Corpse Party/Characters

Satoshi Mochida
An Ordinary High School Student at Kisaragi Academy, Satoshi serves as the main protagonist (though the others get their time in the spotlight, especially from Blood Covered on). Generally a Nice Guy, he tends to get picked on a bit by his classmates due to his fear of ghost stories.


 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Cowardly Lion: Yes, he's terrified. That doesn't stop him from doing everything in his power to find a way out for his sister, his friends, and himself.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Names to Know in Anime: Hiro Shimono
 * Nice Guy
 * Oblivious to Love:
 * And, well, you can't really blame the guy: Naomi is such an extreme Tsundere that she practically comes off as emotionally abusive towards him, so it'd make sense that he wouldn't be able to see that she's in love with him.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Horror Stories?: He isn't a fan of them, so of course he ended up with a Class Rep who adores telling them, exposing his phobias for all to see and mock. Then they end up being dragged into one...

Naomi Nakashima
Naomi's known Satoshi ever since they were kids, and loves exploiting the fact that she knows all his weaknesses. However, she does this to try and hide her feelings for him, in typical Tsundere fashion.


 * Alliterative Name
 * All Love Is Unrequited: And it's HER GODDAMNED FAULT. Satoshi is as much in love with her as she is with him, but he doesn't dare show his feelings because he's afraid of being ridiculed by Naomi because of her extreme Tsundere attitude.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Not only her feelings for Satoshi, but also the guilt she feels immediately after lashing out at Seiko. If she tries to apologize, she's hardly even able to get the words out, and neither she nor Seiko feel any better. In Book of Shadows, she actually has a coughing fit.
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Fatal Flaw: Not only is she unable to bring herself to confess her feelings, she tends to take out her frustration verbally on everyone around her. Even when she knows it won't help anything, she can't stop herself...
 * My Greatest Failure: She feels that if she hadn't taken out all her frustrations on Seiko, they wouldn't have separated and . She tries to rectify this after given the chance to do so in Book of Shadows..
 * Names to Know in Anime: Rina Satou
 * Never Got to Say Goodbye: Naomi splits up with shortly after the two get into an argument. . Considering it was Naomi's fault they split up in the first place, she feels pretty bad about it.
 * Patient Childhood Love Interest: Sorta. She's known Satoshi since seventh grade.
 * Screw Destiny: Her attitude in Book of Shadows, both in the "World Loop" chapters and the chapter following Blood Covered's True Ending. By the end of "Engraved Seal",.
 * Tsundere: A typical tsun-tsun; this is Deconstructed, as it feeds into her Fatal Flaw.
 * Twisted Ankle: Suffers from one after a bad landing, making it hard for her to get around at first.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Her Fatal Flaw is a heavy driving force here, because Satoshi is in love with her too, but her downright abusive Tsundere attitude towards him pushes him away.
 * Twisted Ankle: Suffers from one after a bad landing, making it hard for her to get around at first.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Her Fatal Flaw is a heavy driving force here, because Satoshi is in love with her too, but her downright abusive Tsundere attitude towards him pushes him away.

Ayumi Shinozaki
The Class Rep for 2-9, Ayumi is bright, cheerful, and absolutely loves scary stuff. Creepy stories, strange rituals... she loves them all, and can't resist taking advantage of her position to draw her classmates into her games. Especially Satoshi, since he's so funny when he's freaked out...!


 * Class Representative
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * The Load: She gets possessed quite a bit.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Asami Imai
 * Nightmare Fetishist: Subverted. As much as she loves horror stories, getting flung headfirst into one understandably freaks her right out.
 * One Steve Limit: Averted: She's not the only Shinozaki in the game..
 * Protectorate
 * : At the very least, she starts showing signs of.
 * Some of it is likely due to her being easily affected by spirits and their influence.
 * Some of it is likely due to her being easily affected by spirits and their influence.

Yoshiki Kishinuma
Despite having the Face of a Thug, Yoshiki is actually a pretty nice guy. Likes teasing Satoshi, but that's the norm among his classmates, anyway. After they're pulled into Tenjin, he vows to protect Ayumi at any cost.


 * All Love Is Unrequited: Though he cares for Ayumi, he thinks she's more interested in Satoshi.
 * Cooldown Hug:
 * Face of a Thug
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yuuichi Nakamura
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Yuka Mochida
Satoshi's sweet and polite little sister, who's currently in middle school. Came to pick up her brother and wound up getting sucked into the middle of things.


 * Damsel in Distress: A particularly strong trouble magnet in the original PC-98 game.
 * Hair Decorations
 * : In Chapter 5's Extra Ending, where she
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Has this dynamic with Kizami, who is a good 46 cm taller than her.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Eri Kitamura
 * Older Than They Look: Though she's only a few years younger than the rest of the cast, the age difference seems particularly pronounced thanks to her much wider eyes and petite frame. She also acts much younger than she is.
 * Potty Emergency: Happens to her. Unfortunately, the lack of working bathrooms doesn't do her any good.
 * Protectorate: To her brother and to Yuuya Kizami.
 * Protectorate: To her brother and to Yuuya Kizami.

Seiko Shinohara
Naomi's best friend, a cheery and irrepressible Genki Girl with a bit of a perverted streak. Or maybe it's just that she loves teasing Naomi...? Either way, she has a way of keeping her head up and looking on the bright side, even in the darkest of situations...


 * Alliterative Name
 * Cat Smile: A common expression of hers, especially in the manga.
 * Genki Girl
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Although she has feelings for Naomi, she acts as a Shipper on Deck for her and Satoshi.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Satomi Arai
 * The Pollyanna
 * Princess Curls: Right below her ears.
 * Promotion to Parent: Her mother disappeared some time ago; since then, Seiko has grown into a surrogate mother for her siblings.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbian
 * Stepford Smiler: She puts up a good front, but the truth is she's actually hiding a lot of sadness from her mother's disappearance. The same applies to getting stuck in Tenjin Elementary, where she acts cheerful to hide how scared she really is.
 * Promotion to Parent: Her mother disappeared some time ago; since then, Seiko has grown into a surrogate mother for her siblings.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbian
 * Stepford Smiler: She puts up a good front, but the truth is she's actually hiding a lot of sadness from her mother's disappearance. The same applies to getting stuck in Tenjin Elementary, where she acts cheerful to hide how scared she really is.
 * Stepford Smiler: She puts up a good front, but the truth is she's actually hiding a lot of sadness from her mother's disappearance. The same applies to getting stuck in Tenjin Elementary, where she acts cheerful to hide how scared she really is.
 * Stepford Smiler: She puts up a good front, but the truth is she's actually hiding a lot of sadness from her mother's disappearance. The same applies to getting stuck in Tenjin Elementary, where she acts cheerful to hide how scared she really is.

Mayu Suzumoto
Energetic and popular with most of the guys, Mayu is particularly close to Sakutarou, with whom she shares a Like Brother and Sister rapport. With her family moving away, she's about to transfer out of Kisaragi, with the Culture Festival being her last day...


 * Hair Decorations: Catches up part of her hair in a small side ponytail.
 * Like Brother and Sister
 * Living Emotional Crutch:
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yuka Nanri
 * New Transfer Student: Inverted; she was transferring out of Kisaragi, and the story starts on what was meant to be her last day there...
 * To be fair,
 * New Transfer Student: Inverted; she was transferring out of Kisaragi, and the story starts on what was meant to be her last day there...
 * To be fair,
 * To be fair,
 * To be fair,

Sakutarou Morishige
Another classmate from 2-9. He's quite close to Mayu.


 * Big Brother Instinct: Referenced in his spotlight chapter in Book of Shadows, where.
 * Blind Without'Em: As revealed in Extra Chapter 9.
 * Dramatic Irony: A key facet of his character is that he's completely unaware that.
 * : Shown in the manga; overheard in the game.
 * The Generic Guy: While the others are having their Establishing Character Moments in the classroom, he seems to be just... sort of there to establish that he exists and is Mayu's friend. His comes later.
 * Go Mad from the Revelation: When he learns, he does not take it well.
 * Last-Name Basis: He doesn't like people calling him by his first name, so everyone calls him by his last name, save Mayu, who calls him "Shige-nii".
 * Like Brother and Sister
 * Megane
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tetsuya Kakihara
 * Megane
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tetsuya Kakihara

Yui Shishido
Class 2-9's teacher, who has a knack for connecting with her students. As a result, she's pretty well liked and respected by them.


 * Cool Teacher
 * Determinator: Let's see... . Yui-sensei is awesome.
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover
 * Names to Know in Anime: Miyuki Sawashiro
 * Names to Know in Anime: Miyuki Sawashiro

Yuuya Kizami
A young man from another high school (Byakudan High School) who Yuka runs into, mistaking him for Satoshi.


 * Big Brother Mentor: To Yuka after she is separated from her actual big brother.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Actually wants to find his own little sister.
 * Coat Over the Shoulder
 * Gratuitous English:
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Has this dynamic with Yuka.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tomokazu Sugita
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tomokazu Sugita

Kensuke Kurosaki
A young man from the same high school as Kizami, and his friend since childhood.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tsubasa Yonaga
 * : . Later, when Yuka . Unfortunately,.

Kou Kibiki
A writer of mystery novels researching what really happened in the 1973 kidnapping and murder case.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Sexy Mentor:

Shougo Taguchi
A cameraman helping Kibiki with his case.


 * Camera Fiend: A video camera at least.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Freak-Out: Has one when Naomi tries to give him back something he dropped in Chapter 5.
 * Nice Hat

Masato Fukuroi
The chairman of the student council at Byakudan High School.


 * Megane

Mitsuki Yamamoto
The secretary of the student council at Byakudan High School. Recently dumped her boyfriend after she discovered he was cheating on her with three other women.


 * Hair Decorations
 * Freak-Out:
 * Names to Know in Anime: Haruka Tomatsu

Emi Urabe
A student who attends Byakudan High School, and Mitsuki's friend since their first year.


 * Meganekko

Touko Kirisaki
A student who attends Byakudan High School. She likes fortune telling, and was the one who suggested the friendship ritual to the others there.


 * Hair Decorations: Her ponytail.
 * Freak-Out:
 * Names to Know in Anime: Seiko Yoshida
 * Spell My Name With An H: The official English translation spells her name as "Tohko".

Nana Ogasawara
A seventh grader at Musashigawa Girls' Junior High. Her story is told in the Extra Chapter 1, where she agrees to help a ghost find the items that were taken from him. .


 * Hair Decorations

Chihaya Yamase
A seventh grader and classmate at the same school as Nana. .


 * Name's the Same: No, she is not the same girl from Maburaho.

Nari Amatoya
A seventh grader at the same school as Nana. Although she and Nana are in different classes, they are old friends. .


 * Hair Decorations

Naho Saenoki
A high school student with great psychic potential. She blogs about curses, and is lodging with Kibiki due to circumstances at home.


 * Berserk Button: Does not like when people ask personal questions.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Cute Ghost Girl
 * Dead All Along: At least she's honest about it. Most likely, she's retained her sense of self because of her psychic abilities.
 * Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: Often described as having eyes 'like a dead fish'.
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Meganekko
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:

Sayaka Ooue
A student at the same high school as Naho who does work in the talent industry. She's good friends with Naho due to them both being involved with the media.


 * Hair Decorations
 * Names to Know in Anime: MAKO
 * Names to Know in Anime: MAKO

Tsukasa Mikuni
A young man who attended Kisaragi Academy six years ago with Yui. They apparently dated, but never even kissed.


 * Names to Know in Anime: Nobuhiko Okamoto

Kai Shimada
A student who attends Byakudan High School, and who has a one-sided rivalry with Kizami.



Ryousuke Katayama
A student who attends Byakudan High School. He enjoys video games and is good friends with Ohkawa. We first meet him in Extra Chapter 4 of Blood Covered, but it isn't until Book of Shadows that we see him in the main game.


 * Those Two Guys: With Ohkawa.
 * Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
 * Those Two Guys: With Ohkawa.
 * Unwitting Instigator of Doom:

Tomohiro Ohkawa
A student who attends Byakudan High School. He likes cute things and video games. We first meet him in Extra Chapter 4 of Blood Covered, but it isn't until Book of Shadows that we see him in the main game.


 * Freak-Out:
 * Those Two Guys: With Katayama.

Yuki Kanno
A victim of the 1973 Tenjin Elementary kidnapping and murder case, she appears as a ghost with her left eye missing.


 * Creepy Child
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
 * Eye Scream
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * The Unintelligible: Because her tongue is missing.
 * The Unintelligible: Because her tongue is missing.
 * The Unintelligible: Because her tongue is missing.

Tokiko Tsuji
A victim of the 1973 Tenjin Elementary kidnapping and murder case, she appears as a ghost with the top of her head missing.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Creepy Child
 * The Unintelligible: Because the top half of her head (and her tongue) is missing.

Ryou Yoshizawa
A victim of the 1973 Tenjin Elementary kidnapping and murder case, he appears as a ghost with his tongue missing.


 * Creepy Child
 * The Unintelligible: Because his tongue is missing.

The girl in red/
The  only survivor of the 1973 Tenjin Elementary kidnapping and murder case, she provided the testimony that got the killer arrested. After the incident, her family apparently moved away, and her whereabouts are currently unknown.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Creepy Child
 * Names to Know in Anime: Ikue Ohtani
 * Playing Against Type: Despite, her voice actor was most known for playing Pikachu in Pokémon, who . Practically taking this Up to Eleven!
 * Slasher Smile
 * Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl

Yoshikazu Yanagihori
A teacher at Tenjin Elementary, and the son of the headmaster. He was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of the three victims in 1973.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Cool Teacher: Used to be one until his mental illness struck.
 * Despair Event Horizon: completely breaks him and leads to him being...
 * Driven to Suicide
 * Insanity Defense: How he avoided going to jail. He actually was pretty insane at that point, so a mental hospital was probably the best place for him. However, he ended up escaping, broke into the school and hung himself in the basement.
 * Man Child: At the time of the incident, a disease had apparently caused him to regress to a childlike mental state, to the point where he couldn't even convey his thoughts. People noted that he was still a rather kind person even when he reached that point, so it was almost hard to believe that he'd commit such horrific murders.
 * Man Child: At the time of the incident, a disease had apparently caused him to regress to a childlike mental state, to the point where he couldn't even convey his thoughts. People noted that he was still a rather kind person even when he reached that point, so it was almost hard to believe that he'd commit such horrific murders.

Yoshie Shinozaki
Sachiko's mother, she was a doctor and a health official for Tenjin Elementary. She died after falling from a stairway landing in the school.


 * Hello, Nurse!
 * Hot Mom

Hinoe Shinozaki
Ayumi's older sister. She's obviously the one Ayumi inherited her love of the occult from.


 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Onee-Sama: Very soft-spoken and ladylike, and very encouraging of Ayumi.
 * Onee-Sama: Very soft-spoken and ladylike, and very encouraging of Ayumi.

Natsumi Nakashima
Naomi's mother.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Hot Mom
 * Names to Know in Anime: Seiko Yoshida

Haruna Kizami
Kizami's older sister.


 * Aloof Big Sister
 * Hime Cut
 * Cool Big Sis/Onee-Sama: Toyed with. Her profile indicates she enjoys flower arrangement, but she is rather harsh toward her younger brother.

Yukie Suzumoto
Mayu's mother. She is sad about her daughter having to transfer and resents her workaholic husband for not protesting against his job transfer.


 * Hot Mom
 * Names to Know in Anime: Seiko Yoshida

Yuu Shinohara
One of Seiko's younger brothers.

Kokuhaku Akaboshi
A girl from Misato Municipal Brotherhood High that Satoshi and Yuka encounter in Chapter 3. Despite their attempts to communicate with her, she doesn't really respond.


 * Emotionless Girl

Miyu Shinohara
An original character from the manga Corpse Party: Musume, Miyu is a boy who dresses like a girl and is popular with the school. Miyu is an established member of the group in the manga, though he and Yuka were separated from the others when they fell into Tenjin.


 * The Ace: Practically unrivaled in athletics.
 * Ass Shove: Played for horror. Miyu is tortured this way by a particularly opportunistic tentacle monster.
 * Cruel and Unusual Death: Miyu is assaulted by a tentacle monster and then beheaded.
 * A Death in the Limelight: The back half of Chapter 3 puts a lot of focus on Miyu and his backstory. Of course, it ends with Miyu dying.
 * Defiant to the End: Even being bound and assaulted by the tentacle monster didn't stop Miyu from protecting Yuka.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Thanks to Miyu's adorable looks.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Two short pigtails to add to his femininity.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: With the tentacle monster lunging towards Yuka, he takes a bite out of them to keep them at bay, and loses his head in the process.
 * Kill the Cutie: Such an adorable, wholesome character, perhaps the least deserving to die, so of course he gets the most brutal death in the manga.
 * Naughty Tentacles: Falls victim to these just before his untimely death.
 * Never Got to Say Goodbye: Miyu had planned to confess to Satoshi after the school, but his death put an end to that. He can't even communicate it after death as being beheaded at the jaw left him unable to speak as a spirit.
 * Not Enough to Bury: Yuka could only hold on to the top of Miyu's head.
 * Off with His Head: Beheaded after he takes a bite out of a tentacle.
 * Sacrificial Lamb: Dying early in the manga makes the others realize just how horiffic of a situation they're in.
 * Sailor Fuku: Miyu was wearing a sailor uniform when he was transported to Tenjin. How appropriate that he would become the victim of Naughty Tentacles.
 * We Hardly Knew Ye: Miyu dies in the third chapter, serving little more than a vehicle for tentacle torture.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Dresses as a girl and is exceedingly kind to others.