Sumimura family ; : :: A white
demon dog that has served the Sumimura family since its founding, passed down to them by the founder, Tokimori Hazama. Madarao is able to detect ayakashi with his amazing sense of smell, which he often brags is far better than Hakubi's. However, no matter how fast he locates an ayakashi, Yoshimori could never dispatch them fast enough, a fact Madarao often bemoans. Madarao is around 500 years old, and prior to his existence as a demon, was a wild dog known as , and was at one time friends with Kōya. He wears a 'collar', made of spirit beads and seals strung together with a nenshi, that seals away his true demon form. When not assisting Yoshimori, he resides inside a special stone covered with glyphs, which is humorously located inside a wooden doghouse. When unsealed, Madarao become very large and uses powerful poisons and illusions. Madarao seems to have an unrequited crush on Tokimori Hazama; apparently, the reason he had followed him was because he fell in love with him at first sight. Throughout his service to the Sumimura family, Madarao had refused to acknowledge anybody as his real master other than Tokimori Hazama; however, after the battle with Kōya, Madarao begins to view Yoshimori as his master. ; :: A golden
Nekomata (two-tailed demon cat) that has served the Sumimura family. Shimano resides at the bottom of a covered well on the Sumimura family property. The bottom of the well houses a special training room, where Shimano has trained various legitimate successors of the Sumimura family in the art of "Musou." Musou is a mental state in which the user becomes completely devoid of emotion and enters a state of pure focus. Shimano's training routine is considerably brutal, as he uses the ends of his tails to administer powerful electric shocks to Yoshimori's head when he loses focus and his mind strays. He does, however, refer to Yoshimori as "master" or "22nd," and has acknowledged that he possesses a power that may some day exceed all legitimate successors that have come before him. He refers to Yoshimori as a sympathizer for Karasumori. Shimano has served the family for 500 years, since the foundation of Kekkaishi. It is revealed in chapter 313 that Shimano was captured by Tokimori 400 years ago, telling him to lure ayakashi to the Karasumori site daily so that Tokimori would have a constant supply of work to do for the lord. ; :: Yoshimori's landlord, who appears in chapter 266. He originally appears as a white and black striped box only to change shape into a tangible goblin, human-like creature. Shiguma transforms into several different creatures or beings as Yoshimori progressively uses more strength. He goes from a snake-like creature with a humanistic face, all the way to a bird-like creature. The latter form is the highest form that he's used when Yoshimori has displayed his pinnacle of strength. It seems Shiguma's shape shifting knows no bounds as he also has the capabilities to shift himself into a small ball that can sit upon Chūshinmaru's shoulder. Shiguma also represents Yoshimori's subconscious, as he tells Yoshimori information that Yoshimori does not consciously know, while explaining that Yoshimori's subconscious has this information. Shiguma acts as an aid in battle to Yoshimori, as well as an amplifier of his strength. ; : :: The grandfather of Yoshimori and the 21st head of the Sumimura family. Shigemori is a very hot-headed man and who often battles it out with the Yukimura Tokiko next door about the subject of the true successor. This has ranged from insults to battles conducted in midair. He also enjoys hitting Yoshimori on the head with his Legitimate Successor's Chop when he deems Yoshimori to be lazy and not hardworking enough to compete with the Yukimuras. Under Shigemori's blustery façade, he seems to care a lot about his family and Tokiko's well-being. One bone of contention with him was that Masamori had managed to enter the Shadow Organization, whom he heavily distrusts and dislikes. However, he had apparently given up trying to dissuade Masamori from continuing on working in the Shadow Organization, telling Masamori that that would be his own way of protecting Karasumori. It is alluded to that Shigemori is a highly skilled Kekkaishi. Masamori, a highly skilled Kekkaishi in his own right had informed Shigemori that he was nowhere near his level when Shigemori had complimented him. In the anime, during Kokuboro's first wave of attack, Shigemori was portrayed drawing up an enormous Kekkai around the house and creating shikigami even after dispatching Shion's lackeys without any signs of exhaustion; and also made a kekkai strong enough to block the nine tail demon fox princess's initial personal attack on Karasumori. ; : :: The oldest son of the Sumimuras. Although he is the oldest of the three brothers, Masamori was not chosen as the heir, which had always been a source of mystery to him and Yoshimori, the latter stating many times that in terms of skill and power, Masamori should have taken the position of heir. He is 21, though he looks much older. Masamori is the leader of Night Troop, as well as the 7th seat of the board of the Shadow Organization, in which he had struck up a highly uneasy and unpleasant relationship with Ogi Ichirou, the 8th seat, whom clearly despises and hates him. He is a very skilled Kekkaishi; mastering highest defense technique, mastering difficult techniques and able to activate Zekkai. However, one noticeable difference about Masamori's Zekkai and Yoshimori's Zekkai was that Masamori was only able to destroy with it. He is not able to create his Zekkai in such a way that he can protect the people in it other than himself. Some characters had noted that this was probably the reason why Masamori was not picked as the legitimate successor. Masamori is apparently a manipulative creature, he had struck deals before with Matsuda Heisuke in staging his fake death and manipulating Kasuga Yomi to enter Karasumori and later making use of her as an informant. Currently, it is not sure what his true aims are. While he does not like the members of the Shadow Organization's Council or what they do, he still works with them to preserve the organization, even while plotting how to reform the Shadow Organization to his own liking. The recent relations with Ogi mark Masamori's first real outward displays of anger, as Ogi's actions have resulted in the deaths of many of his subordinates, including Gen Shishio. After Ogi is found dead he focuses on finding truth behind the Shadow Organization killings, even resurrecting Koya and confronting Yumeji. Since Yumeji's death he has been trying to figure out how to stop the Sousui. He has developed a partnership with Meian to investigate any clues that might give them information on the Sousui's identity and his weaknesses. He even went as far as resurrecting Mudou's spirit for information on the Omi brothers. He is the only one of the remaining seats of the Shadow Organization's council not to be taken over by the Sousui's mind control, leaving him feeling useless and ineffectual, as his power only allowed him to save himself and not others. He later tries to recruit others to help him battle the Sousui not knowing that a group was already in place to do so. The group consists of Shiromi Kagen, Tatsuki, Kidoin Nura, and Shichirou Ougi. Masamori is the most important member of the group as it was revealed to them by Saki, a member of the Serpent's Eye, that he was the one who was going to kill the Sousui. ; :: Masamori's landlord, a giant black koi fish who swims through the ground and sky as if it was water and read waves that Masamori spreads to detect objects. ; : :: The youngest of the Sumimura brothers. Toshimori is a fairly serious individual despite his youth, often displaying maturity and insight beyond his years. He is able to create Kekkai, but his power is limited and he has not seriously pursued Kekkaishi training. However, he is still called upon to defend his home alongside his father in times of emergency. Shichirou Ougi states that Hiura was sent to Karasumori to kidnap a kekkaishi; Toshimori was likely to be his target, since he is the weakest kekkaishi in both the Sumimura and Yukimura households. ; : :: Yoshimori's mother. She can use the Hazama-ryū Kekkai technique, but is not a legitimate successor. Very rarely seen in the manga and anime. She is an extremely powerful Kekkaishi and spends so much of her time traveling that she rarely returns home to her family. In truth, she left her home to find a land to seal the lord of Karasumori. On her first mission for the Shadow Organization she killed the god she was assigned to calm down, claiming its child told her to kill it. She was able to easily injure and subdue a god-class dragon as shown in Chapters 152 and 153 of the manga. She, along with Masamori, was the initial suspect in the ''shin'yūchi
huntings, as she was seen at a number of the locations that had been hunted. It has been recently revealed by Tokimori that Sumiko had discovered the sealed castle under Karasumori and has been helping Tokimori find a suitable place to seal the Lord. That is the reason why she has been seen at so many of the shin'yūchi''; she had been researching their suitability. Sumiko abruptly returned home under mysterious circumstances. When pressed on her intentions, she revealed her intention to take the being locked under Karasumori and seal him away in a more secure location. She further shocks her family by planning to take Yoshimori with her, because he is the only one compatible with the being under Karasumori. Tokimori coerces Yoshimori's continued help sealing the Lord, after the latter learns the truth about the Karasumori site and all the horrible things that have happened there, by telling him that though Sumiko doesn't have the required power to seal the Lord, she will do it alone if Yoshimori won't help them. Tokimori states her motivations behind sealing the Lord are not to help him, but for her children's sakes so that they will no longer be tied to the land. Sumiko created a shikigami which possesses 1/7 of her powers; it has shown itself to be more powerful than Yoshimori, and as such, it could be inferred that the real Sumiko's power is over seven times greater than his. While her shikigami helps Yoshimori and Tokimori harness and refine Yoshimori's abilities, the real Sumiko is in a secret passage under Oumi Nichinaga's castle preparing for sealing Chūshinmaru. At the end of the series, she finally seals herself within the new barrier for Chūshinmaru, stating that it is the only thing she can do as a mother by ensuring that her family will not need to protect Karasumori anymore. Sumiko's cooking and sewing skills are notably lacking when compared to her husband, which is part of why she considers herself unfit to be a normal housewife and mother despite Yoshimori's protests. ; : :: Yoshimori's father. He does not have the power to see spirits. Shuji uses special items when he needs to act as a Kekkaishi. He was formerly an assistant to Heisuke, but presumably left that behind in order to marry Sumiko. Shuji is the housekeeper of the Sumimura family, as he does nearly all of the cooking and most of the cleaning. He wears an apron at all times, and works out of the home as a struggling author.
Yukimura family ; : :: The Yukimura family's
demon dog; he detects demons with his sense of smell. He is about 400 years old. He is constantly teasing Yoshimori. Hakubi also enjoys harassing Madarao about having to serve a master (Yoshimori) with such pathetic skills. He playfully flirts with Tokine and likes to call her "honey", and is a sucker for cute girls. In the original Japanese version, he has a habit of using European words and expressions, eventually causing Yoshimori to complain that if he's a Japanese dog, he shouldn't be using European words. He accompanied Tokimori Hazama while he was alive and died when Chūshinmaru's power went wild. ; : :: The grandmother of Tokine. She is the 21st head of the Yukimura family. She is also the current strongest Kekkaishi in Karasumori. She can control space to a high degree, and proves herself superior to Yoshimori in both power and skill on several occasions. Notably, she is able to selectively destroy a target in a Kekkai without harming anything else within. Though she has maintained a strong dislike for the entire Sumimura family for years and generally demands that Tokine not associate with them at all, she has gradually become more tolerant toward them and is starting to see Yoshimori as a proper successor, though typically with plenty of input and criticism from her. ; :: A
calico Nekomata (two-tailed demon cat) that has served the Yukimura family for centuries. Mikeno is Shimano's counterpart. After Yoshimori begins training with Shimano, Mikeno requests Tokiko to send Tokine for intense training, under Mikeno's tutelage, in a place called the Surge Room. She teaches Tokine to use "Utsusemi," a technique that allows the user to absorb a being's energy and render further attacks ineffective. ; : :: Tokine's mother. Married into the family. She possesses the ability to kill a cockroach without letting its inside spill out. ; : :: Tokine's father. He was not blessed with the sign of the legitimate successor, so his power was limited, but he kept a positive attitude nevertheless. Early in Tokine's childhood, Tokio was mortally wounded fighting a hypnotic Ayakashi at the Karasumori site, after which Sumiko brought him home. For some time, it was left ambiguous whether his final warning to Tokine not to let her guard down around 'them' referred to Ayakashi or the Sumimuras (and most specifically Sumiko, who did not seem concerned by the implication that she might have been involved in his death). Sumiko eventually stated that she had no interest in the feud between their families or in killing Tokio, and Tokine did not press the issue.
Shadow Organization The is an umbrella group organizing all ability users and those who fight ayakashi and other demons. It is run by an executive committee called the . ; ::The first seat in the Council of Twelve. Takes authority over everything in the Shadow Organization in order to harmonize the decision making process and protect the Shadow Organization following the apparent deaths of three of the council's members. He founded the Shadow Organization 400 years ago with his brother. To fight his brother, The Sousui, he is reforming the Shadow Organization, he's responsible for allowing the death of the other members and spreading of the ''shin'yūchi'' lands hunting. His real name is Tsukihisa Oumi and he is the real leader of those attacking Karasumori. After a confrontation with Masamori, he is seemingly killed by his brother's subordinate, Zero only to escape and instead transfer his consciousness to Zero but was killed by the founder shortly after his revelation. He, like his brother, has two powers, one the ability to manipulate plants, and the other is a psychic ability, with his psychic form being a spider-starfish. It is as yet unknown what began the rivalry between the brothers, but the Sousui has a deep hate for him, culminating in his eventual demise. As of chapter 304, it has been revealed that the Oumi brothers were able to live so long, because they would "hop" from body-to-body, thus no longer being "human". He stole the founder's memories and manipulated him, leading him to believe they were brothers. Due to continuous body transfers both Oumi brothers remember little of what is true about their past. ; ::The second seat of the Council of Twelve. She did not attend the latest meeting of the Council of Twelve and thus escaped the Sousui's attack. Kidoin is a demon tamer and a pacifist with the most military power in the Shadow Organization. The sheer quantity of powerful demons she controls is immense, and they are said to have built her entire underground palace in three days. However, she is described by all to be kind and compassionate, yet somewhat distant to new acquaintances. Her power over demons renders them immune to the Sousui's powers. When her power invokes, she changes from an older woman to a much younger one. Tatsuki mentions that when the Shadow Organization is rebuilt she would be the perfect person to head the organization. ; : ::The former third seat of the Council of Twelve, she resigned. As of Chapter 320, it would seem that she is in fact a shapeshifting dragon ayakashi of the first class. In that form, she goes by the name of Raijin (thunder god). She wields extremely powerful lightning in that form and is easily able to overwhelm Masamori's zekkai without using her full strength. Additionally, she has had previous history with Shichirou Ougi's father, who in his youth was her partner as
Fūjin (wind god), and they'd go around causing ruckuses. ; ::The fourth seat of the Council of Twelve. He is one of only 5 remainders of Council of Twelve, who is currently fighting the Commander, the Sousui. As of Chapter 312 he is under the influence of the Sousui's mind control. He was leading the Council of Twelve against the Sousui before he fell under control. He seems to have knowledge of all sorts of forbidden techniques, including the ability to create a Kurokabuto, a black-helmed soldier with the ability to emanate an energy katana. However, the two Kurokabuto he created also are able to be controlled, setting them apart from others of their kind. Thus, they are remarked to be the strongest ayakashi. Yet, the Kurokabuto still fell before the Sousui's psychic powers, which were able to control even ayakashi. ; ::The fifth seat of the Council of Twelve. He is one of only 5 remainders of Council of Twelve, who is currently fighting the Commander, the Sousui. As of Chapter 312 he is under the influence of the Sousui's mind control. He is clad almost entirely in cloth wrapped around himself, almost like a mummy. He has the ability to raise the dead to do his bidding. However, he shows little mercy, even to his own the Shadow Organization members, preferring to kill them all. This is a view he shares with his colleagues on the council: Juho and Tsumugi Kazuchika ; ::The former sixth seat of the Council of Twelve, he was resigned. As of Chapter 320, he returned to take part in the commander court martial hearing. ; ::The former seventh seat of the Council of Twelve and previously known as "The Immortal Mudou", Mudou held a brief position as a director. Claiming to be bored with the old, Mudou attacked the Urukai Training Facility, explaining to Masamori Sumimura that it was an opportunity to "play with the young." However, Mudou's true motive was to eliminate the Master of the Land, Tan'yū, a weak being with the ability to cast illusions. Tan'yū destroyed the world in which the Urukai Training Facility was on, killing Mudou in the process. His spirit has been resurrected by Masamori, so that the latter could gain information on the Sousui. ; : ::The eighth seat of the Council of Twelve. Member of the Ogi clan, who are the wind masters. Ogi secretly conspired with Kokuboro, and Byaku in particular, to seize control of Karasumori's power. Masamori Sumimura has long suspected him of being a traitor and is working with Okuni to expose him. Ogi is physically very large, over twice the size of a normal human, and wears a hood that conceals his face at all times. When Masamori attempts to confront Ogi about his treachery, it is revealed that Ogi is actually six brothers who have the ability to merge physically and combine their powers. This explains Ogi's large size and immense power. When the Yagyou reach his hiding place and Masamori comes to face him, he is shown to have been killed, along with his other brothers (excluding Rokurou) by Shichirou Ogi, the legitimate successor to the Ogi family. ; ::The ninth seat of the Council of Twelve. She serves as the organization's historian and record keeper. She also is a strong proponent of justice and order. She appears to be invincible and has the ability to create portals and pockets in space for moving great distances or storing various items. After Kokuboro was defeated, Okuni investigated the Karasumori site, to better understand why Ayakashi are drawn to the location. There she witnessed a powerful ayakashi attack Karasumori itself causing her to question whether the force below the site is just energy or possibly a living entity. Later, she confronts Ichirou Ogi and reveals that she knows he conspired with Kokuboro to seize control of Karasumori. Ogi attacks her with his wind, but she is unhurt and Okuni makes it clear that she intends to bring him to justice. She is apparently killed, or at least badly wounded, by an unknown assailant when one of her subordinates tries to reach her when a fire is started at the Shadow Organization Headquarters. She reappears as a spirit in chapter 264 to confirm her suspicions. She was killed by Zero. In chapter 273, she reveals to Masamori that Karasumori is not a spiritual land but an actual human being. The being possessed a massive 'spirit reservoir' and had the potential to destroy the world, but was sealed underneath Karasumori. She also believes that the true purpose of the kekkaishi successors is not to prevent ayakashi from stealing Karasumori's power but to prevent the being sealed beneath from escaping. Before disappearing into the afterlife, she reveals one final revelation, Yoshimori possesses the same massive 'spirit reservoir' and potential as the being sealed under Karasumori, and that the being is trying to share its power with Yoshimori. ; ::The tenth seat of the Council of Twelve. She is one of only 5 remainders of Council of Twelve, who is currently fighting the Commander, the Sousui. As of Chapter 312 she is under the influence of the Sousui's mind control. Her entire face is obscured with thick hair, and she has the power to bring inanimate objects, up to and including houses, alive to do her bidding. ; ::The eleventh seat of the Council of Twelve. He was killed by Shichirou Ogi. ; ::The twelfth seat of the Council of Twelve. He is one of only five remainders of Council of Twelve, who is currently fighting the Commander, the Sousui. As of Chapter 312 he is under the influence of the Sousui's mind control. As he demonstrated during the Sousui's takeover of the Shadow Organization headquarters, he has the ability to manipulate the energy from "dragon-holes" in the ground, thus drawing energy from the land and firing it in devastating lances/pillars up into the air from these "dragon-holes". Due to that, the other two Council members present remarked that it was best to leave the "heavy stuff" to Juho, commenting on the strength of his spell. He also has the ability to animate shikigami-like beings to act as an army. ; :: A member of Serpent's eye, a group that can see the future within the Shadow Organization. She appeared using the artificial ayakashi to gather information and they went berserk, as repentance she cut her hair, a miko's source of power. She delivered her master's message about Karasumori being trapped in chaos. After her master killed herself she left the group and confronted the group to tell them a horrible future for the Shadow Organization will begin; she then secluded herself to see if she can see a change in the future. Premonitions cut down the users and those who see its life span.
Night Troop The is a troop of ability users under the Shadow Organization. It was created and run by Masamori Sumimura, and includes many young ability users still in training. ; : :: An energetic fighter who specializes in taming monsters and using them in combat. She was assigned to be Gen Shishio's trainer when he joined the Night Troop, primarily due to her skill for handling "wild things". She develops a lopsided relationship with Gen, becoming more of an 'overbearing, older sister' to him. Gen's death devastates Atora, who breaks down during his memorial service. Later, when the Night Troop arrive to help protect Karasumori, Atora stays in Gen's old apartment instead of Yoshimori's house. ; : :: Atora's favorite "pet" who is good friends with Gen. He has the appearance of a large white, bear-like monster, and has the power to create and control lightning. ; : :: A member of the Night Troop that first appears in the 8th volume. He injects poison into Gen (when he tries to fully transform) to calm him down and to make him transform back into his human form. He is an ayakashi majiri, whose powers demonstrate a plant-like transformation, quite like that of Aihi's, from Kokubourou. He also hated Gen. ; : :: A demon-user that once tried to take over the Karasumori site to make Yoki, her demon, stronger. When she was young she was teased by others who said she should have chosen a better demon. She now works for Masamori as an informant. Yomi originally shown contempt and disdain for Tokine and her father Tokio, but after seeing a small fragment of Yoki's horn regenerate Yoki into a small version of himself, Yomi regrets her actions toward the Yukimura and Sumimura families. Yomi would've faced execution for her treachery had Masamori Sumimura not intervened and assured the Shadow Organization it wouldn't be repeated. Yomi is still important within the Night Troops. ; : :: Has the power to create giant black bug-type transportation system. It carried many people to Kokuboro to rescue Yoshimori and Sen. Also carried Shigemori and Shuji to Heisuke Matsudo's home once. ; : :: Has the ability of "Moon Blade", called Geppa. ; : :: Has the ability of "Sun Flare Ball". ; : :: Vice Chief of the Night Troop. Masamori's confidant. Her ability "Black Wing" can shoot countless black pinnate from her left arm's tattoo. ; : :: Sen's friend that can grow wings. He is also shown to have excellent hearing which aids him when he transfers from the combat division of the Yagyou to the intelligence division. In the most recent chapters, Shu and his friend Sen have been assigned to investigate Karasumori's Kekkaishi. His true form is that of a Vampire who plays with his female victims when he loses control. ; : :: When Yoshimori is chasing after Kaguro (actually it is Shion, who is dressed up as Kaguro) during the Kokuboro assault on Karasumori site, he follows Yoshimori secretly but winds up getting caught by the Kokuboro members. He is rescued by Yoshimori and helps (albeit briefly) in the following fight against Kaguro. It is implied that he was jealous of how strong Gen was, since he states that in battle he was always staring at Gen's back. He, Shu, and Dai as the weakest of the combat division were always in back relegated to support. He sees Yoshimori in kind of the same light, as Yoshimori is now the one who steps to the front in battle to protect him when it is needed. In the latest manga chapters, he is instructed by Masamori to observe the ones chosen by Karasumori. In order to do this, he and fellow intelligence division member Shū (who transferred from the combat division with Sen), are enrolled in the same school as Yoshimori and Tokine. He has gotten close with Yoshimori, developing a kind of friendship with him and becoming a close confidante, but he is uneasy getting closer to Yoshimori knowing that he is spying on him. He doesn't trust Hiura when he shows up, knowing that Hiura was involved somehow in the ''shin'yūchi'' huntings but seemed to accept him somewhat after Hiura was injured by Shichirou Ougi. It has been revealed that Sen possesses the ability to read into the minds of people although, so far, he can only see their outermost thoughts. He hates being reminded that he has feminine looks and is afraid of bugs. Since Yoshimori has taken the lord from Karasumori and the school has collapsed and is being rebuilt, he and Shu have rejoined Night Troop at their main headquarters. ; :: Another one of Sen's friends. Is able to make duplicates of himself to confuse opponents. ; : :: Has abilities to see far objects. He was the first one to see Yoshimori and Sen in the odd "zekkai" type thing. ; : :: Has the power to make objects come to life, such as rope and stuffed animals. This ability helps her and Akira escape the "box." ; :: Also has the ability to grow wings. He once had Hatori ride him to defeat ayakashi. ; : :: Head of the combat division of Night Troop. Along with Takemitsu and Todoroki, he is sent to Karasumori, in part to support Yoshimori and Tokine in protecting it from being hunted by the people behind the ''shin'yūchi'' huntings, but mostly to prevent the Shadow Organization headquarters from interfering with the kekkaishi in charge of protecting Karasumori. According to Sen, he is reliable and good at giving accurate commands. He's a Jiugenka power-user who uses shadows. ; :: Head of the Majinai division within Night Troop. He is sent to Karasumori to combat the majinai that is left in Karasumori by Michiru and Kakeru after their first visit to Karasumori to mark it for hunting. He specializes in charm design and is the one who created the tattoos seen on Gen and Miki Hatori to suppress their ayakashi sides. Using Makio, Takemitsu, Todoroki, Ito Orihara and Shegmori Sumimura as power sources, he is the one responsible for breaking the majinai Kakeru was going to use to annihilate the town in which Karasumori was located. ; :: Part of the Night Troop Majinai division. She works with Fumiya Somegi and is a charm neutralizing specialist. She is a very shy person only seen speaking by whispering into Fumiya's ears.
Karasumori Academy ; : :: A friend of Yoshimori, in the same grade but a different classroom. He is known as the "Information Wizard" because he enjoys collecting information about people. ; : :: Yoshimori's friend and classmate. He tends to be reserved and sensible. ; : :: Yoshimori's classmate. She can see ayakashi and various other spirits, and frequently consults Yoshimori when she sees one. It is implied that she may have a crush on Yoshimori. This is also suspected by her friends, who constantly tease her about it. ; : :: Yurina's friend and classmate. Believes Yurina has a crush on Yoshimori, and likes to tease her about it. ; : :: Yurina's friend and classmate. Believes Yurina has a crush on Yoshimori, and likes to tease her to go for him. ; :: Tokine's friend and classmate. She thinks Yoshimori is "cute" and encourages Tokine to improve her relationship with him. ; : :: Counselor at Karasumori Academy, who was once controlled by an ayakashi parasite called Kugutsuchu. He has supernatural powers which are manifested as three snakes named Josephine, Simone, and Roxanne. While he acts very seductive and sinister when possessed, the true Mino is very kind, conscientious, mildly perverted, devoted to teaching, and goofy. Whether or not this three snakes are his landlord is unknown. ; : :: In the anime only, Tokine's friend. She is an enemy of Mao. ; : :: In the anime only, Tokine's bossy classmate. Mao is jealous of Tokine. ; :: A student in high school class 1-D, who first appears in volume 16 of manga. She is nicknamed as "the Black Widow" and "Puppet Master." She has a brief crush on Yoshimori after he saves her from falling from the roof of the school. ; : ::A friend of Yuri that saw Gen jumping from rooftop to rooftop, and has even since that moment has had a crush on him. Also has an abandoned puppy who was fed by Gen, which was also named Gen by Aoi.
Ayakashi and spirits ; : :: A wild dog who was a friend of Madarao (then known as "Ginro") back when they lived on their mountain together. The mountain was taken over by humans during the
Sengoku period and the two dogs were driven out, after which they perished. He was killed by samurai and became a
demon dog along with Madarao, but became twisted by his hatred of humans. Madarao defeated him in the third volume of the manga and the twelfth episode of the TV series. Yoshimori asked his brother to return Koya's remains to the mountain he used to live on. Recently, it was revealed he was forcefully brought back to life by Masamori and serves him in exchange from Masamori promising to return the mountain he and Madarao used to live on back to him. He is black with a white chest, and ruthlessly strong. ; : :: A god that loves
doughnuts. Long ago, Tokimori begged him to give the middle of the "forest" to him, and in return Tokimori promised him a new place to sleep. ; : :: Lord Uro's servant and spokesperson. Mamezo resembles a Jiminy-cricket-like bug with a leaf growing out of his head. ; :: A crow servant of a
Tengu land god. When he changes to a human form, he looks oddly handsome compared to his lord. (Who looks like a dirty old man.) In return for the help Yoshimori gave him, he gave him a feather that calls crows, and allows Yoshimori to understand them. ; : :: Can disguise themselves as cute, harmless-looking creature until they cannot hide their hideousness. Badly injured Tokine. ; : :: Kōya's follower. He is supposedly the revised version of
Momotarō (hinted at by his costume and name). ; : :: Kōya's follower. He is supposedly the revised version of the
monkey in
Momotarō. ; : :: Kōya's follower. He is supposedly the revised version of the green
pheasant in
Momotarō. ; : :: Servants of the Ayakashi in the same human skin as Kaguro. They have overly large feet. Can turn into hundreds of feathers to escape attacks. Together, they can turn into a gigantic
owl-looking Ayakashi.
Others ; : He has the appearance and voice of a young child. He is agile and playful. He is the Lord of Karasumori. He asked Yoshimori to call him lord and also tried to order Tokine around when they met him. Chūshinmaru is currently kept in a charm around Yoshimori's neck, as it is thought to be the safest place for him to be. Chūshinmaru aids Yoshimori in battle by giving Yoshimori his strength. He has a vast spiritual reservoir that is capable of destroying the world. It has been posited by Yoshimori and confirmed by Tokimori that Chūshinmaru is Tokimori Hazama's son, though it appears that Chūshinmaru doesn't know that Tokimori is his father. Tokimori states that just by existing Chūshinmaru drains the life away from any living thing around him. This is seen the first time the reader is introduced to the child. Tsukikage's ghost, Chūshinmaru's mother and Tokimori's lover, led Tokimori back to the Karasumori castle, where Tokimori found everyone dead except Chūshinmaru. When Chūshinmaru is first seen as an infant, he is a mass of black smoke or tendrils; only at the end of chapter 314 does his face begin to become visible. Tsukikage states he is not always in that form, and he will usually smile when he is happy. ; : : The founder of the Hazama-ryu Kekkai Technique. His disciples were the first heads of the Sumimura and Yukimura families. He is a powerful Kekkaishi and is able to use zekkai. Hazama was also Madarao's former master. Later in the manga series, Madarao smelled a familiar scent and he showed up to the astonishment of both Yoshimori and Madarao. Hazama is now actively training Yoshimori to refine his abilities as well as training him to master the
shinkai technique. He had the power to force an ayakashi within his territory to follow him and he ended up collecting a wide assortment. :He has a personal acquaintance with both Oumi brothers and he was present during the founding of the Shadow Organization. He is not particularly trustworthy and he is keeping secrets from Yoshimori. As of Chapter 312 it has been confirmed by Tokimori that he is Chūshinmaru's father, though Chūshinmaru is unaware of this and Tokimori states that he is unqualified to be a parent. Tokimori states that he always knew he was different from others. He was an orphan because of his powers but found ways to be useful because of them. He was outcast and reviled as a monster. Upset that no one would acknowledge his power he became bitter and angry. Tsukikage, the princess of Karasumori, tells him the air around him is always stagnant from his anger and hatred and that it looked like he was wearing heavy drooping robes that were pulling him down. However, she told him that he still had a chance to save himself from the darkness. He initially thinks about killing her, but changes his mind, eventually falling in love with her. He was thrown out of Karasumori after it was found that he had impregnated Tsukikage and tried to avenge himself on the world by casting a spell that would ensure that his and Tsukikage's child would not only become lord of Karasumori, but also that he would be extremely powerful. The spell worked but it cost Tsukikage and everyone else living in Karasumori except Chūshinmaru their lives. Tokimori has stated that he cannot forgive himself for what he had done. For a while Tsukikage haunted Tokimori, coming to him but never saying anything until one night she led him toward the castle where he discovered everyone except Chūshinmaru dead-thus disproving the history that Sumimura's and Yukimura's were taught, as Chūshinmaru (technically speaking it was Tokimori's fault) is the reason everyone at Karasumori died, not ayakashi. Tsukikage leaves them then, while Tokimori begs her to stay with them. Afterwards he, the child, and all the ayakashi he'd collected left Karasumori. ; : The princess of Karasumori, daughter of the Lord of the castle. She becomes Tokimori's lover and eventually gives birth to Chūshinmaru. She dies giving birth to him. After her death she visits Tokimori as a ghost for a while until she eventually leads Tokimori back toward the castle so that he can take care of their child as everyone else at the castle has died. She states that Tokimori is the only one who can hold him. :While she lived, she had the most spiritual sensitivity of anyone in the castle at Karasumori and later Tokimori realizes that she was the one calling the ayakashi to the castle, though her father was unaware of this and she asked Tokimori to keep that from him. She was sickly so could not see the world so called for the ayakashi because she enjoyed seeing strange things. She also had the power to see people's emotions as shapes. Accurately pinpointing that Tokimori's heart was black but that he had a chance to turn it white again. She is truly happy to have met Tokimori, stating that because of him she was able to know a part of the world. ; : A girl with a vast spiritual reservoir being used by the Sousui. Much like Chūshinmaru with Yoshimori, Haruka lends the Sousui her power in order to amplify his psionic attacks when he comes to take over Arashizaki shrine. She looks up to the Sousui like a big brother and he attacks a member of the Ougi clan for making her cry, calling her his sacred treasure. Near the end of the series, Mahora-sama's accompanying guide takes the spiritual power from her. ; : : Also known as "Mother-san". Helps lost souls rest in peace. ; : : Patissier ghost whose last word was "cabbage". Helped Yoshimori with his castle cakes, while hanging around for a while. Eventually, he comes to terms with his brother and manages to pass on. ; : : Younger brother of Masahiko Tsukijigaoka. Owner of the Tsukijigoaka Food Company. Reason why Masahiko was unable to pass on was because he was afraid Toshihiko resented him. ; : : Age 70. An associate of Yoshimori's grandfather. An expert of ayakashi and was the first to discover the secrets behind the human skin that Aihi had created. He had a love interest in a woman called Risa Kagami, who was unfortunately married to Byaku. He grew vengeful when Kagami died and swore to exact revenge on Byaku for her death. He is bound to a contract with a demon that will do his bidding in exchange for his soul. He also seems to possess a number of magical artifacts, enough to fight without Kagami and to fake his death. After wandering randomly destroying the castle, Heisuke finds main target Byaku. After the big battle where Byaku was assumed to be dead he started to feel tired and walks out of the castle with Kagami back to his home. ; : : A shape-shifting demon that bound a contract with Heisuke Matsudo. Takes the form of Risa Kagami and acts charming and elegant. Does Heisuke's bidding in return for his soul when he dies. ; : : Older sister of Gen Shishio. Age 20. Was once nearly killed by Gen when he was in his ayakashi form. Despite this, she still cares for her brother and longs for him to find happiness. She hates Masamori and refuses to accept his apologies when he comes to pay his respect to Gen's family after his death. In Ryo's eyes, Masamori, as the leader of the Night Troop, sent Gen to his death. She does, however, accept Yoshimori's condolences after learning that Yoshi was Gen's friend and that he found happiness before dying. ; : : Shiranuma's (Byaku's) former wife. She received anything she wanted from him. Died while trying to gain eternal beauty through Byaku's experiments. ; : : Known as the "Prince of Central East High". Was once controlled by a brain ayakashi called No Otoko. ; : 17 years old fūmashi (exorcist) who is chasing after a demon called Jaren, who killed his master. He uses a pack full of large nails which can be charged as weapons. His appearance so far was short, but Yoshimori and Takeshi have promised to meet again. ==See also==