Characters / Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA-

Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA- boasts a Cast Full of Pretty Boys with numerous characters. For this reason, this character sheet has been split into subpages categorized by which faction the characters fall into. This page covers factions with too few characters to warrant their own subpages, the dōmori and devils/non-playable characters.

Rarity will be listed by the color of the border of each character's icon.

As the vast majority of characters are exclusive to the game, anime-only fans should beware spoilers.

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• Thirteen Buddhas (十三仏)
• Four Heavenly Kings (四天王)
• Eight Offering Bodhisattvas (八供養菩薩)
• Twelve Heavenly Generals (十二神将)
• Twelve Devas (十二天)
• Twenty-Eight Legions (二十八部衆)
• Five Great Vidyārājas (五大明王)

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Two Great Dharmapālas (二大護法善神)

35 – Taishakuten | Śakra/Indra (帝釈天)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Void (空)
Illustrated by: Hachipi Swan

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• Calling Your Attacks: For spell Butei Tenrai.
• Cool Big Bro: He is highly idolized and admired by Nittenshi.
• Glamour: The masking magic used in the anime is an inverse glamour, but his first time using it turns him into a famous person and draws a crowd of fans around him, arguably playing this trope straight.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Bonten.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He is stubborn and has a tendency to disregard prior mapped-out courses of action to run off and act on his own.
• Like an Old Married Couple: His interactions with Bonten in a nutshell.
• Meditating Under a Waterfall: The default artwork for his 4-star spell card, the one that triggers his Calling Your Attacks.
• Navel Window: He wears a white shirt that has a small opening enough to show his navel and a small surrounding area.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Despite the color scheme, he is Red to Bonten's Blue.
• Series Mascot: He is the face of the game, being the character featured on the PC browser version's icon.
• Shock and Awe: He fights with a blade made of blue lightning and can summon lightning out of thin air.
• Starter Mon: He is given for free during the prologue/tutorial before the player chooses a starter.
• Undying Loyalty: He serves Shaka and is loyal to him.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Bonten; they are fellow guardians of Buddhism, but their different views and temperaments cause them to clash often.
• Vocal Dissonance: His regular anti-glamour form in the anime is a little boy, but his voice in said form is still the usual baritone.
• World's Strongest Man: He was deemed "the most powerful king of gods" and has the strongest power among the Deva realm.

36 – Bonten | Brahmā (梵天)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Water (水)
Illustrated by: Hito Nakano

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• Calling Your Attacks: For spell Banbutsu Sōten.
• Combat Stilettos: He fights in a pair of gold-clad heels.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Taishakuten.
• Like an Old Married Couple: How he and Taishakuten behave towards each other, and gets played up in the anime.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Despite the color scheme, he is Blue to Taishakuten's Red.
• Temporary Online Content: The only limited summon who is not a gold (5 stars).
• Undying Loyalty: To Shaka; he takes his commands very seriously and is willing to lay down his life for him.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Taishakuten serve Shaka together, but they bicker very often.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: In the anime where his human disguise is an unassuming schoolgirl.

Five Dhyani Buddhas (五智如来)

2 – Fukūjōju Nyorai | Amoghasiddhi (不空成就如来)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe
Type: Tathāgata (如来)
Element: Wind (風)
Illustrated by: Rokuji

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• By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Semui Jōshosachi; the activating command is learn the right thing (wakimaero).
• Childhood Friend: With Hōshō.
• Overly Long Name: His name is 6 characters and a drag to pronounce. This is possibly the reason why he's just Fukū to his friend and others.

4 – Hōshō Nyorai | Ratnasambhava (宝生如来)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura
Type: Tathāgata (如来)
Element: Earth (土)
Illustrated by: Masami

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• Bling of War: True to his name, his clothing is decked out in gold and jeweled ornaments, and he fights with a string of beads.
• By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Yogan Byōdōshōchi; the activating command is tidy up (totonoeyo).
• Childhood Friends: With Fukū, though he says they aren't that close.
• Curtains Match the Window: His hair and eyes are the same shade of gold.
• Formal Characters Use Keigo: As befitting of his charming and courteous Princely Young Man persona, his speech is very polite.

• Heterosexual Life-Partners: He and Fukū are close friends and often do things together.
• Princely Young Man: True to his name, he is designed to look very striking and princely with richly patterned clothes and jewelry, and behaves accordingly.
• Temporary Online Content: He is a limited Buddha and only available for summon during events.

Yakushi Trinity (薬師三尊)

15 – Nikkō Bosatsu | Sūryaprabha (日光菩薩)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa
Type: Bodhisattva (菩薩)
Element: Fire (火)
Illustrated by: Hiiro

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• Affectionate Nickname: Nitchan by Gakkō.
• Animal Motifs: Crow, as represented on his staff. The crow, specifically the Yatagarasu, is considered to represent the sun in Shinto belief.
• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: He has a knack for comedy, especially manzai, often pesters his brother into forming a comedic duo with him and refers to others and himself as boke and tsukkomi.
• Calling Your Attacks: For spell Nisshō Anmetsu.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A blond guy with a larger-than-life and cheerful personality.

• The Power of the Sun: Some of his spells are named after the sun.

• Right-Hand Hottie: He's a servant of Yakushi and is undeniably good-looking.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: He and Gakkō are literally sun and moon; they are mirror images in almost everything, from color scheme, element to personality.
• Temporary Online Content: He is a limited Buddha only available for summon during events.

16 – Gakkō Bosatsu | Candraprabha (月光菩薩)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Wataru Komada
Type: Bodhisattva (菩薩)
Element: Water (水)
Illustrated by: Hiiro

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• Affectionate Nickname: Gatchan by Nikkō.
• Calling Your Attacks: For spell Gesshō Bonmetsu.
• Formal Characters Use Keigo: He is very polite, meant to accentuate his subtly mysterious image and to contrast him with loud and energetic Nikkō.
• Fun with Homophones: The fact his name sounds a bit too close to the word that means "school" does not go unnoticed with Amida, who points this out if he's his fellow attendant.
• Lunacy: Since he represents the moonlight, some of his spells are named after the moon.
• Mysterious Stranger: He is shrouded in an aura of mystery and it's very hard to discern his intentions, even to the guy himself.

• Right-Hand Hottie: A very attractive servant to Yakushi.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Since he and Nikkō are literally moon and sun, this is very much expected.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He really likes oden, which Nikkō takes notice of and tries to exploit.
• Temporary Online Content: He is a limited Buddha only available for summon during events.

No faction

46 – Kangiten | Vināyaka (歓喜天)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Wataru Komada
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Void (空)
Illustrated by: domco.

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• Like a God to Me: He holds Kannon in high regards, since he was the one converting Kangiten to Buddhism and helping him discover the wonders of the world.
• Otaku: He's staunchly interested in manga and anime, refers to Kannon's multiple forms as cosplay, owns a related collection, and is unabashed about it.
• Princely Young Man: The garb he's dressed in is undeniably excellent and he has the Bishōnen aesthetics to match. Subverted since his personality doesn't quite fit.
• Proud to Be a Geek: He expresses no shame about his hobby in manga and anime.
  Kangiten: Don't you think the world will be a lot more peaceful if everyone just becomes an otaku?

• Trademark Favorite Food: He likes daikon radish.

64 – King Ashura | Asura (阿修羅王)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Type: Deva (天)
Element:
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• Anti-Hero: One of the good guys, but is against the temple and has sabotaged them once.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Taishakuten.

Sixth Heaven/Devils/Non-playable characters (悪魔)

Māra (マーラ)

Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka
Illustrated by: Maruko

The demon king from Buddhist mythology who tried and failed to disrupt Shaka's self-actualization and is now back with a vengeance agenda.

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• Big Bad: The number 1 direct enemy of the temple, the leader of Sixth Heaven from whom the ultimate scheme of dragging humanity into endless suffering originates.

Pazuzu (パズズ)

Voiced by: Yū Kawada
Illustrated by: Hito Nakano

Satan (サタン)

Voiced by: Toshinari Fukamachi
Illustrated by: Hachipi Swan

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• Satan: Well, duh.

Iblis (イブリース)

Voiced by: Kōdai Sakai
Illustrated by: EDA

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• Villain in a White Suit: Is one of the bad guys and dresses in mostly white.

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Dōmori

• Adapted Out: They do not appear in the anime and aren't even mentioned, as the temple seems to be entirely run by Shaka Nyorai instead.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: The game requires a name input by the player, but the character themself is never referred to by it.
• Non-Entity General: Unvoiced, unnamed, never seen in person and never heard speaking aside from a painfully brief moment in the prologue.
• Player Character