Kaguya Houraisan

Kaguya as she appears in Vol. 1 of Standmaku Crusaders

> *"I've been called disgusting, unapproachable, anti-social... I got into fights in high school. Some of them are still in the hospital. Talked some sense into some smart ass teachers, fuckers haven't been back to school since."*
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**Kaguya Houraisan** (**蓬莱山 輝夜**, *Houraisan Kaguya)* is the main protagonist of Standmaku Crusaders. A firey young woman who is the granddaughter of the famed Eirin Yagokoro, former CEO and chairwoman of the Yagokoro Foundation; an international pharmaceutical company. Starting life as a NEET, she soon embraces her destiny to defeat the one known as PADIO (Sakuya Izayoi) after it is revealed she has retuned to the world of the living. She is uses the Standmaku Star Sapphire; a powerful close range brawler type.

## Appearance

Kaguya Houraisan sports a 'hime-cut', along with blue eyes and brown hair. For the duration of Standmaku Crusaders, she sports a navy blue *gakuran* schoolboy's outfit with matching hat, and a tall, stiff collar, pierced on the left with a golden chain. Affixed to her hat is a golden button with a palm shaped decorative pin, along with a fake mushroom glued to one side. Her bizarre attire is never fully explained by her, and it is assumed she wears it just to mess with people.

Underneath this, she wears a pink button up shirt with matching bow and a long, ankle length burgundy skirt. She wears plain brown shoes and ankle socks.

## Personality

Tough as nails and no-nonsense, she just wants to live a quiet life. Anything that it seen as a distraction from this is nothing but a nuisance to her. Though she eventually mellows out as an adult, her teenage years seen during Standmaku Crusaders show her as very tomboyish, not caring much for the attention boys despite it seeming like she's a relatively attractive young woman.

To her grandmother's dismay, she tends to be a troublemaker. In "The Invader", she mention how despite her looks, people seemed to still be wary around her. From starting fights, and even dining and dashing for something as trivial as being served lousy food at a restaurant. Despite her explosive temperament, she seems to still have a soft side. During the fight with Reisen, she was able to think logically by taking her in for questioning rather than killing her outright out of revenge. In her own words, "*Yeah, I'm a piece of shit. But even I can see who the real losers are. People like you! Who attack old ladies and unarmed teenagers!"*

During the journey to Egypt, Kaguya befriended a lot of new friends and despite being anti-social, managed to get along well with them. In some ways, it was also a journey of self discovery, improvement, and learning to deal with others. Her devil may care attitude hides her true feelings, such as when Eirin was seemingly killed by PADIO. Like perhaps most teenagers, she refuses to let her soft side show and continue to put up the appearance of being touch at all times.

## Early Life

Kaguya Houraisan was born to a Japanese father and local Gensokyan mother on August 25th, 1985. Wealthy socialites Rina Yagokoro and Kentaro Houraisan. Being born into fortune, she never wanted for much. Being a spoiled kid and living a carefree life free of worries as her parents jetted around Japan and Gensokyo. Indeed, the philanthropist couple spent their days building roads and infrastructure and brokering financial deals within Gensokyo, with Rina also serving as board member on her mother Eirin's company, the Yagokoro Foundation.

In 1995, at the tender age of 10 years old, the unthinkable happened when the private jet her parents were on crashed somewhere between Aomori Prefecture and Sapporo. The news rocked Gensokyo and left the young Kaguya in the care of her grandmother Eirin, forcing her out of retirement to assume control of the Yagokoro Foundation and take Kaguya under her wing. Despite the change in scenery, having now moved to the Yagokoro family estate of Eientei, the young Kaguya would begin her sedentary lifestyle, detached from others, and emotionally drained. It was in these formative years perhaps, that she gained her bitter and cynical outlook on life.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Eirin Yagokoro:** Her grandmother and legal guardian. The two don't always see eye to eye, and their personality are often at odds. Being hardworking, earnest and occasionally a jokester, the two couldn't be more different. Despite this, they get a long well and the two have a mutual respect for each other. Kaguya has great respect and love for her grandmother, though she'd never say it out loud. From Eirin's flashback during the PADIO's World story arc, their relationship was much more sweeter when Kaguya was still young, becoming more and more strained as the years went by and puberty hit.

* **Hecatia Lapislazuli:** The two share a mentor-protégé relationship and it's clear the Hecatia has a great respect for her. As an older and wiser woman in Spellcard is Impossible, Kaguya teaches Hecatia about Standmaku, like her grandmother before her. As allies and fellow Standmaku users, they bond and grow closer over time.

### Friends

* **Fujiwara no Mokou:** Although not expanded upon, the two were bitter rivals throughout childhood and often fought bitterly, but neither particularly had a grudge against the other. It was Mokou that first introduced the concept of Standmaku and showed her that they were not in fact evil spirits that lashed out randomly, but things one could control. As their journey continues, Kaguya begins to see her as a strong and reliable partner.
* **Suwkako Moriya:** Kaguya sees her as a reliable ally and despite the fact that she has a mostly non-offensive Standmaku, sees the potential in her. Similar to Hecatia, she serves a mentor/older sister type role to her.
* **Reisen U. Inaba:** Despite trying to kill Kaguya initially, Reisen more than made up for it after being freed from mind control by PADIO. Out of all the others, Kaguya seemed closest to Reisen and seemed genuinely upset upon discovering the PADIO had killed her.
* **Chen Yakumo:** Everyone was annoyed at the bratty youkai girl including Kaguya. During the beginning of the Egypt arc, her Standmaku powers awoken and despite the fact that they never became quite as close as Reisen or Youmu, Kaguya gained a newfound respect for her. After all, it takes a strong will and mental strength to control a Standmaku.