Kagerou Imaizumi

今泉 (いまいずみ) 影狼 (かげろう) Kagerou Imaizumi imaizɯmʲi kageɽoː
Kagerou in Double Dealing Character The Bamboo Forest's Loup-Garou More Character Titles
Species	Werewolf
Abilities	Can transform into a wolf on the night of the full moon
Location	Bamboo Forest of the Lost
Music Themes
孤独なウェアウルフ (Double Dealing Character)
Appearances
Official Games
Double Dealing Character (Stage 3 Midboss, Stage 3 Boss) Impossible Spell Card (3rd Day Boss)
Print Works
Wild and Horned Hermit (Chapter 19 cameo, 20 cameo) Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia (Article)

Kagerou Imaizumi (今泉 影狼, Imaizumi Kagerou) is a werewolf who lives in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost.

General Information

Kagerou is said to have a calmer demeanor than one would expect from a werewolf. Like Keine Kamishirasawa and her were-hakutaku transformation, Kagerou acquires some characteristics of a wolf during a full moon, but she also has the ability to turn into an actual wolf (as demonstrated during her spell cards). To be exact, she is a were-Honshu wolf. Honshu wolf is a species of wolf that has gone extinct in the outside world.

Character Design

Name

Her first name Kagerou (影狼) literally means "Shadow Wolf". It is also homophonous to the word Kagerou (陽炎), which means the shimmering of hot air, which refers to Honshu wolf's state of extinction. Her surname, Imaizumi (今泉) is a reference to the Japanese zoologist Yoshinori Imaizumi (今泉吉典), who first researched Honshu wolf. It's spelled with the characters for "now" and "spring".

Design

Kagerou has dark auburn hair and red eyes. She has two wolf ears. She wears a dress which is based on the design of the Hanafuda card for Pampas Grass and the Full Moon. The red on the dress represents the red sky, the white represents the moon, and the black trim with a hash pattern at the bottom represents the hill of pampas grass. At the neck of her dress is a red amulet. She has long, red nails. There also appears to be black fur poking out from under her sleeves. As shown in Wild and Horned Hermit, she seems to keep the same appearance, including her animal ears, even without the full moon.

Story

Double Dealing Character

Kagerou's sprite in DDC

Kagerou's wolf form sprite in DDC

When the Miracle Mallet's power floods into Gensokyo, Kagerou becomes aggressive and attacks the heroine as they fly through the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. After the incident is resolved, she calms back down.

Impossible Spell Card

Presumably from hearing or seeing a wanted sign about the mischief-making amanojaku Seija Kijin, Kagerou appears to be one of the many youkai that tries to capture her. She uses spell cards that are considered impossible to dodge, and forces Seija to make use of different tools.

Relationships

Wakasagihime

Kagerou knows Wakasagihime thanks to the grassroots youkai network, where she seems to know Wakasagihime's general personality. Kagerou stated that she once tried to eat Wakasagihime by mistake.

Spell Cards

  Spell Cards

Name	Translated	Comments	Games	Stage
Total: 9
牙符「月下の犬歯」	Fang Sign "Moonlit Canine Teeth"		DDC	St. 3: H/L
変身「トライアングルファング」	Transformation "Triangle Fang"		DDC	St. 3: E/N
変身「スターファング」	Transformation "Star Fang"		DDC	St. 3: H/L
咆哮「ストレンジロア」	Roar "Strange Roar"		DDC	St. 3: E/N
咆哮「満月の遠吠え」	Roar "Full Moon Howling"		DDC	St. 3: H/L
狼符「スターリングパウンス」	Wolf Sign "Star Ring Pounce"		DDC	St. 3: E/N
天狼「ハイスピードパウンス」	Sirius "High-Speed Pounce"		DDC	St. 3: H/L
満月「フルムーンロア」	Full Moon "Full Moon Roar"		ISC	St. 3
狼牙「血に餓えたウルフファング」	Wolf Fang "Bloodthirsty Wolf Fang"		ISC	St. 3

Additional Information

• She's the first werewolf in a remotely traditional sense to appear in the series.
  • And interestingly enough she has a serious dislike of how hairy she'd get on a full moon, making her normally far less aggressive than most werewolves.

Fandom

Main article: Fandom: Kagerou Imaizumi

Official Profiles

  Double Dealing Character trial - omake.txt

○３面ボス　　竹林のルーガルー 　　今泉 影狼（いまいずみ かげろう） 　　種族：狼女 　　能力：満月の夜に狼に変身する程度の能力 　　落ち着いた性格の持ち主。 　　それは狼に変身しても冷静さを失わなかった。 　　迷いの竹林には月の住人が屋敷を構えている為か、 　　月に関係する妖怪が多くいるようだ。 　　彼女もその一人である。 　　ちなみに、外の世界では絶滅したニホンオオカミ女である。 　　満月の日は毛深くなるのが気になるようで 　　肌をかくし、ひっそりと暮していた。 　　それが、何故か今回は暴れていたのが霊夢の耳に届き、 　　退治された。

Stage 3 Boss - The Bamboo Forest's Loup-Garou Kagerou Imaizumi Species: Wolf-woman Ability: Ability to transform into a wolf on the night of the full moon A person with a calm personality. Even when she transforms into a wolf, her composure isn't lost. It seems that there are many youkai related to the moon in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, perhaps because people from the moon built a mansion there. She is one of those youkai. By the way, she is a were-Honshu wolf, a species extinct in the outside world. She lives quietly, hiding her skin as if concerned that she'll turn all hairy on the night of the full moon. This time, she began to go berserk for some reason; this reached Reimu's ears, and she was exterminated.

  Double Dealing Character - omake.txt

○３面ボス　　竹林のルーガルー 　　今泉 影狼（いまいずみ かげろう） 　　種族：狼女 　　能力：満月の夜に狼に変身する程度の能力 　　落ち着いた性格の持ち主。 　　それは狼に変身しても冷静さを失わなかった。 　　迷いの竹林には月の住人が屋敷を構えている為か、 　　月に関係する妖怪が多くいるようだ。 　　彼女もその一人である。 　　ちなみに、外の世界では絶滅したニホンオオカミ女である。 　　満月の日は毛深くなるのが気になるようで 　　肌をかくし、ひっそりと暮していた。 　　打ち出の小槌の魔力に冒され、凶暴になっていたところ霊夢達に 　　成敗された。 　　今はもう大人しい。

Stage 3 Boss - The Bamboo Forest's Loup-Garou Kagerou Imaizumi Species: Wolf-woman Ability: Ability to transform into a wolf on the night of the full moon A person with a calm personality. Even when she transforms into a wolf, her composure isn't lost. It seems that there are many youkai related to the moon in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, perhaps because people from the moon built a mansion there. She is one of those youkai. By the way, she is a were-Honshu wolf, a species extinct in the outside world. She lives quietly, hiding her skin as if concerned that she'll turn all hairy on the night of the full moon. She was affected by the Miracle Mallet's magic power, became ferocious, and was punished by Reimu and company. She's behaving herself once again by now.

Official Sources

  Official sources

• 2013/05/26 Double Dealing Character trial - omake.txt (trial profile, stage 3 dialogue)
• 2013/08/12 Double Dealing Character - omake.txt (official profile, stage 3 dialogue)