Characters
Minor Characters
This section is devoted to the small but important supporting characters that appear throughout Kyokai no RINNE. They often play key roles in the stories in which they appear.
Narrator (---)
Voice: Tessho Genda
Manga Debut: Chapter 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Voice: Tessho Genda
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Unlike every other series by Rumiko Takahashi, Kyokai no RINNE has a narrator. He usually is tasked with pointing out customs of the Afterlife, prices of Shinigami weapons and story points to the reader. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Lovelorn Ghost (---)
Voice: Atsushi Abe
Manga Debut: Chapter 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Voice: Atsushi Abe
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A dead school boy who was never able to talk to girls when he was alive. His spirit has remained behind on earth hoping to catch the attention of a pretty young girl who will speak to him. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Chihuataro (チワ太郎)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Voice: None
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A Chihuahua ghost that merges with the schoolboy to form a more powerful, and weird, spirit. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Suzuki (スズキ)
Voice: Tomohiro Tsuboi
Manga Debut: Chapter 2: The Legend of the Weather Hutch
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Voice: Tomohiro Tsuboi
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Sakura and Rinne's gym teacher. His eyes sparkle like the stars in the night sky. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1: The Mysterious Classmate
Wrong-Number Ghost (スズキ)
Voice: Manabu Sakamaki
Manga Debut: Chapter 3: Have We Met?
Anime Debut: Episode 2: The Memory of the Red Ring
Voice: Manabu Sakamaki
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A ghost named Suzuki who calls a certain phone number every day at and demands a meeting behind the gym. His lingering attachment is a mystery until Rinne gets involved and helps send him into the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: Episode 2: The Memory of the Red Ring
Grandpa (りんねの祖父)
Voice: Hikaru Midorikawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 6: Mystery in the Club Meeting
Anime Debut: Episode 3: The Clubhouse Phantom
Voice: Hikaru Midorikawa
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Rinne's grandpa and Tamako's husband. He was a human who passed away and was reincarnated as a mackerel. |
Anime Debut: Episode 3: The Clubhouse Phantom
Kaori Himekawa (姫川 カオリ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Afraid to Sleep
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A student of great beauty. Himekawa is a year older than Sakura and Rinne. She has been plauged by dreams of a soldier ever since she went on a school fieldtrip. |
Anime Debut: None
Ochimusha (落武者)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Afraid to Sleep
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A spirit soldier who believes that Kaori Himekawa is the reincarnation of his beloved Hime. Rinne takes the case to prove whether or not she is in fact the princess reincarnated. |
Anime Debut: None
Nurse Sato (サトウ)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 8: Afraid to Sleep
Anime Debut: None
Voice: ---
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Sakura's school's nurse. She can usually be found taking care of sick students or feeding snacks to Rokumon. |
Anime Debut: None
Misora Utagawa (歌川ミソラ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 11: Songstress of the Pool
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost who haunts the pool at Sakura's high school. Misora can be heard singing at night and in the daytime, plays pranks by grabbing student's legs and pulling them underwater. |
Anime Debut: None
Reiji Todoroki (轟レイジ)
Voice: Junya Enoki
Manga Debut: Chapter 13: Curse
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Voice: Junya Enoki
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Reiji is Suzu's boyfriend, and after getting into a motorcycle accident, he falls under Masato's power. Masato manipulates him into tormenting his girlfriend and former best friend by making him think they are dating. |
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Suzu Minami (三波 スズ)
Voice: Ai Kayano
Manga Debut: Chapter 13: Curse
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Voice: Ai Kayano
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Suzu is Reiji's girlfriend, and is concerned for him when he falls into a coma after his motorcycle accident. Reiji is tricked into believing that she is dating his best friend, Tomoyo. She's also a member of the wrestling team. |
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Tomoya Tadano (只野トモヤ)
Voice: Junichi Yanagita
Manga Debut: Chapter 13: Curse
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Voice: Junichi Yanagita
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Tomoya is a mild-mannered boy who was best friends with Reiji prior to his accident. Thanks to Masato, Reiji's spirit now believes he is trying to steal Suzu away from him. Read in the Japanese order, his name means "just a friend". |
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Usako (ウサ子)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 14: Duel at the Rabbit Hutch
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Voice: None
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A rabbit that was going to die from lonliness until Rinne arrived to feed it, thus beginning Masato's long hatred for him. |
Anime Debut: Episode 7: Curse of the Rabbit Hutch
Usui (臼井)
Voice: Mitsuhiro Ichiki
Manga Debut: Chapter 19: Transfer Student
Anime Debut: Episode 4: If You Don't Mind Starting As Friends
Voice: Mitsuhiro Ichiki
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A once sickly student who had a crush on Sakura's friend Miho. After he died, his spirit could not pass on until Rinne allowed him to use his haori in order to ask Miho out on a date. |
Anime Debut: Episode 4: If You Don't Mind Starting As Friends
Hanako of the Toilet (トイレの花子さん)
Voice: Rina Hidaka
Manga Debut: Chapter 22: One Hundred Thousand Yen
Anime Debut: Episode 5: Hanako-san
Voice: Rina Hidaka
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An unhappy child ghost who was driven from her home in an elementary school bathroom by Tsubasa when he was a child. Now she has found him once again and seeks her revenge with the help of Toichi. |
Anime Debut: Episode 5: Hanako-san
Toichi (トイチ)
Voice: Minoru Hirota
Manga Debut: Chapter 22: One Hundred Thousand Yen
Anime Debut: Episode 5: Hanako-san
Voice: Minoru Hirota
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A spirit made up of many weaker spirits who he has absorbed. He seeks to absorb Hanako after she continually borrows his power. His name means "ten percent interest every ten days", a pun on the spiritual interest he accrues by loaning out his power to weaker ghosts. |
Anime Debut: Episode 5: Hanako-san
Pumpkin Head Damashigami (カボチャ堕魔死神)
Voice: Shintarou Oohata
Manga Debut: Chapter 25: Lure of the Pumpkin Head
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Voice: Shintarou Oohata
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This spirit steals the handsome face of Kimura in order to lead unsuspecting young girls into the afterlife before their time. |
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Kimura (キムラ)
Voice: Kenji Nojima
Manga Debut: Chapter 25: Lure of the Pumpkin Head
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Voice: Kenji Nojima
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Kimura was a handsome upperclassman who passed away unbeknownst to many. The Pumpkin Head steals his spirit's face and returns to try and collect the hearts (and spirits) of his young fans. |
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Faceless Spirit (顔のない女)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 27: Draw Me
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Voice: None
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The Faceless Spirit is the embodiment of emotions let out by a member of the art club. She has no face, but asks students to draw her, when they make up a face to assign to their drawing, she inevitably gets angry and throws ink on them. |
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Suguru Egawa (絵川スグル)
Voice: Junji Majima
Manga Debut: Chapter 27: Draw Me
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Voice: Junji Majima
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This student seems to have a previous relationship with the Faceless Spirit, and he is the only student whom she seems to be shy and nervous around. The first kanji in his last name means "to draw". |
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Hitomi Egusa (絵草仁美)
Voice: Ai Kakuma
Manga Debut: Chapter 28: Black & White
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Voice: Ai Kakuma
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Hitomi is the former club president and the one responsible for the Faceless Spirit's rampage, thanks to a drawing she stole and erased. Just like Egawa, the first kanji in her last name also means "to draw". |
Anime Debut: Episode 52: The Cursed Ace / Draw Me
Black Cat Chief (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 29: Negative
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Voice: ---
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The chief is in charge of the Black Cat by Contract organization. He helps give assignments and disseminate information to his employees. |
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Grim Reaper (---)
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
Manga Debut: Chapter 29: Negative
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
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This damashigami disguises itself as a large teddy bear doctor and volunteers to treat Rinne. In reality it actually attempts to poison him to death. |
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Wind-Up Nurse (ブリキナース)
Voice: Saki Nitta
Manga Debut: Chapter 29: Negative
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Voice: Saki Nitta
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This wind-up nurse is the assistant to the Grim Reaper damashigami and also tries to kill Rinne once their motives are discovered. |
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Damashigami Company
Fortune Teller (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 32: Inauguration Ceremony
Anime Debut: Episode 11: The Young President's Inaguration Ceremony!?
Voice: ---
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This fortune teller in the afterlife makes a living giving questionable fortunes to usually gullible people like Ageha and isn't beyond working with the Damashigami Company as well. |
Anime Debut: Episode 11: The Young President's Inaguration Ceremony!?
Pencil Salesman (鉛筆セールスマン)
Voice: Yoshiki Nakajima
Manga Debut: Chapter 36: Ageha, the Shinigami
Anime Debut: Episode 12: Ageha the Shinigami
Voice: Yoshiki Nakajima
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The pencil salesman sells magical mechanical pencils that make you smarter, though if score a 100 on a test while using it, the pencil will lure you away, and the salesman will capture you and force you to build more of the bewitched devices for him to distribute. |
Anime Debut: Episode 12: Ageha the Shinigami
Soul Eater King (魂食王)
Voice: Atsuko Yuya
Manga Debut: Chapter 42: Soul Eater King
Anime Debut: Episode 15: Just a Simple Thanks
Voice: Atsuko Yuya
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The Soul Eater King is a demon that lives within a cursed jubako lunch box. Whomever eats from the jubako is given three wishes, though at the cost of their soul. When appearing to Rinne, the Soul Eater King appears in the guise of a giant octopus made from a weiner. |
Anime Debut: Episode 15: Just a Simple Thanks
Tosanishiki (土佐錦)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 43: The Unopenable Bookshelves
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This disembodied spirit of a tosa dog has lost its master and settled between two collapsable bookcases at Sankai High. He prevents anyone from opening the cases, but if they manage to he attacks them. |
Anime Debut: None
Fumika Honda (本田フミカ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 44: Roses and Soy Sauce
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This young spirit holds the broken end of the tosa dog's leash. Her heart was broken when she nearly asked A-kun out, only to discover he already had a girlfriend, B-ko. Ageha and Rinne set out to reunite her with the spirit of her dog. |
Anime Debut: None
A-kun (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 44: Roses and Soy Sauce
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Fumika is in love with A-kun, but A-kun only has eyes for B-ko. |
Anime Debut: None
B-ko (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 44: Roses and Soy Sauce
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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B-ko is a student who works in the library and is dating A-kun, which crushes poor Fumika who had hoped to ask him out. |
Anime Debut: None
Riku Hayata (速田りく)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 45: The Cursed Track Star
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Riku is an up-and-coming track star who accidently threw a banana peel on the track which caused his senpai, Shu Kazami to become injured. His last name is written with the kanji for "fast". |
Anime Debut: None
Shu Kazami (風見しゅう)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 45: The Cursed Track Star
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Shu is the captain of the track team and its fastest runner prior to Riku joining. He becomes injured thanks to Riku tossing a banana peel on the track. |
Anime Debut: None
Yota (ヨータ)
Voice: Junko Takeuchi
Manga Debut: Chapter 47: Haunted Cedar
Anime Debut: Episode 16: Memories of the Haunted Cedar
Voice: Junko Takeuchi
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Yota is a former 4th grade classmate of Sakura's who died during elemenatary school. Upon revisiting their old school, Tsubasa and Sakura discover that he has become an evil spirit who wields a giant yo-yo called Creeper. |
Anime Debut: Episode 16: Memories of the Haunted Cedar
Evil Spirit (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 48: Yo-Yo Memories
Anime Debut: Episode 16: Memories of the Haunted Cedar
Voice: None
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An evil spirit that influences Yota and makes him attack Sakura and Tsubasa |
Anime Debut: Episode 16: Memories of the Haunted Cedar
Naomi Yuki (優木ナオミ)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: The Look-Alike Ghost
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Voice: ---
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Yuki is the student council president, and has had her reputation besmirched by a ghost named Ranko that resembles her. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Ranko (ラン子)
Voice: Ami Koshimizu
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: The Look-Alike Ghost
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Voice: Ami Koshimizu
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Ranko and Rinko were twin sisters. Ranko was a delinquent, while Rinko was a good student. In the 1980s, Ranko died and twenty years later her deeds wind up making her neice, Naomi Yuki, look bad. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Rinko Yuki (優木 リン子)
Voice: Yuko Hara
Manga Debut: Chapter 53: Love Song
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Voice: Yuko Hara
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Rinko was Ranko's twin sister, who later went on to marry Yuki and give birth to Naomi. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Yuki (優木)
Voice: Wataru Hatano
Manga Debut: Chapter 53: Love Song
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Voice: Wataru Hatano
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As a young man, Yuki was smitten with Rinko, but Ranko disguised herself as her twin sister and insulted Yuki's songwriting abilities. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: Love Song
Kain's Mother (---)
Voice: Aya Endo
Manga Debut: Chapter 56: Capital
Anime Debut: Episode 18: Kain the Shirushigami
Voice: Aya Endo
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Kain's mother was almost duped into marrying Sabato, who was of course, only after her money. |
Anime Debut: Episode 18: Kain the Shirushigami
Natsumi Matoba (的場 ナツミ)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Summer Festival Mystery
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Voice: ---
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Natsumi has lost a number of boyfriends due to her grandfather's pestering ghost who chases them away each year at the local summer festival. The "natsu" of her first name can mean "summer" hence the "summer festival". "Matoba" is a "target area" in archery or the "range" when firing a rifle, which is a reference to the target-hitting game she likes to play to win the stuffed animal. |
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Natsumi's Grandpa (---)
Voice: Hideyuki Umezu
Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Summer Festival Mystery
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Voice: Hideyuki Umezu
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Natsumi's grandpa tried to win his granddaughter a teddy bear at the local festival, but he died before he was able to do it. Now his spirit lingers and prevents any of her boyfriends from winning it in his place. |
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Shooting Gallery Employee (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 59: The Summer Festival Mystery
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Voice: ---
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This ghastly looking man runs the haunted shooting gallery that Natsumi's grandfather haunts. |
Anime Debut: Episode 36: A Mystery at the Summer Festival
Karate Guy (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 61: Welcome to Nirvana House!
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Voice: None
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This young karate student had a heart attack while running on the beach, and now his spirit lingers, wishing he could go on a date with a beautiful girl before passing on into the next life. |
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Tatsuya Fujinami (藤波タツヤ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 62: The Spirit Way Stone
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Tatsuya Fujinami is the captain of the pro-wrestling club. After returning from his summer holidays he complains of having a heavy weight resting on his head. It is actually the invisible spirit road Way Stone perched atop his head. |
Anime Debut: None
Way Stone (霊道石)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 62: The Spirit Way Stone
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This way stone draws lost spirits to a spirit road so they can go on to the next life without the assisstance of a shinigami. Unfortunately this way stone wishes to leave the isolation of its mountain setting for life in the big city. |
Anime Debut: None
Akamaru (赤丸)
Voice: Koichi Sakaguchi
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Koichi Sakaguchi
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This ghost cat has kidnapped little Taichi and replaced him. He has been locked within the shrine since the Edo Period and has no plans on returning. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Toramaru (虎丸)
Voice: Kan Tanaka
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Kan Tanaka
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Toramaru is Akamaru's partner. Once freed he impersonates Hiroshi, moves into his house and pesters his family. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Taro Nekota (猫田タロー)
Voice: Yuuki Kinai
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Yuuki Kinai
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Taro Nekota seeks out Rinne's help when his brother begins to act strangely. Rinne discovers that a ghost cat has been impersonating the little boy. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Hiroshi Nekota (猫田ヒロシ)
Voice: Mutsumi Tamura
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Mutsumi Tamura
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A kind fifth grader, Hiroshi was kidnapped by the evil bakeneko. The impersonator has ceaselessly attacked his family while Hiroshi is trapped inside a tiny shrine with his friends. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Mr. Nekota (---)
Voice: Tomohiro Tsuboi
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Tomohiro Tsuboi
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Hiroshi and Taro's father who has been scratched up by the ghost cat just like the rest of his family. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Mrs. Nekota (---)
Voice: Rina Honnizumi
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Rina Honnizumi
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Mrs. Nekota is equally beaten up as the rest of her family and hides her scratched face behind tons of bandages. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Taichi (タイチ)
Voice: Aki Kanada
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: Aki Kanada
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Taichi is the last of Hiroshi's group of friends that haven't disappeared, but when Rinne goes to check on him he finds he is too late. He too has been replaced by a ghost cat. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Yuji (ユウジ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: None
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Yuji is friends with Hiroshi, Taichi and Koji, all of have been abducted by the ghost cats. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Koji (コウジ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 63: The Voices From the Shrine
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Voice: None
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Koji is another friend of Taichi and Hiroshi's that has disappeared and is trapped inside the small shrine with the other boys. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6: The Voices From the Shrine
Mrs. Mamiya (---)
Voice: Fumi Hirano
Manga Debut: Chapter 65: The House Where Ghosts Don't Tread
Anime Debut: Episode 20: A Home Without Spirits
Voice: Fumi Hirano
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Mrs. Mamiya is the mother of Sakura. She is 39 years old and her husband is a banker. Her maiden name was Miyamae. She has no spiritual abilities, unlike her daughter. |
Anime Debut: Episode 20: A Home Without Spirits
Imoto (井本)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 67: The Horticulture Incident
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Imoto is a former member of the horticulture club. In a surprising move she quits and attempts to curse one of the other memmbers, Tomoo Asatsuma. Her curse eventually begins to affect her as well. |
Anime Debut: None
Tomoo Asatsuma (朝妻トモオ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 67: The Horticulture Incident
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Tomoo is a freshman and member of the horticulture club alongside Imoto. He has a crush on her and is shocked both when she quits the club and when he finds out she tried to curse him. |
Anime Debut: None
Satsumaimo Sweet Potatoes (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 67: The Horticulture Incident
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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These satsumaimo sweet potatoes were placed under a mandragora curse by Imoto. When picked they scream and yell and then are generally unappetizing. |
Anime Debut: None
Alligator Lady (---)
Voice: Mamiko Noto
Manga Debut: Chapter 69: Homestay Training
Anime Debut: Episode 31: Homestay Training
Voice: Mamiko Noto
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This woman owned a baby alligator many years ago, unfortunately the alligator escaped and died, but she refuses to believe that the monsterous spirit roaming the streets could possibly be her lost Chibi. |
Anime Debut: Episode 31: Homestay Training
Chibi (チビ)
Voice: Kana Hanazawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 69: Homestay Training
Anime Debut: Episode 31: Homestay Training
Voice: Kana Hanazawa
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Chibi was a baby alligator who wandered away from his owner's apartment and lived in a storm drain for some time. He faced many hardships and eventually died. However Chibi's spirit isn't a baby, and now he searches the streets using the face of his former owner in hopes of finding her once more. |
Anime Debut: Episode 31: Homestay Training
Shosuke Ohara (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 72: Introduction to an Evil Spirit
Anime Debut: Episode 32: Supervisory Liability
Voice: ---
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Shosuke Ohara is your average 79 year old who takes a walk every morning. When he stops in the park to feed the birds, Rinne, using his Haori of the Underworld, snatches up the beans from the ground for his breakfast. |
Anime Debut: Episode 32: Supervisory Liability
Friendly Square Salesman (フレンドリースクエア店主)
Voice: Yuki Yonai
Manga Debut: Chapter 75: The Friendly Square
Anime Debut: Episode 22: Merry Christmas in the Derelict
Voice: Yuki Yonai
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This afterlife salesman tricks Ageha into buying a "friendly square" which is actually just a normal kotatsu. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: Merry Christmas in the Derelict
Home Economics Teacher (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 76: The Curse of the Kitchen Counter
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This is the home economics teacher for Sankai High School. She is unaware that there is a ghost haunting her classroom. |
Anime Debut: None
Kitchen Counter Ghost (調理台の霊)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 76: The Curse of the Kitchen Counter
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This young man is a ghost who was never given any of the food cooked by the girls in home economics. Because of this rejection his spirit lingered at the school, angrily ruining any food made at one of the cooking stations. |
Anime Debut: None
Haruka Igawa(衣川ハルカ)
Voice: Nozomi Yamamoto
Manga Debut: Chapter 77: The Strangling Scarf
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Voice: Nozomi Yamamoto
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Haruka is the handicraft club vice-president from second year, class one. She wanted to give a hand-knitted scarf to an upperclassman she liked, but is disappointed when she sees another girl beat her to it. |
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Karate Guy #2 (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 78: The Present
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Voice: ---
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This seemingly unarttractive karate student is more to Haruka's taste than Rinne, which wounds the shinigami's pride a bit. |
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Manabu Ochiai (落合マナブ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 79: Sleep, Exam Student
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A sleepy student who thinks he has been cursed because he constantly falls asleep whenever he tries to study for his college entrance exams. Everyone tells his this is normal, but he suspects something supernatural is ailing him. |
Anime Debut: None
Keiko (ケイコ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 79: Sleep, Exam Student
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Keiko is a gorgeous college student who tutors high schoolers who are studying for their entrance exams. When she was younger she studied too hard and became sick, causing her to miss taking her exams that year. Now her disembodied spirit tries to lull students into falling asleep to keep them from overworking themselves. |
Anime Debut: None
Yukina (ユキナ)
Voice: Mai Goto
Manga Debut: Chapter 80: I'll Be Waiting at the Rink
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Voice: Mai Goto
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Yukina is a young ghost that haunts the local ice skating rink. She was supposed to give a special lesson to Shizuka, but he never showed up and she died a short time later. Now she bullies anyone who gets in her way as she constantly waits for Shizuka to arrive. |
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Shizuka Arakawara (荒河原シズカ)
Voice: Takahiro Miyake & Sachiko Kojima (Young Shizuka)
Manga Debut: Chapter 80: I'll Be Waiting at the Rink
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Voice: Takahiro Miyake & Sachiko Kojima (Young Shizuka)
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Years ago Shizuka's parents forced him to take up ice skating in hopes that he could become an Olympic athelete. Shizuka had promised to give him a special lesson but he came down with the flu and missed his appointment. Now he receives letters from the ghost urging him to return to the rink each year. |
Anime Debut: Episode 46: I'll Give You a Scarf / I'll Be Waiting on the Rink
Yayoi (ヤヨイ)
Voice: Mie Sonozaki
Manga Debut: Chapter 82: Within the Letter Box
Anime Debut: Episode 27: The Sweet Tennis Court / The Letter Box
Voice: Mie Sonozaki
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Yayoi was a girl from the Taisho Era that died of a cold, worsened by the rejection of a boy she loved. Now an evil spirit, she haunts Tsubasa hoping to take him with her into the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: Episode 27: The Sweet Tennis Court / The Letter Box
Ramen Chef Spirit (---)
Voice: Hitoshi Yanai
Manga Debut: Chapter 84: Ramen Kaedama
Anime Debut: Episode 24: Spirited Ramen
Voice: Hitoshi Yanai
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This earnest, hardworking ghost haunts the Ramen Kaedama restaurant and possesses Sabato, forcing him to make ramen all day to serve to hungry kids. He promises he'll happily go on to the next world if he can borrow a body and cook for 100 years. |
Anime Debut: Episode 24: Spirited Ramen
Drama Club President (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 86: The Wig's Regret
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Voice: ---
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The drama club president comes to Rinne with the problem of a haunted wig. When they find out the cause of the problem, the club president steps in to help them rid the school of this pesky spirit. |
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Wig (カツラ)
Voice: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 86: The Wig's Regret
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Voice: Nobuyuki Hiyama
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This old, ratty wig became angry when it never got to play a part in the school play. After much investigation the wig is given the chance to sit on Sakura's head and play Cinderella. Unfortunately the mop top soon realizes that was not the role it was intended for. |
Anime Debut: Episode 9: The Wig's Disappointment and the Pumpkin's Temptation
Bus Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 91: The Vanishing Bus Stop
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a boy who can never leave the bus he's stuck forever riding on. Sakura meets him and asks Rinne to help reunite him with the girl he loved before his untimely death. |
Anime Debut: None
Ryoko Tomoe (巴リョウコ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 92: Digital Camera Ghost
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The captain of Sankai High School's Judo Club. She and her fellow clubmates have noticed a man with a camera following them and snapping photos. |
Anime Debut: None
Mr. Tomoe (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 92: Digital Camera Ghost
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of Ryoko's father, who has both a camera fetish and a love for heavyset women, just like the one's in his daughter's judo club. |
Anime Debut: None
Tennis Boy (---)
Voice: Ryuichi Kijima
Manga Debut: Chapter 96: Dream Court
Anime Debut: Episode 27: The Sweet Tennis Court / The Letter Box
Voice: Ryuichi Kijima
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The spirit that haunts the school tennis courts. He dreams of playing and winning another tennis match, unfortunately he's horrible at the game he loves. |
Anime Debut: Episode 27: The Sweet Tennis Court / The Letter Box
Yumi Kariya (仮家ゆみ)
Voice: Misako Tomioka
Manga Debut: Chapter 98: Poltergeist
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Voice: Misako Tomioka
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A friend of Sakura's who has just moved into a new apartment with her family. Unfortunately the apartment is haunted by a truly odd spirit. Kariya means "temporary housing." |
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Poltergeist (ポルターガイスト)
Voice: Takahiro Mizushima
Manga Debut: Chapter 98: Poltergeist
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Voice: Takahiro Mizushima
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The ghost of a boy who wants nothing more than to win a talent competition. He spins plates, wears flippers and a mask in an attempt to win the crowd over. |
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Ken Ameno (雨野ケン)
Voice: Hirofumi Nojima & Afumi Hashi (Young Ken)
Manga Debut: Chapter 102: The Puppy in the Rain
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Voice: Hirofumi Nojima & Afumi Hashi (Young Ken)
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A boy cursed by a rain cloud that constantly follows him. He asks for Rinne's help to overcome his stormy past. Appropriately enough the first kanji in his last nane is "rain". |
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Kotaro (小太郎)
Voice:None
Manga Debut: Chapter 102: The Puppy in the Rain
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Voice:None
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Ken's tremendously stupid dog. Kotaro eats Rinne spirit paintball and ping-pong balls, pees on the floor and is hyperactive. He runs in circles and is generally difficult to deal with. |
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Bero (ベロ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 102: The Puppy in the Rain
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Voice: None
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An abandoned dog who became lost after it was adopted by the boy with the rain cloud. This dog is the key to breaking the curse. His name means "tongue" in Japanese. |
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Wheel of Reincarnation Cleanup Day / Infinite Malice / A Puppy in the Rain:
Snow Spirit (雪女)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 107: Piping Hot
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This spirit dwells within a refridgerator. Her love of hot foods causes her to refuse to allow anything to be placed in her refridgerator home. |
Anime Debut: None
Watermelon Spirit (スイカ生霊)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: The Prowling Watermelon
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The embodiment of a child's desire to smash watermelons for fun during the summer, this creature was born out of this long-held desire. |
Anime Debut: None
Jun Natsukawa (夏川ジュン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: The Prowling Watermelon
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Jun is one of the four middle-schoolers who's soul is trapped by the Watermelon Spirit. |
Anime Debut: None
Rei Kakigori (柿氷レイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: The Prowling Watermelon
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Rei is a second year middle school student who is also caught up in the fight against the Watermelon Spirit. |
Anime Debut: None
Go Matsurida (祭田ゴウ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: The Prowling Watermelon
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Go, a friend of Jun and Rei, also finds himself wrapped up with the Watermelon Spirit. |
Anime Debut: None
Hanabi Matsurida (祭田ハナビ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: The Prowling Watermelon
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Hanabi has been hospitalized and missed all the summer fun her brother gets to enjoy. |
Anime Debut: None
Rina Mizuki (水月 リナ)
Voice: Yoko Hikasa
Manga Debut: Chapter 109: The Attention-Grabbing Event
Anime Debut: Episode 14: This Isn't a Date!
Voice: Yoko Hikasa
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A ghostly girl who's desire for fame and celebrity keeps her anchored to the mortal world. |
Anime Debut: Episode 14: This Isn't a Date!
Yoko Kano (叶 ヨウコ)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 115: The Cursed Straw Doll
Anime Debut: Episode 33: The Cursed Straw Doll
Voice: ---
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In life this spirit was obsessed with Coach Suzuki during her life, only to find his feeling were not entirely reciprocated. |
Anime Debut: Episode 33: The Cursed Straw Doll
Wandering Power Stone (さまよえるパワーストーン)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 117: The Wandering Power Stone
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Voice: ---
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A corrupt power stone that finds its way into Sakura's possession, it tries to twist any wish made on it. |
Anime Debut: Episode 57: Wandering Power Stone / Poltergeist / The Taboo in the Shinigami World
Pushing Ghost (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 120: The Mikazuki Temple Siblings
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Mikazukido is the Place for the Scythe
Voice: ---
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A girl who was dumped by her cheating boyfriend right before dying. Now she stalks her ex and his girlfriend, repeatedly attempting to push them into oncoming trains. |
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Mikazukido is the Place for the Scythe
Candy Buffet Girl (スイーツ霊)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 125: Spirit of Sweets
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This chocoholic spirit lurks at a chocolate buffet, tossing food and trying to ruin everyone's good time all because of her worries over acne. |
Anime Debut: None
Ema Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 128: Blank Votive
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost who witnessed a girl he liked visit a shrine with another boy and hang an ema. Now that he's dead he haunts the shrine, ruining the ema that visitors place. |
Anime Debut: None
Lazy Demon (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 129: The Spirit on Dead-Tired Hill
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Voice: ---
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This demon hides on a hill near the school and lies in wait for the boy's jogging team. As they expend energy running up the hill, he absorbs it, growing fat and lazy on the student's strenuous workouts. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Eisei Kuroida (黒井田永世十段)
Voice: Minoru Inaba
Manga Debut: Chapter 130: The Elder's Legacy
Anime Debut: Episode 35: Level Six Black Cat
Voice: Minoru Inaba
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Kuroida is the 700-year-old chief of the the Black Cats by Contract organization. His first name, "Eisei" means "eternity". |
Anime Debut: Episode 35: Level Six Black Cat
Oni (鬼)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 131: Demons & Setsubun
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This down-on-his-luck oni is out collecting beans for Setsubun in order to feed his poverty stricken wife and children. |
Anime Debut: None
Nine-Tailed Fox (九尾の狐,)
Voice: Kouki Miyata
Manga Debut: Chapter 132: The 100-Year Curse Comes Due
Anime Debut: Episode 23: Fox Trap
Voice: Kouki Miyata
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The Nine-Tailed Fox is a wicked spirit that escapes from the Life Count Administration Bureau. Hundreds of years ago Tamako captured the spirit, but this time he possesses Tsubasa. |
Anime Debut: Episode 23: Fox Trap
Erika Sawa (沢エリカ)
Voice: Rie Suegara
Manga Debut: Chapter 134: The Mysterious Transfer Student
Anime Debut: Episode 38: A Mysterious Transfer Student
Voice: Rie Suegara
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Shuto's girlfriend hires Rinne to investigate why her boyfriend is suddenly attracted to Renge. |
Anime Debut: Episode 38: A Mysterious Transfer Student
Shuto Saka (坂シュウト)
Voice: Konto Hama
Manga Debut: Chapter 134: The Mysterious Transfer Student
Anime Debut: Episode 38: A Mysterious Transfer Student
Voice: Konto Hama
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Shuto is one of the star soccer players at Sankai High. As soon as Renge comes to school, he becomes entangled in her scheme to capture as many souls for the Damashigami as possible. His name purposefully sounds like "shoot" and "soccer". |
Anime Debut: Episode 38: A Mysterious Transfer Student
Tama (タマ)
Voice: Reiko Suzuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 138: The New Neighbor's Greeting
Anime Debut: Episode 39: Renge's Revenge
Voice: Reiko Suzuki
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Renge's Black Cat by Contract is a dottering elderly cat. Though she may be slow, she is loyal to her mistress. |
Anime Debut: Episode 39: Renge's Revenge
Elementary School Teacher (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 142: The Break-Up Set
Anime Debut: Episode 41: The Breakup Kit
Voice: ---
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Ageha and Renge's rivalry began after Ageha botched this teacher's exorcism assignment. Their mutual dislike began in elementary school and continues to this day. |
Anime Debut: Episode 41: The Breakup Kit
Remi Tachibana (橘レミ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 145: Dislocated
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Remi Tachibana is a second year student and the manager of the Sankai High baseball team. |
Anime Debut: None
Ryuma Hoshi (干リュウマ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 145: Dislocated
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Ryuma Hoshi is the pitcher for the Sankai High baseball team. He feels a great weight on his pitching arm that he cannot explain. |
Anime Debut: None
Baseball Fan Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 145: Dislocated
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The ghost of a girl haunting the pitcher of Sankai High's team due to mistaken identity. |
Anime Debut: None
Clone Rokumon (---)
Voice: Hitomi Nabatame
Manga Debut: Chapter 149: Recovery Cream
Anime Debut: Episode 40: Recovery Cream / Rumor / Mushroom Picking
Voice: Hitomi Nabatame
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A clone of Rokumon that grows from his tooth and creates havoc for everyone. |
Anime Debut: Episode 40: Recovery Cream / Rumor / Mushroom Picking
Ai Kasahara (笠原アイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 150: The Dream of a Shared Umbrella
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A second year, class four student who has a lookalike spirit attacking people walking under umbrellas together. |
Anime Debut: None
Satoru (サトル)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 155: The Promised Necklace
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a young boy who makes necklaces out of garbage he finds in the ocean in hopes of being reunited with a little girl he had a crush on many years ago. |
Anime Debut: None
Nagisa (ナギサ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 156: The Necklace's Whereabouts
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A young girl who Satoru wanted to impress with a handmade necklace before he died. |
Anime Debut: None
Taishi Noroi (野呂井 タイシ)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 158: Campground Demon
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Voice: ---
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This young man is lured into a demon summoning ceremony by Masato in hopes of corrupting his soul and taking it to hell. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Kanna Noroi (野呂井 カナ)
Voice: Aimi Tanaka
Manga Debut: Chapter 158: Campground Demon
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Voice: Aimi Tanaka
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Kanna's brother has come to the attention of Masato who intends to corrupt the boy's soul in order to take him to hell. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Zaitsu (座逸)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 159: Seven Days of Love
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A student at Sankai High and member of the Folk Song Club that is possessed by the spirit of a cicada that wants everyone to hear its song. |
Anime Debut: None
Masami Sada (佐田マサミ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 159: Seven Days of Love
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A folk singer at Sankai High that the cicada spirit wants to impress with its singing. |
Anime Debut: None
Arata Tatami (多々美アラタ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 161: Tatami Hand
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A tatami mat lover who sneaks into the tea clubs room to make use of their comfy tatami mats. |
Anime Debut: None
Runner Ghost (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 164: Devil in the Fourth Lane
Anime Debut: None
Voice: ---
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This young man spent his days training for a relay race only to die after leaping into traffic to save a dog. His lingering attachment to the world of the living can only be broken once he gets to run his race. |
Anime Debut: None
Guardian Spirit (守護霊様)
Voice: Toshihiro Okubo
Manga Debut: Chapter 165: Wish Upon the Moon
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Voice: Toshihiro Okubo
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Refuto and Raito attempt to summon the Guardian Spirit in order to help them with their smithing business, unfortunately he is a picky eater and does not care for their offering. |
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Komainu (狛犬のユウレイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 166: The Mystery of the Lion-Dog
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The Komainu, or lion dog, is used by Ayame to lure out Tsubasa in hopes of settling her past business with him. |
Anime Debut: None
Kuekue Dake (クエクエ茸)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 169: The Get Rich Quick Mushroom Hunt
Anime Debut: Episode 40: Recovery Cream / Rumor / Mushroom Picking
Voice: ---
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These fungi creatures gather mushrooms in the forest and devour them. They are exceptionally resistant to harm and when threatened they release their spores, spawing more of their kind. |
Anime Debut: Episode 40: Recovery Cream / Rumor / Mushroom Picking
Ghostly Rival (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 170: The Long Talk
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This ghost had a rivalry with Akira who always out-performed him on exams. During high school he studied so hard that he passed away before attending college. His frustration and unnatural exhaustion still linger into the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: None
Akira (アキラ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 170: The Long Talk
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Her ghostly rival constantly refers the way Akira aced tests and contantly out-performed him in life. Rinne and the others assume "Akira" must have been his male rival, but the reality is Akira was a girl who worried about the young student overworking himself. |
Anime Debut: None
Magistrate (鍋奉行)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 171: Hot Pot and the Magistrate
Anime Debut: Episode 45: A Pot Samurai / Demon Influenza A and Shinigami Influenza B
Voice: None
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This little fellow is meant to judge what contents can be put in the hot pot everyone is cooking. Instead he decides he'll steal all the eggs for himself and leave none for anyone. |
Anime Debut: Episode 45: A Pot Samurai / Demon Influenza A and Shinigami Influenza B
Kotomi (コト美)
Voice: Natsumi Fujiwara
Manga Debut: Chapter 172: Maneko and Kotomi
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Voice: Natsumi Fujiwara
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This coat sat unpurchased at a thift store and hoped never to be separated from its mannequin friend, Maneko. Yet after its sold Maneko keeps showing up and causing Kotomi's owners to abandon the coat, thinking it is haunted. |
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Maneko (マネ子)
Voice: Madaoka Yonezawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 172: Maneko and Kotomi
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Voice: Madaoka Yonezawa
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A loyal friend of Kotomi the coat, this mannequin has followed its friend around even after it was sold, much to Kotomi's anger. |
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Kuroboshi (黒星)
Voice: Tomomichi Nishimura
Manga Debut: Chapter 175: Excavation of Memories
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Voice: Tomomichi Nishimura
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Kuroboshi is the giant black cat belonging to Tamako, he was lost for a number of years after he got trapped behind some furniture in Tamako's storage room. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: Digging for Memories / Lend me Money? / Demon at the Campsite
Chainsaw Ghost (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 176: Kuroboshi III
Anime Debut: Episode 55: Kuroboshi Sansei / The Lucky Pot / Bamboo Sprout in Rainbow Color
Voice: ---
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This ghost is ranked as a "black bass" class spirit. He lurks around a dilapidated haunted house. |
Anime Debut: Episode 55: Kuroboshi Sansei / The Lucky Pot / Bamboo Sprout in Rainbow Color
Yuki Niseko (似世子ユキ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Yuki is a popular girl at Sankai High who is being haunted by a snowman and freezing everyone around her. |
Anime Debut: None
Appi (安比)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Appi has a crush on Yuki, but when he hid his present, she never found it. |
Anime Debut: None
Snowman (雪ダルマ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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While on winter vacation, three boys hid their gifts for Yuki inside this snowman. When she failed to find him, he pursued her in order to present the presents to her. |
Anime Debut: None
Zao (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: ---
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Zao hid a teddy bear inside the snowman hoping Yuki would find it. |
Anime Debut: None
Naeba (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Naeba also hid a present (a clutch) inside the snowman for Yuki to find, of course she never managed to. |
Anime Debut: None
Snowmobile Driver (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 177: The Ski Slope Surprise
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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While Appi, Naeba and Zao are hiding gifts for Yuki, the snowmobile driver sweeps her off her feet. |
Anime Debut: None
Satan (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 178: Hell's Treasury
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Voice: None
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Satan, the fallen angel once known as Lucifer, lies on the lowest level of hell, Cocytus, trapped in the ice away from God's light. |
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Valentine's Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 180: Accursed Valentine
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This ghost spent his whole life never getting any Valentine's Day candy and after his death he obsessively stole any that he could find. |
Anime Debut: None
Hinagata (雛形)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 182: Who!?
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Sakura's classmate is having trouble with some of here Hinamatsuri dolls that seem to be fighting with one another. |
Anime Debut: None
Princess Doll (お雛様)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 182: Who!?
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The princess doll from Hinagata's Hinamatsuri set is constantly squabbling with her doll husband after claiming that she does not recognize him. |
Anime Debut: None
Prince Doll (お内裏様)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 182: Who!?
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Like his supposed bride, the prince doll also claims to not know who is companion doll is and argues with her unceasingly. |
Anime Debut: None
Shin Munakata (宗方シン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: At Graduation
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Shin and his girlfriend, Mayu, visit Rinne seeking help with an unexplained heaviness he's been feeling in his chest. When buttons being to materialize all over his chest, Rinne knows a ghost is at work. |
Anime Debut: None
Mayu Katano (片野マユ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: At Graduation
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Mayu worries about her boyfriend Shin, but when multiple buttons appear on his chest, she suspects he may be cheating. A secret from her past keeps Mayu from revealing everything she knows though. |
Anime Debut: None
Beniko Yukide (行出ベニコ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: At Graduation
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Beniko is a ghost who was friends with Mayu Kotano when she was alive. She too had a crush on Shin Munakata, and may have something to do with the heaviness he's been feeling in his chest lately. |
Anime Debut: None
Training Devil (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 186: The Fear of Outdoor Training
Anime Debut: Episode 42: Shinigami Elementary Reunion
Voice: None
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In elementary school, Rinne and Matsugo were practicing shinigami techniques in the forest and came across an actual devil. The devil's attack brought about a rift in the boy's friendship that would last for the next four years. |
Anime Debut: Episode 42: Shinigami Elementary Reunion
Shop Owner (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 190: The Shop Without Customers
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An odd looking local shop owner who's customers have abandoned him because their legs are attacked every time they sit down to eat. |
Anime Debut: None
Jason (ジェイソン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 190: The Shop Without Customers
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Jason is the lingering spirit of a dog who refuses to leave a local Sankai restaurant. Rinne tries numerous things to calm Jason and make him go to the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: None
Sandunokawazeki (三角川関)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 197: Inside the Wall...
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Sandunokawazeki is a sumo wrestler who passed away. On his way to the Wheel of Reincarnation he stomped so hard that he fell back into the world of the living, where he was promptly stuck in the wall of Miho's bedroom. |
Anime Debut: None
Innkeeper (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 199: Something in the Tunnel
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Voice: ---
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A seaside innkeeper experiencing issues with an impassable tunnel near his inn. His story piques Sakura's interest and she investigates the occurance. |
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Pillar (大黒柱)
Voice: Koji Ishii
Manga Debut: Chapter 200: Evil Spirit of the Villa
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Voice: Koji Ishii
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An old tree who lived in the woods and wanted to see pretty women frolicing in the sea. Unfortunately he was cut down and turned into a pillar in a house by the seaside facing the wrong way. In the anime episode the pillar says its name is "Kobato". |
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Eggplant Grower (---)
Voice: Hiroko Emori
Manga Debut: Chapter 202: Eggplant Romance
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Voice: Hiroko Emori
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This old woman revisits the world of the living for Obon and is hesitant to return. Rinne investigates and finds her lingering attachment deals with eggplants. |
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Eggplant Neighbor (ナス男さん)
Voice: Mark Ishii
Manga Debut: Chapter 202: Eggplant Romance
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Voice: Mark Ishii
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Neighbor of the kind, older eggplant growing woman. How is this younger man tied to her fate? |
Anime Debut: Episode 62: Evil Spirit in the Summer House / Eggplant Romance / One Coin Investigation
Somen Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 203: Red Somen
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a girl who tried to grab a red somen noodle in order to strengthen her resolve to tell a boy she has feelings for him. |
Anime Debut: None
Manami Ubukata (初方マナミ)
Voice: Minami Takahashi
Manga Debut: Chapter 206: The First Ordeal
Anime Debut: Episode 54: Ane at the Shopping Mall
Voice: Minami Takahashi
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Manami has the spirit of a vengeful ghost attached to her who attacks her boyfriend whenever he comes near. Her last name uses the kanji for "naive" in it. |
Anime Debut: Episode 54: Ane at the Shopping Mall
Mai Ueda (植田マイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 208: The Chasing Sound
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Mai is being pursued by a mysterious spirit, when revealed its shown to be a rather violent scarecrow. |
Anime Debut: None
Scarecrow (カカシ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 208: The Chasing Sound
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This sickle wielding scarecrow is stalking Mai Ueda for mysterious reasons. |
Anime Debut: None
Sanjiro Sugata (素形サンジロウ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 212: The Unusual Event at the Children's Home
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Judo club member Sanjiro has what appears to be maple leaf prints all over his body, only after Rinne intervenes does he learn its a nearby tree he uses as a punching dummy that is getting its revenge. |
Anime Debut: None
Leaf Kami (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 212: The Unusual Event at the Children's Home
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The Leaf Kami is the embodiment of the tree that Sanjiro practices on. |
Anime Debut: None
Nikutaro (肉太郎)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 215: Nothing Inside
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Voice: None
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Nikutaro is a mask in the shape of nikuman that gains sentience. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Hariko (張子)
Voice: Yoshinori Sonobe
Manga Debut: Chapter 215: Nothing Inside
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Voice: Yoshinori Sonobe
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The creator of the Nikutaro mask. His name means "papier mâché" due to the fact that he crafted the Nikutaro mask out of that material. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Anko (あん子)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 215: Nothing Inside
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Voice: None
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Hariko made a girlfriend mascot for Nikuman, she likes to eat the sweet bean paste (anko) filling out of buns. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Nothing Inside / Mystery of Koshikudake Hill / Effect of the Matsutake Mushroom
Succubi (夢魔)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 216: Succubi Capture Training
Anime Debut: Episode 68: The Practical Training for Capturing a Dream Demon
Voice: None
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A demon that invades dreams and makes a mess of things. |
Anime Debut: Episode 68: The Practical Training for Capturing a Dream Demon
Santa Claus (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 218: Santa's Grudge
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of Santa Claus that haunts Annette for mysterious reasons. |
Anime Debut: None
Fukuwarai (福笑い)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 219: Search Well
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This is the spirit of a children's game called fukuwarai, in which children decipher parts of a face and rearrange it. |
Anime Debut: None
Hayato Mizuka (見津田ハヤト)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 222: Newspaper Delivery
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Hayato has mysteriously been having newspapers delivered to his house. They arrive every morning smacking him in the face through his bedroom window. |
Anime Debut: None
Hotsprings Family (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 224: The Secret Hot Spring Inn
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This father and daughter spirit duo ran a hotsprings hotel in a wintery area before they died. Their spirits linger in hopes of one day having a customer who smiles at their resort. |
Anime Debut: None
Tora (トラ)
Voice: Emiko Takeuchi
Manga Debut: Chapter 226: Porch Bait
Anime Debut: Episode 72: A Ring and a Stamp / Food on the Porch / Black Cat Children's Association
Voice: Emiko Takeuchi
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Moody Tora is the spirit of cat who continues to visit her owner. She has a lingering attachment that takes quite some time to determine, and costs Rinne numerous scratches in the process. |
Anime Debut: Episode 72: A Ring and a Stamp / Food on the Porch / Black Cat Children's Association
Old Lady (---)
Voice: Natsuki Mori
Manga Debut: Chapter 226: Porch Bait
Anime Debut: Episode 72: A Ring and a Stamp / Food on the Porch / Black Cat Children's Association
Voice: Natsuki Mori
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This sweet old lady is the closest thing Tora ever had to an owner before she passed away. |
Anime Debut: Episode 72: A Ring and a Stamp / Food on the Porch / Black Cat Children's Association
Goat Spirit (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 227: Where's My Bank Deposit?!
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Voice: ---
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The spirit of this goat goes wild at the Life Count Administration Bureau, destroying the records of many Shinigami jobs. |
Anime Debut: Episode 73: Good Luck Wax / Maneko and Kotomi / Where's My Money?
Cerberus (ケルベロス)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 231: A Little Box of White Magic
Anime Debut: Episode 66: Curse of Splurge / The Cursed Peep Ball
Voice: None
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This legendary hellspawn is summoned by Masato to wreck havoc of a most unusual kind. |
Anime Debut: Episode 66: Curse of Splurge / The Cursed Peep Ball
Ghost From 1993 (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 232: Placeholder 1993
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This spirit is forever stuck running in circles around a cherry tree trying to save spots for his co-workers to view fireworks and ring in the new year. |
Anime Debut: None
Kumi Senda (千田クミ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 237: The Legend of the Locker
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A manager on the Sankai High School soccer team. She's concerned about one of her friends on the team, Shinobu Arai and asks Rinne for his help with the problem. |
Anime Debut: None
Shinobu Arai (新井シノブ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 237:
Anime Debut: Episode X:
Voice: None
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Shinobu is a star soccer player for Sankai High. His friend Miku feels that he's been acting strangely lately when it comes to his locker. |
Anime Debut: Episode X:
Elderly Elevator Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 238: Spirit Elevator
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This old man haunts an elevator that goes to a non-existent ninth floor where he houses his creepy collection of oddities. |
Anime Debut: None
Elderly Wife(---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 238: Spirit Elevator
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The much put upon widow of the elderly man who spent his life fascinated with the supernatural. |
Anime Debut: None
Faceless Bride (---)
Voice: Chiyako Shibahara
Manga Debut: Chapter 239: The Ghost of the June Bride
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Voice: Chiyako Shibahara
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Not the actual spirit of a dead bride, but the spirit of an actress who died on her way to a photoshoot for a bridal brochure. |
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Pop Music Club Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 240: The Vanished Weather Hutch!?
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A spirit that enlists the aide of Rinne in order to tell a former member of the Pop Music Club that he loved her before he died. |
Anime Debut: None
Minako (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 240: The Vanished Weather Hutch!?
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A beloved member of the Pop Music Club that the ghostly lad had an unrequited crush on. |
Anime Debut: None
Big Father's Children (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 241: The Bible of Legend
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The five bratty children of Big Father, a legendary Catholic priest. |
Anime Debut: None
Big Father (ビッグファーザー)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 241: The Bible of Legend
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A legendary Catholic priest who is idolized by Tsubasa. Big Father doesn't cling to his vows all that well as he adores women, has numerous kids and loves to drink. |
Anime Debut: None
Raise Ikuzo (育蔵来世)
Voice: Yutaka Aoyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 243: Justifiable Means
Anime Debut: Episode 51: Gold License
Voice: Yutaka Aoyama
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A well respected, hard working educator who was determined to help his worst student, Sabato Rokudo become a decent shinigami. |
Anime Debut: Episode 51: Gold License
Abel, Achille, & Adam (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 245: Black Report Card
Anime Debut: Episode 61: Mystery of the Flower Path / I'll Lend You My Right Arm / Black Report Card
Voice: None
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These little people, or borrowers work with Annette's grandmother to help her around the house. Unfortunately they sometimes take things that don't belong to them, and Annette doesn't have the same sort of relationship with the trio as her grandmother. Adam is the plump one with twin tails on his cap, Abel has squinty eyes, and Achille is the tall, thin borrower. |
Anime Debut: Episode 61: Mystery of the Flower Path / I'll Lend You My Right Arm / Black Report Card
Painting Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 246: The Expectant Ghost
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a man who lived many years ago. He lived in old Edo and was something of a ladykiller back then, now he thinks modern women should have the same reaction to him. |
Anime Debut: None
Inflatable Raft Ghost (---)
Voice: Chiwa Saito
Manga Debut: Chapter 247: Inflatable Ghost Raft
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Voice: Chiwa Saito
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The spirit of a drowning victim who hoped to be saved by a handsome lifeguard. |
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Ghost Rubber Raft / There's Something in the Tunnel / Welcome to Nehanya!
Fireworks Spirit (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 248: The Mysterious Fireworks
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a man who uses fireworks to try and curse someone who stole the girl he loved when he was alive. |
Anime Debut: None
Sayori Nara (奈良サヨリ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 251: Eyeball Stalker
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A freshman at Sankai High School who seeks out Sakura's help when she feels that she is being stalked by a former boyfriend. |
Anime Debut: None
Masaru Ooki (多木マサル)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 251: Eyeball Stalker
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Sayori Nara's ex-boyfriend and suspected stalker, who is an insatiable fan of big breasts. |
Anime Debut: None
Angel (天使)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 252: The Blessed Feather
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Voice: ---
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When Masato goes to illegally dump trash in hell he accidentally gives his angel manju to an angel living in the junkyard. As a reward the angel gives Masato the Wings of Celebration which make him do good deeds against his will. |
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Ayu (アユ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 255: The Rude Causality
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A mysterious entity that Rinne claims isn't a spirit, she clutches what appears to be blood stained clothing that she must get cleaned before her sister learns of it's existence. |
Anime Debut: None
Saury (サンマ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 255: The Rude Causality
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Voice: None
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This is the combined spirit of all the saury that were poorly cooked, burnt or allowed to spoil and tossed out as leftovers during the autumn. |
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Yatagarasu (八咫烏)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 257: Special Guardian Sacred Bird
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Voice: None
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This blessed three-legged crow is hungry bird that threatens to eat Rinne and Rokumon out of house and home. |
Anime Debut: Episode 56: Special Protected Sacred Bird / June Bride / The Safe in Hell
Neck Man (首男)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 258: Neck Man
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Voice: ---
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Neck Man is the name that Annette calls the floating head that appears outside her window at night, seemingly stalking her, but the truth is more complicated than even she knows. His real name is Rei Kuroi (黒井レイ) and he is a student at Sankai High School that idolizes Annette. His last name means "black well" perhaps suggestive of the all-black outfit he buys from Annette's yard sale. |
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Head Man / When You Wish Upon the Moon / The First Saury Festival
Orpheus (オルフィウス)
Voice: Yuki Yonai
Manga Debut: Chapter 259: The Hades Promise
Anime Debut: Episode 75: A Promise in the Underworld
Voice: Yuki Yonai
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Orpheus is a figure from Greek mythology who journeys to the underworld to recover his dead wife, Eurydice. There he makes a bargain with Hades that he will lead Eurydice back to the land of the living without looking at her. However he fails just as he is about to complete his mission. |
Anime Debut: Episode 75: A Promise in the Underworld
Hades (ハデス)
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
Manga Debut: Chapter 259: The Hades Promise
Anime Debut: Episode 75: A Promise in the Underworld
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
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Hades has taken the soul of Eurydice according to Greek mythology. Her husband, Orpheus, journeys into the underworld to retrieve her, however Hades says that Orpheus can only return her to life if he follows his directions exactly. |
Anime Debut: Episode 75: A Promise in the Underworld
Otobe (音辺)
Voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 261: Casette Tape Scream
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa
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Otobe is a former student of Sankai High who is linked to an audio cassette that seems to have recorded a violent incident, the tape seems connected to Sakura as well as Otobe continually calls her Miya. His name has the kanji for "sound" in it due to his involvement with a cassette recording. |
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Tatsuya Torihada (鳥波田タツヤ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 262: The Cold Room
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Tatsuya asks Rinne to investigate why the bedroom he inherited from his late Grandfather is always freezing cold. |
Anime Debut: None
Reindeer Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 264: Decoration
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost in a reindeer costume who steals Christmas cakes for a mysterious reason. |
Anime Debut: None
Shrine Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 265: Until the Bell Tolls
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a shrine caretaker who's desire to ring the shrine bell at New Year's, even after he dies, is so strong that he becomes an evil spirit...with the help of Masato. |
Anime Debut: None
Lingering Ramen Spirit (---)
Voice: Hiroki Goto
Manga Debut: Chapter 266: The Evil Spirit's Legacy
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Voice: Hiroki Goto
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The ghost of the previous owner of a ramen shop, who torments the current owner for mysterious reasons. |
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Konomi Tsuruga (鶴賀コノミ))
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 267: Mystery Hints
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A student at Sankai High who consults Annette over a mysterious problem with her boyfriend |
Anime Debut: None
Ishimatsu (井島津))
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 267: Mystery Hints
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Konomi's boyfriend and member of the boxing team who can't stop growing a beard no matter how often he shaves. |
Anime Debut: None
Dog Boy (人面犬)
Voice: Yuma Uchida
Manga Debut: Chapter 269: The Vicious Dog Capture Supplementary Lesson
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Voice: Yuma Uchida
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The spirit of a punk rocker who gets caught up in Ageha's mischief when she catchs him with her dog collar. Because the collar is designed for catching wild dog spirits whenever a human puts it on they are turned into a dog. |
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Dan Takashina (高階ダン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 270: Snowy Stairs
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A first year student haunted by the ghost of a pizza delivery man, who died outside his house. |
Anime Debut: None
Evil Mascot Spirit (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 271: NAGARA
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a silly mascot costume, that looks exactly like said costume. His bounty is worth 10,000 yen. |
Anime Debut: None
Junya Uchiki (内木ジュンヤ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 275: Cinderella Date
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A second year student in love with Renge, and desperate to go on a date with her before he moves away.. |
Anime Debut: None
Trendy Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 277: The Result of Great Effort
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost from the 1990's who completely transformed herself from plain to trendy, but died before she could show herself off to her classmates. |
Anime Debut: None
Jun (ジュン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 278: Spring Marriage Interview
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A young ghost desperate for a shiny red backpack. |
Anime Debut: None
Apartment Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 280: Suzu is Missing
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The ghost of a long dead woman, who harbors a secret grudge against her co-worker for stealing her boyfriend. She meets Suzu and seeks to use the cat for her own dark purposes. |
Anime Debut: None
Shinya Koda (考田シンヤ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 282: Mother's Day Present
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A student at Sankai High who asks Rinne to investigate the strange changes his mother seems to be going through. |
Anime Debut: None
Mirror Man (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 283: Mirror Man
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The ghost of a student who's spirit is trapped in a girl's bathroom mirror. He seems to want to see more than just girl's putting on makeup. |
Anime Debut: None
Photo Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 284: The Ideal Smile
Anime Debut: Episode X:
Voice: None
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A spirit who cannot pass on until she takes a photo that she likes, something she was unable to pose for in her living years. |
Anime Debut: Episode X:
Washing Machine Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 285: The Earlier 30,000 Yen
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost who lives in the Sankai High Gym washing machine. He mysteriously chants Myu Myu over and over again. |
Anime Debut: None
Hospital Girl (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 287: Shinigami Prince
Anime Debut: Episode 58: Open After Seven Days / Silver Scythe / Prince of Shinigami
Voice: ---
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The ghost of a girl who passed on at the local hospital, but waits for her Shinigami Prince before she can move on to the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: Episode 58: Open After Seven Days / Silver Scythe / Prince of Shinigami
Nozomu Sasaki (笹木ノゾム)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 287: Shinigami Prince
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Nozomu is haunted by a cursed Tanabata slip, that has fouled his wishes for the last five years. |
Anime Debut: None
Tasuku Hoshino (星野タスク)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 288: The Cursed Paper Slip
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Tasuku goes with his friend Nozomu to find help from Rinne, but he may be hiding a secret. |
Anime Debut: None
Minerva (ミネルヴァ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 289: The Goddess of Wisdom
Anime Debut: Episode 59: Apologize in the Altar Room / Goddess of Wisdom / River of Treasure
Voice: None
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The Goddess of Wisdom, or just an average monkey in a dress? |
Anime Debut: Episode 59: Apologize in the Altar Room / Goddess of Wisdom / River of Treasure
Bell Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 290: The Bell of Love
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The Goddess of Wisdom, or just an average monkey in a dress? |
Anime Debut: None
Twintails Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 291: Short Cut
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A spirit who died hating girls with braids as one took her boyfriend away from her. |
Anime Debut: None
Ice Carving Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 294: The Girl in the Ice
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A boy who is determined to free the spirit of another ghost from ice. |
Anime Debut: None
Eita Seno (背生エイた)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 296: Show Me Your Back
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The captain of the swim team who is haunted by the imprint of a girl's face on his back. |
Anime Debut: None
Masumi Mizawa (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 296: Show Me Your Back
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The captain of the Sankai High girls swim team. |
Anime Debut: None
Wedding Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 304: I Want the Bouquet
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A spirit who never got revenge on their friend for always stealing guys away, and and is now staching up bouquets of flowers at the local wedding hall. |
Anime Debut: None
Old Witch (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 305:
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An old witch who curses Rokumon and promptly passes away, leading Rinne to go on a quest to the afterlife in hopes of ending the curse. |
Anime Debut: None
Inari (お稲荷様)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 307: The Red Weather Hutch
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The God of Prosperity, who comes to live in Rinne's weather hutch at Sankai High because his own shrine at a nearby construction site has become old and dilapidated. |
Anime Debut: None
Nukumizu (温水)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 308: Have a Hot Water Bottle
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Voice: None
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A student at Sankai High, Nukumizu gives Sakura her grandfather's haunted water bottle that continually returns to her no matter how often she throws it away. |
Anime Debut: None
Hot Water Bottle Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 308: Have a Hot Water Bottle
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Voice: None
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The ghost of a woman who loaned her hot water bottle to a tenant in the apartment house she lived in, only to feel betrayed when she seemingly caught him with another woman. |
Anime Debut: None
Kizuna (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 310: Christmas Exorcism Party
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a boy who wanted to do Secret Santa but never got to exchange his gift with a cute girl. |
Anime Debut: None
Mamoru Tsudo (首藤マモル)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 312: I Want to Bite You
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Voice: None
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A boy who has an overwhelming fear of being bitten by someone in a New Year's Lion costume. |
Anime Debut: None
Ichigo's Father (苺の父)
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
Manga Debut: Chapter 313: The Maiden's Scythe
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Voice: Katsuhiro Tokuishi
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Ichigo's father does not believe his daughter when she says she can see a strange woman staring from inside their new home. He is completely unaware of his daughter's past life as Otome Rokudo. |
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Ichigo's Mother (苺の母)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 313: The Maiden's Scythe
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Voice: ---
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When moving into their new home, Ichigo's mother dismisses her daughter's insistance that there is a woman living in their home. She is completely unaware of her daughter's past life as Rinne's mother, Otome. |
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Living Spirit at Home (家の生霊)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 313: The Maiden's Scythe
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Voice: ---
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This is the lingering, living spirit of a woman who lived in Ichigo's family's new home. She and her husband built their dreamhouse but they had to move away due to his work. Consequently her desire to remain caused her living spirit to haunt the house. |
Anime Debut: Episode 63: Otome the Shinigami
Hazuki Okita (沖田ハヅキ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 318: White Ghost
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Hazuki Okita is a third year student at Sankai High who seeks out Rinne's help when she begins to get mysterious messages on her cellphone from no one. |
Anime Debut: None
Shiraishi (白石)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 318: White Ghost
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A dead boy who was in love with Hazuki Okita and desperately tried to tell her how he felt before he died. |
Anime Debut: None
Cat Fan (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 321: The Cat Cafe Mystery
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Voice: None
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A ghost who loved cat's in life, but now that she's dead cat's will not come near her or allow her to pet them. |
Anime Debut: None
Boss (ボス)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 321: The Cat Cafe Mystery
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An ornery homeless cat that let only one girl pet him and feed him when he was alive |
Anime Debut: None
Pastry Chef Spirit (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 322: Rare Red
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Voice: None
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The spirit of a pastry chef, who makes desserts using extremely hot peppers. |
Anime Debut: None
Mitsuru Samurai (佐村井ミツル)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 323: Slasher Film
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Voice: None
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The president of the film club at Sankai High and director of their newest film. |
Anime Debut: None
Dai Kondou (棍堂ダイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 323: Slasher Film
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Voice: None
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The male lead of the new movie the film club is making. |
Anime Debut: None
Nana Suzushiro (清白ナナ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 323: Slasher Film
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The female star of the film club's newest movie. |
Anime Debut: None
Kanedama (金霊)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 324: Gold Ghost
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Voice: None
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The gold spirit who spreads good fortune when he arrives in the living world. It is the embodiment of money that was put in a drawer and never spent. |
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Supplemental Class for Fierce Dog Catching/ Money Spirit/ Evil Spirit's Legacy
Scientist (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 325: Philosopher's Stone
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a scientist in the Japanese Imperial Army. He resides in the Philosopher's Stone, which he had hoped to use to turn dirt into iron for the war effort. |
Anime Debut: None
Mr. Kabakichi (カバ吉)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 326: Mr. Kabakichi
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Voice: None
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Mr. Kabakichi is a hippopotamus that has recently died. Shoma has decided to help him transition to the afterlife as a way to score more points for a school assignment, however an animal as large and angry as Mr. Kabakichi is far beyond the skills of an elementary school student. |
Anime Debut: Episode 70: Wings of Celebration / Kabakichi-kun / Scream of a Cassette Tape
Kenichi (ケンイチ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 327: The Two Who Did Not Meet
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A spirit who waits endlessly for his date, Naomi to arrive. |
Anime Debut: None
Naomi (ナオミ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 327: The Two Who Did Not Meet
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Unable to find the right outfit, she never arrives to see Kenichi and being their date. |
Anime Debut: None
Hajime Otsukai (小塚井ハジメ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 330: Blurred Memo
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Voice: None
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The only male member of the cooking club, who has been possessed by a spirit |
Anime Debut: None
Mr. Kusakari (草刈さん)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 331: Mr. Kusakari
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Mr. Kusakari works for Left and Right as a salesman, but is in fact the spirit of an improperly disposed sickle. His giant head is a huge ball of corrosion atop a tiny, thin body. |
Anime Debut: None
Former Vice-Principal's Wife (---)
Voice: Noriko Uemura
Manga Debut: Chapter 334: Shortcut Alley
Anime Debut: Episode 71: Square Black Thing / Shortcut in the Alley
Voice: Noriko Uemura
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The former vice-principal of Sankai High's wife has passed on but her spirit continues to set traps in her yard to prevent students from using their yard as a shortcut to school. |
Anime Debut: Episode 71: Square Black Thing / Shortcut in the Alley
Aoi Hada (羽田アオイ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 336: Curse Words
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An accidental cross-curse finds this brainy student trying to lose weight constantly gaining pounds. |
Anime Debut: None
Jin Semizu (背水ジン)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 336: Curse Words
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A mistaken cross-curse finds this student with hopes of academic acheivement failing worse than ever before. |
Anime Debut: None
Abandoned Girl (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 337: The Fooling-Around Spot
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Voice: None
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The spirit of a girl who went out for a romantic day of swimming with her boyfriend only for him to immediately leave her for another girl. |
Anime Debut: None
Lovelorn Boy (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 338: Don't Approach the Deck
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Voice: None
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The spirit of a boy devoted to breaking up happy couples because his own romantic overtures were ruined when he was alive. |
Anime Debut: None
Sunflower Maze Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 339: Sunflower Maze
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Voice: None
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The previous owner of an inn built near a sunflower maze. |
Anime Debut: None
Sato (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 341: The Flour Tragedy
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost who loves sauces of all kind, particularly okonomiyaki sauce. |
Anime Debut: None
Yuuya Ohora (大洞ユウヤ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 342: The Story of Horataro
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A second year student in a relationship with Miyuki Miyake, the couple have been having trouble since the summer. |
Anime Debut: None
Miyuki Miyake (宮毛ミユキ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 342: The Story of Horataro
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Miyuki is Yuuya's girlfriend and has been experiencing problems in their relationship since she gave him a little trinket. |
Anime Debut: None
Nishikori (西古里)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 346: Friendship Master
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A student from the rival Yosono High School who is being haunted by a childhood friend named Matsuoka. |
Anime Debut: None
Matsuoka (待岡)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 346: Friendship Master
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Voice: None
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A former friend of Nishikori, who is taking friendship lessons from Matsugo to try and rekindle his relationship with his old pal. |
Anime Debut: None
Kasumi Hosokawa (細川カスミ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 353: Afraid of HOT
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Kasumi is a second year student from Sankai who is haunted by the spirit of a large girl wielding a baseball bat. |
Anime Debut: None
Christmas Tree Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 355: In the Tree
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The ghost of a boy who hid a ring on a large Christmas tree at a popular dating spot. |
Anime Debut: None
Fortune Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 356: Good Luck Omikuji
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A boy who never got the fortune he wanted in life, and so tries to rob a shrine for a favorable fortune after he dies. |
Anime Debut: None
Sayo Hitomi (サヨ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 358: How to Use a Hibachi
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A girl who was too sick to go to school, she depended on her sister Asa's love letters for her own imaginary love affairs. |
Anime Debut: None
Rain Man (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 359: It Rained!
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A former student in love with his coach. This boy had the unlucky ability to seemingly attract rain storms throughout his life. |
Anime Debut: None
Chocolate Ghost (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 361: Special Chocolate
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The spirit of a girl who died before she could give chocolates to the boy she loved, but more is revealed when Sakura helps her make some chocolates to give. |
Anime Debut: None
Rinne's Fan (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 365: On My Mind
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A girl Rinne saved from death three years ago, she returns to see the boy who saved her, causing issues between Rinne and Sakura. |
Anime Debut: None
Female Cat (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 369: I'm Not Scared
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This little cat girl finds her future in scaredy cat Kuroboshi III's hands. |
Anime Debut: None
Momo-chan (モモちゃん)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 371: The Narrating Voice
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Momo-chan is a dead parrot that continually talks about hidden money, leading Rinne to try and find the missing loot. |
Anime Debut: None
Little Girl (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 374: This is an Investment!
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The ghost of a little girl that Rokumon tries to help. She died in poverty, and hopes to raise enough money to buy her little brother the video game system he wanted when she was alive. |
Anime Debut: None
Pool Boy(---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 377: Lost in the Pool
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ghost who lost his wallet at a swimming pool but is too afraid to dive underwater to get it. |
Anime Debut: None
Asari Furugi (古木アサリ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 378: Future Dress
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Sakura and Rinne's classmate who is haunted by a vintage dress much too small to be worn by modern girls. |
Anime Debut: None
Fairy (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 381: Witch's Summer Vacation
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Voice: None
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A disgusting looking fairy that Annette summons by drawing it...poorly. |
Anime Debut: None
Exorcist (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 385: Beloved
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An exorcist from Japan who was trained in the west. While undergoing training he met and fell in love with a foreign woman named Diana, but they were unable to marry. |
Anime Debut: None