Saiyuki

Shien is quite tall, elegant and handsome. He has teal green eyes and kept his long olive green hair tied in a Oriental bun with a yellow bow which is a power limit for the battle if he needs to used it. He also wore a light blue qidao wardrobe with sleeveless and long gowned.

Although he has a collected and refined exterior, he was racked by the guilt of the following orders of the corrupt several years ago. In the battle, he is shown to be fierce, slaying the opponent with his twin 'light whips'. Despite this, he has repeatedly allowed the Sanzo Party live when he fights them. He wears a hair tie which later turns out to be a power limiter for the challenge. Out of the Homura's group, Shien is more calm and level headed than his friend, Zenon, who is a lethal and battle hardened warrior who is determined to hunt and killed all of the demons, as well as human criminals. He does shows a soft side to Prince Nataku as he was shown to be his bodyguard.  He also shows a notable reluctance to fight with children, in spite of his words that Gods are egalitarian, likely due to his past relationship with Nataku


Saiyuki

Shuuei, despite the fact that he's a monk, has longish black hair that he slicks back so that only a few bangs stick out. He wears it pulled back into a short loose ponytail. He himself even acknowledges that his hair is peculiar for someone that follows Buddhism when he's confront Kouryuu on his own beliefs, saying that " though with his mop of hair, I'm one to talk ". He also has stubble all along his chin, like he hasn't shaved properly in a week. He wears monk robes very similar to those of other monks, though it should be noted that his robes are a great deal darker than that of the other monks at Kinzan temple. His appearance, in a lot of ways, resembles that of a gangster more so than a monk. In Shuuei's last few scenes in the series, we see him also wear his " collectors' item ", the red prayer beads that Kouryuu gave him.


Saiyuki

Despite his chronological age, Goku has the physical appearance of a boy in his late teens standing at 5'5" (165 cm) and weighing in at 134 lbs (61 kg). He has striking gold eyes which brand him as a heretical being. He skin has a healthy tan look to it, though whether that is because he is actually tan or he just needs a bath has yet to be clarified.
Around his head is his gold diadem, his demon power limiter. As a child, Goku had very long hair that reached down to his hips. When he started living with Sanzo, he began to bind it with ribbon into a ponytail. In the Saiyuki Reload manga extra, Petite Burial, it shows Goku's hair was accidentally cut off by Gojyo when he first used the extending chain sickle of his Shakujo , which upset Goku greatly.
In his unlimited form as Seiten Taisei, Goku has the appearance of a demon (though he is stated to not be that either, because he was born directly out of the Earth) with long ears and slit pupils, and his demonic marks are the cursive kanji 完 (kan/gan), meaning "complete" or "perfect", inside of a sunburst motif.
Goku initially wears a white shirt with loose, above-elbow sleeves, off-white jeans held by a black belt, and white shoes. Over the shirt is a red, vest-like garment with black trim. The interior appears to be completely black. The garment is fastened by a black over-shoulder belt. Furthermore, he wears white and black shoulder guards, with white, claw-like spikes curving from the black trim. Majority of the guards are covered by Goku's goldenrod cape, which slings over his shoulders, and what seems to be a white infinity scarf. Around his wrists, he wears red wristbands with white trim.
Roughly a year into the Sanzo Party's travels, Hakkai hooks Gojyo and Goku up with new threads.  Goku's outfit remains generally the same, however his new shirt has shorter sleeves, and he replaces the trousers with blue jeans that are frayed and just above his knees.  Lastly, the wristbands are replaced with solid black ones.  His new shoes are white, short boots above his ankle with black trim.  He retains all of his trademark cape and guards.
Prior to meeting Hakkai and Gojyo, he wore a Tangzhuang jacket.
During his time in Heaven, Goku wore a glossy black shirt with short sleeves and a turtleneck with the base of a gold chain in front of his throat.  Beneath, he wore white trousers, and went barefoot.  He had heavy chains on both wrists and ankles, making him difficult to carry even for a seasoned soldier like General Kenren .

Goku is almost always cheerful, and is the group's unofficial mascot. He can make anyone - even Sanzo at some points - smile or laugh when something bad happens. A running gag is that Goku only thinks about food, and so far, this has been proven true most of the time. His stating a simple cry of "I'm hungry!" has led this to become almost like a catchphrase, and most people - Gojyo and Sanzo in particular - have lashed out (usually in a humorous way) at Goku about his constant declaration about wanting food. Aside from being cheerful and almost always hungry, Goku is the "Monkey King" of many Chinese and Japanese myths, and is always up for a good prank or joke. He also tries to be helpful, but because of his prankster disposition, he usually gets himself and others into trouble instead of actually helping. He is very ashamed by this, especially when he causes Sanzo trouble without really meaning to, and for the most part he tries his best to stay on task. Being the "Monkey King" of legend, however, staying on task is not one of his strong points. When it comes to others, Goku is more friendly to people than his traveling companions. He always greets people that he likes - or who give him food - with a smile, and generally likes any type of kindhearted person. He has befriended many creatures over the series, youkai and human alike. He will, however, fight someone he generally dislikes or has done some kind of wrongdoing no matter how big or small. He has been compared by many as hero stereotypical characters seen in anime. But he has stated that he is fighting for his right to live, and his alone. He has also shown that he will fight anyone trying to get in his or his group's way. He likes fighting, displaying enjoyment comparable to a child playing a game.


Saiyuki

Sokou has a black short hair with bangs his right sid and eyes were shown as purple like other gods. He has an innocent appearance and gentleness.

Souko is a shy, quiet and calm person, but very confident being part of the military. He is curious about the lower world and dreams to see what is out there. He was amaze after seeing the vast blue sky and ants after stepping at Earth for the first time. Despite the fact he was new in military that time, he is courage to cooperate like for example when Tenpou’s group run out of anesthetic bullets while fighting with the organisms in the lower world, Souko then volunteered that he will bring the ammo to them, and he didn't fail. This is when he realized that he became one of the “Ants in Heaven”.
Souko later on became friends with his unit and he seems to be closer to Yuuan. He was seen saving Yuuan from being attack by one of the soldiers of Second Unit.


Saiyuki

Despite the appearance of a little girl of no more than ten, Taruchie is well over 80 years old. It appears that, much like Tenkai Sanzo, her growth has stopped. The reason why she had been able to retain her role of Kumari for many decades is due to the fact that she has never experienced her moons. Another factor that links her to Tenkai is the demonic mark that appears on both of their foreheads, which look exactly alike. Just like her (supposable) brother, she has purple eyes and black hair that she styles in different updos. She dresses in a typical Nepalese fashion characterised by embroided, layered clothes, a cloak over her shoulders and distinctive, furry hair accessories at the sides of her head, similar to hair buns. While evidence seem to point out to her youkai descent, her ears aren't pointy and she doesn't seem to wear any apparent power limiter.


Saiyuki

Xenon does has a handsome face with a scar on the right side of his cheek along with the eyepatch is shown his demon limit after he become a demon when shown slaughtering amounts of the them.He has short, spiky ginger hair and golden orange eyes.Xenon has a tall,slender and athletic build. He wears a dark blue bomber jacket with a white shirt inside and sports light tanned pants along with a combat boots. Xenon also has a rifle gun that he carries in his arm for the battle.

Like Sanzo and Gojyo, he frequently smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol. His revolving 'Demon Blaster' destroys dozen of monsters. His right eye is covered by a black patch. It is revealed that the eyepatch is his demon limiter, after he became a demon himself for having killed 1000 demons. His full power in his true form is so great that if he stays in it too long he starts to lose all control of it. Zenon agrees to follow Homura for multiple reasons. One being he is disgusted of both life in Heaven and of living in general, another is that he wants to find the demon who killed his wife and son. Despite all of this, Xenon is shown to be kind and gentle, when it comes to his family and friends even if he is brutally honest and fiercely loyal to them, he is not that cold and heartless at all but overall,Xenon is very hotheaded and lethal than his friend/comrade, Shien who is more cordial and somewhat serene.


Saiyuki

Yaone is of average height, with curvaceous body.  Her eyes are slate blue, and befitting of a demon, her ears are long and pointed.  She has especially long, dark blue hair, styled with white ribbon into a high ponytail that splits off into two sections, making it resemble twintails instead.  Her bangs reach the top of her eyes and split in the middle, and she has braided strands in front of her ears, reaching down to just past her shoulders.  She has fair skin, and her demonic birthmark on her left shoulder, composed of three red sickle or crescent moons facing outward in a circle.
She wears a dark blue leotard that reveals the vast majority of her chest, and it's held up by silver chains that cross from one point of the leotard's top to across the opposite shoulder.  Over it, she wears a sleeveless jacket that curves around her chest, secured by a brown belt around her waist, and a large white bow with black blue trim on the ends.  The jacket's fabric is yellow, with thick black trim along the shoulders and hem.  She wears boots that match the colour scheme.
The outfit is accessoried with thigh-high socks secured by grey trim, and long, white gloves past her elbows secured around her middle finger.  For any other outfits she wears, such a pink cheongnam, Yaone has a habit of applying bows to her clothing.
In the anime:
Gensoumaden - Given the Premium OAV's accurate portrayal, Yaone's appearance is drastically different in the later installment. Her eyes are amber, andher hair purple.  Her birthmark is light blue.  The 'leotard' is magenta, and its length extends to her thighs (this is later changed to the leotard's original length in Requiem), the jacket and boots pale blue with teal trim, and the bow almost periwinkle.
Reload - More accurately depicts her design, with violet eyes. Although the leotard is its actual length, transparent stockings cover her otherwise bare thighs.

Yaone is very much the polite young lady. Much like Hakkai , she is courteous and formal when she speaks. She also cooks. [1] She is extremely loyal to Kougaiji after he saved her life. [2] She's very caring and concerned with the well being of innocent people. Although normally polite, Yaone does seem to have a dangerous side when provoked. Even though she is exceptionally loyal to Kougaiji, there are times when even she has to disobey him, taking matters into her own hands. For example, in Saiyuki Premium , when Yaone heard that Ensui had destroyed a village in an attempt to challenge the Sanzo Ikkou , she didn't hesitate and left to stop him herself—she was worried for the safety of the villagers who might get involved.
Yaone is very brave in the face of adversity. She was willing to take on the Sanzo Ikkou all on her own in their first confrontation. [3] She even attempted to take Ensui on as well. [4] Yaone is very self-sacrificing. In the manga, when the Sanzo Ikkou and Kougaiji's gang were fighting Chin Yisou 's Shikigami , Yaone pushed Kougaiji out of the way of some falling rubble. [5] The anime severely undermines her strength. She is not really prone to playing the damsel in distress though, even when she is in danger. For instance, when Lirin was taken by Dr. Ni and his associates, Yaone was tied up and left behind. When Dr. Ni taunted her, saying he could keep her mouth busy, she told him she'd bite it off if he tried. [6] Yaone is meant to be a very inspiring character and should be as she is one of the few heroines/reccurring female characters of the series.
As a last note, Yaone also seems to be very well-informed and knowledgeable about old tales and current rumors circulating amongst demons. In Saiyuki Premium OVA she knew the background of Ensui and in the movie Saiyuki:Requiem she knew more about the status of the Houmaoh clan than Dokugakuji. [7] Also, at their last appearance in Saiyuki Reload she informed Kougaiji and the others of Zakuro 's strange changes of alliances. [8]


Saiyuki

At first, Rikuou was shown to have red hair but it was later change into his original hair color blond. He wears his military uniform and like most gods he has violet eyes. Like his superior, Kenren, he has a sarcastic mouth, and a big, childlike smile.


Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura

As a snow spirit, Asagiri is small in size. As a woman, she has an average height, her pale pink hair reaching to an undetermined length, with two bells adorning each side of her head. She wears a simple Yukata with a baby-blue obi. She has fair skin and violet eyes.


In her disguised form, Byakuya appears as a short old woman with long white hair, that she keeps pinned back with a red bow, who is wearing a red and white kimono. Once she reveales her true form, she becomes a tall, beautiful woman, with golden eyes and narrow pupils, that symbolize her being from the moon kingdom. while her hair and clothing remain largely the same after her transformation, she also gains a headdress with red pearls.


Enju has silver hair and blue eyes. He also has a stone on his forehead symbolising he is a youko and is no longer Kai.

Enju, in the end has a 'sister to brother complex', he only seemed nice to his group members, and ONLY to Sakura, Rurijou is merely just a replica of Sakura, but actually likes Sakura more than Rurijou. And he would destroy anyone who gets in his way of getting Sakura, saying they 'brainwashed' her. But in truth, he only wants to help Sakura out.


Ghost Hags, in a logical sense, would vary from appearances. However they are mainly shown wearing a messy, single-colored and tattered Yukata. They appear to be weary and old, with black voids containing their eye sockets, and only having a few strands of hair atop their almost bald head.


Shimoni wears a basic yukata , covered in multiple patterns that appear to resemble flowers. Her hair is tied in a long loop held by a lily.


Maimai is first mistaken as a girl by Sakura because he dressed up as a female. Maimai has blue hair and violet eyes.


Oumi has long, straight and dark hair and dark eyes.


Sakura is a gorgeous young girl of average height, with very long brown hair that reaches down to her knees. Sakura has pink eyes. Whenever Sakura transforms, her hair color changes to silver but her eyes remain the same rosy color. The reason why her hair changes color is because all those who come from the moon have silver hair, thus it can be proven that she is half human and half an inhabitant of the moon. Sakura is always seen in a traditional kimono with a range of different hair pieces. The exception is when she transforms. Her battle outfit consists of a short skirt, with long sleeves reminiscent of a kimono's sleeves, as well as a fitted bodice with the Ying and Yang symbol just above the skirt. The outfit is completed with a black neck collar with a pink diamond or ruby attached (as seen in the first image, on the top right).
Throughout the manga Sakura's beauty is often remarked upon, with even the Councillor, who later turns out to be a youko working for the series villain Enju, mentioning "her charms".

Sakura is a caring person to the people familiar and close to her, but when Prince Oura (also known as Aoba) comes, she instantly dislikes him and her personality drastically changes to a loud mouthed and bratty. However she does eventually get close to him and shows him her kind sidenand eventually even falls in love with him . Sakura tries her hardest as she tries to save everyone from their agony especially Aoba and Asagiri, who are both inflicted with a blood curse which shortens their life spans.

(Sakura's and Aoba's) a youko turns up and attacks the village. Sakura rushes to help but then gets attacked herself, during the fight Aoba shoots an arrow through her chest. Her personality is shaken but it slowly restores itself when The Togu (Fujimurasaki) shows an interest in her and ends up kissing her, while Aoba is watching from an far distance. Aoba then starts to show how much he loves Sakura, and from then her personality is back to normal. Until Enju turned out to be Sakura's older brother. This resulted in Sakura becoming upset at some points and confused in others.


Princess Yuri is very beautiful in appearance. She has pale, long and curly blue hair that reaches down to a undetermined length and she has aqua eyes. She is seen wearing a traditional kimono most of the time and her hair adorns two pretty pink flowers. In Volume 10, she cuts her hair in order to escape with Maimai.

When first introduced, she appears to be a kind person, she also sounds very aloof and elegant. However, after her jealousy of Sakura is revealed, she turns out to be a very stubborn and cruel person. After Fujimurasaki proposes to her, she comes to neutral terms with Sakura.


Rurijo has the same appearance as Princess Sakura, except that she has shorter hair than Sakura and pink hair. Rurijo also has a stone embedded on her forehead as to indicate that she has immortality and immense strength of a youko. She also has markings all over her body too, from Maimai.
She needs the markings on her body in order to survive. She must not let these markings fade away otherwise the branches that connect her body will separate.

Rurijo has a different personality as compared to Sakura. She resembles instinct while Sakura resembles rationality.


Before Shuri became a immortal, Shuri has medium, black hair that falls down on his shoulders. He also has black eyes. When he drank the Moon Spring Water, a stone was embedded on his forehead symbolising he is a youko and has the powers of a tremendous youko. After drinking the Moon Spring Water, Shuri's hair has grown increasingly long. In Volume 4, Hayate described him having a hair like a rat's nest.

Shuri is quiet and has a gloomy personality. Hayate described him as having an incredibly shy personality in Volume 5. In Volume 4, Maimai described him as a "Sour Puss"


Ukyo has slanted eyes and black hair that is usually tied into a long pony tail or braid.


Sakura Quest

Angelica is a woman with chest-length dark hair tied into a loose ponytail that hangs by her shoulder, light brown eyes and a beauty mark under her left eye.
She usually wears a long black dress and wears aprons and ponchos with a tribal design while tending to the restaurant.

A woman of few words, Angelica tends to speak her mind through gestures or with the food she serves to her customers.


Sakura Quest

Chitose has neck-length faded dark-purple hair that is swept to the left side and dark-colored eyes.
Befitting her traditional sweets business, she is usually dressed in a maroon kimono.

Chitose is often depicted as an aloof elderly lady who rarely trusts anyone, even to the point that the friendly Shiori Shinomiya sometimes hesitates in meeting her directly. She also tends to treat outsiders rudely, especially if they are associated with Ushimatsu in any way. Somehow, her grudge against Ushimatsu goes to such a point where she would devise ways to humiliate him. [1]


Sakura Quest

Mr. Sandal is a young man with shoulder-length blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a khaki cloak over a black turtleneck sweater, denim pants and brown sandals. He is often seen carrying a light brown bucket bag, as well as musical instruments, notably a ukulele and a harmonica.

Adding to his mysterious character is his tendency to speak in vague lines in fluent Japanese. Although seemingly friendly, his unusual personality makes him somehow unapproachable.


Sakura Quest

Usually seen with a kimono.
When he was younger, he is seen to have brown hair and has a more traditional appearance of a tengu.

Like most tengus, he looks down on both tanuki and humans. Stubborn. This can be seen with his attitude towards his son, Nidaime. On the contary, he does have a caring side. His relationship with the Shimogamo family and Benten as their figure of guidance is a good example. It is said that he had helped Yasaburo's parents to confess their feelings and get married. [season 2 ep 4]


Sakura Quest

Sanae is a young women with tan skin, light brown hair that is sometimes tied with a pony tail in the back, and two sets of hair dreads that lay out in the front, light brown-es, yellow colored eyes and light pink lip-stick. When going outside, Sanae usually wears smart casual attire, ranging from shirts and pants, to dresses, while also wearing slip-on shoes or sandals.
At home, Sanae usually prefers wearing a green tracksuit. [1]

Because of her work experience in Tokyo, Sanae has developed a practical personality. She is quick to make decisions and has a professional work ethic. However, this experience has also enlightened her about working in the metropolis, and often advises anyone that is eager to work in Tokyo (i.e., Yoshino) to reconsider. [1] She is extremely entomophobic towards any bug she sees.


Sakura Quest

Like his sons, Ginkaku and Kinkaku, Sōun has orange highlights under the corners of each of his eyes and he has grey hair. He has strong laugh lines and a large nose. He dresses stylishly in a kimono as a show of his wealth and is often seen in gold colours.
As a tanuki, Sōun is grey-furred and rather rough looking. He is described as looking gaunt.

To tanuki society, Sōun Ebisugawa is a polite, well-respected member of tanuki society. He is often overly formal and is fairly timid. This is revealed to be a facade as Sōun is actually ruthless, egotistical and calculating.


Sakura Quest

Tatsuo is a young man with short brown hair, round eyes and a medium build. He is usually dressed in a red vest and jacket, as well as khaki pants.

In spite of the declining demand on woodworks in Manoyama, Tatsuo has maintained a friendly and approachable personality, even to relative strangers. He also believes that woodworking is both a craft that needs dedication as well as a job that needs to earn to be sustainable. For this reason, he is willing to depart from the traditional art of carving transoms ( ranma ) and create character figures and other wood products. This usually causes clashes with the more conservative Kazushi , which is himself a source of Tatsuo's worries.


Sakura Quest

Yashiro is a young boy with light orange hair and brown eyes. His usual clothing consists of a blue buttoned top worn over a white shirt, purple pants ending above his knees, as well as his cellphone worn around his neck on a strap.
Yashiro's tail appears whenever he is nervous and if particularly frightened, he breaks his transformation and reverts to his tanuki form. In this form he is smaller than his brothers, and sports a small cowlick.


Sakura Quest

Yoshino is a young girl with light tan skin, dark pink eyes, and light pink colored hair with alight yellow hair clip on the front right side, she noticeable for being the shortest of the five main characters.
For a selection of outfits, Yoshino wears multiple kinds of outfits, she mostly wears a white colored shirt with a button up light blue colored dress and a pair of yellow/white colored boots, another outfit that Yoshino tends to wear is a light blue colored shirt with dark blue overalls were the pant sleeves cuts below her lower leg, a light purple colored band on her left wrist and a pair of light brown sandals.

Yoshino is a compassionate and kind-hearted person who cares for her friends and family. She also has a very strong sense of determination, and is never willing to give up on achieving her goals.
She grew up in a rural area in Japan and went to college in Tokyo in hopes of landing a job in the city, but after failing to land a job, she gets an offer to work for the tourism department of Manoyama village.


Sakura Trick

Haruka is a tall and fair-skinned girl with shoulder length auburn-brown hair that has a portion of her hair pulled back by a large light pink bow with pink ombre at the tips, pink-brown eyes and a developed bust (D-cup breast size, although Yū Sonoda thinks Haruka is "just" a C-cup).
She wears the standard uniform: a red tie, a plain white (collared) button-up shirt, a blue and green plaid skirt and a green coat that she usually leaves unbuttoned. To go along with this, she wears black knee-socks and white sneakers with a red x on the sides.

Haruka has been Yū Sonoda 's closest friend/girlfriend since middle school where she gets jealous when she sees her getting along with other girls in the class. Haruka is, in Yuu's own words, the " extremely jealous type ". She also finds amusement in teasing Yuu, who in return gets flustered or mildly annoyed.
Haruka is usually the one initiating the kisses that she and Yuu share throughout the series. Even though she is forward with her feelings, she gets extremely embarrassed or shy when Yuu does or says things that she believes to be cute or affectionate. Haruka is the opposite of Yuu, being the more calm and tender individual. She is usually less concerned about her surroundings than Yuu is and is likely to be impulsive, However, she is more insecure about how she would get along with other people. Yuu provides emotional and verbal support for her shy nature.
She is often caught up in a fantasy and sees her friends with " shipping goggles ", but when it comes to it she doesn't initially didn't realize there was a difference between being a couple and being friends.


Sakura Trick

Kaede is a light-skinned girl with chin-length brunette hair that is worn in a bob with her bangs evenly spread out partially worn with a white clip while her forelocks cover her ears, golden-brown eyes and she is flat-chested in comparison to the others.

Kaede is usually calm and reserved, but is also usually naughty and likes to play with her friends.  She has a dry and sarcastic sense of humour, but seems quite perceptive, correctly deducing that Haruka Takayama and Yū Sonoda 's relationship is more than just normal friendship.  She can also pick up suggestions of romantic feelings from other people.  She has great reverence for Mitsuki Sonoda and Rina Sakai , her senpai and student council leaders.  Despite how she acts, she is extremely emotional and embarrassed by this side of herself, often trying to hide it.  She was visibly upset when Mitsuka and Rina graduated.


Sakura Trick

Kotone is a fair-skinned girl with ash-blonde hair that is worn loose with bangs swept to the left side, amber-colored eyes, a well-developed body and she is the tallest girl of the cast.
She wears the standard uniform of a red tie, a plain white (collared) button-up shirt, and a blue and green plaid skirt. She is more often seen also wearing a beige sweater vest outside than the dark green suit jacket.

Kotone is a very cheerful and energetic girl who likes to have fun and enjoy her high school life at its fullest. She always has a big smile on her face and a bright, positive attitude to go with it. She likes to tease her friends, but she is also kind and caring.
Kotone is particularly close with Shizuku Minami , whom she lives with, and harbors romantic feelings towards her. In fact, the only time Kotone seems upset is when Shinobu Noda tries to force her to go back to her original home. She is usually the one who initiates the kisses and is very flirty. While entirely devoted to Shizuku, she loves to flirt with and tease other girls.


Sakura Trick

Mitsuki strongly resembles her younger sister, having a fair complexion and green eyes. Her long orange hair is worn loose with partial curled forelocks that reach her chest and spread out, choppy bangs. She wears the same flower bands as Yu. She is tall among the third-years and has a large chest. She wears a pair of glasses.
She usually can be seen wearing her school uniform.

Normally, Mitsuki is a reserved, dignified and a respected leader that everyone looks up to. However, her composure collapses whenever Haruka Takayama is near where she is shown to be easily flustered and clumsy around. She has frequent fantasies about being with Haruka, but she doesn't realize her true feelings for Haruka until late in the series. Eventually she decides to give up her feelings for Haruka after seeing how happy Yū Sonoda and Haruka are together.


Sakura Trick

Rina is a fair-skinned girl with peach-colored hair that is tied in a ponytail on the top of her head held by a red bow with bangs that mostly frames her face while they are partially spread out with a single strand left loose, amber-colored eyes and she is about the same height as Mitsuki Sonoda .
She is normally depicted in her school uniform.

As vice president, Rina is Mitsuki Sonoda 's loyal assistant and is highly respected among the members of student council, especially by Kaede Ikeno and Sumi Otokawa . She always has a smile on her face and she is well-liked because she is very kind to others.
Rina follows Mitsuki's every word; for example, when Mitsuki once mentioned she liked to eat pudding before studying, Rina also started eating pudding. This inadvertently started a pudding-eating craze among third-year students.


Sakura Trick

Shizuku is an average-sized pale-skinned girl with medium-length purple hair that is worn in pigtails where they are held by ruffled red scrunchies lined in white with square bangs hanging over her forehead while she has chin-length hair strands hanging on either side and purple eyes.
She wears the standard uniform of a red tie, a plain white (collared) button-up shirt, a blue and green plaid skirt, and black knee-socks. She often wears a beige sweater vest with her uniform rather than the jacket.

Shizuku is a very shy and bashful girl, she usually has a sour look but forces a smile whenever she is upset. She tends to avoid social interactions and has very few friends besides Kotone Noda before the series. Since meeting her new friends, she has opened up considerably, showing a more lively and active side.
Shizuku harbors romantic feelings towards Kotone who lives in her house. She is deeply insecure about their relationship which is most evident in episode 2. She vows to be with Kotone even after graduation.
Whenever she's at home, Shizuku enjoys dressing up in fancy clothes in front of the mirror.


Sakura Trick

Sumi has long dark-olive hair that has bangs swept to the left side, brown eyes and she has a fairly short-stature.

Sumi is a lively teenager whose most distinctive trait is her particular speech pattern as she often ends her sentence with "no ja" (similar to how older people in Japan talks). This is inherited from her grandfather, whom Sumi holds in high regard. However, whenever Sumi gets excited or upset she reverts back to normal speech. She seems quite fond of fake mustaches. She also likes to grope other girls' breasts.


Sakura Trick

Yuzu has a light complexion with brown eyes and short hair framing her neck, with her thick spiked bangs framing her face with a center intake. Her most noticeable features are the two ahoges that sticks out on her head, resembling the fruit of which she is named after.

Yuzu is a bit of a tomboy and has a down-to-earth, no-nonsense personality. She can be fiercely competitive and doesn't mind speaking out what's on her mind, but she's shown to be embarrassed when the romantic topic comes up and is highly oblivious when romance is around her. She has no idea Haruka Takayama and Yū Sonoda are in a relationship, nor does she realize Kaede Ikeno likes her more than a good friend; however, she is shown to slowly shed this side of herself.
She is a great street dancer and shown to be very athletic. She is also considered to be very normal among her friends.


Sakura Trick

Yū is short with an average frame. She is fair skinned, has bright green eyes and medium length strawberry blonde hair. She normally wears her hair up in partially split pigtails with white flower hair ties.
She wears the standard uniform: a white buttoned shirt with a red tie, blue and green plaid skirt, and an un-buttoned green coat. Suitable for this, she wears white knee socks and white sneakers with a red ''x'' on the sides.

Yū is a cheery girl with a happy-go-lucky, energetic and childish attitude, which quickly endears her to everyone around. Whenever she's in a foul mood, she can be difficult to communicate with, but she is overall shown to be innocent and sweet.
She often has no idea about the subject if the topic doesn't involve sports of some kind. She prefers running around outside than sitting still. Yuu has a tendency to fall asleep -namely in class or during study- whenever she gets bored. She can't remember much and struggles focusing, to the point of having to come up with some outlandish ideas to try to remember whatever she's learning. Despite this she does possess some common sense and is capable of picking up on things Haruka Takayama and Mitsuki Sonoda miss. Compared to Haruka, she is more reluctant to openly show her affection and needs convincing often, but she enjoys  all the kisses with Haruka. With the progressing of the series and their relationship developing, she started to initiate kisses more often.


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He has spiky yellow hair with a dark-colored undercut. He is usually depicted as wearing a dark-colored shirt underneath his uniform, which he has unbuttoned at the collar.

He is a honest and greedy person, not hesiating to ask Samon to use his demons for selfish schemes or taking advantage of situations he finds himself in.
Despite that, he is close friends with Shousuke Samon due to how the latter likes people who are open with their greed.


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Nebiros is a tall man with long black hair.  His most notable features are his narrow eyes and sharp teeth, as well as his lack of eyebrows.
He commonly wears a trench coat with a furred collar along with a suit underneath. Once he gets a job as a barista, he can also be commonly seen with his hair tied up and wearing a barista outfit.

In contrast to Samon, Nebiros is considered to be far nicer and hard-working. He is shown to care greatly for his for his coworkers, as well as Teshigawara (who he has taken a liking to).
He is constantly angered by Samon's antics, since he borrows demons from his army for menial tasks and messes with Nebiros constantly.


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Samon is a tall, slender man with blue hair that ends in a cowlick pointing to his right. He is always seen wearing Solomon High's uniform, which consists of a white shirt, a red tie, and dark blue pants. Aditionally, he wears a vest and fingerless gloves to protect his hands when summoning.
His most notorious physical feature are his eyes, which are colored red; and in particular his right eye, which has black sclera.

Samon claims to hate good people, as he believes them to be hypocrites that hide their greed, being that the reason why he started bullying Sakura Teshigawara. Instead, he likes "greedy people" who are honest with themselves and with their desires. Ironically, this has lead him to act kindly, as when he helped Kotori Kago deal with her mother's controlling nature, stating that Kotori had a "pure" greed (her desire to hang out with her friends) that made him like her.
He is a sadist, and loves to torment people, particularly those who are hardworking and good, like Teshigawara. It is constantly shown that when faced with a challenge, he will always try to use demons or cheap tactics to win, though they usually backfire; and when this happens, he will shamelessly beg for forgiveness. He is extremely arrogant due to his high intelligence, but because of this, he is not very popular with his peers, and has trouble socializing, though he doesn't care much about it.
Despite all of this, he usually keeps a cheerful and carefree disposition, and smiles constantly. Samon is very competitive, though his poor physique usually gets in the way of his plans. He likes cats and sweets and has a fear of insects.


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Ann is a fair-skinned girl with short black hair. She wears a red and creme-colored miko uniform to show her status as a Princess in training. She has a matching sash that was damaged during the battle with Ata, which she keeps despite an offer to replace it.
After Hachimaru transforms Ann, she becomes an adult woman whose features change to reflect her new age, becoming noticeably taller. Her hair grows to reach her lower back along with frontal strands reaching her shoulders. To honor Hachimaru, she ties her hair back into a topknot and wears his regular katana strapped to her back. Over her original uniform, she also wears a kimono jacket with a pattern of dots running down the back.

Ann full body appearance(Until chapter 42) Ann grown up in chapter 43

Ann is a soft-spoken apprentice who appears to be self-conscious and insecure over her ability to succeed. She is generally very kind, eager to help, and curious about the outside world. She dreams of being a Princess protected by a strong Samurai , but the only trait she wants from her Samurai is for him to be willing listen to her. Thanks to her daily mistakes and the resulting scoldings, Ann has developed a resilience against criticism and punishment. Despite appearing timid outwardly, Ann is incredibly brave. She has a strong instinct to defend those she cares about, often throwing herself into harm's way for their sakes without regard for the danger.


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Ata is a dark-skinned adult man with white hair and two broken horns on his head. He has one dead eye, and wears a mask that conceals his mouth and chin. His attire consists of a sleeveless purple vest resembling a haori tied together by an armor plate covering his chest, along with dark baggy pants and sandals. He also carries four average katanas on his person.

Ata is a bloodthirsty and selfish samurai who betrayed his school and his master Daruma , which according to the latter, was due to "lust for power". He seeks nothing but destruction and is focused on his mission. Ata is ruthless enough to wipe out planets without a second thought, and also extremely cunning. He is incredibly confident
in his skills, and is willing to fight anyone. Even superior numbers do not scare him, but he is smart enough to know when an enemy is stronger than him. Despite being skilled and intelligent, Ata has proven to be impatient and overconfident, traits that sometimes must be reigned in by Niri .
Despite his destructive tendencies, he does have a sense of honor. He politely greets Daruma upon reuniting, and respectfully bows and asks for forgiveness over abandoning his responsibilities. Additionally, he believes that, above all else, a samurai should be courageous and strong, and he looks down at those who do not, deeming them samurai only in appearance but not in spirit, but he can still catch when an opponent is improving. Above all, Ata's loyalty to Kala is what drives his actions. He follows whatever orders Kala gives to the point that he would slay his subordinates without hesitation. [1]


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Daruma resembles a short, stocky, anthropomorphic cat with white and orange fur, a bushy ponytail, narrow eyes, and eyebrow markings resembling hikimayu . He wears a billowing red cloak decorated to resemble a Daruma doll over simple black garb, a brown belt with a golden buckle, and sandals. It seems that he can transform into a bouncing ball, completely wrapping himself in his cloak when he does so. Daruma and his wolf Key Holder

Daruma is a very competent and smart individual. He doesn’t like to keep secrets, especially his identity, which most can't discern in his has cat form. Another burden of his cat body is that his habit dozing off randomly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. He also has a habit of hissing when he gets angry, which he considers a blow to his reputation as the Dog Samurai..
When training under Yasha, he respected her greatly but was not an ideal student. He hated long speeches, much like his current student, and often brushed his master's words off. However, many experiences gave him patience and appreciation for things that seem useless at face value.


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From the little that is seen of his body, he appears to resemble a wooden entity of sorts who has multiple branch-like objects stretching from his back and underarms. He also has his arms crossed.

He appears to be a peace-loving entity who affirms that beauty is the way of the world. In addition to his peace-loving and apparent pacifistic nature, he is also very serious.


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Furuta is balding, with dark, grey-streaked hair. He has thick eyebrows, a goatee and a large moustache. Furuta is short in stature, with a large nose and eyes.
Furuta typically wears a pale hooded jacket and dark pants. He wears a black wristband on his right wrist and a pale beaded bracelet on his left. Before Hachimaru became a samurai, Furuta wore the key to Hachimaru's chest cavity on a necklace.

Furuta is fiercely protective of his son, reacting strongly when he is in danger. Like his son, he is also somewhat cantankerous, often arguing with Hachimaru over minor issues.


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Hachimaru is an adolescent boy with messy light-brown hair and had a frail physique. He wears a pair of half-rim glasses and has a small tomoe -shaped marking on his forehead. He typically dresses in an asymmetrical beige hooded jacket with a long right sleeve and a short left sleeve, over a dark blue shirt and matching harem pants.
Initially, Hachimaru spends much of his time tethered to a life support device in his house by several large tubes and wires plugged into the back of his head, and his left arm and leg are replaced by simple, doll-like prosthetics. He often wears a VR headset which he uses to play online games. After becoming a samurai, his missing limbs are replaced with less obvious cybernetics and he dons a white belt with pouches and scabbards for his swords, bracers on his forearms and calves, and slip-on shoes.
After traveling into space with Daruma, Hachimaru switches his outfit to a black hooded jacket and matching pants. He also ties his hair back into a spiky ponytail and switches his glasses out for a pair of black goggles. While his goggles are normally positioned on the back of his head below his ponytail, during battle he wills them to the front of his face to cover his eyes.

Hachimaru full body as a Samurai. Hachimaru connected to his life device.

Hachimaru began as a rambunctious brat, constantly complaining about his life and arguing with his dad every chance he got. He also loves to play video games and is even the number one player in a popular fighting game. More than anything, Hachimaru wanted to go outside and meet new people, but his weak body prevented him from doing that. Underneath his energetic and brash exterior, he is a kind and compassionate person willing to help and defend others if they truly need it.
After becoming a samurai, he shows that he is sympathetic to those whose lives are similar to his, and will go out of his way to help them. Hachimaru is quite insecure about himself, believing himself to be a weakling even after becoming a samurai, but he masks this with a tough-guy facade. His hidden insecurity drives him to lie about his past out of fear that people will think less of him. However, he discovers his inner bravery and learns that others can accept him regardless of his past, and he finds a new reason to be brave: to protect that which is precious to him despite his weakness.
As a child, Hachimaru aspired to be a samurai as famed as Fudo Myo-o , sometimes referring to himself as The Next Shooting Star . However, his sheltered lifestyle made him unable to understand the gravity of life as a samurai. Initially, he took his training under Daruma lightly. He would become easily distracted from his master's teachings due to his dislike of long speeches. He was also very impatient and haughty, shown by his attempts to use moves above his skill level without any training and expecting to succeed on the first try. He also had trouble admitting his inexperience when he failed. Despite these traits, he still pushes forward with his training until he improves.
Hachimaru's encounter with Ata exposed him to true hardship, forcing him to openly acknowledge his weaknesses. The experience made him accept his flaws and strive to become a better samurai for the right reasons. As such, he becomes more patient, humble, and willing to listen to others. He begins enduring his master's lectures without complaint, drops his trait of interrupting others while they are speaking, and improves his social etiquette.
In battle, Hachimaru's more astute side shows. Because he is untrained, he compensates for his bad swordsmanship using his instincts as a professional gamer. He quickly studies a foe's movements and weapons to strategize, predict their attacks, and locate openings to exploit. However, he also has a one-track mind in battle, often focusing too much on the enemy in front of him and missing details in his surroundings.


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Nanashi appears androgynous with a slender frame and dishevelled, long hair - which is light in color, and wears two-game gloves. He has light, feminine eyes, and big frontal teeth. He wears a dark tunic with black patterned seams on both sleeves with three-fourth length, baggy dark pants, and striped-tongue trainers.

Nanashi is an introverted and socially challenged young man. He possesses a fear of going outside, meeting new people. He also considers himself unpopular, especially with girls. Despite these flaws, he dislikes being ignored and has a strong desire to become a Samurai. The only companions he initially listens to and trusts are the AI in his gaming gloves, dubbed Mr. Right and Miss Left respectively. Because of his lack of interaction with others, he suffers from a lack of identity, further exacerbated by his AI's constant arguments over his gender. The only time he considers himself to exist is when he is playing video games.
After meeting Hachimaru in person, Nanashi develops the courage to begin going outside and working towards his dream, eventually accomplishing the goal of becoming a Samurai. He also makes good on his promise to acknowledge Hachimaru as a friend. Out of respect for inspiring him, he dedicated himself to supporting his friend, making having Hachimaru's back his Samurai Calling .


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Nanashi is a teenage boy with messy, medium length dark hair, with a single bang that covers his forehead, and also has freckles on his face. After meeting a Samurai, he begins wearing his hair in topknot to emulate his idols. He wears a light colored shirt with the kanji for "seven" ( 七 , "seven" ? ) on the back, a dark undershirt, and matching short-legged pants. When outside, he carries a wooden training sword on his hip.

Nanashi is a kind and optimistic boy, and brave young boy. Like his sister, he has a stutter, one that is exacerbated when he is afraid. Unlike Ann, he is much more outgoing and energetic. Nanashi is fascinated with Samurai, to the point where he mimics the fashion styles of Samurai. Despite being a Nanashi, he wishes to avoid a life obscurity. Nanashi is also ambitious, stating his desire to become the galaxy's Grand Stellar Shogun. Thanks to this love of Samurai and his desire to stand out, he made it his goal to become the most powerful and famous Samurai in the galaxy with Ann serving as his Princess.
Despite his dreams, Nanashi's primary goal in life is to care for and protect his adoptive sister. Despite having little, he does all he can to look out for Ann. He will also defend her from anyone, even when he is afraid. Ann's safety is paramount to him, and anything perceived as a failure to protect her is emotionally devastating to him. He is willing to run any risk if it means being able to protect Ann or becoming better at doing so. This is evidenced by his willingness to commit seppuku to become a Samurai before receiving the training to earn the right to even make the attempt.


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Ryu is a tall, slender man with black hair and eyes. He wears a chest plate connected to a ring around his neck above a black shirt. He wears fingerless gloves, white pants, and black boots, with a sword at his hip.

Ryu is an amnesiac who does not even recall his own name. His amnesia is bad enough that he struggles to remember people he met a few hours before. However, this doesn’t seem to have affected his fighting ability, as it seems like second nature to him. He also lacks any sense of subtlety, evidenced by his failure to understand any of his partner's attempts at deception. As noted by Kotsuga, he also interprets all statements and instructions literally, a trait that proves confusing to those who don't know him and annoying those that do. He is completely incapable of understanding metaphors, and will follow any orders given to the letter, even if doing so makes no sense. The literal thought process is great enough that he will include his partner in a kill order unless specifically told to exclude him.


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Budokiba is a very attractive woman with dark-brown hair that is tied up in a bun by a gold headband with bangs hanging on the left side, dark grey eyes, thin eyebrows, a mole on the lower right side of her red lips and a curvaceous body as well as big breasts.
She wears a black and grey striped kimono with a red skirt and red sandals.

Budokiba is a very crafty woman who knows how to lure and charm men. Unlike most women in Japan who were meek and submissive, Budokiba is confident and knows how to control men, as she thinks they are below every other species. Budokiba is also willing to give advice to Fuu on how to deal with men, although it is unknown if she was taunting Fuu.


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Daigorou is an elderly man who has grey hair in the style of a ponytail tied with a white hair band. He has wrinkly skin and he wears a brown kimono.

Daigorou is a nice, caring man who loves him family a lot. He does anything to protect them.


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Denkibou is a deformed human who has gray skin. He was yellow hair, a red shirt and fanatical eyes. One of his eyes is larger than the other, and its implied he had his deformed skin due to the explosion caused by Mukuro . He is constantly slouched or crouched.

Denkibou doesn't speak much and showcases extreme aggressivity driven by his fierce hatred for Mugen, making him closer to a beast than to a human. He seems to have psychological problems as he is barely able to control his outbursts of rage and speaks outloud to try to reason with himself, to no avail. He is also cocky, as he taunted Mugen multiple times.


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Enshiro Mariya wears a blue kimono similar to Jin, and has a mostly bald with hair on the side of his head.

Enshiro Mariya was a kind man who treated everyone with respect, however he was forced to kill his star pupil under orders from the Shogunate and Kariya Kagetoki . Even though Enshiro didn't want to kill his favorite student, he was forced to for fear of being punished or hunted down by Kariya or the Shogunate.


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Fuu has brown hair that is tied in the style of a ponytail with bangs parted where a small portion hangs down to the right while there is a larger portion hanging toward the left side, brown eyes and she is shown to have color pink fingernails and toenails.
She wears a deep pink kimono with a floral pattern and she carries a kaiken (woman’s dagger) with a pink handle and sheath, and a floral pattern matching her kimono. Attached to the kaiken are three netsuke (charms) : a skull (a Christian pendant from her father), a pair of dice and a dog.

Fuu's relationship with Mugen and Jin is apparently sororal (of or like a sister) where she has a bright and trusting personality. She is highly prone to accidents, getting lost, and finding trouble, although she is quite practical. She often puts on a front of being more worldly and experienced than she actually is so as not to appear completely idiotic in front of her bodyguards.
Out of the trio, she acts like the sister to Mugen and Jin, which is shown when Mugen and Jin are willing to save her multiple times even when not obligated to. An example being when Jin found out Yukimaru was using her as bait, and when Kariya Kagetoki , Umanosuke . Toube and Denkibou were planning to take her hostage.


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Hishikawa is a pale Japanese man who resembles more of an androgynous individual with slender eyes and feminine facial features.
He wears a dark blue kimono.

Hishikawa seems to be a bit creepy, as he makes Fuu nervous. However, at the end, he realizes what he's doing is wrong (only because he was attracted to Fuu) and shows bravery by rebelling the Yakuza.


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Hotaru is a brunette that wears shiny red lipstick.
She wears a hair clip in her hair, a gray kimono with black border and some flip flops.

Hotaru is a deceiving and manipulating woman who has shown this trait with Mugen when she flirted and tricked him into coming to her house, thinking he was about to have sex, but she was trying to poison him by using poisonous lipstick.


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Ichiemon is an adult man of Japanese descent. He has short black hair which he covers with a small white pointed sunshade. He also wears circular glasses and a light blue robe over a dark blue kimono.


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Inuyama is a middle aged man with a wrinkly face and brown hair with a medium length pony tail in the back. He wears a blue kimono that reveals his chest, and he wears his sword on his left side.

Inuyama has a cool headed personality and is a very pleasant man even though he is an assassin. Inuyama has said that, "For me killing is merely just a business, it's nothing personal."
He is a wise man who often pretends to be a Samurai only by name, choosing not to show his true skill with a sword, only until facing his target. He stated to Jin that he might of been able beat him if they were in a dojo.


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Jin is a bespectacled young man with long black hair that is tied in a low loose ponytail with two strands framing his face on either side and dark-brown eyes. In the anime and manga, young girls and women find Jin attractive and handsome that Fuu also admits this in her diary in The Disorder Diaries .
His attire is a simple indigo blue hakamashita that is adorned with multiple symbols that are four squares in a diamond formation on the right pec, sleeves and back of his haori and a white keikogi and hakama. He wears a teal beaded bracelet on both his wrists, which are actually Buddhist prayer beads. His pair of glasses is purely ornamental as Mugen later found out after getting a chance to peer through them.

Unlike Fuu and Mugen , Jin is a calm and collected guy under the most dire of circumstances as he leads both Fuu and Mugen to confide in him. However, his stoic demeanor can irritate his companions since he responds to their thoughts with sighs or grunts. By his own admission, Jin has spent most of his time focusing on improving his skills and almost no time at all on cultivating friends. This lack of companionship means that he values the friendship of Fuu and Mugen as he seems genuinely saddened when the three part ways. Although the two annoy him on occasion, he is often willing to take on an extremely deadly opponent alone in order to allow them to escape.
Jin also seems annoyed by those who use their martial arts skills to oppress people, especially those who proclaim that they are doing it in service of their lord. Jin will often remark that there is no honor in serving a cruel tyrant. When Jin was 18, Enshiro Mariya (Jin's sensei) told him that he was going to change his dojo into a school for assassins. When Jin opposed the change, Kariya Kagetoki , who was pulling Enshirou's strings, ordered him to kill his star pupil and intended successor. However, Jin instead killed Enshirou and fled the dojo. Throughout the series he is hunted by his former classmates at the dojo as well as several other ronin who wish to kill him and make a name for themselves.
It should also be noted that he rarely smiles throughout the series. This could be because of the loss of his parents at an early age, the enormous amount of training and being rejected by his classmates.


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Johnny is a somewhat short to mid sized elderly man, with a somewhat rugged and wonky but friendly appearance. He has red wild poofy standing hair, his eyes are bugged out somewhat, and he has a front set of three teeth that poke out of his mouth, indicating that his teeth have fallen out due to age. His complexion is firm and healthy, in contrast. His clothes are hinted to be like those of the hunter matagi people of rural Japan, in where he wears a fur pelt sleeveless jacket kept together with a pelt obi , accompanied by a sunny yellow hanten coat and a pair of knee length dark navy shorts, while his red hair is tied back with a small sized hachimaki with the knot at the front.

Johnny is a friendly and easy going, if jovial and somewhat of a goofball of an outdoorsman, who lives life peacefully in the country. Though he can appear to be unkempt and somewhat haggard, as seen with the state of his hut filled with leftover bones of the fish he's caught and with his frazzled appearance, he is sociable and likes to make light humor in his conversations. As seen with Jin, he is also welcome to help those who get lost or are in need of help in his neck of the woods. There is speculation however, as believed if observed, a side to him he may be hiding, with his humble and bumbling nature, and thoughtful grasp in his methods.


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Izsaac is a relativey tall Dutch man who can speak Japanese, although with a noticeable foreign accent.  He has blue eyes and ginger hair tied up into a small ponytail and pale skin. He wears strange shoes that are from his homeland of Holland, while also wearing a yellow and black kimono. And when he first appeared in the Big Eater’s Contest he wore a straw hat.


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Kagemaru is a old man in his 50s to 60s who wears glasses and wears gelled up hair. He has a baseball glove, sideburns and glasses.

Kagemaru seems to be an honorable individual who likes playing by the rules. He is patient, as he wasn't angry when Fuu, Jin, and Mugen messed up or didn't understand what baseball was.


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Kariya has a traditional Chonmage hairstyle from the Edo period and a circle beard. When fighting, he wears a straw hat.

Kariya has a calm and collected demeanor that hides a cold and manipulative personality. He has gone into retirement because there wasn't a single worthy opponent for him and he does gardening in his pastime. He has a sense of honor (as we've seen when he let Seizo Kasumi say his final words to his daughter and soon after spares Kasumi's caretaker who blocked the doorway for Fuu to escape). He also gives praise when he's impressed (showcased when he complimented Mugen's style and Jin 's skills in swordsmanship as well as when the latter survived his fatal strike).
He was very analytical when fighting Jin and Mugen, understanding Mugen's unorthodox style and warning that his instinct and reflexes will limit him. He then tells Jin that the battle will be decided by a razor-thin margin. Kariya acknowledges the fact that a samurai cannot live by his sword skills alone and that the age of the samurai era is ending, displaying worldliness.
He did agree with Jin's opinion, that the Lords of their time value only themselves and not the lives of their employees. Admittedly, that while he's in fact working for the shogunate, he's far from being any man's puppet, on the contrary, he's the one who uses them.


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Koza is a tan-skinned young woman who is about Fuu 's age with shaggy, purplish-brown hair, a pink tunic and headband with the same triangle-patterned trim as Mugen and Mukuro .
She wears sandals and has bandages wrapped around her lower legs, and cloth bracers around her forearms. Her typical expression is one of detached hopelessness, seeming to never smile or laugh, even when she thinks she has succeeded in escaping the island with Shiren.

Koza is a meek yet serious girl who can't stand up for herself and she is very submissive as a result of living for so long under Mukuro 's abusive rule. However, Koza is ultimately shown to be a master manipulator, successfully fooling everyone around her and even convincing them to kill one another in a complex, multi-step plan she had concocted as a way of achieving her main goal of escaping the prison island.
After a lifetime of living there, which she describes as “hell”, she had been repeatedly abused by many different people on the island, and learned to survive not by fighting back physically, but instead manipulating people into destroying each other and themselves through careful psychological strategies aimed to benefit her.


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Matsunosuke has brown receding hair in the style of a short pony tail, with side-burns that almost reach the bottom of his ear. He has a bulgy face with butt chin and a mustache.
He wears a brown jacket with black stars inside a circle on each side. He wears a beige kimono under this jacket, and wears his sword on his left side.

Matsunosuke has shown to be a heartless, bossy and stubborn man. He is also quite cowardly when his bodyguards are dispatched by Jin he immediately starts groveling for mercy.


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Momo has a mix of grey and white fur with grey in most places. Momo has a boomerang shaped mark on his/her head and has black shiny eyes, with a big tail and small feet.


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Mugen has messy black hair and a faint beard. He sports several blue ring tattoos, two on each wrist and one just above each ankle, a sign of his status as a convict.
His clothing is anachronistic as well, reminiscent of baggy hip-hop fashions of today. His attire consists of a light grey shirt with a stitch pattern running down the middle and ending at the halfway point of the shirt. He wears this under a red short-sleeve happi with a hollow white triangle on the upper back that functions as a jacket. Additionally, he wears light blue earrings, dark gray hakama cut off at shorts-length, resembling loose-fitting Bermuda shorts and Japanese Geta (wooden sandals) on his feet. these geta are fitted with several metal strips on the soles, allowing him to use his sandals as blocking devices.  Lastly, he carries his sword on his back with a sash that goes from his left shoulder to his right hip, favoring his right hand. It has a zig-zag pattern of green and yellowish-brown.

Rude, lewd, vulgar, conceited, temperamental, and unhinged - Mugen is something of an antihero . He is fond of fighting and has a tendency to pick fights for petty reasons. In several episodes it is made clear that Mugen is a womanizer, and his libido often gets the better of him. Character designer Kazuto Nakazawa stated in an interview: " When I was doing character design, the most difficult one was Mugen, as I expected. I'm pretty sure that as far as the director's image went, he probably was thinking of someone like a 'rapper who acts like a bad guy.' But the way Mugen acts is relatively based on his core conviction. "
Mugen is extremely competitive, and will take on any and all challengers. On top of his consistent rivalry with Jin, he is prone to gambling and taking on fights with anyone else he deems strong enough. He is also a sore loser and will go to great lengths to redeem himself from a defeat.
Mugen absolutely despises authority of any kind. His anarchic behavior stems from his childhood growing up in the lawless and often violent Ryukyu Islands. Mugen states he would rather die fighting than be on his knees pleading for mercy. His disdain for authority is so great, it even led him to attempt suicide by jumping off a cliff and into the ocean as opposed to being apprehended.
In spite of his faults, Mugen is capable of accepting people as comrades, if begrudgingly. If Mugen sees a skilled opponent, he will hold a high degree of respect to them (like Shoryu , Ishimatsu , Sara , Okuru , Kariya Kagetoki , and most importantly Jin ). Originally Jin and Mugen did not get along well, but over time Mugen grew to respect Jin and even consider him as a friend. Jin killed Mukuro because he thought Mukuro stole his kill, and Mugen tried killing Sara because the only person Mugen considers worthy to kill Jin is himself. At the end, Mugen admits he doesn't want to kill Jin. Mugen also respects Fuu more than Koza (even though Koza likes him) because Fuu is more independent.


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Oniwakamaru is a bald, fat, tall, muscular man. He has a somewhat wrinkly face with a swollen right eye that appears closed and two scratch marks on the left side of his face. He wears a brown cloak that has a hood with a darker brown short-sleeve shirt underneath it. He also wears wraps around his wrist and ankles.

Oniwakamaru is a very nice person but from being tortured and being called names through his life time he can also get out of control when people talk about him or even see his face.
He has showed compassion towards Fuu when Sasaki tried to kill her.


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The Oppressed Citizen has messy hair that is tied up on top of his head, thick bushy eyebrows, and a beard.


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Osuzu is a beautiful young woman with brown hair that is tied up in the back by four hair sticks with two hair strands that hangs on both sides in the front of her face and brown eyes.
She is seen wearing many different colored kimonos in the show.

Osuzu is a nice and thoughtful young woman who does what it takes to keep her father safe.


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The Pervy Guard has black hair that tied up on the top of his head, with long side-burns that almost reach his chin. On his face he has short eyebrows that get thinner in the outer parts. He has big, poked-out lips that has a mustache over it.

The Pervy Guard is a pervert as stated in his name. He is desperate and gets mad easily.


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Rikiei has light brown receding hair that sticks out on the side. He wears shades with gold frame with a beard that connects with his mustache and hangs from his chin.
He wears a blue and black kimono.

Rikiei primarily thinks about business. He does not trust anyone or anything besides money and power, and betrays people whenever he needs it.


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He is an old man (at least 50 years of age) with gray hair and a mustache and goatee. Roukishi has gold teeth, implying that he is a rich man due to the money he makes selling women.


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Sasaki has brown hair tied back in a pony tail that goes down to the bottom of his neck. He has a goatee that is about the same width as his mouth and rises in the middle. He wears a dark blue kimono.
He started wearing some bandages on his right arm stump after Mugen cut his arm off.

Ryujiro is a cold man who has a ruthless sadism that predates the loss of his arm, however after losing it he seems even more cruel and unstable, claiming to Fuu that he lost his humanity a long time ago and has no problem with killing and torturing his opponents. He is vengeful and manipulative, using Oniwakamaru's huge size and appearance against innocents, tailing Mugen, Fuu and Jin to make Mugen pay for what he did to his arm, and he has no qualms with taking Fuu hostage as leverage.


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Sara has brownish hair that is stylized in a topknot with bangs that frame her face, and is well-endowed.
She wears a traditional Japanese kimono; due to her blindness and martial arts discipline, she walks barefoot. She carries a Shamisen with a Kishibojin Buddhist deity charm, as well as a walking staff that is actully a Yari.

Sara is seen as arrogant and uptight but then soon relaxes once Mugen saves her from two men,
On first glance, it seems that Sara is a nice, sweet individual who is innocent. But in reality, Sara is a tortured individual who would do anything to see her son again. This shows when she is willing to kill Jin and Mugen without a second thought.
However, Sara has been shown to respect her opponents she deems worthy, as shown when she compliments Jin's swordsmanship skill, and praises Mugen's raw talent and unpredictability during their fights. Sara also spares Mugen out of respect for Fuu who showed her kindness and respect.


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Sawa is a middle-aged woman who uses a golden comb to hold together a hair bun on her brown hair.
She adorns her hands with jewelry and rings, and wears a light-purple kimono and a blue dress.


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Seizo is a Japanese man with a ponytail and a purple-black kimono.

Seizo Kasumi seems to be an honorable man who cares for his family. He couldn't stand and watch as peasants starve and get mistreated. Even though he left his family to protect them, he understands Fuu's anger and asks for her forgiveness. He is also willing to accept his death at the hands of Kariya Kagetoki .


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Shino is a beautiful Japanese woman who has average height and frame with a curvaceous form.
She wears a pink kimono and her brown hair is tied up.

Shino is a very kind and sweet woman. She seems is usually cheerful, even though she is suicidal and depressed because of her husband's debts. However, during a pivotal moment, she musters the courage to get away from him, showing that she is strong woman.


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Sousuke has brown hair that is tied up in the back of his head with a strand of hair hanging on the left side of his face. His eyes are the exact same color as his hair and he wears a light blue kimono.

Sousuke is hasty and impetuous, which is not a surprise for his age and the shame his father has to endure. He has strong feelings for Osuzu that he shows this when he intervenes with Ishimatsu when he comes to collect her father's business deed.


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Tomonoshin has distinct blond hair with a topknot on top of his head. His side-burns and his beard are brown. His thick eyebrows are a light blond and he has long earrings on each ear. He also has a piercing under his left eyebrow. He has three silver rings on his left pointer, middle, and index finger. He wears a blue kimono with thin black stripes and a black sweatband on his left wrist.

Tomonoshin acts like a tough guy, but Mugen revealed he is a whiny, scared and spoiled-rotten brat.


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Toube appears to be middle-aged and has his black hair tied in a ponytail. He wears a tan-grey kimono and black pants with a greenish vest around his shoulders. Due to an explosion on a government ship, he became paralyzed from the incident and sits in a wheelchair. While he has two swords, he cannot use them due to his physical disability. Most of the time he is silent, only moving his hands to trigger the gun inside the wheelchair's armrest.


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Umanosuke is a tall man who keeps his black hair tied up in a ponytail and has an eyepatch over his injured eye. When his eye patch is removed, his eye is revealed to be enlarged and red, as it is lidless. He wears a light green kimono and a dark sleeveless haori.

Out of all the brothers, Umanosuke is shown to be the most bloodthirsty of them all. While Denkibou is violent due to his animalistic behavior, Umanosuke uses logic to fully hate Mugen. He was willing to kill a traveler for simply being nosey, and let Denkibou kill a restaurant owner. Umanosuke was also enraged when Mugen taunted him, and in the end his overconfidence was his downfall as he underestimated Mugen's clever strategy.


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Xavier III is an ugly man with crooked teeth, a goatee, and his crown is shaved in the fashion of a Western monk, and he is highly amblyopic (his eyes don't really work). When his beard and nose come loose, he looks like a normal Japanese man.

Xavier III is a cruel and selfish man who only cares about fame and fortune. He is ready to use all means necessary, as far as deceiving an entire community of Christian or ordering an innocent family's demise for his own interests.


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Yatsuha is an attractive young woman with neck-length black hair that she ties up in a ponytail with bangs hanging over her forehead and brown eyes.
She wears a kunoichi outfit; a white cheongsam with purple belt and some stockings and she is always barefoot (although she has some type of sock-like covering on her feet that exposes the heel and toe areas).


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Yuri is a slender female with short hair and wears a yellow-white kimono.

Yuri was originally a scared woman who didn't want to marry Xavier III (a fanatic individual), however thanks to Fuu , she gained confidence in order to defend herself.


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Tajima wears a light brown kimono with a dark obi belt and casually holds a samurai toothpick. He has a receding hairstyle with sideburns that curl upwards. He has a noticeably large papule on the left side of his nose and pronounced wrinkles due to his older age. He is also portrayed with dark lines under his eyes and has thick eyebrows.

Tajima is portrayed as a jovial and friendly man who is passionate about his craft. He is eager to help anyone who needs his services, regardless of their background. He takes great pride in creating swords that are both beautiful and functional. Tajima is also very knowledgeable about the history and techniques of sword making, and is always happy to share his expertise with others. He is shown as a strong, confident leader who is willing to take charge and make tough decisions. He is unafraid to confront others and assert his authority, often using intimidation tactics to get what he wants. Tajima also has a deep sense of loyalty, particularly to his family, and will go to great lengths to protect them. However, Tajima's need for control and power can sometimes lead to arrogance and a disregard for others' feelings and needs. He is quick to anger when he feels threatened or challenged, and is not afraid to use violence to get his way.


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He has white hair (inherited from his father, Julian ). He wears a black sleeveless suit, black pants and is shoeless. He equips needles

He is very attached to his family and wants to protect her. He consider Hotaru a family member (infact he didn't want to fight against him neighter Hotaru fought against Yuan ).


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Black Scorpion is a tall dark skinned man. He is bald and his eyes don't have pupils. He wears big ring earrings and short cape with no shirt under it.

Black Scorpion is a cruel man, who finds the weaker than him to be useless and not worth living, even if they are his own men. He takes joy in seeing his victims die in agony from his poisons. He is egoistic and loves to prove that he is stronger than someone. He doesn't like being called or taken for a fool and is easy to anger.


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Julian has long untidy white hair and a obscenely badass attire. He always brings with him a banjo and a katana (utilized by Yuan in the fight against Fubuki and Hishigi )

As Yuan described him, Julian is a troublemaker and a sly fox. Furthermore, he has an easygoing and laid-back demeanor .

He often carries a guitar and sings

He often carries a guitar and sings in a somewhat comical manner.

Julian and Ian

Like his son, Yuan, he seeks to avenge his wife , Ian .


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He has white spiky hair (inherited by his father) and wears a yellow sleeveless suit. He has no eyebrows.


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He wears a red bandana and a sleeveless suit with green pants. He has red hair. He often has his eyes almost closed

He falls in love with Yuya the first time he meets her and tends to be over-protective of her. In order to hide his true identity as heir to the Shogunate from her, he speaks with a noticeable Kansai accent (or in the English dub of the anime, a southern accent) when near her. He may act foolish but is serious (when he wants to be). Same for when he's fighting, he's serious and he's incredibly deadly.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

In his true body, Kyo's most distinct and noticeable trait are his crimson eyes , for which earned him his nickname, " Demon Eyes Kyo ". He also has wild, unruly black hair that is at least waist length.
During the battle of Sekigahara he wore a red battle armor. After the fight against Kyoshiro , he wears a blue kimono. He has long nails.

Kyo in Kyoshiro body
In Kyoshiro body, he has blue hair and wears a white kimono in the beginning and later violet

In the beginning of the manga, Kyo is depicted as a sadistic character who loves to kill his enemies, delighting in their deaths . He also has a tendency to ridicule and crack insulting comments toward enemies and allies alike. Over time, his blood-lust slowly decreases, though he still kills without mercy. However, as the series progressed, Kyo's more negative seemed to disappear with him becoming more quiet and calm, albeit still arrogant and wisecracking.
Kyo after the training with Muramasa
It continues to peak at times, though training with Muramasa helps fully calm him (he saw a father figure in Muramasa and was saddened by his death) . Despite being cold, ruthless and borderline, Kyo is not evil. During this time period when he first meets Yuya , he finds himself very protective over her, though handling it in a very childish manner. Such as calling her "Dog face" and "Ugly". Kyo also held a father figure in Muramasa, and was saddened by his death, even though he did not allow himself to show it. Kyo is also quite perverted, groping women whenever he has the chance (Yuya seems to be his favorite target, and frequently molests her when she is not paying him attention). Despite not showing much outward care for anyone, Kyo became enraged when his friends are in danger or are wounded by an enemy.
The first encounter between Kyo and Akira
Demon Eyes Kyo and Akira

Akira is his beloved pupil: Akira was a peasant boy whom Kyo found in a village that he'd completely destroyed. Though Akira was very young and the only survivor, he refused to cry and instead faced Kyo with the intention of fighting him. Kyo was impressed with Akira's fighting spirit and adopted him, promising to make him the strongest man in the world, after Kyo himself, of course. He took care of him from his childhood and he'll entrust him in protection of his back.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has very tall. He has enormous black spines protruding from his back. He has crimson hairs and the True Red Eyes are always activated. He wears a kimono of two colors (red and black) and engraved with symbols. He is surrounded by true Mibu children (they have the true red eyes always activated too).

He is a kind and benevolent king. He loves children and Mibu Clan (he wants to save it from extinction).


Samurai Deeper Kyo

With her beauty and voluptuous body, Okuni is a femme fatale. Her outfit consisted of an off-shoulder white and violet Kimono, revealing her bare shoulders, neck and upper chest.
She has an ahoge and long flowing blue hair (before Akira cut it). Underneath her left eye, she has a tear mole.
She is very buxom and wears red lipstick.

She adores Demon Eyes Kyo obsessively , to the point that to be hated by him would make her happy. That said, she joined the Junishinsho as Indara II , but she does not hesitate to sacrifice herself for Kyo.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blue hair and eyes.
He wears a white kimono in the beginning and later violet
He is portrayed as one of the heirs to the former Crimson King of Mibu, Kyoichiro Mibu.

In the beginning of the manga and the anime he is a caring fun-loving young man who wants to help people and continue that way trought the whole story, but if it will be neccessary he is ready to use his sword for protection.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

She has long wavy black hair and brown eyes. She wears a black ninja suit  and a red roll-on. She is very buxom. She equips a knife and shuriken

He loved her sister and is very loyal to Ieyasu . She is not evil. Before his sister death (four years before), she was a kind and smiling girl and fell in love with Kyo , when he came to Muramasa ' s house to obtain Tenro . As a fierce kunoichi, she is usually seen with a stoic expression. However, in reality, she is a gentle and kind young woman who is somewhat shy in revealing her softer feminine side (evident when she presented herself to Benitora wearing a kimono). It is strongly hinted that she loves her master, Hidetada Tokugawa (Benitora).


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Mika is a young girl with a short black hair. She wears a kimono and has two small ribbons on each side of her head.

She is very attached to his village, especially to his father (his mother is dead) and is a kind person. She want only to live in peace, without continually escape.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Sakuya is a pale-skinned woung woman long, black hair with square bangs that covers both her eyes for the majority of the series, which they are eventually revealed and a buxom figure. She is usually seen in a shaman robe.
It has been debated on whether Sakuya is a "Mary Sue" or not, considering her great physical beauty, strength and admiration received from many characters in the series.

Sakuya is a kind and sweet person who is also gentle, caring and friendly towards people. She puts a great amount of trust in her friends and allies, and puts them ahead of herself. She is extremely clumsy though, much to the amusement of characters that are unfamiliar with her already ( Yuya Shiina ) and often trips over things.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has gray hair and amber eyes. He wears a white jacket and short aqua green pants. He always brings a kind of toy with him which can serve as a weapon. In the beginning he equips a Muramasa sword, similar to Kyo 's Tenrou and later the Shibien .


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Shihoudou has short blue (sometimes black) hair and brown eyes. She wears an oversized wicker hat, a blue-and-white striped cloak, mini shorts, and white bandages around her chest resembling a bandeau top. Most of her midriff is bared by her outfit, showing a flower tattoo on her left hip. She wields the Kusanagi no Tsurugi .

She appears to be a ditzy, vulgar, nonsensical person at first glance, but she is also surprisingly passionate and emotional. Evidence of her softer side appears in flashbacks; for instance, she allowed Muramasa to flee the Mibu with the demon child Kyo , knowing what would happen when the King found out (the resulting punishment injured her so severely that she was unable to move for three months). Shihoudou also remembers all of the failed experiments and shamans that have died for the Mibu Reconstruction Project and has created a graveyard for them in the labyrinth under Onmyoden . She made grave markers for them, buried the ones who still had bodies, and covered the area with mushroom-like cloud "flowers". She respects and secretly loves Sendai Aka no Ou . Because of her feelings for the king, she was unable to kill him when he started to walk an evil path. She has been hiding in the labyrinth ever since out of guilt and heartbreak.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Shinrei has white hair tied into a ponytail, and amber eyes. In times of great stress during battles, his left eye will turn red.
He wears a blue sleeveless shirt and long white pants. He also has blue gloves and wraps his calfs with bandages. Shinrei wields two pronged blades which remotely resemble water with it's curves.
Shinrei controls the element of water, and wears blue to emphasize it, much like how Hotaru wears red to emphasize fire.

He hates Demon Eyes Kyo for abandoning the Mibu and ruining their plan for domination. He dislikes Hotaru (Keikoku), as the latter always provokes him and has no loyalty to the Mibu.
He has a cold and serious personality; though sometimes he loses his cool easily, especially if he is provoked by Hotaru (Keikoku), his rival and half-brother.
Shinrei was told about his relation to Hotaru in his youth. After learning that fact, he has kept his eyes on his little brother from the shadows. It was Shinrei who stopped his father from sending assassins to kill Hotaru and who secretly helped Hotaru participate in the competition for a position in the Goyōsei (which is only open to competitors from noble families of the Mibu). However, he never showed himself as Hotaru's brother until his last fight with Hotaru and Kyo.
Despite their contradiction and contrast , Shinrei and Hotaru hold a strong bond between them, but they consider each other as siblings and rivals. After their final bout, their bond becomes stronger and the two even start to fight together.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Tokito is a girl who grew-up as a boy. She has green hair. She dresses a blu and white Kimono. She wears a yellow roll-in. She equips Hokuto Shichisei and cards
Her facial features resembled her uncle's, or more specifically (as Shihoudo commented) her late mother's.
In her true form, she turns into a young woman. Her short hair becomes long and scattered in a fashion similar to Fubuki's.

Immature and cruel , Tokito enjoys the misfortune of others .

Tokito personality (2)
She is bitter towards her supposed father after he betrays the clan and flees. This hatred drives her actions for years and she refuses to accept her womanhood-also due to Fubuki ' s tampering with her memory. However, she is shown to have been treated illy as a child due to her father's betrayal. This bitter treatment helped form her into the angry, immature character she is.

Tokito personality (3)
She is very hostile and enjoys toying with others . After learning her true parentage she is devastated, but through Akira ' s words she begins to turn into a better person.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blu hair and amber eyes. He wears a red and white suit, in the beginning. Later he wears a violet suit and equips the last Muramasa sword, Tengoku

Yukimura is renowned for his casual, cheerful demeanour; he is almost always seen with a smile and often seems very preoccupied with seducing beautiful women and drinking sake.
He can be terryfing when he enraged
He is thirty-seven years old, and attributes his youthful appearance to good skin care. Despite this, he can be terrifying when he is enraged . He is also notable for his treatment of his ninja followers, whom he cares about and respects deeply as members of his family. As a result, the Jūyūshi are not only loyal to him, but care about him personally


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Yuya is a buxom woman. She has brown hair (blond hair in the manga) which she ties her hair back with a white ribbon and green eyes. She usually wears a kimono with sandels.

Despite being very temperamental and even violent if irritated, Yuya has a gentle and kind personality. Besides Kyo, Benitora (Red Tiger) and Akira have a crush on her.
Many other characters come to enjoy her company and regard her as an important friend whom they will protect.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears black kimono and a green foulard.

Jimon is a sadist and cruel man, who loves to kill. As he felt humiliated, that became his drive to keep on killing so become strong and get revenge.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

White Crow is a young man with a white spiky hair. He wears a black kimono.

He is very loyal to Genma Kido , because Genma in the past saved him the life.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

His appearance is notable because he dresses like a hippie. He has red hair. He wears sunglasses and often smoking a pipe

Chinmei is phsychotic due to the fact he has lived for an eternity . Chinmei is extremely bored because he has forgotten his humanity and human emotions. He is sadistic and kills for fun.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has Red Eyes and hair . He dress a white kimono. He wears a white hat and a red roll-onThe Former Crimson King's appearance changes from time to time. His appearance can changes from a happy-go-lucky bookworm to that of a vicious cold hearted killer .

Former Crimson King Appearance
This is reflected in his facial expressions (he is drawn without a nose when happy) and glasses (when his glasses are on one can not see his Red Eyes ).

Of the Sendai Aka no Ou, he was portrayed as a great, mysterious, and benevolent King who doted on children and Kyo and even the defects that the Mibu Clan created. He was shown to be very affable with children, even playing with them, similar to First Crimson King .

...and with Kyo

Former Crimson King made a pact with Shihoudou....
It is not clear when the changein Sendai Aka No Ou truly began, but he reveals that it started because he gradually grew disgusted with the inherent flaws in human nature, especially the human love of violence. He had already foreseen himself becoming evil; therefore, he made a pact with Shihoudou and Demon Eyes Kyo to
Taishiro,including Muramasa, begging Aka No Ou to save them from the death disease
kill him . He also cried blood, much like Chinmei , an allusion to the idea that both men had lost so much  (literally and emotionally) that there was nothing left inside spiritually. A scene around the same time when Kyo was young also showed the Taishirou , including Muramasa , begging the Sendai Aka no Ou to save the race from the terminal disease which would eventually exterminate all of them. His smile was warm, but his voice was cold as he patted Muramusa on the head saying:" Do not worry. When you all die, I will create a new race more perfect and stronger than this one. So, go die peacefully... ". It could be inferred that at this point evil had risen from the kindness in his heart.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

In order to extend his life after contracting the Death disease , he implanted many Medusa Eyes in the left side of his body.

Hishigi before contracting the Death Disease (without Mask)

Hishigi wears a mask covering the left side of his face to hide the Medusa Eyes and conserve their power that keeps him alive.

He has black hair (though it sometimes appears dark blue) with a white streak on the left side. He wears a black leather longcoat with no sleeves, a black shirt, and black pants that cut off just below the knee. His left arm and leg are entirely bandaged to cover the Medusa Eyes. His weapons are a massive sword, Hakuya , and an unnamed dagger.

Hishigi is stoic and rarely shows emotion during his appearances in the story. He demonstrates unfaltering loyalty to his friend Fubuki , but expresses that he has grown tired of fighting for the flawed and arrogant Mibu Clan as a whole. He is intensely bitter and resentful toward the True Mibu for creating flawed Battle Dolls such as himsel, and hates them for leaving the genetic flaw that resulted in the Death Disease . His primary motivation is protecting Fubuki .


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He is a very tall and muscular man. He has grey hair. He wears a black cloack. He has a black bandage on right eye (he has lost an eye due to smallpox)

As he was first introduced, Bontenmaru was depicted as somewhat of a pervert, just as Kyo is. He is also very humorous, and enjoys teasing Kyo, whom he has something of a friendly rivalry with. In battle, Bontenmaru usually waits for his opponent to attack first, analyzing their style and countering with effective techniques.

He is very devoted to his promises

Bontenmaru is also very devoted to his promises . When he was forced to kill his father, and later his brother, he resolved to become shogun, using their sacrifices as motivation to further push him not to give up.

Beast Mode Bontenmaru (1)

Beast Mode Bontenmaru (2)
However, all this changes when he enters his Beast Mode. In this form, Bontenmaru's body, and even mind are more akin to an animal's rather than a a human, and he fights on bare instinct, disregarding all forms of strategy.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He is blind and has orange- blond hair. He dresses a white and blue Kimono. He wears a roll-on with yellow and white lines. He equips a pair of chisakatana.

In the beginning of the series when he was introduced, Akira was depicted as a slightly clumsy, but well mannered and kind young man. However, he is able to switch from this persona in an instant, becoming a cold blooded killer , akin to Kyo himself (for this reason he is called " the Double Headed Dragon "). According to Kyo, in battle, Akira always wants a complete victory. Akira is something of a schemer, joining the Junishinsho , allying himself with Oda Nobunaga , all for the purpose of obtaining Kyo's real body. He was able to effectively manipulate the Jyunishinsho, as well as Kyo and his group well enough to that he could force Kyo to tell him why he left the Shiseiten.

He has a close relationship with Kyo (1)
He has a close relationship with Kyo (2)
He also seems to have a close relationsip with Kyo, having been extremely upset, to the point of feeling betrayed when Kyo broke off from the Shishiten.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has yellow hair and black bandages that serve to hide the physical decay (he is a Mibu Clan failure experiment)

Before being Makora of Junishinsho , he was similar to Sasuke (infact they was best friends). Now is a lonely ninja and he is very angry with Sasuke (he think he have been betrayed by him) but he is not evil


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has black hair and wears a long black cloack and pants. He has a scar and the word "God" on the left cheek

Being one of Jyuuyushi , he is very devoted to Yukimura Sanada . He is very loyal and wants to protect him, to the point that he joined the Mibu Clan to save his life similar to Yukimura's brother (that joined the Tokugawa to protect Yukimura family after the battle of Sekigahara).


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Fubuki is a tall and lean man with long white hair. He has a Tilaka simbol on his forehead. As a senior member in Mibu Clan, his age is possibly hundreds of years old, although his appearance still looks handsome. He has a cat on his shoulder which he resurrects with Necromancy .

Normally, he wears a violet kimono and a yellow foulard. When he fights, he wears a violet kimono with a white cloack and an armor on his shoulder. He equips two swords

Fubuki is a cold and pragmatic person, in contrast with the more humanitarian Muramasa who was once his friend. He was a kinder man before Muramasa left the Mibu Clan . As the leader of Taishiro, Fubuki can act ruthlessly, despite his calm exterior. He is always ready to sacrifice people around him for the sake of Mibu Clan. However, he has a warm side toward his fellow Taishiro, Hishigi.

The relations between Fubuki and humans
Fubuki is not interested in maintaining the mutual relationship between the Mibu and the humans. He does not  care about the many lives that will be lost once he starts a war between the two forces.

Fubuki is Shinrei's teacher in Mumyo Saikyou Ryuu
Fubuki and Shinrei
Fubuki is also the teacher of Shinrei . Shinrei was his beloved pupil. He wielded the powers of water and wood. He is a master of Mumyou Saikyou Ryuu , just like his student Shinrei.

Fubuki, Hitoki and Tokito
Fubuki is also Muramasa's brother-in-law from his marriage to Hitoki, Muramasa's sister. Despite her ill health, Hitoki bore Fubuki a daughter, Tokito , though Tokito plays off as Muramasa's son.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blond hair, blue eyes e wears a blue and white kimono. He equips two swords (in the past). After using sei , he has long blond hair

He has a kind and gentle personality, that allows him to make friends with people and animals

Satori allows Muramasa to befriend animals (2)
This thanks also to Satori . In fact, when it appears in the manga there are birds on his shoulder (but one of them remains afterwards during the story. His name is Ruri. See profile's colour image)

Muramasa and Kyo
He take care on Kyo, that he loves as a son (Kyo himself saw in Muramasa a father figure and was upset by his death)


Samurai Deeper Kyo

She has black hair. In the beginning and dress like a nurse.

Tomoe emblem
In her true form, she wore a revealing battle armor and wields the Tomoe emblem and a Naginata. Her hair also grew significantly longer.

She was introduced being loyal and submissive to Saishi, however, Saisei
Saisei personality
fights to feel alive and for the man she loves, Shinrei .
She secretly fell in love with Shinrei when the latter spoke to her tenderly (something she didn't expect as the others treated her like an object). Since then, Saisei dedicated her life in protecting him.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He wears a long white dress with engraved the symbol of Spade (the reason of his name)
He also wears white gloves, glasses and brings with him a hat that is uses to perform the magic tricks. He has long hair linked on a side

He seems very devoted to Tokito, which performs all orders


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blond hair and tan skin. He is a very tall and muscular man. He wears a black dress and yellow foulard.

He is a very kind person who saves and secretly raises many of the Mibu "rejects".


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blond hair and wears a red and white Kimono to emphasize his Fire Style . Hotaru's height is shorter among his peers, but he seems taller due to his geta . He uses a double-sided sword : one side shaped like a katana, the other shaped similar to a long dagger

Hotaru is the main comic relief of the group . He acts rather stupid and dense and has a habit of stating the obvious. Some examples of this are during Hotaru's fight with Kyo (he makes a long speech, then forgets what it was supposed to be about), when he leads Kyo's group through the Mibu palace (When asked directions, he says they should go straight when the path ahead of them is a straight one), his battle with Yuan (When Yuan said he can beat Hotaru with only his foot, Hotaru said he will beat Yuan with only his finger), and various others.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has a warm look and personality unlike the former Aka No Ou.  He has crimson hair (like FCK) and his eyes are also crimson red, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Demon Eyes Kyo .

He was kind and gentle. He loved children