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Shikigami, in traditional Japanese folklore, are either invisible or appear in the shape of neatly-folded paper manikins. However, in the film's adaptation, the Shikigami are portrayed as fully-visible, semi-humanoid paper creatures with the ability to fly at extremely high speeds (on par with Haku in his dragon form). They are white in color and resemble birds and have a circular head, wings, and a pointed "tail". When magically commanded, they can stand (or hover) on the tip of their tails and plaster themselves onto a person's body.


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Junior has a pink bonnet and a bib with fishes and blue jumper and diaper.
The baby looks happy and hungry, later crying.


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Birk has shoulder-length orange hair that hang in bulky strands, and lovely blue eyes. He wears a blue tunic and a belt twice wrapped around his waist, kitted out with a pouch and sheath that holds a knife.

Birk is a cheeky, fun-loving and rational boy who tends to be realistic rather than fanciful, in contrast to how Ronja is. He is level-headed and is able to think on his feet, calmly assessing any situation he is met with. He is gently charismatic — so charming indeed, it quickly frustrates Ronja's initial determination to dislike him.

Birk, though usually emotionally steady, ends up crying in a moment of serious character development.

For most the series he shows little emotional variation. Mostly seen with an even, serene smile and the occasional cocky smirk, the only emotion he tends to express passionately is anger. Later in the series, particularly during the Bear's Cave arc, some of his serene demeanour melts away and feelings of grief and jealousy show through.


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Chihiro is a ten-year-old girl with brown hair, brown eyes, and rosy cheeks. She is very petite and has a childish appearance and a pudgy face. Her attire includes a white medium-sleeved T-shirt with bright green stripes, bright red shorts, white socks, and sunshine yellow velcro sneakers. While working in the bathhouse, she is barefoot and wears a coral-colored kariginu robe with a white hitoe underneath, short sashinuki pants, and a tasuki cord for tying her sleeves up.

Chihiro's growth into a capable individual is a core factor in the movement of Spirited Away's plot. During her adventure in the Spirit World, she matures from an easily scared girl with a childlike personality to match her age to a hard-working, responsible, and brave young girl who has learned to put her fears aside for those she cares for. To protect her friends and rescue her parents from a spell that has turned them into livestock, Chihiro sheds her former personality and adapts to her environment to become a courageous, caring, quick-witted, and reliable girl.
As the story progresses, the strength of her bond with Haku eventually evolves into a heartfelt form of love that dispels Yubaba and Zeniba 's respective curses on Haku.


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Haku appears to be around 12 years old in physical age. He has straight black hair (some see it as black, others say dark/forest green) in a bob haircut and slanted, green eyes.
When he is human, Haku wears a traditional white robe that resembles closely a Kariginu tied with a lavender sash, a short traditional indigo dyed Sashinuki (a type of kuribakama) underneath, and beige sandals. A darker blue Hitoe can be seen from the sides and shoulders of the robes.

Haku has multiple personalities. He can sometimes be kind-hearted and supportive, other times strict and high-strung. He is wise and is able to act accordingly to the situation. He is more than willing to stick his neck out when he cares about someone. From the beginning of the story, through to the end, he does everything within his power to keep Chihiro unharmed and to help her leave safely. His steadfast resolve helps Chihiro finally trust him, amidst contradictory information from other Spirited Away characters about him.
Haku always said she could trust him. However, Lin, was not sure of Haku's intentions and told Chihiro to not trust him. Yubaba 's twin sister, Zeniba insisted that Haku is a greedy thief, who had stolen her golden seal . In the end, Chihiro puts her faith in Haku. Later, it is revealed that Haku is Yubaba's slave, who controlled him with a black worm in his body.


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Karen has dark brown hair and pink bows on her pigtails. She wears a light-pink shirt with a white collar, darker pink pants, and white shoes. She has a light-green elephant plush toy that she carries around all the time.

Karen becomes quickly offended when Sōsuke didn't give in to her demands to play with her.


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Ket has light brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a white undershirt, green pants (with purple suspenders), white socks and light blue shoes.


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Kiki has short, dark brown hair, which she ties back using a large, amaranth red bow. She wears a medium-sleeved, jet black dress, which mostly appears to be violet or indigo, white undergarments that consist of a tank top and bloomers, and amaranth red flats that look scarlet red at times.
At the beginning, she's dressed in a bright green, short-sleeved dress with a medium turtle-neck and a bright pink apron, long, grey socks that are falling down and the same shoes.
Kiki is not initially pleased with her appearance at the beginning of the film, but later on is told to like herself as a witch by her mother, Kokiri .

Kiki is strong-willed, leaving her home in Karikiya for a year at 13-years old in order to undergo the training she's required to complete to be a witch. She is very friendly, curious, kind-hearted, sweet and upbeat. However, she is also rather stubborn and proud at times, which is sometimes to her disadvantage. She is very attached to her pet black cat, Jiji , and introduces him as her best friend. Kiki is not particularly popular when she first arrives in Koriko , but gradually makes new friends with her customers and is the town heroine at the end.


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The Kittenbus looks like a cat with space inside its back for a child or small person to ride in. He has four legs and he has brown and orange fur with yellow eyes that can light up to help it see in the dark. He can travel anywhere in seconds and is adorable.


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Beautiful blonde boys with bob heads. They all have the same appearance, and serve Madame Suliman .


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A slender, small 5-year-old, Kumiko has short brown wavy hair with matching eyes and a pink bow tie on the top of her head. She wears a sky blue dress with a small pink ribbon and white Capri-like pants or bloomers with a pink pair of shoes.

Kumiko is a sensitive and impulsive little girl who emphasizes her feelings for Sōsuke, showing him her new dress as well as requesting a ride on his boat. Generally, she's not the best role model among her classmates.


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Markl is small child of average build, with messy tangerine orange hair and peach skin. He looks after the castle for his master, granting customers requests for spells and magic. Every time a customer comes in, he's disguised as a wizard's disciple. [1]

Markl is an obedient, albeit messy apprentice working under wizard Howl. He is initially wary of Sophie, particularly when she cleans out the entire castle, but grows to appreciate her through the course of their adventures.


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Mary is a young girl with bushy, bright red hair that reaches just past her shoulders. She has two short strands of hair on her forehead, along with a couple shorter ones. Mary's eyes are sharp blue, and she always has a bright expression.
Her fashion choice includes, short skirts, long shirts, cartigans, over-the-knee stockings, sweaters, and cute sneakers, or brown laced boots. Her sleepwear consists of a light-yellow shirt-dress that reaches the knees.

Mary is a strongheaded and witty girl, stubborn and loud. She tries to help out when she can, but due to her clumsiness, is often let go. She has a lack of perception, and is quite teasing at points. She hated her hairstyle at first, but gradually accepted it.


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Mimiko has red hair and black eyes.
She wears a pink dress and yellow shirt underneath and yellow shoes and white panties.

Mimiko is described as being a sweet little girl that never gets lonely, despite not having any parents.


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Miyoko has chin length hair.
She wears a red sweater as Anna Sasaki and wear she a blue skirt and White shirt with red school uniforms.


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Nonoko has black hair.
She typically wears a beige shirt with a white collar and orange skirt.


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Peter has dirty blonde hair with cornflower blue eyes, and pale skin. The front half of his hair is longer than the back, and the bottom of his partially shaved underneath.
Peter has a blue baseball jacket with white sleeves, along with a single horizontal red band down the center of the wrist, bottom, and neck cuffs. He wears olive green pants that are rolled up to his ankles, and plain, brown shoes. He sometimes uses his jacket as a pouch to put his cats inside. Peter can also sometimes be seen in a backwards red hat.
SPOILER WARNING : In his transformed state (under the effect of the Fly by Night,) he grows noticeably larger and 'grown up.' His hair grows long and blue, and he sprouts large, iridescent wings. This only lasts a short while, however, when his is engulfed in a glob of blue magic goop from the flower.

Peter is generally a witty, kindhearted kid. He seems to like helping out, being the "delivery boy" of the neighborhood. He typically tries to act brave when it comes to something he's scared of doing, and is a sweet boy. When he was first shown, he was laughing at Mary's clumsiness, but tried to help her out a couple times afterwards. He is also shown to be helpful and selfless, as seen by wanting to ease his family's burden and sacrificing himself for Mary .


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Ponyo has two forms: her goldfish form and her human form. As a fish, she is cute, but as a little girl, she is magical. She has thick copper-red hair and has only two-piece clothing: an adorable little amaranth red dress with puffy sleeves and large. puffy white bloomers. She behaves just like a regular five-year-old child: intelligent, adorable, mischievous, and later in the film, sleepy. She's very happy, sweet, and barefoot all the time.

Ponyo is an extrovert, tending to go outside when her father is distracted doing his magic.  She also pleased when Sosuke finds her while he is playing by the sea by his house and frees her from a jar. Again, she pays him by licking his scar, and they bond and become friends.  Ponyo does not like her father at first, which is why she runs away from home at the beginning of the film, and she is also rambunctious, causing trouble around the house after Sosuke adopts her.  Soon, she withdraws magic and decides to live by Sosuke's side as a part of his family. She is a fish at first but becomes more humanlike when Sosuke self-injures his finger and she licks his scar, healing him.
Her favorite food is ham.


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As a child, Rie has short, chin-length black hair with bangs and wears a white blouse with a pink neckline, a blue jumper and beige shoes with pink socks. She seems to have a heavier set than ten year old Taeko. She usually has a bored or sad expression on her face.

She seems to be shy and introverted but is still able to handle her male classmates' bullying by laughing off their attempts at making fun of her.


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Riku has brown hair, brown/black eyes and he seems to be a bit taller than his two older sisters.


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Ronja is slender 10-year-old girl. She wears a salmon tunic and yellow tights. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Everyone in Mattis ' fort is fond of Ronja, and respects and cherishes her. As an only child, she is spoiled with love. It powerfully nourishes her growth into an empathetic, intelligent, and lively girl. She's often happy, sweet, and giggly. She naturally takes on some character traits from her parents even if polarizing, such as Lovis ' cool rationality in problem solving, but Mattis' big emotions in interpersonal matters.
She develops a lot of courage and fearlessness; the simple principle she obeys to "never be scared in Mattis' forest" extends itself from reckoning with supernatural creatures, to being able to overcome Hell's Gap. She also discovers a pacifist ethic within herself that drives major aspects of the story.
In her energetic and childish way, every spring Ronja loves to do her "spring yell". She stands in the open forest and joyfully screams at the top of her voice to let the drudgery of the past winter out of her system.


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Satsuki has short, walnut brown hair and chocolate brown eyes (the eyes mostly appear black due to coloring and art style). She wears a tangerine skirt with tangerine suspenders, white bloomers, a sunshine yellow collared shirt, a sky blue pair of shoes, and a white hat (only worn in a few scenes).
In the second half of the movie she wears a yellow dress with white hems. During the end credits she has a yellow shirt and tangerine overalls on with a picture of a chibi Totoro embroidered onto the right leg. She is noticeably tall compared to her sister, and somewhat taller than a few of the children her age at her school.
Whenever she is inside the family household, Satsuki typically wears her choice of casual clothing or her pajamas during nighttime. Like her sister, she prefers to be barefoot when inside and/or around the house.

MISCONCEPTION: Satsuki does not wear a sky blue and carnation pink version of her normal outfit, the lighting is darker and changes the color pallete in the scene.

Satsuki is a bright and cheerful individual. She generally tries to be someone to look up to, most likely for her sister. She seems to idolize her mother's peaceful demeanor, and she even says that she wants her hair to cooperate to look like her mother's hair. Satsuki is hard working and intelligent, as shown when she is studying at school or helping out around her new home. She is also very open minded and pleasant towards people like Granny and even Kanta after getting to know his friendly side.

"I'm making this one for you, Mei."

Satsuki Kusakabe seems to be an independent and mature young lady. She does constantly feel grief and pressure, but does not let it show. The grief she feels for her mother being ill is only revealed towards the end of the movie when she breaks down in front of Granny. She also clearly feels very stressed to act like an adult and be a good role model for Mei.
Most of Satsuki's anger stems from Mei's contrasting irresponsibility. She gets easily frustrated, but is still a lovable character with good intentions.

Satsuki carrying a tired Mei at the bus stop next to Totoro


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Sawako wore a blue dress and a beige-yellow shirt underneath and carried a pink bag and red ruck-sack. By the time Sawako was reunited with Koro, she wore a yellow dress.


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Sayaka is a slender young girl and a little younger than Anna. Sayaka has  light brown hair tied in pigtails and teal eyes. She also has big round glasses and wears a yellow halter dress with orange stripes on the top and orange wavy stripes fading to sage green to orange.She wears white socks and strapped hot pink buckle shoes.

Sayaka is a very friendly and upbeat girl who considers the health and happiness of her friends (Anna) to be the most important part of her day.


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At the beginning of the film, Setsuko is shown to have the average body. As the film progresses, however, she is shown to have lost a considerable amount of weight. When Seita Yokokawa takes her to the doctor, she lifts up her shirt to reveal her agonizingly-haggard stomach; her ribs clearly visible, as well. She has dark brown hair cut short above her ears and shiny, dark brown eyes. She wears an off-white polo shirt and blue monpe , and a hooded cape of the same color and pattern and off-white bloomers along with tabi socks and getas (clogs). She also wears a red dress, and a white seifuku with black shoes and short socks in various flashback scenes.
As a spirit, Setsuko glows with an orange light, she is surrounded by fireflies and she is healthy once again.

Although Setsuko is young and naïve, she is shown to gain a deeper understanding of life and death as certain events unfold throughout the film. When she finds the dead fireflies that prompts the question "Why do fireflies have to die so soon?" and figures out that her mother is deceased, it is clear that Setsuko's outlook on the cycle of life has been cemented into her still-developing mind.
Setsuko loved sweets and once tried to eat stones thinking that they were her favorite candy drops. She also had a deep connection to her brother where she was overall a sweet and happy child. She also loved eating rice for dinner, except if it is rice porridge.


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Sho has navy blue/black hair and brown eyes.
He wears a white shirt and blue trousers, and is also seen wearing light blue pyjamas in the movie when it is his bedtime (he also wears a dark blue jacket when walking around in his pyjamas).

Sho is shown to be a quiet and very polite boy. However, he is initially listless and pessimistic about his operation, as he has no will to live, thinking that every living person will die, eventually, and he also has a low chance of survival from the operation.
This changes when he meets Arrietty , and he is inspired and amazed by her perseverance and strong will in rescuing her mother and thus gains the will to live on. It is shown in the very beginning of the film that he survives the operation, as he is reminiscing the time he met Arrietty.
In a director's interview, Hiromasa Yonebayashi describes him as "an ordinary 12-year-old boy," noting that he is younger than Arrietty who is 14, adding, "that adds a twist to the story." [1]


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Spiller is dark skinned with white stripes on both sides of his cheeks. His hair is uneven and spiky, most likely showing he doesn't cut it. His height is not determined but he is shorter than Arrietty. He is slightly muscly and has a sharp face.
He wears a brown fur coat and brown clothing underneath. He usually carries a bow along with some arrows in case danger lurks around the corner.

He’s fairly polite, not really being rude to the family he interacts with. He is especially nice to Arrietty , maybe due to him having a crush on her.


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Sōsuke is a 5-year-old boy who wears a sunshine yellow t-shirt and chocolate brown shorts, and white slip-on shoes. His hair is walnut brown with his hair shaven underneath. Also, he sometimes wears a sailor hat and binoculars.

Sōsuke is intelligent, smart, loyal, cute and heroic. He is willing to protect his friends (including Ponyo, starting from when she washes up on the shore near the house, stuck in a glass jar), even if doing so gets him in trouble with his mother or Ponyo's father (whom they hate).
He is interested in the sea, especially since his father is the captain of a ship. He also knows that Kōichi does his best for the family, as seen when Lisa gets angry at Kōichi and chides him for abandoning her family on a cliff.


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The Forest Spirit looks like deer, but with plant-like antlers and a human-like face. [1]
It can transform into a gigantic, translucent humanoid during the night called the Night-Walker.


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Gonta is a particularly stocky tanuki, with grey fur like Oroku's. He is distinguished by heavy black eyebrows, pockmarks on his face and tufts of scruffy fur on the top of his head. Like other clan elders, he has crow's feet around his eyes, and like most of the older males, he has a few whiskers on his upper lip that give the appearance of a mustache. His default clothing is a red vest with a single orange stripe across it. In his human form, which he only takes on a handful of times, he appears as a fat young man with short black hair, stubble on his chin, a red T-shirt similar to the vest of his tanuki form and pale blue jeans. When he leads an attack against the humans and takes a human form, he wears a red raincoat with a stripe a different shade of red across it, red trousers the same colour as his raincoat, and black boots.

Gonta is hotheaded and pugnacious. His wife is Otama, a docile, doting tanuki who worries about him constantly but is strong enough to fend off his attempts to woo her.
Gonta is combative and loves to argue with others. He threatens violence on tanukis who oppose his actions. In contrast, Shoukichi respects the opinions of other tanukis; for the most part, Shoukichi even listens to Gonta's ideas.
Both sides of their argument have valid points. While Shoukichi is right in that hurting humans is excessive, in retrospect he admits that Gonta was right on a couple of things. Gonta accurately observed that the developers are relentless and will become desensitized to hauntings if it means making a profit. He was also right that they were just wasting time by debating after the failure of Operation Specter.
He loves to assert power, but he's sensitive to criticism and will lash out if his ego is slighted in any way.
He leads the Red Tanukis to eliminate all humans, but all mentions of humans' food cause him to soften his approach a little. He really hates lazy tanukis. However, he, hypocritically, gets bored easily and would sometimes get distracted by a hamburger or doze off during important meetings.
Though he is proud and selfish, he respects Oroku and the Transformation Masters, and joins in on the celebration of Master Hage's birthday.


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Jihl has a tan beard and Brown Soldier uniform and possibly Brown pants with red necklace.


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Princess Lastelle is a beautiful young woman around Nausicaa's age. She has brown hair that goes a couple inches past her shoulders and brown eyes. She is seen wearing a long pink and yellow dress with a matching yellow hat, with jewels embedded in it and diamond earrings. She was a princess, but after her country was destroyed, she was reduced to a slave with her hands shackled. She then was moved to slave market by Airship Corvette.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Characters Main Cast Nausicaä | Teto | Gol & Gikuri Valley of the Wind Jhil | Yupa | Mito | Obaba Pejite Mayor of Pejite | Asbel | Lastelle | Lastelle's Mother Torumekian Empire Kushana | Kurotowa Miscellaneous Locations Valley of the Wind | Nausicaä's Tower | Pejite | Toxic Jungle | Torumekia Mechanical Designs Dreadnought | God Warrior | Mehve Creatures Fox Squirrel | Hebikera | Ohmu Glossary Miasma | Seven Days of Fire

V • T • E Studio Ghibli Animated features Feature films Castle in the Sky (1986) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006) • Ponyo (2008) • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) • The Wind Rises (2013) • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) • When Marnie Was There (2014) • Earwig and the Witch (2020) • The Boy and the Heron (2023) Short films Nandarō • On Your Mark • Ghiblies • Film Guru Guru • Ghiblies Episode 2 • Imaginary Flying Machines • The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction • The Whale Hunt • Koro's Big Day Out • Mei and the Kittenbus • Looking for a Home • The Day I Bought a Star • The Night of Taneyamagahara • Water Spider Monmon • Iblard Jikan • A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess • Treasure Hunting • Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo • Boro the Caterpillar Documentaries The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) • Miyazaki and Kurosawa Fireside Chat (1993) • Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images (1998) • World Journey of My Memory / Journey of the Heart (1998) • How Princess Mononoke Was Born (2001) • Lasseter-San, Arigato! (2003) • Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD (2004) • Yasuo Otsuka's Joy of Motion (2004) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum (2005) • Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple (2005) • The Work of Toshio Suzuki (2006) • Scenery of Ghibli (2006) • A Ghibli Artisan – Kazuo Oga Exhibition – The Man Who Painted Totoro's Forest (2007) • How Ponyo Was Born (2009) • Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son (2011) • Ghibli's Bookshelf (2011) • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013) • Until The End of The Creation of When Marnie Was There (2015) • Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016) • NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director (2018) • 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki (2019) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2023) Television series The Blue Seed (1992) • Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2014) Concerts Joe Hisaishi in Budokan • Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: The Music of Studio Ghibli Video games Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Video Game) • Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu • Jade Cocoon 2 • Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color • Ni no Kuni (Series) • Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Printed works Animage • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) • Starting Point: 1979-1996 • Turning Point: 1997-2008 • Kaze no Kaerubasho • People of the Desert • The Age of the Flying Boat • Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes • To My Sister • The Journey of Shuna • Studio Ghibli's Trajectory as Seen on Animage (1984-2011) • The Art of My Neighbor Totoro • The Art of Castle in the Sky • The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service • The Art of Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke: The First Story • The Place Where Totoro Was Born • The Bountiful Food of Studio Ghibli • Children's Picture Book Ghibli's Dining Table Earwig and the Witch Co-Productions Flying City Plan • Shiki-Jitsu ( Studio Kajino ) • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Nasu: Summer in Andalusia • Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase • Portable Airport • Red Crow and the Ghost Ship • Space Station No. 9 • The Red Turtle Pre-Ghibli works Hustle Punch (1965) • Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) • Animal Treasure Island (1971) • Lupin the Third Part I (1971) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) • Dog of Flanders (1975) • Future Boy Conan (1978) • Anne of Green Gables (1979) • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • Chie the Brat (1981) • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1981) • Gauche the Cellist (1982) • Sherlock Hound (1984) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Ghibli-related labels Animage • Animage Home Video • Ghibli ga Ippai Collection • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Library • Ghibli Park • Totoro no Furusato Foundation • Totoro no Mori Unproduced projects Border 1939 Related productions Like the Clouds, Like the Wind • Mary and the Witch's Flower • Modest Heroes • Natsuzora • World Masterpiece Theater


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Marnie has long golden blonde hair that falls over her back, ending is smooth ringlets. She wears her hair loose for most of her screen time, wearing a blue dress with white frills and a blue ribbon tied at her collar and also wears a green dress with a yellow bow on her collar. She wears at one point a white nightgown with a blue ribbon on her collar and goes barefoot.
At the party, she wears a pink dress with various frills and high heels. Her hair is held in an elegant-yet-simple style, having only one portion held back with a matching ribbon. She sports red earrings.
As an adult and old lady, her clothing is much more simple, having a warm, earthly look.

Marnie is a kind, friendly and lively person. She is always cheerful and has a smile on her face. Marnie is adventurous and loves running in the forest, picking mushrooms and rowing in boats in the marsh. Marnie is very caring and sympathetic, she listens to Anna talk about her life at home and lovingly reassures her that everything will be alright. But beneath her warm smile is a sad, lonely and fearful girl who misses her parents and is scared of the silo on the hill.
Marnie is very brave at times, like rescuing Anna from crashing her boat, tricking her abusive nanny by locking her in her room and going into the silo during a thunderstorm.
As an adult, she lived a bittersweet life and in the last moments of her life, she is determined to make sure her granddaughter Anna is well taken care of.


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Seita has dark brown hair cut short and dark brown eyes.
He wears an off white Captain's cap or school uniform cap with a black viser and a beige Kokumin-fuku jacket with a name tag, white tank top underneath and beige pants with leg wrapping on his shins and black ankle lace boots.


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Dazaburō is a small, ancient tanuki with light brown fur, and long fur growing from his chin like a beard. He rarely shows his eyes except in significant moments.

Dazaburō is very mild-mannered, and empathetic to the cause of the Tama Hills tanuki. After he becomes senile, he thinks of himself as something of an arhat.


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The Radish Spirit is a hefty, slow-moving god with a build like that of a sumo wrestler . He has two large appendages extending down from the sides of his face, and is covered from head-to-toe in white fur. He wears an upturned sake bowl on his head and a red Etchū fundoshi . He also has a very short tail.


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By his appearance, he is an extremely old river god, evident by the countless wrinkles on his face, white-colored eyebrows and the thinning amounts of facial hair and lack of teeth, the River Spirit is revealed to have a water-based, dragon -like body in his original form with multiple, wiry, avian legs.
In his first introduction in the film, the River Spirit is shown to be a disgusting, grimy, muck-infested spirit mistaken to be a "stink spirit" by many. However, Yubaba notes that he didn't seem like a stink spirit and ordered Chihiro Ogino to wash him in the Big Tub. After being relieved of all the human-made trash that had clogged up his body, the unnamed River Spirit was freed from all the gunk he was carrying and revealed himself to be a grand spirit.

Not much of the River Spirit's personality is made apparent in the film. It is known that he is a very rich and powerful spirit with much influence in the Spirit Realm. He is shown to be very energetic once freed of his polluted burden and displays a hefty amount of gratitude to Chihiro, who freed him, by giving her a famous type of medicine as thanks. He is also generous, leaving a great amount of gold pieces on the ground as a tip to the Bathhouse workers for their service to him.


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Charlotte has short, grayed hair that reaches her ear length, along with separated short bangs. She has red, rounded glasses which she is rarely seen without, and blue eyes. Her skin is fair and smooth, and she is slightly overweight. Charlotte usually wears a vintage dress that reaches the ankles and a short cardigan over it.
When Charlotte was younger, she had long, layered red hair, similar to Mary's, but longer and slightly darker. Her eyes are blue, and she resembled an older Mary in a way. She was often seen in a black, flowing dress that looked similar to a cloak. The sleeve were long and oversized, like the rest of the dress. With the attire, she wore a plain red scarf and long heel boots that reached her knees.

Charlotte is a rather sweet and gentle person, and deeply cares about close ones. When Mary had gone missing for the night, Charlotte was in great panic and very relieved to see her. As a thoughtful gift, she picked the Fly By Night and gave it to Doctor Dee and Madam Mumblechook , unaware of their awful intentions.


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Granny has grey hair, black eyes, and wears a white shirt, a periwinkle robe, and a white hat.

Granny is a kind elderly woman, who cares for every one of her neighbors. Mei is hard to deal with, because she is stubborn. Despite this, Granny tries to please her and even bring Mei to Satsuki's School House .


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His limbs can apparently extend indefinitely, enabling him to access the upper cabinets of his workplace without having to leave his original work position. Kamajī appears to spend most of his time at his workplace, as he is seen sleeping and eating his meals there.
A number of Sootballs work for him by carrying coal into his furnace. He has large cabinets where he keeps all the herbs that are used in the baths. He rarely stands up, so you hardly see his two tiny legs. His eyes lack visibility, even anywhere behind his glasses.


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Kayo has light brown hair and wears blue dress and pink ribbon.


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Noddle-Pete has peachy skin and brown eyes. He is bald on the top with scraggly hair, white with age, fanning out from either side of his head, with likewise white eyebrows, and goatee.

Noddle-Pete is bright, teasing, and slightly misbehaved. He sometimes cracks banter at the expense of Mattis, usually to sarcastically comment on his less thought-out plans. In spite of this, Mattis loves him a great deal; after all, Noddle-Pete knew him since he was a baby, having attended his birth.
He knows a lot about the forest and its creatures, he will for example tell Ronja about Mirktrolls that come out in the spring moonlight and imitate their dance.


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Noriko has brown hair and grey eyes. She wears a beige blouse with green circles, and a blue.


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Oroku is a grey tanuki with black hair pinned neatly, and a red kimono. In human form, she looks almost exactly the same, but has the appearance of a middle-aged woman.


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Sophie is a relatively plain looking 18-year-old young woman who works at her father's hat shop . She has big brown eyes and matching hair, tied with two pink ribbons in a long braid. She has thick eyebrows, and Howl says that her smile is beautiful. She wears a cerulean dress with a white neck and black buttons.
After receiving a curse by the Witch of the Waste , she is transformed into a 90-year-old woman. She adapts quickly to her situation, remarking she has become more cunning in her old age. As elder Sophie, she continues to wear her cerulean dress, pairing it with a straw hat adorned with a red ribbon.

Elder Sophie vigorously cleaning Howl's castle .
Due to her love for Howl , Sophie de-ages depending on her emotional state. When defending Howl to Sullivan, Sophie briefly regains her original appearance, but turns back after. Throughout the rest of the film, her old form doesn't suffer back pain and she stands straighter; her wrinkles also smoothen. Sophie's braid is shorter in her old form.
Her hair becomes grey as a side effect of the curse; however, eventually, it attains a silvery sheen which Howl likes, saying it looks like starlight. Her hair style changes to a shoulder-length bob cut after she cuts her braid off and gives it to Calcifer as a sacrifice of a part of her. Afterward she tucks her hair behind her ears.

Sophie is a reserved, plain-looking young woman. She is far too mature and serious for her age, much to the chagrin of her sister Lettie and stepmother Honey . Tired of wizard Howl's indolence, she initiates cleaning his castle . She develops feelings for the poor, cowardly wizard. She also serves as a maternal figure to Markl and a friend to Calcifer and Turnip Head . Despite her misgivings, she ends up tolerating the Witch of the Waste after she is turned feeble by the royal sorceress Madame Suliman .


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Madam Suliman has a platinum-colored hair with a mini hat and grey eyes, and wears red dress with a beige fur trim along the ends. She sits upon an elaborate wheelchair, with soft cushions. She holds a large magical staff, which is capable of projecting images and even opening a hole into another world. [1]

Despite appearing before Sophie as an elegant old woman, she is an extremely dangerous and possessive sorceress of great power. She cruelly dispatches the Witch of the Waste , revealing her to be a feeble, decrepit old woman, and threatens Sophie that Howl will meet the same fate if he refuses to cooperate with the king. [2]


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He is burly and steely-eyed, with muscular rowing arms and a grey beard. He wears a brown fishing jacket, and a dark green knit cap. Anna describes him as "like a bear".


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Yoshie has blonde hair and wears a pink dress. She was often seen sitting in a wheelchair. In the ending, she was seen walking around without any sort of support during the time with the other seniors and Granmamare when she states, "Life Begins Again".


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She isn't the student-body president, but she keeps a strong company among the girls. She gives advice not to backbite as it damages their solidarity. She is respected for her effort to keep the girls together, besides Rikako Muto . She dislikes Rikako for their years at Kouchi Outemae High School .
Later on she changes her mind about Rikako. She recognizes the world is much bigger than her own world as a teenager. She even starts talking to Rikako, when she meets her in Obiyamachi. At the class reunion, she tells Taku and Yutaka Matsuno about her conversation with Rikako in Obiyamachi.


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Anna has messy coffee brown hair styled into a pixie cut and  sapphire blue eyes. She wears a few outfits through the movie but she typically dresses in red shorts, light blue sneakers, and various blue shirts. At the Tanabata festival, she wears a pink yukata with pink and blue flowers that belonged to Setsu Oiwa 's daughter. By the end of the movie, she starts wearing her grandmother's hairpin again.

Anna is a caring, curious, and introspective person. She is usually polite with her elders, especially her aunt and uncle but doesn't talk unless it's necessary. She is an artist, and is often carrying around her sketchbook although at first she believed that she wasn't good at drawing when in fact she is great at it. The drawings shown in the movie are mostly of landscapes, such as the playground in the beginning, the marsh house, Marnie's house and Marnie herself.
Anna has a low self-esteem, deeming herself worthless, ugly, awkward, a nuisance and abnormal. Her social anxiety is also very prevalent, causing her to struggle in large crowds and interaction with people, cutting herself away from others, which is usually mistaken for shyness. She suppresses her emotions, usually donning on a neutral expression, and is also very prone to emotional outbursts, suddenly changing moods but with the help of Marnie and Sayaka, Anna starts to open up and becomes slightly more upbeat, smiling more, apologizing to Nobuko for hurting her feelings and even referring to Yoriko as her mother.


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Arrietty is a 14-year-old girl with shoulder-length auburn hair and black eyes.
Oftentimes, she wears a red dress whenever she is out borrowing, if she is not, she is seen in a light brown blouse and a pale yellow dress. Since she is a borrower, she is very small (around 2 or 3 times taller than a pin in the film), so she is hard to spot.


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Bella Yaga has bright blue, curly hair with mismatch eyeshadow of purple and blue. She is usually well dressed with heavy amounts of makeup and jewelry. When she is working on spells, her hair is tied up and she is in an apron.

Bella Yaga is hard around the edges, coming off as cold, cruel and selfish. She is not heartless, though. It takes Mandrake and her getting in a dispute for her to treat Earwig better. She freezes up when Earwig hugs her or shows any kind of affection, indicating she is used to being solitary and miserable.


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Earwig's mother is extremely beautiful with thick red hair and a lovely voice. She seems to not age at all.

Earwig's mother is shrouded in mystery, it is unknown what provoked her to break Witch Code, if it was her becoming a mother or something else. Not much is known about her other than that she is willful and does eventually come back for Earwig.


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Esther has blonde hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. She a dark indigo crop top with a gold neck collar and light purple short sleeves a matching dark indigo skirt with a gold band near the bottom pink puffy pants with gold bands at the legs and orange dancers' slippers. At the Winter Isles, she wears a pink coat with fluffy white edges. In Castaway Cove she wears a blue bikini with a purple towel skirt around her waist.

Esther is a bright girl with a positive attitude. She is very helpful and quickly feels sorry for others, which is why she wants to help everyone. Precisely for this reason, she often clashes with the pessimistic Sven and also shows her loud, spirited and stubborn side in arguments with him.


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Fio is a 17-year-old girl with fiery orange hair and walnut brown eyes. She wears a shirt that is white with sky blue lines (or a blue shirt with white checkers) and sky blue pants/jeans with a belt. She also wears pearl earrings.

Fio takes after her grandfather in being cheerful, carefree and confident. She confronts the air pirates after Porco's life and manages to win them over. Fio's conviction slowly has an effect on Porco. Fio's confidence and youthful beauty also charms Donald Curtis .


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Kaya is a young human girl in the movie. She has brown hair with a single red bow pigtail and brown eyes. She wears a purple kimono with red lining and a straw hat.


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Kushana has ginger hair with a crown she has blue eyes, blue earrings, and she wears knight armor. She later appears without her armor, revealing white dress and her mechanical arm and legs when she escapes from captivity.

Despite her ferocity in battle, Kushana has a nobility of character that earns her the respect of both Nausicaä and Master Yupa . While she admires Nausicaä's pacifist ideals, she sees herself as inescapably destined to walk the path of bloodshed. She cares deeply for the men under her command, but is portrayed as brutal and harsh to her enemies.
Just like Nausicaä, she was born into a man's world. She had to survive by, in a sense, becoming a man; she wore armor, commanded fleets, etc. She had to make tough decisions, and had to be very cautious of her surroundings. Because she knew, behind everything, her brothers were out to kill her and take over the throne.
While seemingly cold-hearted at first, the reader's approach to the character becomes more emotional as we delve into the plot. We find out that the emperor who succeeded Kushana's father poisoned Kushana's mother, making her insane. People took Kushana away, and left her mother alone with only a rag doll. In her insanity, Kushana's mother thought that this rag doll was her daughter. This part of the story once again reflects upon Greek mythology, where many gods and other characters killed their children in fits of temporary insanity.


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Lily has white fur and light pink ears. Her eyes are greenish, with a tint of yellow.


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Lin has chocolate brown eyes, straight chocolate brown hair with short bangs parted in the middle and long side strands of hair on both sides of her head. The length of her hair goes past her waist, and the end is tied with a carnation pink ribbon. She wears a standard salmon colored jinbei uniform with a sunshine yellow undershirt and turquoise blue apron that most of the female staff wear and is barefoot.

Lin is very strong-hearted, stubborn and occasionally bossy. Although she has a good heart and cares for Chihiro, she is quick to go on the defensive, and her attitude and words are often sarcastic. She is also very protective, as she hides Chihiro when sneaking her to the top floor to see Yubaba, and also comforts Chihiro while attempting to cure the River Spirit by telling Chihiro she won't let him hurt her.
But she is not always cooperative. Kamajī has to give her a roasted newt to change her mind about accompanying Chihiro to Yubaba . Later on, she uses the newt to sidetrack one of her co-workers from Chihiro's human smell. When Chihiro gets a job in the Bathhouse, she is totally happy about it.


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Lovis has brown eyes and reddish-brown hair tied into two braids with red ties. On either side of her head she wears two large medallion-like hair clips. She has two strands of hair hanging off her head, with red and white ribbons twisting around them.


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The Potpie Girl has brown hair with green hair bands she wears a pink party dress and mini necklace.

The Potpie Girl appears to be around Kiki 's age and is shown to be rude and ungrateful after receiving a present from her grandmother .


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Miki is shown to have brown hair that is usually tied back into a ponytail.
She is seen wearing a yellow cardigan throughout the film.

There's nothing much to say about Miki Hokuto except that she is a laid-back and calm person who spends most of her time doing whatever she wants in the Coquelicot Manor.


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Naoko has brown hair.
She wears a beige shirt and a skirt.


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Nobuko is an overweight girl with black hair that has straight bangs and small, dark-colored eyes.
She usually wears her hair in a braid and loose for special occasions.


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Senior Witch has light brown hair with two plaits and teal eyes. She wears a dark purple dress, two heart-shaped gold earrings and a red necklace. Her broomstick is brown and she flies with a black cat with radiant green eyes and a lantern at night. She is possibly 14-years old since she has stated to have completed her training.

She is proud of what she has accomplished, but also has a snobbish personality. However she is also polite as she wished Kiki well on her journey.


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Sheeta wears a plain, indigo dress with a white petticoat underneath. Later, she changes into Dola's large red pants, with a yellow blouse and brown slippers. She has dark brown hair with a short fringe and wears her hair in two braids on either side of her head. Her eyes are a deep greyish blue (though often appear as entirely black). She also wears a red headband. Each braid is tied neatly at the bottom with a red ribbon, a common color for hair accessories in Studio Ghibli films. After having her braids shot off by Muska, her hair is very short, very similar to Kiki 's hairstyle.


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Like majority members of the Tsukishima family, Shiho has brown hair that reaches just below her shoulders. Her height is average for an nineteen-year-old, college student; although she is the tallest in her family. She has dark to almost black eyes, high nose and arched eyebrows.
She often comes in the house wearing a colored T-shirt (often beige or pink) or a sleeveless top (white with blue collars) matched with jeans. When cooking, she is seen wearing either a beige or pink sweater, jeans, and a blue apron. Her bedtime clothing consists of a beige T-shirt accompanied with dark, navy blue shorts.


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Shizuku is a slender fourteen years old girl with short black hair which reaches slightly below her ears and the same colored eyes, although it looks black due to the animation style and which is a bob cut
At the start of the movie, she is seen wearing a buttoned sunshine yellow shirt and sunshine yellow skirt along with it. Later, however, she wears an amaranth red shirt with a white collar, a sunshine yellow skirt and a flat straw hat with a violet band around it. She wears also a royal blue skirt and white shirt with a long-sleeved carnation pink shirt and also a sunshine yellow jacket when she goes to school. In the beginning, she wears a white t-shirt and carnation pink shorts with flip flops, and then a sunshine yellow collarless shirt and a sunshine yellow skirt that matches with baise shoes. Her uniform is a short-sleeved baize sailor shirt with an amaranth red ribbon/tie to tie and a long baize skirt and school shoes with white socks and another uniform later in the year that's a blue long-sleeved sailor shirt, and an indigo skirt.

Shizuku is generally good-natured, although she has the tendency to fly into a rage and call people "jerks".


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For her general appearance, Sora has a bob haircut similar to Umi, and a pink barrette on the right side of her hair. For her school attire, she wears a standard sailor school uniform with a green ribbon that is tied into a bow.

Sora is a stereotypical teenage girl who always do what a normal teenager does. Best shown during her debut where she took most of her time tidying her hair before having breakfast with the family.
She is also depicted as a supportive sister to Umi whenever they visit the Quartier Latin together even agreeing to help her and the other students to restore the building just to save it from being demolished.
Another part of her personality is that she is quite graceful with how Umi and Shun are a couple together, despite that Sora has a crush on Shun beforehand.


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Therru has brown hair that has two long strands in the front where it is tied with red ribbons while the rest of her hair remains short in the back, she has brown eyes a large burn scar on the left side of her face from where her parents burned her. Her red ribbons are removed, letting her hair loose before transformation.
Therru's attire is a plain, dark pink jumper with a lighter, long-sleeved pink shirt under it as well as a white apron in the front.
In her true form, Therru has gray hair, gray scales, with wings, she has red eyes, horns, four legs.

It is hard to earn Therru's trust easily, probably due to being abused by her birth parents. She is tough when she needs to be, independent and speaks her mind. While it takes a while to get to her center, she has a good heart and is very caring towards her acquaintances and any animal alike.


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Toko has brown hair. She prefers to wear a white shirt and blue skirt.


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Umi has shoulder length dark brown hair with lightly swept bangs that are parted to the right and is seen styled in twin tail braids. Her eyes in the film are seen as dark brown.
When seen in her school uniform, it includes a dark blue skirt that reaches down her knees, a white sailor shirt with a single blue line and a red ribbon. But when at home, Umi's causal wear consists of a light pink top with a hot pink skirt and sweater.


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Ursula has taupe hair, and usually wears an amaranth red tank top and jean shorts that are jagged at the ends. She also wears a straw hat  when she ventures out into the city. She also has a yellow nightgown.
She always wears open-toed footwear (either flip-flops or sandals), and likes to go barefoot as well.


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It has long wings and two bird claws, with a facsimile of Yubaba 's head and face. Its feathers are a dark blue/grey colour, and the fur round it's neck is black.


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Yuko is fourteen years old like Shizuku. She is tall, and has brown eyes and brown hair, which she wears in two braids. She wears a Japanese junior high school uniform. In the beginning of the movie she wears a blue sleeveless dress and a floppy hat with a purple band.

She has a huge crush on Sugimura and is a really good student and likes to tease Shizuku after Shizuku acts weird around Seji. She is a good friend, but gets annoyed with Shizuku sometimes.


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Akio is the foster father to Shun Kazama and husband to Miss Kazama. During the day, he works on a boat. At evening he likes to watch baseball on TV.


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Arren is a handsome young man with dark brown hair and deep dark eyes. He often has an innocent and pleading expression, though he can also appear angry.
He typically wears an old blue shirt, occasionally paired with a purple robe with gold edges or a brown cape.


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At the beginning of the movie, Ashitaka is depicted as a handsome young man who has long hair that is tied into a bun, but he cuts it off after he is told to leave the village. His hair then has a layered cut with wild bangs cut over his eyebrows. His hair is dark brown and he has greyish-brown/brownish-grey eyes. His clothing consists of a blue tunic and peach-white pants, as well as brown bottom warmers and shoes made out of fabric. He also wears blue arm sleeves and a red-orange hood to cover his face. He wears a cloak made out of hay for a small portion of the movie. He wears his fiancée's crystal dagger (In the English dub, everyone calls each other brother and sister, even if they are not related) before he gives it to San . After San's attack on Irontown , Ashitaka has a slash scar on his left cheek where San slashed him with her dagger.
His curse often manifested as a glowing purple and black aura on his right arm. This signified his anger or the anger of those around him, and occasionally caused the muscle mass of his arm and body to momentarily increase, and cause him serious pain. The aura itself often appeared similar to the demon curse that initially infected his body.

Ashitaka is very stern and determined to achieve his goals, not allowing his setbacks to stop him from curing his curse and saving his village, or anyone in danger. He is also extremely curious in nature, wanting to discover who San truly is after witnessing her sucking venom out of one of the wolves. Despite his hard outer shell, Ashitaka is also very kind and only wishes for the best outcomes for both sides, not wishing for either side to shed blood in destructive wars, and wants peace between the forces of nature and humanity.
His affinity for peace is portrayed several times throughout the movie. One example of his tendency to only fight as a last resort is his interruption of San and Eboshi's fight. Even though both are attacking him, he initially tries to convince them that hatred is blinding them, and when he's further attacked, he dispatches them in a non-lethal manner.
On top of that, after stating that he will leave and take "the wolf girl" with him, he is brutally shot in the back by one of the villagers, to which he simply moves on, without retaliation, further displaying no interest in actions that would lead to continued violence.
He also saw the good in San, at one point impulsively telling her that she is "beautiful".


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Charles has dark eyes and light brown hair with a very bushy beard and mustache. Like the rest of the boys in the gang, Charles almost always wears a brown shirt with pink pants, a belt, a red hood and brown slip-on shoes.


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Henri has reddish-brown hair, dark eyes, freckles, and no facial hair. Like the rest of the boys in the gang, Henri almost always wears a brown shirt with pink pants, a belt, and a red hood. When he dresses up in white to go into town, his top hat is so large, it covers his eyes.


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Ishitsukuri is a tall, very handsome young man with a small head. When he is first seen, he sports a pencil moustache, but has it shaved off when he visits Kaguya three years later.


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The mayor is a patriot distributing leaflets in his beloved country Ingary . He visits Howl to convince him to join the army.

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Motro is short, somewhat overweight, and bald with a large brown mustache. He always wears round, tinted glasses and his eyes are never seen. He is similar in design to Kamajī in Spirited Away , and to Lonebach, the antagonist of a Lupin III episode Miyazaki directed titled Wings of Death: Albatross .


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Noboru has brown hair.
He wears a dark blue sweater and dark pants.


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Oliver has brown hair and blue eyes. He wears a blue shirt with white collar and a red cloak with green and white trousers and light brown shoes. During his initial appearance in the game, Oliver wore a yellow shirt, blue trousers, and light red socks and blue and white shoes. In Castaway Cove, he obtains red swim trunks with yellow spike designs over the bottom edges. When traveling in The Winter Isles, Oliver wears a thick, blue long coat with white linings, dark gloves, and brown boots.

Oliver is a kind-hearted, nice, and polite young boy. Though a bit naïve and gullible, he's incredibly helpful and helps anyone who asks him to. He does not give up hope and is incredibly brave. Together with his best friend Philip, he pursues the dream of making his own car, one that dwarfs everything Motorville has ever seen. Like most people in Motorville, he is passionate about technology.
Oliver also has a strong sense of justice, believing that while the world may be flawed, it is still a place where many people strive for the greater good. As shown in various points of the game, Oliver is trusting and nice to strangers, even if they had wronged him once before. His good nature completes his great character, and it's what causes many characters in the game to trust and help him.


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Seiji has short, dark hair and white skin. His eyebrows are brown and his eyes are dark, the same black/brown color of his hair. His face is long and his forehead is wide, his chin ending with a point.

Seiji is a confident young man who has been in love with Shizuku for most of their school lives. When they first encounter each other Shizuku perceives him as rude, and refers to him as "stupid jerk" which she repeats numerous times, however as the film progresses we see that he is a very sensitive and loving person, and his affection for Shizuku become very apparent, especially at the end of the film. He is very driven, wanting to go to Italy on his own to perfect the art of violin making, and willing to leave everything behind, showing both his confidence and his abilities.


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Shirou has brown hair and he wears a pair of rectangular glasses for his everyday attire. For his school attire, he wears a standard blue uniform, a blue school cap, a pair of long blue jeans, and a pair of black shoes. For his casual attire, he wears a blue turtleneck sweater and a pair of brown jeans.

Shirou is an easy-going person who speaks more than a few words. Despite this, Shirou is an intelligent person who is quite cunning with himself as evident where he and his friends sang the school anthem to hide the student's debate on saving the Quartier Latin from the school's principal. His other personality has him being quite kind to others even being grateful towards Umi and her friends who came to help in restoring the Quartier Latin to save it from being demolished.


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Shun Kazama is a seventeen-year-old boy. He has dark brown hair and black eyes.


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Sutemaru has tanned skin and feline like eyes that become less catlike as he reaches adulthood and they gain a bored look that changes immediately after spotting Kaguya. Sutemaru wears simple villager clothing. He wears a male blue kimono with a matching hat in his adulthood. His medium-sized hair was held in a small ponytail. He used to go barefoot.


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Tombo is a slender 14-year-old boy. He has light brown hair and brown eyes. He wears glasses, along with an orange and white striped shirt and blue pants.


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Calcifier appears as a living ball of fire with eyes and a mouth. He is usually orange-yellow, but this seems to change with his emotions and size. Calcifier's size also changes depending on the type and amount of fuel he is running on.

Calcifer is bound to the confines of Howl's Castle after he struck a deal with Howl years prior. He later strikes another magical bargain with Sophie , hoping she can break his curse. Calcifer cares about Howl, Sophie, and their makeshift family despite his grandiose threats and prickly demeanor. He worries about Howl's penchant for war and that it will inevitably change him.


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When first introduced, No-Face appeared in a semi-transparent state while shifting in and out of visibility. His organs are visible, pulsating in several states. His figure resembles that of a long, black tube. While it is unknown if No-Face has a physical body, it is shown that he can develop arms and legs with the capability of leaving footprints as he walks. An ominous, expressionless mask with grey-violet highlights is painted on his "head" of sorts, and while there is a "mouth" painted on the mask, No-Face has shown that his real, expertly-hidden mouth is larger than the one present on his mask.

No-Face is a lonely spirit who begins to follow Chihiro Ogino after having developed an interest in her sincerity. His vocabulary consisted of grunts and moans as opposed to coherent words. Not knowing much about the Bathhouse or about other spirits in general, No-Face learned by example and adapted to his surroundings.
Exposed to the corruptive thoughts and greed of the workers, he quickly grew to encompass their personalities, hoping that his endeavor to be like those around Chihiro would eventually garner her affection for him. While this ultimately brought upon the opposite effect, Chihiro was somewhat true to No-Face after she invited him and accepted help from him.
No-Face becomes obsessed with Chihiro, and wants to see her and her only. He becomes extremely volatile after being fed the River Spirit 's emetic dumpling by Chihiro, and while fleeing from the obviously now-hostile spirit, Chihiro calls out to him twice to follow her. She accepts him as a co-journeyer into the train ride on her way to Swamp Bottom after he calms down and is out of the Bathhouse. At this stage, No-Face is no longer aggressive and is quite docile, even obeying Chihiro's orders, like "sit" and "behave yourself."
As a monstrous, out-of-control being, No-Face exhibits all the negative traits of those he had swallowed (most significantly, Aogaeru ), becoming a brash, arrogant, loud, and selfish creature whose obsession with Chihiro proved troubling for everyone around it.
Towards the end of the film, No-Face meets with Zeniba , another witch who works alone, in contrast to Yubaba , who runs her bathhouse with a complex hierarchy. Perhaps attempting to match the rules of the new tiny society, No-Face starts spinning and knitting and appears proficient in the job. Happy with his new environment, he accepts Zeniba's proposal to stay with her as an apprentice.


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Star children appear as translucent beings with a bright, star-like head. When summoned by Suliman , they appear to have small beady eyes. In his youth, Howl saw several star children outside his cottage, and managed to make a pact with one.


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Totoro appears as a large furry creature with grey fur and beige belly with grey arrows on his chest. He has pointy ears, long whiskers along with large paws with long claws. When he floats his mouth expands greatly. His silhouette vaguely resembles that of an owl.


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Drippy has beige skin with spiky nose holding lantern. He wears a blue pants


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Aniyaku has small, black eyebrows and a mustache. He resembles a Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler, like Chichiyaku and the other bathhouse employees.


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Lupin is tall and skinny with neatly styled short black hair that never falls out of place, and large black eyes. Despite the fact that he's older than he is in the series, he has the same boyish appearance as before. He wears the outfit he wore in the first anime: a green jacket, a black shirt and pants and a yellow tie.

Unlike his sociopathic manga counterpart, Lupin is a mischievous but easy-going gentleman thief, with particular emphasis on the "gentleman". While he steals, he mainly does it for the thrill of it, and just to prove he can. While he can be intimidating, he has a warm and friendly side to him. In The Castle of Cagliostro , he's older, wiser, and regrets his actions of his past, seeing his young self as a "punk" and a "greenhorn".
His chivalry is a quality that carries over from the anime; he has a weakness for a pretty girl in distress. But while he's a self-admitted womanizer, he views Clarisse as the same little girl he knew years ago.
He can be a little accident-prone and has a tendency to say "Ay-yi-yi" whenever things go wrong.
He can be incredibly stubborn. When he's recuperating from his wounds, he literally bites off more than he can chew and ends up nearly sick from indigestion.


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In the film, Chichiyaku has orange eyes, salmon-orange skin, and a small, reddish-orange mustache. Like many of the bathhouse workers, he resembles a frog.

In the film Chichiyaku seems at times selfish, but with the help of Chihiro by the end of the film he appears to have more humility. Among many of the other spirits, he first treats Chihiro Ogino with discontent due to her being a human, but gradually comes to accept and even cheer for her as she helps the River Spirit and saves the Bathhouse from No-Face .


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Heen is a lazy, shaggy, floppy-eared dog, who only communicates through wheezing and gasping, jumping and scraping.


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Jiji is a black cat with large white eyes and black pupils. The insides of his ears are iris purple.
As a witch familiar, he has a much longer lifespan than normal cats.

In the American version, Jiji is a chatty and sarcastic cat that likes to act proud whilst in the Japanese version, Jiji is a cautious and humble, and is always ready to help Kiki.
The character of Jiji is significantly different in the American dub. In the Japanese version, Jiji is voiced by the female performer Rei Sakuma , while in the American version Jiji is performed by Phil Hartman , and also has more of a wisecracking demeanor.
In Japanese culture, cats are usually depicted with feminine voices, whereas in American culture, their voices are more gender-specific. A number of Hartman's lines exist where Jiji simply says nothing in the original (such as in the scene where Jiji approaches Lily along the top of the wall). Jiji's personality is notably different between the two versions, showing a more cynical and sarcastic attitude in the 1998 English version, as opposed to cautious and conscience-like in the original Japanese.


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The Kashira resemble large heads that have greenish skin and possess small mustaches and beards.


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Niya is a large beige cat with dark gray patches and a pale muzzle.


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Kodama have white skin with black and grey, glowing eyes.  Each Kodak has a different head but they all have three black dots on their faces to symbolize their eyes and mouth.


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Demon worms are red/black, worm-like creature beings resembling congealed blood that emerge en masse from creatures turning into demons. They lack visible eyes, but appear to have a mouth similar to that of a leech.
After Tatari-Gami is killed, their flesh rapidly melts away, leaving only bone.


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She has long honey blonde hair reaching down to her back. She wore a black mini skirt with matching black colored high heels.

She was friendly approaching Keika , and had a keen interest in business. Though she laughed off Keika’s pointed remarks concerning her looks assured she was rich and beautiful, she did not take so kindly to jibes about her business outlooks.


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Luoyue has long, platinum blonde hair and eyelashes and purple eyes. He is dressed in a long white robe and coat with a purple belt around his waist, combined with a pair of long purple earrings and two white ribbons around his wrists. He, also, wears a white ribbon on his forehead, with which he covers his eyes after the loss of his left eye.

Before he descended into madness, he used to be a kind and gentle soul, giving blessings to the land he lived in. He valued all life in the world and preferred to sacrifice his own life force, rather than poor, innocent people, no matter how insignificant they were, and didn't expect anything in return. His gentleness was noted by his servant, Yang Ning Zicheng . After he turned into a demon he became the complete opposite of what he was, even saying that as much as he loved the world while he was alive, he hates it even more than that now that he is dead.


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Duanmu Xi bears a striking resemblance to his own ancestor Duanmu Luoyue . Coincidentally, the true form of Yang Jinghua , the soul image he chose, bears a physical resemblance to Luoyue's student Yang Ning, also known as Yang Zicheng . This causes some confusion to spirits as it seems that even in a millennia, the fate of both bloodlines still cross.
In the anime adaption his typical attire consists of a long-black hoodie, white button up shirt, black tie, black jeans, and a blue and black striped scarf draped over his shoulders. In the manhua he can be seen with several different attires.
He has white hair with silver eyes in the manhua and silver-gray eyes in the anime. In the anime his hair is slightly different with it kept short with two long bangs framing the sides of his face.
In the manhua Duanmu Xi is often shown with a cigarette and tends to smoke most of the time but this was taken away in the anime.

Duanmu Xi is formal and calm when around others, and does not involve himself with small affairs, however when he is alone or around Yang Jinghua, he will show a softer, more gentle side of himself.
Duanmu Xi's half brother Duanmu Siming also points out that he has only ever seen the man smiling blissfully in front of Yang Jinghua.
However he can also appear to be quite heartless as shown when he fired Duanmu family's butler (in the anime adaption as this was not in the manhua), who has served them for a long time, after his son almost killed Yang Jinhua even though the butler begged him to forgive both his son and himself for the idiotic acts caused.
According to Yang Jinghua he is also quick witted and quick to solve problems. This was shown when Siming and Siyun along with the Situ family blamed Yang Jinghua for using the Luoyue sword without permission to hurt Situ Iv. He silenced all of them when he gave the sword to Yang Jingua to use it as his own.
He can seem stern, stoic and mature above his age due to the role he has to play as the master of the Duanmu household but in actuality, he is a normal teenager, and that side of himself is revealed several times in the manhua.
He is also shown as a sleepy head who is always sleeping if not eating. This seems to irritate Yang Jinghua as the former does not tend to get fat even with his lazy, inactive schedule. But the reason behind him doing so is that his life span is running out, causing him to become tired very easily.


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She had two forms, the first was of a young girl with long dark hair. On account of her evil saturated nature she had red eyes and serrated fangs. She wore a red dress reaching down to her feet.
In her adult form she was an adult woman with similarly lengthen hair.

She was sadistic, being a serial murderer before being changed into her evil spirit form. This one was equally inclined to violence, seeking out Keika as a means one overcoming Keika. She was remarkably ingenious, and aware of realistic scenarios. Whilst she acknowledged that her powers couldn't overcome Keika's, she took the initiative of distracting him long enough to capture Keika and use him as a bargaining tool to attain power. She demonstrated further cunning plans by imitating Keika down to his appearance and mannerisms in order to go through with her plan to gather the power she was aware of and wanted. Though her plan was foiled by Tanmoku's attention to very fine details, she immediately retaliated by springing her ambush, using a vast amount of red spirits alongside her own fighting prowess to deal with a foe she couldn't defeat alone.


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Jimei has reddish brown hair in which the fringe and back are slightly longer than the sides and has slightly darker eyebrows. He wore rimless rectangular lens glasses.


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Juin has waist-length dark purple hair that is held over her right shoulder, which is tied near the end with a red ribbon and dark purple eyes. She also wears violet lipstick and appears to have a mole under her left eye.


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Kau has long light green hair, and a slightly darker shade of green eyes.


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Before dying, Keika appeared as a normal twenty three year old. After his death, his physical appearance turned back towards his middle school look as that was the time where he was the most innocent and happy.
He has long, dark blue hair that is tied into a low ponytail with bangs covering his forehead, the side of his head and olive green eyes. Although in the second season, his eyes appear to be purple instead green after he was taken over by the first Youmeishi.
As a spirit, he wears a traditional Chinese jade colored shirt with white pants. In the second season, he wears a white tunic, blue pants, and a blue coat, given to him by Ki Tanmoku .
Keika can assume another form where he takes on the appearance of his ancestor Nei You . Keika's hair becomes longer and slightly darker. In this form his attire consists of almost complete black colored clothing: a black long robe over black shirt, black pants, and black obi tied at his waist. Keika also wears a blue hair ribbon that is braided with Ki's first baby hair. But he cuts it off in the end to save Ki.

Keika initially stated whatever was on his mind even if it came across as rude. He is fascinated at being reincarnated and his emotions changes drastically to being furious at his death, to happy he can do some good to tearful. Fascinated at seeing himself on TV, overall he is a boisterous young man with a pure heart. He is quick to make friends on account of his newfound position and cares about the people that mattered to him even after he became a spirit.
He is usually optimistic most of the time and tends to act idiotic like getting overly excited over simple things like flying when he found out he could when he became a spirit instead of getting worried that he is actually dead. Because of this character a lot of people he comes in contact with views him as a 'monkey' or a 'clown'.
Despite all that Keika is innocent and gentle. Even when the Tanmoku household looked down on him for being a 'lowly spirit', he never raised his voice against them, neither did he refute them, taking his time to adjust to the sudden upper class lifestyle.
In his 'Shisei' form, he is more confident in his abilities and might come out to be a little bit arrogant.


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From what Keika remembers of his parents is his father had medium length dark hair with a dark raised collar jacket.
His mother had dark blond hair with side bangs down to her chin and her hair tied at the back. She wore a red short-sleeved dress.

Their personalities are not shown aside from Keika recalling them happily reaching out the him.


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She had short dark hair the length to her jawline. She wore a pink office shirt with the sleeves partially rolled up, and a dark blue dress with straps over that.

She is upbeat, cheerfully greeting Keika when he saw him. Her usual personality apparently excludes being love sick at suddenly seeing hot guys in nice cars as Keika questions her on this.


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He has short blue tinged hair and wore a light colored collared shirt.

He remains jovial in response to an irked Keika when he asks for his laptop to be repaired.


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Ki is a tall and attractive young man with medium-length white hair that is kept short with two long bangs framing the sides of his face and grey eyes (white eyes in the manga) . His attire usually is an office short, tie and a coat.
His typical attire consists of a long black hoodie, white button-up shirt underneath, black tie, and black jeans, topped with a blue and black striped scarf draped over his shoulders.
Ki bears a striking resemblance to his own ancestor Rakugetsu Tanmoku .

Ki is shown to be indifferent and cold around most people barring his master and Keika You .
He often shows a caring and protective side to Keika. Ki's cousin Jimei Tanmoku also points out that he has only ever seen the man smilingly blissfully in front of Keika.
However hola he can also appear to be quite heartless as shown when he fired Tanmoku's family's butler, who has served them for a long time, after his son almost killed Keika even though the butler begged him to forgive both his son and himself for the idiotic acts caused.
According to Keika, he is also quick-witted and quick to solve problems. This was shown when Jimei and Jiun along with the Shito family blamed Keika for using the Rakugetsu sword without permission to hurt Ritsu Shito . He silenced all of them when he gave the sword to Keika to use it as his own.
Ki seems stern, stoic and mature above his age due to the role he has to play as the master of the Tanmoku household.
He is also shown as a sleepy head who is always sleeping if not eating. This seems to irritate Keika as the former does not tend to 'get fat' even with his lazy, inactive schedule.


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Like Keika, Nei has dark long hair that is tied back into a ponytail. The two of them share a lot of similar features besides that as well.


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Rakugetsu has long platinum blonde hair and violet eyes. He wore traditional Japanese attire along with a pair of pale purple dangling felt earrings.


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Ritsu has medium length black hair of which parts of his fringe went past his eyes and ears. He had think black eyebrows and dark colored eyes. He is said to have short legs and is given the nickname "frog" for this.

He is arrogant and wants nothing more than to destroy Ki to gain his exorcist powers.


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Shiyou is an attractive young woman with mid-back length brown hair, violet eyes and thin eyebrows that are shown to be visible under her fringe.

Shiyou has been shown to be a very jovial and respectful young lady. Whenever she is around Ki Tanmoku , she turns into a "fangirl" (as described by Keika You ).
However, behind closed doors, she is an otaku who is almost the exact opposite as her "outside" appearance.


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After being killed in the car accident and becoming a spirit, Jinghua took an appearance of a young teenage boy. He initially sported a green outfit with a long vest and white pants. Duanmu Xi later gifts him another outfit, a light blue Changshan with white boots and a white hair ribbon.
In his true form, he bears a striking resemblance to Yang Zicheng, growing taller with longer hair. Even some demons who lived for a millennia were shocked by Jinghua's true form. Ironically, the exorcist he serves, Duanmu Xi bears a physical resemblance to Duanmu Luoyue.
Due to being in a modern era, Jinghua's attire is different from his ancestor. In the manhua, his attire consist of a modern dark Changshan shirt, white long pants, dark purple trench coat with arm guards and black boots. His Luoyue Sword was attached to his waist. In terms of color, his attire was mostly dark colors, in contrast to Duanmu's light colors.
In the third arc, Jinghua is seen wearing red robes with gold accents and his hair tie is now stained red. In his post-transformation stage after trying to save Xi from explosion debris, his hair is no long tied up and freely hangs below his waist. Jinghua’s wears a jet black tank top and pants. Black bandages adorn his forearms and boots and he wears a midnight blue gradient scarf with wave patterns at the ends. Similarly, the robes at his waist also share the same clothing pattern.
In his demonic form, Jinghua’s body is marred with demonic red markings and prominent fangs can be observed in his mouth. His nails are sharpened, adapting a dark purple/blue gradient.

Yang Jinghua is a very goofy, silly character who, as he works with Duanmu Xi, matures into a loyal fighter. Because of his innocent and carefree personality, Duanmu Xi finds it easy to trust and open up to him.
However, he was proved to have a scary and ruthless side, in which he humiliates Situ Li for hurting Duamu Xi in a frightful matter by slicing off his shirt and giving a hefty punishment in the end of the battle (giving him a bald spot on the head in the manhua; sending him flying in the anime).


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Yang Zicheng is a handsome young man. His descendant Jinghua bears a striking resemblance to him in his transformed state, albeit in different clothing and eye color.

Zicheng was known to be gentle towards others, mostly towards his master Luoyue. It was hinted that he had shown love and loyalty towards him, which was proven further when he was utterly shocked by Luoyue's words of being the last winter that they will be together and feeling anguished when he was forced to kill Luoyue by his request to save the world. His feelings were strong enough to reach his own descendant Jinghua centuries after his death, as Jinghua was able to see his memories.
Despite his gentleness, he was feared among the demons due to his powerful sword skills and spiritual arts. His known swordmanship and spiritual arts among the demons reaches to the point that fox demon Yinzhe, who have lived for centuries was shocked by Jinghua's new form as Zicheng when he first transforms and opting not to face him in combat.


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Youko's most striking physical feature is his orange crowned red hair, grown long and reaching down to his back. It is kept it tied in place. He has distinctive pointed ears and wears a white and gold-lined coat with a raised collar.

Youko is a very cool and arrogant man. Despite this he still has a humorous side to him and can act caring around those he cares for. Not much else is known about his personality.


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3-Strap is a male light-skinned Octoling with indigo eyes and tentacles in the "Afro" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. He wears the Cycling Hat, the Cycling Shirt, and the White 3-Straps (which he is named after). For his main weapon he uses the Inkbrush.

He cares a lot about getting money and being paid. He'll refuse to help his teammates if it means getting less money.


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8 Bit is a light-skinned female Inkling with red eyes and tentacles in the "Bed Head" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. Her gear is made up of the Retro Framers, which is where her name comes from, the Manatee Swag Sweat, and the Tenta OctoReds. She uses the Dynamo Roller as her main weapon.

8 Bit is a short-tempered, overconfident, and competitive Inkling who dislikes slackers and can get annoyed easily. Despite her temperament, she is a talented and strong battler.


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Acht is a sanitized Octoling with light green skin. Their hair looks almost the same as most Octolings, but it is blue and like a Sanitized Octoling's hair instead of the usual red of a standard Octoling. Their hair is also worn down with a orangish pink color at the edges. They wear a black, loose-fitting shirt with their right shoulder revealed as well as a white cap with a face design on it, grey headphones and a black to red bracelet on their left wrist. Unlike most Octolings, Acht also wears Octoling shades which conceals their eyes. Their fingers are a gradient black at the ends.
In Side Order , their hair features a tentacle in the center back, while the two sides have carvings resembling the katakana "ミ" and "ズ" from top to bottom on the left side and "タ" on the right side, spelling out their Japanese last name "ミズタ" ( Mizuta ). They also have a bandaged left forearm due to injury from a Jelleton they fought, and red-tinted glasses. They have yellow eyes with an infinity shape in the pupils.
Before becoming Sanitized, Acht had a peach skin tone, yellow eyes, a worried look on their face, and reddish-brown hair that faded to blue at the tips (similar to an inversion of their Sanitized appearance). Their eyes had a triangular shape, three eyelashes, and black and yellow pupils shaped like an infinity symbol, just like Marina and Shiver's. Acht also wore five piercings on each ear (six in the last page of Marina's Dev Diaries ), and their back tentacles were not yet shaved. As revealed in the second-to-last page of the Dev Diaries, they used to wear the Octarian soldier uniform in a different fashion than the others, with their undershirt having a mid-length sleeve on the left arm and their shorts having a long right leg; additionally, they did not wear a glove on their left hand and instead wore a silver bracelet.


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Afro is a light-skinned male Octoling with magenta eyes and tentacles, though they can change color at will, in the "Afro" hairstyle (which he is named after). In the Octo Expansion arc he wears something similar to what Agent 8 has, but later switches to the Tennis Headband, the Dakro Golden Tee, and the N-Pacer Ags. The Krak-On Splat Roller is his main weapon.

Being a side character, not much is known about Afro's personality, but he is seen to be carefree like his teammate Nana . He also acts a little bit like Specs sometimes.


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Agent 3 can have a variety of appearances depending on the player's choice of gender, skin color, and eye color, as well as their current ink color.
In Splatoon , they wear the Hero Suit and can pick up armor to wear as well. They wield the Hero Shot by default but can use the Hero Charger or Hero Roller for amiibo challenges.
In the Octo Expansion , Cap'n Cuttlefish makes a "missing" poster for Agent 3 after three thangs are collected, which allows the player to determine their appearance when they appear in person later, albeit the options are restricted to those available in the original Splatoon . Along with their Hero's Suit, they now also wear a tattered black cape with a 3 embroidered in the back.
In Splatoon 3 , Agent 3, now addressed as the "Captain", takes on the appearance chosen in the Octo Expansion if the player decides to carry over their save data bonus from Splatoon 2 and have customized them there. If no save data is carried over, by default they take on the appearance of the feminine style with the third-lightest skin tone and green eyes. However, the player can change their appearance at any time by interacting with a notepad at the tent located in the Crater , once again with the same limited customization options in Splatoon . As the Captain, they wear the Cap of Legend in combination with their Hero Headset , tattered clothes (similar to what Cap'n Cuttlefish wore in Splatoon ) over a gray shirt, tattered black pants, and new Flip-Flops in the same style as the Hero Suit . Additionally, they have scars on both tips of their hair.


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They have Inkling-like pupils in their eyes, as as opposed to Marina's and the enemy Octolings' colored-in pupil, with an "8" burned into the retina. Their ears are also notably much larger than that of enemy octolings', which are flat. Their left ear is flat, and their right ear has a ridge.

Agent 8 shows aspects of their personality through subtle means. Agent 8 has a fondness for poetry and writes one for every mem cake collected. Agent 8 demonstrates a yearning for life on the surface, participating in Turf Wars, finding a part-time job, and dressing up in fresh clothes. This resolve is shown most strongly in the final area of the Octo Expansion, showing Agent 8 with glowing eyes as they charge through the stage with the Calamari Inkantation motivating them.
As a result of listening to the Calamari Inkantation , Agent 8 is a big fan of the Squid Sisters , anxiously planning their greeting to the pair upon reaching the surface every night. As stated by DJ Octavio’s Mem Cake , Agent 8 wishes to apologize to DJ Octavio for unceremoniously deserting the army in pursuit of Inkopolis, as well as recollecting their old Octarian friends, specifically an Octoling whom Agent 8 fondly remembers, and hoping that they do not think badly of their decision. Agent 8 comes to greatly admire Marina, to the point of expressing the notion of wanting to be just like her.
Agent 8 was also seen to be somewhat confused by Cap'n Cuttlefish's actions and personality, as seen from near the end when they awkwardly glanced at Cuttlefish when he was rapping with Pearl, and when he happily accepted being the "hype man" in the battle against Tartar. The official Splatoon 2 relationship chart reveals that Agent 8 does respect Cap'n Cuttlefish, as they think the elderly should be treated with respect. It's also revealed that they think Agent 3 is cool and that Li'l Judd is adorable.
Agent 8, being an Octoling, is apparently disgusted and quite offended at how many squid-themed objects there are in Inkopolis such as Squid Bumpers, and asks people to consider how Octolings see the world. They are said to love the sea breeze and will go to the shore to feel it even though they cannot swim.
Agent 8 has shown a fondness for both Flow and Craymond . Interestingly, they are also said to enjoy listening to Sheldon rambling, in contrast to various other characters, possibly due to Octarian culture centering around technology and weaponry. They are also stated by their Chaos vs. Order description to be obsessed with cleaning, not being able to sleep before every nearby weapon is clean. Sheldon is therefore said to have considered hiring them.


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Aloha is a male light-skinned Inkling with pink eyes and tentacles in the "Topknot" hairstyle, though the color can change at will, which later switched to the "Hipster" hairstyle in the Splatoon 2 arc. He wears the Golf Visor, the Aloha Shirt (which gives him his name), and the Crazy Arrows. His main weapon is the .52 Gal.

Aloha is almost always smiling, and loves to party. He and the rest of his team don't take practicing very seriously, but they sometimes get agitated with each other. He has stated that he hates "uncool" things.


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Annie has pink hair tinted with pastel-green at the tips of her tentacles and also houses Moe in it. She has cyan eyes with reddish-pink pupils. Annie possesses a shiny black accessory in her hair, in the shape of a star and also has black glasses. She has pink-purple headphones and a chartreuse jacket emblazoned with purple and bright blue squids. Annie also has a dark blue-green top, orange tights with black squids on it, and black biker boots.


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Army is a light-skinned male Inkling with orange eyes and tentacles in the "Topknot" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. Unlike most Inklings he has two black lines under both of his eyes as camouflage marks. For gear he wears the Special Forces Baret, the Forge Inkling Parka, and the Punk Cherries, while his main weapon is the N-Zap '85.

Army is very strict. He takes info from all of his battles and puts it into a manual, known as the Squid Net Manual, thinking that it is the key to victory. He hates losing, and says that it's not worth battling if you don't win, giving orders and uses tactics that are similar to real life Generals. After meeting Goggles , Army and his team becomes obsessed with finding the perfect curry, being convinced that it is the key to victory.


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Arrow is a female light-skinned Inkling with light blue eyes and tentacles in the "Double-Bun" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. She is named after her headgear, the White Arrowbands, but she also wears the Short Knit Layers and the Squid Stitch Slip-Ons, while using the L-3 Nozzlenose as her main weapon.

Due to being a side character, not much is known about her personality, other than she hates being dirty.


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Aviators is a light-skinned male Inkling with purple tentacles in the "Topknot" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. It is unknown what his eye color is but it is assumed to also be purple. He wears the 18K Aviators, which give him his name, the Squid Satin Jacket, and the Choco Clogs. The L-3 Nozzlenose is used as his main weapon.

Aviators is very serious, but he doesn't take Team Blue seriously. Being a side character, not much more is known about his personality.


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B-Ball Headband is a dark-skinned male Inkling. His eye color is unknown, but his tentacles are dark blue, though the color can change at will, and in the "Buzz-Cut" hairstyle. He wears the B-Ball Headband, which gives him his name, the Retro Gamer Jersey, and the LE Lo-Tops. The Splattershot Pro is his main weapon.

Because he is a side character, not much is known about his personality.


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B-Sailor is a dark-skinned male Inkling with orange eyes and tentacles in the "Topknot" hairstyle , though the color can change at will. His gear is the Special Forces Baret, the Blue Sailor Suit, which he is named after, and the Shark Moccasins. The Splatterscope is used as his main weapon.

Not much is known about his personality due to being a side character, but he seems confident in his abilities. He generally follows orders from Army, and if something happens that's not in the Squid Net Manual he will be completely lost.


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Backwards is a light-skinned male Inkling, with green eyes and green tentacles in the "Topknot" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. He is named after his headgear, the Backwards Cap, but he also wears the Varsity Jacket and the Hunter Hi-Tops. He uses the Sloshing Machine as his main weapon.

Being a side character, not all that much is known about his personality. He seems to have a bit of an ego, but isn't a sore loser.


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Bamboo hat is a female light-skinned Inkling with yellow-green eyes and tentacles in the "Hippie" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. She is named after the Bamboo Hat, which is her headgear, and she also wears the Navy Striped LS and the Blue Slip-Ons. Her main weapon is the Heavy Splatling.

While Bamboo shows up in the manga on occasions, not much is known about her personality, due to being a side character. Almost always she has a slight frown or straight face, reflecting her serious personality, but smiles on occasions. She is shown to comply to Rider 's orders as instructed. She is serious, yet slightly sarcastic in certain situations. She is also implied to be friends with School Uniform .


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Barreleye is a male light-skinned Octolings with (presumably) yellow eyes and tentacles in the "Surfcurl" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. He wears the Ink-Tinted Goggles, which is where his name most likely comes from, the Red Battlecrab Shell, and the Turbo Tabi Red. His main weapon is the Range Blaster.

Barreleye can be an airhead sometimes, similarly to Goggles . He is very confident and bold, claiming he has "fire in [his] heart". He might trail off in the middle of things, but eventually regains his focus.


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A light-skinned female Inkling, Beanie has green eyes and tentacles in the "Hippie" hairstyle (though the color can change at will). Her gear consists of the Short Beanie, which gives her her name, the Gray Vector Tee, and Red Hi-Horses. She uses the Aerospray MG as her main weapon.

Due to being a side character, not much is known about her personality.


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Beekeeper Hat is a female light-skinned Octoling. She has purple-blue eyes and tentacles in the "Ponytail" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. She wears the Beekeeper Hat, which gives her her name, the SRL Coat, and the Acelora Rain Boots while she uses the Custom Goo Tuber as her main weapon.

Very little is known about her personality is known, due to being a side character.


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Berserker is a male light-skinned Inkling. He has fire red eyes and tentacles in the "Spikey-Haired" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. His gear consists of the Chaos Helmet, the Chaos Commander Suit, and the Chaos Kicks, with the Mini Splatling used as his main weapon.

Other than having strong confidence and willpower like the rest of his team, not much is known about his personality (due to being a side character).


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Beverage is a female light-skinned Inkling with cobalt green eyes and tentacles in the "Banger" hairstyle, though the color can change at will. She wears the Streetstyle Cap, the Apple Ringer, and the Cyan Trainers. She uses the Jet Squelcher as her main weapon.

Due to being a side character, little is known about her personality.


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Big Man is a mostly dark grey manta ray with light gray on his wings, face, stomach and tail. He also has a splat pattern on his wings. He appears to be standing on his cephalic fins like a pair of legs and feet, giving him an anthropomorphic look. His eyes are large with crescent moon pupils, and his mouth resembles that of a cat's, like Judd 's, except he appears to be smiling.
When Big Man was young, he was much smaller. He wore red headphones in replacement for his hat, and presumably had freckles on his cheeks.
During the Grand Festival , Big Man wears white suspenders with large spikes and a black leather underside, white bandages around his tail, and a white flared headpiece reminiscent of a mohawk or a sailfish fin. He additionally has three tips of makeup under his left eye, and a tribal-style pattern on his fins.

Big Man is the music writer and producer for deep cut, and when he introduces himself, he does so in a jovial manner, using slang, fish puns, and talking about making money. However, despite this, he is actually rather dopey and selfless, and doesn’t truly care that much about money or being famous.
He is the most carefree and kindest member of Deep Cut, holding up the television for Shiver and Frye during the news, and even though he wants treasure to give to the less fortunate and believes he must fight for it, he doesn't want to actually fight most of the time and does so begrudgingly.
Even when Agent 3 rematches him, he is initially filled with jubilation upon seeing them, but his happiness is immediately crushed once he finds out it's to fight again, yet he still does it because he fears Shiver and Frye will yell at him if he retreats.
Additionally, when playing Tableturf Battle against him, he shows this same reluctance when he's chosen to play against, yet when he loses, he promises to the player that he'll eventually beat them.
However, when he wins in Tableturf Battle, he not only brags about it but he also threatens if the player isn't careful during their next game with him, he'll "do it again", suggesting he doesn't take losing very well.
This same trait extends to the point of sounding forceful and even threatening, as when he advertises for Splatfests , he either threatens the losing team (by saying if Rock and Paper lose, he'll shower them with confetti during his victory parade) or yells at the audience to join his side (when begging the player to choose Team Fun).
Regardless, he never truly means any harm whatsoever, and is very enthusiastic about his friends' success, agrees with them a lot and even seems to let them overshadow him. He does not have many lines and does not dance as well as his friends during the Splatfest song, but is simply happy to be there, showing how optimistic and kind he is.
As shown in the Splatoon 3's Artbook, Big Man is the succeeded head of the head of his distinguished family at a young age, he can be very talkative when it comes to his favorite things, but it seems that he is no match for Sheldon, and after going to Ammo Knight, Big Man always comes back all dried out.