Reimu Hakurei

Reimu Hakurei in Urban Legend in Limbo.

### Alias

Heroine, Shrine Maiden who Protect Dream and Tradition, Shrine Maiden, Eternal Shrine Maiden, Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Freewheeling Human, Shrine Maiden of the Five Desires, Wonderful Shaman of Paradise, Speaker for the Eight Million Gods, Shrine Maiden of the Sun, Arcane! Shrine Maiden of Barriers (Final story mode: Chase Down the Mysteries! The Shrine Maiden who Ends the Incident)

## Appearance

### Other Appearances

*Story of Eastern Wonderland* (1997), *Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream* (1997), *Lotus Land Story* (1998), *Mystic Square* (1998), *Embodiment of Scarlet Devil* (2002), *Perfect Cherry Blossom* (2003), *Immaterial and Missing Power* (2004), *Imperishable Night* (2004), *Phantasmagoria of Flower View* (2005), *Shoot the Bullet* (2005), *Mountain of Faith* (2007), *Scarlet Weather Rhapsody* (2008), *Subterranean Animism* (2008), *Undefined Fantastic Object* (2009), *Touhou Hisoutensoku* (2009), *Double Spoiler* (2010), *Ten Desires* (2011), *Hopeless Masquerade* (2013), *Double Dealing Character* (2013), *Impossible Spell Card* (2014), *Gold Rush* (2014), *Urban Legend in Limbo* (2015), *Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom* (2015)

## Personal

### Abilities

Manipulation of auras, high intuition, shrine maiden powers, flight, summoning godly powers

### Good point

Easygoing, curious, dutiful, and optimistic

### Motto

"*Lose yourselves in the gap of my boundary!*"

## In-Game Information

### Voice actor

Michelle Ruff

Hey there. **My name is** **Reimu Hakurei** (博麗霊夢 *Hakurei Reimu*). I am the main character in *Touhou* the series of fantasy-themed manic shoot 'em ups created by a single member of Team Shanghai Alice, ZUN. I am the core character to *Psonic X Touhou*, and the character from the series to appear and the next one is Marisa Kirisame.

## My Backstory

Not much is known about my history prior to the events of the games. ZUN does mention in one of his Shanghai Alice Correspondence documents that there was a previous Hakurei Shrine Maiden, and it's generally assumed that there's a line of them.

With night's darkness fast approaching, I remark, "Believe not they will be around for you always: parents and daylight". The quote was thought to imply that I knew my parents, but they're gone and i'm rather bitter about it. However, my line was modified from a haiku about the transient, changing nature of things, the original subjects being parents and more. This indicates it was not likely to be a reference to my parents, after all.

## My Personality

I am straightforward, optimistic, and a bit curious. I am quick to anger if offended, but just as quick to offer help to those in need. According to Komachi, I have an innocent heart that can't truly hate anyone. While rather lazy in my free time, I am highly devoted to my duties as the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, resulting in a "shoot first and ask questions later" attitude to youkai extermination.

It's been stated that I treat everyone the same, whether they're humans, youkai or gods, giving them no particular respect or disrespect. This habit has caused me to inadvertently befriend many youkais I defeat. While I try to keep youkai away from my shrine, this is because it makes it harder to do my job rather than because I dislike them. At the end of the symposium in *Symposium of Post-mysticism*, when I go to break it up, Miko notes that though I say I want to eliminate all the youkai, I actually just want to attain a peace in Gensokyo that doesn't require violence, like the others present wish.

## My Design and Appearance

### Tier 1

I have brown-black hair which varies in length and style, though I still wear a red ribbon and matching tubes on my side-locks. I'm still seen in my cute "miko uniform", but it now bears little in common with the standard uniform beyond the red-and-white color scheme. My clothing consists of a red skirt (rather than the standard hakama), a sleeveless red top with a white collar, tied with a blue ribbon, and a pair of white detached sleeves which expose my armpits, sarashi, my white puffy socks and black Mary Jane shoes. Due to the color scheme, I'm occasionally called the "red and white miko".

### Tier 2

My attire from *Touhouvania* (*Koumajou Densetsu: Akeiro no Koukyoukyoku*).

## My Gameplay

My gameplay resembles the style of *Urban Legend in Limbo* and early *Touhou* fighting games from 2000s.

### Super Cards

 Divine Arts "Omnidirectional Dragon-Slaying Circle" |  **+**  | I form a great barrier to stop all who come hear me and attack with a wide scope with me as the center. The ones who jump into this attack are, without fail, attacked back instead, but after the declaration, people will often aim to bring about a counterattack; however, the world doesn't work out that well.

## Gallery

Reimu Hakurei in *Urban Legend in Limbo*.Reimu Hakurei in *Helpless Masquerade*.

## Trivia

* Michelle Ruff, the voice actress of Reimu Hakurei, is known for her voice roles of Rukia Kuchiki from *Bleach*, Yuki Nagato and Yoko Littner from *Gurren Lagann*.

## See also!

* Reimu Hakurei/Script
* Reimu Hakurei's moves in Psonic X Touhou