A list of characters in the supernatural horror game Spirit Hunter: Death Mark.
Warning: Due to the nature of the game, be wary of unmarked spoilers. Also, be warned that the folders can contain images of intense Body Horror.
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Main Characters
Protagonist/"Kazuo Yashiki"
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Ryo Nezuka
An amnesiac man who serves as the protagonist of the game. Initially dismissing the Death Mark as an urban legend, when he finds himself in front of Kujou Manor with the Mark in question, he is forced to believe it. He works alongside Mary Kujou, a doll who belonged to Saya Kujou, to battle the spirits and find the one who gave him his mark.He's also the protagonist of Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II which happens 4 months after Death Mark I.
- Adults Are Useless: In in-universe subversion. The younger Mark Bearers all end up taking a shine to Kazuo since he's always there for them in all the horrific situations they get involved with some mentioning how he's different from other adults.
- Amnesiac Dissonance: By the end of the game, Kazuo Yashiki feels this way about his true self, Masamune Kujou. This is because Masamune played a dangerous game to purify the nenjibutsu sealing Mary, which unleashed cursed ghosts upon H City that has left victims in its wake.
- Amnesiac Hero: Like the other Mark bearers, he lost his memory, although his case is so severe that he can't even remember his name. He decides to go by Kazuo Yashiki until he remembers his real name.
- Amateur Sleuth: The protagonist, as well as some of his Marked companions, all decide to investigate supernatural happenings and solve the mysteries behind them.
- Badass Teacher: In II, he becomes a temporary teacher at Konoehara Academy by day, and at night is the same determined Spirit Doctor who personally faces terrifying spirits to save his students.
- Character Customization: Very minor. You can choose from a few options on whether to include his glasses and beard. This feature is absent in the second game.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: While in the first game he helped take down the spirits out of necessity due to the curse on him, he develops a strong desire to help the other Mark Bearers and later continues to be a supernatural detective in order to help other people with spirit-related problems. This sentiment also extends to the spirits he hunts themselves as he views them as tormented souls that need to be put to rest.
- This gets deconstructed somewhat when Mashita brings up in both the Red Riding Hood DLC case and the sequel how his empathy towards spirits is prone to getting him in trouble as he throws himself into dangerous cases and puts himself in vulnerable positions trying to appease the dead who are ultimately dangerous to every living being including him.
- Hearing Voices: Once he gets to the bunker/laboratory, he starts getting fragments of the thoughts his old self had had in that location, which manifest in this fashion.
- In the sequel he starts to hear the voices of spirits trying to communicate with him or echoes of past events which becomes a crucial way for him to gain information during his investigations.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: The player can choose his name, with Kazuo Yashiki being the default and Canon Name.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: In the sequel, he tends to beat himself up whenever he's unable to protect anyone targetted by The Departed, especially if one of his companions ends up dying. The other Mark Bearers coach him through it and help him refind his resolve.
- Hopeless with Tech: Not uncommon for people in 1994, but in the Sound Drama, Yashiki comments that talks about phones, emails and "new tech" are beyond him, which is an issue as his only other options for the investigation are asking around or finding books on the topic, so he asks Eita for help. In the sequel, when he finds and is unable to use Kakuta's phone, he assumes that the phone is dead and not that it simply ran out of battery. Yashiki also ends up relying on Eita for going through spirit-related rumors on the internet due to still being not good with it.
- I Hate Past Me:
- This is a possible reaction of the protagonist to finding out that they are indirectly responsible for all of the violent spirits that had been plaguing the region. In his original identity, Masamune Kujou, he became aware that the sacred statue suppressing the power of an evil cursed doll was weakening. To restore the statue's power, he removed it from the doll and placed it inside a shrine to purify it, but this purification would take a month to complete. As a result, the doll was free to spread its evil for a month, striking Masamune with a curse that rendered him an amnesiac, killing Masamune's sister, and creating vengeful spirits that killed numerous innocents. Upon recovering his memories, the protagonist has a choice of either seeing the consequences of his actions as a horrible but necessary step to re-sealing the evil doll or despising his past self for the death and suffering.
- Death Mark II seems to have made the latter option canon, as Yashiki discarded his old name and seems to want to distance himself from his previous identity.
- In-Series Nickname: In the sequel, people have taken to calling him the Spirit Doctor for how he tracks down and saves spirits from their grudges.
- Intergenerational Friendship: He gets along well with kids and teenagers and is on a First-Name Basis with the younger Mark Bearers. On their end, many of them go out of their way to risk their lives to help him in the sequel.
- I See Dead People: The Mark lets people see spirits, but Yashiki can still notice spiritual phenomena without it due to his Kujou lineage.
- Kleptomaniac Hero: He is able to pick up all sorts of items during his investigations, which is justified as some of them are key to figuring out the spirit's identity or how to pacify them. His habit is noticed and lampshaded in-universe as his companions eventually remark on his tendency to pick up just about anything and stuff it into his pockets or bag.
- Mistaken for Pedophile: In the sequel, two high school girls become important supporting characters in Yashiki's investigation. Some of the school administration are rather leery that their new teacher is hanging out with these specific teens so often, and it serves as one of the reasons why Ms. Sakamoto is such an Obstructive Bureaucrat towards him. Kinukawa flirting with him doesn't help.
- Oblivious to Love: He can potentially be this if he answers to Himeko that he was unaware of Michiho's feelings for him after her (supposed) death.
- Occult Detective: He becomes one after the events of the first game, to help protect people from what he and the other Mark Bearers suffered, as well as helping spirits move on from their grudges. A local occult magazine starts calling his the Spirit Doctor because of this, which is a nickname he's less than amused by. His new job is also a way for him to research how to destroy Mary for good.
- Seers: He is able to receive visions of past events or memories of spirits which show him more about their origins and how they came to be.
- Spider-Sense: His Mark starts stinging and burning when the potential for death is nearby.
- Sweet Tooth: He drinks his coffee with a lot of sugar.
- Sympathy for the Devil: In spite of how deadly and monstrous many spirits he deals with prove to be, he often shows sympathy and empathy for certain spirits who would qualify as Tragic Monsters due to how they died or were treated in life.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Himeko and Michiho try to invoke this with him after falling for him, but he isn’t interested, as he is both their teacher and over 20 years older than them, and considers their feelings to be sweet-but-immature infatuation.
Mary Kujou
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Rika Tachibana
A strange doll who appears inside Kujou Manor. She served Saya and the rest of the Kujou family, but with the death of her master, she is now alone. She has been tasked by her late master to help bearers of the Mark escape their fates. She is Kazuo's main source of information in regards to the mark and his ally in solving the mystery of the Death Mark. However, because she is only a doll, she cannot leave the manor.- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When she is shown nude in one CG, she lacks any kind of nipples or genitalia. Justified as she is a doll.
- Continuity Cameo: The extent of her Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II appearance is a brief mention by Kazuo in the Extra Chapter and a photo of her that inspires Kaoru's Momo Kurusu persona. There's also a short bonus DLC that focuses more on her, but so far this chapter is missing from the international release.
- Creepy Doll: She's a human-sized talking doll that belonged to the late Saya Kujou, and has a habit of startling those who meet her for the first time, though fortunately she's on the protagonist's side. Or not; she's actually the Big Bad who feeds on the pain and despair of her victims.
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: She dresses like this, with an elegant black dress and beret. Bonus points for actually being a doll. In the Japanese-only, backer-exclusive DLC for Death Mark II, Yashiki changes her into a white version of her dress.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Halfway through Chapter 4, after all the help she's offered Kazuo and his allies, she is unexpectedly murdered and taken out for the rest of the game, forcing Kazuo to do the rest on his own. Until she revives herself, that is... and reveals herself to be a Treacherous Advisor.
- Ms. Exposition: She's the one who tells Kazuo and the others everything she knows about the Mark, the spirits, the rules of how to dispel the marks, and other things.
- Restraining Bolt: The white dress that Yashiki finds has semamori embroidered on it. Semamori is used to protect children from outside evil, but in this case, the semamori is embroidered on the inside of the dress, meaning that it's supposed to seal the evil of the wearer inside the clothing instead. Whether or not it'll help is unknown, but Saya Kujou clearly had it made in hopes of restraining Mary. It's too bad she wasn't able to put it on Mary before everything went to hell.
- White Is Pure: Invoked with the white dress, which is designed with a ward to either appease or suppress Mary's grudge, thus granting her "white tranquility".
Human Characters
Companions
General
The companions that Kazuo encounters in his journey to get rid of his Mark.
- Amateur Sleuth: With the exception of Mashita (he's a former police detective), they are ordinary and not-so-ordinary people who help Kazuo solve the supernatural mysteries.
- Amnesiac Hero: The Mark causes those possessed by it to start demonstrating problems with their short and long-term memories and ability to focus, which get worse as it progresses.
- Back for the Finale: All surviving Mark Bearers appear in Chapter 6 in one way or another, whether they be returning as a partner, playing a major role, or just as a cameo.
- Fire-Forged Friends: They've all become this by the time of the sequel with all of them willing to risk their lives and face their fears to help pacify angry ghosts.
- Marked to Die: Every person who bears the Mark as a result of interaction with a haunted Spirit.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: If a character is behaving out of sorts, it means that their Mark's effects are progressing further.
- Recurring Character: At least one character from one chapter will resurface in the next, whether they are/were Marked or not.
- Spider-Sense: Like the main character, their Marks hurt when danger is near, though apparently not as badly as his.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: All of the Mark Bearers canonically survive according to the sequel, but failing to pacify spirits in that game will result in Ai, Shou and/or Madoka dying.
Moe Watanabe
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Yurika Takagi
An eccentric high-school photographer with an interest in the occult. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the Hanahiko case.She returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a shopkeeper of sorts. In exchange for "lost souls", items filled with spiritual power, she'll give Yashiki Sacred Objects that will help protect him during his investigation.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: As an occult geek, she's excited at the chance to see a real spirit. After the encounter with Hanahiko, she comes to regret her enthusiasm.
- Damsel in Distress: If not chosen as a partner, she gets captured by Hanahiko.
- Do Not Go Gentle: If you don't choose her as a partner, as the fatal dawn draws closer Moe decides to go to H Elementary by herself to see if she can do something about it.
- Genki Girl: She and Ai are usually very cheerful and hyperactive.
- Hidden Buxom: As shown when she is captured and stripped down to her underwear by Hanahiko, her outfit is hiding as surprisingly large chest.
- Intrepid Reporter: By Death Mark II, she's working part-time for an occult magazine. She arrives at Konoehara Academy both to support Yashiki and to record his latest case.
- Sailor Fuku: She wears a classic white serafuku with a navy collar and red scarf.
Tsukasa Yoshida
Voiced by: Yurika Takagi
A mature-for-his-age elementary school student with a rich family. Unlike Moe, he disbelieves in the supernatural and occult. He also doesn't particularly like adults. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Hanahiko case.- Adults Are Useless: Thanks to his pushy parents he has a dim view on adults, particularly after hearing what Hanahiko went through. However, he does come to respect and like Kazuo.
- Beneath the Mask: Beneath his polite demeanor, he's actually rather self-centered and egotistical, though not evil.
- Bratty Half-Pint: His true nature at first, however it seems that meeting a trustworthy adult in Kazuo and discovering an interest in science evens him out.
- Brutal Honesty: He has a tendency to call things like he sees them.
- Education Mama: Part of the reason for his churlish behavior that this his strict parents have put heavy (and very stressful) expectations upon him to become a lawyer one day and have made him study his whole life.
- Put on a Bus: He doesn't appear in Death Mark II and is the only absent Mark Bearer to be unaccounted for.
Detective Satoru Mashita
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Yoshiaki Kawabata
An ex-police detective who was discharged after a scandal, of which he claims to have been falsely accused. He is now a private detective who solves supernatural cases. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Hanahiko case and a major ally in the Red Riding Hood case.He returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a partner.
- Big Brother Mentor: Shou looks up to Mashita like a big brother. In return, Mashita pokes Shou away from delinquency and crime.
- Big Damn Heroes: He gets one in the Chapter 6 DLC when he stops Kazuo from being dragged out the window to his death by Red Riding Hood.
- Deadpan Snarker: Wry and crass, a cheeky wisecracker. It can help lighten dire situations, but he knows when it's inappropriate.
- Everyone Has Standards: After skimming through the journal that details Hanahiko's torment, he abandons his usual flippant sarcasm and is mentioned as being clearly furious.
- Exhausted Eyebags: He has rather prominent dark patches under his eyes, bordering Creepy Shadowed Undereyes as they make him look rather shifty. It's likely to be related to his job as well as the effects of going up against the supernatural.
- Fascinating Eyebrow: In the sequel one of his common expressions is a subtly raised sardonic eyebrow to show his suspicion, concern or subtle confusion.
- Good Is Not Nice: He's willing to go out of his way to save peoples' lives from spiritual threats and has a strong sense of justice, but he's far from friendly or polite about it.
- Good Is Not Soft: He's isn't afraid to use violence to resolve a confrontation and doesn't hesitate to draw his gun at a threat, but it's all to protect people - though given the targets are mostly spirits how much damage he can really do anyway is variable. Still, when using his gun does get results he makes it count.
- Jerkass Has a Point: In the sequel, he is very harsh and rude in accusing Michiho of being the Departed in disguise, and then also pegging Himeko as a suspect, to the point that either Kazuo or Yasuoka tells him to back off. He's also completely correct - about both of them.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His lines are filled with derision and sarcasm. But he cares greatly for human life and is very protective of everyone around him.
- In Chapter 7 of Death Mark II, Mashita is believed to have been killed by The Departed, which Yashiki feels responsible for. Yasuoka comforts Yashiki by reminding him that Mashita was an individual with strong morals, despite his prickles. He died staying true to his values, and thus shouldn't have any regrets. Thankfully, it turns out that he'd just lost his phone in the chase and had to look for a working public phone.
- Pragmatic Hero: He's willing to use less-than-legal avenues if it means saving lives or protecting his peers.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Downplayed. After learning that Mark Bearers can keep getting Marks if they get targetted by other spirits, Mashita regretfully refuses to continue accompanying Yashiki at the risk of getting cursed a third time. He does, however, stick around in the background to perform research and support.
- Smoking Is Edgy: He's the only smoker on the main cast to the point he's heavily associated with the smell of cigarettes. It ties in well to his cynical, sarcastic personality and job as a prickly supernatural detective.
Shou Nagashima
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Ryota Nakamura
A loud-mouthed delinquent who had to quit high school baseball after an injury. Though he puts on a face of recklessness and boldness, he actually has a hatred and fear of the supernatural. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Shimi-O case.He returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a partner.
- Batter Up!: Shou offers his bat during Chapter 2, which can be used as a weapon. By either the player or Shimi-O. Provided he survives, he returns with a bat in Chapter 6. Unfortunately, he's possessed by Red Riding Hood and attempts to kill the protagonist and Mashita.
- Chekhov's Skill: He's a member of his school's baseball team, so he has a good throwing arm and good aim. This becomes important when confronting Shimi-O.
- Festering Fungus: If you fail to pacify Kashima, Shou will be attacked by a humanoid colony of mold and consumed by it.
- Japanese Delinquent: Looks the part and acts the part. In Death Mark II, even when wearing the student uniform, he looks completely out of place in the prestigious Konoehara Academy.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Terrified of ghosts, and his tough façade falls apart when they're involved.
Christie Arimura
Voiced by: Erina Seto
A former news anchor who was discharged after a scandal and now works as a freelance reporter. She has great spiritual power and has seen the supernatural since she was young. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the Shimi-O and Hanayome cases.- Cool Big Sis: By chapter 6, Christie's taken this role to Suzu.
- Driven to Suicide: Although the nature of the scandal that led to her firing is unclear, it seems the fallout was enough to make her attempt to go into the forest and kill herself.
- Intrepid Reporter: Christie, as her journalism knowledge provide clues.
- Interrupted Suicide: Christie went to the forest to commit suicide, but seeing Shimi-O scared her too much to go through with it.
- Irony: Kazuo notes the irony of someone who wants to commit suicide discovering they have the deadly Mark on their arm and being frightened into wanting to live.
- I See Dead People: The Mark lets people see spirits.
- Nervous Wreck: She becomes a Deer in the Headlights when Shimi-O appears and has to be physically dragged back to the car to escape. She later mutters about how everyone is going to die and flat-out refuses to help fight him (fighting Shimi-O with Christie is an unwinnable situation), but will continue helping the investigation if you choose her as a partner. She shows up again in Chapter 6 to tell you about how those that tried investigating the Masquerade love hotel have all mysteriously gone missing. But when she learns that yet another vengeful spirit is the cause, along with everything that happened during last night's investigation there, her very next move is to take Suzu Morimiya and go back home.
- Put on a Bus: She doesn't appear in Death Mark II, since she's working abroad during the events of the sequel.
Suzu Morimiya
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Eri Tomizawa
An elementary school girl who loves animals. She's often alone or with Eita, a friend of hers, due to a complicated family situation. She met Eita on OOPArts Monthly to discuss their encounters with Hanayome, and they've been friends ever since. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the Hanayome case.- Continuity Cameo: She only has a brief cameo in Death Mark II and otherwise isn't involved in the story.
- Like Brother and Sister: Has this dynamic with Nakamatsu.
- What Does She See in Him?: Platonic example. She idolizes Nakamatsu like a big brother, to everyone's confusion.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Her parents are divorced with her father apparently seeing a new woman, and her mother pushing herself at her job, so Suzu has spent a good deal of time taking care of herself at home and thus can be surprisingly mature.
Eita Nakamatsu
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Masahiro Kase
A fat, idol-loving otaku who frequents message boards about the occult and acts as an older brother to Suzu. He met Suzu on OOPArts Monthly to discuss their encounters with Hanayome, and they've been friends ever since. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Hanayome case.He returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as Yashiki's technical support. He uses his internet know-how to search for rumors and information.
- Big Brother Mentor: He sees Suzu as a little sister and tries to be a good brother figure for her. She also adores him like a big brother, for some reason.
- Big Damn Heroes: In the Red Riding Hood case. Suzu overhears Yashiki talking about the case with Christine and contacts Eita so he can help. Yashiki appreciates the thought but doesn't bother waiting for him before starting the investigation. Yashiki and Daimon are then attacked by Red Riding Hood and trapped in the elevator with the buttons disabled. They are only saved when Eita arrives and, unaware of the situation, calls the elevator back down to the hotel lobby.
- Gonk: Compared to the other character portraits his pudgy face, large mouth and exaggerated expressions stand out to make him look rather odd.
- Hidden Depths: Despite Eita's appearance and personality, he cares deeply about Suzu to the point he's more afraid for her than himself and admits he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if something happened to her.
- Like Brother and Sister: Despite not being related to Suzu, he considers himself her big brother.
- Mistaken for Pedophile: Christie didn't react well when she saw Eita Nakamatsu with Suzu Morimiya at the dead of night in chapter 3. Though Eita only sees Suzu as a little sister.
- Mission Control: Becomes this for the Mark Bearers in Death Mark II using his tech savvy to find information about old incidents on the internet to help Kazuo's investigations.
Ai Kashiwagi
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Yurie Funato (Death Mark), Miyu Yoshizaki (Death Mark II)
A member of the popular idol group "Love and Hero" who sings and plays the piano. She has a strong sense of justice and is attached to her hometown. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the Miss Zoo case.She returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a partner.
- Chekhov's Skill: It's noted early in the chapter that she can play the piano, being part of an idol group and all. This ability proves essential to confronting Miss Zoo. In Death Mark II, this is also needed for confronting Hanako.
- Chest Burster: If you failed to pacify Hanako, a bunch of leaf beetles will burst out of Ai's corpse in a gory explosion. Thankfully that's not shown.
- The Ditz: Let's just say Ai isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. In Death Mark II, she dresses in the Konoehara school uniform so she can support Yashiki without attracting suspicion. When Yashiki comments that she blends right in, she seems disappointed, having wanted to be complemented on how she looks in the uniform.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: If you failed to pacify Hanako, Ai's dead body will be found with her clothes ripped off and her naked body covered in handprints.
- Genki Girl: She and Moe are usually very cheerful and hyperactive.
- Girlish Pigtails: She has twin tails, which fits into her youthful idol image.
- Perky Goth: Her idol costume is goth-styled, being entirely black and red with a spiked leather jacket, but she's a peppy Genki Girl.
- Stronger Than They Look: She has a surprisingly high Strength stat in both games, being even stronger than Yashiki. It's justified as she mentions a strict fitness regime being part of her training as an idol.
Towako Yasuoka
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Masahiro Kase
A famous elderly fortune teller with many high-profile clients. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the Miss Zoo case.
In Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II she returns to take Moe's role of exchanging lost souls for spiritual items while assisting in the investigation in her own way.
- Big Good: Yasuoka seems to take up the role in the Chapter 6 DLC, doing whatever she can behind the scenes with her vast connections to help Kazuo and his friends solve the Red Riding Hood case.
- Cool Old Lady: She's the oldest of the cast but is hailed as a celebrity fortune teller and spiritual expert, and she proves to have the skills and knowledge to back it up when she helps out. She's also incredibly elegant in her old age, dressing up in fine dresses in both her appearances.
- The Ghost: Yasuoka in the Chapter 6 DLC. Every other Mark Bearer either appears or at least has a line of dialogue, but she is absent despite being mentioned a lot.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: In the sequel, she wears a purple kimono, which fits her as the graceful, experienced spiritualist of the group.
Madoka Hiroo
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Erika Ishitobi
A pharmaceutical company researcher who disbelieves in the supernatural. She was once friends with the woman who would become the spirit Miss Zoo, and is first seen held captive in Miss Zoo's hideout, covered in snakes. She's one of Kazuo's companions for the last three cases (Miss Zoo, Kannon Soldier, and Red Riding Hood).She returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a partner.
- Berserk Button: She's normally calm, but being a huge Agent Scully, she flies off the handle whenever someone mentions anything occult-related. It's speculated by Kazuo that this is a defense mechanism and that she's in denial about the possibility of being marked for death.
- Character Development: Far less cowardly and far more selfless in the sequel willingly entering the front lines to take the cursed Daimon's place while still being terrified.
- Covert Pervert: It's implied Hiroo is sexually frustrated beneath her facade, checking a raunchy diary quite forcefully. When possess by Red Riding Hood, she admits the misogynistic workforce made her weary of men, but craves sexual contact, seducing Yashiki.
- Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: Hiroo prides herself on her curiosity, but this can kill her in the sequel if you don't return the Fox Laccata mushrooms to the forest, as she'll take the petri dish with them while Yashiki isn't paying attention, and be killed by Kokkuri's grudge. If you return the mushrooms, she'll initially be upset about not being able to study it for its potential benefits, but Yashiki informing Hiroo of the connection between the mushrooms and Kokkuri's grudge will make her give up trying completely.
- Festering Fungus: If you fail to pacify Mister Kokkuri, she'll be consumed by mushrooms, which then cause her body to burst.
- Flat-Earth Atheist: Even with all the supernatural events she's personally exposed to, Madoka Hiroo completely refuses to believe in anything "unscientific" at first. Though, it's clear that she's mostly doing it because she's spooked by the curse and what it entails.
- Girly Run: Her running animation in the sequel has her doing one.
- Hidden Buxom: Her normal sprite has her in very plain and loose clothes but when seen in Miss Zoo's snake room and when Red Riding Hood possesses her and makes her strip down to seduce Yashiki, she is drawn quite curvy.
- Hot-Blooded: she's got a surprising temper and furiously charges after a ghost at one point.
- Laughing Mad: When under the influence of ghosts like the Kannon Soldier, Red Riding Hood and Mister Kokkuri, she is driven to bouts of insane laughter even as she is killed by their grudges.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: She is a scientist and possesses high Intelligence stats, and is the only other member of the main cast to wear glasses aside from Yashiki (in his default look).
- We Used to Be Friends: Madoka Hiroo was this with Manabi Zukawa, who would become Miss Zoo.
Dr. Shuji Daimon
Death Mark II appearance
Voiced by: Ryo Nezuka
A sickly and stoic doctor with bad bedside manner but good healing skills. He had a military doctor grandfather and was inspired to go into medicine by him. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Kannon Soldier and Red Riding Hood cases.He returns in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II as a temporary school doctor for Konoehara Academy. He's the one who reached out to Yashiki for help with The Departed and introduced him to Headmaster Konoe.
- Big Damn Heroes: Sometimes, it is Daimon who saves the day in Chapter 5 by bringing Kazuo and his partner the chisel needed to defeat the Kannon Soldier, which is a more impressive feat considering his usual sickly conditions.
- Convenient Coma: Halfway through Death Mark II, he goes into a coma due to a case of spirit-curse-and-mold-induced pneumonia. This allows Hiroo to sub for him.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: He's very pale, which contrasts with his dark hair. Apparently, he's always looked like that, even as a kid. It probably has to do with his poor health.
- Exhausted Eyebags: He sports some pretty big ones, reflecting his overworked and sickly lifestyle.
- Fire-Forged Friends: In chapter 6, Daimon outright says that he considers the protagonist as a "comrade-in-arms" after they went through the events of chapter 5 together, and that's the main reason he decided to help out with the investigation.
- Hidden Depths: He mentions being a fan of idol music, including Ai's band Love & Hero.
- Incurable Cough of Death: He is always coughing as a sign of his poor health (his voice clip in the character profiles is even a nasty-sounding hack) but when it intensifies it's always a sign that things are taking a turn for the worst, such as when he is rendered comatose in the sequel after a terrible fit caused by cursed mold. Ultimately subverted as he gets better each time.
- Irony: He's a doctor but he's constantly sick.
- The Stoic: Daimon's character sprites always have a very emotionally neutral face.
Banshee Itou
Voiced by: Yoshiaki Kawabata
A mysterious, eccentric old hobo who lives in an underground sewer bunker. He knows a lot about the facility due to reading documents. He claims to be nobility, but it's unclear how true this is. He's one of Kazuo's companions for the Kannon Soldier case.- Big Damn Heroes: He gets a major one near the end of Chapter 5. When Kazuo and Hiroo face off against the Kannon Soldier, Banshee comes running at the last moment (having run all the way from the mansion, on top of that) to give them the tool they need to appease/defeat the spirit: one of Masamune's chisels.
- Gender-Blender Name: When it's pointed out to him that banshees are supposed to be female, he says the one he met was male.
- Everyone Has Standards: Banshee Itou states that despite being homeless, he would never steal. Which he proves when he returns the protagonist's forgotten wallet when they met 10 days ago.
- Forgotten First Meeting: He actually met the protagonist before the events of the game and before the Mark's Laser-Guided Amnesia set in, where he ended up hanging onto his lost wallet and ends up returning it later to repay the favour after everything is done.
- Put on a Bus: He doesn't appear in Death Mark II, although it's mentioned that he's doing well in a bonus chapter.
Others
Saya Kujou
Voiced by: Eri Tomizawa
The spiritual woman who resided in Kujou Manor. She was well known throughout H City, and the companions all come to receive her help in dispelling the Death Mark. When Kazuo goes to meet her, he finds that she is already dead, and her body has disappeared.- Big Good: Saya Kujou helps the protagonist either as the black bunny or a voice in his head.
- Big Sister Instinct: Inverted, as she was younger than her brother Masamune but protective of him. Even death didn't stop her from looking out for him, as she came back as the black rabbit to help and watch over her brother throughout the events of the game.
- Lying to Protect Your Feelings: In the Sound Drama, Saya leaves Mu the rabbit with Masamune, assuring him that she'll be fine by herself. At this point the Hanahiko's Mark on her back has already progressed.
- Mature Younger Sibling: Though younger than her brother Masamune she was somewhat more proactive as Masamune was very reclusive during his term as the head of the Kujou Family and deferred a lot of his duties to Saya until she eventually succeeded him.
- Meaningful Name: The art book mentions that her name was chosen for its meaning 'sheath' in contrast to her brother Masamune whose name is associated with a famous swordsmith. This reflects how she was a figure who protected her brother like a sheath carries and protects a blade. She very much lives up to her name as a protector to her brother even after her death.
- Never Found the Body: Her corpse myseriously vanishes not long after the protagonist leaves the room she is discovered in. Whether it was the doing of spirits or because she then transformed into the black rabbit isn't clear.
- Posthumous Character: Saya Kujou, the spirit healer who owns both the Kujou manor and Mary the doll. The protagonist discovers her dead body in one of the rooms, where it soon vanishes. The Reveal confirms that Saya is the protagonist's younger sister in the Kujou clan, who possessed a black rabbit that has helped the protagonist until Chapter 4.
Masamune Kujou (Unmarked Spoilers)
The current head of the Kujou Manor and Saya's brother. He is actually the original self of Kazuo Yashiki, who lost his memories due to Mary's Mark. He came to realize that Mary was a malicious entity who needed to be sealed away for a long time, as her current seal was breaking, but in order to purify the sealing artifact, he would have to unseal her and risk many innocent lives. He took the gamble and left a recording for his other self to find.
- Chekhov's Gunman: He is mentioned briefly early on and then forgotten about, so it looks like he will not play a significant role in the plot. Then it turns out he is the protagonist himself, of all people.
- Convenient Coma: Prior to the events of the game, he was involved in an accident while travelling abroad which left him comatose for several months with the local authorities failing to identify him or notify his family. As a result when he finally woke up and returned home his sister had been instated as the new head of the family in his absence as he was declared missing. He ended up taking his newly untethered and undocumented status as a chance to continue doing some more research and travelling to look for answers into Mary's origins and how to neutralize her.
- Didn't See That Coming: He did take a few measures to remind himself of who he was and his mission should the Mark start wiping his memories. Unfortunately, he had to make those measures very secret so Mary wouldn't know about them, and underestimated just how quickly the memory loss would progress.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The protagonist is the one who intentionally removed the expiring seal on Mary in order to extend it for a few more decades, allowing her to awaken, and who removed the nenjibutsu suppressing her powers, allowing her to run wild for a month. Even without his memories, he helped Mary's agenda through helping her expose Mark Bearers to spirits, giving her fear to feed off of. He did know this might happen, but decided the risk was worth taking.
- Pragmatic Hero: He purposefully took out the nenjibutsu that was sealing Mary's powers as he knew it was reaching its limit. He took it to be cleansed so it could seal Mary's powers again, but that would take time. When faced with a month of letting Mary run wild to an eternity, he chose the month despite knowing that lives could be lost.
- Two Aliases, One Character: He is revealed in the ending to be the original self of protagonist Kazuo.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Inverted. Normally stumbling across a forgotten doll in an dusty old warehouse would be a bad thing, but if he hadn't found Mary, the nenjibutsu sealing her would have eventually worn off with no way of stopping her. Unfortunately, restoring the seal required being a Witting Instigator of a Little Bit of Doom.
Security Guard
A security guard encountered in Chapter 1 in H Elementary.
- Red Shirt: His main role is to demonstrate Hanahiko's powers by falling victim to them.
The Principal of H Elementary (Unmarked Spoilers)
The principal of H Elementary school and Hanahiko's adoptive father. Though respected by the public, he secretly abused his son, physically and sexually, in order to "correct" his crossdressing and other feminine tendencies.
- Abusive Parents: Adopted parent, but the principal of H Elementary adopted a young boy and every night in a secret room under his school "tutored" the boy, slowly killing him.
- Depraved Homosexual: He regularly raped the boy that would become Hanahiko till he died.
- Evil Principal: He is revealed to have been the adoptive father of Hanahiko, the Arc Villain of Chapter 1, who abused and molested him in an attempt to "cure" his crossdressing and feminine tendencies, and eventually killed him. His abuse is what warped him into a Vengeful Ghost.
- Karma Houdini: Despite being publicly accused of the rape of his adopted son Hanahiko, he was ultimately able to shake off the accusation, skip town, and never be seen again.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He raped and abused his son Hanahiko to "cure" his cross dressing and feminine behavior.
Masao Kimura
Voiced by: Taiki Yamashita
A salaryman encountered in Chapter 2 who plans on hanging himself after catching his wife cheating on him.- Driven to Suicide: During the first night's investigation in Shimi-O's forest, you encounter a man intending to commit suicide and have to talk him down in a Live or Die event. He works himself "to the bone" at a job he hates to provide for his wife, and then he caught her cheating on him with another man.
- Interrupted Suicide: You (Yashiki) are the one who interrupts him and talks him down.
- Hope Is Scary: He gets offended if you tell him that he can still repair his relationship with his wife, instantly failing the Live or Die event. Telling him that he and his wife are done for good gets him to calm down and change his mind on killing himself.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He only appears in a single Live or Die event, then introduces himself as Masao Kimura and offers to buy you a drink if you ever meet again. His dead body is later seen at the entrance to the forest, having a drink with Shimi-O, the spirit.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: You can talk him out of committing suicide, only for him to die by Shimi-O’s hands later that night anyways.
Hanayome's Fiancé
A man who was going to marry Seiko Hasegawa before she died and became Hanayome.
- Driven to Suicide: Hanayome's fiancé followed her after killing all those responsible for her rape.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Seiko Hasegawa's fiancé found and murdered every member of the gang that raped her in revenge for her suicide.
- Sympathetic Murderer: Seiko's fiancé killed all of the ones responsible for raping her and driving her to suicide before killing himself.
The IJA Scientists
A group of scientists who worked under Imperial Japan and headed the project to create the Kannon Soldier.
- Asshole Victim: They ended up brutally murdered by the same woman they experimented on.
- Mad Scientist: They experimented on innocent people to create a half-human, half-spirit weapon of war along with investigating spiritual phenomena for possible military usage.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: They're blatantly based off Unit 731.
Professor N-Mura (Unmarked Spoilers)
Sayako's teacher.
- Driven to Suicide: He hung himself while in jail.
- Ephebophile: Or a hebephile, depending on his tastes. At any rate, he was both helping run the high-school prostitution ring and was also a client.
- Evil Teacher: He turns out to have been a member of the crime syndicate operating the Masquerade love hotel and put Sayako through a horrific ritual involving making her swallow a spider for his own sick sexual pleasure.
Spirits
General
The antagonists of the game. They are entities who wander H City, created from a grudge and looking to enact vengeance on the living.
- Antagonist Title: Each of the Chapters is named after the spirit that serves as the Arc Villain of the Chapter.
- Arc Villain: Each of them is the antagonist of their respective chapter, as Kazuo and his companions must dispel them to get rid of the Marks.
- Co-Dragons: With the possible exception of Red Riding Hood, all of them serve Ashura Aizen, and there does not seem to be a pecking order or hierarchy among them.
- Emotion Eater: Vengeful spirits feed off of fear and despair and draw out their victims' suffering before finishing them off, which sometimes leads to Bond Villain Stupidity. A notable example from Chapter 4: The protagonist and his current partner find Madoka Hiroo naked and covered in snakes, and yet they are able to get her out with minimal injuries.
- Ghastly Ghost: Each of the spirits' appearances are beyond deformed when they reveal themselves.
- Given Name Reveal: They are initially only known by nicknames, with their real names usually being revealed as you investigate their pasts. The only exceptions are Hanahiko (which could possibly be his actual name) and the Kannon Soldier (as her real name is never revealed).
- Monster Delay: Used to build up suspense. You don't know what the initial five spirits look like until you face them directly at the end of their respective chapters, which makes their ghastly and mutilated forms all the scarier. You see Red Riding Hood as a "human" early on, but you don't get to see how she looks as a vengeful spirit until the finale of her chapter.
- Puzzle Boss: Facing off each vengeful spirit plays like a turn-based RPG. Usually, you first have to do something to protect yourself from the spirit's long range attack, stun it at melee range when it approaches, and then do something to pacify or destroy the spirit while it's vulnerable.
- Rape as Backstory: It's disturbingly common for the ghosts to have been raped at some point.
- Taking You with Me: If you destroy the spirit instead of pacifying it, your current partner will be killed by the vengeful spirit's grudge before it fully fades away.
- Would Hurt a Child: Mary warns you that the cursed mark doesn't discriminate and has no problems killing children.
- Vengeful Ghost: With the exception of the leader, all of them suffered some horrible misfortune in life and were either murdered or committed suicide, leading them to be turned by the leader into spirits who hunt down and kill the living.
The Great Ashura Aizen (Unmarked Spoilers)
"I have waited eagerly for this day... Over the past 10 days... I have tasted your fear through the Mark... Thick and syrupy... As sweet as honey... Each savored morsel made me want to smash you to pieces... But... I waited... I am not as foolish to kill a goose that lays golden eggs... AaAaah... But I canNOT... take it anymore... Like crushing riPE fruit... And sipping itS juices... I WAnt to breAK you down... And savor your SWEet fear!"
The evil entity responsible for creating the spirits and giving Kazuo his mark. Supposedly, it is the god of the H Shrine who is unleashing divine fury in retribution for the beheading and theft of the shrine's Buddha statues, and can only be appeased by returning the statues to their rightful place.
In truth, the entity is none other than Mary Kujou, an evil doll spirit who has been creating spirits and spreading fear for her own amusement. She has belonged to the Kujou family for a while now, and had been sealed away, but her seal was breaking. So Masamune Kujou intentionally let her free as part of a risky plan to purify and restore the seal.
- Big Bad: The one responsible for giving Kazuo Yashiki his Mark and creating all the Vengeful Ghosts that he must fight for his life against is Mary, the doll who pretended to be his ally throughout his investigations but is actually a sadist who thrives on the pain and suffering that comes from inflicting people with a Death Mark.
- Cute Is Evil: For how creepy she initially comes across, and how evil she truly is (being a demonic Creepy Doll who creates Vengeful Ghosts to kill people), she has the appearance of an adorable Elegant Gothic Lolita doll. Kaoru outright calls her cute when seeing an image of her in Death Mark II
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Mary is a beautiful doll, but she's actually incredibly sadistic and kept the protagonist alive just to feast on his fear and despair.
- Faux Affably Evil: The Art Collection says as much, regarding Mary's true self. Even as she talks about how much she loves making Yashiki suffer and how she can't resist the urge to slaughter him anymore, she never drops her polite and respectful way of speaking that she's used the whole game."The doll passed down for generations as a Kujou family heirloom transformed into a monster by the wrath and hatred residing inside her. The goals revealed by her true nature is to carry out unprecedented, indiscriminate slaughter, but over time her various machinations have warped into an abominable game meant to lessen her boredom. Incredibly perverse, she still somehow holds the loving heart of a maiden."
- For the Evulz: Her reason for turning tormented souls into monstrous spirits and using them to terrify and kill people is just to amuse herself. When it comes to Kazuo specifically, she gets almost orgasmic pleasure from his fear.
- Game Face: When being fought in the final battle, her cute doll face opens into a Slasher Smile with sharp teeth as her eyes cry blood.
- Healing Factor: Mary is revealed to have one, recovering from her "death" after one day. Even though she crumbles to dust after defeating her in the good ending, she is still able to gradually pull herself back together and repair herself.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Mary's demise is being covered with her own Death Mark curse from all her victims whose grudges resurface after Yashiki used the nenjibitsu to weaken her power, shattering her to dust.
- Obfuscating Disability: While pretending to be a mere doll, she acts as though she can barely move on her own and is incapable of walking. She proves perfectly capable of both after she reveals herself—which means she could have snapped Yashiki's neck those times when he was carrying her but elected to keep him alive to keep feeding off fear.
- Terms of Endangerment: While still pretending to be an ally, she accompanies the protagonist to one of the investigations. As she (allegedly) can't move on her own, she needs to be picked up by the protagonist and makes a couple of comments about how nice it is to be held by such a handsome gentleman. Given what we learn later, those odd statements become this in retrospect.
- Unreliable Expositor: A lot of what she said is revealed to have been lies. For example, the rule that Kazuo may only have one partner at a time, because more people will attract the spirits- in truth, this is not the case and she just said this to increase the fear that Kazuo and his given partner would experience, which would be ruined by more allies. Another example is when she claims that she cannot move on her own and needs someone to carry her, when the final battle against her shows she is capable of levitation.
- Treacherous Advisor: She is the main source of info for Kazuo and his companions in how to deal with the spirits and remove the Marks that bind them. She is also the one who created the spirits in the first place and is leading them around as a twisted game for her entertainment.
Hanahiko
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He may be a Vengeful Ghost, but he is also a scared little boy who wants to see his mom again. The way to save him is to smear lipstick on his face like his mom used to.
- Green Thumb: His method of killing is using plant vines to entangle and penetrate his victims. He also covers the first floor of the school and the secret basement room in flowers and other plants.
- Promiscuity After Rape: Implied with Hanahiko, who's suggested to have been a victim of rape at the hands of his principal, and in death has a habit of leaving his female victims scantily clad and in sexually charged positions.
- Rape as Backstory: It's strongly implied the boy that would become Hanahiko was adopted and then raped daily by the principal till he died.
- Serial Rapist: It’s implied that being raped by the principal turned him into a rapist himself, seeing as he uses his vines to entangle female victims and leave them in sexually charged positions while removing their clothes. In which case, he is a rare sympathetic variant as his own rape and being turned into a spirit by the Big Bad screwed him up.
- Starter Villain: Hanahiko is the first ghost and the only one of the five ghosts that doesn't hint at Mary's role as the Big Bad.
- Undead Child: He died as a little school boy and haunts the school as a boy, but with plant arms and a decayed appearance.
- Vengeful Ghost: He is the spirit of a cross-dressing boy who largely despises adults. He'll also kill you if you tell him he's pretty... and fail to give him that "red stuff" he's been looking for. It's his mom's red lipstick, a memento of the one person who never judged him. Hanahiko has cursed Saya Kujou (who died when her Mark remained unsolved before running out of time), Moe Watanabe, Tsukasa Yoshida, and ex-detective Satoru Mashita.
Shimi-O
Shinzou Maruo
The antagonist of Chapter 2. He is a fat spirit who haunts the H Forest and has the power to control bees. He also likes to drill holes in his victims to turn them into bee hives. In life, he was the founder of the Honey Bee Family, a cult consisting of him and his followers who built a compound in the forest. He and his cult eventually carried out a mass murder-suicide.
- Bee-Bee Gun: Shimi-O is a Pest Controller and can command bees to attack for him.
- Death Seeker: His motive behind his killings is a belief that it will somehow reunite him with his followers, and the way to save him is to help him complete the suicide ritual he botched the first time around.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite having engineered the deaths of his followers, he seems to have genuinely cared for them as he is said to be very lonely without them. The way to beat him is to help him complete the suicide ritual so he can be with his followers again.
- Fat Bastard: Shimi-O is an obese ghost that kills his victims with a drill and uses their corpses as bee hives. In life, he was a cult leader that urged his followers into ritual suicide.
- Vengeful Ghost: He is a figure in the forest who kills people with a power drill. He used to be a member of a cult, the Honey Bee Family, near H Shrine and had botched his suicide to a degree. One of Mashita's fellow officers had tried to infiltrate the cult, but was outed. Shimi-O's victims would be turned into new "beehives". His cursed victim is high school student Shou Nagashima as well as Satoru Mashita, who intentionally got in an encounter with Shimi-O out of his own curiosity.
Hanayome
Seiko Hasegawa
The antagonist (of sorts) of Chapter 3. She is a tall spirit in a wedding dress who will help find lost objects for anyone who asks- as long as they do not claim to have seen “it”, otherwise she will become violent. In life, she was set to be married to her beloved, but was gang-raped by some thugs who took photos of the act to blackmail her. This eventually led to her hanging herself.
- Advertised Extra: The Hanayome spirit features predominantly in promotional material, and is even the only spirit to receive an acrylic charm design. In the game proper, she is the Arc Villain of the shortest chapter, the fight against her is the easiest (she is fought in a Live Or Die Choice rather than the usual RPG-like format), and she has no ties to the overarching plot besides being created by the Big Bad, as opposed to the later spirits Miss Zoo and the Kannon Soldier.
- Apologetic Attacker: If she is successfully appeased instead of destroyed, the last words she leaves behind is her apology to the Mark bearers for her actions before she passes on.
- Berserk Button: Hanayome is normally very helpful and nice despite being a spirit, but will go insane and murder anyone who says they saw "it" (the photos of her being raped).
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Hanayome operates on this. While she'll help you find something missing if you didn't see "it", she'll also brutally murder you and eat your eyes if you say you saw "it".
- Does Not Like Men: Hanayome because of being raped.
- Driven to Suicide: She hung herself after being raped, resulting in her becoming a spirit.
- Long Neck: One of Hanayome's distorted features.
- Rape as Backstory: Seiko Hasegawa was kidnapped, gang-raped, and then had photographs of the aftermath taken by the gang as blackmail just before her wedding. She committed suicide from grief.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Downplayed. She has the appearance- stringy hair, eerie white dress, ghostly grey skin- and the backstory- in life, she was a happy bride-to-be, until she got gang-raped by some thugs and her fiancé killed them and himself to avenge her, after which she was Driven to Suicide. However, she is usually not violent or seeking revenge on the living, instead preferring to help people find their lost items. But if you claim to have seen the photos of her rape, she WILL come after you with intent to kill.
- Vengeful Ghost: She has a thing about people "seeing it" and eats the eyeballs of her victims. She was Seiko Hasegawa, a bride who was gang-raped before committing suicide out of shame and the fear of photographic blackmail when her rapists pulled out a camera. Her cursed victims are Otaku Eita Nakamatsu, journalist Christie Arimura, and young Suzu Morimiya.
- Token Good Teammate: She is the least violent of the Big Bad’s creations, preferring to help people find their lost belongings rather than kill them. She only attacks people who claim to have seen the photos of her being raped.
Miss Zoo
Manabi Zukawa
The antagonist of Chapter 4. She is a humanoid chimera spirit made of several animals- she has the head of a pig, mouth of a shark, snake arms, and ostrich legs. She resides in the second floor of H Elementary. In life, she was a misanthropic teacher and friend of Madoka Hiroo, and chose to become a spirit to surpass humanity.
- Better with Non-Human Company: She always preferred animals to people.
- Eaten Alive: Her fate if you save her, ironically, is to be eaten by her own snake arms.
- Fan Disservice: She's got a nice torso, but you need to be more openminded than most the appreciate the rest of her.
- Hidden Disdain Reveal: Her diary reveals that she's always despised Hiroo and only pretended to be her friend because she was interested in her research.
- Mad Scientist: An occult version.
- Misanthrope Supreme: Manabi Zukawa has always hated humanity, even wondering as a child why she was human. She jumped at the chance to become something else.
- Mix-and-Match Man: As mentioned, she chose a pig, shark, snake, and ostrich to complete her transcendental form.
- Morton's Fork: She tests if her victims have brains by giving them pop quizzes. If they pass her quizzes, she dissects them. If they fail, she simply kills them.
- Pig Man: Well, her spirit form has the head of a pig, in addition to ostrich legs and snake arms.
- Superior Species: Since she preferred animals over humans, she chose to incorporate four beasts into her spirit body in order to surpass humanity. One of her quiz questions mentions erasing your "stench of corrupted humanity" and becoming one with nature, and saving her involves getting your sweat on her, causing her snake arms to devour her human torso.
- Too Kinky to Torture: The way to save her is to turn her snake arms against her, upon which they will devour her... to which she reacts with disturbing elation.
- Vengeful Ghost: She was a former teacher at H Elementary that loved animals. She was also a former misanthropic researcher named Manabi Zukawa who willingly turned herself into a vengeful spirit so she could continue her experiments with animals. Her cursed victims are idol/actress Ai Kashiwagi and fortune teller Towako Yasuoka.
Kannon Soldier
The antagonist of Chapter 5. She is a spirit with the head of a woman and body of a man, along with eight arms and a mutilated face. She was the victim of an experiment by scientists of Imperial Japan to create a half-human, half-spirit weapon to win World War II. However, she turned on her creators and massacred them all in revenge, and now haunts the bunker where the experiment was carried out.
- Brown Note Being: It emits a sutra hum that drives those who hear it crazy, causing you to turn your weapon on yourself if you try to attack it while under its spell.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: The Kannon Soldier's two visible eyes are on its forehead, with its hand-like ears covering where its eyes normally would be.
- Glasgow Grin: When the Kannon Soldier gets close enough, it reveals that its smile extends all the way across the face to where its eyes would normally be.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She has eight arms and is the physically strongest spirit in the game.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: It's implied that the Kannon Soldier's rampage against the army was fueled by the grudges of the Buddha statues that were beheaded and the victims of the Imperial Japanese Army scientists' insane experiments.
- Sins of Our Fathers: Madoka and Daimon inheireted their marks from their grandfathers who were involved in the Kannon Soldier's creation, but were spared when the Kannon Soldier went dormant for 50 years.
- Turned Against Their Masters: She was created by the IJA scientists to be the ultimate half-human, half-spirit weapon. They did this by severing her head and attaching it to a male body. As soon as she was complete, she massacred her creators.
- Vengeful Ghost: She is an experiment gone wrong that killed the IJA scientists that performed on it back towards the end of World War II. Its cursed victims are science researcher Madoka Hiroo, Dr. Shuuji Daimon, and vagabond Banshee Itou. It's later revealed that Manabi Zukawa was tricked or brainwashed by the Kannon Soldier into dying by its hands and becoming Miss Zoo, and that the Kannon Soldier itself was personally brought to life by Mary and maintained with her power.
Red Riding Hood
Sayako Shiina
The antagonist of Chapter 6. She is a ghost girl in a red raincoat who haunts a love hotel. She has control over spiders and can turn into a massive spider woman herself. She was the victim of a crime syndicate who operated the hotel and used it as a human trafficking operation, and was raped and nearly murdered in a twisted ritual. She survived, but killed herself soon after.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Her victims go missing and when they reappear, their minds are shattered and they soon die from self-neglect. After Madoka, Banshee, and Shou are attacked by her, they are hospitalized and put on life support because they refuse to eat and violently lash out if they aren't tied down.
- Extra Eyes: Red Riding Hood in her true form.
- Driven to Madness: The disgusting ritual and sexual abuse committed against her left her wandering the streets in a state that got her admitted to a facility, where she killed herself.
- Driven to Suicide: Red Riding Hood killed does it again as a ghost while she's being saved or destroyed, trying to bring Yashiki, whom she believes is her teacher, with her.
- Knight Templar:
- Zig-zagged in life. She was told by another teacher that she's heartless and doesn't treasure her friends for wanting to rat them out to the authorities, and she could have minded her own business and left them alone, but felt the need to do what's "right", even if it would have potentially ruined her classmates' lives forever. However, what she was reporting was a high-school prostitution ring, of which the teacher was a client.
- Played straight as a spirit, though, since she will kill you if you she catches you saying or doing anything "immoral".
- Mythical Motifs: With the Jorogumo Youkai, a lady who seduces men before transforming into a spider monster and eating them.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Upon hearing that there was a sex ring being run from her high school, Sayako confided in a teacher she respected deeply, who told her to meet him at the Masquerade hotel, where they would compare notes. Little did she know she was walking into a trap.
- Rape as Backstory: S-ko tried to report her classmates' prostitution ring to the police, but she was lured into a trap by a teacher she looked up to and was kidnapped and tortured as part of a fetishistic roleplay by her teacher and his friends. She was drugged, possibly with an aphrodisiac, her mouth was forced open with a speculum, and a large living spider was dropped into her mouth. Assuming that she didn't actually swallow the thing, she would've been deemed "guilty" and subjected to other depraved punishments. She was found and hospitalized, but later committed suicide.
- Secret Test of Character: Her first two Live or Die events, where she asks Yashiki what he's doing at a Love Hotel, whether being loyal to your friends or doing what's right is more important, and if people who sell bad things are to blame if there are buyers who enable them. She then brainwashes Madoka and has her strip down to her underwear and try to seduce Yashiki.
- Spider People: Her true form is that of a spider woman with multiple eyes, and she can control little spiders to attack her victims.
- Taking You with Me: Red Riding Hood attempts this with Yashiki, still believing him to be the teacher she looked up to and trusted.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Judging from her dialogue during the boss battle, she held genuine romantic feelings toward the teacher she respected so much, making his betrayal—particularly in such a sordid fashion—particularly vicious and damaging.
- Vengeful Ghost: She drives people crazy to the point of them committing suicide if they go into the abandoned love hotel with her where she haunts when it rains. She was a high school student known as S-ko who had threatened to tell on her fellow students of their highly questionable "part-time job" at the love hotel Masquerade, but was tricked into a BDSM "game" by the very teacher she had respected because he was also one of the "clients" of Masquerade. She later committed suicide from the sixth floor of the hospital where she had been sent to, the very same floor where the "special clients" went to at Masquerade and where she was tortured. Her cursed victims were Madoka, Banshee, and Shou.
Mach Princess
A spirit first mentioned in a sound drama and referenced in both sequel games. She is a horse-riding spirit who rides on highways and kills anyone who doesn't make way for her in "accidents". The D-Man mentions her in one of his memoirs in NG, and in the Extra Chapter of Death Mark II, Kaoru hires Kazuo to help her find the spirit.
- Hellish Horse: She's always seen riding an undead horse.
- Invented Individual: In Death Mark II, Kazuo walks away from the Extra Chapter certain that Adam Love/Kaoru Hazuki made her up in order to send him on a wild goose chase.
- Recurring Extra: She appears in a minor role in both NG and Death Mark II, mentioned in a memoir in the former and sought after (but not encountered) in the latter.
