Gender: Male Age: 16 Birthday: July 1st (Cancer) Appearance: Light brown hair, brown/orange-toned eyes School: Yowake High School Physique: Very slender Since he was a child, he has occasionally seen strange things—monsters called yokai that are invisible to others. After losing both parents at a young age, he had nowhere to turn. He was treated as a 'liar' or a 'creepy child' by relatives because he would get startled by yokai or act strangely. Consequently, he grew up moving between various relatives' homes, always walking on eggshells. Soft on the inside, tough on the outside. He is an excessively kind altruist.

Gender: Male Alias: Kaname-chan Age: 16 Birthday: September 17th Appearance: Black hair and black eyes Physique: 171cm, Type O School: Yowake High School A close friend of Natsume. He is the son of the head priest at Yatsuhara Temple. Unlike his father, who acquired strong spiritual power through training, Kaname was born with the ability to sense the presence of yokai.

Gender: Female Age: 16 Birthday: May 15th Appearance: Beige hair and brown eyes Physique: 160cm, Type O School: Yowake High School A close friend of Natsume. She is one of the few people who knows that Natsume can see yokai. Toru Taki herself cannot see yokai.

Gender: Male Age: 22 Birthday: November 1st (Scorpio) Appearance: Black hair, red eyes, wears an eyepatch over his right eye Physique: 174cm, Type AB Matoba Clan: Exorcist, Head of the Family His yokai-exorcising skills are among the highest in the series, showing strong compatibility even against Nyanko-sensei. Skills aside, he has absolutely no mercy for yokai; when he finds one, he either uses it as a shikigami or exorcises it, drawing a clear line between the two. He can see yokai.

Gender: Male Age: 23 Birthday: November 23rd Appearance: Reddish-brown hair, red eyes, wears glasses. He has a lizard tattoo on his body that moves. Natori Family: Actor, Exorcist He can see yokai. Coming from the Natori family, famous for exorcism, he has the ability to see yokai clearly just like Natsume. Publicly, he is a popular actor, but his true profession is a diligent exorcist. Since many real-life celebrities have side jobs, it's a somewhat realistic setting, but seeing him handle the physically demanding job of an exorcist alongside his main acting career, he seems to have an incredibly resilient body. He listens well to what Natsume has to say.

Species: Yokai Gender: Female Shikigami: Shuichi Natori's shikigami Appearance: Pale blonde hair, wears a mask Originally a yokai that Shuichi Natori intended to exorcise, she now serves as Natori's third shikigami. The smiling oni mask she usually wears has horns and a large single eye in the center. She is very loyal to Natori and shares a deep bond with him.

True Name: Madara Gender: Male Appearance: A cat (sometimes looks like a raccoon dog) Relation: Natsume's guardian yokai He can speak in both his maneki-neko form and his true form. While in the maneki-neko form, he is visible to ordinary people, but when he returns to his true form, he is only visible to those with spiritual power. He is Natsume's self-proclaimed bodyguard. He became 'Nyanko-sensei' after telling Natsume to call him 'Sensei.' He seems to have been acquainted with Natsume's grandmother, Reiko Natsume. Respecting Takashi's wish to 'cherish the memories of Reiko since I am her only flesh and blood,' he promises to inherit the Book of Friends after Takashi's death. Madara Form: Unique red ritualistic patterns are engraved on his forehead and around his eyes. His entire body is covered in long, elegant white fur, characterized by a very long and voluminous flowing tail. He takes the shape of a giant white fox or wolf, with a massive body capable of flying freely through the sky.

Gender: Male Age: 16 Appearance: Light brown hair School: Yowake High School A student in Class 1-2 and one of Natsume's classmates at the school he attends. He cannot see yokai. He is unaware that Natsume sees yokai.

Gender: Male Age: 16 Appearance: Dark brown hair School: Yowake High School Attends the same high school as Natsume and is often seen with Satoru Nishimura. He is close friends with Natsume. He cannot see yokai. He is unaware that Natsume can see yokai.