A list of characters from Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East
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Bead Holders
- Back from the Dead or Not Quite Dead: All of the bead holders have crossed, or have been very close to death's door at some point in their lives.
Shino Inuzuka
Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Both his hair and eye color are brown in the manga.
- Badass Long Coat: His usual outfit.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Half of the time, he acts like this. He proves to have sharp mind at certain situations, however.
- Big Brother Instinct: Has this for Hamaji. It's the reason why he and Sousuke came to the capital in the first place anyway. He also has this for Kaho.
- Big Eater: He packs food away like nobody's business... except Liver. He hates that.
- The Determinator: If he determines to do something, he won't stop.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: He was raised as a girl due to his home village's belief that it can cure his illness. Also, his adult form.
- Heroic Resolve: Still managed to crawl up to Tamazusa-hime and demand Sousuke's Duty Gem back... while bleeding profusely.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: His fear of the living dead, and dirty, filthy things (like bugs and rats) has a few people call him a "delicate girl" at heart.
- Make a Wish: It's noted that if he wishes for something strongly enough it will happen. His wish for Sousuke and Kohaku to live longer ultimately extended their lives.
- The Napoleon: He's shorter than most of the people he works with.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Came dangerously close to this after his row with Sousuke. Thankfully, Sousuke survived thanks to Shino's wish.
- The Nose Knows: He could smell that Kohaku only had a little more time life to live.
- Older Than They Look: Is suppose to be 18 but is cursed by Murasama to remain the same age as when he became his host.
- Ping Pong Naïveté: Though he's really [18 at times he truly acts like the age he appears to be. Even lampshaded at times by others. And at others he comes across as much wiser than his years and more in tune to what is going on.
- Power at a Price: Shino can use Murasame, something no one else can, but the price is that it stunted his growth and will eventually led him to a horrible death, at least according to Satomi.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: When he goes after Satomi for his blood, he has bright red eyes.
- Scenery Censor: When he takes bath with Shinobu in episode 22, at one point he stands completely naked...except that Murasame conveniently covers his private part. And it is hilarious.
- Spanner in the Works: Tamazusa-hime would have successfully assimilated Fuse-hime...if it weren't for Shino's strong wish for Sousuke to live on, which Fuse-hime's spirit granted.
- Taking the Bullet: For Shinobu
- Trademark Favorite Food: Meat!
- Wholesome Crossdresser: As a child, and at one point when Daikaku tries to make a model based on him.
- Your Days Are Numbered: When he was ill as a child. It is also stated that if he were to remove Murasame from his body and become a normal boy, he would die in a few days due to the illness still intact in his body.
- Vampire Bites Suck: Happens if Murasame forces him to get more blood.
Sousuke Inukawa
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese), Leraldo Anzaldua (English)
- Anger Born of Worry: The only time Sousuke gets mad is when Shino makes light of nearly dying in Episode 11.
- Big Brother Instinct: Definitely has this for Shino. Also to Hamaji and Kaho to a lesser extent.
- Big Brother Mentor: To Shino.
- The Caretaker: He looks after the others.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: Prone to this in early episodes.
- Chick Magnet: Implied.
- The Comically Serious: When he is not being Deadpan Snarker, he is this.
- Damaged Soul: He's missing half his soul, which became Ao. Their pet dog ended up shoring up the necessary bits for him to keep living with the duty gem.
- Deadpan Snarker and The Gadfly: Plenty of his lines has him play as Shino's long-suffering caretaker just to tick Shino off.
- Friend to All Living Things: Well, to all dogs, anyway. Yatsufusa is no exception. Children also seem to take liking to him.
- Heroes Love Dogs: Sousuke tends to treat all dogs he comes across well. In turn, they are literally attracted to him to the extent that some people wonder if he's a dog-whisperer in Episode 2. Hamaji mentions that animals in general love him.
- Heroic Dog: He can turn into one.
- Literal Split Personality: Ao is his other half.
- Living Emotional Crutch: Can be seen as one for Shino, which also drove the events in the last three episodes.
- Major Injury Underreaction: Shakes off even severe injuries like they are nothing. He literally can't feel pain, which can and does become a problem if he suffers a life-threatening injury without realizing it.
- Moment of Weakness: During the New Moon on the 29th of the month, he becomes so sleepy that he can barely function at all.
- Parental Abandonment: Sousuke's parents disappeared before he lived with Shino.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: His dog form may count.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia or Laser-Guided Amnesia: It is not clear which applies, but Sousuke doesn't remember a thing from his past. At one point he remembers a brief part of it, Ao is around.
- Undying Loyalty to Shino, which Shino often mentally calls him out for.
- Voluntary Shapeshifter: He can go back and forth between his human and dog form.
- Younger Than They Look: In episode 19, it's revealed that Sousuke is a minor, much to Genpachi and Kobungo's surprise.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Apparently, now that the Duty Gem has chosen Ao over him.
Genpachi Inukai
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese), Andrew Love (English)
- Bungled Suicide: After his fiancee's death, he repeatedly attempted to commit suicide only to be stopped by Kobungo and his own immortality. No matter how many times he tried, he simply couldn't make it stick.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His attachment to Shino and Cloudcuckoolander tendencies aside, he seems to be a competent officer.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Early on, he is on the receiving end of this by Seiran.
- Cloudcuckoolander: A bit of one.
- Driven to Suicide: Genpachi tried to killed himself numerous times after the death of his fiancee, but his Healing Factor is so strong that he survived having his throat slit and shooting himself in the head.
- Fair Cop: He's a military officer.
- Healing Factor: He and his brother-in-law gained this after being on the brink of death and revived by their beads.
- If It's You, It's Okay: Seems to have this attitude towards Shino.
- The Lost Lenore: His fiancee, who is also Kobungo's sister. He seems to be over it VERY quickly, though. Or rather, he already exhausted himself mourning for her and decided it's about time to live.
- Love at First Sight: To Shino. Not quite first sight, but applies nonetheless considering the circumstances.
- Resurrective Immortality: He'll come back if killed.
- Shock and Awe: In demon form.
Kobungo Inuta
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese), Mark X. Laskowski (English)
- Blow You Away: In his demon form.
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Often ends as this for Genpachi.
- Crash-Into Hello: His first two encounters with Shino have him landing above Shino's body, knocking the poor kid unconscious.
- Healing Factor: He and his brother-in-law gained this after being on the brink of death and revived by their beads.
- Only Sane Man: At times.
- Real Men Cook/Supreme Chef: Since he's been running the inn with his family, he learned to cook.
- Resurrective Immortality: Same as his brother-in-law. They're virtually unkillable.
Keno Inusaka
Voiced by: Junichi Miyake (Japanese), Illich Guardiola (season 1), Ian Sinclair (season 2) (English)
- Ancestral Weapon: His family's blade has been passed down for generations, with him currently using it.
- Best Served Cold/It's Personal: His unfinished business with Sousuke's shadow, Ao.
- Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Not with a spoon but he did lose his heart with a sword... poor guy. At least Kokonoe gave him her heart.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: To the point Kobungo and Dousetsu are fooled.
- In-Series Nickname: Kokonoe refers to him as "Asakeno". Once they get to know each other, so does Genpachi at times.
- Like Brother and Sister: Sees Kokonoe as both a mother and sister since she saved him.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Probably the prettiest character in the whole series.
- Master Swordsman: He's considered one of the most skilled swordsman. He explained he needed to be able to use his Ancestral Weapon and built the skill up to match.
- The Nose Knows: He could smell Sousuke and Shino weren't entirely human when they first met.
- The Team Normal: Or as close as one of the eight dogs could be to normal. Unlike the others Keno's familiar/companion doesn't grant him any mystical abilities that he uses in combat, or outside of combat for that matter. Kokonoe just gave him her heart.
- Badass Normal: But he can still fight toe to toe with Ao.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Well, unsettling for Kobungo, anyway. To be fair, he never even attempts to hide his gender.
- Younger Than They Look: In episode 19, it's revealed that Keno is a minor like Sousuke except that Genpachi, Kobungo, Shino, and Sousuke were all surprised at the reveal.
Dousetsu Inuyama
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Houston Hayes (English)
- Cowardly Lion: He doesn't react as well as other characters to the oddities going around him early on. Played for Laughs.
- Determinator: Will find his sister no matter what. Also the reason why Yukihime chose to help him.
- An Ice Person: Thanks to Yukihime.
- Long-Lost Relative: His sister Mutsuki, better known as Hamaji.
- Love Martyr: Puts up with quite a lot from Yukihime.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Let's just say he had the worst possible timing for showing up to help fight Tamazusa-hime, considering his Gem was the last one needed to resurrect Fuse-hime...
- Snow Means Death: It was snowing when he was on the verge of death.
Daikaku Inumura
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Mike Yager (English)
- Abusive Parents: His real father.
- Big Brother Instinct: The first thing that came to his mind when he was near death was to get his sister's medicine.
- Disappeared Dad: His adoptive father has been missing for six months. Turns out he's already dead, but Daikaku didn't remember it due to his Trauma-Induced Amnesia.
- Happily Adopted: By his father, a Doll-Maker.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Has a pet cat. Ends up saving him by giving him his bead.
- The Stoic: Compared to other characters, he doesn't have broad range of expressions.
- Third Eye: Hidden under his headband that can kill spirits.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Apparently suffers one after his near-death experience, which makes him forget that both of his fathers have died. It is unclear whether his sister also suffers it, however.
Shinobu Inue
Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
- Blow You Away: Gains command over wind after coming into his power.
- Class Representative: Of the elementary school he attends.
- Half-Human Hybrid: According to his grandmother, Shinobu's father was/is a Tengu. Incidentally inhuman Dad treated him much better than his human mom ever did.
- Heavy Sleeper: He is noted to have this trait after his disappearance, and after Akihiko's "death", he sleeps for an entire week.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Apparently has his memories during his time with Kagetsu sealed.
- Older Than He Looks: Is technically twenty-two, but was missing for ten years during which he didn't age. Unlike Shino, he has resumed normal aging.
- Power Gives You Wings: Coming into his Tengu powers gives him these.
- Raised by Grandparents: His grandmother took care of him after his mother died falling off a cliff.
- Taking the Bullet: When Ao is about to kill Hazuki in episode 22, Shinobu attempts to stop him.
Houses of the Sacred Beasts
Rio Satomi
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese), David Matranga (English)
- Aloof Big Brother: Has become this to Shino, in a way. And it's later confirmed that they actually are brothers!
- Authority Equals Asskicking: A high-ranking official with the Church with an equally powerful familiar.
- Badass Preacher: He's a part of the Church.
- Deadpan Snarker: Towards Shino on more than one occasion.
- It's not very obvious, but when he does reveal his humor, it's pretty funny.
- Yatsufusa also seems to share his sense of humor.
- Famous Ancestor: He is the descendant of Fuse-hime.
- Long-Lost Relative: A conversation with Kaname reveals that he's this to Shino.
- Another conversation reveals that they're brothers.
- Pretty Boy: Lampshaded repeatedly. It's practically the reason why he's the Church's golden boy. His own familiar follows him for this reason.
- The Stoic: He appears expressionless most of the time, even during moments where everyone else is having a major freakout.
Kaname Osaki
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese), Blake Shepard (English)
- Berserk Button: Do NOT mess with Hamaji.
- Beware the Silly Ones: One of the silliest guys you'll see in the series, and once he is pissed, you'll suddenly remember that he is part of the Four Houses for a reason.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to with Seiran's Cain. His mother was a concubine to Seiran's father.
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Lady Killer In Love: Despite his reputation as a player, he's apparently met his match with Hamaji.
- Knight in Shining Armor: And played not in entirely positive light. He does nothing despite knowing Seiran's Cold-Blooded Torture to Genpachi, and it isn't until one of his insects gives Hamaji a papercut that Kaname finally takes action.
- Plucky Comic Relief: When he is not pissed, he always ends as this thanks to Hamaji's attitude.
- Ship Tease: With Hamaji, who does seem to like him back.
- This Is Unforgivable!: His reaction to one of Seiran's insects cutting Hamaji's cheek in a nutshell. He mentions that he never once hated the man until that moment, only pitied him.
Ayane Mizuki
Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)
- Lonely Rich Kid: She's essentially the owner of the manor the Sacred Beast Holders live in, but is lonely until Shino and Hamaji showed up.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: It's mentioned that the children of her clan are sensitive to the energy of others.
- Nice Girl: She stops her guardian from harming the others when they were bringing them flowers and even goes to apologize to them for it.
- Not What It Looks Like: At one points she walks into Sousuke sleeping on Shino's lap...to which she blushes and runs away until he calls her back.
- Protectorate: To Chikage, both due to similar appearances and being the last of her Mizuki clan.
Nachi Hinozuka
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), David Wald (English)
- Cool Old Guy
- I See Dead People: A vague example. His brother Yuuri was originally Kaede's master but he couldn't see him. Kaede chose Nachi as his second master because he could see him.
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover: His familiar is a cat named Kaede.
- Settle for Sibling: He is the second master to Kaede after Yuuri rejected him.
Spirits and Familiars
Murasame
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
- Animal Motif: A crow.
- Anti-Magic: According to Saitomi, Murasame can tear through all magic.
- Big Eater: Eats as much as Shino.
- Body Horror: It is part of Shino's arm now, and when we see Murasame emerging from his arm, it is disturbing.
- Cool Sword:It is one.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Especially demonic ones.
- Weapon of X-Slaying: According to Satiomi, Murasame is a sword that can kill spirits of all kind. Even Gods.
- The Dreaded: Chikage mentions that she dreads Murasame because even she, a goddess, can be slain by it.
- Moment of Weakness: The New Moon on the 29th of the month leaves Murasame quiet and inactive compared to normal.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Literally, and twice! The first time around it crashed on Shinonome's barrier, causing heavy downpour on the mountains before said guardian went berserk. The second time, it crashed on another barrier surrounding the Church, causing Lilith to come out and out for Shino's blood. In episode 22, Shino actually considers weaponising this to break the barrier in the tengu territory.
- One-Winged Angel: Any time Shino is mortally wounded, Murasame is able to take over completely, becoming a colossal, nigh-unstoppable canine demon hell-bent on devouring enough blood to undo the damage Shino sustained, most often by eating someone whole outright. Only The Power of Friendship, courtesy of Sousuke, has been shown to be able to make him snap out of it.
- Power at a Price: Its previous wielders have been said not to meet pleasant end with their lives.
- Talking Animal: It often speaks to Shino.
- Third-Person Person: Refers to itself in the third person.
- Weather Manipulation: Can call down rain.
Megu
- Head Pet: Likes to perch itself on Shino's head, but usually Murasame is there first.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: It's basically a giant fuzz-ball with an eye on the front and mouth on the back.
- Sleep-Mode Size: It's small enough to fit in a pocket, but give it water and it swells in size to the point that you can ride on it.
Yatsufusa
- Canis Major: It's a huge, white Inugami.
The Foxes
- Beware the Silly Ones: They're funny, but Kaname points out that when anyone tries to get rid of him they turn vengeful and heads roll as a result.
- Butt-Monkey: Hamaji is quite a slave-driver to them.
- Killer Rabbit: Despite their cutesy appearance, once Kaname is pissed and wants them to kill, they will kill.
- Plucky Comic Relief: They're mostly there for a laugh, like when Hamaji bosses them around.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: In their tiny form.
- Shipper on Deck: Briefly muse with each other the episode that Hamaji moves to the school dorms that she is perfectly suitable as a future bride of Kaname.
Chikage \ Hibiki
Voiced by: Miho Arakawa (Japanese), Allison Sumrall (English)
- Animal Motif: Snakes.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: At the beginning of her introductory episode, she was willing to kill/maim Shino and Sousuke for trespassing in her domain. By the end, she thanks Shino for mediating between her and the Osaki to give Ayane a little more freedom, tells him her true name, and places her trust in him.
- Guardian Entity: To the Mizuki Clan and Ayane. It's noted that her clan originally owned the house the rest of the group uses and she would devour anyone who set foot on the property before they made a deal that left it forbidden for anyone other than Ayane to enter one side of the house.
- Heroic BSoD: Played for Laughs. When she comes dangerously close to killing Shino and Sousuke just because they happen to step on her territory, going so far as to demand Sousuke's arm in penitence until Ayane appears and calls her "mean" while running away, causing her to briefly suffer this.
- Mystical White Hair: Has long white hair that flows down her back.
- Orochi: Shino refers to her as one, citing that her true body is so huge that the earth would tremble if she moves because she is a goddess. This, unfortunately, anchors her to the property so that she can't leave it when Ayane wants to go somewhere.
- Poisonous Person: Come with the Snake Goddess territory.
Kokonoe \ Yasha-hime
Voiced by: Naomi Shindo (Japanese), Carli Mosier (English)
Also known as Yasha-hime.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She remains calm, composed, and quiet most of the time.
- Cool Big Sis: Is this to Keno, and to Shino to an extent.
- The Hyena: At least, in one of the next-episode previews.
Yukihime
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English)
- An Ice Person: She's a snow spirit who wears a white kimono.
- Berserk Button: Don't hurt Dousetsu or you'll lose an arm.
- Clingy Jealous Girl/Violently Protective Girlfriend: Certainly acts like one. While she means well for wanting to protect Dousetsu, she can go overboard with those blizzards of hers. Played for Laughs.
- Curtains Match the Window: Blue eyes AND blue hair.
- Cute Mute: Lost her voice in order to uphold her contract with Dousetsu and save his life. Shino mentions she had a beautiful singing voice until then.
- Expy: She bears a very strong resemblance to another snow spirit character who also just happens to be named Yukihime from Dororon Enma-kun. They both even share the same japanese voice actress.
- Harmless Freezing: She can do this to others. A monk that she froze remained that way for at least half-a-day without any problem.
- Only Friend: She cites that Shino was her only friend before she saved Dousetsu.
- Shipper on Deck/Yaoi Fangirl: When Dousetsu is taken aback at Keno's beauty, she approves. This, or she is just trolling her master because she probably knows it won't end well.
Kaede
Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), David Wald (English)
- Blessed with Suck: He originally chose Nachi's brother, Yuuri, to be his master but the latter could not see him. When he went to the mansion of the Sacred Beasts that had a special barrier that allowed the unseeable spirits to be seen, Yuuri was distraught with what he saw and retreated into seclusion. Thus he had to retreat his choice and chose Nachi who is able to see him.
- Butt-Monkey: Mixed with the Chew Toy in episodes he appears in. Mainly in episode 19.
- Mega Neko: Can transform into one.
- The Worf Effect: When the shadow eaters ate his shadow. They spit them out later in episode 19.
- When She Smiles: He chose Yuuri at first because he liked seeing Yuuri's smiles.
Kagetsu
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Eric Daugherty (English)
- Friend to All Children: Tengu are known to be fond of children. Kagetsu is no exception as he raised Shinobu.
- Papa Wolf: He gives Shinobu half of his life and died to protect him.
- Promotion to Parent: Found a dying Shinobu as a child and raised him as his own.
Hazuki
Voiced by: Masakazu Morita (Japanese), Ty Mahany (English)
- Came Back Wrong: Tamazusa-hime reanimated his corpse, as a rather brutal Kick the Dog to Shinobu. And to Ao, for that matter, considering he grievously wounded Shino in a fight.
- Papa Wolf: Really, really pissed off with Ao after he hurt Shinobu by accident. He flat out states it's a parent's job to protect their kid.
- Promotion to Parent: After Kagetsu died, he is now responsible for Shinobu.
Villains
Ao
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Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese), Leraldo Anzaldua (English)
- The Assimilator: Absorbs his victims' body parts as his since apparently he is "incomplete". Keno and Kohaku are just a few of his victims.
- The Dragon: Apparently one to the current vessel of Tamazusa-hime.
- Eyepatch of Power: He loses it later on after replacing his left eye with Kohaku's.
- Eye Scream: Had his left eye slashed through by Keno after he stole Keno's heart. This left him with a scar which he hides with an eyepatch.
- Literal Split Personality: Of Sousuke.
- Split-Personality Takeover: In a sense. The Duty Gem appears to have picked him over Sousuke, which is killing the 'good' Sousuke, effectively making him the 'real' one despite being a Shadow.
- Living Shadow: Referred to as such. There are hints that he is the real Sousuke, however.
- Love Makes You Evil: Platonic or otherwise, his entire actions are driven because he wants to be with Shino.
- Master Swordsman: Good enough with a blade to carve out Keno's heart, who is already a skilled swordsman.
- Pet the Dog: He's actually genuinely nice to Kaho the one time he meets her. Also, evil though he is, Shino is someone he holds precious.
- Technicolor Eyes: He actually did this on purpose, taking Kohaku's left eye because Shino thought they were pretty. He meant to collect her other eye as well, but Shino mercy killed her first.
- Villainous Breakdown: He was more than happy to help Tamazusa... until she mortally wounded Shino and decided Shino's going to be the host for her dead child.
Fuse-hime
- Greater-Scope Villain: Or at least, would have been one if it weren't for the wrench that Shino unintentionally threw to Tamazusa-hime's plan.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: By default, it should have been the latter due to the fact that she was the one who sealed Tamazusa-hime away. She came dangerously close becoming the former when Tamazusa-hime attempted to use her soul, though.
Tamazusa-hime
Voiced by: Masako Tatsuki (Japanese), Genevieve Simmons (English)
- Demonic Possession: On two fronts. She wants Fuse-hime to take her as her vessel... and she wants Shino to be the new vessel of her deceased son.
- Kick the Dog: Ao's seriously considers going The Starscream after Episode 12 of Season 2.
- Knight of Cerebus: Single-handedly made the series Darker and Edgier, after Episode 12 of Season 2.
- Necromancer: Created an entire horde of zombies to fight the Dog Warriors... including Hazuki, much to Shinobu's detriment.
- Nun Too Holy/Nuns Are Spooky: She was dressed like a stereotypical nun, while laying low with Ao.
- Playing with Fire
- Technicolor Fire: Playing with blue fire. That can raise the dead.
- Sadistic Choice: Had to choose which of her children would die.
Others
Hamaji (Mutsuki Inuyama)
Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Her 'dates' with Kaname are this in spades.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: A black and white dress, complete with the symbol of the Church near the bottom.
- Fiery Redhead: Her attitude when she gets annoyed.
- Happily Adopted: She was happy to just be loved by her adoptive brothers.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Somewhat. She is quite a slave-driver even to Shino, but she genuinely cares for him and is shown to make quick friends with Ayane and Yana. The reason she wants to go to school is so she can become a doctor and find a cure for her adoptive brother.
- Lethal Chef: An absolutely horrible cook, who can give even Shino indigestion.
- Little Miss Snarker: She can snark with the best of them without breaking a sweat.
- Parasol of Prettiness: Kaname got her one of these, and she tends to use it while on dates in public.
- Plucky Girl: Often cheerful despite the circumstances.
- Ship Tease: With Kaname.
- Tsundere: Around Kaname, at least.
Seiran
Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama (Japanese), Connor Leach (English)
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses his arm after his Kick the Dog moment.
- Bald of Evil: His head is shaved as a monk.
- Berserk Button: Being compared to his brother.
- Burn the Witch!: Has this attitude towards demons and spirits.
- Cain and Abel:The Cain to Kaname's Abel.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Gives a series of this to Genpachi.
- Fantastic Racism: Seiran finds the notion of spirits, demons, and half-demons mingling among humans to be contemptible.
- Karmic Death: At the hands of Kaname.
- Kick the Dog: Tells Genpachi that his fiancee had been Driven to Suicide because she was pregnant with another man's child and felt guilty, all just to piss him off.
- Sinister Minister: A corrupt priest.
- Slasher Smile: Has one when torturing Genpachi.
- The Swarm: Commands one of these.
- Too Dumb to Live: He intentionally aggravates his illegitimate half brother Kaname, Genpachi, and virtually everyone else while believing that his small force of monks would be able to face them along with his horde. The moment they start fighting back, he pays for it with his life.
Kohaku
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)
- Damaged Soul: Her soul is damaged in exchange for living for another week, due to her deal with Ao.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: And the hair and eyes to match.
- Horror Hunger: After having her soul severed, she's wracked with thirst of this nature. She ends up eating her best friend without even realizing it until it was too late.
- Incurable Cough of Death: A sign of her illness.
- Made a Slave: She was sold into the brothel at 8, but didn't start working until she was old enough.
- Meaningful Name: Means "amber", befitting her eye color.
- Mercy Kill: Shino has to do this to her to prevent her from losing her humanity even further.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: Subverted, as far as the 'supernatural' part is concerned. At first, anyway.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: Often induces this reaction from others, and the reason why Ao took one of them.
- Your Days Are Numbered: She knew ahead of time that her illness was terminal.
Hinaginu Inumura
Voiced by: Megumi Nakajima (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English)
- Disappeared Dad: See Daikaku's entry.
- Locked into Strangeness: Possibly what happened to her, as the flashback showed her with black hair instead of white.
Kaho
- Children Are Innocent: So innocent.
- Disability Superpower/Hyper-Awareness: Despite (or possibly due to) her blindness, the rest of Kaho's senses are much sharper, making her act most of the time as if she isn't blind.
- She notices that both Sousuke and Ao have big, kind hands, but while the former's touch is cold, the latter's touch is warm.
- Morality Pet: Downplayed. Kaho is one of a few people Shino never gets angry at, and he also seems to be regularly concerned for her well-being.
- Even Ao is nice to her, and their interaction shows him giving her a genuine, kind smile.
- Downplayed in a strange way with Asen, the demon who kidnaps her in Episode 20. He almost devours her despite seeing that she isn't the one he was searching for, but when he realizes that she's blind as she innocently asks if he's wounded since he reeks of blood, he stops, intrigued. They have a brief conversation where he touches on the meaning of her name before they are interrupted by Murasame and Shino.
- Shorter Means Smarter: Among the orphans, she is the smallest one, and her intelligence is noted several times.
Yanahime
- Age-Appropriate Angst: She's a fourteen year old girl who was from birth raised and treated as the living embodiment of one half of the local deity. She also was constantly made to grant others wishes without any heed to her own.
- Boyish Short Hair: After an Important Hair Cut, she has this symbolizing her freedom from her previous bonds.
- Cast from Lifespan: Granting wishes takes from her life-force and slowly kills her.
- Genki Girl: Her new found freedom from her status as a "living deity" has given her quite a bit of energy and cheer.
- Hikikomori: Since she was born, she has never left the shrine. Until she is freed from her "living deity" status.
- Hime Cut: As a Miko and Yamato Nadeshiko this hair style suits her.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Very much so; the main problem lies in that she refuses to voice or truly acknowledge said wish, which is why she and the village suffers so much. Once she does, she gets her wish.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Is very calm, cool, and composed. This is deconstructed as very much an artificial mode of acting. Her natural personality is more energetic and cheerful.
