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*Like other oni, Yuugi is ridiculously strong and, in turn, likes strong people. She also enjoys drinking heavily and raising a ruckus.
*Like other oni, Yuugi is ridiculously strong and, in turn, likes strong people. She also enjoys drinking heavily and raising a ruckus.
*Yuugi Hoshiguma is thus far the only boss who stays around after her mid-boss defeat and remains in front of the player throughout the end of the stage, unless you count [[Mystia Lorelei]], who begins the end-of-stage battle immediately after the mid-boss fight.
*Yuugi Hoshiguma is thus far the only boss who stays around after her mid-boss defeat and remains in front of the player throughout the end of the stage, unless you count [[Mystia Lorelei]], who begins the end-of-stage battle immediately after the mid-boss fight.
*The JoJo that was talked about in the interview, is [http://jjba.wikia.com/wiki/Jonathan_Joestar Jonathan Joestar], whom at one point has to defeat an undead adversary while being tasked by his master [http://jjba.wikia.com/wiki/Will_Anthonio_Zeppeli Will Anthonio Zeppeli] to do so while holding a glass of wine, and to not spill a single drop. Marking Yuugi as yet another with a JoJo counterpart in ZUN's mind.
*The JoJo that was talked about in the interview, is [[Wikipedia:Johnathan Joestar|Johnathan Joestar]], whom at one point has to defeat an undead adversary while being tasked by his master [[Wikipedia:William Antonio Zeppeli|William Antonio Zeppeli]] to do so while holding a glass of wine, and to not spill a single drop. Marking Yuugi as yet another with a JoJo counterpart in ZUN's mind.
*According to an interview in [[Cara☆Mel‎]] for [[Cage in Lunatic Runagate]] 7, [[ZUN]] said the theme behind Yuugi was to make an energetic, oni-like oni, since there would be lots of oni in hell. {{reference needed|Interview in Cara☆Mel‎}}
*According to an interview in [[Cara☆Mel‎]] for [[Cage in Lunatic Runagate]] 7, [[ZUN]] said the theme behind Yuugi was to make an energetic, oni-like oni, since there would be lots of oni in hell. {{reference needed|Interview in Cara☆Mel‎}}
*In the same interview as mentioned above, the interviewer mentions that her clothes look kind of like a gym uniform and that it'd be easy to do exercises in them. Following that, ZUN also said that Yuugi's skirt actually was semi-transparent.
*In the same interview as mentioned above, the interviewer mentions that her clothes look kind of like a gym uniform and that it'd be easy to do exercises in them. Following that, ZUN also said that Yuugi's skirt actually was semi-transparent.

Revision as of 09:37, 23 May 2013

星熊 (ほしぐま)  勇儀 (ゆうぎ)
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Yuugi Hoshiguma
Yugi Hoshiguma

More Alternative Spellings
Yuugi Hoshiguma
The So-Called Unexplainable Phenomenon
More Character Titles
Species

Oni

Abilities

Wielding unexplainable phenomena

Occupation

None

Location

Ancient City

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games
Print Works

Yuugi Hoshiguma (星熊 勇儀 Hoshiguma Yuugi) is an oni currently living in the Ancient City, which is in the Underworld. She has an unexplainable ability. She was once one of the Big Four of the Mountain, along with Suika Ibuki, and she lives alongside many other oni that were forced below ground.

General Information

Yuugi as depicted in Symposium of Post-mysticism

Personality

Yuugi is very a very firm and straightforward oni. She likes those who are strong and brave, and has no mercy for the weak and cowardly.

Ability

The ability to wield unexplainable phenomena

Anomalies, strength, disorder, and spirits (怪力乱神, kai-ryoku-ran-shin) is a metaphor for unexplainable phenomena that originates from the Analects of Confucius, where one of his disciples said "the Master never talked of anomalies, strength, disorder, or spirits." (子不語怪力亂神) Furthermore, Yuugi's title is "the so-called unexplainable phenomenon".

More accurately, Confucius did not talk about unnatural things (怪異, strangeness), mysterious powers (勇力, courage), things contrary to reason (悖乱, devious rebellion), and strange things related to god (鬼神, fierce god). In other words, strangeness (), courage (), devious rebellion (), and fierce god () are why 怪力乱神 is referred to as "anomalies, strength, disorder, and spirits." It is appropriately unclear what exactly this ability allows Yuugi to do, since the ability itself is a metaphor for things that cannot be explained.

Her very name, Yuugi (), might have come from the courage () that is represented as "strength" in "anomalies, strength, disorder, and spirits."

Occupation

Yuugi spends her time in Former Hell, fraternizing with the other oni, engaging in frequent drinking contests and generally having a rowdy time.

Possessions

Yuugi carries a sake dish called the "Hoshiguma Dish". It raises the quality of any sake poured into it. Kasen Ibara later uses this to transform some of her own sake for a party at the Hakurei Shrine. The dish itself is considered a masterwork of the oni.

Backstory

Yuugi was one of the many youkai who moved into the underground when Gensokyo first became isolated from the Human World. She and the others didn't wish to be chained to the rules that were set up, and decided to move down there. Though a non-aggression pact had apparently been negotiated, Yuugi realized that she wasn't enjoying spending time with humans, so she took up residence in Former Hell to be with kindred spirits.

Character Basis

Name

Yuugi Hoshiguma (星熊 勇儀) is her full name. The characters of Hoshiguma (星熊) mean "star" () and "bear" (). The characters in Yuugi mean (勇儀) "bravery" () and "ritual" ().

In the legend of Shuten Douji, a particularly vicious oni who lived atop Mt. Ooeyama, one of Shuten Douji's four strongman demons was named Hoshiguma Douji. This may or may not be related to the character's concept.

Design

Yuugi has long, straight blonde hair, red eyes, and a single red horn coming out of her forehead. She wears a white, short-sleeved shirt with red trim at the cuffs, neck, and bottom and a dark blue semi-transparent skirt with red highlights and trim. Her wrists and ankles are manacled, with short, broken chains attached to the manacles.

Story

Subterranean Animism

Along with many other Oni, Yuugi retreated to Hell after the humans above ground started avoiding them. They built their own society and lived there, in isolation, for a really long time.

When the heroine arrives at the Ancient City in Stage 3 of Subterranean Animism, Yuugi rushes out to meet her. After Yuugi's initial attack is repelled, she promises to lead the heroine to the Palace of the Earth Spirits in exchange for giving her a good fight.

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Relationships

Yuugi is old friends with Suika, and presumably with the other two big oni of the mountain.

Kasen describes Yuugi as an acquaintance of hers in Wild and Horned Hermit when she used the oni's sake dish to make her own sake better.

Gallery

Spell Cards

Spellcards
Name Translated Comments Games Stage
Total: 10
鬼符「怪力乱神」 Oni Sign "Anomalies, Strength, Disorder, and Spirits" SA
GoM
St. 3: E/N/H/L
怪輪「地獄の苦輪」 Mysterious Ring "Hell's Wheel of Pain" SA St. 3: E/N
枷符「咎人の外さぬ枷」 Shackles Sign "Shackles a Criminal Can't Take Off" SA St. 3: H/L
力業「大江山嵐」 Feat of Strength "Storm on Mt. Ooe" SA St. 3: E/N
力業「大江山颪」 Feat of Strength "Wind Blowing Down from Mt. Ooe" SA
GoM
St. 3: H/L
四天王奥義「三歩必殺」 Big Four Arcanum "Knock Out In Three Steps" SA
GoM
St. 3: E/N/H/L
光鬼「金剛螺旋」 Light Oni "Adamant Helix" DS St. 6
鬼符「鬼気狂瀾」 Oni Sign "Dreadful Raging Waves" DS St. 6
鬼声「壊滅の咆哮」 Oni's Voice "Annihilating Roar" DS
GoU
St. 6
湧泉「熱鬼掘削撃」 Gushing Spring "Heated Oni's Excavation Strike" SFW Story
怨泉「極楽温泉地獄」 Vengeful Spring "Heavenly Hot Spring Hell" SFW Story

Additional Information

  • Like other oni, Yuugi is ridiculously strong and, in turn, likes strong people. She also enjoys drinking heavily and raising a ruckus.
  • Yuugi Hoshiguma is thus far the only boss who stays around after her mid-boss defeat and remains in front of the player throughout the end of the stage, unless you count Mystia Lorelei, who begins the end-of-stage battle immediately after the mid-boss fight.
  • The JoJo that was talked about in the interview, is Johnathan Joestar, whom at one point has to defeat an undead adversary while being tasked by his master William Antonio Zeppeli to do so while holding a glass of wine, and to not spill a single drop. Marking Yuugi as yet another with a JoJo counterpart in ZUN's mind.
  • According to an interview in Cara☆Mel‎ for Cage in Lunatic Runagate 7, ZUN said the theme behind Yuugi was to make an energetic, oni-like oni, since there would be lots of oni in hell. [Ref. Needed]
  • In the same interview as mentioned above, the interviewer mentions that her clothes look kind of like a gym uniform and that it'd be easy to do exercises in them. Following that, ZUN also said that Yuugi's skirt actually was semi-transparent.

Fandom

  • For some reason, she is commonly called 「姐さん」 ("nee-san" or "ane-san") by fans.
    • It may be related to how she comes off as a big sister figure to many other characters in fanworks.
  • There was once a post on the Touhou Imageboard explaining why one can't judge characters's power levels from how powerful they are in game. The whole post was quite humorous because of its fairly bad grammar and typos, but the most amusing and memorable line was "SA : Yuugi only playing around woth[sic] you, her sake NOT EVEN DROP". This became a meme among Western fans.
  • Yuugi is frequently portrayed as having a large bust size due to an unofficial promotional flyer by alphes before the release of Subterranean Animism.
    • Ironically, the rest of alphes's official art isn't anywhere as shapely as that picture. The trend may have been inspired by the desire for contrast with Suika or, later on, Parsee... that or the desire for a powerful/shapely Oni.
    • It has been revealed that Alphes has a preference for curves (as can been seen often on the front page of Tasofro's website), with ZUN's guidelines keeping it in check. This may be a case of Alphes being able to indulge in his preference with official.
    • The bust size and outfit return in an actual official game with Hopeless Masquerade, where Yuugi can be seen wearing that outfit with bust to match in the background of the Human Village stage. Suika also wears a similar outfit, but without the similar measurements.
  • Yuugi is frequently paired in fan works with Parsee Mizuhashi despite there being no official indication that they've even met.
  • Fans often depict her in a gym outfit that swaps her skirt for school gym shorts.
  • Another common depiction of her is as an extremely muscular woman, which is in tune with her great physical strength.

Official Profiles

Subterranean Animism - Character Settings
Yuugi Hoshiguma SA    ○3面ボス 語られる怪力乱神

  星熊 勇儀(ほしぐま ゆうぎ)
  Hoshiguma Yugi

  種族:鬼
  能力:怪力乱神を持つ程度の能力

  萃香と共に山の四天王と呼ばれた鬼の一人。今は旧都に住んでいる。
  旧都は昔は地獄の一部であったのだが、地獄のスリム化と共に切り捨てられた土地である。

  ここには様々な妖怪が住んでいるのだが、その中でも代表的な妖怪が鬼である。
  鬼は地上の人間に嫌気が差して自ら去り、余った地獄の土地に新しい社会を築いたのだ。

  鬼達はこの他にも地上で嫌われた妖怪達を率先して受け入れた。
  その事に危険を感じた地上の妖怪達は、新しい地下都市を認める代わりにある条件を出した。

  それは地獄の怨霊の封じる事である。それをする代わりに如何なる妖怪も地下都市には入らせないと約束をしたのだ。

  鬼達は地上との交流を断ち、完全に新しい社会生活を人知れず営んでいたのである。


  勇儀は鬼らしく、毎日騒ぎながらお酒を呑み、生活を楽しんでいた。
  強い人間が入ってきたと聞き、呑んでいる途中であったが慌てて駆け付けてきたのだが……

Stage 3 boss The Rumored Unnatural Phenomenon


Yuugi Hoshiguma

Species: Oni
Ability: The ability to wield unexplainable phenomena

One of the oni who, together with Suika, was said to be one of the four big oni of the mountain.
She now lives in the Ancient City. The Ancient City was once part of Hell, but it was cast aside during the downsizing of Hell.

Various youkai live here, though the oni are the most representative group among them all.
The oni left the overworld voluntarily when humans began to shun them, and built up a new society on Hell's excess plots of land.

The oni were proactive in accepting even those youkai who have become hated in the overworld.
The youkai from above, who felt out of place and in danger, accepted their control over the underground on one condition.

That condition was to seal the evil spirits of hell. In return, the youkai from the overworld promised not to enter the underground city.

The oni have now cut off all communication with the overworld, and have settled into a new society completely unknown to humans.


As one would expect from an oni, Yuugi enjoys every day by drinking and raising a ruckus.
When she heard some strong humans had appeared, she rushed out, drink in hand, to see what was going on, but ...

Official Sources

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