History Characters / TheStoryOfSaiunkoku

* {{Bishounen}}: His beauty is almost legendary throughout the story and he knows it.

* BoobsOfSteel: The main visual distinction between GuileHero Shuurei and ActionGirl Jyuusanhime is the latter's larger bust.

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* {{Bishonen}}: His good looks is often commented on in-story. His brother once complains that he is "too perfect".

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: It runs in the family.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Almost every character with a name adores or at least respects Shouka.

* HypercompetentSidekick: To Reishin, whose job Kouyuu mostly does for him. This is due to laziness on Reishin's part rather than incompetence; he's a {{Chessmaster}} in his own right when he cares to exert himself, but often as not he can't be bothered to do the day-to-day work of his position, leaving it to Kouyuu instead. In second season, it is also heavily implied that Reishin wants to [[OverprotectiveDad keep Kouyuu from getting too involved with Ryuuki]]. [[spoiler: In a later novel, it is revealed that this is Reishin's method of forcefully making Kouyuu stop living solely for his foster father's approval. Unfortunately, Kouyuu missed the point and ended up making both of them lose their positions]].

* OverprotectiveDad: To his adopted son Kouyuu, although he'd never admit it.
* RelationshipSabotage: See "{{Jerkass}}."

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Ryuuki is a good enough swordsman to make it to the semifinals of a combat tournament with some of the finest warriors in the empire. He also [[spoiler: takes down a group of assassins in a pitch-dark room in order to rescue Shuurei, in spite of his own serious fear of the dark.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Ryuuki is a good enough swordsman to make it the semifinals of a combat tournament with some of the finest warriors in the empire. He also [[spoiler: takes down a group of assassins in a pitch-dark room in order to rescue Shuurei, in spite of his own serious fear of the dark.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Easily took hold of the position as head of the Sa clan and deflected any violence from Seiran.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Despite not having passed any of the examinations required to qualify for public office, Ensei was made Governor of Sa Province by special dispensation because the Imperial court needed someone in the position who could survive the [[BigScrewedUpFamily Sa clan]]'s repeated assassination attempts.

* DeskJockey: He specializes in bureaucracy and thus is often not involved in what goes on outside the palace.

* NonActionGuy: Due to being nurtured purely as a professional DeskJockey, Kouyuu never received any serious martial arts training of any kind. The only tricks he could do is self-defense by [[TantrumThrowing throwing things at enemies]], with sword abilities limited to "wave it wildly and aimlessly until Shuuei bails him out."

* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler:While he helps Ryuuki get what the latter wants, he never points out to the young Emperor the full extent of the long term consequences or the better alternatives. To make it even more awesome, he ''warns'' Ryuuki to take his words only half seriously]].

* NonActionGuy: His ability with a sword is pretty much limited to "wave it wildly until Shuuei bails him out."

!!The Ko Clan

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* IllGirl: Was one until her mother's death.

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* NiceHat: He wears a number of odd things on his head, but the standout is the large and brilliantly-colored ''phoenix'' he wears to the palace's new year celebration.

''Saiunkoku Monogatari'' has a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters rich and diverse cast]] and the list below features important primary and secondary characters in the series.

* RapunzelHair: A lot of the men have it, but Kijin is particularly notable because he wears his completely loose.

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