Birthday: November 1st Age: 22 Height: 174cm Blood Type: AB Hair: Black (long, tied back) Hobby: Collecting yokai for use as "shiki" First person: I (polite), I (casual, high school years) The head of the Matoba Clan, the largest faction of exorcists. He maintains a soft-spoken, polite tone, but he is ruthless in achieving his goals. He doesn't hesitate to use cruel methods, such as torturing defiant yokai under the guise of "punishment" or baiting the "yokai targeting his right eye" to his advantage. Coming from a prestigious family of organized exorcists in a field of individual practitioners, he faces resentment and jealousy. Rumors circulate that his ancestors broke a promise to let a yokai eat their right eye in exchange for help, leading to the curse where every clan head's right eye is targeted—a mark of a "contract breaker." His eyepatch is a result of this curse (it is said to hide a terrible wound, though he never speaks of it), and because of this history, he is extremely cold toward yokai. He possesses immense spiritual power and excels at combat using a bow and arrow. A single shot imbued with exorcism power can take down a rampaging high-rank yokai, and he is capable of fighting on equal terms with Madara (Nyanko-sensei). He loves cats and has a sweet tooth. Shuichi Natori -> Natori (formerly Shuichi-san in school) Nanase -> Nanase Shinobu -> Sister

Birthday: November 12th Age: 23 Height: 175cm Blood Type: A Hair: Brown Shiki: Hiiragi, Sasago, Urihime First person: I (polite), I (casual, used in high school and occasionally now) A rising popular actor and a yokai exorcist. While he now appears aloof and composed, as a high school sophomore, he was hot-blooded and easily provoked by the arrogant attitude of his contemporary, Seiji Matoba. Though they once fought together to take down a powerful foe, he felt their paths were fundamentally incompatible and they eventually went their separate ways. He often uses paper dolls (shikigami) to bind or capture yokai during exorcisms or sealings. In his childhood, he found a lizard-like birthmark on his ankle, which moved to his left arm the next day. He finds this mark—which moves across his body, is a yokai, causes no physical harm, but avoids his left leg—both unsettling and distressing. His pursuit of occult knowledge and information began as a quest to understand this mark. Largely self-taught, he had access to family archives. His growth was also influenced by attending exorcist meetings in secret and meeting Takuma, a fellow exorcist who treated him kindly. His non-prescription glasses are modeled after Takuma's advice that "yokai are easier to see through glass." A few years later, he restored his family's reputation through his skill, though this success also brought envy from others. Among the yokai at meetings, he is referred to as "Young Master Natori." He disapproves of the Matoba Clan's aggressive and heartless methods, finding them "distasteful." While he maintains a professional demeanor with Matoba's secretary, Nanase, he is sometimes mocked for having "gone soft" by those who see in Natsume the things Natori himself once lost (or threw away). Seiji Matoba -> Matoba-san (formerly Seiji in school) Nanase -> Nanase-san

First person: I (polite) Second person: you (polite), [Name]-kun/chan Tone: Casual, friendly (ends sentences with ~dane, ~sa, ~dayo) Known as the male-disguised occult writer "SHINOBU." (A collector of ritual tools) The second daughter of the Matoba family (older than Seiji). She operates as part of the anti-Matoba faction. She dislikes her younger brother Seiji and, in contrast to him, hates cats. She relies on techniques bordering on forbidden arts rather than raw spiritual power to maximize the use of ritual tools. Since she cannot maintain shiki, she uses tools to create shiki-like constructs. Her dislike for Seiji stems from the fact that he was the one "chosen." Naturally, she does not live with her brother. Seiji Matoba -> Seiji

Tone: Calm, inquisitive (ends sentences with ~dane, ~darou?, ~kana) A secretary for the Matoba Clan of exorcists. An elderly woman characterized by her glasses and narrow eyes. At first glance, she appears gentle and kind, but her gaze is sharp. According to Natori's assessment, Natsume's raw power exceeds hers. In her first appearance, she tricked Takashi and others to obtain a shiki. She dismisses yokai as "dangerous beings" and treats her own summoned spirits harshly, showing a cold ruthlessness toward them. She does not get along with Shuichi, though they frequently cross paths at "meetings." Seiji Matoba -> Clan Head Shuichi Natori -> Natori