History Characters / Rinne

* {{Adorkable}}: He at least always tries to remain serious and tough but he's more of a dork than he lets on, especially when Sakura is involved, and can be adorable in those moments--just look at this kid [[LuminescentBlush blush!]]

* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears white thigh high socks to go with her pink SailorFuku.

* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears black thigh high socks to go with her ElegantGothicLolita dresses.

* CrystalBall: Possesses a fortune-telling crystal ball, which has caught the eyes of Shinigami and Damashigami alike.
* FortuneTeller: Her role in the series is to tell fortunes using her crystal ball.

%%* PaperFanOfDoom

* HornedHumanoid: Unlike a lot of Shinigami, she has two horns on her head.

* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a pink flower hair clip on the left side of her hair.

* FlowerInHerHair: She has two flowers on both sides of her head. [[HideYourOtherness She uses them to hide her horns.]]

[[folder: Main Characters]]

!!Rinne Rokudo

!!Sakura Mamiya

[[folder: Supporting Characters]]

!!Rokumon

!!Tamako
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatsukiYukino

Rinne's paternal grandmother and a young looking Shinigami.

* BestFriendsInLaw: She honestly liked her daughter-in-law Otome more than her son and thought she was too good for him. Flashbacks in the anime show Tamako and Otome got along very well thanks to having very similar interests and customs. It definitely helped Otome was only two years younger than Tamako.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is nice most of the time, even putting aside her BerserkButton, but some things genuinely set her off. Namely, she really hates Sabato taking advantage of Rinne and will stop him if she gets the chance to.
* TheDitz: She makes some dumb mistakes from time to time like buying a young Sakura candy from the afterlife despite knowing that it would allow her to see ghosts.
* DotingGrandparent: She's quite kind and loving to Rinne.
* EyesAlwaysShut: She always has her eyes closed and very rarely opens them.
* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a pink flower hair clip on the left side of her hair.
* HatesTheirParent: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Tamako hates her "good-for-nothing" son Sabato so much that she can't stand the sight of him. Considering how awful of a person Sabato is and the many problems he has caused for her dear grandson directly and indirectly, Tamako isn't in the wrong for feeling that way about her own son.
* InterspeciesRomance: A shinigami who fell in love with a human man.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: One chapter has her so fed up with Sabato's behavior that she kicks him into the ring of reincarnation which would mean death.
* LoveAtFirstSight: She fell in love with Rinne's grandfather the moment she met him when she was supposed to retrieve his soul.
* MaamShock: Calling her ''obaa-san'' (grandma/old lady), aka the appropriate term for her since she's old (and Rinne's grandmother), will annoy her a lot more than it should and get one's head noogie'd.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: She's a young-looking shinigami with a long life-span, and she got married to Rinne's grandfather when he was a young man. In flashbacks of the two of them with Rinne as a baby or kid, he's visibly aged which contrasts Tamako never-changing youthful looks.
* MegatonPunch: She can do a massive punch that knocks out a dozen people in one strike.
* MysticalWhiteHair: A {{Shinigami}} with the appearance of a pretty lady with white hair.
%%* PaperFanOfDoom
* PerpetualSmiler: She ''never'' stops smiling even when pissed.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She looks like a young lady, but as a Shinigami, she's likely to be more than hundreds years old. And she never likes being reminded of it.
* RunningGag: Anyone that calls her old will have their temples rubbed to the point of pain.
* {{Shinigami}}: She's a full-blooded Shinigami, a goddess of death charged with helping and guiding spirits from the world of the living to the Wheel of Reincarnation.
* ShipperOnDeck: Supportive of Rinne getting together with Sakura, and happily lies to Sabato (when he's trying to find a girl for Rinne to get married to) that the two are dating.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: She's Rinne's grandmother and Sabato's mother, but due to being a Shinigami, she looks like a pretty young lady.

!!Tsubasa Jumonji
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoheiKimura

An exorcist. Like Sakura, he can also see ghosts, but often brutally attacks them with "sacred ashes" instead of trying to put them to rest.
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!!Ageha
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieMurakawa

A Shinigami girl from a family of an elite shinigami known for taking down damashigami. Unlike Rinne, she is incredibly wealthy and throws her money away with little thought.

* CainAndAbel: Her sister, once a respectable shinigami, betrayed their kind and became Sabato's secretary.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Is super possessive and clingy towards Rinne, especially if Sakura is around.
* CryCute: Becomes teary without ruining her cute looks after Rinne saves her despite her initial hostility towards him.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially she is prickly and impatient with Rinne, who she views as a rival. After Rinne agrees to help her find her missing sister, she begins to warm to him.
* FriendlessBackground: She mentions that Rinne is one of her first friends she's ever made. Her privileged background and irrational careless attitude implies her friendless background isn't unwarranted, if Renge's dislike for her is anything to go by. Despite her dismissal of Sakura and Tsubasa, she slowly warms up to them as well.
* TheGlomp: Gives a big hug to Rinne from behind after he saves her from a damashigami. Unfortunately Sakura happens to see it, and assumes the two must be dating.
* TheHeart: Ageha is the cause of most of the group's bonding moments, albeit accidentally.
* HopelessSuitor: Her many (and crazy) romantic advances towards Rinne are all for nought since he's too focused on the job and also likes Sakura.
* LoveEpiphany: Realizes her feelings for Rinne after he rescues her from a damashigami that overpowered her. She assumes he wanted to protect her (in reality he he did it because of the one million yen bounty the guy had on him).
* MadBomber: Not unlike [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Happosai]], the slightest irritation has her throwing cutesy, skull-shaped bombs in retaliation.
* MagicalAccessory: Her hair ribbon functions in similar fashion as Rinne's cloak. She can wear it one way to be InvisibleToNormals, and she can wear it another way to become visible.
* {{Ojou}}: She comes from a very rich shinigami family and is very careless with how she spends her money. Her personality lies on the more bratty side, as she's impulsive and prefers to have things her way.
* RescueRomance: Starts to fall in love with Rinne after he saves her from a damashigami.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: What else can you call it when it's flagrantly obvious that damashigami--you know, ''her arch-enemies''--are trying to swindle her out of money, yet she keeps paying up? It's like her brain shorts out the moment she's presented with any problem, no matter how ridiculous, to which "money" is the solution.
* SailorFuku: Her default outfit is a pink cutesy sailor uniform.
* {{Shinigami}}: Unlike Rinne, she is a full blooded shinigami. Also unlike Rinne, she has a vast fortune she can call on when she needs tools.
* SpoiledBrat: She wastes her money without thinking, which shocks the financially poor Rinne.
* {{Tsundere}}: She's aloof or snappy towards pretty much everyone who isn't Rinne, but will show kindness to them if they're having a bonding moment of sorts.
* UpperClassTwit: Not only does she have extremely loose spending habits, but she has consistently demonstrated an inability to properly follow simple instructions and regularly forgets to follow up on delayed responsibilities.
* UptownGirl: A rich girl who has set her eyes on the extremely poor Rinne.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Real or a rubber toy, snakes scare her silly.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears white thigh high socks to go with her pink SailorFuku.

!!Oboro
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka

Ageha's Black Cat by Contract. They have a strained relationship because during their first mission together the two started to argue and Ageha buried Oboro under a boulder ,where he remained trapped for a year before being able to dig his way out.

* AnimalEyes: He has slit pupils like a cat's.
* BloodKnight: He loves a good fight and is quick to join the action if there's any nearby.
* CatBoy: He looks like a human boy with cat ears, tail and feet.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's jerkish to Ageha, he's kind to pretty much everyone else.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Ageha don't always get along, and seem to outright hate each other sometimes. After his introduction arc when they're reminded of why they're partnered together, they are more like VitriolicBestBuds.
* WolverineClaws: He has retractable large claws that he can use in battle.

!!Kain
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SomaSaito

A Shirushigami, a clerk in the afterlife. He steals Rinne's lifeflame because his father Sabato keeps on scamming Kain's mother out of her money causing mother and son to live a life in poverty.

* {{Bishonen}}: A very good looking slender boy.
* ChickMagnet: He was very popular with the girls in middle school, to Renge's dismay.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he's rude to Rinne, he refuses to harm humans.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: While he is usually a jerk, he clearly loves his mother and he is infuriated with Sabato --and by extention, his family -- for constantly conning her.
* FreudianExcuse: While he's a jerk, he has very valid reasons for hating Sabato.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He has a connection with Renge, who he mistakenly believes is an upright, stalwart young lady, though in reality she works directly for his hated Damashigami Company. Kind of justified since he got to know her before she turned into one.
* InspectorJavert: Frequently on Rinne's trail due to perfectly valid reasons relating to criminal incidents, but he still often comes off to be rather unfair since it's usually clear Rinne has nothing to do with it or is being conned (mostly by his father).
* {{Jerkass}}: He's pretty mean to Rinne, always thinking Rinne is working with his father.
* ObliviousToLove: He has no idea that Renge is in love with him despite her obvious signs.
* PerpetualPoverty: He has it just as bad as Rinne in terms of wealth, due to Rinne's dad taking all his money and his mom being pretty careless with what's left.
* StudentCouncilPresident: He was head of the student council in middle school.
* TheStoic: He rarely displays emotions [[NotSoStoic unless it's about money or Rinne and his family.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: His brash and jerkish decision-making has even been called out by ''Sabato''!
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair and isn't evil. However, he's not a nice person either and is very antagonistic towards Rinne.

!!Suzu
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SuzukoMimori

Kain's Black Cat by Contract.

* AnimalEyes: She has slit pupils like a cat's.
* {{Animorphism}}: She can transform into a kitten.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She has no focus at all, frequently being distracted by the most mundane of things.
* CatGirl: She looks like a cute little girl with cat ears and tail.
* CuteLittleFangs: She naturally has small fangs as a cute CatGirl.
* ElegantGothicLolita: She usually wears a dark, frilly gothic lolita dress.
* GenkiGirl: She has never been seen sad.
* ObsessedWithFood: Eating her heart out is usually the top of her priority list, even in occasions when she should be doing something else. Which is sad when mixed with a very poor Kain.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: A CatGirl with yellow eyes.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears black thigh high socks to go with her ElegantGothicLolita dresses.

!!Miho Aogiri and Rika Momoi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraTokui (Miho), Creator/AyaSuzaki (Rika)

Sakura's classmates and close friends.

* CatchPhrase: Prone to screaming "So scary!" while running away from whatever supernatural occurrence is happening.
* FearIsTheAppropriateResponse: At least OnceAnEpisode, they'll turn tail with their hands in the air the moment anything supernatural shows up.
* ThoseTwoGirls: One is almost never seen without the other, and neither have much characterisation other than being Sakura's friends.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: An occasional pairing with Tsubasa, but mainly so they can get him to pay for stuff they want (and he's none too happy about the arrangement, either).

!!Matsugo
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->'''Voiced by:''' Taishi Murata

Rinne's old classmate from Shinigami Elementary.

!!Right and Left Mikazuki
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (Right), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Left)

A twin brother and sister. Left, the brother, is a blacksmith who makes Shinigami scythes, while Right, the sister, tries to sell them.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga, Left has black hair and Right has white hair. The anime changes their hair colors to green with a black top and light pink with a white top respectively.
* BunglingInventor: Left's creations are always both extremely impressive and completely useless.
* GenkiGirl: Right is very cheerful and enthusiastic.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: They're twin siblings with Left being the guy and Right being the girl.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: The two speak in Kansai-ben despite living in the spirit world.
* LittleBitBeastly: They have rabbit ears and tails.
* MulticoloredHair: In the anime, Left has green hair that turns black on the top and Right has pink hair that turns white on the top.
* PlayboyBunny: Right wears this costume to attract clients. Bonus points for her bunny ears and fluffy tail being real.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Right is a cheerful and friendly GenkiGirl. Left is completely incapable of talking to someone without insulting them.
* RoseHairedSweetie: The anime gives Right pink hair to fit her cheery personality.
* SnakeOilSalesman: ''Particularly'' to Rinne, who's so poor that he'll take any product so long as they're giving him a good deal.
* StoppedReadingTooSoon: Left failed to realize that Waga Hansei is actually a book of failed products that his ancestors kept, due to never reading the descriptions until the end.

!!Hitomi Annette Anematsuri
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyukiSawashiro

A clairvoyant moonlighting as Sankai High School's resident English teacher.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her black hair in the manga is changed to a deep purple in the anime (potentially a case of HairColorDissonance).
* ButNotTooForeign: She's part French in an otherwise Japanese setting.
* CrystalBall: Possesses a fortune-telling crystal ball, which has caught the eyes of Shinigami and Damashigami alike.
* FortuneTeller: Her role in the series is to tell fortunes using her crystal ball.
* ISeeDeadPeople: She is part-witch, allowing her to be able to see spirits.
* MultiEthnicName: Her given name and surname are Japanese, but her middle name is French.
* SenseiChan: She's young, clumsy, childish and likes to be popular with her students.
* WitchSpecies: Her family is descendant of European witches, thus giving her a small grasp of supernatural powers.

!!Ichigo/Otome Rokudou
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiHayashibara

A fifth grader with the ability to see ghosts. She's also revealed to be the formerly-amnesiac reincarnation of Rinne's mother, Otome.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga's colored illustrations, Otome and Ichigo have dark purple hair. In the anime, instead, Otome had lavender hair with a purple top while her reincarnation Ichigo has brown hair.
* AmicableExes: Otome/Ichigo and Sabato have agreed to not get back together because she's just a child in her current life, but they get along very well and enjoy each other's company.
* FourthDateMarriage: Otome and Sabato got engaged on the day they met and they had the wedding about a week after that.

* HappilyMarried: To everyone's disconcert, Otome was genuinely happy with Sabato despite the no-good he is. As Ichigo, she still thinks fondly of Sabato but obviously doesn't pursue their marriage due to her new life and the creepy factors behind a little girl being with an adult man.

* ISeeDeadPeople: As Ichigo, she's able to see ghosts probably because she was a shinigami in a previous life.
* LivingLegend: In her life as Otome, she was a famous {{Shinigami}} genius, having earned a Platinum license for having purified more than 10000 spirits, and a nickname "the Legendary Shinigami Maiden".
* MayDecemberRomance:
** Otome was only a couple of years younger than Sabato's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld mother, though he had no idea since Otome was hiding her real age. Sabato is shocked to find out, but doesn't let it ruin his happy memories of their marriage.
** Thankfully averted with Ichigo and Sabato. Both of them know how creepy it would be for a grown man to get together with a elementary school student and so remain on amicable platonic terms.

* OdangoHair: As Ichigo, she keeps her hair in double buns.
* OppositesAttract: Otome was a gentle, loving, and hard-working shinigami who married the egotistical, dishonest and lazy bastard Sabato. For reasons no one could ever understand, they were very much in love.
* PastLifeMemories: Ichigo regains her memories as Otome after being hit on the head with her old scythe.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Otome was two years younger than Tamako, who is a Shinigami probably hundreds years old.
* {{Reincarnation}}: A herd of water buffalo dragged Otome to the Wheel of Reincarnation by accident. She was initially reincarnated as a killifish, then a canary, then an ant-eater before finally being reborn as a human girl called Ichigo.
* ReincarnationRomance: Averted. Ichigo and Sabato do still have some sort of affection for each other, but neither want to pursue a relationship because of the creepy factor of Ichigo's age.
* {{Shinigami}}: In her previous life, Otome was a full-blooded and famous one. Ichigo still has Otome's scythe and can see ghosts, but she's otherwise a normal human.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent:
** Otome looked very young despite nearly being as old as Tamako, including her time as a mother to Rinne.
** A weird example with the elementary school girl Ichigo, due to being Rinne's mother but reincarnated.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair was purple when she was Otome. In the manga, Ichigo shares the same hair color.

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!!Sabato Rokudo
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi

Rinne's father and the president of the Damashigami Company, an illegal business committed to stealing the souls of people who have not ended their lifespan.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves his wife Otome, and had gone to the trouble of sending spy cameras everywhere to track her down in every incarnation until she was reborn as Ichigo. He also seemed to be truly distraught about the thought that Otome chose to reincarnate instead of being with him, and probably the only time he shed genuine tears.

* OppositesAttract: Sabato is an egotistical, dishonest and lazy bastard while his wife Otome was a gentle, loving, and hard-working shinigami. For reasons no one could ever understand, they were very much in love.

!!Bijin

!!Masato

!!Renge Shima

* HairDecorations: Her hair ribbon functions in similar fashion as Rinne's cloak. She can wear it one way to be InvisibleToNormals, and she can wear it another way to become visible.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: One chapter has her so fed up with Sabato's behavior that she kicks him into the ring of reincarnation which would mean death.

* BigBad: The closest thing this series has to one. The majority of the cast's problem come from him--Rinne and Kain's poverty, Sakura's ability to see ghosts, Ageha's family's reputation taking a hit, and Renge being a Damashigami.

* MaamShock: Calling her ''obaa-san'' (grandma/ old lady), aka the appropriate term for her since she's old (and Rinne's grandmother), will annoy her a lot more than it should and get one's head noogie'd.

* CrazyJealousGuy: A mild example but he does get annoyed when someone makes a move on Sakura.

* GreenEyedEpiphany: Though he's not sure why, he doesn't like it when Tsubasa shows up and immediately starts making moves on Sakura.

* BerserkButton: Calling her ''obaa-san'' (grandma/ old lady), aka the appropriate term for her since she's old (and Rinne's grandmother), will annoy her a lot more than it should and get one's head noogie'd.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Averted, she honestly liked her daughter-in-law Otome more than her son and thought she was too good for him.

* ReincarnationRomance: Averted. Ichigo and Sabato do still have some sort of affection for each other but neither want to pursue a relationship because of the creepy factor of Ichigo's age.

* HandsomeLech: He has tons of women fighting over him, although it's obvious that the only good thing about him are his good looks.

* MeanBoss: He's hasn't paid any of his employees and his first thought when they form a union is to bomb them. He at least spends a lot of the money he steals from Rinne towards his employees. Or at least the female ones.

* ParentalNeglect: Sabato was too busy in his shady business scams and womanizing to spend any time with Rinne while growing up. Rinne was pretty much raised by his grandparents. And considering how awful Sabato is, it was for the best.

* PlayboyBunny: Right wear this costume to attract clients. Bonus points for her bunny ears and fluffy tail being real.

* SpoiledSweet: He's actually quite rich due to his contract with Ageha, but he doesn't lord it over anyone and doesn't really see it as a big deal.

!!Rinne Rokudo (六道りんね)
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!!Sakura Mamiya (真宮桜)
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* ClingyJealousGirl: A very mild example. When she sees Rinne with other girls like Ageha she just tries to ignore and avoid him instead of getting all clingy and violent. But she does have a tendency of misinterpreting some of what Rinne has done or said that makes its look like Rinne is interested in another girl. She then sometimes ponders why she feels so uncomfortable whenever this happens.

!!Rokumon (六文)
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* {{Tsundere}}: Is aloof or snappy towards pretty much everyone who isn't Rinne but will show kindness to them if they're having a bonding moment of sorts.

* SnakeOilSalesman: ''Particularly'' to Rinne, who's so poor that he'll take any product so long as they're giving him a good deal.

* FourthDateMarriage: otome and Sabato got engaged on the day they met and they had the wedding about a week after that.

** Otome was only a couple of years younger than Sabato's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld mother, though he had no idea since Otome was hiding her real age. Sabato is shocked to find out but doesn't let it ruin his happy memories of their marriage.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She had purple hair in her life as Otome.

* AffablyEvil: He at least spends a lot of the money he steals from Rinne towards his employees. Or at least the female ones.

* KarmaHoudini: His business is basically kidnapping people and he's ''never puniished''.

* MeanBoss: He's hasn't paid any of his employees and his first thought when they form a union is to bomb them.

* FlowerInHerHair: She has two flowers on both sides of her head. She uses them to hide her horns.

* HimeCut: Subverted. She has the full straight bangs and hair locks look, and at first appears to be a sweet ladylike schoolgirl. Then her real personality is revealed, which is a lot nastier.

* ReusedCharacterDesign:
** She looks just like [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Kagome]] with two of Manga/{{Ranma|OneHalf}}'s pigtails.
** She also resembles a less busty, brown-haired version of girl-type [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] with twin braided pigtails instead of just one.

* {{Expy}}: [[Manga/InuYasha Shippo]] or [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Ten]], though he's much nicer to Rinne than they are to Inuyasha and Ataru respectively.

* {{Expy}}: He acts like a slightly nicer Ryoga from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Looks like Miroku from ''Manga/InuYasha''.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: She's identical to Abi-Hime from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically the [[PlayedForLaughs comical]] version of Sesshoumaru from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''. His black cat even resembles Rin.

* {{Expy}}: A more cheerful version of Rin from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''.

* {{Expy}}: The somewhat inept, childish, supernatural, English-teaching instructor of the main characters? She ain't [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Hinako Ninomiya]], but she's pretty ''close''.

* {{Expy}}: A more devious and malicious version of [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Genma Saotome]].

* ReusedCharacterDesign: He looks a lot like Pantythose Taro from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.

* {{Expy}}: An AntiVillain minion reluctantly working for a terrible boss, who has a crush on a [[MysticalWhiteHair white-haired]] [[TheStoic stoic]] enemy? [[Manga/InuYasha Kagura]] says "Hello."

* AmbiguouslyChristian: Uses a lot of cross imagery and carries a Bible, but has never had his religion explicitly stated.
* BirdsOfAFeather: He fell for Sakura because they could both see the dead.
%%* {{Bishonen}}

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He met Sakura when they were children when they attended the same elementary school. Since Sakura could see spirits too he developed a crush on her.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Though he does draw the line at actually hurting someone.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: A lot of his clothes have crosses on them.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Sakura.
* TheDragAlong: Occasionally to Miho and Rika.

* HopelessSuitor: He always tell Sakura of his feelings but she likes Rinne.

* ISeeDeadPeople: He can see ghosts since he was young.

* TheRival: To Rinne in both romance and exorcisms.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His parents are rarely home due to their job but he doesn't seem to mind.

* CainAndAbel: Her sister betrayed the shinigami and became Sabato's secretary.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Acts this way towards Rinne, especially if Sakura is around.
* CryCute: After Rinne saves her despite her initial hostility towards him.

* FriendlessBackground: She mentions that Rinne is one of her first friends she's ever made. Probably due to a few reasons such as her privileged background, and like Rinne is a Shinigami.
* TheGlomp: Does one to Rinne from behind after he saves her from a damashigami. Unfortunately Sakura happened to see it, and assumes the two must be dating.

* TheHeart: Ageha is the cause of most of the groups bonding moments, if accidentally.
* HopelessSuitor: To Rinne.
* LoveEpiphany: Has one after Rinne rescues her from a damashigami that overpowered her. Though in reality he did it because of the one million yen bounty the guy had on him.

* {{Ojou}}: She comes from a very rich shinigami family.

* SailorFuku: Her default outfit from her school which she is never seen going to.
* {{Shinigami}}: Unlike Rinne, she is a full blooded one. Also unlike Rinne, she has a vast fortune she can call on when she needs tools.

* {{Tsundere}}: Towards pretty much everyone who isn't Rinne.

* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears white thigh high socks.

Ageha's Black Cat by Contract. They have a strained relationship because during their first mission together the two started to argue and Ageha buried Oboro under a boulder where he remained trapped for a year before being able to dig his way out.

* BloodKnight: He loves a good fight.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's pretty jerkish to Ageha, he's kind to pretty much everyone else.
* SpoiledSweet: He's actually quiet rich due to his contract with Ageha but he doesn't lord it over anyone and doesn't really see it as a big deal.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Ageha don't always get along, and seem to outright hate each other sometimes. After his introduction arc, they are more like VitriolicBestBuds.

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: While he is usually a jerk, he clearly loves his mother and he is infuriating with Sabato --and by extention, his family -- for constantly conned her.

* InspectorJavert: Frequently to Rinne.

* PerpetualPoverty: He has it just as bad as Rinne, due to Rinne's dad taking all his money and his mom being pretty careless with what's left.

* WhatTheHellHero: He was called out by ''Sabato''!
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair and while not evil, he's not a nice person either and is very antagonistic towards Rinne.

* {{Animorphism}}: She can transform into kitten form.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She has no focus at all.

* CuteLittleFangs: She naturally has these as a cute CatGirl.

* ObsessedWithFood: Which is sad when mixed with a very poor Kain.

* ZettaiRyouiki: She wears black thigh high socks.

* CatchPhrase: "So scary!"

* ThoseTwoGirls: One is almost never seen without the other.

* EasilyForgiven: From total antipathy to total ''infatuation'' with Rinne in a matter of moments.
* InsistentTerminology: His affection toward Rinne: it's just ''friendship'', not love.
* SingleTargetSexuality: To Rinne.

* GenkiGirl: Right is very cheerful.

* SnakeOilSalesman: ''Particularly'' to Rinne, who's so poor, he'll take any product so long as they're giving him a good deal.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Her black hair in the manga is changed to a deep purple in the anime. Though it's [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack likely a case]] of HairColorDissonance.
* ButNotTooForeign: She's part French.
* CrystalBall: Which has caught the eyes of Shinigami and Damashigami alike.

* FortuneTeller: Of course!
* ISeeDeadPeople: Explained by her being part-witch.

!!Ichigo / Otome Rokudou

A 5th grader with the ability to see ghosts doubling as the formerly-amnesiac reincarnation of Rinne's mother, Otome.

* FourthDateMarriage: She and Sabato got engaged on the day they met and they had the wedding about a week after that.
* GoodParents: Unlike Sabato, Otome did love Rinne a lot and regrets not having been able to raise him. Despite of now being a child, Otome/Ichigo vows to try and be there for Rinne in every way she can.
* HappilyMarried: To everyone's disconcert, Otome was genuinely happy with Sabato despite the no-good he is.

** With Sabato in her previous life. She was only a couple of years younger than his ReallySevenHundredYearsOld mother, though he had no idea since Otome was hiding her real age.
** Thankfully averted in her current life. Both Ichigo and Sabato know how creepy it would be for a grown man to get together with a elementary school student.
* MissingMom: She went missing when Rinne was a baby. Everyone assumed she abandoned the family, but she was actually dragged by a herd of water buffalo to the Wheel of Reincarnation. When she reunites with her son, Otome has reincarnated as a little human girl.

* PastLifeMemories: Regains them after being hit on the head with her old scythe.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In her previous life, she was two years younger than Tamako, who is a Shinigami probably hundreds years old.

* ReincarnationRomance: Averted. Ichigo and Sabato do still have some sort of affection for each other but neither want to pursue a relationship because of the {{Squick}} factor of Ichigo's age.

** In her former life as Otome she looked very young despite nearly being as old as Tamako.
** Because she was forcibly reincarnated years ago, Rinne's mother is now an elementary school girl.

* BigBad: The closest thing this series has to one. The majority of the cast's problem come from him. Rinne and Kain's poverty, Sakura's ability to see ghosts, Ageha's family's reputation taking a hit and Renge being a Damashigami.

* EvilIsHammy: Tends to speak in this way a lot of times, especially towards Rinne.
* EvilIsPetty: He repeatedly steals small Rinne's pocket money during his childhood. He even steals from his own employees and company several times.
* EvilRedhead: He really has no redeeming qualities, as seen when he repeatedly steals Rinne's money.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He's been stealing from his son since childhood.
* {{Jerkass}}: Has no qualms about stealing pitiful amounts of money from Rinne, and will even steal from his own company and employees if the situation arrives.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He once goes through a lot of trouble to get back a photograph featuring himself holding a young Rinne, even returning the money he borrowed from Sakura to get it back. It turns out that he hid a larger amount of cash in the frame.

** Thankfully averted with Otome's reincarnation. Sabato makes clear he isn't into elementary school students.
* MeanBoss: He's hasn't paid any of his employees and his first thought when they formed a union is to bomb them.

* OlderThanHeLooks: Is Rinne's father, but could easily be mistaken for his older brother instead.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks nearly identical to his father when he was young.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With Sabato.
* GoodGirlGoneBad: After falling for Sabato.

* PaperThinDisguise: Apparently learning disguising techniques from [[Manga/CodenameSailorV Sailor V]], she dons a single, flimsy party mask, and it's enough to fool Ageha.

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Jerkass}}: He's a devil, what do you expect?

* {{Revenge}}: He seeks revenge against Rinne because he caused him to fail his homework assignment of retrieving a soul and bring it to Hell back during demon elementary school.

* AntiVillain: She used to be a Shinigami, but her reputation was ruined by Sabato. Renge had no choice but to work as a Damashigami to pay the bills.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In her introduction, she pretends to be an innocent girl who feels guilty over couples breaking up over her. She's actually a Damashigami who purposely seduces her male schoolmates with a magic charm to lure them to the afterlife.
* ButtMonkey: Renge just appears to have really bad luck.

* GoGetterGirl: She always got the top grades, was elected ClassRepresentative every year and was vice president of the student council in middle school. She wanted to go to an elite high school, but she lost her chance because of Sabato. Renge herself says she aims for the top in whatever she does.
%%* HimeCut

* NewTransferStudent: She got introduced as a transfer student to Sankai High.
* PerpetualPoverty: Just as bad Rinne, so much that they're actually neighbors.

* SempaiKohai: Kain was her sempai in middle school.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Among the otherwise half-witted Damashigami.

* {{Adorkable}}: Just look at this kid [[LuminescentBlush blush!]]

* BerserkButton:

** People messing up his luxury meals, which for him is instant noodles ...

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Rinne is very different from any of Takahashi's male protagonists. He's quite kind and calm headed unlike the regular JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

* CustomUniform: His middle school track uniform. Granted, he'd probably change it if he could. (He seemed eager enough to get a regular uniform in an early chapter.)

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: There's only a handful of chapters where Rinne isn't ripped off in the end; and even then the reward's usually nothing monetary. (A hand-made scarf, a kotatsu, etc.)
** {{Subverted}} and {{Lampshaded}} in one chapter.
--->'''Sakura:''' So you didn't spend any money and you got your reward. That's rare, isn't it?

* FullNameBasis: With Sakura.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: A lot of chapters show he has a low opinion of himself due to his poverty.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: At the hands of Sabato.
* InvisibleToNormals: With his haori on.

* LimitedWardrobe: ''Very'' limited. He at best has two outfits.

* NiceGuy: Incredibly. He's patient and willing to do anything to save the living and give peace to the dead. And will pay out of his incredibly sad wallet if he has too.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While he's pretty much a saint, but when it comes to money he's willing to break his morals. But even then he refuses to let innocent people be hurt.

* OnlyFriend: Rinne was Matsugo's only friend.
* PerpetualPoverty: To the point he'll do anything to save 500 yen, about 5 dollars. Justified however, because he is forced to purchase exorcism tools due to not being a full Shinigami and thus being able to summon them. That, and his father constantly steals anything he manages to save up for a rainy day.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: To Sakura.

* TearsOfBlood: Rinne suffers through these whenever he has to spend a lot of money on something.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sakura.
* UnwittingTestSubject: Often to Right and Left's "inventions".
* WeaksauceWeakness: Apparently, Rinne's got a severe case of motion sickness.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Which wouldn't be so bad if his dad didn't keep making new debt for him.

* ChildhoodFriends: She was friends with Tsubasa as a child.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A very mild example. When she sees Rinne with other girls like Ageha she just tries to ignore and avoid him instead of getting all clingy and violent. But she does have a tendency of misinterpreting some of what Rinne has done or said that makes its look like Rinne is interested in another girl.
* CrashIntoHello: Her method of figuring out whether Rinne was a ghost or not was deliberately ramming her head into his chest.

* DudeMagnet: A lot of boys, living or not have feelings for her including Rinne and Tsubasa.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Tsubasa perceives her feelings for Rinne since pretty early on.
* GirlishPigtails
* GreenEyedEpiphany: Though subtle, when she first encounters Ageha, holding Rinne's hands no less, she claims that it's not a big deal. But later when she recalls the scene, she wonders why this seems to bother her. She also seems bothered when she sees Ageha hugging him from behind after he saves her from a damashigami, but was actually only interested in the bounty it had on it.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: To Rinne.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She would love to not see ghosts.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Some of her comments have hurt Rinne, like when she revealed that she didn't mean them in a romantic light.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Thanks to otherwordly candy.

%%* MagicSkirt

* ObliviousToLove: She's completely oblivious to Rinne's crush on her and Rinne isn't the most subtle guy when it comes to romance. And it took her nearly 200 chapters before she realized that she liked Rinne.
%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent

** She also resembles a less busty, brown-haired version of [[GenderBender girl-type]] [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] with twin braided pigtails instead of just one.

* TheStoic: Nothing much fazes her.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's a nice girl, just unusually calm and inexpressive.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Kain steals Rinne's soul. Granted it only lasts so long, but one can tell she's ''ticked'' over her friend's life being taken.
* UnfazedEveryman: Sakura is very blase about everything around her...
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Rinne.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: She doesn't get why she got so upset when she misunderstood something Rinne said to Matsugo about her as him saying he only hangs out with her to get free food and money.
* YouAreWorthHell: Variation, she gives up special candies that were given to her from Tamako that stop her from seeing ghost because she hadn't seen Rinne for 3 days.

* DeadpanSnarker: He shows shades of this every so often.

* MouthyKid: But not without good reason.
* MrExposition: When he explains the purpose of various devices used by shinigami.

%%* NonHumanSidekick

* ShipperOnDeck: For Rinne×Sakura.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can't do much with it.

* BerserkButton: Never call her "grandma" or call her old.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is nice most of the time. But some things set her off, and she really hates Sabato taking advantage of Rinne, stopping him if she gets the chance to.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: With Rinne's grandfather.
* MegatonPunch: She can do one that knocks out a dozen people in one strike.

* PerpetualSmiler: She NEVER stops smiling even when pissed.

* ShipperOnDeck: For Rinne×Sakura.

* MissingMom: His dad told him she was dead. [[spoiler:That was a lie, but it was [[AccidentalTruth closer to the truth than Sabato realized]].]]

* TheStoic: He's very calm and collected.
** NotSoStoic: Whenever large amount of money are involved (Hell, money in general), Rinne loses his cool exterior.

%%* TroubledButCute: Oh, ''god''.

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* SenseiChan

* {{Tsundere}}: She

%%* SugarAndIcePersonality

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Averted, she honestly liked [[spoiler:Otome]] more than her son and thought she was too good for him.
%%* MysticalWhiteHair

%%* {{Shinigami}}

%%* {{Buttmonkey}}
%%** IronButtmonkey

%%* SpoiledBrat

%%* ZettaiRyouiki

%%* CatBoy

%%* WolverineClaws

* TheStoic: He rarely displays emotions ....
** NotSoStoic: Unless it's about money or Rinne and his family.

%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart

%%* CatGirl

%%* GenkiGirl: Right.

A 5th grader with the ability to see ghosts...doubling as the formerly-amnesiac reincarnation of Rinne's mother, Otome.

* GoodParents: Unlike Sabato, Otome did love Rinne a lot and regrets not having been able to raise him.

* ISeeDeadPeople: She's able to see ghosts.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In her previous life.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Rinne's mother.

* {{Shinigami}}: In her previous life. Ichigo still has Otome's scythe and can see ghosts, but she's otherwise a normal human.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: In her former life as Otome she looked very young despite nearly being as old as Tamako.

* TheCasanova: He has tournaments filled with women who want to marry him.
%%* ChickMagnet
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He's hasn't paid any of his employees and his first thought when they formed a union is to bomb them.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves Otome, and had gone to the trouble of [[spoiler: sending spy cameras everywhere to track her down in every incarnation until she was reborn as Ichigo. He also seemed to be truly distraught about the thought that Otome chose to reincarnate instead of being with him, and probably the only time he shed genuine tears.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: His mother Tamako is a shinigami who fell in love with his father, a human.
%%* HandsomeLech
* TheHeavy: The majority of the cast's problem come from him. Rinne and Kain's poverty, Sakura's ability to see ghosts, Aegha's family's reputation taking a hit and Renge being a Damashigami.

%%* MiserAdvisor

* ParentalAbandonment: Rinne was pretty much raised by his grandparents. And considering how awful Sabato is, it was for the best.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Rinne×Sakura, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk in a more devious and malicious way]] than Tamako and Rokumon.

* FlowerInHerHair: She has two flowers on both sides of her head, in which beneath are two oni horns.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Among the otherwise half-witted Damashigami.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Grandmother? Shinigami. Grandfather? Human. Father? Half-human. Mother? [[spoiler:Shinigami. This makes Rinne only one quarter human]].

* UnevenHybrid: He's 3/4 Shinigami.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: And she never likes being reminded of it.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically the [[PlayedForLaughs comical]] version of Sesshoumaru from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Just look at his black cat]].

* GoodParents: Unlike Sabato.

* MayDecemberRomance: With Sabato in her previous life, though he had no idea since Otome was hiding her real age.

* SupernaturallyYoungParent: In her former life as Otome she looked very young despite [[spoiler:nearly being as old as Tamako.]]

* MrViceGuy: Rinne is one of the kindest and most altruistic characters in the cast, but he's also clearly inherited a small fraction of his father's greed and laziness.

* {{Expy}}: [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Kagome]] with two of Manga/{{Ranma|OneHalf}}'s pigtails.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: She looks just like a less busty, brown-haired version of [[GenderBender girl-type]] [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] with twin braided pigtails instead of just one.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically the [[PlayedForLaughs comical]] version of Sesshoumaru. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Just look at his black cat]].

* BatOutOfHell: He definitely has a certain motif about him, being a demonic WingedHumanoid who's casual clothes and facial markings are even ''patterned'' to look like bats.

* {{Expy}}: Of Pantythose Taro from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.
%%* FacialMarkings

%%* PointyEars

%%* WingedHumanoid

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%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow

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* PinballProtagonist: Sakura is often used in the narrative to introduce the MonsterOfTheWeek, but, [[spoiler:apart from her brief stint as a Shinigami]], isn’t given much to do except comment on the escalating situations, or assist Rinne in small ways. Accordingly, there are several chapters in which she doesn’t even appear.

%%* SupportingProtagonist

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%%* FlowerInHerHair

* {{Expy}}: Looks like [[Manga/InuYasha Miroku]], but acts like a slightly nicer [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ryoga]].

%%* ISeeDeadPeople

* ReusedCharacterDesign: She's identical to Abi-Hime from Manga/{{Inuyasha}}.

* {{Expy}}: A more cheerful version of Rin from Manga/{{Inuyasha}}.

%%* ISeeDeadPeople
* MayDecemberRomance: With Sabato, though he had no idea since Otome was hiding her real age.

%%* FlowerInHerHair

%%* NewTransferStudent

* GoodGirlTurnedBad: After falling for Sabato.

* PaperThinDisguise: It's just a single, flimsy party mask, but it was enough to fool Ageha.

!!Masato
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuyaKakihara

A wealthy devil that seeks revenge against Rinne.

* {{Expy}}: The somewhat inept, childish, supernatural, English-teaching instructor of the main characters? [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Hinako Ninomiya]] says "hi".