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Ichirin Kumoi

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雲居 (くもい) 一輪 (いちりん)
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Ichirin Kumoi
Ichirin Kumoi
Ichirin Kumoi in Hopeless Masquerade
The Overwhelming Youkai Ascetic
More Character Titles
Species

Youkai

Abilities

Using nyuudou

Age

At least 1000 years

Occupation

Guardian of the Palanquin Ship

Location

Myouren Temple

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Ichirin Kumoi (雲居 一輪 Kumoi Ichirin) is a former human turned nyuudou user that the heroine encounters on their arrival at the flying object. Along with Unzan, she guards the Palanquin Ship of her own accord in order to assist in the revival of Byakuren.

Concept

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Ichirin's inspiration may come from the second volume of Shigi san Engi. In the story, Daigo Tennou becomes dangerously ill one day, so his subjects visited Myouren after hearing of his miracles to beg him to come and pray for the emperor's health. Myouren rejected their request, but proposed that he would pray at his temple and he would inform them when he finished. After approximately three days passed, Ken no Gohou (剣の護法), a flying messenger of Bishamonten, appeared near the court, who implied the end of Myouren's praying. After that, the emperor recovered very soon. This messenger had a sword in one hand, numerous blades around his neck, and he flew on the wheel very similar to a dharmacakra, followed by wind or clouds.

Name

Ichirin Kumoi (雲居 一輪) is her full name. The characters for Ichirin (一輪) mean "One Wheel". It is possible that Ichirin's name is partly inspired from the aforementioned Dharmacakra: It is called "Hourin" (法輪) in Japanese, a noun which shares one kanji with Ichirin's name. The characters for Kumoi (雲居) mean "Residence in the Clouds".

Another possible source of inspiration for the Ichirin and Unzan character is an old Japanese tale about tsukumogami (youkai born from an old object attaining a spirit of its own after being around for 100 years). This story features a tsukumogami born from a Buddhist rosary called Ichiren Nyuudou.

Appearance

Ichirin has light purple wavy hair, and dark purple eyes. She carries a medium-sized yellow ring in her right hand. On her head, she wears a headdress similar to a Hijab or a nun's headdress. She wears a white dress with a blue trim at the bottom, and wears black shoes. She is also always seen with Unzan.

In Hopeless Masquerade, her hair is shown to be shoulder-length, now in a shade of cyan. Her black shoes are now white, her top is a button-up blouse, and she has a red orb around her neck. She also carries two rings, one in each hand. Over her blouse and skirt, she has also added black and gold Japanese-style kesa, which she wears around her waist in her selection screen and cut-in art, but can be seen being worn over her shoulder in her game sprites.

Backstory

Long ago, Ichirin was a young, human girl, out picking flowers. She then met Unzan, a foreseeing-type nyuudou. Originally monks unable to see anything but their own feet, they hang their heads and hide their face, which you can't tell has grown large. Finally, when they raise their head, they decapitate you. However, before he could raise his head, she shouted, "The foreseeing nyuudou was foreseen!" This repelled him. Though normally it would be enough to make him fade away, the shock of his defeat prompted Unzan to devote the rest of his life to protecting her. Although she no longer had a need to fear youkai, this caused humans to hate her, instead. Then before she knew it, she too had become a youkai.

Finally, because of her acceptance of youkai, such as nyuudou, and her understanding of the human heart, she and Unzan were converted by Hijiri Byakuren and joined her.

Story

Undefined Fantastic Object

In Undefined Fantastic Object, she stands guard at the palanquin ship in order to keep those who would prevent Byakuren's revival away. Initially she attacks the heroine under the assumption that they were there to stop her, but upon realizing they had some parts of the treasure needed to unseal Byakuren, she assumed they were on her side and happily let them through.

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Relationships

Unzan

As the Guarded, she is Unzan's handler, and he is her protector. He is devoted to watching over her. As he is very shy, he will speak very quietly and only to her.

Byakuren Hijiri

Not much is known about Ichirin's relationships with other characters, save for Byakuren Hijiri. She is a devout follower of Byakuren, who showed kindness not only towards her but towards Unzan as well.

Minamitsu Murasa, Shou Toramaru & Nazrin

She is also part of Minamitsu Murasa's group of youkai.

Additional Information

Trivia

  • Ichirin's outfit closely resembles that of a Buddhist nun's, which was a component ZUN thought appropriate for the Buddhist-themed story. [1]
  • During Stage 3, Ichirin refers to Byakuren using the words as 姐御 (anego) and 姐さん (ane-san or nee-san). Both terms are variants on "elder sister", but these versions usually mean a female superior who is not one's real sister, such as a female gang boss.
  • Essentially, Unzan is the Stage 3 boss of Undefined Fantastic Object, not Ichirin; Ichirin herself came as a way to have an actual character on the screen for an hit box according to ZUN. When trying to think of what type of youkai to call Ichirin in Part 3 of Symposium of Post-mysticism, even Byakuren, who calls herself an expert on youkai, could only hesitantly refer to her as "um... a controller of a giant nyuudou."

Fanon

  • Some fans have begun calling her Ichirin Kujo, a reference to Jotaro Kujo of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, from Unzan's appearance with Ichirin and fights with her (emphasis on fists).
    • With her appearance in 13.5, it has only intensified with her fighting style (or at least, appearance of Unzan in fights)
  • Within the fandom, Ichirin's presence tends to be overshadowed by Unzan. Even ZUN himself says she's nothing more than "Unzan's hit box".
    • This is a shift from the popularity she enjoyed when the demo first came out.
  • Some people interpret her title of UFO as Ichirin's origin — look at the word "大輪" (Big Flower: lit. "Big Wheel"), the part of her title "守り守られし大輪" (The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded). When it loses " (human), it becomes "一輪" (Ichirin): 大輪 = 一輪. When she abandoned being human, she was reborn from the moment as youkai, as what Ichirin is now.

Spell Cards

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Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 29
鉄拳「問答無用の妖怪拳」 Iron Fist "An Unarguable Youkai Punch" UFO St. 3: E/N
神拳「雲上地獄突き」 Divine Fist "Hell Thrust from Above the Clouds" UFO St. 3: H
神拳「天海地獄突き」 Divine Fist "Hell Thrust from the Heavenly Seas" UFO St. 3: L
拳符「天網サンドバッグ」 Fist Sign "Heavenly Net Sandbag" UFO St. 3: E/N
連打「雲界クラーケン殴り」 Barrage "Cloud World Kraken Strike" UFO St. 3: H
連打「キングクラーケン殴り」 Barrage "King Kraken Strike" UFO
GoU
St. 3: L
拳打「げんこつスマッシュ」 Hand Strike "Fist Smash" UFO St. 3: E/N
潰滅「天上天下連続フック」 Annihilation "Consecutive Hooks Throughout Heaven and Earth" UFO St. 3: H/L
大喝「時代親父大目玉」 Thunderous Yell "A Scolding from a Traditional Old Man" UFO St. 3: E/N
忿怒「天変大目玉焼き」 Rage "Calamity Scolding Scorch" UFO St. 3: H
忿怒「空前絶後大目玉焼き」 Rage "First and Last of Its Kind Scolding Scorch" UFO
GoU
St. 3: L
拳骨「天空鉄槌落とし」 Fist "Falling Sky Hammer" DS St. 5
稲妻「帯電入道」 Lightning "Electrified Nyuudou" DS St. 5
鉄拳「入道にょき」 Iron Fist "Nyuudou Nyoki" DS St. 5
嵐符「仏罰の野分雲」 Storm Sign "Autumn Storm Clouds of Buddhist Retribution" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
積乱「見越し入道雲」 Cumulonimbus "Foreseeing Nyuudou Cloud" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
拳固「懺悔の殺風」 Clenched Fist "Deadly Wind of Penitence" HM
ULiL
AoCF
Use
Use
Use
「華麗なる親父時代」 "Traditional Era of a Splendid Old Man" HM Use-LW
拳符「怒りの大雲塊」 Fist Sign "Great Cumulus of Rage" HM Story
入道「夏の幻想太郎」 Nyuudou "Genso-Tarou Cloud in Summer" HM Story
*265センチの魔人現る!* *A 265-Centimeter Fiend Appears!* ULiL
AoCF
Use-LW
Use-LW
悪符「八尺のオカルト柱」 Evil Sign "Eight-Shaku Occult Pillar" ULiL Story
*謎の女に囚われた真夏の夜* *A Midsummer Night Trapped by a Mysterious Woman* ULiL Story
拳風符「入道叢雲風水拳」 Fist Wind Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Feng Shui Fist" Co-owner with Futo AoCF Story
拳星符「入道叢雲スレイブスパーク」 Fist Star Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Slave Spark" Co-owner with Marisa AoCF Story
撃拳符「スカンダの怪雲拳」 Strike Fist Sign "Skanda's Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Byakuren AoCF Story
恋拳符「ローズカプリチオ怪雲拳」 Love Fist Sign "Rose Capriccio Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Koishi AoCF Story
光拳符「インドラのヴァジュラ怪雲拳」 Light Fist Sign "Indra's Vajra Strange Cloud Fist" Co-owner with Byakuren AoCF Story
拳水符「入道叢雲ミズバク拳」 Fist Water Sign "Nyuudou Murakumo Water Bomb Fist" Co-owner with Nitori AoCF Story

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Official Profiles

Undefined Fantastic Object - Settings and Extra Story.txt

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Ichirin Kumoi UFO  ○3面ボス  守り守られし大輪

  雲居 一輪(くもい いちりん)
  Kumoi Ichirin

  種族:妖怪
  能力:入道を使う程度の能力

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  何やら秘密のありそうな船を守っている妖怪。
  入道を使い、見張り番をしていた。

  見張りは誰かに命令されたわけではなく、自主的に行っているのである。
  その目的は何であろうか。

  一輪の性格は、真面目だが機転が利いて要領がよい。
  雲山の頭が固いので、上手く制御しているのである。

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  ムラサ達の仲間の妖怪で、白蓮を慕う者の一人。
  入道相手にすら慈悲を見せる白蓮に帰依している。

Stage 3 boss The Big Wheel That Guards and is Guarded


Ichirin Kumoi

Race: youkai
Ability: Using nyuudou

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A youkai guarding the ship which seems to have a secret.
She was using nyuudou to keep watch.

She wasn't ordered by someone to stand guard, she's doing it of her own accord.
It's unknown just what she's after.

Ichirin's personality is very straightforward, but she's quick-thinking and understands things easily.
Unzan is kind of stubborn, so it's easy for her to control him.

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Since Ichirin is a member of Murasa's group of youkai, she also misses Byakuren.
She is devoted to Byakuren, who was even kind to her nyuudou companion.

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Official Sources

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References

  1. Chara☆Mel. "Interview with Chara☆Mel" (in Japanese). Unknown parameter |accesdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)