Benihime Inari-jinja (Shrine)

Hachikuji Nana　八九時なな

• Name Meaning: "eight nine temple," the old word for "July" with her nickname being the phonetic spelling of "seven"
• Classification: ikiryou, human
• Pronouns: she/her, uses "atashi" or "watashi"
• Age: 22 (1999)
• Blood Type: O+
• Job Title:
• Practice:
• Specialty: Shinto purification, divination
• Affiliation: Benihime Inari Jinja (Benihime Inari Shrine)
• Alignment: Neutral Good

The head of Benihime Inari-jinja and the eldest child of the Hachikuji family, Nana is a bit too timid to make any kind of matriarch. However, she is a caring and thoughtful person who can put her anxiety aside to take care of others. She is one of Junna's oldest friends and can often be found cleaning the shrine grounds between telling fortunes and selling omamori.

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• Keep Tryin' [Utada Hikaru]

Hachikuji Shigoro　八九寺四五六

• Name Meaning: "eight nine temple," "four five six"
• Classification: ikiryou, Human
• Age: 21 (2000)
• Blood Type: O+
• Job Title: Onmyouji
• Practice: Onmyoudou, Shingon Buddhism, Shugendou
• Specialty: illusion magic
• Affiliation: Hachikuji Family, works as Takara Takuto's partner
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

The middle Hachikuji child, his place in the family actually holds an unpleasant secret. He was trained in onmyoudo by his father and alongside the Takara triplets and also dabbles in illusion magic very similiar to the abilities of a kitsune. Currently, he works as an exorcist alongside Takara Takuto. He is affable on the surface but cunning and manipulative as well.

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Hachikuji Hifumi　八九寺一二三

• Name Meaning: "eight nine temple," "one two three"
• Classification: ikiryou, human
• Pronouns: she/her, speaks in third person
• Age: 12 (2009)
• Blood Type: O+
• Job Title: junior high school student
• Practice: n/a
• Specialty: ghost sightings, intuition
• Affiliation: Benhihime Inari-jinja
• Alignment: Neutral Good

The youngest Hachikuji child, quiet and mysterious. She is autistic and rarely speaks to people she doesn't know well. Because of her quirks, she has a hard time at school and often stays home, doing her work on her own time. She has a bad habit of staring.

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Benihime Inari　紅姫 稲荷

• Name meaning: "red princess," "fox spirit"
• Classification: ikiryou, kami (Inari Kitsune, a fox spirit serving the kami Inari)
• Pronouns: she/her, uses "uchi"
• Age: ~150
• Specialty: kitsune magic (illusions, barriers, luck spells)
• Alignment: Neutral Good

A benevolent kitsune who answers prayers with small amounts of supernatural protection and luck. She was born in the Meiji Era and earned most of her tails during the early Showa Era when she protected children who lived near the shrine from air raids during the second World War. These children still patronize her shrine, now bringing their own children and grandchildren.

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Kajiyashiki Kei 鍛冶屋敷 ケイ

• Name Meaning: "black smith mansion," phonetic name
• Classification: ikiryou, human
• Pronouns: he/him, uses "ore"
• Age: 35 (1986)
• Blood Type: O+
• Job Title: photographer, camera store clerk
• Practice:
• Specialty: ghost photography, paranormal research
• Affiliation: Benihime Inari-jinja
• Alignment: Neutral Good

Warm and friendly, he has acted as a guardian for the Hachikuji siblings since their parents died (he was and old friend of their father). Easy-going and reliable, can be an enabler. He works at a camera story in Shinjuku and also has a photography business on the side. He can see ghosts, but his sense for the supernatural isn't very strong. He was an underclassman friend of Hachikuji-papa, which is how he's connected to the family.

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