Character

Yukari

ゆかり

Yukari is a Zashiki Warashi and the main heroine of the Zashiki Warashi series. A Zashiki Warashi is a Youkai born of a collection of dead babies and young children killed by their parents during famines. They are attached to a household and are said to protect the house and bring good fortune, to sneak into the futon of the family members and to play harmless pranks, all the while only being seen by children or as a shadow near a corner. However, when the household is declining the Zashiki Warashi will leave them, and misfortune will befall them. Yukari was once a Zashiki Warashi of Hyakki Yakou, one of the most powerful Japanese supernatural organizations, where she underwent a series of modifications as one of their experiments. When Hyakki Yakou started to decline Yukari left them. She joined the Jinnai household a hundred years before the start of the series. Yukari grew attached to Shinobu, and his influence led to her developing a love for hi-tech entertainment and video games while also causing her to be visible to anyone.