Reimu Hakurei

Reimu Hakurei, also known as Heroine, Shrine Maiden, Shrine Maiden Who Protects Dream and Tradition and Eternal Shrine Maiden, is the main protagonist from the Touhou Project series.
== Charactah Account ==
Reimu is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, built on the border of the Great Hakurei Barrier which surrounds Gensokyo. Apart from her traditional miko duties, the Hakurei Shrine Maiden also acts as a sort of sheriff, protecting Gensokyo's native humans by resolving disturbances and "incidents" caused by Youkai. She is the official author of the Spell Card system, a type of Wizard Dueling which allows most conflicts to end less dangerously, though she does not appear to have been its sole inventor.
Reimu is extremely talented, but hates training and is very lazy. She's a fair, honest person who acts the same way around everyone, regardless of social status and whether they're a friend or enemy. Unfortunately that usually just means she's a cynical Jerkass to everyone equally. This passive attitude towards monsters doesn't sit well with most of the humans in Gensokyo either, which means her shrine is unpopular and receives few donations. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Anime Tenchou x Touhou Project
* Hifuu Club Activity Record: The Sealed Esoteric History
* Touhou Unofficial Doujin Anime: A Summer Day's Dream
* Touhou Unofficial Doujin Anime: A Summer Day's Dream Episode 2.5
=== Manga ===
* Perfect Memento in Strict Sense: Memorizable Gensokyo
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Cage in Lunatic Runagate
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Silent Sinner in Blue
* Touhou Chireikiden: Foul Detective Satori
* Touhou Ibara Kasen: Wild and Horned Hermit
* Touhou Kourindou: Curiosities of Lotus Asia
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Eastern and Little Nature Deity
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Oriental Sacred Place
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Strange and Bright Nature Deity
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Visionary Fairies in Shrine
* Touhou Suichouka: The Lotus Eaters, Drunk and Sober
* Touhou Suzunaan: Forbidden Scrollery
=== Video Games ===
* Danmaku Amanojaku: Impossible Spell Card
* Graffiti Kingdom
* Hidden Star in Four Seasons
* Magical Battle Arena NEXT
* Shuusou Gyoku
* Touhou Bunkachou: Double Spoiler
* Touhou Chireiden: Subterranean Animism
* Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night
* Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith
* Touhou Fuumaroku: The Story of Eastern Wonderland
* Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story
* Touhou Gouyoku Ibun: Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow
* Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
* Touhou Hisoutensoku: Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol
* Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy of Common Flowers
* Touhou Kaeitzuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View
* Touhou Kaikidan: Mystic Square
* Touhou Kanjuden: Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
* Touhou Kishinjou: Double Dealing Character
* Touhou Koumakyou: the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
* Touhou Kouryuudou: Unconnected Marketeers
* Touhou Reiiden: Highly Responsive to Prayers
* Touhou Seirensen: Undefined Fantastic Object
* Touhou Shinkirou: Hopeless Masquerade
* Touhou Shinpiroku: Urban Legend in Limbo
* Touhou Shinreibyou: Ten Desires
* Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial and Missing Power
* Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom
* Touhou Yumejikuu: The Phantasmagoria of
* Violet Detector: Secret Sealing Nightmare Diary
* Wily Beast and Weakest Creature
== Trivia ==
* The characters for Reimu's last name (Romanized: Hakurei) literally mean something like "esteemed companion", the first word (Haku) means "wide" or "exposition" while (Rei) means "lovely", "graceful", and "beautiful". Her first name (Romanized: Reimu) means "revelatory dream" or "a vision", the first word read as "Rei" means "spirit" or "soul" while (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 has been an alcoholic.
* Reimu has appeared as a playable character in every main 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.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Reimu Hakurei at Touhou Wiki
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