List of ghosts of Ghost Stories

This is a character guide to the anime series Ghost Stories, focusing on the major ghost characters who appeared during the storyline.

Amanojaku (Episode 1st)

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Hanako (Episode 2nd)

Hanako is the ghost of a little girl that haunts the ladies' restroom of the old school building. She appears to be harmless and has no intention to scare people, for she only wants to play and make friends. She appears mainly in the 2nd episode, trying to call help when her lair is taken over by Akagami-Aogami, and makes several cameos in the other episodes. anime voices|Ayako Kawasumi

Akagami-Aogami (Episode 2nd)

Translated as "Red Paper Blue Paper", Akagami-Aogami haunts the restrooms asking to his victims if they want red paper or blue paper. Both options are terrible ways of death, with "red" meaning the victim getting his blood drained out and "blue" meaning suffocation until the victim becomes blue due to asphyxiation. Answering other color doesn't seems to stop him either, as Hajime does so (in the case he answered "yellow paper") and is almost dragged out to the underworld. Satsuki seals Akagami-Aogami through a jar filled with water and marked with the symbol of a Tori. He appears on the 2nd episode and re-appears in the 20th episode.

Kutabe (Episode 3rd)

A kitsune (fox)-like ghost which haunts the fourth step of an old stairway near the school (this is most likely connected to the Japanese superstition with the number four and its association with death: 四 (four) and 死 (death) - both are pronounced 'shi'). It is believed that he can grant wishes, however once they come true, a horrible accident happens in trade. The Kutabe seems to be related to the play featured in this episode.

Kuchisake-onna (discontinued Episode 3rd)

The ghost of a woman that was brutally mutilated by a jealous husband, and returned as a malicious spirit bent on committing the same acts done to her. She was originally going to appear in episode 3 (あたしきれい? 口裂け女 "'Am I Beautiful? Kuchisake-onna") , but the episode was discontinued when many people complained to Fuji TV because they thought the facial feature looked like cleft palate.

The Piano Ghost (Episode 4th)

A ghost who resembles the german composer Ludwig van Beethoven. He haunts a piano of the old school and curses people through the song Für Elise, stating that they will die if they hear the song four times; he can accomplish this by making his victims hear his song through various objects, even ones that couldn't normally play the song. Momoko, being possessed by Kayako, sealed him inside a metronome.

Dattou (Episode 5th)

This ghost has two distinct personalities: one is of a boy who runs barefoot at incredible speed, while the other is a diabolic hare-like scythe demon. Since he died by being hit by a car while was training to win the race game of the sports festival, he slashes off and gathers legs of sprint runners. In the 5th episode the good Dattou appears preying Keichirou who is training to win the race game as well, but when Satsuki tells him that Keichirou believed him as a friend, he redeems and even stops the evil Dattou from slashing off Keichirou's legs when he was about to win the race. With the fall of his evil counterpart, Dattou was then put to reimin.

Babasare (Episode 6th)

A ghost whose appearance and behaviour resembles the Grim Reaper, Babasare haunts children that are lonely in their homes and certainly believe and fear him. Aside this, he cannot appear to adults or brave children (like Momoko), since they don't believe in his existence, thus won't fear him. When he comes to Satsuki's house to attack Satsuki, Hajime, Reo and Keichirou, Satsuki tries to destroy him through spilling hot water in him. However, it was later showed that this doesn't permanently remove him. He appears on the 6th episode and makes a cameo in the 20th episode.

Utsushimi (Episode 7th)

A ghost who inhabits an old mirror inside the old school building. He captures people into the mirror world and replaces them by a replica which wear glasses, but gives no refelction. He tried to replace everybody of the town, but was sealed away by Satsuki who put another mirror right in front of his.

Datsueba (Episode 8th)

A demon hag (more like an Onibaba) who appears in the 8th episode. According to Satsuki's mom's diary he used to take lost people to the board of the Sanzu River and then forced them to enter in a boat to cross the river, in the other words to the underworld. However, it seemed his activities stopped with the installment of lights in the city. He now uses a legendary Internet site called Yomi-Net to do the same scheme, in which Reo barely becomes a victim. The only way to stop him is use an o-fuda and wish to go back home.

hirotabi (Episode 9th)

Shirotabi was a rabbit which was cared by school pet keeper, Mioh. After its death, Mioh decided to bring Shirotabi back through a black magic ritual. The spell worked, but in the other side Shirotabi was put into a curse where it turns into a killer demon every night. Mioh tried to stop Shirotabi, but realized Shirotabi didn't even recognize her. It was up to Satsuki and the others to convince Mioh that Shirotabi's place should be with the dead, and so it be. Mioh broke the spell, and Shirotabi remained dead forever. It appears in episode 9th and makes a cameo in episode 20th.

The Taxi Driver (Episode 10th)

The ghost of a taxi driver who died in a car accident inside of the damned tunnel Ananmaneki when he tried to arrive at home to his daughter's birthday. Since then, Ananmaneki uses him to lure wanderers to go into his car and cross it and then let them there to be attacked by the other ghosts. The tunnel also uses his memories to trap the victims into an illusion, making them lose vital energy slowly. His soul is finally freed from Ananmaneki's power after Satsuki's group confront them.

Ananmaneki (Episode 10th)

Not really a ghost, Ananmaneki is actually a tunnel filled of restless spirits who died there and try to bring humans inside to take their lives away. Because of the rumors of people disappearing and dying inside the tunnel, it was closed until was re-opened when the construction company started to work in the surrounding area. When Satsuki and the others are trapped in the tunnel , Kayako, through a telepathic talk with Momoko, aids them to fight against the power of Ananmaneki which successfully happens. Then they escape from it with the help of the taxi driver's ghost, now exorcized from his evil side.

Mary (Episode 11th)

A ghost that resembles an European-looking beautiful doll. She stalks Satsuki, asking if she wants to play with her or giving her locations. Satsuki and the others try to get rid of her by leaving her in a doll house where the toys of deceased people remain. However, she gains powers to control the other toys and make them go after and attack Satsuki with the game of Kagome Kagome. Ironically though, Satsuki is saved by Mary herself, who claimed Satsuki "wasn't having fun" and decided to leave her taking a tissue that Satsuki had used to clean Mary earlier. Mary takes Satsuki's tissue wearing it as a cape and fades away forever. Despite her innocent-like behavior, she is a very dangerous deity, as it is stated by Amanojaku at the end of the episode.

Death Nurse (Episode 12th)

A mysterious deity described by Satsuki's mom as some kind of Shinigami, whose duty is to visit a person nearby to death and tell that his or her end is close so the person can talk with their loved ones for the last time. She appears to Keichirou, haunting him. Satsuki believes the Nurse wants Keichirou for evil purposes, due of a childhood trauma related with their mother's death. However, it is revealed the Nurse only wanted to give them a letter from Satsuki's mother, which wasn't given because she has died before doing it. Therefore the Death Nurse is one of the few ghosts presented who wasn't actually evil.

Da Vinci (Episode 13th)

A ghost of an art teacher of old school who had an obsession by the italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci, hence the meaning of his name. When he died, he gained powers to suck every being to his paintings, making him fearful for both humans and ghosts. He was sealed once by Satsuki's mother in a painting that portrayed the old school, but then he was unintentionally freed by Satsuki that did a similar painting of her mother.

The Railway Ghost (Episode 14th)

Once a normal woman called Shizuko who was going to marry, she died by being run over by a taxi and became a yuurei spirit, haunting every taxi driver who passed in the place where she died. She also encloses of Momoko and begins to drain her life force, until Reo stops her curse by finding her wedding ring and mostly the taxi driver who killed her. Shizuko then comes after the driver and disappears bringing him along.

hinobu Matsuda / Yamime (Episode 15th)

Shinobu is, in the beginning, featured as one of Satsuki's classmates. She seems to know black magic, as shes teaches it to the other girls of the class so they can grant their wishes. However, the spell is actually a trap to the girls have their souls stolen to the darkness, and that Shinobu is the avatar of an evil deity called Yamime. At the end Satsuki learns that Shinobu was once her mother's classmate who disappeared mysteriously - possibly on her "second death" she was forever engulfed by Yamime.

oma (Episode 16th)

A powerful deity who haunts an abandoned building of the town. It seems Soma originally lived in the undergrounds, but it was released with the construction of the building. Since then, it attacks and curses people who dare to enter in the place, as can control minor ghosts to lure or attract its victims. Soma attracks Satsuke & friends when her father falls with a misterious fever, after working at building's demolition.

Yuki (Episode 17th)

In the beginning Yuki presents herself as Satsuki's younger cousin and claimed her sister Miyuki died in a snowstorm and now is haunting the family cabin. However, it was later revealed that Miyuki was quite alive and Yuki was the ghost of a girl who had died long time ago. Yuki's name and many of her characteristics are derived from the Japanese myth Yuki-onna.Yuki, was just a lonely girl, that was left by her mother at the hotel and died drawned at lake while waiting her mother's return. At the end Yuki rests after the gang repeats the chorus "Go with the snow, rest with the snow", using a old photo from a newspapaer. Free from her evil part, the girl can finally find peace.

Akane (Episode 18th)

Akane was a girl who died of a sudden heart attack during a radio show in the old school. Since then, her ghost curses all those who hear her voice and they will die at the dawn of the same day. Satsuki puts her into spiritual sleep by repeating the number four several times (in Japanese culture, "4" is an unlucky number, because "shi", the word for four, is also the word for Death), with Hajime finishing the process by ringing the bell that announced the end of radio transmission.

Headless Biker (Episode 19th)

The ghost of a feared motorcycle thug who lost his head 13 years ago in a road accident and since then, every year on the day of his death's anniversary, goes in a rampage decapitating everything who resembles a head through mysterious powers. He can also drive people to an irrational obsession of hide their necks. He can only be sealed if offering him a "new head" (or most likely a fake head) near a light font and water. Satsuki tried the reimin, but learnt that he is too powerful and dangerous to be defeated. Fortunately, the biker cannot attack anyone who is using a scarf, because the neck is hidden. This ghost was possibly inspired by Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow book novel - which depicts a Durahan (a kind of headless horseman) who is similar to the ghost. He appears mainly on the 19th episode and makes cameo appearances on the 1st and 20th episodes.

Lord Ohma (Episode 20th)

The last and most diabolic ghost to be presented, Lord Ohma is a powerful deity capable of controlling other ghosts even if they are sealed away. He holds a hateful grudge against Kayako Miyanoshita, as his first thing to do after was free of his magical sleep was to go after Satsuki and Keichirou. The only way to seal him away is to imprison him in a huge bell, with the exorcist having enough amount of spiritual power. Satsuki and the gang decide to use the old school's bell, but how Satuski hasn't developed her spiritual power at that time, Amanojaku left from Kaya's body to fight with Lord Ohma while Satsuki gathered power. At the end, Satsuki sealed both Lord Ohma and Amanojaku, who sacrificed himself to the exorcism work on.