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A darkness youkai and stage 1 boss. She wears a ribbon that's actually a magic amulet that she can't touch, leading to many fan theories as to what it does. Rumia has the distinction of being the first boss in the series to fight using the modern spell card rules.

 

 

* [[Biblical Motifs]]: To appear more menacing and badass, she always imitates a "the saint was crucified" pose when attacking someone.

A fairy who lives at the same lake as Cirno and is the midboss of her stage. She doesn't have an official name, so fans call her Daiyousei, or "Greater Fairy", even though that's also a generic term for any of the game's stronger fairies. She was probably intended to just be a nameless [[Elite Mook]], but in [[Fanon]], she's generally considered to be Cirno's close friend.

 

 

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Cirno. She is depicted as the observant and level-headed member of Team 9.

An ice fairy who lives at the lake surrounding the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her favorite hobby is freezing frogs and watching them thaw. Surprisingly, Cirno is one of the few characters that realizes what's going on during ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', even though she mistakes it for a festival. Is best known for both an infamous [[Memetic Mutation]] detailed below and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY_e-WoVIqU Icicle Fall -Easy-], a spell card that can be completely dodged by placing yourself directly in front of Cirno.

 

* [[Badass Boast]]:

** Even back then in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she tried to do this with "I'll cryo-freeze you together with some English beef!".

** "I'm the strongest!" in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', adopted by fans as her [[Catch Phrase]].

Head gate guard and gardener for the Scarlet Devil Mansion and stage 3 boss, a Chinese master of martial arts and physical combat. Possesses perhaps the most well-known [[Fan Nickname]] in the series, "China".

 

 

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Canonically, she has large breasts, and there is evidence to suggest she is among the physically strongest characters in the series despite her sub-par magic. Despite this, [[Iron Butt Monkey|usually attacked by Sakuya]].

One of the many lesser youkai found in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Like Daiyousei, she had no name, dialogue, or profile included with the game, and was instead given her descriptive name by fans. The appellation seems to have been adopted by ZUN himself, but it may just be referring to her species. Fanon usually portrays Koakuma as an assistant (or possibly familiar) to Patchouli, since she's the library midboss.

 

 

* [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Demon Girl]]

Librarian and tutor for the Scarlet Devil Mansion household, and stage 4 boss. Patchouli is known as the "One-Week Wizard" due to her mastery of the seven elements of the Japanese calendar week. She is indeed a powerful elementalist, but suffers from poor health, which limits her battle prowess.

 

 

* [[Adorkable]]

Chief Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Despite being the leader of the maids at the SDM, Sakuya usually has to do all of the work herself because the [[Mook|fairy maids]] are [[Surrounded by Idiots|completely useless]]. Uses [[Knife Nut|knives]] and [[Time Stands Still|time manipulation]] to fight and [[Mundane Utility|do maid tasks]]. Much of Sakuya's origin is left to speculation, although it is implied that she may not be human and "Sakuya" may not be her real name.

 

 

* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Some fanart portrays her this way, to go along with the [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|padding jokes]] ([[Hilarious in Hindsight|iPad, for example]]). Others go [[Boobs of Steel|the other way]].

Vampire mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and final boss of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. She is the source of the mist that blotted out the sun, because sunlight is harmful to her. (It turns out she can just use a parasol, though.) Feared by many youkai, she is incredibly vain and proud despite her relatively low position in the hierarchy of Gensoukyou, (falsely) claiming to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes himself and is very open about her being one of the few youkai that still eat humans, though she rarely takes enough blood to kill them.

 

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Her hair is pale blue, verging on white when ZUN draws her. The fighting games give her purple hair. Fanart can be anywhere in between.

Younger sister of Remilia Scarlet and the extra stage boss. She possesses the power to [[Person of Mass Destruction|destroy anything at will]], but due to her immaturity and mental instability, she's been kept locked up in the mansion basement for around 495 ''years''. Despite this, she doesn't usually try to escape, and is actually quite fond of her older sister. [[Captain Obvious|It goes without saying she is quite popular]]. Her theme song "U.N. Owen was her?" must hold some kind of record for [http://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/062118B8094CF469 most] [http://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/D13029CBEEE57FFD remixes] of any piece of music anywhere. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjxo_yB9ek&fmt=18 ZUN himself has remixed it.]''

 

 

* [[Ax Crazy]]: There's some [[Alternative Character Interpretation|debate]] about exactly ''how'' nuts she is, though.

The youkai of winter and stage 1 boss. She is only ever seen during the winter, and disappears as soon as spring arrives. While she attacks the heroines for attempting to end the long winter, she's only half-serious as she has already accepted that spring must eventually come.

 

 

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Pun not intended, but she plays this role to Cirno in [[Fanon]]. [[Word of God]], however, says that while she does watch out for Cirno from time to time, it's only because she knows that ice fairies are an important natural part of winter.

* [[An Ice Person]]: She is a Yuki-onna, a youkai of winter.

* [[An Ice Suit]]: The heavily dressed version.

A nekomata youkai and shikigami to Ran Yakumo. As her own master is also a shikigami, this means that she too is a servant to Yukari Yakumo.

 

 

* [[Catgirl]]: A Nekomata.

Stage 4 [[Mid Boss]], a fairy who heralds the coming of spring. For some reason, the only way she knows how to do so is with a [[Bullet Hell|shower of danmaku]]. Despite a few appearances and descriptions throughout canon, she generally shows up as a one-note character with no dialogue, though her enthusiasm is hard to miss.

 

 

* [[Genki Girl]]: And how! Her sheer enthusiasm fuels [[Bullet Hell|magic barrages]] strong enough for the late stage she is in without even [[Calling Your Attacks|declaring a spell card]].

While Layla has no official appearance, what little fanart of her exists almost universally depicts her with long green hair to complement her sisters' colors.

 

 

* [[Creating Life]]: Or unlife as the case may be.

The Prismriver sisters are a trio of poltergeist sisters who serve as the stage 4 bosses. The sisters are talented musicians whose performances are popular among youkai. According to their backstory, the three poltergeist Prismriver sisters are the creation of the youngest Prismriver sister, Layla. While the original four Prismriver sisters have long since passed away, the three poltergeists have remained in their ancestral home to this day, continuing to hone their musical skills.

 

 

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

The eldest of the Prismriver trio, who specializes in stringed instruments. Lunasa is an honest, hard-working, honor student type who is nevertheless pessimistic in general.

 

 

* [[Brown Note]]: She can induce depression in anyone that hears her playing her violin.

The middle sister of the Prismriver trio, who specializes in wind instruments. Merlin is energetic and easily excitable. She possesses greater raw power than her sisters, but lacks precision and control.

 

 

* [[Brown Note]]: Her trumpet playing has the polar opposite affect of Lunasa's violin. It can cause people to break out uncontrollably into dance or become unable to hold a coherent conversation.

The youngest of the Prismriver trio, who specializes in percussion and keyboard instruments. Lyrica is very intelligent, but dislikes exerting effort, so she usually tries to trick her sisters into fighting for her.

 

 

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Unlike her sisters' instruments of choice, the synthesizer clashes with the general setting, not to mention the whole classical musician image.

Swordswoman and gardener of Hakugyokurou, the Netherworld court. She's half-human and half-phantom, half-dead and half-alive, half-phantom and half-reality, and [[Overly Long Gag|altogether]] half-baked. She is Yuyuko's faithful servant, but her seriousness and naivete contrasts with her mistress's whimsical and carefree nature. She is the one who has been stealing the essence of spring from Gensoukyou in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', under orders from Yuyuko.

 

 

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: [[Badass Boast|"The things that cannot be cut by my Roukanken, forged by youkai, are next to none!"]]

Youmu Konpaku's father ([[Lost in Translation|or possibly grandfather]]) and mentor, who served as Hakugyokurou's gardener before her. He disappeared sometime before the events of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', which Youmu took to be just another one of his lessons. Strictly appears only in Youmu's character description for ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''.

 

 

* [[Badass Beard]]: Often portrayed with one.

Ghost Princess of Hakugyokurou, also an old friend of Yukari. When she was living as a human, she discovered that she has the power to invoke death with mere thoughts alone. Frightened with her power, she [[Driven to Suicide|committed suicide]], and then her body was used to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|seal an evil cherry tree]]. Over time, she [[Ghost Amnesia|forgot about her life]] and hatched a plan to resurrect the body sealing the tree. When she realized that it was her own body that sealed the tree, she changed her mind and lived her life as a ghost, perhaps for the better, because the resurrection of her body would destroy her, and unleash the evil tree.

 

 

* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]: Having the power to [[I Wished You Were Dead|invoke death as one pleases]] is [[Captain Obvious|dangerous.]] Good thing Yuyuko is responsible enough to know how dangerous it is, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies aside.

An evil cherry tree sealed by Yuyuko and Yukari centuries ago. Currently it is the only truly evil character in the Touhou universe. It has the power to lure people to rest underneath its branches after which it drains their souls.

 

 

* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: Brutally subverted, it's its beauty that lures people to it, after which it kills them.

A kitsune, Yukari's beleaguered but loyal shikigami, looking after the house and her duties while her mistress sleeps. A grand youkai in her own right, she is wise and strong, old enough to possess a full set of nine tails and is powerful enough to have her ''own'' shikigami, Chen.

 

 

* [[Action Mom]]: In [[Fanon]], she and Chen generally have a mother-daughter relationship, which normally her going "[[Say My Name|CHEEEEEEEEEENNNN!!!]]".

The youkai of boundaries, and quite possibly the most powerful being in Gensoukyou, as well as the laziest. Yukari has the power to manipulate borders, which would presumably grant her the task of being Gensoukyou's [[Barrier Maiden]], except that she sleeps during the day, hibernates through winter, and she's extremely lazy, so she leaves the Hakurei Border to Reimu, and most other tasks to her shikigami, Ran. She tends to mess around with people, but ultimately she usually means well. She is an old friend of Yuyuko, and after the events in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', she tends to hang around in the Hakurei Shrine and either help or annoy Reimu.

 

 

* [[Ancient Tradition]]: A one-woman variation, but only helps when she sees fit.

An oni girl with the power to manipulate density, which extends to gathering or dispersing emotions and people, along with more destructive applications. She caused the inhabitants of Gensoukyou to have more parties for a while, hoping to attract more of her kind to Gensoukyou and reuinite her people that had been scattered long ago. Currently living in Bhava-Agra (one realm of Heaven) after threatening the inhabitants to allow her to stay there.

 

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Suika's sprites in fighting games represent her with brown hair, however, her artwork shows her with light orange hair. Her sprite in ''Double Spoiler'' confirms that her hair color is more orange than brown. Though, fanworks sometimes depict her as blonde or brunette, depending on the artist's preferences or color judgements.

A firefly youkai with the ability to control insects.

 

 

* [[Bifauxnen]]: A lot of fanart likes to depict her as looking very boyish, to the point where most posts of her on Danbooru get the "reverse trap" tag.

A night sparrow youkai who loves to sing. Her singing causes night-blindness to those who hear it. In-game, it shrinks the player's field of view.

 

 

* [[Badass Boast]]: "All humans fear me in the darkness! If I wanted, I could call enough youkai here to eradicate every human in this land.", or "I'll show you the true terror of darkness!" It's all empty bluster, though. And she ''really'' makes herself look stupid by using the "terror of darkness" line when talking to ''Remilia''. A ''vampire''. You know, ''lord of the night''?

The were-hakutaku who protects the human village and runs a school. [[Fanon]] has it that various "child" characters, like Cirno, Mystia, Rumia, Daiyousei, and sometimes even Tenshi, Parsee, and Kisume, all attend her school as well. Possesses the ability to "eat" and hide history, and create brand new history in her hakutaku form, though she is [[How Do I Shot Web?|really bad at controlling it]]. She's also one of Mokou's few friends.

 

 

* [[Animorphism]]: She turns into a [http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Hakutaku Hakutaku] during the full moon, but it seems that the only apparent physical feature that changes is that she grows a tail and horns, complete with ribbon and her hair turns green.

An earth rabbit youkai and leader of the earth rabbits of Eientei. Her explicit power is the ability to bring good luck to people, but usually she's just a prankster. Started as another stage midboss with no dialogue, only a name and profile, but later got more coverage, including a major role in ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth''.

 

 

* [[Ascended Extra]]: She was originally a midboss who wasn't even named in-game, just in the [[All There in the Manual|manual]]. She however got a speaking role in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' and then became one of the main characters of ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth''.

A Lunar Rabbit who fled from the Lunar War,<ref>[[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|which supposedly started with Neil Armstrong landing on the moon and planting a flag]]</ref> abandoning her comrades. It's not known whether [[Dirty Coward|she did it out of cowardice]] or something else. She was found in Eientei by Kaguya and became her pet and Eirin's student. Nicknamed "Udonge" by the latter and "Inaba" by the former (though that is how Kaguya refers to all rabbits), Reisen now loyally serves and protects her master and teacher. Being a Lunar Rabbit, she is gifted with the [[Evil Eye|madness-inducing eye]], though ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' reveals that her eyes also control waves in general, including mind waves and electromagnetic waves.

 

 

* [[Alternate Character Reading]]: Reisen's spell card names are an oddity - they all have one name in kanji, but they're then given an official pronunciation in katakana, which creates a totally different phrase. For example, her first spell card's name is "Wave Sign: Red Eyes Hypnosis," but going by the katakana will get you "Wave Sign: Mind Shaker". Interestingly, only the katakana expression will change with difficulty level.

A Lunarian and a genius pharmacist who serves Princess Kaguya. She is the one who created the Hourai Elixir consumed by Kaguya and Mokou, as well as many other miraculous creations. Eirin was an elite member of the moon's ruling class and part of the Lunar envoy sent to retrieve Kaguya, but instead betrayed and killed the other envoys and fled into hiding with Kaguya at Eientei. During the events of ''Imperishable Night'', it was she who stole the moon, by sealing earth itself in a magic chamber, thus preventing the Lunarians from coming to Earth. Subsequently she has opened a pharmacy catering to both humans and youkai.

 

 

* [[Functional Magic|Alchemy]]: She makes immortality potions along with her varying medicines and potions.

A Lunarian princess who was exiled to Earth centuries ago for having consumed the Hourai Elixir, which made her immortal. While on earth, her beauty attracted many suitors, including Mokou's father, but all were unable to complete her five impossible requests. When her exile had ended, she refused to return to the moon, and instead convinced Eirin to betray the Lunarians and escape into hiding with her. Her backstory is based largely on the [[wikipedia:Tale of the Bamboo Cutter|Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]], the oldest known example of Japanese literature and quite possibly the original [[Science Fiction]] tale.

 

 

* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: All her regular spell cards are powered by the items from her impossible requests. She only uses her manipulation of eternity after she loses to break the imperishable night during her last spells.

The Extra stage boss of ''Imperishable Night'', Mokou was the daughter of a nobleman (presumed to be [[wikipedia:Fujiwara no Fuhito|Fujiwara no Fuhito]], the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan) who was scorned by Kaguya centuries ago. She swore revenge against Kaguya, and ended up stealing the Hourai Elixir and consuming it, becoming immortal.

 

 

* [[Animal Motif]]: Associated with the phoenix, due to her immortality and fire powers.

One of the crow tengu who inhabit Gensoukyou, Aya runs the newspaper known as the Bunbunmaru. Because she gets carried away when writing the articles and exaggerate things, people don't really like to be featured in her paper. While she is strong, to the point that sometimes she accidentally wins fights when she was really just trying to take pictures for her newspaper, she prefers to work on her paper far more than fighting.

 

 

* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: She's the star of the of the 'Bunkachou' games (and to a lesser extent the [[All There in the Manual|book]]), ''Shoot the Bullet'' and ''Double Spoiler''.

A doll that has come to life as a youkai, she works hard for the emancipation of all dolls. Unfortunately, most dolls are unable to live as she can. She has the power to control various kinds of poison.

 

 

* [[Artificial Human]]/[[Living Toy]]: She's a doll that gained sentience. It is likely the little doll that follows her around is the real Medicine and the big doll is an external body projection.

A [[Shinigami]] whose job it is to [[The Ferry Man|ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River]] to await judgment. However, she's an incorrigible slacker, which ends up leading to the events of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''<ref>though the event was simply the 60-year cycle and not Komachi's fault; however, her slacking exacerbated the situation, if only a little</ref> when the amount of dead souls overwhelms her and begin accumulating in the world of the living.

 

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: She's easily one of the most laid-back and friendly characters in the series. But in her ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' scenario, when Tenshi killed ghosts to alter the weather and defeated her fellow shinigami to feign immortality, Komachi put aside her role as a ferryman and gave the Celestial a good old-fashioned attitude adjustment.

Komachi's boss and Gensoukyou's resident judge of the dead. Unlike Komachi, she takes her work seriously, and is oftentimes lecturing her subordinate, as well as everyone else. She possesses the power to see everything in black and white, which leads her to be a bit moralistic, although she always means well. For reference, her name is simply Eiki Shiki, while Yamaxanadu is a job title.

 

 

* [[Catch Phrase]]: