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Hina Kagiyama

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鍵山 (かぎやま)   (ひな)
Hina Kagiyama
Hina Kagiyama
Hina Kagiyama in Mountain of Faith
秘神流し雛
More Character Titles
Species

Misfortune Goddess

Abilities

The ability to store up curses

Occupation

Chasing away lost humans, gathering the misfortune of humans

Location

The Great Youkai Forest, near a river

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Hina Kagiyama (鍵山 雛 Kagiyama Hina) is the leader of the Nagashi-bina doll army and a curse goddess whose job is to scare off lost humans who get too near to the Youkai Mountain so misfortune does not befall humans once again, as well as gathering their misfortune. All with good intentions to the humans. However, anyone standing next to her for too long can be affected by the misfortune she carries, she is even said to like storing bad omens in her body. In fact, she isn't harmed by the curses herself. Her first appearance was in Mountain of Faith as a Stage 2 boss, though she had nothing to do with the actual story. Her latest appearance was a cameo in Oriental Sacred Place.

Concept

Hina is one of the Yaoyorozu no Kami, being a curse goddess. As a curse goddess and using nagashi-bina (流し雛) dolls refers to a Japanese ritual of transferring one's sins and misfortune to a nagashi-bina and throwing it in a river to be carried away.

Name

Her name is Hina Kagiyama (鍵山 雛). The characters for Kagiyama (鍵山) literally mean "key() mountain()". While Hina () could mean either "Bird chick" or "Doll". Doll makes much more sense with her occupation in mind.

Her official title is 「厄神」 (Yakujin, "Misfortune god").

Appearance

In Mountain of Faith's official art, Hina has aquamarine hair and eyes. Her hair is decorated with red bows and white frills. Part of her hair is tied under her chin with a bow as a sort front ponytail. She wears a red dress which is darker around her middle and lighter on the bottom. The dress also has white frills on the bottom and an enormous white kerchief on top. The bottom of her dress is decorated with a similar aquamarine swirl resembling the "" (misfortune) kanji at the bottom. As footwear she has knee-length black cross-laced boots similar to Alice Margatroid's.

At the fight Hina is spinning during all her spell card attacks. And apparently it is her specialty, as explained in The Grimoire of Marisa. This is also seen in the second stage of Double Spoiler.

Story

Mountain of Faith

Depending on who you choose as a playable character, Hina will either face Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame in the stage 2 fight of Mountain of Faith at the Great Youkai Forest near a river.

Hina tries to chase Reimu away during the midboss fight, as she explains that it's her job to chase away lost humans. But Reimu claims she isn't lost and just want to go to the Youkai Mountain and then starts to fight as she thinks Hina is a youkai. Hina once again tries to stop Reimu, but fails.

Marisa says it takes so long to enter the mountain that she could "recite all the digits of pi" before she gets there. Hina then enters and is wondering what Marisa is talking. Hina does not want Marisa, or any other human, to enter the mountain as it could be dangerous. Hina is trying to protect them from the mountain, but Marisa wants to enter the mountain anyway and starts fighting with Hina.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • Hina spinning may be a reference to her ability to store up curses. This is because the kanji for curse () looks somewhat like a swirl, just like the one on her dress.
    Hina's sigil as in The Grimoire of Marisa.
  • An alternate color palette of Patchouli Knowledge in Touhou Hisoutensoku resembles Hina.
    • The same goes for one of the color palettes of Suwako.
  • Hina got a small reference in Sanae's part of the Ten Desires prologue. [1]
  • Hina's relationship to curses is referenced during her Spell Cards, where a purple-blue-ish fog can be seen swarming around her.

Fandom

  • Since Hina spins around in Mountain of Faith, she is depicted loving to spin all the time without getting dizzy, most people would say, "Spin spin, Hina likes to spin."
  • This has resulted to comparisons between her and Wallachia from Melty Blood, due to Wallachia spinning a lot and screaming "Reverse the birth, reverse death, reverse the world and SPIN SPIN SPIN!" Spin Hina. Spin.
  • While she does not have any known relationships, she is often paired with Nitori and Parsee.
  • Even with her good intentions to help others, she is often ignored by others or avoided as they are afraid of her curses.

Spell Cards

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 10
厄符「バッドフォーチュン」 Misfortune Sign "Bad Fortune" MoF St. 2: E/N
厄符「厄神様のバイオリズム」 Misfortune Sign "Biorhythm of the Misfortune God" MoF St. 2: H/L
疵符「ブロークンアミュレット」 Flawed Sign "Broken Amulet" MoF
GoM
St. 2: E/N
疵痕「壊されたお守り」 Scar "Broken Charm of Protection" MoF St. 2: H/L
悪霊「ミスフォーチュンズホイール」 Evil Spirit "Misfortune's Wheel" MoF St. 2: E/N
悲運「大鐘婆の火」 Tragic Fate "Old Lady Ohgane's Fire" MoF St. 2: H/L
創符「ペインフロー」 Wound Sign "Pain Flow" MoF
GoM
St. 2: E/N
創符「流刑人形」 Wound Sign "Exiled Doll" MoF St. 2: H/L
厄野「禊川の堆積」 Cursed Field "Purification River Deposit" DS St. 2
災禍「呪いの雛人形」 Calamity "Cursed Hina Dolls" DS
GoU
St. 2

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Official Profiles

Mountain of Faith - キャラ設定.txt

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Hina Kagiyama ○2面ボス 秘神流し雛

  鍵山 雛(かぎやま ひな)
  Kagiyama Hina

  種族:厄神様
  能力:厄をため込む程度の能力

  悲劇の流し雛軍団の長である。厄払いで払われた厄を集めては、ため込んでいく。
  その為、彼女の周りには素人目にみても判るぐらいの厄が取り憑いている。

  彼女の近くでは、如何なる人間や妖怪でも不幸に会う。
  ただ、彼女自体は決して不幸にはならない。
  あくまでも周りにため込んでいるだけである。
  そして、厄が再び人間の元に戻らないように見張っている。

Stage 2 Boss Nagashi-bina of the Hidden God


Hina Kagiyama

Species: Misfortune god
Power: Ability to store up curses

Head of the Nagashi-bina doll army. She stores up all the curses that are expelled during exorcisms. Even those with no real spiritual experience can tell that she's surrounded by curses.

Any human or youkai around her will run into misfortune. However, she herself never has this problem. It only affects those around her. Hina does her best to make sure that misfortune does not befall humans once again.

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Official Sources

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References

  1. Ten Desires: Prologue - "For example, prayers for a great harvest, or protection from misfortune..."