The "Human of the Worshipped Wind". Stage 5 boss of [[Touhou]]'s [i][[Mountain of Faith]][/i] and later a recurring playable character. Has the power to create miracles. Her signature [[gohei]] is different from the norm as it has straight paper decorations.

[[Miko]] of the Moriya Shrine under the patronage of [[Yasaka Kanako]] and also direct descendant of the shrine's original deity, [[Moriya Suwako]]. Sanae and her deities moved into [[Gensokyo]] due to waning faith of humans from the outside world, making her one of the only humans from the 21st century. A generally good, if somewhat naive and clumsy, girl, but also an "overeager youkai hunter":/pool/show/4639 (leading to her portrayal of frequently [[bullying]] [[Tatara Kogasa]] after a scene in [i][[Undefined Fantastic Object]][/i] where Sanae gave scathing words against the latter). 

Recent games in the main series as well as certain side works consider her a type of deity in her own right. 

Doujins sometimes portray her wearing a modern [[school uniform]] as homage to her origins.

With the addition of [[Usami Sumireko]], a high school girl roughly from the mid-to-late 2010s, Sanae is occasionally depicted as a [[retro games sanae (meme)|generation behind]] due to [i][b]Mountain of Faith[/b][/i] first releasing in 2007.

Also sometimes called "[[player_2|2P]] [[Hakurei Reimu|Reimu]]" or "[[Miko]] [[Luigi]]" due to Reimu's red outfit compared to Sanae's green outfit. 

In [[Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost]], [spoilers]She met and befriended [[Son Biten]], who had already met Sanae when she was still a regular monkey, because Biten is more innocent and doesn't feel like other youkai (According to Sanae at least), So Sanae decided to show her around the Moriya Shrine.[/spoilers]

h4. Typical Tags

She has [[long hair|long]] [[green hair]], with a [[single sidelock]]. Her eyes are [[green eyes|green]] or [[blue eyes|blue]]. In her hair are [[snake hair ornament|snake]] and [[frog hair ornament]]s and a [[single hair tube]]. She is frequently depicted with [[large breasts]]. She wears a [[sleeveless shirt|sleeveless]] [[collared shirt|collared]] [[white shirt]] with [[detached sleeves|detached]] [[white sleeves]], a [[long skirt|long]] [[frilled skirt|frilled]] [[blue skirt]], [[white socks]], and [[brown footwear|brown]] [[shoes]]. As of [i][[Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost]][/i], she is additionally shown with [[wings]].

h4. See also

* Pool #4639 - For depictions of Sanae in her Youkai Extermination Mode

h4. External links

* "Touhou Wiki: Sanae Kochiya":https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Sanae_Kochiya
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