A prominent Korean player who has defeated Kurata 6-dan in the quarter final of Korea's Samsung cup. Kurata, who is referred to as "Japanese Ahn Tae-seon" in Korea, holds a particular grudge with him due to him (well-intentionedly and rather bluntly) asking Kurata if he had been in a slump after their game in the Samsung cup (and, true to his conceited nature, believes Ahn Tae-seon in turn should be known as the "Korean Kurata Atsushi"). In contrary, Ahn Tae-seon still maintains his amiable disposition and appears quite unaware of the sparks from Kurata. He's also noted to be exceedingly confident, believing in Korea's victory in the Hokuto cup even before the tournament begins and putting down the Japanese team as un-noteworthy, with the exception of Touya Akira. Later, Ahn Tae-seon made an appearance as the Korean team's manager in the Hokuto cup. He did not know of the misunderstanding between Hikaru and his charge Ko Yeong-ha about Shuusaku until too late (after Yeong-ha had insulted Shuusaku in public to spite Hikaru) and had to personally apologize for Yeong-ha's behavior. Although he initially looked down on the inexperienced Japanese team, he started to change opinions after witnessing their surprisingly high-level performances, in particular Shindo Hikaru's incredible match against Ko Yeong-ha and Touya Akira's victories against China's Lu Lee and Korea's Im Il-Hwan. This time, he disapproved of Yeong-ha putting down Hikaru's skills in a childish retort to Hikaru's disappointed dismissal of his loss.
One of Sayako's friends. Member of the newspaper club at school.
Age: 15 Birthday: May 15 Height: 160 cm Blood Type: O Tohru Taki is a female student at Natsume's school. She was first "discovered" by one of Natsume's friends, Nishimura who had heard rumors of her beauty and became entranced, he still maintains an obvious crush on her even though Natsume holds most of her attention. Taki is introduced into the story as a shy, silent girl. Later, the reason for this is because she was cursed by a yokai; the last 13 names said by her will be eaten by him at the end of a one year period. The yokai also throws her into an impossible gamble for her life which he does not honor even when she wins. Taki is generally a happy, extroverted and optimistic girl. She is shown to have a peculiar taste in cuteness, as is shown when she hugs Nyanko-sensei, calling him cute. Like Tanuma, she tries to help Natsume in any way she can, but is usually prevented from doing so because Natsume worries about their involvement with yokai. Even though Taki herself has too little spirit energy to see yokai, she does have the knowledge of drawing yokai circles, discovered by her grandfather. The circle, once drawn, gives any human the ability to see yokai who step within the radius of the circle. The circle does not require any spirit energy to create and activate, so anyone could possible draw it if they know how to. But due to it being complicated in looks, Taki is presummably the only one able to draw it without the need of a guide.
A mysterious feline spirit. Madara was sealed in a shrine until he was accidentally released by Natsume. Because Madara was trapped in a material form for so long, Madara ordinary takes on the shape of a maneki neko (lucky cat), leading Natsume to nickname him Nyanko-sensei. In this form, other people can see him, leading for Natsume having to ask his guardians if he could keep him as a pet. Madara is a powerful spirit, who protects Natsume from others and teaches him spells on occasion, in return for Natsume's promise to give him the Book of Friends when he dies. They often fight each other, which leads to Natsume punching Madara on the face and knocking him out. Despite his protests of not being a cat, he likes to play with cat toys. Nyanko's design is based on a lucky cat statue Midorikawa was given as a child. In the anime, Natsume is more respectful to Madara.
A regular at the Time of Eve café. Has womanly sensuality. She and Koji are always together and make a somewhat unbalanced couple. At times she seems kind of ill at ease. Seems to be strongly possessive of Koji, and never lets go of his arm when they are together. Rina is a female-form android bodyguard who has been illegally modified to perform as a sex-bot. She was formerly owned by a VIP, who abandoned her during an assassination attempt. Her right leg was damaged while she was attempting to protect her master, and it malfunctions periodically, threatening to reveal her identity as an android. Since she's been illegally modified, she cannot be sent back for repair, and is technically on the run from the authorities. She won't seek help because her existence would embarrass her master. Rina and Koji each believe the other is human, and their relationship is dependent on this assumption. (Source: Official English website, Wikipedia)
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