Ask Dr. Rin/Characters

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Meirin Kanzaki

Voiced by: Saeko Chiba

By day, your typical teenage girl who has a few good friends and is hopelessly in love with her Victorious Childhood Friend, Asuka. She loves feng shui divination, and seems pretty good at it. Sometimes, she's able to use it to help out her friends. By night, however, she's Dr. Rin, an online fortune-telling wonder who gets tons of e-mails and is driving her father's business into ruin. Things begin to become weird when a strange evil spirit seems intent on stealing her "power," although what this power could be, she has no idea. Her only protections are her loyal True Companions and her magic hakke crystal, which protects her from harm. She is the reincarnation of Haoyung Laila, the person who sanctions Meirin's feng shui ability.

Asuka Yuuki

Voiced by: Takayuki Sorita

Meirin's childhood friend and next-door neighbor. Asuka is largely a skeptic on all matters of the occult and also trying to maintain a normal middle school life at the same time. Needless to say, the appearance of evil forces out to take away his best friend throw him out of that rut pretty quickly. He holds up pretty well, despite being one of the few members of the cast not to have magic powers until he finds out he does. He plays on the soccer team along with Tokiwa and Shinagawa. He often winds up playing the Straight Man foil to... just about everyone else in the cast. He is, in fact, the reincarnation of Seiryuu, the blue dragon, who previously had a relationship with Haoyung Laila. They were forced to separate, which is part of the reason why he begins the series so determinedly skeptical of magic.

Takashi Tokiwa

Voiced by: Yuuto Kazama

An Onmyoji from a local shrine, he transfers to Meirin's school at the beginning of the series and immediately sets his sights on her, declaring Asuka his rival and trying to burn down the school while she's in it just so that he can rescue her from it. Once his Demonic Posession is cleared up, he immediately goes about showing a much nicer personality that, while still narcissistic and hopelessly flirty, is more Chick Magnet than Stalker with a Crush. He still has a crush on Meirin and competes with Asuka for her affections. He is the reincarnation of Byakko, the white tiger.

Banri Shijou

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu

A young boy who can tell fortunes using tarot cards. Banri appears first trying to trap Meirin in a white card in order to steal her powers, usually by manipulating her feelings for Asuka. As it turns out, Banri was being manipulated by Cynthia, a favorite toy of his mother's, in the trauma he suffered after his mother died. After Cynthia herself was purified, Banri went back to being a cute young boy. He is the reincarnation of Genbu, the black tortoise.

Eddy Tsukioka

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi

After an unfortunate accident that the soccer team's coach has after school hours, Eddy takes over as substitute coach while his parrot, Takoyaki, frustrates the team from his hangout on the net. He quickly gains a reputation for being particularly strict with them. He shows a bit of a crush on Meirin quite early on, although this is yet another play by the evil spirit for Meirin's hakke crystal. During a date with her, he shows off some of his astrology skills. He is the reincarnation of Suzaku, the red bird.

Yue Konishi

Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi

One of Meirin's two best friends. Cool, calm, and collected; she serves as a foil for the much more excitable and ditzy Shuuko. Shinagawa pursues her with a passion that she seems to tolerate, but without actually giving him any ideas that she reciprocates.

Shuuko Kasukabe

Voiced by: Kana Kouguchi

The more ditzy and valley-girl-ish of Meirin's two best friends, Shuuko is nonetheless a devoted friend who will always be there for Meirin. Of course, if there's a chance to chase a cute guy in the process, that's even better.

Daisuke Shinagawa

Voiced by: Kei Watanabe

A good guy at heart, Shinagawa is the earnest Plucky Comic Relief. He's Asuka's best friend and plays on the soccer team with him. He has an obvious crush on Yue, but can't convince her to give him the time of day.

Tenshin, Nanao, Cynthia, and Takoyaki

The four pets of the main characters. Tenshin belongs to Meirin, Nanao to Tokiwa, Cynthia to Banri, and Takoyaki to Eddy. Two of them are not actual animals - Nanao is a shikigami that looks like a seven-tailed Kitsune, and Cynthia is actually a panda doll.

Emiko Kanzaki

Meirin's mother.

Shou Kanzaki

Meirin's father. He works as a television feng-shui master, but the mysterious Dr. Rin puts him to shame and is his Arch Enemy.

Meirin's Grandfather

A somewhat weird old guy who provides some background about the legacies of of the hakke crystal and the feng shui board.

Kyoumi Kanzaki

Meirin's big brother. Generally a decent guy who provides her with some advice. He's actually the King of Darkness. He's also not really Meirin's brother. He simply tricked the family in order to get close to Meirin.

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