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A [[shrine maiden]] of [[Hakurei Shrine]], who | A [[shrine maiden]] of [[Hakurei Shrine]], who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training. She exterminates [[youkai]] by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called ''Spiritual Attack'' and releasing the power of ''[[Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb|Yin-yang Orb]]''.<br> | ||
She is such an optimist that she doesn't worry at all even in this emergency, and believes she can solve all incidents with her power.<br> | She is such an optimist that she doesn't worry at all even in this emergency, and believes she can solve all incidents with her power.<br> | ||
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Main Profile
Reimu Hakurei | Name: | 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)(♫) Reimu Hakurei
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Species: | Human | |
Abilities: | Sealing/purification powers, high intuition, ability to call on the power of Gods, flight | |
Age: | Mid-teens | |
Occupation: | Shrine maiden | |
Location: | Hakurei Shrine | |
Description: |
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Appearances: |
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Titles: | See Character Titles |
Reimu Hakurei is one of the main characters of the Touhou series, having appeared in almost every game in the series. As the sole maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, she is commonly called upon (or calls it upon herself) to investigate strange occurrences throughout the world.
In earlier games, Reimu's spiritual abilities were highly limited. (In Highly Responsive to Prayers, she was in fact unable to harm enemies directly at all.) As time went by, however, she developed her abilities, becoming able to use the Yin-Yang Orb, special amulets and her own (limited) spiritual power in order to fight more effectively. Sometime between Mystic Square and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, this culminated in her developing the ability to fly under her own power. (Before then, she relied on Genjii, her turtle familiar, to fly, and in fact did not fly at all in HRtP.)
As her abilities have changed, so has Reimu's personality. She is commonly described as easygoing, curious, at least somewhat dutiful (at least, the shrine hasn't fallen apart due to negligence on her part), and optimistic—sometimes overly so. Her personality seems sympathetic toward many individuals; there are few people indeed who remain her rivals past the first game in which they appear (though this is not to say she doesn't get into fights after the first meeting), and the shrine has become a moderately popular hangout for some of Gensokyo's more interesting female individuals.
In Undefined Fantastic Object, she seems very intent on getting the treasure ship's riches, probably due to the events following the Hakurei Shrine's repair and re-opening in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.
Fun Facts
- The characters for Reimu's last name "博麗" (Romanized: Hakurei) literally mean something like "esteemed companion", the first word "博" (Haku) means "wide" or "exposition" while "麗" (Rei) means "lovely", "graceful", and "beautiful". Her first name "霊夢" (Romanized: Reimu) means "revelatory dream" or "a vision", the first word "霊" read as "Rei" means "spirit" or "soul" while "夢" (Romanized: Yume) is read "Mu" and means "dream".
- The surname Hakurei is also another name for sake, as the maker of the Touhou series, ZUN, is quite the connoisseur of "spirits", so much so that fans often speculate over whether ZUN might be or have been an alcoholic.
- Reimu has appeared as a playable character in every integer-numbered game in the Touhou series.
- Reimu was the second extra boss in the Seihou game Shuusou Gyoku.
- Reimu makes an official appearance as "Flying Maiden" in Graffiti Kingdom, as ZUN was involved in the production of it.
- Reimu appeared on the cover of all the PC-98 Touhou games, from the first game in the series to the fifth.
- Reimu was never seen flying with her own power until Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. In the previous games, if Reimu needed to go somewhere far, she would ride on her turtle familiar, Genjii.
- Although her many profiles suggest that the "Hakurei Clan" and the shrine Reimu lives at have been in Gensokyo for long enough to be considered ancient, there has never been any mention of Reimu's family members, ancestors, etc. It is originally stated that she lives alone at the shrine, but other rarely seen characters (Mima and Shingyoku) are known to stay there or near there as well.
- Two or more Reimu(s) may exist. The circumstantial evidence suggests 靈夢 (from the PC-98 games) and 霊夢 (from the Windows games) may be different people. However, this is extraordinarily unlikely, as Yuka recalls Reimu, Alice recalls Reimu, and ZUN uses the new kanji to refer to the old Reimu now. Also, her bio in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil's "おまけ.txt" file says, "Chronologically this title is not too far from the previous title, thus her age stays the same as before". Since the previous title in question would be Mystic Square, the last game in which PC-98 Reimu appeared in, and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is the first game in which Windows Reimu appears, the bio appears to further debunk this theory.
- Reimu's Yin-Yang Orb exhibits some strange powers, aside from helping her attack her enemies. The greatest powers of the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb are:
- Even if you eat sweets, you won't get fat
- One of your favorite aromas can be given off
- The yin-yang orb can be disguised as a cat
- Because of how she dresses in the Windows Touhou Games, her exposed armpits are sometimes the target of jokes and memes, with "Waki Miko Reimu" or 「腋巫女霊夢」 being a popular phrase.
- The drastic change in the color of Reimu's skin tone over the course of the Windows games (most noticeable in Mountain of Faith, in which her skin appears yellowish and almost jaundiced) raised eyebrows and led to a number of jokes and dubious theories, the most common of which is that she is actually an undead zombie.
- In Imperishable Night Reimu is the only one whose partner doesn't mention the danger of the full moon.
- When playing Yukari's story mode in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Reimu breaks down in tears in the ending after Yukari defeats Tenshi and reduces the Hakurei Shrine to rubble for the second time, with Sakuya and Youmu looking on helplessly (although Suika offers to help rebuild it). This marks the first and only time where she is seen crying in a storyline scenario.
- Reimu's Last Word 「夢想天生」 "Fantasy Heaven" (Pronounced: Musou Tensei) is a homonym of 「無想転生」 "Unconscious Transmigration of Souls" (Also pronounced: Musou Tensei), Kenshiro's ultimate technique in Hokuto no Ken. In 12.3, if you activate Fantasy Heaven successfully in a 3rd round, a remix of Mystical Oriental Love Consultation will play with the sounds of the Fatal KO theme from the Hokuto no Ken fighting game, fitting because activation of the said Spell Card means the opponent is certainly already dead! Because of this it is now known as the Hakurei Hyakuretsu Ken to some fans.
- In Touhou Hisoutensoku, one of her alternative palettes looks similar to VIVIT, the heroine of Seihou. Also, one of her palettes seems to be another maid homage, Ruukoto, or possibly Sanae's colors. The palette also seems to resemble Mima from Highly Responsive to Prayers. Her white/light gray palette seems to resemble Toki from Hokuto no Ken. And finally, her white/light blue palette looks like a tribute to Nanoha, as they both tend to "befriend" their opponents with superior firepower.
- In Lotus Land Story, when you clear Easy Mode with Reimu and just before the Name Registry screen shows up, you get a Congratulation screen with a drawing of her wearing an outfit that very closely resembles her outfit from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (save for non-detached sleeves).
Official Profiles
Highly Responsive to Prayers - 靈異伝.TXT
Reimu Hakurei | ★ 主人公 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢
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Heroine, Reimu Hakurei
Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, She has some spirit-power by nature. but lacks training. Her weapon is mighty Yin-Yang orb, but her control is somewhat unstable.
But anyway, with her spirit-power, she got quite skills.
Her usual attacks -namely amulet-attacks, spirit-power discharging (霊撃 -Spirit strike-), melee skills- are useless to current enemies. She's in some trouble.
At present, she is the only person in the shrine.
Story of Eastern Wonderland - 封魔録.txt
★ 主人公 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢
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- Heroine
Reimu Hakurei
A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power but lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She is such an optimist that she doesn't worry at all even in this emergency, and believes she can solve all incidents with her power.
This time, she (somehow) fights riding on the turtle.
Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream - 夢時空.TXT
★ 夢と伝統を保守する巫女 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢
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- Shrine Maiden who Protects Dream and Tradition
Reimu Hakurei
A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who has the natural-born spititual power and lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She's optimist. She faces some strange incidents, still she enjoys them.
As usual, she (somehow) fights riding on the turtle.
This time, she feels somewhat suspicious, yet she's excited about the incident.
Lotus Land Story - 幻想郷.TXT
Reimu Hakurei | ★ 夢と伝統を保守する巫女 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢
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- Shrine Maiden who Protects Dream and Tradition
Reimu Hakurei
The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who possesses natural-born spiritual power and lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking them with amulets, firing her spiritual power in a Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She's an optimist. She faces some strange incidents, but still she enjoys them.
Due to her slightly emotional and simple character, she's always made fun of by Marisa.
Mystic Square - 怪綺談.TXT
File:Th05reimu.png | 博麗 靈夢(はくれいれいむ) ・・ 巫女さん
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- Shrine Maiden
Reimu Hakurei
A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, who has the natural-born spiritual power and lacks training. She exterminates youkai by attacking with amulets, firing her spiritual power called Spiritual Attack and releasing the power of Yin-yang Orb.
She's optimist. She faces some strange incidents, still she enjoys them.
Because of her a bit emotional and simple character, she's always made fun by Marisa.
Shuusou Gyoku - 創曲幻想.txt
Reimu Hakurei | ・永遠の巫女 博麗 霊夢(ハクレイ レイム)
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- Eternal Shrine Maiden
Reimu Hakurei
A shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine. Talented, but lacks training. Basically, she doesn't like having to train. They say she has fought plenty of magicians, evil spirits, youkai and even gods with her strong spiritual power (for no particular reason).
She's always involved in some strange affairs, though she seems to be dragged into most of them due to Marisa. Reimu pretends not to notice this. She sees Marisa as essentially a hopeless case.
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Manual
Reimu Hakurei | ○永遠の巫女 博麗 霊夢(ハクレイレイム) 博麗神社の巫女さんで主人公。のんびりしてるようで、実にのんびりしてる。 |
Eternal Shrine Maiden, Reimu Hakurei Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, and protagonist of the Touhou series. She appears quite carefree on the outside, and indeed deep down, she really is carefree. She lives in her shrine and is rarely visited by anyone, which causes her to be out of touch with current social norms. Even though she only extinguished certain sparks of conflict because they seemed to befall her without warning, her actions have generally resulted in preventing the residents of Gensokyo from visiting human settlements, and keeping outsiders away from wandering into Gensokyo. Charms and the ying-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to fly. |
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - おまけ.txt
Reimu Hakurei | ○永遠の巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい・れいむ) |
Eternal Shrine Maiden Reimu Hakurei Abilities: Able to fly, and to manipulate natural spirits. The protagonist. Chronologically this title is not too far from the previous title, thus her age stays the same as before. Unintentionally, she is a shrine maiden. Or rather, she is a shrine maiden only because the Touhou series has become the "Shrine Maiden Shooting Game" series. It feels like the cart has been placed before the horse to me. This time, her outfit is not overly intricate like typical shrine maiden clothing, but has become quite simple and only remotely resembles that of a shrine maiden. Is she really a shrine maiden? She's more like "You, red-white!" in my opinion. |
Perfect Cherry Blossom - Manual
Reimu Hakurei PCB | ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) 博麗神社の巫女さんで主人公。頭が普通そうだが、実は春満開。 |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei Hakurei Shrine's shrine maiden, and the protagonist. Her mind might appear normal, but in fact it is full of spring thoughts. Charms and the yin-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to fly.
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Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt
○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Her main ability allows her to fly in the sky. Basically, she is a shrine maiden. The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, which is located on the boundary of Gensokyo. Only members of the Hakurei clan have rules to follow in Gensokyo. Therefore, Reimu always wears clothes that is apparently some kind of uniform (she is supposed to have many other rules too, though...). Her daily routine consists of wearing red-white, staring at Gensokyo's sky from the edge of Gensokyo, and drinking tea. Originally, Reimu had several various mysterious powers, but she neither uses them nor boasts about them. It's kind of a laid-back attitude. |
Immaterial and Missing Power - 上海アリス通信.txt
○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Species: Human A typical shrine maiden from Hakurei Shrine. She always lives on ideas off the top of her head, and doesn't consider something seriously. The only thing she does that actually resembles a shrine maiden's duties is enjoying tea and life on the veranda. She is quite simple-minded, thus when she's angry she's angry, and when she smiles she smiles. Her open personality makes her well-liked by both humans and youkai. Due to that, many people stay close to the shrine. She lacks training in both melee and spells (or rather, she rarely does them), but she covers that up with the numerous talents she's born with. So she's quite tough, enough to make you wonder if she's really a human. While she warps or uses guided shots, it's all straight from her perspective. Mean shrine maiden. |
Imperishable Night - Manual
Reimu Hakurei IN | ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) 博麗神社の巫女さん。 幻想郷の境にある(恐らく)由緒正しき博麗神社の巫女さん。 |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei Hakurei Shrine's Shrine Maiden. She is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, which is located at the edge of Gensokyo and (possibly) has ancient and honourable origins. Her weapons are amulets and a Yin-Yang orb. She is also preferred by mosquitoes.
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Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt
Reimu Hakurei IN | ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ) |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Species: Human As usual, the shrine maiden you all know. She lives in the Hakurei Shrine located at the boundary that separates Gensokyo from the outer world. The shrine simultaneously exists in both worlds. She treats everyone fairly and equally, which makes her well-liked by even the most terrifying youkai. On the flip side, she doesn't treat anyone especially well and doesn't think of anyone as "special". While she's often seen with a wide assortment of humans and youkai, and does get along with them, she's actually alone in her heart. She may be kind of cold-hearted... |
○4面ボス 楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ) |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Species: Human The shrine maiden you all know. The morning that she was expecting to see after a full night's sleep did not greet her. She thought that something very strange was going on, so she left the shrine to investigate. It's not unusual for her to go out at night, but going out at midnight just after having taken a full night's rest was most unusual. Anyway, nights always make her sleepy, so she'll be going back to bed once the issue is resolved. She followed a trace of power into a bamboo forest, and what she found were very familiar faces... |
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - Manual
○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) 博麗神社の巫女さん。 |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei The Shrine Maiden of Hakurei Shrine. |
Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt
Reimu Hakurei | ○楽園の素敵な巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ) |
Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise Hakurei Reimu |
Mountain of Faith - Manual
○楽園の巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ) 毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。 |
The Shrine Maiden of Paradise - Reimu Hakurei The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. |
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html
Subterranean Animism - キャラ設定.txt
Reimu Hakurei SA | ○楽園の巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ) 種族:人間
何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である 地底よりは高いところの方が好き。 |
The Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Species: Human The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. She treats everyone the same. However, since her job is youkai-hunting, she acts particularly strict with youkai, but she doesn't really care much about humans or youkai. She prefers high places to the underground. |
Undefined Fantastic Object
Reimu Hakurei UFO | ○楽園の巫女 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ) 種族:人間
何者に対しても平等に見る性格である。ただ、仕事は妖怪退治である 宝船と言えば七福神。神様と言えば彼女の出番と思っているが、七福 |
The Shrine Maiden of Paradise Reimu Hakurei Species: Human The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. She treats everyone the same. However, since her job is youkai-hunting, she acts particularly strict with youkai, but she doesn't really care much about humans or youkai. Where there's a treasure ship, there's gotta be the seven gods of luck. She figures that where gods are involved, it's a job for her, but most of the seven gods of luck are not Japanese gods. Her true goal is all the riches. |
Book Synopsis
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
- Main article: Article and Interview: Reimu
Taking place a year after the events of Perfect Cherry Blossom, the interview is about the Flower Viewing at the Hakurei Shrine. In the interview, Reimu complains about the work she has to do after the banquet, so Aya promptly appeases her with sake, exploiting her weakness. Aya then proceeds to try and worm information regarding the incident from Reimu, who is getting drunk.
The rest of the article consist of Aya and Reimu bickering when Reimu herself is obviously drunk.
- Reimu makes constant remarks, similar to the rest of the Touhou cast's, that the Bunbunmaru Newspaper is full of lies.
- Aya makes no effort at all to recognize Reimu's deeds.
- From the article, it seems that Reimu, not Marisa, is responsible for stopping those incidents.
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense
- Main article: Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Reimu Hakurei
- Reimu lives in the Hakurei Shrine and is supposedly tasked with the maintenance of the Great Boundary.
- Apparently Reimu has great luck, intuition and talent, and does not train.
- Her personality never changes, and she treats everyone equally.
- However, her view on youkai is that one should hunt them without complaint.
- Her real ability is the ability to fly, and with the power of the Hakurei Shrine maiden, she is unrivaled.
- No youkai dares oppose her, for if she is defeated, the Great Boundary might collapse.
- Reimu thus has Gensokyo in the palm of hand, so to speak.
- Reimu invented the Spell Card rules, which are intended to allow youkai and humans to settle conflicts without the use of lethal force.
- She is often seen going to shop in the human village. Where does she get the money? Donations?
- Of course, since she teaches youkai lessons on her way there, she might get paid for that...
- Her job is to resolve incidents, and she does it without complaint, despite having people contending for the job.
The Grimoire of Marisa
- "Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Reimu Hakurei's Spell Cards"
- Insert Summary Here