History Characters / GaRei

* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: In one of the early chapters, she confesses to Kensuke that she likes him only to chicken out and say that [[ManlyGay Iwahata]] is the one who likes him.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: When acting as the host of the Kyuubi, Kagura subconsciously wishes for Yomi to return to life. Yomi then manifests as a SplitPersonality of a girl named Izumi, but poses a great danger due to the miasma Yomi produces attracting monsters and Yomi is meant to become the Black Priestess who will destroy the world. Despite all this, Kagura is determined to not let Yomi's tragedy repeat itself and gives it her all to save Yomi's soul this time.

* {{Fingore}}: While trying to help Kagura and Izumi escape the SDCD, she gets the fingers on her left hand cut off.

* TheGunslinger: She primarily fights with handguns.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: She confesses to Kensuke that deep down she just wants a normal life free from the death and corruption of organized crime, though she [[ThenLetMeBeEvil sees herself as too-far gone]] -- at least until her father sacrifices himself to save her and she's taken in by the SDCD.

A transfer student from one of the schools that were destroyed in the devastation in Tokyo. Her appearance is very similar to that of Yomi's, but according to the agency there is no relation between the two.

* IronicFear: She's initially terrified of ghosts -- ironic for someone who's technically dead, and due to Yomi possessing her she attracts them like flies to rotting meat.

* PartingWordsRegret: On the last day she saw her father alive, they had an argument that ended with her telling him she was going to leave him like her mother did. After the Kyuubi attacked and her father became an evil spirit, Izumi lamented what she said.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: The Land God in a towering man with an impressive [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white beard and hair]], and HadesShaded skin. He also describes himself as a harbinger of the end of the world.

* SupernaturalIsPurple: Her eyes were purple even back she was a human. They suit her all the more when she becomes an onyro and later, the Black Priestess.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair goes past her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair almost reaches her ankles.

Characters that appear in ''Manga/GaRei'' and its prequel ''Anime/GaReiZero''. Beware unmarked spoilers for both.

!! Main Characters

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoruShiraishi (Japanese), Creator/ToddHaberkorn (English)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriChihara (Japanese), Creator/LeahClark (English)

!! Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Department

-->'''Voiced by:''' Shinya Takahashi (Japanese), Creator/JasonLiebrecht (English)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Hirokazu Hiramatsu (Japanese), Creator/JMichaelTatum (English)

!! Antagonists

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoruMizuhara (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiMatsumoto (Japanese), Creator/BrinaPalencia (English)

* ArcVillain: She becomes the main villain of the second arc, seeking to wipe out the Countermeasures Department (and all-but succeeding) and nearly claiming possession of the completed Bane Stone.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoukoTanaka (JP), Creator/JamieMarchi (EN)

!! Classmates

!! Spirit-Beasts

* {{Reincarnation}}: It coalesced from remnants of the Kyuubi after it was destroyed by Kensuke and Byakuei. In the epilogue, he and Byakuei and Kirin are shown to have been reborn as puppies, curled up together in the form of a yin yang.

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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Yomi said that she could endure anything as long as she had Kagura by her side. Even after losing her adoptive father, her inherence and being crippled for life, Yomi didn't cross the DespairEventHorizon until it seemed like Kagura would leave her for murdering Mei. After her soul was corrupted, it was Yomi's love for Kagura which let her retain a bit of her sanity.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The ''-Zero-'' anime greatly expands on Yomi's past, her relationships with Kagura and Izuna when she was human and depicts her StartOfDarkness and death in far more detail than the manga ever did, changing her from a standard villain to an immensely sympathetic FallenHero.

* ParentalSubstitute: Yomi started looking after Kagura shortly after the latter lost her mother, making Yomi a mother figure as much as a sister figure to Kagura. Some of their friends even called Kagura Yomi's daughter.

** As if what's shown in the anime wasn't bad enough, her conga line continues in that manga! After being accidentally brought back through Izumi by Kagura's wish, Yomi discovers she's an ApocalypseMaiden which causes her to be pursued by both the Agency and specters that are attracted to her miasma, all while feeling guilty that Kagura is betraying the Agency for her sake. All goes FromBadToWorse when [[spoiler:Noriyuki]] is killed while shielding her from the Four Devas, which causes Yomi to snap completely. She gives in to her role as the Black Priestess and prepares to destroy the world.

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* MafiaPrincess: She's the leader of the Juugondō, a sect of ''onmyōji'' who escaped overseas and got involved in organized crime.
* MagicalEye: Her Eye of Satori has a white iris and [[HellishPupils vertically-slitted pupil]], enabling her to read minds.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: May intervenes when her father tries to persuade Naraku to make her the leader of the Isayama clan, and says that Yomi is a much better choice despite not being blood-related. She later reveals that she did so intending for Yomi to have a tragic "accident" so that she could take over. After she's killed by Mitogawa and is resurrected with a Bane Stone, she kills her uncle under the Sesshoseki's control and later taunts Yomi over it.

* DyingAsYourself: She is freed from the Bane Stone shard's influence just after gloating that she murdered Yomi's father. Her last words are a desperate attempt to explain what happened and plead for mercy that goes unheard as Yomi brutally kills her in a vengeful rage.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Has white hair and a nasty persona.

* {{Reincarnation}}: He's initially stated to be an incarnation of the Kyuubi that manifested shortly after it was vanquished, though he's eventually shown to be an inugami corrupted by one of the Bane Stones. In the epilogue, Byakuei and Kirin are shown to have been reborn as puppies, curled up together in the form of a yin yang.

* TeamPet: Begins staying with our heroes after his introduction.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Izumi develops a very blatant crush on Kagura and angsts about it during the "Spiritual Consultant" arc. After Kagura rescues her and Yomi from the SDCD, Izumi tells Kagura that while at first she thought she was "turning lesbian" she now knows her feelings stem from Yomi's love bleeding over into her -- though she states she has no intention of giving up on Kagura and [[IfItsYouItsOkay that she would be OK with being in a relationship with her]]. However, the epilogue implies she hooked up with Tanaka.

* IfItsYouItsOK: Insists that she's not a lesbian, but admits she would be fine with hooking up with Kagura.

* TheNotLoveInterest: To Kagura in the prequel anime and after Yomi is brought back in the manga. They share a PseudoRomanticFriendship that involved kissing at least once, but their core relationship is that of sisters. Kagura and Yomi are repeatedly stated to be the most important person to each other and their mutual devotion is way more intense than the one they have for their boyfriends.

* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Yomi has flirted with Kagura and kissed ''in the lips'' while alive as well as expressed jealous possessiveness towards Kagura. However, the love between the two girls is stated to be sisterly.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: ''Ga-Rei Zero'' reveals her relationship with Yomi was like this while the latter was still alive, with them bathing together and playing the Pocky game.

* TheNotLoveInterest: To Kagura in the prequel anime and after Yomi is brought back in the manga. They share a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship that involved kissing at least once, but their core relationship is that of sisters. Kagura and Yomi are repeatedly stated to be the most important person to each other and their mutual devotion is way more intense than the one they have for their boyfriends.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Yomi has flirted with Kagura and kissed ''in the lips'' while alive as well as expressed jealous possessiveness towards Kagura. However, the love between the two girls is stated to be sisterly.

* NotSoDifferent: Shizuru and Kagura have very similar lives, from being the heiresses of a clan involved in the supernatural and being forced to kill people to having older sisters who turned on them.

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* ClosetKey: For Izumi, who realizes she is a lesbian after falling in love with Kagura.

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* MrFanservice: He's a ''very'' well-built man who wears nothing but a ''fundoshi'' -- traditional Japanese undergarments. [[RealityEnsues This has gotten him arrested for indecent exposure in the past...]]

* FlowerInHerHair: A lily flower decorates the left side of her hair.

* FlowerInHerHair: As an onryo, she has a flower decorating her hair.

* BareYourMidriff: Happens this quite often thanks to the loose and short seifuku shirt Yomi wears.

* BelligerentSexualTension: The prequel shows she and Noriyuki argued and fought constantly, both claiming they were only engaged because their parents decided so. Obviously, the two were actually happy they would marry each other.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Her fatal flaw is her ambition, which her Bane Stone shard drove up to eleven.

* MixAndMatchCritters: As a ''nue'', it resembles a gigantic twelve-eyed lion with multiple serpentine tails.

* BlindSeer: He's poisoned by Mitogawa and left blind. He can still see perfectly fine through the eyes of his foxes.

* EvilAlbino: She has silver hair, red eyes and very fair skin. She starts off as grudgeful towards Yomi, but once she gets corrupted by a Bane Stone, she becomes purely evil.

* HeelFaceTurn: She was an antagonist during the first half of the Juugondō arc, but she became an ally and close friend of Kagura and Kensuke after her sister tried to kill her and doing some soul-searching with Izuna.

* PartingWordsRegret: On the last day she saw her father alive, they had an argument that ended with her telling her she was going to leave him like her mother did. After the Kyuubi attacked and her father became an evil spirit, Izumi lamented what she said.

* TechnicolorEyes: Her eyes were purple even back she was a human. They suit her all the more when she becomes an onyro and later, the Black Priestess.

* PurpleEyes: Her eyes were purple even back she was a human. They suit her all the more when she becomes an onyro and later, the Black Priestess.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She was originally a good person, but was corrupted by a Bane Stone shard and became the manga's first villain. She was "resurrected" by Kagura and became one of the main characters, showing remorse for her past villainy; but after being pushed over the DespairEventHorizon she embraces her destiny as the Black Priestess and tries to destroy the world. In the end, Izumi, Kensuke, and Kagura manages to talk her down, and Yomi bonds with her to save her life after Byakuei is killed.
* HimeCut: Her hairstyle consists of blunt bangs, cheek-length sidelocks, and hip-length straight hair. This represented her status as the future family head of the Isayama clan back when she was alive.

* ApocalypseMaiden: As the host of the Kyuubi, she annihilates a sizable chunk of Tokyo and would have gone on to devastate all of Japan had she not been stopped.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Kagura has both Yomi and Izumi express an attraction towards her -- the later mostly because she's the pseudo-reincarnation of the former.
* EyeColorChange: When tapping into the full power of the Bane Stone, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy her sclera turn black with pupil-less irises]]; though she stops just before fully succumbing to its corruption and becoming an ''onryō'' like Yomi.

* SummonMagic: She has an ''inugami'' called Shiro/Byakuei sealed inside her, which she uses to vanquish evil spirits.

* FinGore: While trying to help Kagura and Izumi escape the SDCD, she gets the fingers on her left hand cut off.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Izumi develops a very blatant crush on Kagura and angsts about it during the "Spiritual Consultant" arc. After Kagura rescues her and Yomi from the SDCD, Izumi tells Kagura that while at first she thought she was "turning lesbian" she now knows her feelings stem from Yomi's love bleeding over into her -- though she states she has no intention of giving up on Kagura and [[IfItsYouItsOKthat she would be OK with being in a relationship with her]]. However, the epilogue implies she hooked up with Tanaka.
* BackFromTheDead: She was killed during the Kyuubi's attack on Tokyo, but was resurrected by Kagura.

* LivingOnBorrowedTime: She was killed during the Kyuubi's attack, but Kagura unwittingly resurrected her by implanting Yomi's soul into her body. It's speculated that Izumi would die again if Yomi were separated from her, but when Yomi does so after becoming the Black Priestess Izumi is shown to be fine.
* MoralityPet: She serves as one for Yomi, who would've committed suicide had it not meant taking Izumi's life as well.
* SharingABody: It's revealed that Yomi's soul was implanted into her body, enabling the ''onryō'' to sometimes takes control of her.

* {{Familiar}}: Her Shikigami, which she can use to create constructs to fight with.

* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}: Uses all the trappings.

[[folder:Izuna Noriyuki]]

* BeastMaster: of a group of tube foxes

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Looks and acts like an incredibly sketchy HandsomeLech, yet is a very skilled fighter and an effective mentor to multiple characters.
* {{Familiar}}: The tube foxes. He uses them for spying and battle.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: He is killed when the Japanese government decides to assassinate Izumi/Yomi in order to prevent her from awakening to her destiny as the Black Priestess. This pushes Yomi across the DespairEventHorizon again and [[SelfFulfillingProphecy causes her to embrace said destiny as the Black Priestess]].

* OccidentalOtaku: He's from Australia, but lives in isolation in the mountains of Japan and practices both Japanese swordsmithing and spiritual techniques.
* PoweredArmor: He dons a suit of totally-not-Film/IronMan armor to hold off the SDCD when they try to kill Yomi following her resurrection.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's the protagonist of the spinoff ''Ga-Rei: Tsuina no shou''.

* BiTheWay: She was begrudgingly (at first) engaged to Izuna Noriyuki, and though her father offered to cancel the engagement she decided to go with it [[YamatoNadeshiko out of duty and obligation]]. However, while she was alive she was ''very'' flirtatious towards Kagura -- even kissing her to swipe the last bite of Pocky. After her resurrection, her jealousy towards Kensuke's relationship with Kagura so intense that Izumi can feel it; and when confessing her feelings to Kagura, Izumi states that the love she feels for Kagura is bleeding over from Yomi. However, Izumi states that Yomi's love for Kagura is "[[IncestSubtext sisterly]]" and in the epilogue she and Izuna have gotten back together as ghosts.

* BrokenPedestal: Becomes one for Kagura after she realizes Yomi ''did'' kill Mei, and her rejection is what pushes Yomi over the brink of her DespairEventHorizon and causes her to accept Mitogawa's offer of a Bane Stone shard.
* CoolSword: In life and as an ''onryō'', she wielded a supernatural nodachi called Shishio, which contained the ''nue'' Ranguren. As the Black Priestess, she can summon a seven-branched {{BFS}}.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Izumi notes that whenever she looks at Kensuke and Kagura together she feels disquieting jealousy, and after Yomi takes over to save Kagura from the Jinmengyo she quietly whispers that she won't let anyone take Kagura from her again.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Izumi states that her feelings for Kagura come from Yomi, but as far as Kagura is concerned their relationship is sisterly... despite Yomi having kissed and flirted with her while alive, and expressed jealous possessiveness towards her.

* TogetherInDeath: She and Izuna -- who refused to pass on after his death -- are shown to be a couple again as ghosts.

* BigBad: Of the first few arcs of the manga and of ''Ga Rei Zero'', having masterminded Yomi's corruption in order to gather the Bane Stones, summon the Kyuubi, and resurrect his mother.

* EyeScream: He replaced his left eye with a Bane Stone.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His goal was to resurrect his mother, who is disgusted by the carnage he wrought and kills him herself.

* BigBad: She becomes the main villain of the second arc, seeking to wipe out the Countermeasures Department (and all-but succeeding) and nearly claiming possession of the completed Bane Stone.

* MismatchedEyes: Her Eye of Satori has a white iris and [[HellishPupils vertically-slitted pupil]], enabling her to read minds.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: After being corrupted by the Bane Stone, she goads Yomi into a vengeful rage by boasting about how she murdered Yomi's father. Immediately afterward she's freed from its control and attempts to beg for mercy, but it's too late.

* AnimalCompanion: Begins staying with our heroes after his introduction.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiMatsumoto (Japanese), Creator/BrinaBalencia (English)

* {{Familiar}}: Her Shikigami.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Looks and acts like a incredibly sketchy HandsomeLech, yet is a very skilled fighter and an effective mentor to multiple characters.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: He is killed when the Japanese government decides to assassinate Izumi/Yomi in order to prevent her from awakening to her destiny as the Black Priestess. This pushes Yomi across the DespairEventHorizon again and [[SelfFulfillingProphecy causes her to embrace said destiny as the Black Priestess.]]

* OccidentalOtaku: He's from Australia, but lives in isolation in the mountains of Japan and practises both Japanese swordsmithing and spiritual techniques.

* AnimalisticAbomination: It vaguely resembles a massive nine-tailed fox... except its tails are tentacles, it has scales, and is comprised of corrupted spiritual energy so potent that even people without TrueSight can see it. It's later revealed to be an entity that plays a key role in the destruction and restoration of the world.

* BlindWeaponmaster: He's blinded by Mitogawa, but this doesn't slow him down at all and most people don't even realize he can't see.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: He is killed when the Japanese government decides to assassinate Izumi/Yomi in order to prevent her from awakening to her destiny as the Black Priestess. This pushes Yomi across the DespairEventHorizon again and causes her to embrace said destiny as the Black Priestess.

* IWasOnceALooker: In her youth during World War II, she was an attractive young woman.

* MrFanservice: He's a ''very'' well-built man who wears nothing but a ''fundoshi'' -- traditional Japanese undergarments.
* OccidentalOtaku: He's from Australia, but lives in isolation in the mountains of Japan and practises both Japanese swordsmithing and spiritual techniques.

* GuardianEntity: He can summon a two-headed samurai called Shuwaretsu.

* MsFanserve: She's a busty half-foreign girl who blatantly flirts with Kensuke, propositions that he become her "slave" in lieu of her just cutting him open to get the Bane Stone shard embedded in his body, jokingly offering to sleep with him, and opening her shirt to expose her Bane stone... and ample cleavage.