| Caption | Cover of IS (Infinite Stratos) first volume as published by Media Factory |
|---|---|
| Ja kanji | IS〈インフィニット・ストラトス〉 |
| Ja romaji | IS (Infinitto Sutoratosu) |
| Genre | Science fiction, Romance, Comedy, Harem |
| Type | light novel |
|---|---|
| Author | Izuru Yumizuru |
| Illustrator | Okiura |
| Publisher | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Male |
| Label | MF Bunko J |
| First | May 31, 2009 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Volume list | #Light novels |
| Type | manga |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Kenji Akahoshi |
| Publisher | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| First | May 27, 2010 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Type | tv series |
|---|---|
| Director | Yasuhito Kikuchi |
| Writer | Fukihiko Shimo |
| Music | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | 8-Bit |
| Network | TBS, CBC, SUN-TV, KBS, BS-i |
| First | January 7, 2011 |
| Last | March 24, 2011 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Episode list | #Episode list |
is a Japanese light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru with illustrations provided by Okiura. As of December 2010, 6 volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by Kenji Akahoshi started serialization in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on May 27, 2010. An anime adaptation began broadcasting in Japan on January 7, 2011.
Ten years after the first IS were introduced, the world has entered a new age of peace. The peace is shattered, however, by an unexpected discovery. A 15 year old Japanese boy, named Ichika Orimura, is discovered to be capable of operating an IS. Realizing the potential, Ichika is forced by the Japanese government to attend the prestigious Infinite Stratos Academy, an international academy where IS pilots from all over the world are trained. Thus his busy school life surrounded by girls begins.
; : :Houki is a first year student at the IS academy and has been friends with Ichika since they were kids though they have not seen each other for six years. She has a very long ponytail. Her place of resident is home to a kendo dojo and she has been interested in kendo since she was young. Houki even competes in kendo competitions at a national level and was the winner of the national tournament that was hosted one year before the story of Infinite Stratos began. She is part of the kendo club at the IS academy. Her older sister Tabane is the creator of the IS yet Houki hates her because six years ago, Ichika agreed to become her boyfriend if she could win the national kendo tournament of their grade. However, the day of the tournament was also the day the IS were introduced to the world. Because of their links to Tabane, Houki's family was placed under government protection and Houki was forced to withdraw from the kendo tournament. Since that incident, Houki has hated her sister for moving her away from the boy she loves and abandoning their family. Despite not seeing him for a long time, Houki still harbors feelings for Ichika as her continuing practice of kendo was her only link to him. She pilots the IS, one of the two 4th generation and Close-range fighter IS.
; : :Cecilia is a first year student at the IS academy and is the IS cadet representative from England, as part of the British Aristocracy. Her father was a weak and timid man who had little influence both inside and outside the Alcott family which made her swore to never marry a weak man (A difficulty due to the shift in social status). She was orphaned 3 years ago after a train accident and was forced to protect her family fortune from those who wished to claim a stake of it. She fights with Ichika for the position of class representative, but manages to win only because his IS energy shields ran out before he manages to hit her. She soon starts to see him as a true man and falls in love with him. She pilots the Blue Tears IS, a Long range Sniper IS.
; : :Lin Yin is a first year student at the IS academy, the class representative of her class and is the IS cadet representative from China. Like Houki, Lin Yin has been friends with Ichika since they were little. She's has been in love with Ichika since he protected her against four school bullies. Lin Yin at first becomes extremely hostile to Ichika after he forgets the details of a promise proposed by her (which was if she became an excellent cook, he would be her boyfriend). Her family runs a Chinese restaurant. She pilots the IS.
; : :Charlotte is a first year student at the IS academy and is the IS cadet representative from France. Charlotte was originally introduced in the series as "Charles", the second male IS pilot student that was transferred into Ichika's class but was actually sent to the academy to spy on Ichika to discover how he is able to pilot an IS. After her transfer, she became Ichika's roommate where he later discovers her true gender. Upon learning Charlotte's father and his corporation used her to spy on him, Ichika decides to help and protect her. She later falls in love with Ichika due to his bravery. She pilots the .
; : :Laura is a first year student at the IS academy and is the IS cadet representative from Germany. A genetically engineered super soldier, Laura is a member of the German military and holds the rank of second lieutenant. She has red eyes, long silver hair, and a black eye patch over her left eye as it was a result of a failed nanomachines experiment that was meant to help her pilot an IS better. Laura was under Chifuyu's tutelage when the latter was in the German army and holds Chifuyu in high regard as Chifuyu helped her and was her role model when she suffered a depression for not being the strongest. Laura comes to the IS academy to punish Ichika as she blames him for his sister withdrawing from the IS International Fighting Tournament, Mondo Grosso in order to save him when he was kidnapped in the past and denying Chifuyu the right to win. She at firsts easily defeats Lin and Cecilia but loses to Ichika. In desperation, she vows to kill him and goes berserk but is defeated again by Ichika who also calms and console her in the Inter-IS subspace. Upon learning Ichika strength is his freedom to choose and helping those around him and Chifuyu's advice, Laura decides to become Ichika's bodyguard to protect him against the other girls as his "bride" (a misunderstanding of her knowledge of Japanese culture). Laura pilots the IS.
; : :Chifuyu is Ichika's older sister. She is 24 years old and is in charge of Ichika's class at the IS academy. She was the Japanese pilot for the first generation IS machines.
; : :Maya is the other instructor in charge of Ichika's class. She used to be an IS Japanese representative cadet.
; : :Tabane is Houki's older sister and the creator of the IS. She mysteriously disappeared since creating the IS and is currently the most wanted person in the world as many seek her for her knowledge about the IS.
; : :Dan is a close friend of Ichika's back from their days in middle school.
; : :Ran is Dan's younger sister and is currently attending a private girls' school. She is in her third year of middle school and is the student council president. Ran has feelings for Ichika.
;Cores :The Black box of an IS which allows it to function. Because only 467 Cores were created, most of them are shared by the world's governments where only a few IS pilots under certain organizations and large corporations posses their owned personal IS.
;Mondo Grosso :The IS International Fighting Tournament that is held every three years.
The Chinese translations of the light novels were originally under an indefinite suspension. Yumizuru cited that Media Factory's overseas representatives were engaging in contracts with foreign publishers without the author's permission as the reason for the suspenion. | ISBN = 978-4-8401-2788-2 | ChapterList = #クラスメイトは全員女 #クラス代表決定戦 #転校生はセカンド幼なじみ #決戦！ クラス対抗戦 | Summary = }}
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Hikasa aspired to become a voice actor after watching Sailor Moon, and later attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a seiyū training school.
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Her involvement in the game and anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, where she voiced the role of one of the characters, Haruka Suzumiya and performed and penned the theme songs and other songs relating to the series, has brought her much attention. Her single "Precious Memories", used as the opening theme song for the series' animated version was a success; it had a peak ranking of 17th place on the Oricon charts and charted for 13 weeks. She has since performed songs for other games and anime, including series such as Muv-Luv, Chrono Crusade, My-HiME, My-Otome, Kure-nai, and School Days.
Kuribayashi has performed as part of the group Wild 3nin Musume, whose other present members are Joy Max (a.k.a. Joy Max Maximum) and Kisho Taniyama (a.k.a. Jackie Yang). She also once paired with Chiaki Takahashi to form the group exige, where Takahashi was known as CT. Veronica.
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