One of the four member of the "Sacred Beast Four Family", he is capable of summoning five foxes and use them as servants or, necessarily, as unstoppable fierce creatures. He's extremely fond of Hamaji (probably he has even fallen in love), and is really protective towards her. His foxes even said that Hamaji is his 'future bride'.
Hamaji is like a sister to Shino and Sosuke, having been raised with them since childhood. Along with them, she survived the destruction of Otsuka Village. She is something of a health nut, and obsessed with making sure everyone around her maintains a proper diet, but her cooking skills leave a lot to be desired. Unlike her pretty appearance, she often manipulates Shino and Sosuke, but in heart, she cares about them. There are hints that Kaname has feelings for her, but those feelings haven't been addressed. Her real name is Mutsuki Inuyama. She is Dousetsu's long lost younger sister. Hamaji abandoned her name and memories of her family thinking that her brother abandoned her.
Holder of the Fraternity bead. Kobungo's family runs the Konaya bed-and-breakfast inn, and Kobungo himself is excellent at caring for people's needs. Three years ago, he volunteered as a foot soldier and accompanied his foster brother Genpachi in an army deployment sent to contain an incident taking place in a remote northern village, where the two of them were brutally attacked by man-eating demons. But the brothers came back to life with changed bodies, now able to transform into demons themselves. Kobungo's peony-flower birthmark is on his lower back.
One of the four member of the "Sacred Beast Four Family", he materializes his spirit in form of an Okami (a giant white wolf). He is the one who saved Shino, Sousuke, and Hamaji during the destruction of the Ootsuka Village. He is the one who asks Sousuke and Shino to find the other bead holders for an unknown purpose. He is cold and calm, but he most likely had a close relationship with Shino in the past, as shown in he and child Shino holding hands while walking. And he, in fact, cares for Shino a lot. Rio doesn't smile a lot, but he once smiled gently while gazing at the sleeping Shino, which was an inspiration for Daikaku to finish his dolls.
Holder of the Duty bead. Sosuke also survived the fiery destruction of Otsuka Village. He did not have relatives and was raised with Shino and Hamaji as if they were siblings. He has a peony-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck. Ever since the accident that happened 5 years ago, he has an ability to transform into the dog Yoshiro. Sousuke has a very gentle and caring personality, and is more like a big-brother figure towards the childish Shino. This Sousuke in fact, possesses only half of the original Sousuke's soul. His other half, his 'shadow' Inukawa 'Ao' Sousuke, possesses things this Sousuke doesn't own. This Sousuke owns all the body parts, and a very little bit of memories, while Ao was missing some body parts, but owns most of their old memories and the 'warmth' of his hand, as stated by Kaho.