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Kiyojūji Paranormal Investigation Squad
The Kiyojūji Paranormal Investigation Squad, also known as the Kiyo Cross Squad, is a group of students from Ukiyoe Middle School formed by Kiyotsugu to investigate youkai. Most of Rikuo's human friends are members of the squad, as well as the disguised Tsurara and the onmyouji Yura.
Kiyotsugu
Voiced by: Kissho Taniyama (JP), Sam Riegel (EN)
Founder and president of the Kiyojūji Paranormal Investigation Squad. When he was younger he used to discredit the existence of youkai, but after being rescued by Rikuo's night form, his goal is now the opposite.
- Agent Mulder: His current self, being a Yokai enthusiast and desiring to track down any evidence of Yokai.
- Agent Scully: When he was younger, not believing in Yokai, ironically until he was rescued by Rikuo's night form, causing him to shift goals.
- Butt-Monkey: Despite his enthusiasm, he's the only member of the squad who hasn't encountered a youkai firsthand. That is, until the Hyaku Monogatari start attacking Ukiyoe Town.
- Large Ham: Everything he says and does is done with bombastic energy and enthusiasm.
- Muggle Best Friend: Once he learns the truth about Rikou, he remains loyal to his friend and works on clearing his name.
- No Full Name Given: We never find out his last name.
- Student Council President: He wins the election after the students mistake a real youkai attack for Kiyotsugu's theatrical performance.
Kana Ienaga
Voiced by: Aya Hirano (JP), Mela Lee (credited as Kayla Yesratsian) (EN)
Rikuo's neighbor and childhood friend. She doesn't know that Rikuo is indeed the grandson of Nurarihyon. She doesn't like youkai because she finds them scary. Ironically, she often finds herself involved in supernatural incidents.
- Ascended Extra: In the manga, her relevance to the main story fades after the mini-arc about her birthday, while in the first anime season the director changed several things to make her more important to the plot.
- Bunnies for Cuteness: Kana has pink bunny decorations on her bag.
- Childhood Friends: With Rikuo.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She is really possessive of Rikuo, though the anime downplayed that trait of hers.
- Dangerous 16th Birthday: When she was a kid, she looked at a cursed mirror. The Purple Mirror youkai came after her, but she was saved by Night-Rikuo.
- Girl Next Door: Rikuo has known her since they were children and she's by far the most normal of the girls he interacts with.
- Muggle: She is one of the handful of a muggles in a story full of supernatural creatures and those that fight them.
- Muggle Best Friend: She accepts Rikuo's double nature as she watches him defending humans from harm.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the Girly Girl to Yura's Tomboy.
Natsumi Torii
Voiced by: Mana Hirata (JP), Erika Harlacher (EN)
One of Rikuo's classmembers and Saori's best friend. When her grandmother got sick she prayed for her health to Senba (the deity whom her grandmother has prayed to since childhood) and unluckily got cursed by Sodemogi... But she was rescued by Kurotabo and Senba.
- Action Survivor: Not particularly strong or skilful yet she manages to survive lots of horrible encounters with youkai.
- Animal Eyes: She is noted by several characters to have cat-like eyes.
- Designated Victim: Dramatic variant. She gets attacked by youkai more often than any other member of the Kiyo Cross Squad.
- Genre Savvy: All that time with Yura made her capable of surviving during the Hundred Tales Arc...at least before she got caught again.
- Nice Girl: She is a kind and nice girl. When she was accidentally gropped by Kuro, she understood it was an accident and defended him.
- Rescue Romance: She has been rescued by Kurotabou two times, and she certainly has a little crush towards him.
- Weirdness Magnet: She can't even pray for her sick grandmother without some weird youkai attacking her!
Saori Maki
Voiced by: Kana Asumi (JP), Wendee Lee (EN)
One of Rikuo's classmates and Natsumi's closest friend.
- Action Survivor: Thanks to the tropes below, she manages to survive a dangerous encounter with youkai.
- Big-Breast Pride: In an extra chapter where all the girls had sumo matches against each other, after she won she said that she was glad that she had big breasts.
- Genre Savvy: All that time with Yura made her capable of surviving and even taking out a few yōkai during the Hundred Tales Arc.
- Weirdness Magnet: Although not as often as Natsumi, she has her share of youkai encounters.
Jirou Shima
Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (JP), Brian Beacock (credited as Donn A. Nordean) (EN)
One of Rikuo's classmates. A talented soccer player with a huge crush on Tsurara.
- Butt-Monkey
- Demoted to Extra: Out of all of Rikuo's friends, he gets less and less screen time.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Well, he did manage to take out a youkai with a football (or soccer ball if you prefer).
- The Generic Guy
- Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Tsurara, but she only has eyes for Rikuo.
Keikain House
The premiere onmyouji house that protects the seal on Kyoto, they exorcise yōkai for a living. Their bloodline was cursed by Hagoromo Gitsune so that most of the males die an early death. For that reason, members from the branch families are frequently adopted into the main house. Yura Keikain
Voiced by: Ai Maeda (JP), Michelle Ruff (credited as Sophie Roberts) (EN)
A young but very talented onmyōji. She is sent by her family to Ukiyoe Town as part of her training to inherit the headship of the Keikain House. She attends school with Rikuo and the other members of the Kiyojūji Paranormal Investigation Squad.
- Accent Slip-Up: She speaks in Kansai accent when showing familiarity.
- Action Girl
- Arm Cannon: She can summon a koi fish shikigami that attaches itself to her arm and fires blasts like a cannon.
- Badass Adorable
- Big Brother Worship: She looks up to Akifusa as a great and admirable onmyōji.
- Boyish Short Hair: She has the shortest hair out of any girl in the series and is the only human girl around who is a competent fighter.
- Butt-Monkey: Her older brother constantly criticizes and makes fun of her while the Youkai she is supposed to exterminate love to tease her and poke fun at her small stature.
- Childhood Friends: With Mamiru.
- The Chosen One: She's currently the only onmyōji who can use Hagun, so she became the prime candidate for inheriting the headship of the Keikain House.
- Fusion Dance: While already using her Shikigami Rentei, Yura summons Rokuson and activates and fuses Hagun with the two other shikigami and herself.
- The Gift: She's a prodigy as an omniyoji.
- Little Miss Badass: One of the smallest characters in the cast, but she's an extremely strong and competent onmyouji.
- Minor Living Alone: She came to Tokyo to live alone for her onmyōji training.
- Necromancer: Her Hagun is a special technique which summons the ancestors of the Keikain House.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: When she uses her Three-way Fusion, her hair becomes as long as her body.
- Summon Magic: Her speciality is summoning shikigami and stands out for being able to control many powerful ones at the same time.
- Teen Genius: She can bring out more shikigami at once than anyone, and she's currently the only onmyōji who can use Hagun.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the Tomboy to Kana's Girly Girl.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Her favourite food is eggs over rice.
- Tsundere: Lampshaded by none other than
(Night) Rikuo himself.- Most noticeably, she's more tsun towards Night (Youkai) Rikou than Day (Human) Rikou.
Ryūji Keikain
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Kevin Delaney (EN)
Yura's older brother. He was once a potential candidate for the leadership of the Keikain household.
- Aloof Big Brother: He isn't exactly what one can call a caring brother to Yura.
- Big Brother Bully: He's quite a jerk to Yura in general and an omake is about him pulling a mean prank on her.
- Black-and-White Insanity: To him, onmyōji are "white" and youkai are "black". He doesn't accept "grey" existences.
- Calling Your Attacks: Subverted. He uses a different name for his shikigami and his attacks, in order to fool his opponent.
- Combat Pragmatist: His battle methods include poison, traps, psychological warfare and more.
- Guile Hero: He's a sly trickster who doesn't hesitate to use underhanded tactics during his fights.
- I Lied: Constantly, and it's part of his fighting style. Backfires on him in his fight with Rikuo, who figures out that his Finishing Move isn't what he claims it to be and counters due to this.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a major asshole with a case of Black-and-White Insanity, but he displays a bit of concern for Yura from time to time.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: In an omake, he gives Yura a cola and mint candies for her trip to Kyoko. Just as his letter seems to indicate he's being him being nice to his sister for once, he instructs Yura to throw the mint candies inside the cola bottle so it explodes in her face.
- Making a Splash: Several of his spells involve water. The most lethal one is creating flowers made of pure water more corrosive than acid.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's a handsome young man with black hair.
- Van Helsing Hate Crimes: One of his establishing moments has him attacking Aotabo in the middle of the street for no reason other than Aotabo being a youkai.
- Weak, but Skilled: He doesn't have the talent for spells of Yura and Akifusa, but he makes up for it with deceitful tactics and ruthless attacks.
Mamiru Keikain
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (JP), Steve Staley (credited as Steve Cannon) (EN)
He acts and travels with Ryūji, and they are able to attack in tandem. He was Yura's childhood friend, but now he seems like a completely different person. He sees yōkai as a force of evil, and has even greater talent than Yura.
- The Big Guy
- Child Prodigy
- Childhood Friends: With Yura.
- Declaration of Protection: Towards Yura.
- Creepy Monotone
- Raijū: The source of his electricity powers is a Raiju shikigami that he has stored inside his own body.
- Shock and Awe: He's capable of producing electrical techniques with his onmyoujutsu.
- The Stoic
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He's like a robot in that he doesn't show emotion.
Akifusa Keikain
Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo (JP), Kaiji Tang (EN)
He's a member of the Yaso branch of the Keikain House and the guardian of the first Kyoto seal at Nijō Castle. He's one of the most talented onmyōji, but secretly envies Yura for having an even greater talent than his.
- The Blacksmith: He's a master craftsman of spirit blades.
- Child Prodigy: He crafted his first spirit blade when he was only 3 years old.
- The Chosen Wannabe: He was once a potential candidate for the leadership of the Keikain household, but Yura was designated in his place because she was the one who could summon Hagun. This made jealousy grow inside him and gave birth to his dark desire that he can be better than Yura.
- Demonic Possession: The Yaso branch's secret art. He fuses with his weapon to increase his attack power, although this technique exerts an excessive amount of strain on his mind and body. Then he's possessed by Minagoroshi Jizou.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Although he appeared concerned only about his duty as an onmyōji, he secretely harbored feelings of jealousy against Yura and Ryuuji.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He's a quite beautiful young man with long white hair.
- More than Mind Control: Minagoroshi Jizou managed to possess him by exploiting the darkness in his heart.
- Nice Guy: He may have some issues, but underneath all that he is a good person.
- Red Right Hand: When he uses his Lance of Demonic Possession.
Hidemoto Keikain
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN)
13th Head of the Keikain family and Yura's ancestor. He fought alongside Nurarihyon against Hagoromo Gitsune 400 years ago.
- Affectionate Nickname: Calls Nurarihyon Nura-chan.
- Back from the Dead: Unlike the other ancestors he retains a human form and can't act without being ordered by Yura. Though he does disappear if Yura should become tired.
- The Gadfly: Doesn't have any problems teasing Yura.
- The Gift
- It Was a Gift: Allows Nurarihyon to keep the Nenekirimaru. Though he does expect him to return it in the future since it is a onmyōji weapon.
- Know When to Fold 'Em:
- He orders the other Keikain onmyōji to retreat when Hagoromo Gitsune's strongest forces attack them because he knows they can't win against them.
- The moment Tsuchigumo attacks, he says all they can do is run because not even he from the past could defeat the youkai, only seal him when the youkai got bored of rampaging. That Tsuchigumo can completely crush the Nura Clan's forces shows Hidemoto was right.
- Necromancer: Like Yura he can use Hagun. Him learning it is what allowed him to become the Head and set the rule in place that the Heads can only be those who can use Hagun.
- Nice Guy
- Odd Friendship: An onmyouji befriended a youkai.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: He has sealed away several powerful youkai to create a powerful barrier that prevented youkai from invading Kyoto. Two of which are Tsuchigumo and Gashadokuro.
- Spirit Advisor: He's returned thanks to the power of the Hagun as a spirit and is helping Keikain and the Nura clan against Hagoromo Gitsune once again.
Gokadoin House
Onmyouji that are descended from Abe No Seimei. They loyally follow their ancestor's will and continue his work on earth. They're also immortal and have worked from the shadows to keep the country safe for Seimei's eventual return. In General
- Immortality Begins at Twenty: It actually depends on their power and skill. The younger they appear the more talented they are.Tenkai being Weak, but Skilled is an old man while Hiruko is a young bishounen.
- No Immortal Inertia: They age to dust when they die.
- Really 700 Years Old: Each one is over a century old, despite appearances.
The Nue
Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi (Nue fetus), Rikiya Koyama (JP), Cristina Vee (Nue fetus), Kevin M. Connolly (EN)
A very powerful ayakashi, he was the past leader of the Kyoto youkai. Now Hagoromo Gitsune is trying to resurrect him.
- A God Am I: He says so himself to justify his actions.
- Antagonistic Offspring: To Hagoromo Gitsune.
- Back from the Dead: And he prepared it centuries ago.
- Big Bad: Although he overthrows his mother for the position, in truth, he and the next Big Bad manipulated her resurrection to their benefit and therefore is the real main villain in the series.
- Black Eyes of Evil: Has these for his reincarnation.
- Came Back Wrong: His new body starts decaying right after being resurrected.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Does this to Tsuchigumo and Rikuo upon his resurrection.
- Cynicism Catalyst: Originally he wanted to find a way to become immortal to create a perfert world for humans and youkai. Seeing his mother nearly being killed by humans caused him to come to the conclusion that Humans Are the Real Monsters and decided to create a perfect world only for youkai.
- Dark Messiah: For the Kyoto yokai and the Gokadoin House.
- The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: His Start of Darkness was when his mother was mortally wounded by humans. Upon his resurrection as the Nue, the very first thing he does is cast Hagoromo Gitsune into Hell.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Subverted; his first act upon resurrection was to cast his mother into Hell. Ironically his descent into villainy started when seeing his mother was severely wounded/killed by humans.
- Evil Weapon: He is the one who currently wields Maou's Hammer, in accordance with the deal struck between him and it's original wielder Sanmoto Gorouzaemon.
- Expy: Of Aizen, right down to stopping The Hero's blade with a single finger.
- Fetus Terrible: Talking to his mother from her womb.
- Freudian Excuse: Shown then defied upon his resurrection since he casts his mother, the one whose death started him on his Start of Darkness to hell.
- Gravity Sucks: Due to his use of astronomy combined with omyojutsu, he can control the planets movements to cause strong gravitational forces.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Half-human, half-kitsune.
- Hellish Pupils: Has pentagrams for eyes.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Abe no Seimei is a well recorded historical figure. Although his life was surrounded by legends, he was always considered a wise man and one of the good guys.
- Jerkass: The first thing he did upon being resurrected was to to throw his mother into hell, in spite of being not only the reason he was able to be resurrected, but also a major part of his motivation to commit villainy was to avenge her first death. This is on top of causing Rihan's death via his wife brainwashed into being a puppet.
- Kick the Dog: Sending his mother to hell after she successfully resurrects him.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Thought it takes a while to catch up to him, betraying her turned out to be one of his biggest mistakes. She later returns, understandably less than pleased with him, and proves important in bringing about his death.
- Light Is Not Good: Associates himself with heavenly objects, but definitely not a good person.
- Manipulative Bastard: To Sanmoto, a masterful Manipulative Bastard himself and his own mother.
- The Man Behind the Man: Well, Behind the Woman: To Hagoromo Gitsune.
- Matricide: Tried this by sending his mother to hell, but she came back 40+ chapters later.
- Naked on Revival: After he is reborn, his body is completely naked.
- Physical God: Having the best usage of omyojutsu to use planets to cause gravity pulls and the blood of one of the strongest youkai qualifies you for this. Especially if you beat Tsuchigumo, referred to as a force of natural disaster without a sweat.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: He is reborn inside Hagoromo Gitsune.
- Sinister Minister: Technically an omiyoji, but still counts.
- Start of Darkness: Shown, then defied.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: He was very mad that humans killed his mother, declaring vengeance which makes his sending his mother to ell all the more jarring.
- Ungrateful Bastard: The first thing he does after being reborn is toss his mother, who has endured countless reincarnations to resurrect him, into hell. And on top of this, being the reason that he started on his Start of Darkness in the first place
- The Worf Effect: Does this to Tsuchigumo and Rikuo, as well as the Nura Clan in the anime adaptation.
- Would Hit a Girl: He'd send his own mother to hell!
Abe no Yoshihira
"Father, I will fulfill my role. Show me the magnificent world you wish to create!"
Click here to see his youkai form
Seimei's son and second Gokadoin head (they count Seimei as the first head). Calm and collected, he cares about his fellow Gokadoin, although he will do whatever sacrifices are needed to fulfill his father's goal.
- Asian Fox Spirit: Due to being the grandson of Hagoromo Gitsune, he can invoke his kitsune blood in his youkai form.
- Elemental Powers: He's so adept at it that he can summon rain when he wants to pay his respects to his dead comrades, or create volcanic eruptions.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: His youkai form makes him grow a mane.
- Really 700 Years Old: The oldest of the Gokadoin, barring Seimei himself.
- Thicker Than Water: Although he knows his father doesn't care about him, he still follows him.
- Uneven Hybrid: Like Rikuo, Yoshihira is 1/4 youkai as he's also the son of a Half-Human Hybrid.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: After being defeated by Rikuo, Yoshihira admits that all he ever wanted was his father's recognition.
Abe no Orochi
- Eyes Always Shut: She never opens her eyes, even when she's surprised.
- Horned Humanoid: And not the only part of her body she has transformed.
- Nightmare Face: When unleashing Akuryu, her mouth opens far too wide.
- Snakes Are Sinister: She specializes in snake shikigami. She can summon a giant Orochi snake monster which she uses to carry out the "purification" of youkai. She can also summon a Leviathan that she vomits from her mouth in the final battle against the Nura clan and their allies.
- Summon Magic: She's the most powerful shikigami user of the Gokadoin clan.
Abe no Ariyuki
- Affably Evil: He's genuinely affable and polite with everyone, even those who despise him.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Helped Enchou manipulate and betray Sanmoto and the Shikoku yokai to further the Gokadoin's goals.
- Fan Boy: A fan of Encho when he was working in theaters which is how he met the Hyaku Monogatari Clan.
- Keet
- The Man Behind the Man: Not only was he the man behind Encho's treason, but has been manipulating some of the events in the series since the beginning. Also, he's Yosuzume's true master.
- Mirror World: He can create his own boss level with his Dark Mirror technique.
- Say It with Hearts: A sign of his cheerfulness.
Yuiyui
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: She has one of the most modern looks among the Gokadoin, wearing a dress of the Gothic lolita style of Japanese fashion.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She always carries a teddy bear in her arms. Also, the teddy bear is wearing a ventilation face mask for some reason.
- Marionette Master: Has an army of teddy bears that she uses to fight.
- People Puppets: She uses her army of teddy bears to take control of other people's bodies.
- Regal Ringlets: Her hair is tied into curls. Coupled with her Elegant Gothic Lolita dress, she looks like a human-sized Victorian doll.
Tenkai
- Evil Counterpart: Tenkai is one to Ryūji.
- Evil Old Folks: Tenkai's true appearance.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: Tenkai was a real Buddhist monk that lived 400 years ago.
- Weak, but Skilled
Hiruko
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He takes great pride in his power, even calling himself the most powerful leader of the Gokadoin House.
- Dreadlock Warrior: He's the most powerful member of the Gokadoin House (or so he says) and he has dreadlocks in his hair.
- Elemental Powers: Hiruko has mastered all five elements of fire, water, metal, wood, and earth.
- Elemental Shapeshifter: He can transform each one of his limbs into one of the Chinese Five Elements. His right arm turns into the element water, his left arm into the element fire, his right leg into the element metal, and his left leg into the element earth.
- Smug Snake
- Yin-Yang Bomb: He can also combine opposite elements which is supposed to be impossible.
Nagachika
The eleventh leader of the Gokadoin House. He ends fighting Tamazuki.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Too bad he doesn't have the ability to justify it.
- Smug Snake: Things end badly for him because of that.
Taisei
- Knight Templar: He only helped Akifusa to create the new Nenekirimaru because he didn't think it would end up in the hands of a youkai.
- Necromancer: He can raise the dead by using the spirits on Mount Osore.
- Sinister Scythe: His weapon of choice. Very big and very sinister.
Unaffiliated Humans
Momoishi
A young woman who resides on Mount Osore. She is an itako, mediums with the ability to commune with dead spirits.
- The Empath: She tells Akifusa to take a break from forging the Nenekirimaru, as the area they are in has the highest concentration of Fear on Mount Osore and she's worried that he'll suffer like the blacksmiths before him if he doesn't. Also, during Rikuo's battle with Taisei, she heard the voices emanating from the Nenekirimaru.
- Willing Channeler: She can allow a departed spirit to inhabit her body for a while. Hidemoto Keikain is summoned this way, when Ryuuji wanted to urgently speak with him concerning Seimei's "purification ritual".
