Natsume Yuujinchou
- Genre: comedy drama mystery school life shoujo slice of life supernatural
- Author: midorikawa yuki
- Artist(s): midorikawa yuki
- Year: 2003
- Original Publisher: hakusensha
- Status： Ongoing
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Madara
Supporting
A werewolf-like member of the Fang Clan. He has sharp teeth and claw-like fingernails....
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Natsume Takashi
Main
Age: 15-16Birthday: July 1 (Cancer)Height: 167 cmBlood Type: BNatsume Takashi is the main protagonist of the series who, like his deceased grandmother Natsume Reiko, has the ability to see ayakashi (spirits). He inherited the Book of Friends from her, a b...
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Akagane
Supporting
A youkai whose duty is to be an umbrella holder and body guard for the god called Mibu. Akagane travels with Asagi for the purpose of wanting to hear her play the koto once again. He then asked Natsume to help him make the instrument....
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Aoi
Main
a high-school graduate who, despite his punk-like appearance and manner of dress, is well-educated. He finds the adult Pandora's behavior extremely annoying, especially her habit of clinging to him constantly and her lack of any concepts of privacy, perso...
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Asagi
Supporting
Asagi is Itsuki's grandfather. He allowed Tobei to live with him and his family, Itsuki and her mother, but only if he works. He has some concerns for the boy....
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Big-mouthed Water Youkai
Supporting
A large swamp youkai that resides in the lake Hotaru used to live in. While it doesnt harm humans, it does feed on fireflies. Because of this, there are no longer fireflies at the lake....
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Fujiwara Touko
Supporting
The wife of Shigeru Fujiwara. In the past, she offered Natsume Takashi to live with her and her husband, since she is unable to bear children. Touko is a very kind and loving housewife who treats Natsume as her own child, and she cares about him a lot, pr...
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Fujiwara Shigeru
Supporting
The husband of Touko Fujiwara. Along with Touko, Shigeru took Natsume over and he and his wife raise him as their own child. He is a quiet and considering man. When he was young, he met Natsumes grandmother Reiko and they became friends....
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Gen
Supporting
Appears in episode 5.Gen is a little boy, who seems to be short-tempered and has a strength of an adult....
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Hakuhi
Supporting
Hakuhi is the ruler of a forest in which he has been guarding for years. Hes the one who lead Tamami into his forest for her to return to him his ring.(Source: Natsume Yuujinchou Wiki)...
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Hana
Main
When her mother refused to marry the man her family chose, she ran away and met Hana's father....
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Hiiragi
Supporting
Hiiragi is the best assassin in all of Japan. He serves under the white king and at one point was sent to kill "Tatara." He also taught Shuri, Asagi and Shidou how to fight. Hiiragi is said to mean holly, and his victims are often sent holly as a warning ...
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Hinoe
Supporting
Hinoe means third in rank, third sign of the Chinese calendar. A powerful youkai whose form is a human woman. She is madly in love with Natsume Reiko. Being knowledgeable, she often acts as Natsume Takashis mentor. Hinoe enjoys teasing Natsume and Madara....
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Hishigaki
Supporting
Hishigaki is one of the two youkais that have been chasing Natsume until he found the shrine where Madara was sealed. After discovering the Book of Friends, Natsume returned Hishigakis name....
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Ishio Kai
Supporting
A young boy who Natsume saves when he was locked in a coffin. He has a lot of friends and is a cheerful young boy.He is actually a Youkai, a water god that lived in the mountains.Once he heard a voices from far away calling for help. He went to search for...
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Isozuki No Nezumi
Supporting
Isozuki no Nezumi is a polite youkai that can turn into rat. His master ordered him to bring the egg of the Tatsumi youkai, the one that Natsume took home. The reason is that meat of young Tatsumi youkai is very delicious and its blood can give eternal yo...
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Kappa
Supporting
Kappa is a young shoeshine-boy in Nanohana.First Appearance: Chapter 167; Episode 105...
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Karikage
Supporting
Hishigaki and Karikage were two youkais that been chasing Natsume until he found shrine where Madara was sealed. After discovering the Book of Freinds he reutned Karikages name, however in the anime Karikage was defeated and chased away by Madara....
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Kayatsubo
Supporting
Kayatsubo is a Youkai who lives in a pot. She held a grudge against Reiko Natsume, whom she believed stole her doll....
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Kogitsune
Supporting
A "young" spirit who befriends Natsume in the seventh episode of the first season, after being rescued from other yokai, who bullies him due to his gentle and shy nature. Because of this, he takes a great liking to Natsume, who also rejects to have his na...
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Large Three-eyed Youkai
Supporting
A powerful youkai that saved Natsume and Natori when they failed to exorcise Sumie. He did it as a token of thanks, because earlier Natsume helped his servants cross the puddle of water on the road....
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Mark-ironer Youkai
Supporting
A powerful youkai which was sealed in Oosugi. He left a curse mark on Natsume that would kill him in five days. Hinoe helped Natsume to summon shiki that would protect him against this youkai.It was Misuzu who had lured Natsume to this youkai. He was test...
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Matoba Seiji
Supporting
Age: 22Birthday: November 1Height: 174cmBlood Type: ABThe head of one of the major exorcism clans, the Matoba Clan. In order to hunt them, he shows ayakashi, and sometimes even humans, no mercy. He takes great interest in Natsume.Cold hearted and rational...
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Misuzu
Supporting
A girl who was turned into a cat fifty years prior to the series, but still ages. After Ataru broke the spell, she became an old lady....
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Miya
Supporting
She is in love with Haruki. She has only seen him separate in his female form so she dosen't know about his transforming....
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Morinaga Souko
Supporting
Souko Morinaga was the reason as to why the infinitely powerful, dangerous forbidden Book of Friends was created by its young adult creator of a topmost s exorcist. This is because her meetings with Reiko Natsume gave the latter the idea of challenging yo...
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Nanase
Main
Nanase is the main character of .Hack//Alcor and she plays as a PC similar to that of Alkaid [in .Hack//G.U.+ as well as in .Hack//Alcor]. She is part of the Canard Guild but was once part of the guild Kestral, which causes problems for her early in the s...
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Natori Shuuichi
Supporting
Age: 23Birthday: November 12Height: 175 cmBlood type: AA man who is also able to see spirits. He is a famous actor and exorcist and has a lizard birthmark that moves around on his body. He has the ability to manipulate paper dolls and has three youkai und...
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Natsume Reiko
Supporting
Takashi Natsumes grandmother, from whom he inherited the ability to see yokai. Reiko had high spiritual energy, which gave her the ability to see and seal yokai.Reiko was always shunned and even got rocks thrown at her for being able to see yokai. That is...
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Nishimura Satoru
Supporting
Natsumes friend from class. He is funny and easy-going, with a slightly perverted side.He has a crush on Taki Tooru, but thinks that she and Natsume are going out....
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One-eyed Youkai
Supporting
A youkai that attacked Natsume after school to steal the Book of Friends from him. He was defeated by Natsume himself in the manga and by Madara in the anime....
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Riou
Supporting
Riou, also called Leo in the manga translations, and Banikis Gigo (his partner) are the main antagonists of the first half of the Faudo Arc. Riou utilizes Beast Magic, which is similar to some of the final spells of many mamodo that are in the forms of an...
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Sakanaka Chizu
Supporting
The owner of the inn that Natsumi Takashi goes to in episode 8. It is told that while she was young, she came to like a person, known as Keiichi, who was around Takashi's age. However, Keiichi was sick. One day when he fell seriously ill, Chizu went to Sa...
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Sasada Jun
Supporting
The class president of Takashis class. Sasada believes that Takashi can see spirits, and constantly asks him questions about it, to which he replies that he doesnt have such an ability. Much to Takashis chagrin, she wants to come along with him when hes v...
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Sasafune
Supporting
Sasafune is a mermaid that appeared in episode 8 when Takashi went to an inn with his male friends to study. She knew Chizu Sakanaka, the owner of the inn, when Chizu was small. She thought that Chizu had used her to get her mermaid blood, which is said t...
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Shigure
Supporting
Shigure is a rain Genin from Amegakure. He specailises in using his Chakra control to use needles hidden in umbrellas.Shigure and his team had the unfortunate luck of confronting Gaaras team during the Chunin Exam. Shigure sought their scroll and underest...
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Soranome
Supporting
Soranome is the first youkai that have his name on Book of Friends.(Source: Natsumes Book of Friends Wiki)...
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Stitch Mark Youkai
Supporting
A youkai that been haunting Taki Tooru. He is a manifestation of evil energy that gathered in a discarded broken mirror. He hates humans and takes pleasure seeing them suffer....
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Sugino Akifumi
Supporting
Akifumi is a man who was able to see youkai when he was young. One day, he met Hotaru and fell in love with her. They spent their days having fun and playing near the lake. But even after he lost his ability to see youkai, he kept coming to the lake in or...
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Sui
Supporting
A girl who has a strange disease which forces her to live in the darkness because her eyes cant stand the light. ...
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Sumie
Supporting
Sumie is a youkai that had been sealed in the pot in the closet of one of the rooms in the onsen inn. She tricked Natsume to return her name, but she had malicious intentions to harm people around once she is freed....
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Susugi
Supporting
Susugi is a youkai that dwells in shadows and comes to countryside houses to eat leftovers of food from the plates, he washes those plates in exchange.Papers with names of Tsuyukami and Susugi were stuck together, so Natsume had to return both of them at ...
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Taki Tooru
Supporting
Age: 15Birthday: May 15Height: 160 cmBlood Type: OTohru Taki is a female student at Natsumes school. She was first "discovered" by one of Natsumes friends, Nishimura who had heard rumors of her beauty and became entranced, he still maintains an obvious cr...
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Taki Isamu
Supporting
Isamu Taki is the older brother of Tooru Taki. He is the complete opposite of his sister and grandfather, as a massive skeptic who refuses to believe that youkai, superstitions or legends exist.(Source: Natsume Yuujinchou Wiki)...
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Tama
Supporting
A small black cat, a pet of Dr. Briefs that is always seen sitting on his shoulder. "Tama", which is "Ball" in Japanese, is suggested to be a female, although nothing official has been stated on the cats gender (In the English dub, however, Tama is female...
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Tanuma Kaname
Supporting
Age: 15Birthday: September 17Height: 171cmBlood Type: OAnother student who had recently moved into the area. He is sickly and quite susceptible to illnesses. Like Natsume Takashi, he is able to detect spirits, but to a lesser degree limited to seeing mere...
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Tarusaru
Supporting
Ghost from Futaba village that sunk under the dam, in gratitude of having his name returned he let Natsume look into his mirror, making him able to see that Tsubame had been possessing him....
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Tree Youkai
Supporting
A Youkai that resides on a tree, located in a path that Natsume used to take when he is walking to school or walking back home back when he was in elementary school. Whenever Natsume comes near the tree, she always suddenly comes off the tree and scare Na...
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Tsubame
Supporting
Tsubame is Mei's brother, and the former leader of the Cyclops village. He fell off a cliff while fighting against Zenom operatives, and was taken for dead. However, he was rescued by Mishima, who helped him open his Cyclops third eye. He later reappeared...
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Tsuyukami
Supporting
Tsuyukami was one of the wandering spirits who sought residence in an old shrine. His powers tied to it, human prayer would give him strength. By the time he visits Natsume to regain his name, however, most of the people who prayed to him had already pass...
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Urihime
Supporting
Urihime is one of the three faithful youkai under the command of Natori Shuuichi. She first appears with Sasago. In recent times, she is often seen appearing with Hiiragi under the command of Natori-san. All three of them have pledged their faithfulness t...
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Yasaka
Main
Yasaka (the heir of his father business) has always a cold aura around him, but seems to lose this as he hangs more out with Natsui. He is rumoured to be the child of an affair from his mother....
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Yorishima
Supporting
He is a former exorcist from the Yorishima clan, a family that used to be so powerful that it was considered to be on the same level as the Matobas. Despite still being strong himself, he is now retired and live alone deep in the woods. It is rumored that...
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