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Sujatha is a graceful woman with an athletic yet well-endowed physique. She has a dusky complexion along with emerald green eyes and long wavy brown hair twisted into a loose side braid. Despite her composure, she can be very expressive if the situation calls for it.
Sujatha wears a short-sleeved forest green bolero jacket with gold buttons on top of a white collared shirt and red tie. The left collar features the COU emblem in red. A black inner shirt peeks out of her jacket and covers her arms and midriff. Her long forest green pencil skirt and the red and gold sash wrapped around her featuring the Suparna garuda makes her military uniform resemble a sari . The uniform is complete with a matching red and gold armband, a dark brown aiguillette and black boots.
Sujatha also wears an array of seemingly South Indian traditional jewelry such as a maang tikka , diamond-shaped dangler earrings, a rakodi hair pin at the tail end of her braid and a Vaddanam — all featuring blue, red and white precious stones studded in gold.
Her Gauntlet has a circular shield attached to it and a shoulder guard resembling a helmet with red feathers protruding from the top.

Sujatha tries her best to act serious but typically fails because of her squad mates overwhelming her.


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Okonogi has black hair tied back into a ponytail and a device inside his ear. He also wears a gray army uniform.

As an army instructor, Okonogi is very harsh and brutal, yelling at Gauntlet Knights during training and pushing them to work hard. He also uses physical discipline by karate chopping people, usually on Chloe .
Despite his harsh demeanor, he places a lot of faith in his soldiers.


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Toujirou has brown hair and wears glasses with black rims. He wears a green jacket and khakis with brown shoes.

Toujirou is very aloof, traveling the world and doing whatever he feels like. He also frequently muses on the state of the world and on various problems, showing some joy in manipulating these problems for his own benefit.


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Valentina has blonde hair, blue eyes and wears a white uniform and skirt. She also wears black thigh-high socks and white boots. Her Gauntlet resembles a trumpet.

Valentina is very level-headed and stoic, even when seemingly bizarre events are happening. She seems to look down on Mari for her naivete.


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Vier has blonde hair and wears a lab coat over a pink shirt and black pants with high heels. She wears a green ribbon adorned with a yellow four-leaf clover.

Vier speaks in an airy tone. She surrounds herself with many lobotomized scientists, who act very childishly, and sees them as "pure". Vier has a great fascination with Wisdom and seems to worship it.


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Aya has long brown hair tied into a braid and brown eyes. She wears a yellow school uniform with green sleeves, a white collar, red plaid skirt, long white socks and brown shoes. Her PE uniform is a white shirt with purple accents and panties.

At the beginning of the story, Aya has a nihilistic outlook on life, questioning many of her problems and asking herself what her purpose in life is. She constantly hopes for a painless death, always finding that easier than living with no purpose; she believes that her life is boring as it repeats every day with no change. After her experience with Izanami, she becomes much more positive and discovers a reason to live.


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Azami has long blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears an elegant furisode kimono.

Azami presents herself as polite and compassionate, appearing like a goddess of fortune to kids and enticing them to consume her magic thistles.
Azami likes to play with Sumire and pinch her cheeks, but she despises being called a hypocrite.


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The Black Tea Gentleman has short red hair with a long white streak. He wears a gold earring on one ear, a black and blue tuxedo, and white pants with red shoes. He wears many medals on his shirt, a black collar around his neck, and a red belt around one wrist and a blue spiked band on the other.
Black Tea Gentleman's human outfit features him wearing a less cluttered black tuxedo, white shirt and blue vest with the same white pants and red shoes.

The Black Tea Gentleman is laid-back and supportive, but like other youkai he delights in feasting on humans' souls, especially from innocent kids like Midori.


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In the original booklet, Emi was represented through a silhouette and did not have a design. She's described as having good fashion sense and a clean personal appearance. A character design was later created by Ryukishi07 during the 07th Grand Banquet 2022 event. According to a talk show, Emi has light blue hair. [1]

Emi is not very intelligent and is aware of this fact being the reason why her past teachers and friends didn't like her. She tries to do her best in school but is reliant on Kanamori being there to teach her.
Emi tends to laugh with an "Ehehe" and refers to Kanamori as "Senseii" ( 先生ぇ ) .


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Hameln has silver hair with red an green streaks and wears a silver mask. His eyes are said to be red, and he wears a blue robe resembling a band uniform. Hameln's limbs seem to merge and blend with his uniform.

Hameln is ambitious and cocky. He sometimes speaks in English when he's excited.


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The Headmaster has the appearance of an old British gentleman [2] , having long yellow hair that goes behind his back and a beard, and wears a monocle and a red top hat and suit with a purple cape or coat hanging off his shoulders. His monocle eye is always open to reveal he has red eyes with yellow corneas; many similar eyes form the buttons on his clothes. The Headmaster additionally wears rings on his fingers, holds a wooden cane, and has a spiked tail.

Headmaster is a polite and compassionate individual, but he will act serious and fearsome when he needs to be.


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Higanbana has straight black hair and red eyes with short bangs is short. On the top of her hair, she has a red and white striped bow.  She is frequently seen wearing a white and red dress, which matches the outfit worn in her doll form.
Higanbana also has a formal outfit that is a red dress with a yellow bow.

Higanbana has a twisted personality, often aiming to scare others or instigate conflict. However, below the surface she may not actually be a bad person. Higanbana is fairly kind to people if they are suffering at the hands of others and shows no mercy to bullies. She seems to take great pride in the rumor concerning her doll vessel in the infirmary and will often mention it to others, feeling disappointed if they don't know of it.
She is usually quite lonely, since very few people come to visit her in the infirmary. Despite being the subject of a frightening ghost story, and being particularly notorious among the students, she's actually quite slobbish. Lying around on the infirmary bed and watching late night anime is part of her nightly routine. Quite different from the unnerving image of a doll dancing the night away that the children know her for.


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Hikaru has short black hair covering one of his eyes, which are also black. He wears a red and white striped shirt, a black jacket, white shorts and white shoes.

Hikaru is intelligent, however he sometimes looks down on his more inept classmates and demeans them. Hikaru derives a twisted satisfaction from abusing rabbits, turning sadistic and cruel after meeting Hameln when he plans to kill every classmate who ever bullied him.


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Izanami has olive green and white striped hair with red eyes. In his youkai form he wears a black and green cloak with a flame pattern (said to actually be a kotatsu blanket [1] ) over a red tracksuit and blue shoes. He is also said to carry a scythe with him. In his human form he simply wears the tracksuit and has a bamboo sword instead.

Izanami is crass and cruel, delighting in torturing souls in his stomach and chasing victims slowly so he can see their anguish, but he is noble and offers Aya the choice of dying a peaceful death after chasing her for some time.


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Kyou has olive green hair, dark eyes and brown cat ears. He has a furry tail and wears a kimono printed with the kanji for mirror ( 鏡 , kagami ) .

Kyou is said to be vicious towards humans, but he is very calm and reserved otherwise; he is not cruel like other youkai. Kyou has a habit of saying random words in English.


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Masaaki has brown hair tied into a small ponytail and brown eyes. He has a bandage on his cheek, wears a blue hoodie, khaki shorts and blue shoes.

Masaaki is a timid and prideful boy, not wanting to admit that he's being bullied or that he's being helped by a girl. After becoming a bully due to Azami's power, he becomes more confident yet mean.


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Michiru has brown hair tied into long twintails and has blue eyes, one of which is covered with an eyepatch. She wears a black and pink dress with white sleeves and a purple bow, pink striped socks and lavender shoes.

Michiru is a quiet and reserved girl who keeps to herself. She gets anguished over people not believing in her sixth sense and warnings.


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Midori wears a yellow headband holding back her brown, wavy hair. She wears a Western-styled white dress with blue buttons, blue hems matching her capelet, and a single blue ribbon on the side. She wears knee-high eggshell white stockings and shoes that match her dress.

Midori is a nice girl and humble girl who loves acting, but she is envious of Nozomi in the real world.


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Shintani has long, curled blonde hair, a red headband and amber eyes. She wears a light purple buttoned shirt with white sleeves, a dark purple skirt and black shoes.

Shintani tries to present herself as an acceptable woman despite her smoking habits. She has a pedophilic obsession towards little boys and likes to draw nude drawings of them, also having a sadistic side as she defiled Yuuki Noda 's body using a palette knife and cigarette burns. Shintani's art room is full of classic yet horrific paintings like Francisco Goya 's Saturn Devouring His Son and William Hogarth 's The Four Stages of Cruelty .


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Renoir's eyes are obscured by his blonde hair, which at first was long enough to give him an effeminate appearance. He later cuts his hair to become short. Renoir wears a purple hat adorned with a yellow rose and blue beads, a blue poncho, blue shorts, long white socks and white shoes.

Renoir is fairly kind and friendly, especially compared to the other school youkai, however he will not hesitate to harm others.


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Sakunoshin has yellow hair, orange furry ears, and red eyes. He wears a yellow oversized shirt with a white stomach red scarf, white socks, and brown shoes.

Despite his fearsome reputation as guardian spirit of the school, Sakunoshin is actually quite immature and gets frightened easily. He tends to say "uryuu".


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In the visual novel, Nurse has long brown hair and wears a pair of red glasses on her head. She wears a white lab coat, purple shirt, black shirt and brown shoes.
In the manga, the nurse has lighter-colored hair and big breasts.


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Shuuichi has short blonde hair and brown eyes. As a child he wears a striped green shirt with brown collar and cuffs, black apnts, and gray shoes.
As an adult Shuuichi now wears shades and has a walking stick. He wears a purple suit shirt and pants with a pink tie and white shoes.

Shuiichi is a very positive person, able to express his negativity by sketching and can find the good in things despite what he goes through. Shuuichi tends to think of things in the long run.


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Sumire has short blonde hair with a red bow and green eyes in both of her forms. In youkai form she wears a violet kimono with a pink bow wrapped around it's obi. In human form she wears a blue dress with a purple tie and socks with ruffles.

When she first appears as Reiko, she presents herself as very kind if unfortunate. As Sumire, she is cruel and loves to see kids bullying each other.


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Nonomiya has short brown hair, brown eyes, and wears glasses. He wears a green buttoned shirt with two breast pockets, a red tie, blue pants adn brown shoes.

Nonomiya is an inquisitive boy. Previously he harbored feelings of extreme hatred towards Yoko Numata to the point of stalking her, forgetting all of it when his memory got erased.


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Tomoko has short black hair and wears large white glasses. She wears a beige sweater, black pants, brown stockings and black shoes.

Like Michiru, Tomoko loves occult topics but leans more towards sci-fi. She is very caring towards Michiru, to the point where she rejects being resurrected so that Michiru can live her life without worry.


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In her human form, Yoko has long black hair with two long braids going off to the sides and brown eyes. She wears a green shirt, gray skirt, white socks and brown shoes.
In her ghost form her clothes are torn and ragged, her hair is disheveled and covers her eyes, and her skin is pale. Yoko additionally has her arms and legs chained together.


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Kanamori has black hair and black eyes. He wears a black pinstripe suit and shoes, a yellow shirt and a blue tie.

Kanamori seems like a handsome and likable guy but he is secretly a brutal, animalistic child molester. He has a superiority complex, viewing his acts onto Marie as a way to prove that he is superior compared to her, and later declares he is like Mesomeso-san when he gets away with killing Marie.


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Yuuki has short bluish-green hair and similarly colored eyes. He wears a brown jacket over a white shirt with what appears to be crude art drawn on it. Yuuki wears black short, white socks and gray shoes.

Yuuki is a young kid who is friendly and likes art.


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Aiko does not have sprites in any version of the visual novels.
Her appearances in the anime and manga adaptations all greatly differ from each other.

Aiko in Gou

Ichirou and Aiko are very supportive of Keiichi. Tsumihoroboshi shows that they felt guilty about partially contributing to Keiichi's shooting incident by not being aware of his struggles and tried hard to rectify this mistake.


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Akane has green eyes and green hair tied back and wears a black kimono. She wears purple earrings.

Akane is very kind and sympathetic to people most of the time. Her kindness is such that, as revealed in Matsuribayashi , every year she gives personally-grown flowers and gifts to the grave of Ooishi 's friend the dam construction manager, regretting that they couldn't make up for the dam conflict .
Akane hates liars. She acts serious when it comes to Sonozaki family business.


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Akari has gray eyes and orange hair,  with one side longer than the other.

Akari has a verbal tic where she sometimes says "yupui" ( ゆぷぃ ) .


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Otobe has blonde hair and red eyes. He wears a blue and black striped shirt under a black jacket and white pants.

At first, Otobe is very melancholic because of his background. Over time he learns to take responsibility for his actions and gets a new lease on life.


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Akira has short hair and wears a white shirt with black pants most of the time. The console adaptations give him red hair.

Akira is very upfront and serious with what he does. He genuinely cares for Natsumi despite the bizarre things he witnesses surrounding her.


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Ayaka is a teenage girl with short purple hair that has two things going off to the sides. A mole is located under her mouth. Her casual outfit is pink and her school uniform consists of a white shirt, black skirt and red bow. At other times Ayaka wears a shrine maiden outfit.


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Canopus appears as a middle-aged man with glasses. He wears a suit and tie with the Big Dipper constellation emblazoned on his suit.

Canopus is generally very calm and collected, maintaining a stoic demeanor even when being yelled at. However, there are times he acts surprised, like in Hoshiwatashi where he's shocked about Rika 's murder.
Canopus is very dedicated to Polaris's cause, with the end of Hoshiwatashi showing that he's willing to burn himself to death to protect his comrades.


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Chisame has green eyes and steel blue hair, short in front and tied into a ponytail resembling a shark fin. She wears a shark tooth necklace, a blue shirt over a yellow top, and short white shorts.

Chisame seems a bit abrasive and rude, but she cares about Miyuki. She is very obsessed with sharks.


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Chisato has orange hair tied into a pair of braided pigtails and wears an orange school uniform most of the time.

Chisato's gym uniform in Onisarashi Colored illustration of Natsumi, Chisato, and Tamako from Onisarashi volume 1 Chisato in the Higurashi Kizuna manga

Chisato is hyperactive and playful. She tends to say perverted things and likes to tease both Natsumi and Akira. Deep down, Chisato really does care for her friends despite her weirdness.


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Chris has lavender hair and purple eyes. Her school uniform consists of a white shirt with red tie and a blue, plaid skirt. She wears long white stockings.
In her armored form she wears Ichaival , taking its appearance from Symphogear XV .

Chris is very brash and rude, but nice at times. She frequently calls Nao "little one".


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Tomita is not given a sprite in the original visual novel. Console ports and various adaptations give him short brown hair, olive eyes and glasses. He usually wears a green shirt and black pants.

Tomita is very insightful at times. Due to his young age he often gets manipulated by other students during school activities, especially when it involves his crush on Satoko . Tomita also occasionally shows a perverted side to him, like in Tsumihoroboshi when he attends the Angel Mort Dessert Festa and comments on the punishment outfits worn by the club members.


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In the PC version of Hou , Daisuke's sprites are Tatsuyoshi Kasai 's sprites colored brown.


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Eua has purple hair in a hime cut and has a silver horseshoe-shaped pair of horns (referred to as a memory device [2] ) floating around her head. She wears a shrine maiden outfit with a green sash adorned with a medal and white socks with wooden sandals. In her hand, she holds a shakujou .

Eua speaks in a condescending tone and a rather archaic manner of speech, and refers to humans as "child of man". She has a tendency to laugh and giggle when she's entertained by something, most especially because of Satoko's actions. Eua draws a twisted satisfaction from seeing people suffer, most exemplified when she forces Hanyuu to watch as Satoko tortures Rika in one world. She also has a rather nonchalant demeanour, as even when Hanyuu damages her horns and defeats her, she acts like nothing had happened to her.
The "Causality of the Annulus" Eua & Hanyuu story from Higurashi Mei reveals Eua is incredibly bored due to her combination of omnisciency and omnipotency leading to almost any act of creation losing meaning, with the ruins around the Sea of Fragments being an extension of her own psyche. She even uses a piece of herself shaped like "Hanyuu" in order to hold conversations with herself that are actually monologues. She tries to find fragment games that can surprise her in order to escape from her boredom.


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Frederica is not given an appearance in the original visual novels. When she appears in the secret ending of Matsuribayashi , she is assumed to look like an adult version of Rika, which is carried across in various adaptations.
The manga version of Minagoroshi features her as looking the exact same as Rika with her dress, but with an empty look in her eyes obscured by her hair.

Frederica is inferred to be the persona of Rika Furude who has aged mentally. She exhibits many psychological characteristics that are abnormal for a child of Rika's age,which she personally admits.
In emphasis, her speech pattern is different from that of Rika, which is more apparent in the original Japanese releases. For example, Frederica uses the pronoun "watashi" (私), a standard pronoun used by adults and young people who want to be taken seriously in social situations. Whereas, Rika uses "boku" (僕), which is a misuse of the pronoun and is a common behavior seen in young children of Rika's age who want to assert their individuality ( see "bokukko" ).
Frederica speaks in a very mature tone using informal speech ( 口語 , kougo ) , without any honorifics or the sort.
Frederica is rude, sardonic, and possesses a unique worldview after having lived over a hundred years and observing humans from a distance. She is cynical, melancholy and apathetic which is reflected in her poems. She doesn't mince words and is brutally straightforward to both herself and those around her. Even though she may arguably be Rika Furude, she is also not, and this dissociation from her human counterpart is what defines her existence.


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Fuko has medium-length grayish-black hair and amber eyes. She wears a school uniform.


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Hibiki has short beige hair and orange eyes. Her school uniform consists of a white shirt with red tie and a blue, plaid skirt.
In her armored form she wears Gungnir , taking its appearance from Symphogear XV .


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Dr. Takano is not given sprites in the original visual novel. He is depicted in various adaptations as having gray hair and glasses.

Dr. Takano was kind-hearted and compassionate, having helped Miyoko when she called him even though he never even knew she existed.
He's very dedicated to Hinamizawa Syndrome research and considered it his life's work. Dr. Takano truly believed that his work would make him revered as a god and worked hard to make that day come. Even when his research was blown off, the doctor believed it was his fault and strived to improve it.


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Dr. Takano has short brown hair and wears rounded black glasses. He wears a military uniform, and sometimes wears a white lab coat over it.

Dr. Takano is described by his superior officer as being cowardly and earnest, and will do anything to fulfill the tasks given to him. He's dedicated to his research but understands that society won't appreciate it. Dr. Takano is also a kind person who doesn't care for formality and allows Souhei to address him normally when other soldiers aren't around. [1]


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In the PC version of Hou , Nitta's sprites are Kyousuke Irie 's sprites colored yellow.
In the console port , Nitta has short brown hair and wears glasses. He also wears a lab coat and a blue-and-white striped tie.


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The Holy Mother appears to be a middle-aged woman and has a mole under her left eye. She's always seen wearing a cloak and hood.

The Holy Mother seems caring and understanding, and always has a calm face.


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Inori has amber eyes and long black hair tied into braids with blue bows at the end. In the Hoshiwatashi teaser image, she is shown wearing a white hat with a yellow 8-pointed star on it and a long white dress with blue cuffs. At other times, Inori wears a school uniform.

Inori is a very quiet and shy girl, getting frightened when non-Polaris members try to speak to her. After Keitarou 's attempts at befriending her, Inori starts to open up and speak to him a bit, despite her discomfort. In Hoshiwatashi , Inori shows she went so far as to remember Keitarou's "mute button".


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Tomitake has short brown hair, red eyes, and glasses. He wears a brown cap, a green sleeveless shirt with a pair of dog tags, and green pants with green bags around his waist. Tomitake is always carrying a yellow camera.
In Minagoroshi , Tomitake wears a green military uniform during meetings.

Tomitake is calm and easygoing. He supports Takano's hobbies but is still creeped out by them and worries about her doing something weird.
Comedic arcs and scenes featuring Tomitake as part of the Soul Brothers portray him with a determined and manly yet perverted side.


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Yamaoki is an old man with black hair. He is always seen wearing a police uniform.

Yamaoki is very easygoing and often jokes around. He's a frequent customer at Angel Mort , enough to earn him the nickname of Grand Duke of Rochefort .
Yamaoki drops his silly demeanor and gets serious whenever it concerns police work or the well-being of others. He proves that he has a realistic side to him and can be heartfelt.


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In the PC version of Hou , Kasumi's sprites are Rumiko Chie 's sprites colored blue.


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In the PC version of Hou , Katsumi's sprites are Kuraudo Ooishi 's sprites colored grey.


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Kumagai doesn't have a sprite in the original visual novel. Console ports give him dark hair with a brown suit. He is frequently shown as a middle-aged man though the Tsumihoroboshi and Minagoroshi manga show him as younger.

Kumagai is much more calm compared to Ooishi, though he is also very eager at times.


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Kazuho has short gray hair and wears a blue hoodie. Her school uniform is a white shirt with a blue skirt, white socks and black shoes. Her "Wonder Alice" outfit resembles a light blue maid outfit with pink armor and gauntlets.and a black bow on her head.

Kazuho is a very timid girl and gets confused easily, but she has determination to find answers. When she gets nervous she calls out for her dead brother.


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In the PC version of Hou , Kazuya's sprites are Mamoru Akasaka 's sprites colored brown.


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Keiichi has short brown hair and purple eyes. His school uniform consists of a white shirt with black pants. His casual outfit in the original visual novel is a red vest over a black shirt and green pants. In other artstyles, Keiichi's casual outfit is an orange sleeveless shirt.

Keiichi's defining trait is his hotheadedness. During club games, he has a great determination to win at any cost and will often use tactics like bribery, appealing to potential allies' desires; Tomita , Okamura , and Kameda are frequent conspirators whenever they're around.
Keiichi enjoys playing with his friends, but in the beginning he becomes distrustful and afraid of them due to poor communication. Keiichi develops a strong bond with his friends over time, and does whatever he can to get them out of trouble. Keiichi's looking out for his friends sometimes lands him in more trouble however, as seen in Watanagashi when he willingly goes alone with Mion and is captured by her, later getting stabbed by her when he tries to make up for the doll incident.
Keiichi's nickname of "Magician of Words" comes from his ability to talk to people and convince them to join his side. He uses this skill during club games with his aforementioned bribery, but he also proves he can get to the heart of his friends' issues and set them on the right path. Keiichi's gift of communication even allows him to rally people together against the child consultation center in Minagoroshi .
Keiichi shows a perverted side when it comes to deciding punishment games, often going with lewd or inappropriate options. This perversion is amplified in side arcs where he's gathered with the Soul Brothers .


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Keiji has the exact same appearance as Keiichi Maebara and wears a jester outfit.


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Keitarou has short brown hair and bright blue eyes. He wears a white school uniform shirt and black pants.

Keitarou is energetic and outgoing. He deeply cares for his friends and thinks of them as his family, finding joy in hanging out with them. Keitarou is very quick to make friends and will try to befriend anybody he runs into, despite the lukewarm reactions he often gets as a result. Sakiko says that Keitarou's ideas are always childish.


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Kihiro has short orange hair and light blue eyes which he inherits from his mother marking his resemblance to her. His school uniform consists of a white button-up shirt and black pants.

Kihiro is a calm and easy-going guy who appreciates having friends in his life but he's also sharp and intuitive. He has a habit of yelling that things are lies whenever he's pranked or tricked, but it usually takes him some time to register them. Kihiro will not hesitate to hit his friends if they do stupid things, inheriting his mother's extreme punches.
Kihiro tends to get flustered when around Keitarou and seems to refer to him with a cutesy nickname, calling him "Keitaro" in katakana (ケータロ). Kihiro loves Keitarou in the sense that a person loves a pet, and is grateful to him for helping him figure out his identity. [1]


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Kiichirou is not given a sprite in the original visual novels. Console ports and anime adaptations show him as an old man with gray hair who wears a green shirt and khakis.
The manga features him wearing a kimono.

Kiichirou appears as a kindly old man, but when it comes to official village business he can become very intense and cold. His rage was especially prevalent during the dam war . Despite this, Kiichirou is intimidated easily when alone and comes across as cowardly in this regard.


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Koizumi is not given a sprite in the visual novels, though he is often described as an old man and in his advanced age has to use a wheelchair. [1] Various adaptations give him a mustache and short brown hair while wearing suits.

Koizumi is a kindly man and treats people with respect and goodwill. However, he is the founder of a nationalist organization and supports eugenics, part of the reason he wanted to see Hinamizawa Syndrome research succeed. [2] Koizumi wishes to see Japan grow into a major world power through weapons development and to that end he freely provides Takano with all the money necessary for her research.
Koizumi is a little perverted, teasing Takano with talk of touching her butt. He also shows some playboy tendencies, something noted by Takano during a meeting. [3] The manga shows an intimidating side to Koizumi when he pulls a gun on her during their reunion and threatens her not to continue her grandfather's research, though he soon reveals it to be a test of resolve after seeing how determined Takano is. [4]


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Ooishi is a rotund middle-aged man with gray hair. He wears a black shirt with yellow pants, a red tie and red suspenders. He carries a jacket with him everywhere he goes but never seems to wear it.

Ooishi has pride and duty in his job as a police officer, wanting to do all he can to solve the curse of Oyashiro-sama before it's too late. His determination leads him to overstep his boundaries at times where he gets rough with people he interviews.
Ooishi has a habit of chuckling where he says "Nfufufu".


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Kurisu has long brown hair and purple eyes. She wears a white collared shirt, red tie, green pants with white belt, and a beige jacket hanging off of her shoulders.

Kurisu can be very aggressive towards Okabe when it comes to his weird plans and inventions. Sometimes she'll put on a determined face.


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Kururu has amber eyes and short pink hair tied into pigtails with red ribbons with a portion of her forelocks braided back. In her casual outfit, she wears a short green camo crop-top beneath a red plunging v-neck pinafore dress with spaghetti straps that exposes her midriff. Kururu's school uniform consists of a sailor shirt, short skirt, and short stockings. Her Polaris wear consists of a simple cape dress and bonnet for casual wear, and black robes when doing Ring of Stars business.

Kururu at first seems like a talkative and cheerful girl. She speaks to Keitarou in a condescending and playful tone despite being in a lower grade than him and likes to tease him and other boys with suggestive remarks and actions. Kururu especially likes to tease Keitarou when in front of others and has a habit of taking pictures of him.

Kururu praying with a Polaris medallion to drive out thoughts of her mother

Kururu claims to not be very devout to Polaris and freely talks to outsiders without a care, but she actually is incredibly devout to them, and forces herself to act cheerful when talking to outsiders. She defends fellow members of Polaris and will even take responsibility and apologize to other people for them. Kururu's devotion is to a point where she will engage in purification rituals after eating Hinamizawa food, and uses Polaris's Hypnos Flute as well as incense to calm herself down. [1] Kururu additionally still suffers from trauma concerning her abusive mother, and will pray to calm herself. [2]


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Irie has short hair and wears glasses with black rims. He frequently wears a lab coat over a black shirt and yellow tie, and his casual wear consists of a yellow shirt.

Irie is generally very kind and easy-going who will put massive amounts of effort into helping people as a doctor but he can be slightly aloof sometimes and has an obsession with maids. When it comes to helping others, he acts very serious and firm willing to lend a ear to everyone.


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Luka has a feminine appearance. He has short black hair and wears a shrine maiden outfit.

Luka is very quiet and reserved, often standing by passively when Okabe and Kurisu argue.


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Madoka has short brown hair and amber eyes with a mole under her eye. She typically wears a police uniform. In the console versions, Madoka's casual wear consists of a pink shirt, black jacket with green lining, and blue jeans.

Madoka cares about her sister and worries about her getting hurt on her assignments. Despite this, they still bicker sometimes, especially regarding Madoka's engagement to Yamaoki.
Madoka has a simple job as part of the transportation divison of the police station but is wary about provoking the wrong people and getting into trouble.


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Akasaka has black hair and red eyes. He wears a suit and tie for work while his causal wear consists of a yellow jacket over a blue shirt and jeans.

A kind individual, Akasaka is very devoted to his wife Yukie and regrets having to leave her for work. He is also responsible, believing it important for people to do their political duty in voting. According to an interview, Akasaka subconsciously has a desire to be yelled at and does things that annoy people, especially if it's Yukie. [3]
In the future, Akasaka develops a serious and fearsome side to him as a result of his karate training. He becomes a staunch opponent against evil and injustice that is reflected in his actions.


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Marutake has black hair, wears glasses, and has a circle beard. He wears a vest, black undershirt, khakis, and black boots. Marutake carries a camera with him.

Marutake seems to be a bumbling man who loves photography, especially taking pictures of stars, and likes to see Sakiko in cute costumes. Marutake greatly looks forward Hinamizawa becoming a World Heritage site and gets serious whenever talking about incidents related to Polaris and Oyashiro-sama's curse.


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Mayumi has long brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a gray vest over a gray shirt.


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Kawata has dark green hair. She wears a white button-up shirt with a long black scarf and a long purple skirt. She is described as a beautiful young woman.

Kawata seems like a very compassionate and caring woman, wanting to write occult articles that focus more on truth and evidence rather than just entertaining readers.


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Mifune seems to be a middle aged man. He wears a hakama.
Mifune does not have sprites in the visual novel version.

Mifune is power-hungry and claims to be a firm believer in the Sonozaki family's customs. Despite being at odds with Mion , he still appreciates her combat prowess.


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Miku has short black hair. Her school uniform consists of a white shirt with red tie and a blue, plaid skirt. She wears knee-length black socks.
In her armored form she wears Shénshòujìng , taking its appearance from Symphogear G .


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Mion is a tall teenage girl with teal eyes. Her hair is long and light-green in color, with bangs parted at the center of her face. While she normally ties her hair in a ponytail, she can also let it down on occasion, allowing her to pass as her twin sister Shion . She also has a tattoo of a demon on her back, which is only shown in the opening to the 2006 anime .
Mion's school uniform outfit consists of a white short-sleeved shirt with pink stripes on her collar and the ends of her sleeves, as well as a long pink pleated skirt. Her shirt is covered by a yellow vest and the uniform is completed with a red tie (light green in the anime).
Mion's casual outfit consists of a yellow t-shirt with a black turtleneck and blue jeans, along with a white sweater tied around her waist. In the original spriteset, she has an airsoft gun [4] holstered on her left shoulder, though this is removed in other portrayals of her.

Mion has a confident and outgoing personality, allowing her to naturally fulfill her roles as class representative and leader of the club. She is a sociable person who is well liked and respected by other students at the school, as well as the villagers of Hinamizawa in general.
Mion is an avid collector of board and card games, and bases her school club around them. She is fiercely competitive during these club activities and revels in taunting her opponents when she is winning. The rules of their club permit members to use underhanded methods to gain victory, and Mion takes full advantage of this rule both by directly cheating as well as preparing resources beforehand, such as when she brings extra ingredients to a curry cooking battle in Watanagashi . While she has a competitive streak during games, this has very little transference to her day-to-day life, where she tends to take a more laid back approach to issues such as studying. [5]
Mion has a tendency to make dirty jokes, particularly towards Keiichi , and the two of them regularly engage in crude banter with each other. This trait of Mion extends to her choice of penalty games for the club activities, which regularly involve getting other members to wear various fetish outfits that she has amassed in her club locker along with her games. Keiichi describes Mion as "acting like an old man sometimes" [6] , and she also frequently uses that phrase in referring to herself as " oji-san (おじさん)", translated as "this old man" in the visual novel and "Uncle Mion" in the manga.
Despite Mion's tomboyish disposition, she also has a more feminine side and wants to be seen that way by Keiichi due to her crush on him. While she usually plays along with Keiichi's remarks about her boyishness, she also secretly feels hurt by them as they cause Keiichi to see her as a friend rather than a love interest. According to Shion in Watanagashi , Mion is "on the fence as to whether she wants to be a boy or a girl". Mion gets easily flustered when it comes to issues around her romantic interest in Keiichi, a stark departure from how she usually acts. Unlike Shion, she is bad at lying about her feelings.
Mion cares deeply for her friends and has a strong sense of justice. In Meakashi , it is revealed that she challenged and interrogated her grandmother due to her belief in the injustice of Satoshi's disappearance. Her more mature outlook leads her to take practical considerations into account, which helps her to avoid making rash decisions but can also lead to her feeling helpless to challenge existing systems. This is particularly demonstrated in how she reacts to Keiichi's suggestions on saving Satoko from her abusive uncle in Tatarigoroshi . In Minagoroshi , Rika notes that Mion is more stable than the other club members, and as such has never herself succumbed to Hinamizawa Syndrome . [7]
While Mion is acting in her capacity as successor to the Sonozaki family, she takes on a more authoritative disposition and can put aside her personal feelings in order to coldly carry out her duties. This is traditionally believed to be the result of a "demon" living in each Sonozaki successor. Mion demonstrates this persona in Meakashi when she has Shion tear of three of her fingernails as punishment for her escape from St. Lucia Academy and support of Satoshi . While she puts on this front publicly, she also feels a great amount of guilt at the family's unequal treatment of Shion and privately chooses to undergo the same punishment as her.


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In the PC version of Hou , Mion's sprites are the namesake main story character's sprites colored green. The console version uses the design from the manga , which looks like an older version of the namesake main story character.


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Mion has green hair tied into a ponytail and wears a black kimono. She carries a katana and gun with her.

Mion is generally very serious and dislikes weak and cowardly people, however she jokes around sometimes. She also frequently pauses and reminisces on her childhood memories when traveling around Hinamizawa.


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In the PC version of Hou , Mitsuru's sprites are Jirou Tomitake 's sprites colored grey and without the hat.


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Miyabi has long pinkish-red hair attached in a ponytail with a pink ribbon with bangs parted at the middle of her forehead. She has purple-ish blue eyes and wears glasses. Her skin is pale. She wears a white shirt with a red tie tucked in a blue skirt. She also wears the Angel Mort outfit sometimes.


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Takano has blonde hair. She wears a green jacket adorned with a green ribbon with a yellow four-leaf clover over a pink shirt and black pants. At other times she wears a white nurse's outfit.
In Minagoroshi , her military outfit is entirely black with a black beret. The same green ribbon is adorned on it.

Takano has a mysterious aura about her and loves to talk about Hinamizawa's legends. She is especially interested in the grotesque stories surrounding Hinamizawa's past.
Takano regularly meets Satoko . She's one of the few adults who regularly speaks to Satoko and shares a love of stuffed animals. [3]


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Miyuki has short brown hair and purple eyes. She wears a pink dress skirt with a red flower on it.


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Miyuki has short brown hair tied into a short ponytail and purple eyes. In her casual clothes, she wears a green jacket over a yellow top and khaki pants. Her school outfit consists of a white uniform shirt and red skirt.

Miyuki is very energetic. She has a childish side to her in that she yells out a catchphrase while fighting tsukuyami : "Role Card Escalation!".
Miyuki is inquisitive and knows what to say to people when she gets suspicious. When she gets serious, she takes on a frightening disposition with how she glares at people.


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Miyuki has short brown hair and purple eyes. She wears a green jacket over a yellow shirt and green pants.


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Mizuho has brown hair tied into long twin tails. She wears a St. Lucia Academy uniform., consisting of a white collared shirt, blue striped tie, blue skirt, long white stockings and black shoes.

Mizuho is introverted but she learns to start talking to others more often. She carries a notebook with her all the times and never lets go of it.


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Nagisa has red hair and amber eyes. She wears a school uniform.


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Nagisa has long blue hair with pink bows in it. She wears a white blouse with a pink jacket and a plaid skirt.

Nagisa is very shy, but she's kind and loves gardening. After the incident with Rena she develops anger towards her and struggles to reconcile her feelings of her. Over time, Nagisa decides to believe in Rena and learn the full details of everything.


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Nao has medium length orange hair with a blue and white striped bow and blue eyes. She wears a black dress with a red ribbon under a Peter Pan collar, white knee socks and black mary jane shoes.

Nao is self-confident, having a strong and optimistic personality.


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Natsumi has long green hair that she often ties into small pigtails. Sometimes she lets her hair down to their natural length. Natsumi is frequently seen wearing a beige and orange school uniform. Her casual wear consists of a pink shirt and black skirt.

Natsumi is usually very easygoing. She tries to handle everything by herself, even if things get difficult. Natsumi often gets stressed because of her family, especially whenever her mother Haruko scolds and nags her. The console version shows that many of Natsumi's negative thoughts were pushed onto her other self, who often tries to convince the original Natsumi into killing her friends and family, and when given the chance attempts to do it herself.
Natsumi has an inferiority complex. [2] She is conscious about how her friends see her and worries about her Hinamizawa heritage becoming known once incidents surrounding Hinamizawans begin to occur.


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Natsumi has green hair tied into a long braid and wears a white doctor's uniform.

Natsumi is first introduced in Heisei Chapter 1 Part 7. She is apparently working at a hospital dedicated to treating those infected with the sleeping sickness .
Natsumi gives vaccines to Chisame , Miyuki , and Nao for the sleeping sickness. In a later TIP, she informs Shinsuke Kitajima that the "N vaccine" has been given to the three as planned.


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Oryou does not have sprites in the original visual novel. Console ports and adaptations show her as an elderly lady who wears a black kimono.

Oryou rarely goes out in public due to her age and may seem nice, but when it comes to the Houjou family she becomes very angry and vulgar with her hatred of them. Oryou's threatening aura is such that any opinion she shows or suggestion she makes is carried out by her subordinates no matter what.
Matsuribayashi shows that Oryou is actually very considerate of others, making ohagi every year and sending it to the grave of the dam construction foreman. [2] In Minagoroshi she really did care about Satoko 's well-being, but was unable to show direct support for her because she must keep up appearances and her reputation as the leader of the Three Families. Meakashi also shows that Oryou does care for her daughter Akane despite her disowning and has tea with her sometimes. [3]


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Tsukada has brown hair and wears a suit and tie. His eyes are always closed even when he interacts mostly with Tomoe but when he starts to open his eyes, his eyes are always slanted denoting his cynical personality.

Tsukada seems to be a well-refined mannered, kind and friendly person who was enthusiastic to reunite with Tomoe after all these years since their time together in high school, he was the one who motivated her to go for her last high jump record after a traumatic incident with her parent's death which she succeeded. But however Tomoe knows that while he's kind and also strongly assertive with strong ideals to make differences for everyone's lives as a student council president, he wasn't above exhibiting a condescending attitude only towards those who can't work hard or take their studies seriously which he still kept through his college years.


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Ouka did not have a sprite in the original visual novels. Various console ports and adaptations feature her with a near-identical appearance to Rika. In Higurashi Matsuri and in the manga, Ouka has light purple hair. Other versions features her with blue hair.
Various console ports reuse Rika's sprites for Ouka as a child, with her adult version featuring a new spriteset. Ouka wears a shrine maiden outfit in all of her appearances.

As a child, Ouka used to say "meep" and "nipah" but grew out of it.
Ouka is compassionate and caring. She trusts her comrades greatly and mediates between them when they argue, and she displays a strong level of responsibility. Ouka faces a conflict in trying to live up to her parents' reputations as "heroes of the village" and also wanting to be seen as her own person.
Ouka has a humorous side to her, managing to trick Hanyuu into thinking she just wanted to learn swordsmanship skills because "becoming a sword-wielding miko would be cool".


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Purin is a yellow anthropomorphic dog with a brown beret.


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Rena Ryuugu has short orange hair in an asymmetrical bob with longer locks in the front and spiky bangs. She has light blue eyes. Her school uniform consists of a sailor uniform with a white blouse and blue collar and a matching pleated skirt. She wears it with a yellow scarf, white socks and dark shoes.
Her casual outfit is a white A-line midi dress with a turtle neck, puffed sleeves and a long slit down the center. The dress is adorned with purple bows, one at her collar and a larger one at the back. She pairs it with a white beret, black thigh highs and long brown lace boots.

On the outside, Rena Ryuugu is a friendly, earnest, and caring young girl, if a little strange and goofy. She has a habit of saying "hau" and "kana, kana?" which in the latter's case is translated as her repeating the last words that she said. Whenever Rena sees something "kyute" ( かぁいい , kāī ) , she'll enter "Kyute Mode" and often loudly exclaim that she'll take them home ( Omochikaeri ( お持ち帰りぃ ) ), whether they are objects or people. Rena loves cooking and often makes many delicious meals for her friends. In Tsukiotoshi , it is shown that Rena owns a pet hamster. [5]
Despite her silliness, Rena sometimes shows great intuition and responsibility, displaying a terrifyingly perceptive side of herself that can read people and situations to their very core at a glance. In Watanagashi , she correctly deduces what happened to Satoko and Rika after a cursory glance of their home, and in Tsumihoroboshi , she keeps a collected self as she kills Rina and Teppei and plans to disposes of their corpses, and is almost able to get away with it. The latter is an impressive situation given the revelations in Minagoroshi , that Rena seemed not to display any symptoms of Hinamizawa Syndrome until later. Rena is also aware of how often she goes into Kyute Mode and will use this to her advantage at times. [6]
Rena shows hints of depression and sadness, given the circumstances surrounding her parents divorce. Sometimes she will say her own catchphrases to herself to cheer herself up. [7] Rena also has a secret base in the junkyard formed out of a wrecked van that she will go to for peace and quiet. Rena feels a strong attachment to the junk she brings home, thinking of them as abandoned and needing a place to live. [8]
Whenever Oyashiro-sama is mentioned, Rena's personality changes such that she insists that he is real and becomes fiercely defensive. She truly believes in the god's existence and is thankful to him for many things. Rena also has an intense hatred for lies, often lashing out violently when being lied to, such as during Onikakushi when Keiichi confronts her while going home from school, accusing her and Mion of hiding things from him, only for her to respond by calling him a liar and accusing him of being a hypocrite for doing the same.


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Reiko does not have a sprite in any version of the visual novels. Various manga and anime adaptations give her different appearances.

Reiko was described by Rena as a highly ambitious and talented career-oriented woman. Full of energy and passion for her job, Reiko was lauded for her leadership and determination, earning her many promotions and tremendous financial success.


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Rika Furude appears as a petite pre-pubescent girl with violet eyes. She has straight long hair down to her waist and patsun bangs, although the Steam version has replaced it with a hime-cut . Her hair color mildly varies across adaptations ranging from shades of azure to indigo. She carries herself with grace, bearing a calm and gentle disposition exuding innocence—defined by her tareme eye shape. Often, she will sport a bright smile, accentuating it with a "Nipah". Rika distinctly resembles her deceased mother—particularly her eyes and her hair.
At times, she catches people off guard when her face takes on a rather apathetic and condescending expression along with a deeper voice—all of which make her seem uncharacteristically mature far beyond her years that people begin to doubt whether she is the Rika they know. When she becomes like this in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu , her irises assume a red-blazing tone.
All adaptations which feature a more grown-up version of Rika portray her as a slender, elegant young woman. In Gou and Sotsu , her height is shorter than average as a teenager.

As expected of a girl her age, Rika Furude has a cutesy and childlike personality. She likes to pat people on their head when they're feeling down and often says things like " Nipah " ( にぱー！ , onomatopoeia for a big grin ) and " Mii " ( みー , lit. meep ) . Rika often uses her cuteness to her advantage, manipulating classmates to gain easy wins in club games. She also has a habit of making cat sounds. In Japanese she uses the pronoun "boku" (ボク) when referring to herself. Rika has a habit of saying "nanodesu", which in the manga is translated by having her say "sir" at the end of many of her sentences.
Anecdotes from Rika's mother in Himatsubushi describe a younger Rika as being very distant and bored during recess and school. Rika's apparent disinterest in her mother caused her to hit Rika on the head at times.
Rika dedicates a lot of time to practicing the Watanagashi ritual dance, even though it's physically taxing on her.
Minagoroshi shows that when by herself or with Hanyuu , Rika completely drops her cutesy and child-like personality and displays a much more cynical, mature, apathetic, serious and occasionally hostile personality, developed as a result of her 100 years of traveling through the Sea of Fragments . The difference between her personalities is exemplified in the Japanese text since Rika uses the pronoun "watashi" (私) in her mature persona, which is generally done by adult women. Voiced works such as the anime and console ports portray this aurally by showing Rika speaking with a deeper voice when in her mature persona. This serious, or "Dark" Rika ( 黒梨花 , Kuro Rika ) , as it is often called in side materials, [7] can be considered Rika's true personality as her cutesy personality is merely a facade she puts up when with others. She tends to be abrasive and insulting towards Hanyuu and to others she has shown her true nature to, like Shion in Meakashi and Rena in Tsumihoroboshi . Over the years, Rika began treating Hanyuu more rudely. Because of their linked senses, Rika sometimes bullies Hanyuu by eaing spicy food and drinking wine. Mature Rika at times feels like she's disassociating from the innocent Rika. [8]


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In the PC version of Hou , Rika's sprites are the namesake main story character's sprites colored blue. The console version uses the design from the manga , which looks like an older version of the namesake main story character.


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Riku has black hair and dark yellow eyes. He wears a white kimono with beige hakama pants.

Riku is very dimwitted, but he is compassionate about others. Riku has a fetish for miko outfits, owning many different kinds and keeping them in his closet. There are times where Riku gets very serious, taking advantage of his usually carefree personality to get things done.


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Rina has pink hair and red eyes. She wears a yellow top and has a red star tattooed near the front of her hip. She also wears pink jeans. The PS2 version exchanges Rina's jeans for a blue skirt. Although it is not visible on her sprites, Rina has long fingernails. [2]

At first, Rina seems like a nice woman if a little abrasive at times and is always wearing a strong perfume. In reality, she is very crass and intimidating. She is always looking for men who might have deep pockets and manipulates them into spending it on her and swindling as much of it as she can.
Because Rina relies on intimidation so much, she doesn't seem to have any backup plans for when it fails, as seen in Tsumihoroboshi where she begs Rena to stop as she's being beaten up.


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Okabe has short black hair and yellow eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white shirt. A red pen is in his shirt pocket.

Okabe is a self-proclaimed mad scientist and is prone to fits of maniacal laughter. He has delusions of grandeur and likes to gives nicknames to others. Not only does he call Kurisu "Christina" and Luka "Lukako", he calls Miyuki "Sidetail", Nao "Mini-Christina", Rika "Frederica", and Satoko "Satonorichalcum".
Okabe has a lot of knowledge about Higurashi 's world as a fan of the game and shows confusion at the many things that are different, like Miyuki being a teenager instead of a child and the existence of tsukuyami .
Okabe will sometimes show a compassionate side.


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Chie has blue hair and wears a white dress. She has blue eyes.

Chie loves teaching and will do whatever it takes to ensure her students are safe. She also loves curry and will not tolerate disrespect for it.


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Oryou has green hair. She wears her hair in a ponytail tied with a bow and a kimono.

Oryou as a child in 1923 Oryou in 1938


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Ryuun-Ohc has no appearance to speak of, being a voice residing within a transport system located inside Onigafuchi Swamp . During combat she inhabits Hanyuu's sword and is capable of growing two extra prongs when Hanyuu invokes it.

Ryuun-Ohc speaks in a cold, dry tone, showing little emotions. In the past she rarely defied Hanyuu and only ever affirmed reports, but after some slight teaching and reprogramming, Ryuun-Ohc began asking questions and reprimanding her for things. [1]


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Arakawa has black hair and glasses. He wears a black collared shirt with green pants.

Arakawa is fascinated with Hinamizawa's legends, however he gets scared easily.


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Sakiko has short blond hair tied into a ponytail. For her school uniform she wears a sailor shirt, skirt, and shoes.

Sakiko is mischievous and vulgar. She likes to take advantage of Tamaki 's gullibility to make her do ridiculous, innappropriate things. At work she will put on a facade and pretend to be a proper lady. Sakiko has a reputation of spreading rumors.
Sakiko sometimes says dark and serious things, but is quick to pass them off as jokes when others get concerned.


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Also see Satoko Houjou/Image Gallery and Satoko Houjou/Sprites
Satoko Houjou appears as an athletic pre-pubescent girl, with spiky blonde hair worn in a short bob held back with her signature black headband. Her eye-color ranges from a shade of dark magenta to purple across multiple adaptations. She often sports a merry or mischievous expression and her pointy canine teeth can be seen accentuating her smug grins and hearty laughs.
When Satoko feels rather disturbed or upset, the light in her eyes disappears and her face turns uncharacteristically glum; which was a common sight in her younger years back when she underwent frequent abuse from her legal guardians. In Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou and Sotsu , Satoko's irises occasionally assume a red-blazing tone after being bestowed with the power to travel between Fragments by Eua , and she begins to sport masks of indifference or malicious mirth when she is seen scheming.

Satoko Houjou is a mischievous, haughty brat true to her age and loves to play pranks on others using her traps; with Keiichi Maebara being her favorite victim. She is often obstinate and hates being talked down to. She tries to speak like a refined lady, yet this comes off as brash and haphazard, due to her poor usage of Keigo . At times, Satoko will cry whenever someone makes fun of her; although this can be a tactical way to earn others' sympathy— Rena Ryuugu 's in particular.
Satoko is rather smart despite her dislike towards academics and her capabilities are apparent in her trap-making prowess, which is held in high regard by Mion Sonozaki , and in Matsuribayashi is even praised by the Bloodhounds after they manage to take out the entire gamut of offending Mountain Dogs . Satoko once tells Keiichi that success in trap-making heavily depends one's ability to observe and predict the opponent's behavior by gauging their psychology. She is rather crafty and prefers to rely on trickery to excel in club games and hence, makes a great strategist.
Satoko is implied to be color-blind like her brother since she has trouble telling the difference between broccoli and cauliflower and doesn't know which colors they are. [6] [7] She is often made fun of for this.
Deep down, Satoko longs to be a strong girl because of her old family situation. She used to cry all the time back when her brother was still with her, and ever since his disappearance she has struggled to improve herself. She has learned to cook, clean and take care of herself ever since she was orphaned and began to live alone with Rika. However she takes this need for independence too far and refuses to ask for help from others or show signs of weakness even in dire situations such as when she was taken away by Teppei in Tatarigoroshi and Minagoroshi , or stabbed to death by Shion Sonozaki in Meakashi . Satoko also cares a great deal for her friends—especially Rika Furude , Keiichi and Shion Sonozaki , the latter two whom she considers as big-brother and big-sister figures.

In Gou and Sotsu ,
a darker side of Satoko's personality is shown; one much more cruel, sadistic, ruthless, selfish, and calculating. In Satokowashi , Satoko is portrayed as an egotistical and rude girl who acts disrespectful towards everyone in St. Lucia Academy because she hates their formal manners and demand for excelling academic performance. Due to feeling betrayed by Rika when she didn't keep her promise of continuing to be best friends with Satoko at St. Lucia, Satoko ends up striking a deal with Eua to loop so as to keep Rika with her forever, ultimately dragging Rika back to June 1983 by pulling a brutal murder-suicide with a falling chandelier and desiring to crush Rika's hope of breaking the loop. Using her craftiness to her advantage, Satoko memorized all the Fragments she's been in and created plans to kill herself and Rika so as to keep the time looping, especially by learning how to use a gun. She is also rather unflinching when it comes to killing herself, as seen in Oniakashi-hen Part 3 where she calmly slits her throat with no hesitation compared to Rika's hesitant throat silting. Similarly to Frederica Bernkastel , an alternative version of Satoko was inadvertently created due to Satoko's looping, completely intent on keeping Rika in Hinamizawa. This Satoko is referred as a "witch" by Eua and herself. She is manipulative when quietly pulling the strings and has a lack of remorse due to her belief that her actions are meaningless as a result of looping. Whenever she has second thoughts to what she's doing, the witch Satoko falls back to feeling that it isn't her fault by blaming Rika for her own actions. In Tatariakashi , she kills Teppei despite his niceness and reformation, and kills her human self when she attempts to prevent this very murder and openly rejects her human side because of her emotional drive, calling the human Satoko as just the remnants of an old Fragment that shouldn't exist anymore. She also beats Keiichi to near-death, previously viewing him as a brother figure, to use for her plan in convincing Ooishi the curse is occurring. At the end of Kagurashi , her witch self seemingly disappears and her human self returns. Click here to hide spoilers.


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Satoshi has blond hair and usually red-violet eyes, though like his sister their color changes depending on the artist. He is one year older and slightly taller than Keiichi. For his school uniform he wears a white collared shirt with a light blue shirt underneath, a brown belt and black uniform pants.
At other times he wears a Hinamizawa Fighters baseball uniform or a hospital gown in the Irie Clinic.

Satoshi is very quiet, often just going along with things. He likes to give people headpats, especially Satoko and Shion. When it comes to protecting Satoko, he gets very defensive and assertive. Satoshi is not very good at expressing his feelings due to having to mature over a short period of time because of his mother's constant remarriages. [2]


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Shimiko is not given an appearance in the original visual novels.
In the i-mode version, she has blue hair and wears a pink apron.

Shimiko is first mentioned. She prepares tea for Oryou Sonozaki .


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Fujita has black hair and wears a black suit with a blue-cyan striped tie.

Fujita doesn't seem very smart, but he takes his job seriously and has a strong sense of justice. He's very afraid of angering his wife however, which is often exploited by others to lead him around.


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Kitajima has short brown hair and blue eyes. He wears a gray suit, white gloves, and a blue checkered tie.

Kitajima is introduced in the fourth TIP in Heisei Chapter 2. Natsumi Toudou informs him about how Miyuki , Nao , and Chisame have been given the "N vaccine" for the sleeping sickness and have been discharged as planned, among other things.


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Like her twin sister, Shion is a tall teenage girl with teal eyes and long light-green hair, however Shion keeps her hair tied back in a longer ponytail with a yellow bow. Her casual clothes consist of a white sleeveless sweater and black skirt.
During work at Angel Mort, Shion wears the traditional waitress uniform.
Shion's school uniform is her St. Lucia uniform. In the original artstyle, it is a gray button-up shirt with a red tie, white undershirt and short blue skirt. In other artstyles, it is a completely white button-up shirt.

Shion is much more feminine when compared to Mion. Despite often acting more elegant and refined, Shion is also more aggressive, shrewd, manipulative, and cold when compared to the tomboy of her twin sister. She is impulsive and will jump to take action or defend others if nobody is there to reign her in.
Shion hates canned food because of horror stories she was told as a child about human meat being inside them. [3]


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Hanada has black hair and wears a gray suit with a yellow tie.

Hanada is serious about his job, though he's a little cynical and sarcastic. Miotsukushi-hen Ura shows that Hanada's cynicism comes from the fact his brother was killed by a police officer a long time ago and thus he has a dislike for justice, preferring to follow those with power instead. However, there are times where he legitimately takes his role as a detective seriously despite being a spy.
Hanada proves to very cocky, gloating and demeaning Tomoe when he has ample opportunities to kill her. He's also manipulative, making plans to expose Chiba should the latter betray him first.


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Souhei has black hair with a cowlick. As a child, he wore a short black cloak, white unofmr shirt, black uniform pants, white socks, and geta sandals.

As a child, Souhei is energetic and hot-blooded. As an adult he likes to smoke.


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The student council president currently does not have a sprite.

In public the student council president is haughty and tends to talk down to people, treating life like it were a play. She has an obsession with canned coffee and is always pulling them out of nowhere. In private, the president speaks normally and acts more aloof and laid-back. No matter where, the president likes to have introspective discussions, especially with Rika and Satoko. She also has a mischievous side, having created a secret escape route from St. Lucia that only she knows about, and has used in the past. According to Rika, the president maintains the facade of a bad person so she can ultimately take the blame for everything if her plans fail and her subordinates get in trouble. [1]
The president has a verbal tic where she sometimes says "yupui" ( ゆぷぃ ) . She alludes to hobbies she has such as sending letters and collecting stories to send to someone. [1]


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Okamura is not given a sprite in the original visual novels. Console ports and various adaptations give him short black hair and amber eyes with his casual outfit consisting of a baby blue shirt and brown pants.

Okamura's age makes it easy for him to be manipulated by others during games, especially when it involves his crush on Rika . He also shows a perverted side from time to time.


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Takumi has light hair and wears a white t-shirt. He does not have sprites in the visual novel version.

Takumi is very abusive towards Yae and frequently throws things or beats her, usually apologizing after getting a hold of himself.


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Tamaki has green hair tied into a long ponytail with a yellow ribbon. Her school uniform consists of a sailor shirt, skirt, leggings, and shoes. Her casual outfit consists of a white sweater and black skirt.

Tamaki is incredibly gullible, easily tricked into doing inappropriate things when Sakiko convinces her to. She is focused on having a family someday to preserve the Sonozaki family and often talks about finding the right husband, which leads to an obsession with boys and love. To that extent, Tamaki likes to practice sinister expressions, thinking it will help her find love, but also makes use of them in serious situations.
Tamaki often serves to rein in Sakiko whenever she gets angry, especially when it comes to Polaris . Although Tamaki is supportive of Keitarou 's plans to get along with Polaris, she still tends to follow along with whatever Sakiko does.
Sakiko relays how Tamaki hides her negative emotions and is actually under pressure due to the Sonozaki Family losing influence in the village. [1]


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Tamako has short blue hair and is frequently seen wearing a school uniform.

Tamako is first introduced walking to school with Natsumi and Chisato.
After the Great Hinamizawa Disaster happens and bizarre murder incidents start cropping up, Tamako considers that Natsumi may actually be from Hinamizawa but Chisato tells her to quiet down.
Tamako and Chisato later go to provide Natsumi company when she's hospitalized after her parents' deaths.

v • d • e Higurashi When They Cry - Characters v • d • e Main Story Club Members and Family Maebara - Keiichi • Aiko • Ichirou Ryuugu - Rena • Yasunori • Reiko Sonozaki - Mion • Shion • Oryou • Akane Houjou - Satoko • Teppei • Satoshi Furude - Rika Supporting Characters Rumiko Chie • Jirou Tomitake • Miyo Takano • Kuraudo Ooishi • Katsuya Kumagai • Daiki Tomita • Suguru Okamura • Yukikazu Kameda • Kyousuke Irie • Ryuuichi Arakawa • Mamoru Akasaka • Yukie Akasaka • Miyuki Akasaka • Kiichirou Kimiyoshi • Tatsuyoshi Kasai • Rina Mamiya • Minor Characters Spoiler Characters Hanyuu • Frederica Bernkastel Miyoko Tanashi • Hifumi Takano Tokyo - Koizumi • Nomura • Mountain Dogs ( Tetsurou Okonogi • Skylark 13 ) • Bloodhounds v • d • e Extra Arcs Onisarashi Natsumi Kimiyoshi • Akira Toudou • Chisato Saeki • Tamako Makimura • Madoka Minai Advanced Story Tomoe Minai • Yuusuke Minai • Shingo Fujita • Kaoru Yamaoki • Nagisa Ozaki • Osamu Tsukada • Shirou Hanada • Ryuuichi Arakawa Niesagashi and Kokorokuzushi Minoru Kajiwara • Keiko Suzuyama • Masanori Kawashima • Wakaba Inoue • Hirohumi Inoue • Tomoyo Kano • Hiromi Kano Yoigoshi Akira Otobe • Mion Sonozaki • Yae Towada • Ryuunosuke Arakawa • Takumi Kurosawa • Mifune • Miyuki Sorimachi (VN only) Kotohogushi Hai-Ryun Yeasomul Jedha • Riku Furude • Ouka Furude • Ryuun-Ohc • Shino Kimiyoshi • Mao Sonozaki • Unnamed Putus Rei Keitarou Maebara • Kihiro Ryuugu • Sakiko Kimiyoshi • Tamaki Sonozaki • Marutake • Kisaku Kimiyoshi Polaris : Inori Mikazuki • Kururu Isshiki • Holy Mother • Canopus Oni Ryou Sonozaki • Seiji Kimiyoshi • Ritsuka Furude • Souhei Origuchi • Kiichirou Kimiyoshi • Yuuki Sonozaki • Chiyoko Kimiyoshi Kaidan to Odorou Tomohiro Miyajima • Hiroyuki • Tooru • Miyoko Tanashi • Satou Rie • Yuka Miyajima Hinamizawa Bus Stop Rika Furude • Mion Sonozaki • Katsumi Tonegawa • Kazuya Arakawa • Mitsuru Yoshimura • Daisuke Okano • Yuri Hoshino • Hiroaki Nitta • Kasumi Hotoda • Teruhiko Oda • Oyashiro-sama Other i-mode : Shimiko Makino • Mayumi Kimiyoshi Utsutsukowashi : Mizuho Kousaka Kamikashimashi : Une • Tamurahime no Mikoto Gou - Sotsu / Meguri - Eua Megurimusubi : Miyabi Saionji Seven Failures Scraping By : Misato Komatsu • Satomi Kanazawa v • d • e Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei Main Protagonists Kazuho Kimiyoshi • Nao Houtani • Miyuki Akasaka Part 1 Tamurahime no Mikoto • Tsukuyami • Tomoe Minai • Midori Kawata • Miyabi Saionji • Tsukuyami Rika Part 2 Ayaka Furude • Chisame Kurosawa • Yukie Akasaka • Natsumi Toudou • Shinsuke Kitajima Part 3 Akari Akitake SSR Stories Student Council President • Une Other Keiji Collaborations Sanrio - Kitty • Kirimi-chan • Purin • Cinnamon • Tiran Symphogear XDU - Hibiki Tachibana • Chris Yukine • Miku Kohinata Steins;Gate - Rintaro Okabe • Kurisu Makise • Luka Urushibara Clannad - Nagisa Furukawa • Tomoyo Sakagami • Fuko Ibuki • Kyou Fujibayashi • Ryou Fujibayashi • Kotomi Ichinose • Youhei Sunohara • Mei Sunohara Umineko - Beatrice • Erika Furudo • Dlanor A. Knox • Jessica Ushiromiya • Shannon • Kanon • Battler Ushiromiya • Ange Ushiromiya • Bernkastel • Lambdadelta Kanon - Ayu Tsukimiya • Mai Kawasumi • Nayuki Minase • Akiko Minase • Makoto Sawatari • Sayuri Kurata Senran Kagura - Asuka • Ikaruga • Yumi Shin Ikki Tousen - Hakufu Sonsaku • Shimei Ryomou • Shiryuu Chou-un School Days - Kotonoha Katsura • Sekai Saionji • Setsuna Kiyoura Haruhi Suzumiya - Haruhi Suzumiya • Yuki Nagato • Mikuru Asahina • Itsuki Koizumi


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Kasai has brown hair, a goatee, and always wears a pair of sunglasses. He wears a black suit, white shirt and multicolored tie. In the PS2 and console artwork, Kasai has a red checkered tie while in the MangaGamer artwork there are white skulls on it.

Kasai has a very threatening aura and appearance, but he is actually very nice and soft-spoken. He likes to eat desserts and seems embarrassed to request them at times. Rarely, Kasai will show a frightening attitude when in action.


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Teppei has blonde hair and wears a red Hawaiian shirt. He's always seen with a cigarette in his mouth. A tiger tattoo is said to be on his back.

Teppei is very vulgar, greedy and abusive. He hangs out with thug friends a lot and gambles and drinks all day, often using Satoko as an errand girl with no regards for her wellbeing. He is prone to verbal and physical abuse, but he is smart enough not to let any visible bruises show on his victims. Teppei is also depraved, at one point considering that Satoko could satisfy him sexually if she were older.
In Higurashi Gou and Sotsu , due to influence from Satoko's looping , Teppei's personality takes a drastic change when he becomes much more protective and supportive of Satoko. He still has shades of rudeness, but he is still a kinder person as a result.


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In the PC version of Hou , Teruhiko's sprites are Tetsurou Okonogi 's sprites colored green and without the ponytail.


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Tomoe has short brown hair and amber eyes. Her regular outfit consists of a red coat over a black shirt and a red skirt. At other times she wears a standard police officer uniform.

Tomoe takes her job as detective seriously and is always prepared with the necessary paperwork and materials. When she interrogates people she comes off as very cold and oppressive, but she knows when she's made people uncomfortable and usually apologizes for it. The few times Tomoe loses her cool are when it involves the relationship between her sister Madoka and her boss Yamaoki .
Tomoe dislikes the mass media since she feels they always take words and twist them to suit whatever story they want to push, having experienced it firsthand after nonstop interviews after her parents' deaths. After becoming a detective she started to dislike TV interviews as well, always refusing them since they want to focus more on how she's a woman police officer rather than how hard she's worked. [5]
Tomoe has an appetite for junk food. She especially loves hamburgers and often eats dozens of them at a time. She later develops an appetite for desserts and becomes a regular at Angel Mort .


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Tomoyo has long gray hair, wears a black headband, and has blue eyes. She wears a school uniform.


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Regular tsukuyami resemble animals and electrical appliances. Their appearances vary wildly, but all feature
black spikes with red tips. Humans possessed by tsukuyami gain weapons with these same spikes.

Most tsukuyami seem to be mindless beasts and can only growl. There are tsukuyami like Yaemon in the event Trap Kitty that are capable of speech, however. Humans possessed by tsukuyami still maintain parts of their personality but become incredibly aggressive.


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The Putus does not have sprites but he is represented through CGs.

This Putus desires to fight and is very cruel, possessing Riku as a way of getting revenge on Yeasomul by forcing her to attack the man she loves.


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Yae has short dark hair and wears a skirt. Her console sprite has pink hair and clothes.

Yae may seem happy on the outside but she's very afraid of Takumi's abusive behavior and recoils anytime he does anything.


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Yukie is not given a sprite in any version of the visual novels.
The 2006 anime , manga , and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei depict her with long brown hair tied into a braid. In Mei , she has brown eyes and wears a green outfit.

Yukie is very compassionate and understanding, but she also enjoys teasing her husband. At times she will punish Akasaka if she gets suspicious, like in Matsuribayashi when Rika calls him "papa".
In Higurashi Mei , Miyuki describes her as frightening when it comes to studying.


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Kameda doesn't have a sprite in the original visual novels. Console ports and various adaptations give him shaved blackish-gray hair and amber eyes. His casual outfit sprite consists of a yellow and red shirt with blue pants.

Kameda presents himself as a sportsman who will claim victory no matter what, but he can be easily swayed. Kameda really loves sweets and relishes in perversion, comparing desserts to girls in dresses. He's lied in some of his sports interviews to conceal this fact.


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In the PC version of Hou , Yuri's sprites are Miyo Takano 's sprites colored purple.


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Yuusuke's funeral photo in the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna manga portrays him with black hair.

Yuusuke was said to be strict and quiet, but also having a strong sense of justice.


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Alan has spiky blue hair and brown eyes. He wears a black suit with a red shirt and yellow tie.

Alan is generally lighthearted and sociable, and loves making lame jokes that only Keith seems to like. He enjoys fighting and regularly gets into friendly brawls with Chinese people, but he values Yuki more and tries to suppress this side of him when they're together. But despite his cheerful exterior, he also has a more serious, stoic side to him.


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Alfred has purple hair and wears a white suit with a red undershirt and black tie.

As befitting his nickname, Alfred is psychotic and will gladly point his knife at anyone who crosses him. He likes to say "non." In the Japanese text, Alfred tends to say random words in English and has a habit of literally referring to himself as "me" ( ミー , mii ) , and when talking to people refers to them as "you" ( ユー , yuu ) .
Alfred later shows some genuine compassion for others, as in Season 3 where he attends Stella 's funeral and gives condolences to Richard .


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Amanda has long purple hair tied into curls with a black and red headband. Her dress is similarly black and red with a large cleavage window.

Amanda is a very strict woman with people, especially Rose Haibara , since she believes Rose's sincerity is what prevents her from making logical decisions.


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Caleb has white hair and a scar on his face. As Keireiji, he wears a white shirt and cravat. As Caleb, he wears a fancy coat over a dark blue and yellow suit.

Caleb deeply cares for veteran soldiers, considering them to be family since they all experienced war firsthand.


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Claudia has short gray hair with a red bow on top. She also wears a white apron and a long purple kimono. Claudia's full body art shows that she is actually very tall.

Claudia is a very kind girl who places a lot of faith in people and rarely doubts others.


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Cyrus has red hair tied into a ponytail and wears a black and green-rimmed hat. He wears black and white vest with a black coat always draped over his shoulders.
As the Grand Boss in 1948, he wears a black suit and carries a cane.

Cyrus acts very tough but he also has a comedic and soft side, always struggling to hold his laughter when Richard threatens people. He holds personal relationships in high regard and won't hesitate to take revenge if allowed to.


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Eliza has long black hair, a slender body, and wears a fancy dress.

When she was younger, Eliza was an earnest and dedicated girl who cared for Wayne and Jack. She was in love with Jack but came to dislike him when he disproved of her becoming a prostitute and refused to accept her payback money.


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Schneider has slicked back hair, wears glasses, and is often smoking a cigarette. He first appears wearing a fancy white suit, and later wears a black one.

Schneider is a corrupt police officer who uses his authority and influence to bully Japanese people and extort money from them. He's especially greedy, and can be made to do almost anything so long as people pay him.


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Jack has short blond and black hair, with the black part of his hair having a cross-shaped section cut out of it. He has a horizontal scar running across his face between his eyes and nose. Jack wears a black shirt and green pants.

Jack is violent and rough. He dislikes prostitutes and often gets into fights with them and their bodyguards. He sees himself as a lone wolf learned from Wayne and tries to act on his own, and refuses to tell others what he feels. He owns a custom cross-shaped knife as his main weapon and views it as his "wolf's fang."
In the past, Jack was kinder and looked up to Wayne as his brother and mentor, and cared for Eliza . Over time he changed, and developed feelings of resentment to Wayne for leaving them behind.


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James wears a black suit with a black hat and glasses.

James is a scheming man, always making deals behind people's backs and aiming to have people in his debt as much as possible..


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The young Jeanne has violet eyes and short violet hair, with a small strand tied in a pigtail. She wears a yellow t-shirt, a white blazer with red edges and a bright pink short skirt. Her shoes consist of maroon sandals on the platform. For accessories she wears light violet earrings and bracelet. She wear a light-pink apron while working at the bakery.
The old Jeanne wears a red and black coat with a blue rose on her left lapel and a black hat with blue earrings. She also wears sunglasses.

As a young woman, Jeanne was very assertive and protective of others. She became more refined as she grew older.


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Julie has blue eyes and wavy brown hair in a ponytail. She wears a black and cyan shirt, black pants and white low heels.

Julie shows some awe and surprise in learning how different the Japan of the 1940s and the Japan of the modern day are. She also gets very annoyed when Toratsugu is around.


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Keith has black hair and red eyes. He wears a beige parka over a yellow shirt, an orange scarf, black pants and long brown boots. By 1950, his hair has turned white.

Keith is normally easygoing, but when working as a sniper he becomes very cold and calculating, and can be quite boastful about his abilities as such. He values his relationship with Alan and always laughs at his jokes when nobody else will.
Keith is jaded from the mistreatment and abuse of power he saw between the Japanese as a POW, and thus distrusts most adults except Alan. However, he values family and children greatly, but not so much the idea of being with a woman, at least initially.
In Last Season , his personality changes where he becomes very bitter over losing both Stella and Yuuji and tries to enact revenge on the GDS to ease his pain. He becomes much colder, but also a lot more emotionally reactive and impulsive, thinking nothing but how to immediately eliminate anyone he considers an enemy.


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Meijiu has long black hair and glasses. He wears a purple coat with a red dragon on the lapel. His pet iguana Huahua is always seen on his shoulder.

Meijiu is first introduced when Stella goes to gain his help in searching for a missing American soldier. He later provides Primavera with information regarding Alfred's attempt to destroy the club.
When Caleb takes over City 23, he threatens Meijiu with retaliation if he assists Primavera again.


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Yuki has a purple eyes and long brown hair with butterfly pin. She wears a short striped sheath dress with black and white shades and blue bow.


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Leo has blue eyes with orange spiky hair. He wears a red shirt with black tie, a green jacket wrapped around it, and similar green trousers.

Leo is very smooth and womanizing, often lending his assistance to any pretty lady. Despite his cool exterior, he harbors some regret for not settling things with his past comrades.


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Maurice has dark green hair tied into a ponytail and wears black shades. He also wears a black shirt with a gray tie and brown shoulder holster and suspenders.

Maurice is very tough and perceptive. He likely has PTSD as a result of his war experiences and takes drugs. [2]


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Meryl is a short woman with short blonde hair and red eyes. She wears a black and yellow striped headband that matches part of her dress.

Meryl is a very rowdy woman who loves to drink and have fun. She seems idiotic, but it is mostly a ruse because of the belief that smart women die young in her line of work. Meryl is very protective of other ladies of the night and will jump to their defense.


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Miguel has light blue hair covering his eye and wears a black and red kimono over a black shirt. His fingernails are painted green on his left hand and black on his right.

Miguel is misogynistic, always demeaning women and comparing them to soldiers from the war. He's also similar to Alfred in that he will point his gun or knife at anyone who opposes him, however he usually holds back when Caleb tells him to.
Miguel heavily dislikes surrender and makes it known that those who give up are no better than a corpse. Miguel also exhibits signs of PTSD on rare occasions.


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Oliver has black bobbed hair and wears a short blue jacket over a red vest and yellow tie.

Oliver likes to read and tries to act serious all the time. He looks up to Wayne immensely and wants to be like him. Oliver also has a habit of telling people to "shut up, be quiet."


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Butler has auburn spiky hair and wears a green military uniform. A one-winged eagle is adorned on his belt buckle.

Butler is very perverted, often dropping by as a guest to Primavera and ogling the ladies there. Despite his personality Butler is very skilled at behind-the-scenes negotiation, often arranging events to ensure GHQ benefits in some way.


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Richard has blue hair and wears a blue and yellow coat over a gray kimono.

Richard may act serious and ruthless, but he still has a soft heart and relies on cheat sheets with pre-written threats when making deals with others. He often disagrees with Rose's plans but continues to support her anyway.
In Last Season , Richard becomes truly ruthless after Stella and Yuuji's deaths, making proper threats and actually carrying them out.


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Rose has green eyes and long, curly light-pink hair. Her casual wear consist of a dirndl with long light-yellow skirt, pink shoes and red pendant.
For business meetings and other formal occasions, her hair is tied into a ponytail, and she wears a dark purple blazer with a white shirt and rose brooch at the front. She also wears a midi skirt that resembles an unopened rose bud, nude stockings, and pink high heels.

Rose is very conscientious and tries to extend kindness to her fellow Japanese whenever possible, however she constantly questions her decisions, especially if others suffer because of them.
Over time, Rose learns to become more assertive while still maintaining her sense of kindness and goodwill.


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Stella has narrow, violet eyes and smooth dark-blue hair. She also wears a long blue dress, a burgundy cape, wheel-shaped yellow earrings, a choker and a bracelet.

Stella acts sultry and frequently gets into arguments and fights with Meryl. When Stella drinks alcohol, she loses her mind and starts going off on rants. Over time, Stella develops a sense of responsibility and starts asisting Rose in running Primavera.


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Zilong has long black hair that covers one eye and wears a red Chinese robe.

Zilong is very polite. He always thinks things through with a level head, not giving in to emotions or impulses.


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Tequila has medium-length scraggly hair and wears a purple headband around his head. He also wears a black coat over a white shirt and black pants.

Tequila acts like a thug and doesn't give up easily. He has a habit of saying "like, totally ♪".


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Toratsugu has short brown hair and wears black-rimmed glasses. He wears a black vest adorned with colored buttons over a white shirt with a black tie. A police baton and knife are holstered on his sides. Toratsugu has a few scars visible on his arms.

Toratsugu tries to act cool and tough a lot, which usually prompts Wayne to tell him to be quiet. Toratsugu also takes his job of protecting Julie very seriously, telling off her coworkers when they get too close and annoying her greatly.


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Wang has black hair, a black goatee and wears glasses. He wears a white coat with a red dragon adorned on the flap over a black shirt.

Wang is very cunning and manipulative, always planning things to end in his favor whenever possible. He has an obsession with clocks and time, believing that the amount of time a person has to live should be equivalent to how hard they work.


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Wayne has brown hair tied into a ponytail with a purple braid. He wears a black jacket over a yellow hoodie and black finger-less gloves.
In 1948, he wears a white jacket over a black vest and purple shirt with a yellow scarf.
As an old man, Wayne has long hair and wears sunglasses with a white suit.

Wayne is very impulsive, often charging headfirst into dangerous situations. He dedicates himself to protecting Rose due to his gratefulness towards her and dislikes people like Butler who make advances on her.


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Xiaolan has short black hair bangs and hair tied into a long thin braid. She wears a purple cloak over a pink long-sleeved shirt. She has a red dragon tattoo on her stomach. Xiaolan's full body art shows that she wears long socks and black shoes.

Xiaolan rarely ever speaks and instead uses her actions to express herself. She typically acts very serious but when offered moon cakes, she gets excited.


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Zel is a girl said to be about Rose's age, with noticeably long light brown hair and green eyes. In her first appearance, she is shown wearing only a white chemise, but later on she gains a new outfit: a long orange, white, and blue dress with separate matching sleeves. She also wears a barrette and a braid in her hair, white socks, and pink shoes.

Zel is a cheerful, strong-willed girl with natural leadership qualities, being able to recognize the Wandering Dogs' talents and putting them to good use. Despite her anxieties over her amnesia, she still manages to remain positive about her new life.


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Alice has long blonde hair styled into twintails and purple eyes. Her outfit's design is inspired by Alice in Wonderland . She wears a light blue dress decorated with playing card suits. She has mismatched socks: one is white and the other is checkered white and black like a chessboard. Both socks are paired with red slippers. She wears a small crown on her head.
As Alice Ryuzaki , she appears as a young girl with considerably shorter brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a white t-shirt adorned with playing card suits under a sleeveless black jacket, jean shorts, white socks, and blue shoes. She also has a bandage on her left knee.

Though easily bored, Alice displays a curious personality, motivated to uncover the numerous links between the three Fragments she is given. During the intermission periods between stories, she shows an interest in attempting to figure out the mysteries presented to her by Usagi.
She also has a violent streak, often threatening to maim Usagi and replace their limbs.


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Blood has short blond hair and brown eyes. He wears black military armor with gray camo pieces and several red arrow symbols. He also wears a black backpack and a screen device on his arm. Underneath this armor, he wears a gray shirt and pants.


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Reward has gray hair (with a gray beard) and gray eyes. He wears a dark green captain's uniform with various medals and ribbons, a gray undershirt, and gray boots. He also wears a watch on his left wrist.


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Falco has short blue hair and blue eyes, along with multiple earrings. He wears black military armor with gray camo pieces and several red medals with a yellow diamond symbol. Underneath this armor, he wears a gray shirt and pants.

Falco acts nice and caring, appearing to be the textbook definition of a model soldier. However, according to Goro, his ability to take it easy during "these crazy times" is a major personality flaw of his.


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Fuhka has long blue hair and purple eyes. She wears the same school uniform as other female students, such as Noriha and Yukari .

Fuhka is described as being quiet and mysterious. However, she appears to have a hidden malicious side as well.


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Goro has dark green hair that is styled in a mohawk and gray eyes. He also has facial hair styled in a goatee. He wears black military armor with gray camo pieces and several yellow diamond symbols with red arcs above and below. Underneath this armor, he wears a gray shirt and pants.

Goro is very violent, always picking fights with others; according to his profile, the only reason he joined the war effort is because he saw the Garrothe as a more appropriate enemy than humans. Along with this, he frequently violates military regulations, though it is unknown if he is ever punished for this.


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Hidaka is tall with short red hair and orange eyes. His school uniform consists of a white dress shirt, with the school's insignia on the left arm, under a black vest. Around his neck, he wears a small pendant. He also wears blue pants and brown shoes.
His casual outfit is a white shirt covered by a blue jacket, maroon pants, and gray boots with black laces. He also wears a necklace with an unknown crystal on it.

Hidaka is described as being kind-hearted, yet is still unpopular despite this.


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Hinako has short gray hair with a red bow tied on one side and gray eyes. She wears the same school uniform as other female students, such as Noriha and Yukari .

Hinako is very clumsy, always in a rush to get to places.


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Hinata has long red hair tied into a ponytail and blue eyes. She also has four blue hairpins in her hair, which form an "X" and an equal sign. She wears the same school uniform as other female students, such as Noriha and Yukari .

Hinata is very bright and cheerful. This leads her to be very popular, even rivaling the likes of Yukina Kujo .


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Ibito has short brown hair and purple eyes. His school uniform consists of a white dress shirt, with the school's insignia on the left arm, covered by a black vest. He also wears blue pants with a brown belt and brown shoes.
His casual outfit is an orange and white-striped shirt covered by a black jacket with blue detailing. He also wears blue pants and gray shoes with green shoelaces.

Ibito is a lazy person who is only interesting in playing internet games; despite being described as having all his statuses at max, he is uninterested in this.


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Ishizuka has short black hair and brown eyes. He is seen wearing an orange polo shirt with a white stripe across the middle, blue pants, and black shoes.