History Characters / TouhouUndefinedFantasticObject

* GenreSavvy: In ''Urban Legend in Limbo'' she's one of the first characters to become suspicious of the Occult Balls and what they mean for Gensokyo.

Self-appointed guardian of the UFO that appeared over Gensoukyou, and the first of Byakuren's followers the player encounters. She possesses a "partner" entity named Unzan. Ichirin's [[NiceHat headdress]] is a nod to Buddhist nun gear, her being a nyuudo - a collective term for youkai that resemble monks.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Used to be a human, but spending all of her time with Unzan and being youkai-like turned her into a unique type of youkai similar to a magician. While she's often considered a nyuudou out-of-universe, even Byakuren's not quite sure what type of youkai she's supposed to be.
* BecomingTheMask: {{Irony}}, despite being a species of youkai that pretend to be monks, she really is one and is one of Byakuren's followers that believes in Buddhism.

** She's treated this way in canon, if ''Hopeless Masquerade'' is anything to go by.

%% * MightyGlacier: In ''Hopeless Masquerade''.

* ThrowTheDogABone: As of ''Ten Desires'' she is now living in a cemetery near the Myouren Temple, where it is [[CreepyCemetery much easier to surprise people]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded in her profile: "She finally did it. Amazing."]]

* DependingOnTheArtist: Fanartists can never seem to decide if they want to draw with her MickeyMouse style ears, or more realistic mouse ears.

* HarmlessVillain: "Attacks" humans, but the greatest danger she poses is making people feel like a jerk by sulking after her efforts fail.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The only human she ever seems able to surprise is ''you'', the player. Aside from her being the Extra Stage midboss, she's also the character whose picture is on the game CD, instead of one of the major characters. Even though [[WordOfGod ZUN]] had already said during the demo's release that Kogasa was [[ExactWords irrelevant to the story]]. Thus, she surprises you when you open the box.

* BikerBabe: Can summon and ride a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBFD6GZ9tw8 motorcycle]] in Urban Legend in Limbo. Her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqH6BEEDsI Last Word variation]] even comes with a brief costume change.

* BeingGoodSucks: Her reward for aiding both youkai and humans? Sealed for a millenium in Makai.

* TheDividual: Unzan and Ichirin are inseperable.

** Her article (not profile) in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Symposium of Post-mysticism]]'' is about her thinking that [[Film/MaryPoppins babysitters fly on umbrellas]].

* BecomeARealBoy: Inverted. Kogasa has, due to her failures with baby sitting, her failures with surprising people, and her failures in general, [[DiscussedTrope considered going back to being a regular umbrella]] again so she at least can be of ''some'' use...the depressing implication being that she basically thinks people would appreciate her more if she was dead.

* IOweYouMyLife: Her motivation to rescue Byakuren.

* TokenEvilTeammate: For the Buddhists apart from Nue.

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* EverythingsBetterWithEggplants: Her umbrella has an eggplant motif.

* BladeOnAStick: She carries a spear, just like the Buddhist god of treasure and [[WarGod warfare]] Bishamonten, on whom her character is based. She can't actually fight with it, though, since it's just a decorative item that's a part of her purposeful imitation of a statue of Bishamonten. She uses it like a walking stick instead.

* {{Badass}}: She's one of the most ''physical'' characters in ''Hopeless Masquerade'', not unlike Meiling in ''Hisoutensoku''.

* DeathFromAbove [=/=] [[MegatonPunch Megaton Hand Chop]]: Her spell ''Heaven Card "Five Elements Mountain of Shakyamuni"'' has her charge up and '''let a huge hand strike the enemy from above!'''

* TheHeretic: As a result of BecomingTheMask and BeingGoodSucks, her Buddhism is decidedly non-standard.

** DuelingMessiahs: With Toyosatomimi no Miko; Byakuren is the more idealistic one.

** ChargedAttack: How this is represented in ''Hopeless Masquerade''. Her special attacks are extremely powerful, but entering the command only builds up a charge; it must be entered a second time before the attack is released. Some attacks also grant minor bonuses while held.

* VainSorceress: The first thing she did with her magic was de-age herself from an old woman to her current twenty-something appearance. Akyuu specifically notes that magician-immortality doesn't come with any de-aging, so that's all just Byakuren's vanity. (It's possibly she has grown out of this however.)

* NiceHat: Wears a cap with an anchor on it. It's undeniably a very nice hat. Those who've tried to deny it have ended up with anchors adorning ''their'' heads.

* ShoutOut: One of her spell cards in ''Double Spoiler'' makes danmaku in the shapes of [[PlayStation green triangles, red circles, pink squares, and blue X-s]].

* FlowerInHerHair: Wears what appears to be a lotus flower in top of her head.

* BoobsOfSteel: As with many sixth stage bosses, she's pretty strong. In her first playable appearance in 13.5, she doesn't ''just'' have the biggest bust in the game, it ''[[{{Gainaxing}} jiggles]]''.

* WitchSpecies: Like Alice, this is what Byakuren became.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhlXhaS3OkU "Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind"]]. Later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zL4e_WpZM]] remixed in ''Hopeless Masquerade''.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Her ''Hopeless Masquerade'' sprite is well-endowed. And jiggles in the wind.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhlXhaS3OkU "Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind"]]. Later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zL4e_WpZM remixed in Hopeless Masquerade]].