same school setting.

  • 薄桜鬼 (WOWOW original drama, 10 episodes) — aired 2022-01-07 → 03-11, WOWOW Prime. DVD box (TCED-6460, 2022-11-18, TC Entertainment). Kazama: Imari Yū. Hijikata is billed as the protagonist. It follows the first film, with material drawn from the games and some original additions; the publisher's synopsis names no route. Kazama is credited in eight of the ten episodes.

Audio

Commercial drama CDs

Eight of the twenty commercial drama CDs in the examined TEAM Entertainment catalogue name Kazama in their full cast lists. This count concerns that defined product line; it is not the total number of Hakuoki audio releases.

Table 1
Catalogue number Title Release date
KDSD-00289 若殿道中記 2009-06-17
KDSD-00356 島原騒動記 2010-03-31
GNCA-7172 改名秘帖録 2010-12-08
GNCA-7179 新選組鬼譚 2012-12-05
GNCA-7182 近藤さんの悩みの種 2013-05-22
GNCA-7201 妖刀始末記 2014-04-23
GNCA-7202 偽物騒動記 2014-05-28
KDSD-00899 相馬厄難物語 2016-06-29

Character recordings and drama CD books

  • 回奏録 上 (2009) includes an image piece and Kazama's monologue addressed to a listener.

  • 薄桜鬼 ～音声奏曲集～ (KDSD-00294, 2009-12-02) sets character voices into arrangements of the series' songs; the publisher lists him among its six voices. A voice CD, not a drama.

  • 幕末花風抄 風間千景 (2010) contains two recitations, とはずがたり 鬼ノ抄 and 風鬼花伝, and the mini-drama 宵街に吹く風 with Hijikata. The digital edition omits the drama. The recitations also appear on the 2012 vocal-best album.

  • 名言録 (2011-12-22) and 名言録 弐 (2012-06-22) are Hifumi Shobō books of character quotations with voice CDs, on which Tsuda Kenjirou reads Kazama's lines. Voice CDs, not dramas.

  • 時告絵巻 (mobile voice alarm, 2018-12-17; service ended 2025-12-10) carries more than 150 newly recorded lines across six characters, him included. A voice app, not a story.

  • Hifumi Shobō's drama CD books, 参巻 (2012) and 陸巻 (2013) pair him with Harada. His stories are 春陽旅情 and 江戸彼岸 respectively. The accompanying booklets print the scripts, but those printed texts were not consulted here.

Game bonus drama CDs

The following recordings were issued as limited-edition, pre-order or retailer bonuses. They feature Kazama and are grouped by the associated game release. The list contains 39 drama items and one separately identified voice CD; it remains incomplete.

新選組奇譚

  • 飴と鞭　土方と風間の場合 (DS, store)

薄桜鬼 DS

  • 竹取鬼語～風間姫と五つの難題～ (limited)

随想録

  • 海亀はつらいよ〜決戦・乙姫VS風間、海産物の逆襲〜 (PS2 limited)

  • 幸運のわらしべ長者 (PSP limited)

  • とある監察隊士の一日 (DS, pre-order)

巡想録

  • 鶴のお礼参り (limited)

遊戯録

  • 一寸隊士 (PSP limited)

  • 届かない手紙、伝わらない心 (store)

  • 歌留多ボイスCD (DS limited; a voice CD, not a drama)

遊戯録弐

  • limited-edition disc ①, the "shrunken captains" skit

  • あなた好みの想いの形 (Animate)

  • 火打ち石売りの鬼 (pre-order)

薄桜鬼 3D

  • 雨の日の襲撃者 (limited)

黎明録

  • 迷える龍之介の一日 (DS, pre-order)

SSL

  • 薄桜学園生徒総会 (limited)

  • もうひとりの千鶴 (pre-order)

随想録 面影げ花

  • さるかに合戦!−風間柿の復讐− (limited)

  • 鬼といたずら少年 (store)

  • 島原にて (store)

真改 風ノ章

  • 鬼を知り己を知れば… (limited, part A)

  • 幕府の犬と子犬 (store)

真改 華ノ章

  • 嵐の夜に (limited, disc 2)

  • 酒と月と鬼と (pre-order, part A)

  • 夜桜の誘い (store)

遊戯録 隊士達の大宴会

  • 彼の者、引き合わすべからず (pre-order)

  • 冬の寒さと気まぐれ道中 (chain S)

真改 風華伝 (PS4)

  • 沖田総司の一日局長 (limited)

  • 鬼の縁結び (store)

真改 月影ノ抄

  • もてなしの心 (pre-order)

  • 雨の日の訪問者 (limited)

  • 幻の嫁入り道具 (Animate)

  • 山崎流忍法　金縛りの術 (Stellaworth)

真改 銀星ノ抄

  • 奪回大作戦！ (limited)

真改 黎明録 (Switch)

  • 文久三年のお宝探し (limited)

真改 天雲ノ抄

  • 心惑わす置き手紙 (special edition, track 1)

  • 眠れぬ彼女に安らぎを (pre-order)

  • 抜けば玉散る言葉の刃 (ebten / WonderGOO)

真改 万葉ノ抄

  • 招かれざる新人隊士 (pre-order)

  • 交換条件 (ebten / WonderGOO)

  • 勝利の条件 (special edition)

Animation-line drama CDs

  • 守るべき掟 (劇場版 第一章 京都乱舞, WonderGoo / 新星堂 exclusive, 2014-02-26). The oni drink at Shimabara after Kinmon; Kazama is present. Reference

Radio drama

  • 土方日和, episode 32

Participation in these items is supported by cast documentation or by listening; this does not imply word-for-word verification of every drama.

Web radio DJCD series

薄桜鬼WEBラジオ 新選組通信 was a free web radio programme on Animate TV (2009–2010), hosted by Miki Shinichirō with rotating voice-actor guests. Its commercially released DJCD compilations, titled 新選組通信録, run to twelve volumes (第一集–第十二集, 2009-10-29 → 2011-03-03; Otomate goods page). The earlier volumes pair the main radio compilation (voice-actor talk, not narrative) with a bonus disc carrying an original in-character mini-drama. The twelfth and last volume is different: its bonus is a video record of the closing live broadcast (purchase report, 2011-03-03) — a record of an event, not a written piece, and not counted here.

The bonus drama series is titled 怒られ隊士 (later volumes shift to 慰められ隊士). Two of them are his: Volume 7 (2010-07-22) carries 「怒る鬼・風間千景編」 (auction record; catalogue entry), and Volume 11 carries 「慰める鬼・風間編」, with Tsuda Kenjirou in the cast (item listing).

Other recordings

  • オトメイトCDBOOK 第壱巻 (Hifumi Shobō, 2010). A book-bound release including an original drama 士魂盲進の影 and voice-actor talk; Tsuda Kenjirou is named in the cast. Otomate announcement

  • 桜の宴 fan events. Held in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2024, and released on video; only the editions Tsuda Kenjirou attended are listed, since those carry a reading play with Kazama. In 2010 he took part by recorded announcement only, and he did not attend in 2024.

    • 薄桜鬼 桜の宴 2012 (DVD, Movic MOVC-14, 2012-08-31). An attendee's report describes Hijikata and Kazama facing each other in the reading play. Event page; Otomate goods page
    • 薄桜鬼 桜の宴 2013 (DVD, Movic MOVC-25, 2013-09-27). Tsuda is in the official cast. The DVD presents the daytime show as a digest without its reading corner. Event page; Otomate goods page
    • 薄桜鬼 桜の宴 2018 (Blu-ray and DVD, 2018-12-20). Its reading play was performed by six cast members, Tsuda as Kazama among them. Event report

  • 雪が華のように舞うとき 後編 (bonus CD in 碧血録 Blu-ray box, 2013-12-25, NBC Universal). A studio-recorded reading play featuring Tsuda Kenjirou as Kazama. The companion 前編, in the first-series Blu-ray box (2013-11-27), does not include Kazama.

Print and short prose

Books and adaptations

  • 新選組奇譚 (2009) and 随想録 (2010) story books print the game scripts; his original route falls in 新選組奇譚 下. The volumes were not consulted here.

  • 黎明録 (2011) recomposes the scenarios into a three-volume story book (上・中・下, B's-LOG COLLECTION). The Serizawa route, where his prequel scenes fall, runs through 中 and 下; inclusion of the particular scenes listed under the game is unconfirmed.

  • Yajima Sara's 黎明録 novels, 壱 and 弐 (2012-10-15, 2013-01-15), adapt the TV series rather than the game. No listing establishes whether his episode-10 scene is retold.

  • Yajima Sara's Beads Log Bunko novels comprise eight volumes. Kazama appears from volume 2; volume 6, 雪華録 ～明～, includes a chapter from the oni's viewpoint.

  • Film novels by 藤澤経清, one of the films' credited screenwriters, newly written for the first-edition Blu-ray and DVD of each film (NBC Universal). 劇場版 薄桜鬼 京都乱舞 想片録 accompanies Film ch. 1 (2014-02-26); a novel for Film ch. 2 accompanies its first edition (2014-09-10), and its title is unconfirmed. Both retell films in which he appears. Neither was sold separately, and neither was consulted here. Publisher listing

  • Comic adaptations include works by Ninomiya Sachi and Hiraku Nagi, Junrenka, and adaptations of 雪華録 and 黎明録. His presence has not been checked volume by volume. The anthology 沖田・原田・風間編 (2011) names him explicitly.

  • Comics in which he is confirmed. 黎明録 アンソロジー 珠恋想 (2012-10-22) includes an official comic adaptation of 雪華録's Kazama chapter, according to the publisher. The 真改 comic by にかわ柚生 (2017-09-12) stages his confrontation with Hijikata, according to a manga database. He also appears in the SSL comic (2014, two volumes), the 雪華録 comic by 篠原花那 (2012) and the 黎明録 comic by 暁かおり (2012–2013, three volumes). Readers' reviews place him in the anthologies 焔 and 凛 (both 2011-10-01), in 凛 only marginally. 珠恋想; 真改 comic

  • Anthologies not established either way. No listing names him for 紅 and 蒼 (2009), 千恋抄 (2011), 雪華録 蒼穹 (2012), and 黎明録 閃 and 煉 (2012).

戦友絵巻: magazine stories collected in books and games

Two first-person pieces appear in the 2010 collection 公式物語絵巻 ～桜花風塵～: 飽くなきもの and 狂い咲く花の如く, the latter headed 土方×風間. Both were examined in the Japanese text of 万葉ノ抄 (2023). He also appears in a third piece from the same collection, 善し悪し, headed 原田×不知火.

飽くなきもの also appears in the 2009 PSP game's 遺聞 module. The publisher traces four oni-centred stories in 随想録 DS to the magazine serial and earlier 巡想録 downloads, but identifying those four with the paired novellas remains an inference. Publisher description.

Booklets, inserts and magazine pieces

These shorter works include standalone stories, reprints and texts known only through listings. The distinction matters where a piece has not been read in Japanese.

  • オトメイトモバイル New Year mail (2011). A paid in-character greeting delivered on 1–3 January. The publisher wrote the six leads' mails, his included, as married couples after their romance endings. His text is known through a fan's image. Otomate staff blog, 2010-12-17

  • Dengeki Girl’s Style special issue 薄桜鬼 Vol.6 風間千景篇 (2011). Published on 30 September 2011 by ASCII Media Works. Besides a producer interview, it carries 風間千景訪問詞集, a fictional interview written in his voice. Known through a Chinese fan translation.

  • 雪華録, chapter 6 insert (2012). 親の心、子知らず—— follows Amagiri and Senhime alongside the OVA. A purchaser reports that Kazama is discussed; his direct presence is unconfirmed. Reference

  • 遊戯録弐, Stellaworth booklet (2012). 秋の新選組大運動会！ includes an oni team of Kazama, Amagiri and Shiranui, according to a purchaser’s account. Reference

  • 紫蘭想話, instalment 5 (2013). A solo Kazama story and illustration in Dengeki Girl’s Style, identified by the publisher’s blurb. Reference

  • 温泉隊士～湯けむり旅情編～ (2013). A serialised short story in Dengeki Girl’s Style; he speaks in the instalment examined, which is known through a fan’s scan. The issue is inferred from the page as that of 10 April 2013.

  • 異聞録 刀と侍 (2015–2017). A magazine serial associated with 風華大全 and 十周年記念本. His piece is inferred from the one-per-route-character structure, rather than individually named in the listing. Reference

  • 幕末歳時絵巻, instalment 6 (2019). His story concerns an inn on the road to Aizu and the harvest moon; collected in 月下星覧 (2020). The content is known through a Chinese fan translation. Reference

  • 月影ノ抄, limited-edition booklet (2019). A first-person retrospective of his route, opening on the heroine’s arrival at the Kazama village. Known through a Chinese fan translation. Reference

  • 月影ノ抄, Stellaworth booklet (2019). A separate seven-page first-person story about his pregnant wife sewing for their child. Japanese pages are visible in a recording; the transcription has local uncertainties. Reference

  • 月下星覧 (2020). Its third new short story puts Kazama, Nagakura and Sakamoto in a drinking contest, according to the publisher’s description. A story pairing Hijikata and Kazama at an autumn festival, 秋祭りの夜に, appears to be reprinted there as well: a scan of its page, numbered 218 and in the book’s layout, credits its first publication to B’s-LOG, November 2020, in the feature 「“駆け引き”男子の愛し方」. Reference

  • 天雲ノ抄, special-edition booklet (2022). A piece for each of the twelve route characters, listed by the publisher. Reference

  • 天雲ノ抄, Stellaworth booklet (2022). 千鶴の長い一日 assigns each character a two-hour watch. His is the hour of the Ox, with a sunflower brought at night; the content is known through a Chinese fan translation. Reference

  • SSL for Switch, special-edition booklet (2023). One of its ten school-setting pieces is his, according to the publisher’s listing. Reference

  • 万葉ノ抄, special-edition booklet (2023). The publisher names him among the characters receiving a piece. Reference

  • 万葉ノ抄, retailer message cards (2023). WonderGOO and GAMECITY each gave a set of twelve cards, and アリスNET a set of twelve bromides, with a newly written message from each route character, him included, on a set theme. Publisher listing

  • B’s-LOG anniversary trio story, no. 3 (2023). Iba, Sōma and Kazama meet at a flower shop, according to the publisher’s description. Reference

  • Booklets not established either way. Publishers list short stories without naming characters for: the first-press inserts of TV series 1 and 碧血録 (2010); 公式大全集 (2012), which reprints uncollected magazine fiction; the 華ノ章 Stellaworth and limited-edition booklets (2016); the 銀星ノ抄 limited-edition booklet (2020); the 万葉ノ抄 Stellaworth, animate and amiami pieces (2023); and the 2024 大宴会 special-edition booklet. The 遊戯録 大宴会 (PS Vita, 2016) Stellaworth booklet shows him on its cover; its stories' characters are not listed.

  • 遊戯録 大宴会 for Switch, Stellaworth booklet (2024). The publisher and retailer name him among six leads. Reference 1 Reference 2

Collaborations and other settings

  • Akane sasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau names Kazama in its crossover cast. His narrative contribution is not established here.

  • Ken ga Kiwami, 幻夢譚 (December 2021) features an originally written collaboration story with two Hakuoki characters, including Kazama.

  • LibraryCross∞ (2018), an Otomate × Wright Flyer Studios mobile game since closed, brought in six Shinkai characters including Kazama. He had a three-chapter character story, and a limited card was distributed from 27 March to 5 April 2018.

  • 薄桜鬼Walker ～if～ ウォーカームック (2018) gives six leads, including Kazama, imagined date itineraries in present-day Kyoto.

Announced productions

  • ミュージカル『薄桜鬼 真改』黎明録 — scheduled for 2026-10-16–25 at Tennozu Galaxy Theatre, Tokyo. Sasaki Yoshihide is announced as Kazama through voice participation, with guest stage appearances at the two performances on 25 October. This is a forthcoming production, separate from the 2015 musical; it is not counted among the releases above. Official production site; Casting announcement.

  • 薄桜鬼 真改 極 — announced on 2026-09-13 as Otomate's twentieth-anniversary title for Nintendo Switch 2, described by the publisher as the culmination of the series. Tsuda Kenjirou is in the announced cast. It gathers six Switch titles, 真改 風華伝, 月影ノ抄, 銀星ノ抄, 天雲ノ抄, 万葉ノ抄 and 真改 黎明録, whose packages appear together in the teaser. The release date and any new content are not yet announced. Publisher announcement

Reading across versions

A later release can revise, collect or simply reproduce a text. Otomate describes Shinkai as a substantial recomposition made with the fan disc and prequel already in view. Conversely, the 2023 compilation date does not establish when every story in it first appeared. Otomate on Shinkai.

A separate set of content notes discusses the prequel’s viewpoints, 裏語’s handling of his name, SSL’s correspondence and the two 月影 booklets. They keep scene interpretation separate from the release record. Japanese text, translations and cast listings support different kinds of claims; the qualifications beside each item indicate those limits.