Karakter & Staf

Takaya Ougi

Utama

Male · Umur 16-17

He is a lonely, proud, fiery-spirited high school student who has suffered from a violent father, was separated from his divorced mother, and is living in Matsumoto.

Toshihiko Seki

Nobutsuna Naoe

Utama

Male

TACHIBANA Yoshiaki, usually called by his old name NAOE, comes into Takaya's life as a mysterious rescuer, and soon becomes his close helper in carrying on the lonely and hard-fought 400 year old battle to exorcise warring ghosts. He protects Takaya, trying to make him again into a powerful proud leader. However, he seems to have many dark secrets and a lot of guilt from their previous lives together which Takaya does not remember. In this life, Naoe was born into a Buddhist monk's family, and is now a tall, well-groomed handsome man in his late 20s. On the surface, Naoe is calm, reserved and competent, albeit too secretive, and a reliable right hand man to Takaya (Kagetora). In a few volumes, however, we discover his true nature, his boundless passion and obsession with Takaya (Kagetora), and his strong attraction to and burning envy of Takaya's superiority. The intense painful love- hate relationship between the two protagonists is a driving force of the whole series. Naoe loves Takaya and devotes himself entirely to him but he resents Takaya's superior strength, power, and independence in the relationship. Naoe cares for Takaya, calms him when needed, and would die for him, but also nurses a devouring desire for and resentment towards him. It is suggested that Naoe did something brutal and unforgivable 30 years ago to Kagetora's then (female) lover Minako, and the tragedy caused Takaya's loss of memory in this lifetime.

Shou Hayami

Shuuhei Chiaki

Utama

One of the Uesugi Yashashu, Takaya's force. Used to be Kenshin's subject/minister once. Currently, a young guy with refined looks and long hair. He is a rather vivacious, easy-going fighter, caring but powerful, and second only to Takaya in his power, particularly in controlling minds. In fact, he is rather independent in his actions and thinking, and once defected from the group doubting the worth of their fights. He now fights with the group for his own reasons and bears complex and ambivalent emotions towards Takaya and Naoe.

Yasunori Matsumoto

Haruie Kakizaki

Utama

The current incarnation of Haruie Kakizaki, originally male. Somewhere in her past, whether by accident or design, she switched gender. She is a female college student about 21 years of age who rides a Yamaha FZR400 motorcycle called "Ecchan". Despite her decidedly feminine appearance, everyone calls her by "Haruie". She is easy going and friendly with a bit of a competitive streak. When she first meets Takaya, she challenges him to a motorcycle race and beats him easily. She is a powerful exorcist and dependable in combat. In the OVA series, Rebels of the River Edge (2003), her past experiences are developed in greater detail. (from Wikipedia)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Yuzuru Narita

Utama

Yuzuru is Takaya's best friend, soft-spoken and with a friendly disposition, whom usually loner Takaya truly cares for. He becomes another key figure throughout the whole series with many mysteries. He seems endowed with mysterious sacred Buddhist blessings and miracles, which can destroy the whole Six Worlds, but has no knowledge of them himself, and his past soul/identity in the Sengoku Period would seem to be one of great importance. In the beginning, he's targeted as a surrogate body in which powerful warlords like Shingen and Nobunaga are to be revived. Yuzuru tends to involve himself in psychic wars because of Takaya, and his caring nature towards other people in distress.

Taiki Matsuno

Ranmaru Mori

Pendukung

Tomokazu Seki

Danjo Kousaka

Pendukung

Kenyuu Horiuchi

Saori Morino

Pendukung

Classmate of Takaya and Yuzuru

Akiko Yajima

Kojuurou Katakura

Pendukung

Fumihiko Tachiki

Yuiko Takeda

Pendukung

The story begins with two figures at a cemetery, one of which is Yuiko Takeda a teenage girl who is possessed by Lord Shingen's lover, Sanjyo. Sanjyo has strong spiritual powers and is able to break the seal of her lord's tomb with the help of Danjo Kousaka. When Sanjyo approaches Takaya and Yuzuru for the first time, she finds herself getting scorched by the strange purple flames of purification. Sanjyo temporarily leaves Yuiko's body and Yuiko has temporary amnesia.

Ai Orikasa