History Characters / FushigiYuugi

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: On one hand she's among those who send the Nyan-Nyans flying when they screw up, and has hit Miaka upside the head at least once. On the other, it's not like she's less harsh to guys: she's also seen beating up Tamahome and Hotohori for being rude to her.

* .EvilCounterpart: To Tamahome.

-> Voiced by: Creator/KaeAraki (Japanese, TV series), Creator/NorikoHidaka (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/BridgetHoffman (as "Ruby Marlowe", English)

-> Voiced by: Midori Nakazawa (Japanese), Sherry Lynn (English, as Katie Ashley)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Creator/DerekStephenPrince (English, mainly, as David Umansky), Matthew K. Miller (English, ep. 2 only, as Kermit Beachwood)

->Voiced by: Creator/KenNarita (Japanese, mainly), Nobuyuki Furuta (Japanese, ep. 8 only), Creator/KirkBaily (English, as Bo and Paul Williams)

-> Voiced by: Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese), Creator/MonaMarshall (English, mainly), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (English, ep. 2 only, as Dorothy Melendrez), Diana Perkins (English, ep. 26 only, as Diane Perkins)

-> Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa, Creator/MotokoKumai [Young] (Japanese), Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Japanese, CD dramas), Creator/MamoruMiyano (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/DavidHayter (as "Sean Barker", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, Creator/AyumiKida [Young] (Japanese, TV series), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/KirkThornton, Emily Brown [Young] (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese, CD Drama), Creator/JunkoMinagawa (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (as "Melissa Williamson", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese, CD Dramas), Creator/KoukiMiyata (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Randy McPherson (English, as Sean Mitchell)

-> Voiced by: Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese), Creator/JurotaKosugi (Japanese, CD Drama), Creator/KentaMiyake (Japanese, ''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/RichardEpcar (English, as "Richard George")

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami[[note]]Her debut as a seiyuu[[/note]] (Japanese, TV series), Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/AkikoKimura (Japanese, ''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/LenoreZann (English, as Zan)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ToruFurusawa (Japanese, TV series), Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese, radio dramas), Michael Deak (English, as Jack Hammer)

-> Voiced by: Midori Nakazawa (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Creator/DerekStephenPrince (English)

->Voiced by: Creator/KenNarita (Japanese), Creator/KirkBaily (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese), Creator/MonaMarshall

-> Voiced by: Katsuya Shiga (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Japanese, CD Dramas), Creator/KoukiMiyata (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Stephen Apostolina (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/NobutoshiCanna (Japanese TV series), Creator/KazukiYao (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/KosukeToriumi (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/DaranNorris (as "James Penrod", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese), Creator/JurotaKosugi (Japanese, CD Drama), Creator/KentaMiyake (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/RichardEpcar (as "Richard George", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami[[note]]Her debut as a seiyuu[[/note]] (Japanese, Tv series), Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/AkikoKimura (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/LenoreZann (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ToruFurusawa (Japanese, TV series), Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese, radio dramas), Michael Deak (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/YujiUeda (Japanese, TV series), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/SteveStaley (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/YujiUeda (Japanese, TV series), Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/SteveStaley (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (Japanese), Selece Zan (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese), Melodee Spevack (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/NobuoTobita (Japanese), Dougary Grant (English)

--> Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese), Creator/SkipStellrecht (English)

--> Voiced by: Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Japanese), Creator/MichaelLindsay (as "Dylan Tully", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/MikaDoi (Japanese), Creator/BarbaraGoodson (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/JinYamanoi (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/HisakoKyoda, Catherine Luciani (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/KyokoHikami, Creator/HirokoKonishi and Creator/TomokoKawakami (Japanese), Melissa Charles (English)

-> Tamahome's Father voiced by: Katsumi Osa (Japanese), Mike Fisk (English)
-> Chuei voiced by: Houko Kamei (Japanese), Creator/MonaMarshall (English)
-> Shinkei voiced by: Creator/HirokoKonishi (Japanese)
-> Gyakuran voiced by: Creator/SandyFox (as "Marie Danielle", English)
-> Yuiren voiced by: Creator/AkemiOkamura (Japanese), Creator/JulieMaddalena (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (as "Dorothy Melendrez", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese), Creator/SteveBlum as ("David Lucas", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Creator/SteveBlum as ("David Lucas", English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Ethan Murray (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/AkikoYajima (Japanese), Creator/BrianneSiddall (as "Ian Hawk", English)

->Voiced by: Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese), Creator/PeterLurie (as "Chuck Farley", English)

-> Voiced by: Ryuji Mizuno (Japanese), Creator/BobPapenbrook (as "John Smallberries", English)

* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: And eventually [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the other way around]].

* TookALevelInKindness: Tamahome accepts his own power and duty as a Suzaku Warrior after his [[spoiler: family's death]] and vows to love and protect Miaka at all costs.

** More than letting her drown, he was hoping to [[HumiliationConga make her look like a fool in front of Hotohori.]] Miaka [[WhatTheHellHero proved him wrong]] [[ArmorPiercingSlap and even]] ''[[ArmorPiercingSlap slapped]]'' [[ArmorPiercingSlap him for that]], then brought him a small, cute pebble she found in the pond anyway. This proves to be quite the HumblePie eating moment, and from then on Nuriko shapes up into the character we know and love.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Nuriko's death is the series' first WhamEpisode which officially kickstarts the CerebusSyndrome.]]

* CombatPragmatist: His first line of attack is a [[PaperFanOfDoom fan that shoots fire]], and he's not above combining it with a DynamicEntry. Nor is he above taking hostages, or attacking while his opponent is talking or otherwise distracted. On the rare occasion he's put HonorBeforeReason, he explicitly regrets it.

* PaperFanOfDoom: It generates fire.

%%* HospitalHottie

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After he believes his beloved older brother is dead, which leads him to cross the moral event horizon ''horrifically''.

* TheUnapologetic: He's ObliviouslyEvil who sees the world in BlackandWhiteInsanity

* MsFanservice: Her powers have DeusSexMachina, so she's naked quite a lot. And the clothes she's usually wearing highlights her legs.

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:Only Yuiren holds on enough to say see Tamahome before dying.]]

-> Voiced by: Creator/ToruFurusawa (Japanese, TV series), Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/DaranNorris (English)

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: When he's drugged Kudoku by Yui, supported by Nakago.

* TheDutifulSon: To his sickly father and four younger siblings. Part of Tamahome's seeming coldness and greed in early episodes is actually a result of him prioritizing support for his family over everything else.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he first met Miaka he rudely asks her for money because he had to feed his family without her knowing until, she met them and they have few arguments but they love each other.

* TookALevelInKindness: Tamahome accepts his own power and duty as the Suzaku Warrior to protect Miaka after his [[spoiler: family's death and vows to love and protect her at all costs]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy

%%* ImportantHaircut

* ManlyTears

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge

* TookALevelInKindness: Tamahome accepts his own power and duty as the Suzaku Warrior to protect Miaka after his [[spoiler: family's death and quickly falls in love with her]].

** [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that Miboshi ultimately lost his fight to the [[DemonicPossession Cat Demon]]--a [[TheAssimilator blood-thirsty cursed cat ghost]] [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique originally was to be controlled, and used as a form of offense spell]] by Miboshi's father. But the ceremony backfired ''hard'', and the demon killed Miboshi's entire family except for him ([[BlessedWithSuck who's happens to be an awakened Celestial Warrior]], which in general are naturally blessed with a tough lifespan;) and possessed Miboshi, slowly eating Miboshi's true soul away...]]

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:In "Eikoden," she gives her 12-week-old fetus to Mayo to save the universe.]]

* MagicStaff: His WeaponOfChoice. Aside from using it for magic, Chichiri can also use it as a bo staff for physical combat.v

* PaperFanOfDoom: His WeaponOfChoice. It generates fire.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: When young, as seen in the hidden picture.

* ShesGotLegs: She always displays her left leg and it's also where her celestial symbol is. [[MaleGaze Because why not]].

* DamselOutOfDistress: Played with. In the first episode she's doesn't hesitate to headbutt or pile drive thugs that accost her but she can't hit them hard enough to make them stay down. This means she still needs rescuing. On another occasion, she was trapped in a pocket dimension while a demon used her body to make trouble for her guardians. [[spoiler: She badly injured herself to wound the imposter and escape but then she needed a blood transfusion.]]

%%* GeneralRipper: A literal general who hates a

* BelatedLoveEpiphany: In episode 10, after saving Miaka from an attacking tiger yet she ditches his concern, instead of firing her back, he hugs her while confessing that he has been missing her as well as realized to have fallen in love with her while she was gone (back to her world) for 3 months.

%%* CannotSpitItOut

* BellyDancer: [[AbsoluteCleavage Her]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} priestess]] [[BareYourMidriff outfit]] is pretty comparable to something a belly-dancer might wear.

* SimpleStaff: His WeaponOfChoice. Aside from using it for magic, Chichiri can also use it as a bo staff for physical combat.

* FacialMarkings / NiceHat: Tomo comes from a family of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_opera Chinese Opera performers]]. Therefore, he dresses himself under the role of “the male warrior”, complete with the represented makeup to make himself more in tune with his duty as a Celestial Warrior. However, as per [[WordOfGod Watase's]] [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], underneath his heavy makeup, he's a [[{{Bishounen}} good looking man]].

->Voiced by: Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese, OVA)

->Voiced by: Creator/KenNarita (Japanese), {{Kirk Baily}} (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Japanese, CD dramas), Creator/MamoruMiyano (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/DavidHayter (English)

* BodyguardCrush: On Miaka.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Loved by Miaka. Desired by Yui ''and'' Mayo. Object of Nakago's obsession. Vitriolic Best Friend with HoYay hints to Tasuki. Nuriko ''loved'' to tease him and once kissed him. [[spoiler:Keisuke fawns over him quite a few times when he's at the real world.]]

-> Voiced by: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese, TV series), Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/KirkThornton (English)

%%* TheEmperor

-> Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese, CD Drama), Creator/JunkoMinagawa (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (English)

%%* CuteBruiser

-> Voiced by: Creator/NobutoshiCanna (Japanese TV series), Creator/KazukiYao (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/KosukeToriumi (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/DaranNorris (English)

* KillItWithFire: His PaperFanOfDoom generates fire.

-> Voiced by: Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese), Creator/JurotaKosugi (Japanese, CD Drama), Creator/KentaMiyake (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Creator/RichardEpcar (English)

-> Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami[[note]]Her debut as a seiyuu[[/note]] (Japanese, Tv series), Creator/MinamiTakayama (Japanese, radio dramas), Creator/AkikoKimura (''Suzaku Ibun'' game), Lenore Zann (English)

%%* BadassCape

* DragonInChief: Although Nakago nominally serves the Emperor of Kutou, he is always the driving force of Seiryuu's plots as well as the biggest physical threat. [[spoiler:After he bumps off the Emperor, he becomes THE BigBad.]]

%%* HeroKiller

* FreudianExcuse: His parents's deaths in the middle of the war, Amiboshi's loss, being repeateadly rejected by Yui whom he adores, etc.

* MsFanservice: Her powers have DeusSexmachina, so she's naked quite a lot. And the clothes she's usually wearing highlights her legs.

%%* ShesGotLegs
%%* ShockAndAwe

--> Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Japanese)

--> Voiced by: Creator/TetsuyaIwanaga (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/MikaDoi (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/KoujiIshii [Elder], Katsuya Shiga [Youth] (Japanese)

%%* OldMaster

-> Voiced by: Creator/HisakoKyoda

-> Voiced by: Creator/KyokoHikami

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Yuiren holds on enough to die in Tamahome's arms.]].

-> Voiced by: Creator/ChikaSakamoto

-> Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama

-> Voiced by: Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese)

-> Voiced by: Creator/AkikoYajima

->Voiced by: Wataru Takagi

-> Voiced by: Ryuji Mizuno (Japanese), John Smallberries (English)

* {{Kitsune}}: Chichiri isn't a literal kitsune, but numerous characters remark that his CoolMask makes him look like one. His celestial powers, mostly based around illusion and shapeshifting, and his trickster-ish personality also line up with kitsune mythology.

When you're traveling between universes, you're going to encounter [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters lots of characters]].

* GirlishPigtails: Had RapunzelHair and kept it in twin braids.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* {{Bishonen}}: Even in a universe populated by them, he stands out.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

%%* {{Bishonen}}

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* TakeThatAudience: She was created as a response the series' fans who expressed desires to become priestesses and get {{Bishonen}} boyfriends for themselves.