Noihara Himari

Japanese name:	野井原 緋鞠
Nickname:	Noihara the Crimson Blade

Himari Noihara is a bakeneko, a shapeshifting demon cat, and the female protagonist of the series. She appears to Yuto as his bodyguard to protect him from the ayakashi out of an ancient oath set by her ancestor, who was spared by one of the Amakawa's heads after he refused to kill her. She is known to other ayakashi as the Crimson Blade of Noihara due to her expert swordsmanship, and refers to herself as the "sword that protects" Yuto.

She is usually seen wearing traditional Japanese clothes and always wears her hair in a long ponytail with a large pink bow to hold it in place, and speaks mostly in an archaic and overly polite way. She is very close to Yuto, whom she refers to as "Young Lord", and is sometimes philosophical, worried that Yuto will kill her when his abilities awaken. However she is very fond of him, as she wants to be with him as a person, and is very flirtatious with him because she and Yuto got along well in Noihara in the past when she was a white cat. This flirting often annoys Rinko to no end.

In spite of this, she is also very serious about her duty as a bodyguard, and is willing to protect Yuto from harm by any means. Because of her enduring relationship with Yuto and her rivalry with Kuesu, she is similar to the Tenchi Muyo! character Ryoko.

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

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