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* HateSink: Especially in ''Doomed Megalopolis''. It really says something that he is so loathsome, that he manages makes Kato look likable in comparison.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only. The Kannon-possessed Keiko cancels out the hatred fuelling Kato, and he violently dissipates.]]
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* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Japanese]]: He's a descendant of the indigenous people who lived in Japan 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the series. He inherited their magic ability...as well as their hatred of their conquerors.
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* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: At the end of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato's hatred is appeased, causing him to explode violently.]]
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* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Yoichiro, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, with Yoichiro forcing himself on her.]]
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* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:With Yoichiro, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, with Yoichiro forcing himself on her.]]
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* KungFuWizard[=/=]MagicKnight: Is already a skilled swordsman, and later on in the novel he learns magic.
* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Writer]]: Not at all afraid to challenge demonic sorcerers by himself.
* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Writer]]: Not at all afraid to challenge demonic sorcerers by himself.
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* KungFuWizard[=/=]MagicKnight: MagicKnight: Is already a skilled swordsman, and later on in the novel he learns magic.
*[[WarriorPoet Warrior Writer]]: WarriorPoet: Not at all afraid to challenge demonic sorcerers by himself.
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* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: After DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After defeating Kato, he dies in Yukiko's arms from his battle wounds.]]
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* BadassGrandpa: Very old, especially in the anime.
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* ActionGirl
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: In ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden,'' she fights against Kato while being nearly ''one hundred years old''...possibly even older!
* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: In ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden,'' she fights against Kato while being nearly ''one hundred years old''...possibly even older!
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* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: In ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden,'' she fights against Kato while being nearly ''one hundred years old''...possibly even older!
* CoolOldGal: In ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden,'' she fights against Kato while being nearly ''one hundred years old''...possibly even older!
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* GoodHurtsEvil[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: In the anime, [[spoiler:Keiko channels Kanon's infinite compassion, which kills Kato.]]
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* NaginatasAreFeminine
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Both the BigBad and the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of the series, Kato is an immortal EvilSorcerer who is out for revenge against the Japanese Imperial Court for conquering and killing his indigenous ancestors 2,000 years ago. He's referred to as an ''oni,'' and is proficient in {{Onmyodo}}. He also claims to be a descendant of famous onmyoji [[FamousAncestor Abe no Seimei]].
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Both the BigBad and the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of the series, Kato is an immortal EvilSorcerer who is out for revenge against the Japanese Imperial Court for conquering and killing his indigenous ancestors 2,000 years ago. He's referred to as an ''oni,'' and is proficient in {{Onmyodo}}.UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}. He also claims to be a descendant of famous onmyoji [[FamousAncestor Abe no Seimei]].
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** BadassCape: That's also an AllEncompassingMantle.
** BadassInANiceSuit: His military uniforms, which he's seen wearing most of the time. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he instead wears a black suit with a BadassLongcoat.
** BadassNative: He's a descendant of the indigenous Japanese people, though which ethnicity was never officially revealed.
** BadassLongRobe: Wears one of these ''The Last Megalopolis'' when he comes back to Tokyo after disturbing the Underground Dragon. It has [[DragonsUpTheYinYang gold dragons]] on its shoulders.
** BadassCape: That's also an AllEncompassingMantle.
** BadassInANiceSuit: His military uniforms, which he's seen wearing most of the time. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he instead wears a black suit with a BadassLongcoat.
** BadassNative: He's a descendant of the indigenous Japanese people, though which ethnicity was never officially revealed.
** BadassLongRobe: Wears one of these ''The Last Megalopolis'' when he comes back to Tokyo after disturbing the Underground Dragon. It has [[DragonsUpTheYinYang gold dragons]] on its shoulders.
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* {{Badass}}
**BadassCape: That's also an AllEncompassingMantle.
** * BadassInANiceSuit: His military uniforms, which he's seen wearing most of the time. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he instead wears a black suit with a BadassLongcoat.
** * BadassNative: He's a descendant of the indigenous Japanese people, though which ethnicity was never officially revealed.
** * BadassLongRobe: Wears one of these ''The Last Megalopolis'' when he comes back to Tokyo after disturbing the Underground Dragon. It has [[DragonsUpTheYinYang gold dragons]] on its shoulders.
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that Kato is even more Genre Savvy and manages to thwart it.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: When Hirai tries to perform a purification ceremony to keep Yukari safe from him, he easily figures out what they're doing and comes up with a way to counter it.
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato is even more Genre Savvy and manages to thwart it.]]
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato is even more Genre Savvy and manages to thwart it.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' his skin is a shade darker than everybody else's. Inverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's a shade ''lighter'' than everybody else.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' his skin is a shade darker than everybody else's. Inverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's a shade ''lighter'' ''[[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette lighter]]'' than everybody else.
* CreepyShadowedUnderEyes: In the first two live-action films. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his eyebags are ''red'' for some reason.
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* DarkIsEvil: Most of his powers would be considered "dark" - his main shikigami are crows that arise from black paper, and he's often walking around in [[EvilWearsBlack a black military uniform or robe]]. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' all of his shikigami are black, and his magic spells are sometimes [[CastingAShadow colored black]].
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* DarkIsEvil: Most of his powers would be considered "dark" - his main shikigami are crows that arise from black paper, and he's often walking around in [[EvilWearsBlack a black military uniform or robe]]. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' all of his shikigami are black, black (as opposed to Hirai's white shikigami), and his magic spells are sometimes [[CastingAShadow colored black]].
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->Voiced by: KenichiOgata (JP), Creator/SteveKramer (EN)
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* CreepyMonotone: Both Kyusaku Shimada and Etsushi Toyokawa make Kato talk like this unless he has a FreakOut about something. Averted when voiced by Jeff Winkless who made him sound [[EvilIsHammy slightly hammier]].
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* EvilSorcerer: Depending on the adaptation, he tends to stradle between being outright evil and a WellIntentionedExtremist.
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* HealingFactor: Implied in most adapatations, due to the immense amount of damage he takes without so much as bleeding. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he's actually seen regenerating an eyeball. In the beginning of ''The Last War,'' he regrows his entire head!
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* HealingFactor: Implied in most adapatations, adaptations, due to the immense amount of damage he takes without so much as bleeding. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he's actually seen regenerating an eyeball. In the beginning of ''The Last War,'' he regrows his entire head!
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only. The Kannon-possesed Keiko cancels out the hatred fuelling Kato, and he violently dissapates.]]
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* WouldHitAGirl: Has no qualms about battling Keiko in any media. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he tries to burn Kawakime to death with a wall of fire and also [[spoiler:kills his own PerkyFemaleMinion, Agi.]]
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* WouldHitAGirl: Has no qualms about battling Keiko in any media. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he tries to burn Kawakime Kawahime to death with a wall of fire and also [[spoiler:kills his own PerkyFemaleMinion, Agi.]]
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** While being controlled by Kato in ''The Last Megalopolis,'' she too develops a case of NightmareFace with OccultBlueEyes, and retreives Kato's hand for him.
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** AdaptationalHeroism: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to do what he can to protect his familiy from Kato, despite not knowing how to use magic. At the end of the film, he tries to put Masakado back to sleep all by himself in order to rescue Yukiko.
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** AdaptationalHeroism: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to do what he can to protect his familiy family from Kato, despite not knowing how to use magic. At the end of the film, he tries to put Masakado back to sleep all by himself in order to rescue Yukiko.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed with the anime. In the novel and film Hirai is so powerful that Kato himself seems afraid of facing him, but in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', while Hirai remains powerful enough to draw with Kato in a duel, he clearly can't defeat him.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed with the anime. In the novel and film film, Hirai is so powerful that Kato himself seems afraid of facing him, but in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', while Hirai remains powerful enough to draw with Kato in a duel, he clearly can't defeat him.
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* LargeHam: Hirai usually is a suave old gentleman, but he [[ChewingTheScenary becomes quite intense]] in really serious situations.
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* TheSmartGuy: Has a deep knowledge in feng shui and magic affairs, helping Keiko and the rest with those fields.
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*** ImpromptuTracheotomy: And when THAT didn't work, she rips out his throat with her teeth!
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* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Japanese]]: He's a descendant of the indigenous people who lived in Japan 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the series. He inheirted their magic ability...as well as their hatred of their conquerors.
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* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Japanese]]: He's a descendant of the indigenous people who lived in Japan 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the series. He inheirted inherited their magic ability...as well as their hatred of their conquerors.
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato ''is'' Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, in the books, Kato would brag about being the incarnation of the curse of other groups conquered (Chinese and Korean) or ostracized (those who practiced forbidden magic) by the imperial court as well. In one of the last books, he seems to {{Retcon}} himself into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] The Other Wiki suggests that this was simply a BadassBoast, and Kato was simply being compared to Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), but without access the source material, it's difficult to determine if this was a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve.
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* AnimeHair: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his hat falls off to reveal that his hair sticks straight up.
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* AnimeHair: After losing his hatfalls off to reveal that his hair in the third episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he grows it out. It sticks straight up.
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* KubrickStare: All the time in all of the films and the anime. The mangas give him a few more facial expressions.
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* LeanAndMean: In the films, Kato is always portrayed as rather thin. This is exaggerated in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's practically a [[NoodlePeople Noodle Person]].
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* LeanAndMean: In the films, Kato is always portrayed as rather thin. This is exaggerated in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's practically a [[NoodlePeople Noodle Person]]. Averted in the mangas, where he's LargeAndInCharge.
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* MysticalPregnancy: Everybody assumes her sudden pregnancy is due to Kato's magic. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a normal pregnancy after all.]]
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, in the books, Kato would brag about being the incarnation of the curse of other groups conquered (Chinese and Korean) or ostracized (those who practiced forbidden magic) by the imperial court as well. In one of the last books, he seems to {{Retcon}} himself into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] The Other Wiki suggests that this was simply a BadassBoast, and Kato was simply being compared to Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), but without access the source material, it's difficult to determine if this was a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve.
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is ''is'' Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, in the books, Kato would brag about being the incarnation of the curse of other groups conquered (Chinese and Korean) or ostracized (those who practiced forbidden magic) by the imperial court as well. In one of the last books, he seems to {{Retcon}} himself into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] The Other Wiki suggests that this was simply a BadassBoast, and Kato was simply being compared to Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), but without access the source material, it's difficult to determine if this was a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His name, Kato Yasunori, is a reference to famous real life onmyoji Kamo no Yasunori.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in a flashback in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' We see her have her first period in front of a teenaged Yoichiro...who then decides it's a good time as any to try out his [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]] on her.
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* NerdGlasses: Emphasis in the nerd aspect, as he works as is a teacher.
* BattleAura: In the anime, he gets a powerful-looking one when using his magic skills to check the spiritual energy of the area, complete with a mystical sign appearing on his forehead.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. After she's believed to have been impregnated by Kato, abortion is quickly suggested. She agrees to go through with it, but it doesn't work.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed with the anime. In the novel and film Hirai is so powerful that Kato himself seems afraid of facing him, but in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', while Hirai remains powerful enough to draw with Kato, he can't defeat him.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: His anime version has a darker skin tone than the rest of characters.
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato is even more Genre Savvy and knows a way to thwart it.]]
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, ceremony which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato is even more Genre Savvy and knows a way manages to thwart it.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Justified. [[spoiler:Hirai sacrifices himself on purpose to show his devotion to the Meiji Emperor (who has just passed away). He also uses the ritual to divine the year of Tokyo's destruction.]]
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Justified. [[spoiler:Hirai sacrifices himself on purpose to show his devotion to the Meiji Emperor (who Emperor, who has just passed away). He away, and also uses the ritual to divine the year of Tokyo's destruction.]]
* LargeHam: Hirai usually is a suave old gentleman, but he [[ChewingTheScenary becomes quite intense]] in really serious situations.
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* BadassNormal: He may pass as a bumbling character at times, but he can hold his own when the occasion requires it. In the anime, he has mystical powers and can even fend off shikigami with chants. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he managed to fend off Kato's giant guardian statue.
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* BadassNormal: He may pass as a bumbling character at times, but he can hold his own when the occasion requires it. In the anime, he has mystical powers and can even fend off shikigami with chants. chants and salt. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he managed to fend off Kato's giant guardian statue.
statue and kill it with a piece of wood.
* NiceHat: Typically sports one.
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* NiceHat: Typically sports one.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Particularly anything to do with Feng
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* BigGood: To an extent. Thank to his role as a master onmyoji, Hirai starts as the only character who knows what to do with Kato and the only guy Kato can't curbstomp with his powers. At the end, however, he comes short.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed with the anime. In the novel and film Hirai is so powerful that Kato himself seems afraid of facing him, but in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', while Hirai remains powerful enough to draw with Kato, he can't defeat him.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: His anime version has a darker skin tone than the rest of characters.
* BigGood: To an extent.Thank Thanks to his role as a status of master onmyoji, Hirai starts as is the only character at the beginning who knows what to do with Kato and the only guy Kato can't curbstomp with his powers.curbstomp. At the end, however, he comes short.
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* SquishyWizard: Subverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis''. While not a [[KungFuWizard hand-to-hand fighter]], he is incredibly agile and resilient for a man of his age, being able to move faster than a magic blast and survive to an arrow through his torso. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis,'' where he is never shown in the battlefield.
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* SquishyWizard: Subverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis''. While not a [[KungFuWizard hand-to-hand fighter]], he is incredibly agile and resilient for a man of his age, being able to move faster than a magic blast and survive to an arrow through his torso. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis,'' where he is never shown in on the battlefield.
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* MagicKnight: Her magic is strong enough to rival Kato's, and she also fights with a naginata.
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* NoNameGiven: Passes as this in the Western dubs of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', as his name wasn't mentioned in the anime and the dubbers probably didn't a clue about who he was. In the credits, he tend to appear as simply "the fortuneteller" or something like it.
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MauveShirt: The only Tsuchimikado member with a name aside from Hirai.
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato knew a way to thwart it.]]
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* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato knew is even more Genre Savvy and knows a way to thwart it.]]
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In the printed media, Kato actively helps Chinese and Korean guerilla groups take back their lands from Japanese imperialism. In the mangas, Keiko even befriends a girl who sees Kato as her hero.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In the printed media, Kato actively helps Chinese and Korean guerilla guerrilla groups take back their lands from Japanese imperialism. In the mangas, Keiko even befriends a girl who sees Kato as her hero.
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** While being controlled by Kato in ''The Last Meglopolis,'' she too develops a case of NightmareFace with OccultBlueEyes, and retreives Kato's hand for him.
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** While being controlled by Kato in ''The Last Meglopolis,'' Megalopolis,'' she too develops a case of NightmareFace with OccultBlueEyes, and retreives Kato's hand for him.
* FamousAncestor: She's a descendant of Taira no Masakado, which is half the reason Kato thinks she'll be an ideal medium for said samurai.
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* KarmaHoudini: Some people think that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation. It should be noted though that the plot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only loosely adapts the first 1/3rd of the novel meaning that we don't see the whole story anyways. For example, in the manga ''Tokio Wars'' (which takes place after ''Doomed Megalopolis''), Yukiko's boyfriend puts a bullet in Yoichiro's head ending his life permanently.
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* KarmaHoudini: Some people think viewers find that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation. It should be noted though that the plot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only loosely adapts the first 1/3rd four books of the novel series, meaning that we don't see the whole story anyways. For example, This is averted in the manga ''Tokio Wars'' manga (which takes place after ''Doomed Megalopolis''), book four), where [[spoiler:he is KilledOffForReal when Yukiko's boyfriend puts a bullet shoots him in Yoichiro's head ending his life permanently.the head.]]
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* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: In ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden,'' she fights against Kato while being nearly ''one hundred years old''...possibly even older!
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* KarmaHoudini: Some people think that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation. It should be noted though that the plot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' ends only 1/3rd the way in and thus, we don't get to see what happens to him afterwards. In the manga ''Tokio Wars'' (which takes place after ''Doomed Megalopolis''), Yukiko's boyfriend puts a bullet in Yoichiro's head.
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* KarmaHoudini: Some people think that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation. It should be noted though that the plot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' ends only adapts the first 1/3rd of the way in and thus, novel meaning that we don't get to see what happens to him afterwards. the whole story. In the manga ''Tokio Wars'' (which takes place after ''Doomed Megalopolis''), Yukiko's boyfriend puts a bullet in Yoichiro's head.head ending his life permanently.
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!!Kyoka Izumi
->Played by: Tamasaburo Bando V
A RealLife fortune teller and author. He tells Keiko her fortune and tells her that Kato is targeting her. He also gives her a cryptic clue about how to defeat him.
* FortuneTeller: Via modified UsefulNotes/TarotCards
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight His fortunes turn out to be true]].
* HypotheticalCasting: Was played by legendary Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando V, who is actually a scholar of Kyoka Izumi, and has produced plays based on his works.
* NerdGlasses
* NoNameGiven: Passes as this in the Western dubs of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', as his name wasn't mentioned in the anime and the dubbers probably didn't a clue about who he was. In the credits, he tend to appear as simply "the fortuneteller" or something like it.
->Played by: Tamasaburo Bando V
A RealLife fortune teller and author. He tells Keiko her fortune and tells her that Kato is targeting her. He also gives her a cryptic clue about how to defeat him.
* FortuneTeller: Via modified UsefulNotes/TarotCards
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight His fortunes turn out to be true]].
* HypotheticalCasting: Was played by legendary Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando V, who is actually a scholar of Kyoka Izumi, and has produced plays based on his works.
* NerdGlasses
* NoNameGiven: Passes as this in the Western dubs of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', as his name wasn't mentioned in the anime and the dubbers probably didn't a clue about who he was. In the credits, he tend to appear as simply "the fortuneteller" or something like it.
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, one of the last books seems to {{Retcon}} Kato into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] While the Other Wiki claims that Kato was simply being compared to Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), many other sources say that he IS Masakado. Whether this is a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve is difficult to determine without access the source material.
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, in the books, Kato would brag about being the incarnation of the curse of other groups conquered (Chinese and Korean) or ostracized (those who practiced forbidden magic) by the imperial court as well. In one of the last books books, he seems to {{Retcon}} Kato himself into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] While the The Other Wiki claims suggests that this was simply a BadassBoast, and Kato was simply being compared to Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), many other sources say that he IS Masakado. Whether but without access the source material, it's difficult to determine if this is was a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve is difficult to determine without access the source material.ShockingSwerve.
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** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, one of the last books seems to {{Retcon}} Kato into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] While the Other Wiki claims that Kato was simply being compared to Masakado, Masakado (as they both fought against the central government), many other sources say that he IS Masakado. Whether this is a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve has yet is difficult to be determined.determine without access the source material.
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* SealedEvilInACan: Could qualify as this, but the twist is that he's not inherently evil, and serves as a GuardianEntity so long as his rest isn't disturbed.
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I listed all the characters I know about off the top of my head, except for a couple I couldn\'t come up with any tropes on. Feel free to add anything I forgot.
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A list of characters appearing in the ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'' series.
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!!Yasunori Kato
->Played by: Kyusaku Shimada (''Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, Tokyo: The Last War''), Kazuhiko Nishimura (''Teito Monogatari Gaiden''), Etsushi Toyokawa (''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'')
->Voiced by: Kyusaku Shimada (JP), Jeff Winkless (EN)
Both the BigBad and the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of the series, Kato is an immortal EvilSorcerer who is out for revenge against the Japanese Imperial Court for conquering and killing his indigenous ancestors 2,000 years ago. He's referred to as an ''oni,'' and is proficient in {{Onmyodo}}. He also claims to be a descendant of famous onmyoji [[FamousAncestor Abe no Seimei]].
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Keiko. He actually realizes this, and often flirts with her, [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe proposes to marry her]], and sometimes even ''gropes'' her in order to aggravate her.
* {{Abusive Parent|s}}: In all versions, Kato kidnaps Yukiko to make her a medium for Lord Masakado. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he forces Yukiko to burn her hand on a PaperTalisman so that Keiko will let them go. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he also tries to sacrifice her to the Underground Dragon after Masakado refuses to awaken. [[spoiler:Even though Yukiko turns out not to be his daughter after all, he did all those things to her while he still thought she was.]]
* TheAgeless: No matter how old he gets, he never looks much older than thirty.
* AnimeHair: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his hat falls off to reveal that his hair sticks straight up.
* BadPowersBadPeople: Played with. Most of the powers he is seen using seem evil (like MindManipulation via PuppeteerParasite), but these are all actual forms of eastern magic that any onmyoji can use. Kato just happens to be using them for evil purposes.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: That's also an AllEncompassingMantle.
** BadassInANiceSuit: His military uniforms, which he's seen wearing most of the time. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he instead wears a black suit with a BadassLongcoat.
** BadassNative: He's a descendant of the indigenous Japanese people, though which ethnicity was never officially revealed.
** BadassLongRobe: Wears one of these ''The Last Megalopolis'' when he comes back to Tokyo after disturbing the Underground Dragon. It has [[DragonsUpTheYinYang gold dragons]] on its shoulders.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he blocks Keiko's tanto by nonchalantly grabbing its blade. His hand bleeds from doing so, however. [[SubvertedTrope And he immediately guides her blade into his chest]].
* BigBad
* CombatSadomasochist:
** At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he not only guides Keiko's knife into his own gut, he gets rather excited when she drives it into him.
** In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, he gets rather aroused when Keiko sets his head on fire to the point of [[LecherousLicking wanting to lick her ear]].
** In ''The Last War,'' he finds getting repeatedly whacked over the head with a metal pipe and having part of his face ripped off awfully funny.
* TheCorrupter
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he flat out admits to Keiko that he wants to corrupt her by making her hate him.
** In the book series, he manipulates author Yukio Mishima into helping him further his own agenda to weaken Japan's political power.
** In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he's seen trying to lure Kawahime into join him in her TroubledBackstoryFlashback. He also captures innocent youkai and [[UnwillingRoboticisation forces them]] to become his {{Magitek}} minions.
* CrossMeltingAura: In ''The Last War'', he's able to burn the {{Zigzag Paper Tassel}}s right off the door leading to Kouou's meditation chamber. He's also able to set Yukiko's talisman on fire, forcing her to drop it.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: When Hirai tries to perform a purification ceremony to keep Yukari safe from him, he easily figures out what they're doing and comes up with a way to counter it.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of his powers would be considered "dark" - his main shikigami are crows that arise from black paper, and he's often walking around in [[EvilWearsBlack a black military uniform or robe]]. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' all of his shikigami are black, and his magic spells are sometimes [[CastingAShadow colored black]].
* DaylightHorror: Mostly attacks at night, but there are a few times he emerged during the day, such as to kidnap Yukari the first time in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' or kidnapping Yukiko in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
* EmotionEater: Feeds on hatred.
* EvilSorcerer: Depending on the adaptation, he tends to stradle between being outright evil and a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Kato is generally played or voiced by actors with deep voices. When played/voiced by Kyusaku Shimada, he's [[EvilSoundsRaspy also raspy]].
* {{Familiar}}: His shikigami, which often take the form of crows. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he also has ones that appear as tar-like {{Blob Monster}}s, and a giant one that looks like a manta ray. He also has his ''fukuchu-mushi'' which [[PuppeteerParasite brainwash their hosts]]. Later, he usually summons a ''goho doji'', which either resembles a squat, child-like creature like in the manga[[note]]Which they usually look like[[/note]] or a biomechanical monster like in ''The Last Megalopolis''.
* FangsAreEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato has vampire-like fangs that he bears whenever angry or shouting. The cover of the OVA gives him a [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily mouth full of shark-like teeth]]. ''The Last Megalopolis'' emphasizes his canines sometimes, too.
* GoodHurtsEvil: In the anime, [[spoiler:Kato is killed when Keiko channels the celestial bodhisattva Kannon. Her endless compassion appeases his hatred, which, in this adaptation, he cannot live without.]]
* HealingFactor: Implied in most adapatations, due to the immense amount of damage he takes without so much as bleeding. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he's actually seen regenerating an eyeball. In the beginning of ''The Last War,'' he regrows his entire head!
* HissBeforeFleeing: After having his eye gouged out in the third episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he lets out an angry "gagging roar" before retreating.
* HistoricalRapSheet: Winds up being responsible for the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In the books, he's also responsible for Yukio Mishima's suicide.
* HolyBurnsEvil: While he doesn't actually burn, he is unable to enter a building that's been sealed off by {{Paper Talisman}}s.
* HumanoidAbomination: While Kato is portrayed as an almost normal human in the original novels, the anime and the films prefer to portray him with a much more [[BizarreHumanBiology sinister biology]], complete with TaintedVeins and a unnaturally long face.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Does this a lot. The box art of ''The Last War'' even features him standing around on a high metal tower. In the anime, he stands on poles, roofs, treetops, etc.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty:
** In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Kato manages to tie Keiko to a post using a sticky substance. He then comments about how beautiful she is and caresses her cheek...only for her to beat him up anyway.
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he ties Keiko up and has his black slime grope her in a vision in order to anger her.
* ImAHumanitarian: One of the things that fuels his powerful magic is a diet of human organs.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he becomes rather impressed with Keiko's strength and starts sending her disturbing visions or making his shikigami grope her in order to provoke her into attacking him. His ultimate goal is to make her hate him so much that she becomes an ''oni'' as well, and he can [[WeCanRuleTogether make her his demonic bride in Hell.]]
* InkSuitActor: His design in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is largely a caricature of his first live-action actor, Kyusaku Shimada.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only. The Kannon-possesed Keiko cancels out the hatred fuelling Kato, and he violently dissapates.]]
* LastNameBasis
* LeanAndMean: In the films, Kato is always portrayed as rather thin. This is exaggerated in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's practically a [[NoodlePeople Noodle Person]].
* LimitedWardrobe: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he wears his dark green military uniform for three out of the four episodes, and in ''The Last War'', he never changes his clothes at all. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis'' where he practically changes his clothes every other scene.
* LonersAreFreaks: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' and ''The Last War,'' he works completely by himself. Averted in all other works, where he leads an entire congregation of dark mages.
* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Japanese]]: He's a descendant of the indigenous people who lived in Japan 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the series. He inheirted their magic ability...as well as their hatred of their conquerors.
* MultipleChoicePast: Thanks to the source materials never being translated, there's a lot of confusion among western audiences about what exactly Kato is.
** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, one of the last books seems to {{Retcon}} Kato into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] While the Other Wiki claims that Kato was simply being compared to Masakado, many other sources say that he IS Masakado. Whether this is a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve has yet to be determined.
** To add to the confusion, the English dub of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' created its own exclusive backstory for Kato: he's supposed to be a demon created from the restless souls whose graves were left forgotten.
* NiceHat: His CommissarCap.
* NightmareFace: Tends to do this a lot.
** In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Kato's face [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/images/easyblog_images/77616/thumb_1_lookingatyou.jpg twists into something demonic]] after Rohan chops his hand off.
** In ''The Last War,'' Yukiko manages to rip the skin off part of Kato's face, leaving him with a dangling eyeball.
** ''Doomed Megalopolis'' has him making one right on the cover. In the third episode, one of his trippy MindRape attacks features his face with bared fangs painted over the ground.
* NoBrows: Completely missing eyebrows in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, his eyebrows are burned off at the very end.
* NoSell:
** In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Rohan stabs him in the gut, and he doesn't seem to hurt him at all. He even removes the blade from his own stomach and uses it to stab Narutaki.
** In ''The Last War,'' he seems completely immune to Nakamura's psychic attacks. The worst they even do to him is knock him backward. At one point, Nakamura whacks him over the head repeatedly with a pipe, and all Kato does is laugh!
* NonchalantDodge: When Narutaki tries to stab him in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he nonchalantly teleports out of the way.
* NotSoDifferent: Kato invokes this in the anime after Hirai calls him a monster. He tells Hirai to stop acting so self-righteous, as they, being onmyoji, both inflict curses on people for a living.
* OffWithHisHead: Sometime prior to ''The Last War,'' he had his head chopped off.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Discussed in the books, as a major theme is what it means to [[{{Demonization}} demonize]] someone and what actually makes an ''oni'' an ''oni''. In the adaptations, he usually WasOnceAMan whose own hatred mutated him into an actual demon.
* PointyEars: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his ears are pointier than the other adaptations. And bigger.
* PowersDoTheFighting: In ''The Last War'' and ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato rarely engages in hand-to-hand combat, usually allowing his shikigami, magic, and PsychicPowers to do the dirty work.
* PsychicNosebleed: As he brings the moon closer to earth in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', he starts bleeding out his nose, as well as his [[BloodFromEveryOrifice eyes, ears, and throat]].
* PsychicPowers: Usually seen using magic, but has a few powers that can fall under this category. Especially in ''The Last War,'' where it seems to be all he uses.
** {{Flight}}: Kato is a master of this, especially in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
** MindControl: Kato can take control of people, either by using ''kodoku'' or by brainwashing.
** MindOverMatter: He uses this a lot in ''The Last War'', even throwing a car at Nakamura ''with his mind.''
* MindRape: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato is very fond of giving his victims disturbing hallucinations.
* Really700YearsOld: He was born somewhere in the latter half of the 19th century at the latest.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: At the end of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato's hatred is appeased, causing him to explode violently.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Whatever Kato's wearing, expect him to look good in it.
* SuperToughness: Thanks to the magic potion making him immortal, Kato can take hits that would kill a normal man and keep going.
** AnArmAndALeg: In most adaptations, Rohan chops his hand off.
** EyeScream: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Keiko throws a knife at him that goes [[ImpaledPalm right through his hand]] and gouges out his eyeball.
** FlayingAlive: At the end of ''The Last War,'' Yukiko manages to rip the skin off the left side of his face with a talisman. He just laughs.
** HarmlessElectrocution: In most adaptations, he gets struck by a BoltOfDivineRetribution from Masakado after trying to awaken him a second time. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' it just knocks him out. In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', it seems to temporarily [[TakenForGranite turn him into stone.]]
** ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He gets stabbed a LOT. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' both Rohan and Keiko run him through (although he wanted the latter to stab him). In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Lord Masakado stabs him through the neck with Narutaki's knife. In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Masakado almost runs him through with his own sword, but Kato manages to get out of Yukiko's grip and escapes.
** ManOnFire: In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Keiko sets his head on fire by wrapping a lock of her hair around his neck and igniting it.
*** ImpromptuTracheotomy: And when THAT didn't work, she rips out his throat with her teeth!
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Kato's eyes turn golden several times in the films and anime, usually when he's about to cast a big spell.
** RedEyesTakeWarning: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato's eyes turn completely red several different times. [[spoiler:He also gets permanent red eyes at the end of ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'' thanks to being foiled by a red azuki bean.]]
* TaintedVeins: When trying to move the moon in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
* TerseTalker: In the films and the anime, Kato doesn't say too much, not even to his allies. Averted in the printed media, where he has normal conversations with everyone.
* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stop Kato from trying to destroy Tokyo, whether it be being turned to stone, stabbed in the neck, getting his eye gouged out, ''nothing''. [[spoiler:Although channeling a celestial bodhisattva seems to do the trick in the OVA.]]
** ImplacableMan: And if he needs somebody to complete this goal, no amount of purification ceremonies or anti-demon talismans will keep him from kidnapping them.
* TheVamp: Male example; in the printed media, he charms Yukari and eventually asks her out on a date. While there, he tricks her into eating a ''fukuchu-mushi'' egg by [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink disguising it as a sweet.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: In the climax of the OVA, Kato completely freaks out as the Kannon-possessed Keiko advances on him, and all of his dark magic [[NoSell has no effect on her]]. He finally has a VillainousBSOD and [[BreakTheBadass drops to his knees screaming]], not even bothering to try and run away.
* VillainousCheekbones
* VillainousCrush: On Keiko.
* VillainProtagonist
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He just wants to avenge his ancestors and make the Japanese Imperial Court pay for their past crimes.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no qualms about battling Keiko in any media. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he tries to burn Kawakime to death with a wall of fire and also [[spoiler:kills his own PerkyFemaleMinion, Agi.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Kidnaps Yukiko in all versions to force her to be Masakado's medium. In the adaptations, he's also done things like force her to burn her hand, or tried to make her a HumanSacrifice. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he also tried to fry the KidHero, Tadashi with massive fireballs.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Inverted in ''The Last War'': his head actually ''implodes'' after Nakamura vomits psychic waste material down his throat.]]
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In the printed media, Kato actively helps Chinese and Korean guerilla groups take back their lands from Japanese imperialism. In the mangas, Keiko even befriends a girl who sees Kato as her hero.
!!Yukari Tatsumiya
->Played by: Haruka Sugata
->Voiced by: Keiko Han (JP), Joan-Carol O'Connell (EN)
A young girl with psychic abilities, and a descendant of Lord Masakado's. Kato kidnaps her and tries to use her as a medium to try to awaken Masakado. She later has a daughter, Yukiko.
* BigBrotherWorship: Adores Yoichiro and always refers to him in the very respectful "''-sama''" honorific. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she continues to do this, even when he abuses her.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Kato via ''fukuchu-mushi''.
* BreakTheCutie: Goes insane in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' thanks to her TraumaCongaLine and then helplessly watching as Kato targets her own daughter next.
* BreathWeapon: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' being possessed by Masakado allows her to breathe some sort of steam that knocks over Kato's PerkyFemaleMinion.
* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Yoichiro, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, with Yoichiro forcing himself on her.]]
* CuteAndPsycho:
** While being controlled by Kato in ''The Last Meglopolis,'' she too develops a case of NightmareFace with OccultBlueEyes, and retreives Kato's hand for him.
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she becomes emotionally unstable to the point of almost being AxCrazy thanks to her TraumaCongaLine at the hands of Kato [[spoiler:and her brother.]] She's seen brutally butchering fish while pretending to be happy.
* DamselInDistress: While being targeted by Kato.
* EmptyShell: In the last two episodes of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she's all but catatonic, only speaking when Kato is controlling her via the second ''fukuchu-mushi'' that was never removed from her.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. After she's believed to have been impregnated by Kato, abortion is quickly suggested. She agrees to go through with it, but it doesn't work.
* MamaBear: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' she tries to rescue Yukiko along with Yoichiro.
* NearDeathExperience: As a pre-teen, her brother tried to strangle her, but she survived. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's explained that this is how she got her PsychicPowers.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in a flashback in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' We see her have her first period in front of a teenaged Yoichiro...who then decides it's a good time as any to try out his [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]] on her.
* OccultBlueEyes: When either possessed by Kato or Masakado in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
** RedEyesTakeWarning: Occasionally when possessed by Kato in ''Doomed Megalopolis''.
* PsychicPowers: She can [[DreamingOfThingsToCome see the future in her visions]] , and act as a medium for spirits of the dead. Kato also uses her power to reattach his hand.
* StepfordSmiler: In the second episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' though she's not very good at hiding her anger.
* TraumaCongaLine:
** In all versions, she is kidnapped by Kato, who tries and fails to use her as a medium to revive Masakado. After she is rescued, she is revealed to be pregnant, leading everyone to believe that Kato magically impregnated her. Worried about a potential FetusTerrible, she tries to get an abortion, but it doesn't work. The printed media make this scenario worse than ''The Last Megalopolis,'' as in those versions, Kato was somebody she liked and trusted.
** ''Doomed Megalopolis'' turns this UpToEleven by having Kato MindRape her several times before forcing the ''fukuchu-mushi'' egg down her throat via ForcedKiss. She later coughs up the worm (which has a penis for a head in this version), only to be reinfected by a nurse who is secretly working for Kato. After she is kidnapped, Kato works his magic on her which includes ''physically'' raping her by shoving a spell up her crotch. Once she is rescued, [[spoiler:she is raped by her brother.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Whenever she throws up a ''fukuchu-mushi''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she still has that second ''fukuchu-mushi'' inside her, and it was never implied to have been discovered let alone removed. And what happened to it after [[spoiler:its master was killed?]]
!!Yoichiro Tatsumiya
->Played by: Junichi Ishida
->Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (JP), Kerrigan Mahan (EN)
Yukari's older brother. He works at the Ministry of Finance, and later marries Keiko. [[AdaptationPersonalityChange His personality changes wildly from adaptation to adaptation]]. [[spoiler:But in all versions, he's Yukiko's real father.]]
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: His portrayals in ''The Last Megalopolis'' and ''Doomed Megalopolis'' are so opposite of each other, you'd swear you were looking at MirrorUniverse counterparts of the same character.
** AdaptationalHeroism: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to do what he can to protect his familiy from Kato, despite not knowing how to use magic. At the end of the film, he tries to put Masakado back to sleep all by himself in order to rescue Yukiko.
** AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' however, he's a SmugSnake and an abuser. He strangles Yukari as a child, causing her psychic powers to emerge. He also rapes her after she's been rescued from Kato. In the final episode, [[spoiler:he tries to kill both Yukari and Yukiko until Narutaki and Rohan stop him.]] There are parts in the OVA where he starts to show remorse for what he's done, but he usually goes right back to his old ways.
* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Yukari, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, as he forced himself on Yukari.]]
* EroticAsphyxiation: It's his fetish, and he's not too proud of it. Probably because he tried to enact it on Yukari, which almost killed her.
* HairTriggerTemper: Has some severe anger issues in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' which usually result in him [[FreakOut freaking out]] at his own friends and family or trying to kill somebody.
* HappilyMarried: To Keiko in ''The Last Megalopolis.'' ''Doomed Megalopolis'' subverts this by showing the two getting along just fine, but then Yoichiro has a FreakOut when he finds out that Keiko is actively protecting Yukari and Yukiko from Kato.
* KarmaHoudini: Some people think that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation.
* KickTheDog: Does this several times in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' such as when he strangled a prostitute, yelled at Keiko for trying to defend Yukari and Yukiko, and told Narutaki to stop hanging around them.
* LastNameBasis: Being the head of the household, he's often called "Tatsumiya."
* LeeroyJenkins: In the beginning of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he charges right at Kato with a sword. Narutaki has to hold him down to stop him.
* MarriedToTheJob: In almost all versions, he spends more time at work than at home. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's implied that he's actively avoiding his family.
* PetTheDog: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he does have some scenes with Keiko where he's not a complete {{Jerkass}}. He even buys her a parasol at one point.
* {{Salaryman}}
* TaintedVeins: When trying to take on Masakado's spirit in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
* TookALevelInBadass: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to make a HeroicSacrifice by trying to channel the awakening Masakado ''by himself'' in order to put him back to sleep and rescue Yukiko.
* UnskilledButStrong: Keiko implies at the end of ''The Last Megalopolis'' that Yoichiro actually has more spiritual strength than even Kato [[spoiler:(which is another reason why Kato can't control Yukiko)]], but doesn't want to use it. Averted in all other media, where Yoichiro doesn't have any spiritual powers, if any.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After Kato tries to unsuccessfully kidnap Yukiko several times, Yoichiro takes his anger out on a outdoor ''kamidana'' that Keiko built to protect the house. As soon as he breaks the thing, its protection is removed, and Kato is able to successfully kidnap Yukiko.
* WouldHitAGirl: In all versions, he once tried to [[EroticAsphyxiation erotically strangle]] Yukari as a teen. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he tries to strangle a prostitute as well. At the end of the anime series, [[spoiler:he tries to shoot Yukari and strangle Yukiko to death.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Tries to strangle Yukiko to death in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' [[spoiler:until she stops him by calling him "father."]]
!!Yukiko Tatsumiya
Yukari's daughter, whom everyone assumes is the product of Kato's dark magic. [[spoiler:Later, we find out Yoichiro is her real father.]] Like her mother, she is targeted by Kato to become a medium for Masakado. In ''The Last War'', she becomes a nurse during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII where she unfortunately runs into Kato again.
* BadDreams: Has a few of them in ''The Last War.'' First she has a TroubledBackstoryFlashback about Kato kidnapping her as a child. Later, she has a bizarre nightmare about Kato turning her adopted little sister into a bug, and a clone of him [[ChestBurster popping out of her boyfriend's chest]]. She wakes up...[[DreamWithinADream only to find Kato behind her, ripping off her still-mutated sister's tail.]]
* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she's the result of Yoichiro raping Yukari.]]
* ClothingDamage: As she is about to be sacrificed to the Underground Dragon in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' her clothes magically disappear.
* DamselInDistress: Just like her mother, she is kidnapped by Kato, sometimes several times. Justified, since she's only a kid.
* GoodWithNumbers: Is actually really good at math. Kato uses this ability of hers to do some calculations for him through Yukari.
* HumanSacrifice: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' after failing to awaken Masakado a third time, Kato tries to sacrifice her to the Underground Dragon.
* PsychicPowers: Like her mother, she can channel spirits. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' she also shows signs of being telekenetic.
* WhosYourDaddy: The main [[TheReveal reveal]] in the first film, the anime, and the first few books. When Yukari winds up pregnant, everyone assumed Yukiko was Kato's daughter due to him using his magic on her. [[spoiler:But her real father turned out to be Yoichiro. Somewhat spoiled by the films, as [[ChocolateBaby Yukiko doesn't particularly look like Kato]]]]
* TraumaCongaLine:
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she is kidnapped by Kato to serve as Masakado's medium. When that doesn't work, she's kidnapped a second time to serve as a HumanSacrifice. Finally, [[spoiler:her real father tries to strangle her to death.]]
** In ''The Last War,'' she not only has to deal with her city getting bombed by the Allies, but she also has to contend with the fact that Kato's back. Then her new boyfriend, Nakamura, gets badly injured by Kato, her friend gets shot to death, and [[spoiler:Nakamura dies in her arms after he defeats Kato.]]
!!Junichi Narutaki
->Played by: Shiro Sano (''The Last Megalopolis'')
->Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (JP), Creator/CamClarke (EN)
A close family friend of the Tatsumiyas. He has a crush on Yukari and helps fight against Kato.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Unfortunately, he never gets together with Yukari.
* DoggedNiceGuy: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he stays with Yukari, even after she becomes an EmptyShell.
* NerdGlasses
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Narutaki does his best to help fight against Kato, but often ends up getting his ass kicked. Especially since the {{Kung Fu Wizard}}s that overshadow him also wind up getting their asses kicked, and in a much more brutal manner.
* PapaWolf: Despite not being Yukiko's real father, he sure defends her like he is in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' He halts Kamo's ''Kimon Tonkou'' spell when Yukiko is trapped too, and [[LeeroyJenkins even charges straight at Kato]], despite the fact that he didn't stand a chance.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: With Yukari.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' when Narutaki finds out that [[spoiler:Yoichiro raped and impregnated Yukari]], he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the living crap out of him.]]
* PutOnABus: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Narutaki decides to leave Tokyo after he failed to stop Kato a second time.
!!Yasumasa Hirai
->Played by: Mikijiro Hira
->Voiced by: Goro Naya (JP), Creator/MikeReynolds (EN)
The leader of the Tsuchimikado Clan, CourtMage to Emperor Meiji, and actual descendant of Abe no Seimei. He leads the fight against Kato and tries to protect Yukari as best he can.
* BigGood: To an extent.
* BadassGrandpa
* CaneFu: In the anime, Hirai impales a shikigami with his cane.
* CourtMage: He is the leader of the Tsuchimikado Family, which is an onmyodo clan that serves the Emperor.
* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato knew a way to thwart it.]]
* MagicKnight: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he uses a daikyū (a type of longbow) to fire a magic arrow at Kato.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Justified. [[spoiler:Hirai sacrifices himself on purpose to show his devotion to the Meiji Emperor (who has just passed away). He also uses the ritual to divine the year of Tokyo's destruction.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Played with in the anime. He's supposed to be the good sorcerer and is dressed in bright white, but he is still beaten by the dark and evil Kato because in fact he is not morally better than him; they share the same magic, which is not inherently good or evil. It just so happens that the power of the curse fueling Kato is far older and stronger than anything Hirai or his ancestors have encountered, giving Kato the advantage.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Hirai is pretty short in the anime, but not absurdly so.
* OldMaster
* SquishyWizard: Subverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis''. While not a [[KungFuWizard hand-to-hand fighter]], he is incredibly agile and resilient for a man of his age, being able to move faster than a magic blast and survive to an arrow through his torso. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis,'' where he is never shown in the battlefield.
* WizardBeard: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he has a white fluffy beard.
* YouMonster: Calls Kato a monster in both the anime and the film.
!!Koda Rohan
->Played by: Koji Takahashi
->Voiced by: Yūsaku Yara (JP), Sam Fontana (EN)
Famous RealLife Meiji Era writer and friend to the Tatsumiyas. He also joins the fight to protect Tokyo from Kato.
* BadassNormal: Can't usually use magic, but he manages to chop dozens of shikigami with his wakizashi and even attacks Kato a few times.
* DemotedToExtra: While he has an active role in the novel and live action film, in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', most of his actions are given to Kamo, a fictional onmyoji.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: RealLife author of several short stories and novels.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He not only challenges Kato several times, but also manages to cut his hand off!
* HotBlooded: Doesn't care about the risks as long as he has his reliable sword.
* KungFuWizard[=/=]MagicKnight: Is already a skilled swordsman, and later on in the novel he learns magic.
* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Writer]]: Not at all afraid to challenge demonic sorcerers by himself.
!!Keiko Mekata-Tatsumiya
->Played by: Mieko Harada
->Voiced by: Yōko Asagami (JP), Creator/BarbaraGoodson (EN)
A shrine maiden and descendant of Lord Masakado. She is summoned by said ancestor to help defend his grave from Kato. She later marries Yoichiro and confronts Kato personally.
* ActionGirl
* ClothingDamage: Steadily loses her clothing while fighting Kato and his creatures. She's completely naked at the end, while channeling Kannon.[[note]]Mind you, this is due to nakedness symbolizing purity, and not simply {{Fanservice}}[[/note]]
* FangsAreEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato tortures her in a vision in an attempt to get her to hate him. Just as she's giving in to the dark side and breaks free, she suddenly grows fangs.
* FullFrontalAssault: In the climactic battle at the end of the anime, Keiko ends completely naked due to ClothingDamage.
* GoodHurtsEvil[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: In the anime, [[spoiler:Keiko channels Kanon's infinite compassion, which kills Kato.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Yoichiro in ''The Last Megalopolis.'' ''Doomed Megalopolis'' subverts this by showing the two getting along just fine, but then Yoichiro has a FreakOut when he finds out that Keiko is actively protecting Yukari and Yukiko from Kato.
* MagicKnight: Her magic is strong enough to rival Kato's, and she also fights with a naginata.
* MamaBear: Actively tries to protect Yukiko from Kato, especially in the anime.
* {{Miko}}
* NaginatasAreFeminine
* [[spoiler:VasquezAlwaysDies: Dies at the end of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' with Kato.]]
!!Taira no Masakado
A RealLife samurai who lived during the Heian period in 8th century Japan. He rebelled against the central government after it got involved in an ongoing feud he was having with his neighbors and family. He was eventually captured and executed. He serves as Tokyo's GuardianEntity so long as his grave is maintained and no one tries to disturb his rest. Should he be awakened, he will wind up destroying everything within sight. Kato seeks to do just that, which annoys Masakado quite a bit.
* CoolHorse: Masakado sends one to Keiko at the fourth episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis''. It appears as a furry, equine mystic being.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Demonstrates godlike powers in most adaptations, especially ''Doomed Megalopolis''. The RealLife legend of him suggests his apotheosis happened not long after his death, as his disembodied head flew off by itself.
* TheGhost: In most media. Subverted in the anime and the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga in which he appears under the form of a ghostly samurai.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In many adaptations, especially ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's implied that he's had a HeelFaceTurn and no longer wants to destroy anything. This is why he summons Keiko to defend his grave against Kato.
* MadGod: If he is even awakened.
* {{Samurai}}
!!Shigemaru Kuroda
->Played by: Sanshi Katsura
->Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (JP), Steve Kramer (EN)
A Feng Shui master who comes to Tokyo to investigate the disturbance in the city's energy flows. He ends up being drawn into the fight against Kato when he finds out the dark wizard is tampering with the Underground Dragon.
* BadassNormal: He may pass as a bumbling character at times, but he can hold his own when the occasion requires it. In the anime, he has mystical powers and can even fend off shikigami with chants. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he managed to fend off Kato's giant guardian statue.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Particularly anything to do with Feng Shui
!!Gakutensoku
The first robot to ever be created in Japan. Built by biologist Dr. Makoto Nishimura, it could make different facial expressions, move its hands, and write using its pen mechanism. In ''Teito Monogatari'', it was reformatted into a construction robot when the subway excavation sites were blocked by Kato's minions.
* ClockworkCreature
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis'', it momentarily becomes sentient to defend Dr. Nishimura (played by his real life son Ko Nishimura) from the last of Kato's shikigami. This is never explained, although it somehow fits with the mysticism around Gakutensoku.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[TruthInTelevision Yes,]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakutensoku it was a real robot]].
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Reformatted into an excavation robot to drill through a rock wall in an EldritchLocation when the human miners kept getting attacked by shikigami or started hallucinating.
* DrillTank: Gakutensoku is equipped with drills in the anime and crushes some shikigami with them.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Has one installed, and ultimately has to use it to blow up the rock wall.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Foils Kato's plans by blowing up the rock wall and releasing the Underground Dragon.
!!Kamo
->Voiced by: Ken Yamaguchi (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)
One of Hirai's students in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', he takes over protecting the Tatsumiyas after Hirai's death.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
* EyesAlwaysShut: Rarely opens his eyes unless he's about to attack.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Uses a wakizashi.
* LudicrousGibs: Is brutally splattered into a red mist when he charges at Kato.
* MagicKnight: He's not only a pretty strong onmyoji (strong enough to dispel Kato's illusions and almost banish Kato into an endless void), he's also pretty handy with a blade.
* MauveShirt
* OccultBlueEyes: Has these on top of yellow sclera.
* OnlyOneName: We never know him by anything except "Kamo."
* ShootTheDog: Was perfectly willing to sacrifice Yukiko in order to banish Kato forever.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed in the same episode that we were getting to know him in.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his power, he ends up being gruesomely killed by Kato anyway.
!!Yuko Nakamura
->Played by: Masaya Kato
A young man with powerful psychic abilities, he tries to defend the city from a revived Kato in ''The Last War''. He ends up courting an adult Yukiko.
* BlessedWithSuck: Every time he uses his psychic power, some sort of waste product builds up in his body, making him horribly sick.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in ''The Last War.''
* ChekhovsGun: The waste product that he's seen throwing up. [[spoiler:He spits it into Kato's mouth, killing him.]]
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: After defeating Kato, he dies in Yukiko's arms from his battle wounds.]]
* PsychicPowers: Usually in the form of telekinesis.
* SuperSoldier
* TestedOnHumans: His flashbacks imply that he was experimented on as a child.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: In the form of throwing up the psychic waste product. [[spoiler:Justified when he has to cough it up into Kato's mouth.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his supernatural abilities, he usually ends up being no match for Kato and gets brutally beaten by him.
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!!Yasunori Kato
->Played by: Kyusaku Shimada (''Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, Tokyo: The Last War''), Kazuhiko Nishimura (''Teito Monogatari Gaiden''), Etsushi Toyokawa (''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'')
->Voiced by: Kyusaku Shimada (JP), Jeff Winkless (EN)
Both the BigBad and the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of the series, Kato is an immortal EvilSorcerer who is out for revenge against the Japanese Imperial Court for conquering and killing his indigenous ancestors 2,000 years ago. He's referred to as an ''oni,'' and is proficient in {{Onmyodo}}. He also claims to be a descendant of famous onmyoji [[FamousAncestor Abe no Seimei]].
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Keiko. He actually realizes this, and often flirts with her, [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe proposes to marry her]], and sometimes even ''gropes'' her in order to aggravate her.
* {{Abusive Parent|s}}: In all versions, Kato kidnaps Yukiko to make her a medium for Lord Masakado. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he forces Yukiko to burn her hand on a PaperTalisman so that Keiko will let them go. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he also tries to sacrifice her to the Underground Dragon after Masakado refuses to awaken. [[spoiler:Even though Yukiko turns out not to be his daughter after all, he did all those things to her while he still thought she was.]]
* TheAgeless: No matter how old he gets, he never looks much older than thirty.
* AnimeHair: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his hat falls off to reveal that his hair sticks straight up.
* BadPowersBadPeople: Played with. Most of the powers he is seen using seem evil (like MindManipulation via PuppeteerParasite), but these are all actual forms of eastern magic that any onmyoji can use. Kato just happens to be using them for evil purposes.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: That's also an AllEncompassingMantle.
** BadassInANiceSuit: His military uniforms, which he's seen wearing most of the time. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he instead wears a black suit with a BadassLongcoat.
** BadassNative: He's a descendant of the indigenous Japanese people, though which ethnicity was never officially revealed.
** BadassLongRobe: Wears one of these ''The Last Megalopolis'' when he comes back to Tokyo after disturbing the Underground Dragon. It has [[DragonsUpTheYinYang gold dragons]] on its shoulders.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he blocks Keiko's tanto by nonchalantly grabbing its blade. His hand bleeds from doing so, however. [[SubvertedTrope And he immediately guides her blade into his chest]].
* BigBad
* CombatSadomasochist:
** At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he not only guides Keiko's knife into his own gut, he gets rather excited when she drives it into him.
** In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, he gets rather aroused when Keiko sets his head on fire to the point of [[LecherousLicking wanting to lick her ear]].
** In ''The Last War,'' he finds getting repeatedly whacked over the head with a metal pipe and having part of his face ripped off awfully funny.
* TheCorrupter
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he flat out admits to Keiko that he wants to corrupt her by making her hate him.
** In the book series, he manipulates author Yukio Mishima into helping him further his own agenda to weaken Japan's political power.
** In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he's seen trying to lure Kawahime into join him in her TroubledBackstoryFlashback. He also captures innocent youkai and [[UnwillingRoboticisation forces them]] to become his {{Magitek}} minions.
* CrossMeltingAura: In ''The Last War'', he's able to burn the {{Zigzag Paper Tassel}}s right off the door leading to Kouou's meditation chamber. He's also able to set Yukiko's talisman on fire, forcing her to drop it.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: When Hirai tries to perform a purification ceremony to keep Yukari safe from him, he easily figures out what they're doing and comes up with a way to counter it.
* DarkIsEvil: Most of his powers would be considered "dark" - his main shikigami are crows that arise from black paper, and he's often walking around in [[EvilWearsBlack a black military uniform or robe]]. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' all of his shikigami are black, and his magic spells are sometimes [[CastingAShadow colored black]].
* DaylightHorror: Mostly attacks at night, but there are a few times he emerged during the day, such as to kidnap Yukari the first time in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' or kidnapping Yukiko in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
* EmotionEater: Feeds on hatred.
* EvilSorcerer: Depending on the adaptation, he tends to stradle between being outright evil and a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Kato is generally played or voiced by actors with deep voices. When played/voiced by Kyusaku Shimada, he's [[EvilSoundsRaspy also raspy]].
* {{Familiar}}: His shikigami, which often take the form of crows. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he also has ones that appear as tar-like {{Blob Monster}}s, and a giant one that looks like a manta ray. He also has his ''fukuchu-mushi'' which [[PuppeteerParasite brainwash their hosts]]. Later, he usually summons a ''goho doji'', which either resembles a squat, child-like creature like in the manga[[note]]Which they usually look like[[/note]] or a biomechanical monster like in ''The Last Megalopolis''.
* FangsAreEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato has vampire-like fangs that he bears whenever angry or shouting. The cover of the OVA gives him a [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily mouth full of shark-like teeth]]. ''The Last Megalopolis'' emphasizes his canines sometimes, too.
* GoodHurtsEvil: In the anime, [[spoiler:Kato is killed when Keiko channels the celestial bodhisattva Kannon. Her endless compassion appeases his hatred, which, in this adaptation, he cannot live without.]]
* HealingFactor: Implied in most adapatations, due to the immense amount of damage he takes without so much as bleeding. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he's actually seen regenerating an eyeball. In the beginning of ''The Last War,'' he regrows his entire head!
* HissBeforeFleeing: After having his eye gouged out in the third episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he lets out an angry "gagging roar" before retreating.
* HistoricalRapSheet: Winds up being responsible for the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In the books, he's also responsible for Yukio Mishima's suicide.
* HolyBurnsEvil: While he doesn't actually burn, he is unable to enter a building that's been sealed off by {{Paper Talisman}}s.
* HumanoidAbomination: While Kato is portrayed as an almost normal human in the original novels, the anime and the films prefer to portray him with a much more [[BizarreHumanBiology sinister biology]], complete with TaintedVeins and a unnaturally long face.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Does this a lot. The box art of ''The Last War'' even features him standing around on a high metal tower. In the anime, he stands on poles, roofs, treetops, etc.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty:
** In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Kato manages to tie Keiko to a post using a sticky substance. He then comments about how beautiful she is and caresses her cheek...only for her to beat him up anyway.
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he ties Keiko up and has his black slime grope her in a vision in order to anger her.
* ImAHumanitarian: One of the things that fuels his powerful magic is a diet of human organs.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he becomes rather impressed with Keiko's strength and starts sending her disturbing visions or making his shikigami grope her in order to provoke her into attacking him. His ultimate goal is to make her hate him so much that she becomes an ''oni'' as well, and he can [[WeCanRuleTogether make her his demonic bride in Hell.]]
* InkSuitActor: His design in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is largely a caricature of his first live-action actor, Kyusaku Shimada.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only. The Kannon-possesed Keiko cancels out the hatred fuelling Kato, and he violently dissapates.]]
* LastNameBasis
* LeanAndMean: In the films, Kato is always portrayed as rather thin. This is exaggerated in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' where he's practically a [[NoodlePeople Noodle Person]].
* LimitedWardrobe: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he wears his dark green military uniform for three out of the four episodes, and in ''The Last War'', he never changes his clothes at all. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis'' where he practically changes his clothes every other scene.
* LonersAreFreaks: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'' and ''The Last War,'' he works completely by himself. Averted in all other works, where he leads an entire congregation of dark mages.
* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Japanese]]: He's a descendant of the indigenous people who lived in Japan 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the series. He inheirted their magic ability...as well as their hatred of their conquerors.
* MultipleChoicePast: Thanks to the source materials never being translated, there's a lot of confusion among western audiences about what exactly Kato is.
** The most common explanation as well as the one on The Other Wiki is that Kato is the incarnation of the 2,000 year old curse of the Native Japanese tribes on their conquerors, the Yamato people. However, you'll find a lot of sources telling you that Kato is Masakado's curse on the Imperial Court[[note]]which would only be a 1,000 year old curse[[/note]]. To make things even more confusing, one of the last books seems to {{Retcon}} Kato into being Masakado himself reborn![[note]]Which makes little sense, because Masakado is still around as a separate entity[[/note]] While the Other Wiki claims that Kato was simply being compared to Masakado, many other sources say that he IS Masakado. Whether this is a mistranslation, a SeriesContinuityError on the book's part, or something that was meant to be a ShockingSwerve has yet to be determined.
** To add to the confusion, the English dub of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' created its own exclusive backstory for Kato: he's supposed to be a demon created from the restless souls whose graves were left forgotten.
* NiceHat: His CommissarCap.
* NightmareFace: Tends to do this a lot.
** In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Kato's face [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/images/easyblog_images/77616/thumb_1_lookingatyou.jpg twists into something demonic]] after Rohan chops his hand off.
** In ''The Last War,'' Yukiko manages to rip the skin off part of Kato's face, leaving him with a dangling eyeball.
** ''Doomed Megalopolis'' has him making one right on the cover. In the third episode, one of his trippy MindRape attacks features his face with bared fangs painted over the ground.
* NoBrows: Completely missing eyebrows in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, his eyebrows are burned off at the very end.
* NoSell:
** In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Rohan stabs him in the gut, and he doesn't seem to hurt him at all. He even removes the blade from his own stomach and uses it to stab Narutaki.
** In ''The Last War,'' he seems completely immune to Nakamura's psychic attacks. The worst they even do to him is knock him backward. At one point, Nakamura whacks him over the head repeatedly with a pipe, and all Kato does is laugh!
* NonchalantDodge: When Narutaki tries to stab him in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he nonchalantly teleports out of the way.
* NotSoDifferent: Kato invokes this in the anime after Hirai calls him a monster. He tells Hirai to stop acting so self-righteous, as they, being onmyoji, both inflict curses on people for a living.
* OffWithHisHead: Sometime prior to ''The Last War,'' he had his head chopped off.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Discussed in the books, as a major theme is what it means to [[{{Demonization}} demonize]] someone and what actually makes an ''oni'' an ''oni''. In the adaptations, he usually WasOnceAMan whose own hatred mutated him into an actual demon.
* PointyEars: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' his ears are pointier than the other adaptations. And bigger.
* PowersDoTheFighting: In ''The Last War'' and ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato rarely engages in hand-to-hand combat, usually allowing his shikigami, magic, and PsychicPowers to do the dirty work.
* PsychicNosebleed: As he brings the moon closer to earth in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', he starts bleeding out his nose, as well as his [[BloodFromEveryOrifice eyes, ears, and throat]].
* PsychicPowers: Usually seen using magic, but has a few powers that can fall under this category. Especially in ''The Last War,'' where it seems to be all he uses.
** {{Flight}}: Kato is a master of this, especially in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
** MindControl: Kato can take control of people, either by using ''kodoku'' or by brainwashing.
** MindOverMatter: He uses this a lot in ''The Last War'', even throwing a car at Nakamura ''with his mind.''
* MindRape: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato is very fond of giving his victims disturbing hallucinations.
* Really700YearsOld: He was born somewhere in the latter half of the 19th century at the latest.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: At the end of ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato's hatred is appeased, causing him to explode violently.]]
* SharpDressedMan: Whatever Kato's wearing, expect him to look good in it.
* SuperToughness: Thanks to the magic potion making him immortal, Kato can take hits that would kill a normal man and keep going.
** AnArmAndALeg: In most adaptations, Rohan chops his hand off.
** EyeScream: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Keiko throws a knife at him that goes [[ImpaledPalm right through his hand]] and gouges out his eyeball.
** FlayingAlive: At the end of ''The Last War,'' Yukiko manages to rip the skin off the left side of his face with a talisman. He just laughs.
** HarmlessElectrocution: In most adaptations, he gets struck by a BoltOfDivineRetribution from Masakado after trying to awaken him a second time. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' it just knocks him out. In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', it seems to temporarily [[TakenForGranite turn him into stone.]]
** ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He gets stabbed a LOT. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' both Rohan and Keiko run him through (although he wanted the latter to stab him). In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Lord Masakado stabs him through the neck with Narutaki's knife. In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Masakado almost runs him through with his own sword, but Kato manages to get out of Yukiko's grip and escapes.
** ManOnFire: In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Keiko sets his head on fire by wrapping a lock of her hair around his neck and igniting it.
*** ImpromptuTracheotomy: And when THAT didn't work, she rips out his throat with her teeth!
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Kato's eyes turn golden several times in the films and anime, usually when he's about to cast a big spell.
** RedEyesTakeWarning: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato's eyes turn completely red several different times. [[spoiler:He also gets permanent red eyes at the end of ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'' thanks to being foiled by a red azuki bean.]]
* TaintedVeins: When trying to move the moon in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
* TerseTalker: In the films and the anime, Kato doesn't say too much, not even to his allies. Averted in the printed media, where he has normal conversations with everyone.
* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stop Kato from trying to destroy Tokyo, whether it be being turned to stone, stabbed in the neck, getting his eye gouged out, ''nothing''. [[spoiler:Although channeling a celestial bodhisattva seems to do the trick in the OVA.]]
** ImplacableMan: And if he needs somebody to complete this goal, no amount of purification ceremonies or anti-demon talismans will keep him from kidnapping them.
* TheVamp: Male example; in the printed media, he charms Yukari and eventually asks her out on a date. While there, he tricks her into eating a ''fukuchu-mushi'' egg by [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink disguising it as a sweet.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: In the climax of the OVA, Kato completely freaks out as the Kannon-possessed Keiko advances on him, and all of his dark magic [[NoSell has no effect on her]]. He finally has a VillainousBSOD and [[BreakTheBadass drops to his knees screaming]], not even bothering to try and run away.
* VillainousCheekbones
* VillainousCrush: On Keiko.
* VillainProtagonist
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He just wants to avenge his ancestors and make the Japanese Imperial Court pay for their past crimes.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no qualms about battling Keiko in any media. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he tries to burn Kawakime to death with a wall of fire and also [[spoiler:kills his own PerkyFemaleMinion, Agi.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Kidnaps Yukiko in all versions to force her to be Masakado's medium. In the adaptations, he's also done things like force her to burn her hand, or tried to make her a HumanSacrifice. In ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'', he also tried to fry the KidHero, Tadashi with massive fireballs.
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Inverted in ''The Last War'': his head actually ''implodes'' after Nakamura vomits psychic waste material down his throat.]]
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: In the printed media, Kato actively helps Chinese and Korean guerilla groups take back their lands from Japanese imperialism. In the mangas, Keiko even befriends a girl who sees Kato as her hero.
!!Yukari Tatsumiya
->Played by: Haruka Sugata
->Voiced by: Keiko Han (JP), Joan-Carol O'Connell (EN)
A young girl with psychic abilities, and a descendant of Lord Masakado's. Kato kidnaps her and tries to use her as a medium to try to awaken Masakado. She later has a daughter, Yukiko.
* BigBrotherWorship: Adores Yoichiro and always refers to him in the very respectful "''-sama''" honorific. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she continues to do this, even when he abuses her.
* {{Brainwashed}}: By Kato via ''fukuchu-mushi''.
* BreakTheCutie: Goes insane in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' thanks to her TraumaCongaLine and then helplessly watching as Kato targets her own daughter next.
* BreathWeapon: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' being possessed by Masakado allows her to breathe some sort of steam that knocks over Kato's PerkyFemaleMinion.
* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Yoichiro, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, with Yoichiro forcing himself on her.]]
* CuteAndPsycho:
** While being controlled by Kato in ''The Last Meglopolis,'' she too develops a case of NightmareFace with OccultBlueEyes, and retreives Kato's hand for him.
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she becomes emotionally unstable to the point of almost being AxCrazy thanks to her TraumaCongaLine at the hands of Kato [[spoiler:and her brother.]] She's seen brutally butchering fish while pretending to be happy.
* DamselInDistress: While being targeted by Kato.
* EmptyShell: In the last two episodes of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she's all but catatonic, only speaking when Kato is controlling her via the second ''fukuchu-mushi'' that was never removed from her.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. After she's believed to have been impregnated by Kato, abortion is quickly suggested. She agrees to go through with it, but it doesn't work.
* MamaBear: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' she tries to rescue Yukiko along with Yoichiro.
* NearDeathExperience: As a pre-teen, her brother tried to strangle her, but she survived. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's explained that this is how she got her PsychicPowers.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in a flashback in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' We see her have her first period in front of a teenaged Yoichiro...who then decides it's a good time as any to try out his [[EroticAsphyxiation choking fetish]] on her.
* OccultBlueEyes: When either possessed by Kato or Masakado in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
** RedEyesTakeWarning: Occasionally when possessed by Kato in ''Doomed Megalopolis''.
* PsychicPowers: She can [[DreamingOfThingsToCome see the future in her visions]] , and act as a medium for spirits of the dead. Kato also uses her power to reattach his hand.
* StepfordSmiler: In the second episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' though she's not very good at hiding her anger.
* TraumaCongaLine:
** In all versions, she is kidnapped by Kato, who tries and fails to use her as a medium to revive Masakado. After she is rescued, she is revealed to be pregnant, leading everyone to believe that Kato magically impregnated her. Worried about a potential FetusTerrible, she tries to get an abortion, but it doesn't work. The printed media make this scenario worse than ''The Last Megalopolis,'' as in those versions, Kato was somebody she liked and trusted.
** ''Doomed Megalopolis'' turns this UpToEleven by having Kato MindRape her several times before forcing the ''fukuchu-mushi'' egg down her throat via ForcedKiss. She later coughs up the worm (which has a penis for a head in this version), only to be reinfected by a nurse who is secretly working for Kato. After she is kidnapped, Kato works his magic on her which includes ''physically'' raping her by shoving a spell up her crotch. Once she is rescued, [[spoiler:she is raped by her brother.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Whenever she throws up a ''fukuchu-mushi''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she still has that second ''fukuchu-mushi'' inside her, and it was never implied to have been discovered let alone removed. And what happened to it after [[spoiler:its master was killed?]]
!!Yoichiro Tatsumiya
->Played by: Junichi Ishida
->Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa (JP), Kerrigan Mahan (EN)
Yukari's older brother. He works at the Ministry of Finance, and later marries Keiko. [[AdaptationPersonalityChange His personality changes wildly from adaptation to adaptation]]. [[spoiler:But in all versions, he's Yukiko's real father.]]
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: His portrayals in ''The Last Megalopolis'' and ''Doomed Megalopolis'' are so opposite of each other, you'd swear you were looking at MirrorUniverse counterparts of the same character.
** AdaptationalHeroism: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to do what he can to protect his familiy from Kato, despite not knowing how to use magic. At the end of the film, he tries to put Masakado back to sleep all by himself in order to rescue Yukiko.
** AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' however, he's a SmugSnake and an abuser. He strangles Yukari as a child, causing her psychic powers to emerge. He also rapes her after she's been rescued from Kato. In the final episode, [[spoiler:he tries to kill both Yukari and Yukiko until Narutaki and Rohan stop him.]] There are parts in the OVA where he starts to show remorse for what he's done, but he usually goes right back to his old ways.
* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: With Yukari, which produces Yukiko. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' their relationship was not at all consensual, as he forced himself on Yukari.]]
* EroticAsphyxiation: It's his fetish, and he's not too proud of it. Probably because he tried to enact it on Yukari, which almost killed her.
* HairTriggerTemper: Has some severe anger issues in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' which usually result in him [[FreakOut freaking out]] at his own friends and family or trying to kill somebody.
* HappilyMarried: To Keiko in ''The Last Megalopolis.'' ''Doomed Megalopolis'' subverts this by showing the two getting along just fine, but then Yoichiro has a FreakOut when he finds out that Keiko is actively protecting Yukari and Yukiko from Kato.
* KarmaHoudini: Some people think that getting beaten up by Narutaki just wasn't an adequate enough punishment for his ''Doomed Megalopolis'' incarnation.
* KickTheDog: Does this several times in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' such as when he strangled a prostitute, yelled at Keiko for trying to defend Yukari and Yukiko, and told Narutaki to stop hanging around them.
* LastNameBasis: Being the head of the household, he's often called "Tatsumiya."
* LeeroyJenkins: In the beginning of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he charges right at Kato with a sword. Narutaki has to hold him down to stop him.
* MarriedToTheJob: In almost all versions, he spends more time at work than at home. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's implied that he's actively avoiding his family.
* PetTheDog: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he does have some scenes with Keiko where he's not a complete {{Jerkass}}. He even buys her a parasol at one point.
* {{Salaryman}}
* TaintedVeins: When trying to take on Masakado's spirit in ''The Last Megalopolis.''
* TookALevelInBadass: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he tries to make a HeroicSacrifice by trying to channel the awakening Masakado ''by himself'' in order to put him back to sleep and rescue Yukiko.
* UnskilledButStrong: Keiko implies at the end of ''The Last Megalopolis'' that Yoichiro actually has more spiritual strength than even Kato [[spoiler:(which is another reason why Kato can't control Yukiko)]], but doesn't want to use it. Averted in all other media, where Yoichiro doesn't have any spiritual powers, if any.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After Kato tries to unsuccessfully kidnap Yukiko several times, Yoichiro takes his anger out on a outdoor ''kamidana'' that Keiko built to protect the house. As soon as he breaks the thing, its protection is removed, and Kato is able to successfully kidnap Yukiko.
* WouldHitAGirl: In all versions, he once tried to [[EroticAsphyxiation erotically strangle]] Yukari as a teen. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he tries to strangle a prostitute as well. At the end of the anime series, [[spoiler:he tries to shoot Yukari and strangle Yukiko to death.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Tries to strangle Yukiko to death in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' [[spoiler:until she stops him by calling him "father."]]
!!Yukiko Tatsumiya
Yukari's daughter, whom everyone assumes is the product of Kato's dark magic. [[spoiler:Later, we find out Yoichiro is her real father.]] Like her mother, she is targeted by Kato to become a medium for Masakado. In ''The Last War'', she becomes a nurse during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII where she unfortunately runs into Kato again.
* BadDreams: Has a few of them in ''The Last War.'' First she has a TroubledBackstoryFlashback about Kato kidnapping her as a child. Later, she has a bizarre nightmare about Kato turning her adopted little sister into a bug, and a clone of him [[ChestBurster popping out of her boyfriend's chest]]. She wakes up...[[DreamWithinADream only to find Kato behind her, ripping off her still-mutated sister's tail.]]
* [[spoiler:ChildByRape: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she's the result of Yoichiro raping Yukari.]]
* ClothingDamage: As she is about to be sacrificed to the Underground Dragon in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' her clothes magically disappear.
* DamselInDistress: Just like her mother, she is kidnapped by Kato, sometimes several times. Justified, since she's only a kid.
* GoodWithNumbers: Is actually really good at math. Kato uses this ability of hers to do some calculations for him through Yukari.
* HumanSacrifice: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' after failing to awaken Masakado a third time, Kato tries to sacrifice her to the Underground Dragon.
* PsychicPowers: Like her mother, she can channel spirits. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' she also shows signs of being telekenetic.
* WhosYourDaddy: The main [[TheReveal reveal]] in the first film, the anime, and the first few books. When Yukari winds up pregnant, everyone assumed Yukiko was Kato's daughter due to him using his magic on her. [[spoiler:But her real father turned out to be Yoichiro. Somewhat spoiled by the films, as [[ChocolateBaby Yukiko doesn't particularly look like Kato]]]]
* TraumaCongaLine:
** In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' she is kidnapped by Kato to serve as Masakado's medium. When that doesn't work, she's kidnapped a second time to serve as a HumanSacrifice. Finally, [[spoiler:her real father tries to strangle her to death.]]
** In ''The Last War,'' she not only has to deal with her city getting bombed by the Allies, but she also has to contend with the fact that Kato's back. Then her new boyfriend, Nakamura, gets badly injured by Kato, her friend gets shot to death, and [[spoiler:Nakamura dies in her arms after he defeats Kato.]]
!!Junichi Narutaki
->Played by: Shiro Sano (''The Last Megalopolis'')
->Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (JP), Creator/CamClarke (EN)
A close family friend of the Tatsumiyas. He has a crush on Yukari and helps fight against Kato.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Unfortunately, he never gets together with Yukari.
* DoggedNiceGuy: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he stays with Yukari, even after she becomes an EmptyShell.
* NerdGlasses
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Narutaki does his best to help fight against Kato, but often ends up getting his ass kicked. Especially since the {{Kung Fu Wizard}}s that overshadow him also wind up getting their asses kicked, and in a much more brutal manner.
* PapaWolf: Despite not being Yukiko's real father, he sure defends her like he is in ''Doomed Megalopolis.'' He halts Kamo's ''Kimon Tonkou'' spell when Yukiko is trapped too, and [[LeeroyJenkins even charges straight at Kato]], despite the fact that he didn't stand a chance.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: With Yukari.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' when Narutaki finds out that [[spoiler:Yoichiro raped and impregnated Yukari]], he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the living crap out of him.]]
* PutOnABus: In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' Narutaki decides to leave Tokyo after he failed to stop Kato a second time.
!!Yasumasa Hirai
->Played by: Mikijiro Hira
->Voiced by: Goro Naya (JP), Creator/MikeReynolds (EN)
The leader of the Tsuchimikado Clan, CourtMage to Emperor Meiji, and actual descendant of Abe no Seimei. He leads the fight against Kato and tries to protect Yukari as best he can.
* BigGood: To an extent.
* BadassGrandpa
* CaneFu: In the anime, Hirai impales a shikigami with his cane.
* CourtMage: He is the leader of the Tsuchimikado Family, which is an onmyodo clan that serves the Emperor.
* GenreSavvy: As soon as he learns that Kato is coming for Yukari, he instantly knows of a purification ceremony, which would keep Kato away. Too bad for him that [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Kato knew a way to thwart it.]]
* MagicKnight: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he uses a daikyū (a type of longbow) to fire a magic arrow at Kato.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Justified. [[spoiler:Hirai sacrifices himself on purpose to show his devotion to the Meiji Emperor (who has just passed away). He also uses the ritual to divine the year of Tokyo's destruction.]]
* LightIsNotGood: Played with in the anime. He's supposed to be the good sorcerer and is dressed in bright white, but he is still beaten by the dark and evil Kato because in fact he is not morally better than him; they share the same magic, which is not inherently good or evil. It just so happens that the power of the curse fueling Kato is far older and stronger than anything Hirai or his ancestors have encountered, giving Kato the advantage.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Hirai is pretty short in the anime, but not absurdly so.
* OldMaster
* SquishyWizard: Subverted in ''Doomed Megalopolis''. While not a [[KungFuWizard hand-to-hand fighter]], he is incredibly agile and resilient for a man of his age, being able to move faster than a magic blast and survive to an arrow through his torso. Averted in ''The Last Megalopolis,'' where he is never shown in the battlefield.
* WizardBeard: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he has a white fluffy beard.
* YouMonster: Calls Kato a monster in both the anime and the film.
!!Koda Rohan
->Played by: Koji Takahashi
->Voiced by: Yūsaku Yara (JP), Sam Fontana (EN)
Famous RealLife Meiji Era writer and friend to the Tatsumiyas. He also joins the fight to protect Tokyo from Kato.
* BadassNormal: Can't usually use magic, but he manages to chop dozens of shikigami with his wakizashi and even attacks Kato a few times.
* DemotedToExtra: While he has an active role in the novel and live action film, in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', most of his actions are given to Kamo, a fictional onmyoji.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: RealLife author of several short stories and novels.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He not only challenges Kato several times, but also manages to cut his hand off!
* HotBlooded: Doesn't care about the risks as long as he has his reliable sword.
* KungFuWizard[=/=]MagicKnight: Is already a skilled swordsman, and later on in the novel he learns magic.
* [[WarriorPoet Warrior Writer]]: Not at all afraid to challenge demonic sorcerers by himself.
!!Keiko Mekata-Tatsumiya
->Played by: Mieko Harada
->Voiced by: Yōko Asagami (JP), Creator/BarbaraGoodson (EN)
A shrine maiden and descendant of Lord Masakado. She is summoned by said ancestor to help defend his grave from Kato. She later marries Yoichiro and confronts Kato personally.
* ActionGirl
* ClothingDamage: Steadily loses her clothing while fighting Kato and his creatures. She's completely naked at the end, while channeling Kannon.[[note]]Mind you, this is due to nakedness symbolizing purity, and not simply {{Fanservice}}[[/note]]
* FangsAreEvil: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Kato tortures her in a vision in an attempt to get her to hate him. Just as she's giving in to the dark side and breaks free, she suddenly grows fangs.
* FullFrontalAssault: In the climactic battle at the end of the anime, Keiko ends completely naked due to ClothingDamage.
* GoodHurtsEvil[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: In the anime, [[spoiler:Keiko channels Kanon's infinite compassion, which kills Kato.]]
* HappilyMarried: To Yoichiro in ''The Last Megalopolis.'' ''Doomed Megalopolis'' subverts this by showing the two getting along just fine, but then Yoichiro has a FreakOut when he finds out that Keiko is actively protecting Yukari and Yukiko from Kato.
* MagicKnight: Her magic is strong enough to rival Kato's, and she also fights with a naginata.
* MamaBear: Actively tries to protect Yukiko from Kato, especially in the anime.
* {{Miko}}
* NaginatasAreFeminine
* [[spoiler:VasquezAlwaysDies: Dies at the end of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' with Kato.]]
!!Taira no Masakado
A RealLife samurai who lived during the Heian period in 8th century Japan. He rebelled against the central government after it got involved in an ongoing feud he was having with his neighbors and family. He was eventually captured and executed. He serves as Tokyo's GuardianEntity so long as his grave is maintained and no one tries to disturb his rest. Should he be awakened, he will wind up destroying everything within sight. Kato seeks to do just that, which annoys Masakado quite a bit.
* CoolHorse: Masakado sends one to Keiko at the fourth episode of ''Doomed Megalopolis''. It appears as a furry, equine mystic being.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Demonstrates godlike powers in most adaptations, especially ''Doomed Megalopolis''. The RealLife legend of him suggests his apotheosis happened not long after his death, as his disembodied head flew off by itself.
* TheGhost: In most media. Subverted in the anime and the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga in which he appears under the form of a ghostly samurai.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In many adaptations, especially ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' it's implied that he's had a HeelFaceTurn and no longer wants to destroy anything. This is why he summons Keiko to defend his grave against Kato.
* MadGod: If he is even awakened.
* {{Samurai}}
!!Shigemaru Kuroda
->Played by: Sanshi Katsura
->Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (JP), Steve Kramer (EN)
A Feng Shui master who comes to Tokyo to investigate the disturbance in the city's energy flows. He ends up being drawn into the fight against Kato when he finds out the dark wizard is tampering with the Underground Dragon.
* BadassNormal: He may pass as a bumbling character at times, but he can hold his own when the occasion requires it. In the anime, he has mystical powers and can even fend off shikigami with chants. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he managed to fend off Kato's giant guardian statue.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Particularly anything to do with Feng Shui
!!Gakutensoku
The first robot to ever be created in Japan. Built by biologist Dr. Makoto Nishimura, it could make different facial expressions, move its hands, and write using its pen mechanism. In ''Teito Monogatari'', it was reformatted into a construction robot when the subway excavation sites were blocked by Kato's minions.
* ClockworkCreature
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: At the end of ''The Last Megalopolis'', it momentarily becomes sentient to defend Dr. Nishimura (played by his real life son Ko Nishimura) from the last of Kato's shikigami. This is never explained, although it somehow fits with the mysticism around Gakutensoku.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[TruthInTelevision Yes,]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakutensoku it was a real robot]].
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Reformatted into an excavation robot to drill through a rock wall in an EldritchLocation when the human miners kept getting attacked by shikigami or started hallucinating.
* DrillTank: Gakutensoku is equipped with drills in the anime and crushes some shikigami with them.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Has one installed, and ultimately has to use it to blow up the rock wall.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Foils Kato's plans by blowing up the rock wall and releasing the Underground Dragon.
!!Kamo
->Voiced by: Ken Yamaguchi (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)
One of Hirai's students in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', he takes over protecting the Tatsumiyas after Hirai's death.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
* EyesAlwaysShut: Rarely opens his eyes unless he's about to attack.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Uses a wakizashi.
* LudicrousGibs: Is brutally splattered into a red mist when he charges at Kato.
* MagicKnight: He's not only a pretty strong onmyoji (strong enough to dispel Kato's illusions and almost banish Kato into an endless void), he's also pretty handy with a blade.
* MauveShirt
* OccultBlueEyes: Has these on top of yellow sclera.
* OnlyOneName: We never know him by anything except "Kamo."
* ShootTheDog: Was perfectly willing to sacrifice Yukiko in order to banish Kato forever.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed in the same episode that we were getting to know him in.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his power, he ends up being gruesomely killed by Kato anyway.
!!Yuko Nakamura
->Played by: Masaya Kato
A young man with powerful psychic abilities, he tries to defend the city from a revived Kato in ''The Last War''. He ends up courting an adult Yukiko.
* BlessedWithSuck: Every time he uses his psychic power, some sort of waste product builds up in his body, making him horribly sick.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in ''The Last War.''
* ChekhovsGun: The waste product that he's seen throwing up. [[spoiler:He spits it into Kato's mouth, killing him.]]
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: After defeating Kato, he dies in Yukiko's arms from his battle wounds.]]
* PsychicPowers: Usually in the form of telekinesis.
* SuperSoldier
* TestedOnHumans: His flashbacks imply that he was experimented on as a child.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: In the form of throwing up the psychic waste product. [[spoiler:Justified when he has to cough it up into Kato's mouth.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his supernatural abilities, he usually ends up being no match for Kato and gets brutally beaten by him.
