| Kaze Hikaru | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tominaga Sei and Okita Sōji | |
| 風光る | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Taeko Watanabe |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Flower Comics |
| Magazine |
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| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Shōjo, josei |
| Original run | 1997 – 2020 |
| Volumes | 45 |
| Audio drama | |
| Produced by | Blue Planet |
| Written by | Azuki Mashiba |
| Music by | Koichiro Kameyama |
| Original run | December 22, 2001 – August 6, 2004 |
| Manga | |
| Ōedo Shinsengumi! Kaze Hikaru Anazā Wārudo | |
| Written by | Taeko Watanabe |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Monthly Flowers |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Published | November 27, 2020 |
Kaze Hikaru (Japanese: 風光る)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Watanabe. Set in the bakumatsu period, the story follows Tominaga Sei, a young girl who poses as a boy named Kamiya Seizaburō so she can join the Mibu-Roshi (Special Police; later known as the Shinsengumi). She befriends her sensei, Okita Sōji, who discovers her secret.
The manga was initially serialized in Shōgakukan's Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine beginning in 1997. It transferred to Monthly Flowers magazine in 2002, concluding in May 2020. Shōgakukan collected the individual chapters into 45 tankōbon volumes published under its Flower Comics imprint. Watanabe also penned a spin-off chapter, Ōedo Shinsengumi! Kaze Hikaru Anazā Wārudo (大江戸新選組！風光るアナザーワールド), published in Monthly Flowers magazine in November 2020. In North America, Kaze Hikaru is licensed in English by Viz Media, originally serialized in their Shojo Beat magazine from July 2005 to September 2006 and currently published in print and digital volumes.
In 2003, Kaze Hikaru received the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōjo category. The series has been well received by manga critics, who praised its historical background, art, and characters. It has sold over six million copies and has been named among the best-selling weekly manga series several times in Japan.
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