Hajime Kanzaka (神坂 一 Kanzaka Hajime, born July 17, 1964) is a Japanese novelist and manga story writer. Kanzaka is best known for writing the Slayers novels that inspired the hit anime seasons, OAVs, and manga spinoffs. Kanzaka was born in Osaka, Japan. At present, his Slayers novels have reached 54+ novels. He is also the writer for three of the Slayers movies. His hobbies include collecting CCGs, playing video games and building Gundam models.