Kamisama Kiss/Characters

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Characters of the manga series Kamisama Kiss include:

Nanami Momozono

Nanami is a dirt-poor but otherwise normal high school student whose father runs out on her due to his gambling debts. Shortly afterwards Nanami "saves" a strange man, Mikage, in the park from a dog who gives her his house in gratitude. Nanami accepts due to having nowhere else to go and only later does she find out that Mikage's gift has a few strings attached.

Tomoe

Mikage's and later Nanami's familiar. Tomoe is a powerful Kitsune that has been around for a few centuries. Personality wise Tomoe is something of a Jerkass and a Deadpan Snarker though he does show a softer, caring side on a few occasions.


Familiars

Kotetsu and Onikiri

Two spirits who belong to the Mikage shrine.

Mamoru

Nanami's shikigami.


Mizuki

Mizuki is a snake familiar of a Water God and like Kurama briefly serves as an antagonist before being put in his place by Tomoe. Eventually, he becomes Nanami's familiar, which pisses Tomoe off big time.

Gods

Ikusagami

The god of war. He looks down on Nanami for being a weak human. An attitude that latter cause him to get his ass handed to him by Tomoe.

Izanami

She's the ruler of Yomi-No-Kuni.

Mikage

A Land God, a Marriage God and Nanami's benefactor. Not much is known about Mikage except that he has a fear of dogs and that he abandoned the shrine twenty-years ago for unknown reasons.


Nurakami

She is the goddess of thunder and lightning. When she learns that Nanami is Tomoe's new master, she thinks that her chance has finally come to make him her familiar.

Otohiko

A Wind God who is more than a little effeminate. Otohiko originally shows up to test Nanami and see if she is worthy of her title. Later he serves as an ally and sometimes mentor to Nanami.

Humans

Ami Nekota

An innocent girl who is Nanami's classmate.

Isobe

A boy who bullies Nanami for her poverty.


Kayako Hiragi

A human landgod from Kyoto. She comes to Nanami's school as an exchange student and becomes her rival in the contest to see who is more suitable to go to the god summit.

Yukiji

A beautiful peasant girl from the past. She used to be Tomoe's lover.

Tengu

Jirou

Kurama's brother and current leader of the Tengu clan.

Kurama /Shinjirou

A pop-star and major teenage heart-throb, Kurama is actually a Tengu from Kurama mountain. He serves very, very briefly as an antagonist in the series before Tomoe puts him in his place. Eventually becomes a friend of Nanami's and a rival for her affection to Tomoe.

Suirou

Took care of Kurama during his childhood and was the first to show him affection. Suirou was the most skilled at flying among the tengu until he lost his wings while protecting Kurama.


Others

Akura-Ou /Kirihito.

Also referred to as the Evil King, Akura-Ou is a brutal and sadistic demon and the current Big Bad of the series and someone who very much enjoys killing. Tomoe used to be his right-hand man before Mikage recruited him.

Numano Himemiko

The princess of the swamp Tatara and a catfish spirit. Used to be friends with Mikage. She approaches Nanami because she wants to find the human boy Kotarou again, with whom she fell in love with 10 years ago.

Yatori

A mysterious youkai who wishes to help Akura-Ou. He promises to take over Kurama mountain to show his strength.

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