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Yoshika Miyako

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宮古 (みやこ)  芳香 (よしか)
mʲijako joɕʲi̥ka (♫)
Yoshika Miyako
Yoshika Miyako
Yoshika Miyako in Ten Desires
Loyal Undead
More Character Titles
Species

Jiang Shi (キョンシー, Kyonshī)

Abilities

Eating anything

Age

Dead/Immortal

Occupation

Guard

Location

Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum‎

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Yoshika Miyako (宮古 芳香 Miyako Yoshika) is a Jiang Shi who first appeared as the stage 3 boss of Ten Desires as well as an option on the stage 4 boss, with title "Loyal Undead."

General Information

In order to not decompose like normal Jiang Shi do, she has an anti-decomposition spell placed on her. She has no sense or self, and does not know pain or fatigue, which allows her to bring out all possible physical strength. She usually attacks people for no particular reason.

Personality

According to Symposium of Post-mysticism, she doesn't have much of a personality as a jiang shi, but whenever she is not under Seiga's control she does seem to revert back to the personality she had when she was alive. She has been seen reciting poetry while staring into empty space.

Occupation

Prior to the events of Ten Desires, Yoshika was resurrected by Seiga to guard the mausoleum. Her current activities are unknown.

Character Design

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Origin

ZUN stated in an interview that her original design was too similar to Lei-lei(Hsien-ko) from Darkstalkers. Considering it too cliche, he instead made Yoshika a zombie whose brain was rotting away and was thus stupid.

Name

Her full name is Yoshika Miyako (宮古 芳香). The Miyako (宮古) in her name means "ancient palace", while Yoshika (芳香) means "fragrance", "perfume" if read together. The Yoshi () can also mean "fragrance", "beautiful", "virtuous" when standing alone, and ka () "incense", which might be referring to either Yoshika being a jiang shi, or her guarding a graveyard.

Her name comes from Miyako no Yoshika (都良香), a ninth century Japanese scholar and poet. Legends say that 100 years after he left office, he was spotted on a mountain as a hermit, his face unchanged.

Design

In Ten Desires's official art, Yoshika has pale skin, greyish blue hair and eyes. She wears a blue hat with a yellow star and an ofuda on the forehead, which apparently has a to-do list written on it by her master. Her shirt is red chinese-like, with pink trim on the wide sleeves. Her skirt is black skirt with the same trim wrapped around the skirt like ribbon. She keeps her arms ahead, like a zombie.

Story

Ten Desires

When the heroine reaches the graveyard adjacent to the Myouren Temple, Yoshika meets her there. Having been revived to protect the Mausoleum from intruders, a fact which takes her a little while to remember, she does battle with the heroine and loses. Later, in stage 4, she is revived again and returns to team up with her master Seiga, but the two are defeated.

Symposium of Post-mysticism

Humans that visited the graveyard started getting worried, as Yoshika had reappeared there and was driving everyone away. They bring in Rin Kaenbyou to communicate with her, and through a translator, she claims she isn't particularly intent on harming anyone, but just feels she has to defend the graveyard no matter what.

Relationships

Seiga Kaku

Yoshika is a corpse reanimated by Seiga Kaku in order to protect the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum during Toyosatomimi no Miko's resurrection. Seiga is generally her master, who thinks of the jiang-shi as a cute underling.

Toyosatomimi no Miko

A fellow ally of the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum and the purpose of guarding it under Seiga Kaku's orders. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.

Mononobe no Futo

A fellow ally of the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.

Soga no Tojiko

A fellow ally of the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum. No actual relationship between the two is established in the game's dialogue.

People in the Myouren Temple

Yoshika Miyako purpose for guarding the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum was to prevent Byakuren Hijiri and the rest of her allies of Myouren Temple from interfering with Toyosatomimi no Miko's resurrection.

Minor Relationships

Kogasa Tatara

Yoshika's presence in the cemetery becomes an unknown threat for Kogasa Tatara.

Rin Kaenbyou

Rin is brought in to the graveyard to communicate with her and find out her intentions during the events of an article in Symposium of Post-mysticism.

Spell Cards

Spellcards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 7
回復「ヒールバイデザイア」 Recovery "Heal By Desire" TD St. 3: E/N/H/L
毒爪「ポイゾンレイズ」 Poison Nail "Poison Raze" TD St. 3: E/N
毒爪「ポイゾンマーダー」 Poison Nail "Poison Murder" TD St. 3: H/L
欲符「稼欲霊招来」 Desire Sign "Score Desire Spirit Invitation" TD St. 3: E/N
欲符「スコアデザイアイーター」 Desire Sign "Score Desire Eater" TD St. 3: H/L
毒爪「死なない殺人鬼」 Poison Nail "Undead Murderer" TD
GoU
Ov
毒爪「ゾンビクロー」 Poison Nail "Zombie Claw" ISC St. 4

Additional Information

  • She has a star on her hat that is similar to Hong Meiling's, but without a symbol.
  • The relationship between Yoshika and Seiga probably is caused from the fact that the inspirations of both of them appears in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. There is a story "dead body incident" (simplified Chinese: 尸变; traditional Chinese: 屍變), the 3rd chapter of the 1st volume.
  • According to legends, Ibaraki-douji, model of Kasen Ibaraki, was deeply impressed after reading Miyako no Yoshika's works. Moreover, Kasen is seen reciting one of his poems in the first chapter of Wild and Horned Hermit.

Fandom

  • A Touhou character whose "joints pretty much never move" is a historically unprecedented character specification, and is therefore an extraordinary bottleneck for illustration. Since it has not come to light exactly what parts can move to what extent, individual interpretation is necessary.
  • Also, from the start her head is weak, but for her decay to continue even further than in the original that it becomes difficult to understand each other is also something often seen. She is also sometimes depicted with blue skin. With the strong color of horror, there are also depictions of a body part being ripped off or head cut off, but she is a valuable character who, even treated as such, would not get angry at other characters.
  • For pairings (see Relationshipping), it is most commonly with Seiga Kaku. In a group, she is most commonly associated one of the five in the Ten Desires group. With Seiga allied with Toyosatomimi no Miko, Mononobe no Futo, and Soga no Tojiko, she commonly takes the form of clinging to Seiga.
  • Some Western fans have noticed that Yoshika's hands moving as if she was driving an invisible car. Combined with her cap, this has led to memes of her as a cab driver.
  • Yoshika's ability to eat anything puts her higher than Yuyuko in fandom. In some fanart, Yoshika is even trying to eat Yuyuko.
  • Because Yoshika is a guard, she has sometimes been compared to Meiling because she is also a guard. She's also a Chinese girl, and both of them are 3rd stage bosses.
  • Since her ability is "eating anything", she has sometimes been compared to Rumia and Yuyuko Saigyouji, with the latter being an infamous omnivore in fanon.
  • Many fans draw the characters on the seal as "勅令 随身保命" (Emperor Rescript: Comply & Live), the format used in a film series Mr. Vampire, which is one of the most famous Jiang Shi movies.

Official Profiles

Ten Desires Demo - omake.txt
Yoshika Miyako TD ○3面ボス  忠実な死体

  宮古 芳香(みやこ よしか)

  種族:キョンシー
  能力:何でも喰う程度の能力
(人間は一部を喰われると一時的にキョンシーになってしまう)


  何者かに蘇生させられた謎の死体。操り人形として大切な何かを守っている。

  異常な力と痛みを感じない肉体で、まともにやり合うとえらい目にあうが、思考回路は前時代のコンピュータ並である為、逃げることは容易い。

  彼女の闘いでは傷つくと霊を喰らい体力を増幅させる為、中々倒すことが出来ない。だが、逃げることは容易い(大切な事でした)


  彼女の体は非常に硬く、関節が曲がらない。まともに歩けない。操り主は彼女に、柔軟体操を勧めている。柔軟性がない状態で運動をすると怪我をしてしまうからである。ゾンビだけど。


  彼女は一体何を守っていたのだろうか。そしてこんな無意味な番人を置いた、彼女の主とは?


  それは製品版にて!

3rd stage boss  Loyal Corpse

Yoshika Miyako

Species: Jiang shi
Ability: Eating anything
(humans bitten by her turn into a jiang shi temporarily)


A mysterious corpse revived by somebody. She is just a puppet, but she is keeping something important.

She possesses strange power and has a body that does not feel pain. It is very challenging to confront her directly, but her brain is like a forgotten age of computers. It is very easy to kite her around.

While fighting, if she is damaged, she consumes spirits and regenerates health, so she's very hard to beat up. But it is very easy to get away from her (and this is important).


Her flesh body is very hard, and her joints do not bend. She cannot even walk that well. Her master is recommending calisthenics for her. Activity with no flexibility often ends up in injury. Though she is just a zombie.


What is it that she is keeping safe? And what of her master, who employed a meaningless bodyguard like her?


Stay tuned for the retail version!

Ten Desires Demo - キャラ設定とエキストラストーリー.txt
Yoshika Miyako  ○3面ボス  忠実な死体

  宮古 芳香(みやこ よしか)
  Miyako Yoshika

  種族:キョンシー
  能力:何でも喰う程度の能力
     (人間は一部を喰われると一時的にキョンシーになってしまう)


  青娥に蘇生させられた日本古代の死体。
  青娥の手先となって働いている。
  今回は、復活寸前となった夢殿大祀廟を護る為にかり出された。

  異常な力と痛みを感じない肉体で、まともにやり合うとえらい目にあうが、思考回路は前時代のコンピュータ並である為、逃げることは容易い。

  彼女の闘いでは傷つくと霊を喰らい体力を増幅させる為、中々倒すことが出来ない。だが、逃げることは容易い(大切な事でした)

  彼女の体は非常に硬く、関節が曲がらない。まともに歩けない。
  操り主は彼女に、柔軟体操を勧めている。柔軟性がない状態で運動をすると怪我をしてしまうからである。ゾンビだけど。

3rd stage boss  Loyal Corpse


Yoshika Miyako

Species: Jiang shi
Ability: Eating anything
(humans bitten by her turn into a jiang shi temporarily)


A corpse revived by Seiga from an ancient era of Japan. She works for Seiga as her underling. This time, she was summoned to protect the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum during the verge of resurrection.

She possesses strange power and has a body that does not feel pain. It is very challenging to confront her directly, but her brain is like a forgotten age of computers. It is very easy to kite her around.

While fighting, if she is damaged, she consumes spirits and regenerates health, so she's very hard to beat up. But it is very easy to get away from her (and this is important).

Her flesh body is very hard, and her joints do not bend. She cannot even walk that well. Her master is recommending an exercise training for flexibility. Activity with no flexibility often ends up in injury. Though she is just a zombie.

Official Sources

Official sources