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*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).
*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).
*In Imperishable Night, Mountain of Faith and Undefined Fantastic Object, Reimu is wearing a dress that is similar to Flandre Scarlet's dress except with detatched sleeves.


==Official Profiles==
==Official Profiles==

Revision as of 11:29, 16 December 2010

Main Profile


Reimu Hakurei Name: 博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)(♫)

Reimu Hakurei


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:
  • (Touhou 1 to 5) Purple eyes, long purple hair, wears large red ribbon in hair. Clothes are red and white, and strongly resembles a traditional shrine maiden outfit.
  • (Touhou 3, alternative outfit) Same as above, but clothes are mainly green instead of red.
  • (Touhou 6 and 7) Dark red eyes, black hair, wears large red ribbon in hair, often carries a rod (gohei) with many paper seals attached in streamers. Wears a red and white dress remotely similar to a shrine maiden's outfit with detached sleeves leaving her shoulders uncovered, and a red neckerchief.
  • (Touhou 7.5, 10, 10.5, and 12.3) Same as above, but her neckerchief is yellow.
  • (Touhou 7.5 and 10.5, alternative outfit) Same as above, but the dress is black instead of red.
  • (Touhou 8) Same as 7.5, 10, 10.5, and 12.3, but her hair is dark brown.
  • (Touhou 9) Same as 8, but her neckerchief is navy blue. Over the course of these games, her hair apparently grew from shoulder-length to the middle of her back before it became short again in Touhou 11.
  • (Touhou 9, alternative outfit) Same as above, but dress is mainly blue instead of red.
  • (Touhou 11) Same as 9, but her neckerchief is dark blue with a yellow ribbon tied to it. Shoulder-length hair.
  • (Touhou 12) Same as 11, but the neckerchief is entirely yellow again, and Reimu's hair has grown past her shoulders.
Relationships:
Appearances:
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 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:
    1. Even if you eat sweets, you won't get fat
    2. One of your favorite aromas can be given off
    3. 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


   博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。武器は最強の
  陰陽玉だが、思うように操れずよく振り回される。
  それでも霊力があるので、かなりの腕前。
  お札による攻撃と、霊力の放出による‘霊撃’、体術。など今回の敵
  に対して無効だったので、ちょっと困りもん。
   現在、この神社は彼女一人でもっている。

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

Reimu Hakurei  ★ 主人公 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢


   博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、
  霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。
   性格は楽天家で、今回の様な非常時でも全然心配などしておらず、自分の
  霊力で何とかなると思っている。

   今回は、(なぜか)亀に乗ってたたかう。

Heroine
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 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

Reimu Hakurei  ★ 夢と伝統を保守する巫女 ・・・ 博麗 靈夢


   博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、
  霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。
   性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそれ
  を楽しんでいる。
   例によって、(なぜか)亀に乗ってたたかう。

   今回もいかがわしいと思いつつ、ついわくわくしてしまう。

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


   博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、
  霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。
   性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそ
  れを楽しんでいる。
   ちょっと感情的で単純なので、よく魔理沙におちょくられている。

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


   博麗神社の巫女、生まれ付き霊力はあるが修業不足。お札による攻撃と、
  霊力の放出による‘霊撃’。それに、‘陰陽玉’の力で妖怪を退治している。
   性格は楽天家である。靈夢の周りでは変なことが色々起こるが、本人はそ
  れを楽しんでいる。
   ちょっと感情的で単純なので、よく魔理沙におちょくられている。

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)


  博麗神社の巫女さん。才能はあるが修行不足。もともと修行は好きでない。強力な
  霊力でいままで幾多の魔法使い、悪霊、妖怪、そして神と闘ってきたらしい
  (理由、なんとなく)
  いつも何か変な事に巻き込まれてしまうが、その半分は陰で魔理沙が引き起こして
  いるらしい。霊夢は気づかないふりをしている。そんな魔理沙をしょうがない奴と
  考えている。

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。
  人がほとんどこなくなった神社に住んでいて、本人は世間離れしすぎている。
  本人は降りかかる火の粉を払っているだけなのだが、結果としてそれは、
  幻想郷の住人が人里に行かないように、また人間が幻想郷に迷い込まないよ
  うに、という役目になっているらしい。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。あとは、空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

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)

  能力:空を飛ぶ程度の能力、霊気を操る程度の能力

  主人公です。

  時間的な流れでは前作から大して経ってなく、年齢も変化ありません。

  意味も無く巫女さんです。というか東方は巫女さんSTGなんで巫女さ
  んです。本末転倒気味。
  今回の衣装は巫女さんらしいゴテゴテ感もなく、非常にシンプルな上に
  巫女さんっぽくないです。本当に巫女さんなんでしょうか?

  まさに「そこの紅白」って感じです。

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。
  神社は常に妖怪が跋扈していて、霊夢も妖怪達に馴染まれている。
  割と巫女としての機能を持ち合わせていない。
  修行嫌いでもちろん修行不足のため、そこそこの腕前である。
  全ての物事に対し、一生懸命取り組むことを嫌う。
  努力が報われることなど信じていないからである。
  その為、博麗神社のおみくじには末吉はない。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。あとは、空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

   当たり判定が小さく、低速移動も非常に精度が良い。
   霊符の「博麗アミュレット」は使い勝手が良い。弾避けに専念するための武器。
   一方、夢符の「エクスターミネイション」は最高クラスの破壊力を持つ。
   ボスを瞬殺出来るが、ボムの無敵時間は全キャラ中最短。攻撃範囲も威力も無い。

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.
The shrine is always haunted by youkai, and they are very friendly to Reimu as well.
She is hardly filling the role of a shrine maiden at this point.
She hates training, and because of this, lacks ability. So her skill is quite so-so.
She hates to do her very best at anything that falls upon her.
That is because she does not believe that effort will be rewarded.
Because of that, the Hakurei Shrine's paper fortune doesn't have "末吉(Least luck)"
[Typically, a shrine's paper fortune has 大吉 (Best luck) / 中吉 (Medium luck) / 小吉 (Little luck) / 末吉 (Least luck) / 凶 (Misfortune) / 大凶 (Worst misfortune). 末吉 is usually interpreted as "You will get exactly as your effort"]

Charms and the yin-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to fly.

She has a smaller hit box, and her focused movement allows player to dodge very precisely.
Spirit Sign's "Hakurei Amulet" is quite easy to use. It allows you to focus on dodging bullets.
On the other hand, Dream Sign's "Extermination" wields destructive power of the highest class.
Bosses are killed quickly, but the invincibility duration of her bombs is the shortest of all characters. It is also lacking in both effective radius and damage.

Perfect Cherry Blossom - キャラ設定.txt

Reimu Hakurei PCB  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

  基本的に巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。
  博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。
  その境が博麗神社境内である。どちらからみても、人里離れた山奥に
  存在し、大きさもさほど無いし、御利益もゆかりも何も無い小さな神
  社なので、どのみち参拝客は殆ど来ない。
  この神社の中では、殆どの結界は無効化される。それだけ、幻想郷と
  人間界の境、博麗大結界の力は大きいのである。

  幻想郷で唯一、博麗の者だけが規律を持つ。その為、霊夢は一応制服
  のような物を着用している(他にも規律はあるはずなのだが・・・)
  紅白の服を着て、幻想郷の端っこから、幻想郷の空を見つめつつ、お
  茶でも飲むのが日課である。

  元々、霊夢は不思議な力を色々使えるが、それを活用したり自慢した
  りはしない。すべては在るがままに、である。

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.
The Hakurei Shrine exists in both Gensokyo and the world of humans at the same time.
The boundary is the home territory of the Hakurei Shrine. From both sides, it is located at a very remote place from human villages, and is also kind of small, and has no known history or benefits. So it's no wonder that it rarely gets any visitors.
Inside the shrine, almost all foreign boundaries will be nullified. That alone should say that the Hakurei Boundary, the boundary between Gensokyo and the world of humans, is amazingly powerful.

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

Reimu Hakurei  ○楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)

  種族:人間
  住処:博麗神社
  能力:空を飛ぶ程度の能力

   いつもの博麗神社の巫女さん。何も考えずその場のノリで毎日を生き
  ている。巫女さんらしい行動といえば、縁側でお茶を飲んで日和る位。

   非常に単純な思考の持ち主で、怒る時は怒り、笑う時は笑う。裏表の
  ない性格は、人間妖怪問わず惹き付ける。その為、神社はいつも色んな
  者が集まるのである。

   体術にしても妖術にしても、修行は不足気味(というか殆どしない)
  だが、余りある天性のセンスでカバーしていて、もの凄く強い。それは
  もう、人とは思えない位に。ワープしていたり、ホーミングしていたり
  するが、本人はまっすぐ動いているつもり。ずるい巫女さん。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Location: Hakurei Shrine
Ability: Able to fly in the sky

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。
  境界に住む人間。空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。

  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。
  感情的で騒々しく、どんな場所でも存在感があるのだが、すぐに馴染む。
  彼女の能力は空を飛ぶこと、つまり無重力。
  地球の重力も、如何なる重圧も、力による脅しも、彼女には全く意味が無い。
  身も心も、幻想の宙をふわふわと漂う不思議な巫女である。
  相手がどんなに強大だとしても、彼女の前では意味をなさない。
  相手の肩書きを平坦化する彼女は、時として人間、妖怪、種族を選ばず惹きつける事もある。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。虫にも刺されやすい。

    備考
    今回は八雲紫と組む。
    低速移動は単独使用時のみの性能である。
    威力が若干劣る事もあるが基本的に使いやすく、敵の場所を覚える必要も少ない。
    かなり(雑魚に対しては特に)強い。
    一言で言えば、卑怯。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei

Hakurei Shrine's Shrine Maiden.
A human that lives on the boundary. She has the ability to fly.

She is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, which is located at the edge of Gensokyo and (possibly) has ancient and honourable origins.
She is emotional and noisy, and has a presence wherever she is, but she merges into her surroundings quite easily.
Her ability is being able to fly, that is, being weightless.
The gravity of Earth, any level of stress, and threats of power all have no effect on her.
Both her mind and body float in the sky of fantasy, a truly mysterious shrine maiden.
However intimidating the opponent is, that doesn't matter to her.
As she evens out whatever status one has, she tends to attract anyone regardless of species, human or youkai.

Her weapons are amulets and a Yin-Yang orb. She is also preferred by mosquitoes.

Notes
She teams with Yukari this time.
Focused speed only applies when she is used as a solo character.
She lacks a bit in damage, but is quite easy to use and doesn't need much memorization.
She is quite strong, especially against smaller enemies.
In other words, cheap.

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)
  Reimu Hakurei

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力

  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。
  博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。

  何者に対しても平等に見る性格は、妖怪の様な普段畏れられている者
  からも好かれる。逆にいうと、誰に対しても仲間として見ない。周り
  に沢山人間や妖怪が居たり、一緒に行動を行っても、常に自分一人で
  ある。実は冷たい人間なのかも知れない。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to fly through the sky

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...

Reimu Hakurei  ○4面ボス 楽園の素敵な巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれい れいむ)
  Reimu Hakurei

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力

  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。

  普通に寝ていたが幾ら寝ても夜が明けない。幾らなんでもこれは異常
  すぎると思って、神社を飛び出してきた。夜中の出動は珍しくないが、
  十分すぎるほど睡眠を取った後の夜中の出動は珍しい。でもこの暗さ
  はなんとなく眠く感じるものである。この騒動に決着がついたら、ま
  た一眠りしよう、と考えながら強い妖気を目指して竹林まで来たのだ
  が、そこで見た犯人は良く見知った人間と妖怪だった。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to fly through the sky

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

Reimu Hakurei  ○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。
  境界に住む人間。空を飛ぶ程度の能力を持つ。
  のんきなのか何も考えていないのか、そういう巫女さん。
  異変が起こるとすぐに駆けつけ解決しようとするが、彼女の周り
  には異変が絶えない。
  むしろ、異変を呼び込んでいるのではと疑わしい

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

The Shrine Maiden of Hakurei Shrine.
A human living at the boundary. Possesses ability to fly in the sky.
She's the kind of shrine maiden that is ever-so-carefree and doesn't think about anything
Whenever a disturbance occurs, she would immediately rush to resolve it. Nevertheless, she would never manage to rid herself of all disturbances around her.
Rather, it might be the case that she attracts disturbances to herself.

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)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


   毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。幻想郷の境にある博麗神社の巫女さん。
  博麗神社自体は、幻想郷と人間界の両方に位置する。

   いつも異変は勘で解決できる彼女だが、何故か花の異変は全く見当
  が付かなかった。
   今回の様なプレイヤーが多いゲームだと、何が主人公なのか判らな
  くなってしまう。でも、霊夢だけは目立たなくても主人公っぽいの
  は何故だろうか。

Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Hakurei Reimu

Race: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to fly through the sky

The miko we are all familiar with. She's the miko of Hakurei Shrine, located on the boundary of Gensokyo.

She has always been able to bring incidents to closure with her intuitions, but she has not the slightest idea of the cause of this flower incident.
In multiplayer games such as this installment of the Touhou Series, it's hard to pinpoint which character is the main character. However, even though Reimu doesn't stand out at all, why does she always look like one?

Mountain of Faith - Manual

Reimu Hakurei MOF  ○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。

  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為、
  妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、
  実際は人間も妖怪にもさほど興味はない。

  ただ、今回は神様を巡っての騒動である。
  神様の代弁者としても、
  ただの妖怪退治とは勝手が違って、戸惑い気味。

  武器は御札と陰陽玉。信仰心は薄そう。

  攻撃性能は、全体的に無難な挙動で安定感のある装備となっています。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise - Reimu Hakurei

The now-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.

She treats everyone basically the same way.
However, since her job is hunting youkai,
She takes a fairly strict stance against youkai,
But she's basically equally uninterested in humans and youkai.

This time there's a rebellion around God.
She may be God's spokesperson,
But her circumstances as a youkai hunter are different, so she feels a bit lost.

Her weapons are amulets and yin-yang balls. Her piety seems light.

Her fighting style generally relies on equipment that lends a sense of stability.

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - chara.html

Reimu Hakurei  ○楽園の巫女

  博麗 霊夢(はくれいれいむ)


  種族:人間

  職業:巫女さん

  住家:博麗神社

  能力:空を飛ぶ程度の能力

  性格:呑気で感情豊か。浮世離れしている。

Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei


Race: human

Occupation: shrine maiden

Place of residence: Hakurei Shrine

Ability: The power to fly

Personality: Carefree and sentimental. Not too attached to the world of the living.

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)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  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
  為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖
  怪にもさほど興味はない。

  地底よりは高いところの方が好き。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Power to fly

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)
  Hakurei Reimu

  種族:人間
  能力:主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力


  毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。

  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
  為、妖怪に対しては厳しいポーズを取っているが、実際は人間にも妖
  怪にもさほど興味はない。

  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
  神の殆どが日本の神様ではない。本当の目的は金銀財宝。

The Shrine Maiden of Paradise

Reimu Hakurei

Species: Human
Ability: Mainly the ability to fly through the sky

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

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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

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GoMIllus-Reimu.jpg
"Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Reimu Hakurei's Spell Cards"
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