In the Saiyuki Universe there are two species/races known as Humans and Youkai (demons). After a mysterious force--the Minus Wave--is released as a product of the experiments to revive the great Ox King, Gyumaoh, youkai start to go crazy and attack humans. Humans now hold more fear and prejudice against their demonic brethren than they ever did before.
Characters[]
These are the humans that we meet in the Saiyuki Universe along the Journey of the Sanzo Party to stop this "Minus Wave" and try to bring back peace between the two species/races.
Humans | ||||||
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Image | Name | Role | Manga | Anime | ||
Genjo Sanzo aka: Kouryuu |
Main Character of Saiyuki. The Leaders of the Sanzo Party heading West. Sanzo Priest and owner of the Seiten and Maten Sutra. |
Sai. Vol. 1, intro | Sai. Ep. 1 | |||
Houmei and her Dad |
Houmei is the 1st girl the SI rescue on their journey west. She is the Innkeeper's daughter and one of her childhood friend was killed by a youkai when they went mad. She claims to hate Youkai, but changes her mind after meeting them. |
Sai. Vol. 1, ch> 1-3 | Sai. Ep. 2 | |||
Yo | Yo is an acolytes that met the SI when they stopped at the secluded and reclusive temple. After meeting them his perspective on the value of life changed. It is also noted that Koumyou Sanzo visited this temple 10 years prior. He requested Genjo Sanzo before he goes to teach him majong when he comes back that way. | Sai. Vol. 1, ch. 4-5 | Sai. Ep. 3 | |||
Shunrei | Shunrei is a young woman that the SI meet on their journey. She is suffering because her lover, a youkai, left before the Minus Wave could take control of him and he could to hurt her. She hasn't seen him since and is waiting for him to return. The Sonzo party, mostly Gojyo, brought back her smile. | Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 6-7 | Sai. Ep. 4 | |||
Auntie Pan (Han) | Auntie Pan is a very lively older woman that lives near Shunrei and has been looking out for her. She's also a very good cook according the Goku. | Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 6-7 | Sai. Ep. 4 | |||
Mr. Fei-san | Mr. Fei-san is a man who frequents the establishment that Yaone works at so she can assassinate the SI. He's a bit frisky and a drunkard. Gojyo throws an ashtray at him and later he tries to start a bar fight over it. In the manga, it ends with a drinking contest. | Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 8 | Sai. Ep. 5 | |||
Owner | Poor guys owns the restaurant that Yaone is working at and probably has to deal with Mr. Fei-san and his scandals often. In the Anime, his establishment is trashed by a bar fight and he can do nothing but sit back and watch. | Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 8 | Sai. Ep. 5 | |||
Koumyou Sanzo aka: Houmei |
This man raised Sanzo and was his master. He is the Sanzo priest that governed over the Seiten and Maten before he gave them to Sanzo the night he died, saving Sanzo from a demon attack. He's the only person that Sanzo would admit he cared about. Deceased. |
Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 10 | Sai. Ep. 6 | |||
Kouryuu | Genjo Sanzo before he became a Sanzo and gained his title. He lived at Kinzan Temple with Koumyou Sanzo and was bullied by the other monk. Not that he cared. He was happy during this period of his life... before his master died. | Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 10 | Sai. Ep. 6 | |||
Shuuei aka: Rikudo |
He was a close friend to Kouryuu and one of the few people that Kouryuu admired. He was a highly praised monk know from his mastery of talismans. He was an "abbot" at Kinzen temple. Deceased. |
Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 10-14 |
Sai. Ep. 6-7 | |||
Rikudo | Shuuei ends up using a forbidden talisman, Araya Spell, to save the some other monks. He's cursed and is little more then a possessed corps. He slays demons with out remorse and humans call him Rikudo. He runs into the SI and tries to kill its Youkai members. Deceased. |
Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 10-14 |
Sai. Ep. 6-7 | |||
High Priest | The High Priest of Kinzen Temple. He recognized Kouryuu as Genjo Sanzo and led him to the temple armory where he obtained his Banishing Gun. (most likely) Deceased. |
Sai. Vol. 2, ch. 11 | Sai. Ep. 6 | |||
Dr. Ni Jianyi aka: Ken'yuu, Ukoku Sanzo |
A sleazy scientist that is working at Houtou Castle on the Gyumaoh Project. He's creepy and carries a bunny around. He is involved with the Infamous Lady Gyokumen. He also seems to have his own agenda going on. | Sai. Vol. 3, ch. 17 | Sai. Ep. 8 | |||
Impostor Sanzo | One of the Members of the Fake Sanzo Party. He has a low constitution and has a pacifistic nature. His appearance actually made Sanzo Laugh! Their group's first run in with the real SI left him traumatized. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 10&32 | |||
Impostor Goku | One of the Members of the Fake Sanzo Party. He's really tall, gangly and unshaven. He obviously shares little resemblance with the real Goku. He's a also something of a perv and a sleazy flirt. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 10&32 | |||
Impostor Gojyo | One of the Members of the Fake Sanzo Party. He seems to be the most down to earth member. It appears the he just wants to live the simple life. He gets all excited when he scores a good deal with the grocery. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 10&32 | |||
Impostor Hakkai | One of the Members of the Fake Sanzo Party. If you can't tell from image, he's short and FAT. Hakkai makes the great line-- "Look, two Hakkais, but three chins". This guy is stubborn and really loud. He likes to *snicker* throw his weight around. |
N/A | Sai. Ep. 10&32 | |||
Cho Kanan | Kanan is Cho Gonou/Cho Hakkai's twin sister. Separated when little, they met again as adults and started a relationship. She was taken by a demon, Hyakugan Maou, and was raped and impregnated. When Gonou came to save her, she killed herself. Deceased. |
Sai. Vol. 4, ch. 18 | Sai. Ep. 11 | |||
Cho Gonou | Cho Gonou was raised in a Catholic orphanage. He got a scholarship and attended college at a young age. When he met his sister again they started a relationship. He killed many youkai and humans to save her, but came too late. He was turned into a Youkai for killing a thousand youkai. | Sai. Vol. 4, ch. 18 | Sai. Ep. 11 | |||
Chinpu & Mingetsu |
Chinpu and Mingetsu are apprentices a the Gosoukan Temple. Their temple gets a mysterious plant called ninjinka from a man (Dr. Ni). The two eat some of it and the fruit morphs to takes their form. The fakes trick Goku. But the plant is destroyed and the real monks of the temple are saved. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 13 | |||
Meihou | Meihou is a little girl that runs into Gojyo after he wins a random street fight. She "hires him for the night" *snicker* and he and her track down this demon that took her parents. At the end of the episode, he tells her to look him up in a few years when she's older. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 14 | |||
Tongpu | Tongpu was Gojyo and Hakkai's former friend from their old town. He and Gojyo use to play cards together. When the Minus Wave started and the demons went mad, Tongpu join a youkai slay militia. Whether he stayed with the militia after meeting the SI again is unknown. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 15&18 | |||
Wuhan | Not recognizable, but this guy was the mummified Monk in demon village of Tofugai. He protected the youkai villagers when the Minus Wave spread. He has the ability to admit a sound that petrifies demons. Deceased. |
N/A | Sai. Ep. 17 | |||
Kid in the Desert | He guided the SI to his village in the middle of the desert when they were lost. Told them about the Scorpion demon that had eaten a Sanzo priest. And he found and saved them when they were dying in the desert after the confronting said demon and Kougaiji. | Sai. Vol. 5, ch. 28-34 |
Sai. Ep. 20 | |||
Houfa | Woman from a village in the desert that looks remarkably similar to Hakkai's Kanan. And in coincidentally the same position. She's willing sacrifing herself for her town's safty. Hakkai steps into save her and she provides him with some much appriated closer. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 23 | |||
Houfa's Fiance |
He is Houfa's fiance. He doesn't know what to do or how to help his lover. In the end, he doesn't let the SI show him up and be the only heroes of the story. He rials the villagers up and they take back their own town with the SI's help. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 23 | |||
Yanming | She's a human woman was that involved with a youkai and the two of them conceived a child together. When she meets the SI she is being persecuted by her village for the recent disasters it's been facing. When she is possessed by one of Dr. Ni's projects, Gojyo saves her. | N/A | Sai. Ep. 24 |
Terms[]
- SI - Sanzo-ikkou or Sanzo Party
- PoRY - Pack of Random Youkai