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Touhou 11 Subterranean Animism Kisume is a tsurube otoshi which is a type
of youkai. Kisume has the ability to produce will o wisps and is seen in the underground.
She is sometimes called bucket loli for some very obvious reasons.
Kurodani Yamame is a tsuchigumo witch is a spider like youkai. She has the ability to
control or spread diseases so most people try to stay away from of her. She doesn't
just give people diseases for no reason so this and her bright personality make Yamame
more popular with the youkai underground. Mizuhashi Parsee is a hashihime which can
be described as being a youkai. She has the ability to control jealousy. She guards a
bridge in the underground and is always jealous. In the fandom her name can be used to imply
jealousy or envy. By the way here is parsee's portrait in touhou 13.5.
Hoshigami Yuugi is an oni. As an oni she loves sake and loves a good fight. She carries a
dish that has the ability to improve the quality of any sake poured into it. Yuugi's ability
allows her to manifest unexplainable phenomenon. In the fandom the phrase NOT EVEN A DROP is
popular because she didn't spill any sake during her fight.
Komeiji Satori is a satori which is a type of youkai that can read minds. She is Koishi's
older sister and runs the palace of the earth spirits in old hell. She keeps a lot of pets
presumably because most people don't like her ability to read their minds. In the fandom
she is called a fifth grade loli because she wore an elementary student's backpack in a
popular fan video. Komeiji Koishi is also a satori and is Satori's
little sister but she has closed her third eye and can no longer read minds. Because
of this she has effectively lost her consciousness and essentially lives like a somnambulist.
She is an apprentice priest at the Myouren temple. It is believed that she has the ability
to read and manipulate the subconscious mind of others. In the fandom she is often considered
to be strange and creepy. Kaenbyou rin is a kasha. This is a type of
catlike youkai that steals the corpses of the dead. She is utsuho's friend and she can
control or communicate with spirits. She often shifts between her catlike and humanoid form.
She is friends with Utsuho and was responsible for the drawing in the heroines that stopped
Utsuho's plan. In touhou 11 the player will encounter her four times so some fans find
her annoying or persistent. Reiuji Utsuho is a hell raven that gained
the ability to control nuclear fusion from Kanako by eating the corpse of a Yatagarsu.
She then decided to try to take over gensokyo which failed. Luckily, she is not very smart.
Utsuho is responsible for maintaining the hell of blazing fires. She is also responsible
for maintain a nuclear facility that is jointly run by moriya shrine and the Kappa. In the
fandom because she is an idiot and has powers that are the opposite of Cirno's she is symbolized
by the sixball. Touhou 12 Unidentified Fantastic Object
Tatara Kogasa is a tsukumogami of an umbrella (karakaasa obake). She likes to surprise people
but she is not very good at it. Kogasa likes to do this near the Human Village or in the
cemetery of the Myouren Temple. In the fandom fans consider her umbrella to be her real
body but this has not been proven to be canon. Kasodani Kyouko is introduced in touhou 13
but I will mention her now. She is a youkai with the ability to reflect sound. She is
an apprentice priest at the Myouren temple. She is part of a punk rock band along with
mystia. She can often be seen chanting the Hannya Shingyou. In the fandom she will often
echo anything you say to her. Nazrin is a mouse youkai. She has the ability
to locate lost objects with her dowsing rods and can control some mice. She serves Toramaru
shou and lives with her at the Myouren temple. Toramaru Shou is an avatar of bishamonten
and is also a youkai based on the stories of tigers. She has the ability to gather valuable
treasures. Much of her power comes from the Jeweled pagoda. Shou resides at the Myouren
temple as is something of a dignified mascot there.
Murasa Minamitsu is a funa yuurei. This is a type of ghost or youkai depending on who
you ask that sinks ships. Normally a funa yuurei will ride a ship and ask a member of
the crew for a ladle. If they give her one she will use it to flood the ship. If they
don't she will destroy the ship out of anger. Though recently Murasa has started bringing
her own ladle. She was made the captain of the palanquin ship by Byakuren.
Kumoi Ichirin used to be a human but she became a youkai. As a human she was able to prevent
Unzan from killing her and as a result Unzan pledged his allegiance to her. Over time this
alienated her from regular humans and she became a youkai. Unzan is a nyuudou that obeys
Ichinrin. He appears as a pink cloud with a humanoid face and hands. In the fandom Ichirin
is often called Unzan's hitbox because in the shooting games you shoot at her while
unzan attacks you. Unzan's fists are sometimes called brofists.
Hijiri Byakuren is the owner of the Myouren temple. She is a youkai magician but she used
to be a human. She was sealed in Makai but has been released by her followers during
the events of touhou 12. Byakuren wants humans and youkai to coexist peacefully. This has
led many fans to begin referring to her as youkai jesus.
Houjuu Nue is a nue which is a type of youkai. She has the ability to render objects unidentifiable.
She attempts to hide her true form. She was responsible for the dispersing and camouflaging
the pieces of the tobikura during touhou 12 which was ultimately the cause of the incident.
Nue doesn't often interact with the Youkai at Myouren Temple she probably feels guilty
for what she did. Touhou 12.3 Hisoutensoku The following characters
are relatatively minor but I thought I should mention them.
The giant catfish is a giant catfish with the ability to cause earthquakes. It is the
servant of the evil god Taisui Xingjun. However the catfish was only part of Meilings dream
so it doesn't actually exist. The goliath doll was a giant doll that Alice
made. It collapsed and was destroyed when it was fighting cirno.
Hisoutensoku is a giant pneumatically powered ballon with the appearance of a giant robot.
It was created by the Kappa, suwako and kanako to advertise an upcoming event. Fans often
treat it as if it were a real functional robot. Touhou 12.5 Double Spoiler
Himekaido Hatate is a crow tengu. She writes a newspaper called the kakashi spirit news
that has a reputation for being dry and factual but it is not as fast as most of the other
newspapers. Her ability spirit photography allows her to access photos taken by others.
Fans occasionally depict her as an obsessive, emo, stalker.
Touhou 12.8 Great fairy wars Though they were technically introduced in
a manga I will discuss the three fairies now. Sunny milk is a fairy with the ability to
manipulate light waves. Luna child is a fairy with the ability to manipulate sound waves.
Star Sapphire is a fairy with what amounts to radar. She can detect moving objects. These
three fairies live together. They are able to use their abilities to render themselves
undetectable and will often do this. Sunny is the leader of the group. Although because
they are fairies they often make mistakes. When this happens star will often use the
others as decoys in order to escape. The basis of Touhou 12.8 was Cirno seeking revenge against
the three fairies for destroying her home. The three fairies now live in a tree behind
the Hakurei shrine. Touhou 13 Ten desires Many of the characters
in this game are based on characters from Japanese myths or stories so please check
the touhouwiki for more information on that. Miyako Yoshika is a jiangshi which is basically
a Chinese style of zombie that will follow commands. She is Seiga's servant. Yoshika
is not very smart though she is physically durable. She can consume spirits to restore
her own health and Seiga often uses her as a shield.
Seiga Kaku is a wicked hermit. She has the ability to open holes in order to pass through
objects using her hairpin. She used necromancy to raise yoshika from the dead and she is
rather fond of her. It is probably an exaggeration to call Seiga evil though she is rather mischievous
and troublesome. Mononobe no Futo is a Shikaisen which is a
type of hermit. In order to become a Shikaisen she transferred her soul into a plate. She
has the ability to manipulate feng shui though I don't know how this manifests.
Soga no tojiko is a ghost. Although she attempted to become a shikaisen the same way futo did.
However her jar decayed and she became a ghost. Futo may have been responsible for this happening.
She has the ability to control thunder. Toyosatomimi no Miko is a hermit and a saint.
She has the ability to hold a conversation with up to ten people at the same time. She
also has the ability to attract people's desires. Miko is often considered a rival to byakuren
and her temple. Miko's backstory tends to be based heavily on the story of prince shotoku.
She was the one that created the 66 masks that became the youkai Hata no Kokoro. The
events of Touhou 13 were caused by her awakening.
Futatsuiwa Mamizou is a tanuki from the outside world. She was called into gensokyo by Nue
to fight Toyosatomimi no miko though this was ultimately unnecessary. Mamizou often
disguises herself as a human and visits the human village.
Touhou 13.5 Hopeless masquerade Hata no Kokoro is menreiki. Which is a type
of tsukumogami born from masks. She uses her masks to express emotions. Kokoro lost her
mask of hope so her search for her mask was largely responsible for the events of Touhou
13.5. Koishi probably has her original mask of hope and Miko the original creator of her
masks created a replacement mask of hope.