Editing Vampire Hunter D (section)

{{Short description|Japanese horror novel series by Hideyuki Kikuchi and its franchise}}
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{{Infobox book series
| name             = Vampire Hunter D
| author           = [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]]
| image            = Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 Cover.jpg
| caption          = Cover of the first and titular ''[[Vampire Hunter D (novel)|Vampire Hunter D]]'' novel
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| translator       = Kevin Leahy
| illustrator      = [[Yoshitaka Amano]]
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| country          = Japan
| language         = Japanese
| genre            = [[Dying Earth (genre)|Dying Earth]], [[Horror novel|horror]], [[science fantasy]], [[dark fantasy]], [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]]
| publisher        = [[Asahi Sonorama|Asahi Sonorama and Asahi Shimbun Publications]]
| pub_date         = 1983–present
| english_pub_date = 2005–present by [[DH Press]]
| media_type       = Print ([[Paperback]])
| number_of_books  = 56 (as of 2025)<ref group="nb">As of January 2025, consists of:
*43 novels across 55 volumes
*1 short story collection (''Dark Nocturne'')</ref>
| list_books       = List of Vampire Hunter D novels
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{{nihongo|'''''Vampire Hunter D'''''|{{ruby|吸血鬼|バンパイア}}ハンターD|Banpaia Hantā Dī|lead=yes}} is a series of novels written by Japanese author [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]] and illustrated by [[Yoshitaka Amano]] since 1983.

As of January 2025, 56 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, making ''Vampire Hunter D'' one of the [[List of best-selling books|best-selling book series]] in history. The series has also spawned [[anime]], [[Radio drama|audio drama]], [[manga]], [[Comic book|comic]] adaptations, a [[video game]], as well as a short story collection, art books, and a supplemental guide book.