This article about X/1999 is part of the X/1999 group of articles.
Note: In Japanese, familial surnames are written first, as opposed to most Western cultures, where the given name precedes the surname. Therefore, what we would read as "Kamui Shirou", is properly read as "Shirou Kamui" in Japanese.
Dragons of Heaven (Ten no Ryū) / Seven Seals (Nanatsu no Fūin)
Shirou Kamui
司狼 神威 (Shirō Kamui)
A young, brooding man, who possesses powerful magic which manifested at an early age. He is a childhood friend of Fuuma and Kotori. His mother burned to death as a spirit sacrifice to postpone the earth and humanity's impending doom (caused by global warming).
power: powerful psychic, demonstrating both telekinetic and telepathic ability, the proverbial "power (authority) of God"
kekkai (barrier field): sphere
name analysis: 司, "SHI": director, official, government office, rule, administrator - 狼, "ROU": wolf - 神, "kami": god(s), mind, soul - 威, "i": intimidate, dignity, majesty, menace, threaten
an upbeat, irreverent teenager raised by the Buddhist monks of Mt. Kouya and also possessing considerable magical abilities. It was prophecied that he would protect Kamui but die for a woman; indeed, he is dies defending Arashi from Fuuma's sword, despite her earlier attempts to kill Kamui.
power: mikkyou (esoteric Buddhist occult tradition): oftentimes expressed through the generation of lightning
kekkai (barrier field): cube
name analysis: 有, "ari": possess, have, exist, happen, occur - 洙, "SHU": name of a river in China - 川, "gawa": stream, river - 空, "sora": empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum - 汰, "TA": luxury, select
relatives: Name Unknown (mother)
romantic interests: Kishuu Arashi
X Tarot Card: The Chariot (Volume 7)
Kishuu Arashi
鬼咒 嵐(Kishū Arashi)
a foundling girl raised by Shinto priests at the Ise Shrine. Called the "Hidden Priestess Of Ise" her speciality is swordfighting. Sorata falls in love with her, and she comes to reciprocate. But she is convinced by Fuuma that she must kill Kamui in order to release Sorata from his obligation to defend him. In so doing, she ends up causing the death of her lover.
power: Kakushi Miko of Ise-Jingu: the ability to generate a sacred sword from her left hand
relatives: Name Unknown (mother; deceased), (possibly Kaede)
romantic interests: Arisugawa Sorata
X Tarot Card: The Temperance (Volume 14)
Nekoi Yuzuriha
猫依 譲刃 (Nekoi Yuzuriha)
A fourteen-year-old schoolgirl, attended by a dog-spirit named Inuki who can transform into a sword and which only Dragons of Heaven and Earth can see. Inuki is later killed by Satsuki, but reborn. Yuzuriha falls in love with Kusanagi.
power: inugami (Inuki) which can take on any form which she wishes it to: oftentimes Inuki takes on the form of tsurugi (a Chinese-syle, straight-bladed double-edged sword).
kekkai (barrier field): cylindrical prism
name analysis: 猫, "neko": cat - 依, "I": reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to - 譲, "yuzuri": defer, turn over, transfer, convey - 刃, "ha": blade, sword, edge
relatives: Obasan (grandmother, note: "obasan" literally means "grandma" or "aunt" in Japanese. If Yuzuriha's grandmother is ever named in the Japanese manga, I never picked up on it)
romantic interests: Shiyuu Kusanagi
X Tarot Card: The Strength (Volume 8)
Sumeragi Subaru
皇 昴流 (Sumeragi Subaru)
A character imported from the earlier brief series Tokyo Babylon. He is a member of a clan of onmyouji, and a master with Taoist spell cards. His sister, Hokuto, was killed by his lover, Seishirou. He intends to allow Seishirou to kill him as well, but due to a spell cast by Hokuto at the moment of her death, he kills Seishirou instead. This final blow sends him into catatonia, from which he only emerges in time to contribute to the battle between Fuuma and Kamui.
power: onmyoujyutsu (Tao sorcery): oftentimes carried out through the usage of ofuda (paper amulets) and shikigami (although Subaru's shikigami--a three-headed dove--never appears in "X")
kekkai (barrier field): pentagram
name analysis: 皇, "sumera": (apparently, an extremely archaic pronunciation of the word for) emperor - 昴, "subaru": the Pleaides - 流, "ru": current, a sink, flow, forfeit
relatives: Lady Sumeragi (grandmother), Sumeragi Hokuto (twin sister; deceased)
A prostitute and devout Catholic, she was abused by her fundamentalist mother when her power to manipulate fire manifested in her childhood. She comes to admire Aokisan, and loses her life saving him from Yuuto.
power: hitsukai (fire master): pyrokinesis, generating flame specifically in the form of fire balls
kekkai (barrier field): cruciform prism
name analysis: 夏, "KA": summer - 澄, "sumi": lucidity, be clear, clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave - 火, "KA": fire - 煉, "REN": refine metals, kneading over fire
relatives: "Mama" (mother; deceased)
romantic interests: Aoki Seiichirou
X Tarot Card: The Justice (Volume 11)
Aoki Seiichirou
蒼軌 征一狼 (Aoki Seiichirō, not to be confused with Seishirou)
A mild-mannered copy editor with a wife and child, who is also a wind magician. Upon discovering that the battle between the Seals and Angels is at hand, he secretly divorces his wife in order to spare her grief should he be killed. He impresses Karen, who eventually dies saving him. He is a wind master, with the ability to conjure and control wind currents.
power: kazetsukai (wind master): controlling air currents, slicing through solids and liquids with wind
kekkai (barrier field): octagonal prism
name analysis: 蒼, "ao": blue, pale - 軌, "KI": rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing - 征, "SEI": subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes - 一, "ICHI": one - 狼, "ROU": wolf
relatives: Aoki Shimako (wife), Aoki Yuuka (daughter), Saiki Daisuke (nephew)
A yumemi (dreamseer) in the employ of the Japanese government residing in the basement of the National Diet Building. She is blind, deaf, lame, and must communicate telepathically, but her dreams have never failed to come true. She foresees the battle between the Dragons of Earth and Heaven and the advent of Kamui, but cannot determine which path he will choose. Either way, she foresees that the Dragons of Heaven will lose, but conceals this from them. For a time, she is possessed by her dark half, which causes a disastrous battle. In the end, she kills herself to end her possession and save Kamui. This precipitates the final battle.
power: yumemi (dreamseer): can forecast future events through the dreamscape, can also communicate with other dreamseers, strong telepath, can send out multiple shikigami
name analysis: 丁, "hinoto": fourth year of the ten-element subdivisions of the Sixty Year Cycle in oriental astrology, literally means "fire associated with the Yin principle"
relatives: Kanoe (sister)
romantic interests: Saiki Daisuke
X Tarot Card: The High Priestess (Volume 2)
Souhi and Hien
蒼冰 (Sōhi) and 緋炎 (Hien)
A pair of twin girls whose family has served Hinoto for generations as her guardians. They refer to Hinoto as Ohimesama (Princess).
relatives: Names Unknown (parents; presumably deceased), each other (sister)
romantic interests: unknown
Saiki Daisuke
砕軌 玳透 (Saiki Daisuke)
Seiichirou's nephew and also a wind magician, though not of Seiichirou's calibre. Saiki and Kamui do not get along very well, with Saiki not completely convinced that Kamui is the one humanity's fate rests with. Saiki lives to protect Hinoto, whom he seems to have affections for. He was decapitated by Fuuma while protecting Hinoto.
power: kazetsukai (wind master): controlling air currents, slicing through solids and liquids with wind
name analysis: 砕, "SAI": smash, break, crush, familiar, popular - 軌, "KI": rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing - 玳, "TAI": tortoise shell - 透, "suke": transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
Fuuma's younger sister and Kamui's initial love interest. A delicate child with a severe heart condition, she was developing her power as yumemi (dreamseer) when she is killed by Fuuma. Her spirit stays with Kakyou for a time, to tell him that the future is not yet determined.
power: yumemi (dreamseer): can forecast future events through the dreamscape, can also communicate with other dreamseers
name analysis: 桃, "mono": peach tree - 生, "u": life, genuine, birth - 小, "ko": little, small - 鳥, "tori": bird, chicken
Kotori and Fuuma's mother. When they were children, she died giving birth to the first Shinken (Divine Sword), which burst forth from her body. This sword is intended to be wielded by Kamui; instead, it is stolen by Nataku and taken by Fuuma.
power: yumemi (dreamseer): can forecast future events through the dreamscape, can also communicate with other dreamseers
X Tarot Card: The Fool (X: Zero, the first artbook)
Shirou Tooru / Magami Tooru
司狼 斗織 (Shirō Tōru) / 真神 斗織 (Magami Tōru)
Kamui's mother. She burns to death in a fire in attempt to protect the earth long enough to postpone Kamui's destiny from occurring. Originally, she was supposed to give birth to the first Shinken, but Saya took her place.
power: kage-nie (shadow sacrifice): can protect others by acting as a shield to them from physical or even spiritual damage
name analysis: 司, "SHI": director, official, government office, rule, administrator - 狼, "ROU": wolf - 真, "ma": true, reality, Buddhist sect - 神 "gami": god(s), mind, soul - 斗, "TO": Big Dipper, sake dipper - 織, "oru": weave, fabric
relatives: Magami Tokiko (sister), Shirou Kamui (son)
romantic interests: Monou Saya
X Tarot Card: The Tower (Volume 16)
Magami Tokiko
真神 時鼓 (Magami Tokiko)
Kamui's aunt and the nurse at Fuuma and Kotori's school when Kamui returns to Tokyo from Okinawa. Tokiko attempts to alert Kamui to the significance of his ancestry and of his role in the end of the world, however Kamui is highly skeptical of her claim to being his mother's younger sister. After being attacked by the "men in black", Tokiko arrives at the Togakushi Shrine severely injured just in time to give birth to the second Shinken before the very eyes of Kamui and Fuuma. Tokiko was apparently in contact with Nokoru and the former Rijichou of CLAMP Academy.
power: kage-nie (shadow sacrifice): can protect others by acting as a shield to them from physical or even spiritual damage
name analysis: 真, "ma": true, reality, Buddhist sect - 神 "gami": god(s), mind, soul - 時, "toki": time, hour - 鼓, "KO": drum, beat, rouse, muster
Fuuma and Kotori's father, he marries Saya, even though he knows that she is in love with Tooru. He protects the first Shinken, hidden at the Togakushi Shrine, with his life and is killed by Nataku as a result.
Subaru's twin sister, who was killed by Seishirou several years ago. When she was killed, Hokuto laid a spell upon Seishirou such that she he ever attempt to kill Subaru in the same way he had killed her, Subaru and Seishirou's positions would be reversed, and Seishirou would die instead. She appears in Kakyou's dreams, and along with Kotori, persuades him to turn against Fuuma.
power: extremely weak onmyoujyutsu and possible yumemi (dreamseer): can be drawn into the dreams of other dreamseers.
name analysis: 皇, "sumera": (apparently, an extremely archaic pronunciation of the word for) emperor - 北, "HOKU": north - 都, "TO": metropolis, capital
relatives: Lady Sumeragi (grandmother), Sumeragi Subaru (twin brother)
romantic interests: Kudzuki Kakyou
Imonoyama Nokoru
妹之山 残 (Imonoyama Nokoru)
The former kaichou (chairman) of the elementary level student board and current chairman of the famous CLAMP Academy, as well as one of the CLAMP School Detectives, along with Ijyuuin Akira and Takamura Suoh (as seen in CLAMP School Detectives). A child of the fabulously wealthy zaibatsu Imonoyama family (who, in fact, founded the CLAMP Academy), Nokoru has practically limitless resources at his command. He personally knew Magami Tokiko through his relative, the former Rijichou (chairperson) of CLAMP Academy, and following the events leading to Fuuma's awakening as the Kamui of the Chi no Ryuu, Nokoru graciously provided the Ten no Ryuu housing, admitting the younger Seals (Kamui, Yuzuriha, Arashi, and Sorata) to the CLAMP Academy at the junior and senior high school levels. Nokoru does not appear in the anime, although CLAMP Academy does.
power: fabulous wealth, amazing genius, the ability to sense a woman in need within a two kilometre radius of his current position, the ability to (usually) ditch Suoh and procrastinate from doing his paperwork almost endlessly
relatives: "Rijichou" (unknown . . . the former rijichou of CLAMP Campus is most certainly closely related to Nokoru, but it's unknown as to whether she's his mother, his aunt, his cousin, or perhaps even a much older sister)
romantic interests: all women everywhere
Takamura Suoh
鷹村 蘇芳 (Takamura Suō)
The former secretary of the elementary level student board of CLAMP Academy and currently the personal bodyguard of Imonoyama Nokoru. A child of the Takamura family, infamous for their prodigious skills in ninjutsu. Suoh does not appear in the anime.
power: ridiculous strength, agility, and stamina, training in just about every discipline of martial arts imaginable, the ability to (sometimes) force Nokoru to do his paperwork
name analysis: 鷹, "taka": hawk - 村, "mura": town, village - 蘇, "SU": be resuscitated, revived - 芳, "o": perfume, balmy, flavorable, fragrant
relatives: Name Unknown (mother), Takamura Kouji (cousin)
romantic interests: Azuya Nagisa
Ijyuuin Akira
伊集院 玲 (Ijyuuin Akira)
The former treasurer of the elementary level student board of CLAMP Academy and currently working for Imonoyama Nokoru (presumably as an accountant, and possibly his personal chef on the side). Strangely enough, Akira has two mothers. Also, Akira is secretly the infamous thief 20 Mensou (20 Faces). Akira does not appear in the anime.
power: ability to do insane calculations on a simple abacus, unrivaled cooking talent, ability to steal . . . just about anything
name analysis: 伊, "I": that one - 集, "JYUU": gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock - 院, "IN": institution, temple, mansion, school - 玲, "akira": the sound of jewels
relatives: "Mother A" and "Mother B" (mothers), Akechi Shigetaka (uncle)
romantic interests: Okawa Utako
Inuki
犬鬼 (Inuki)
Companion inugami to Nekoi Yuzuriha. Inuki is killed by Satsuki but then reborn.
power: Inuki can take on any form which Yuzuriha Nekoi wishes him to: oftentimes he takes on the form of tsurugi (a Chinese-syle, straight-bladed double-edged sword).
name analysis: 犬, "inu": dog - 鬼, "KI": ghost, devil
X Tarot Card: The Strength (Volume 8)
Dragons of Earth (Chi no Ryū) / Seven Angels/Harbingers/Minions (Nananin no Mitsukai)
Monou Fuuma
桃生 封真 (Monō Fūma)
A dear friend of Kamui's, tall and athletic, who has sworn to protect him. His dying father tells him that he is Kamui's twin star. Accordingly, when Kamui chooses the Dragons of Heaven, Fuuma is forced to become a Dragon of Earth, immediately attacking Kamui and killing Kotori. He proceeds to grant wishes to the characters with whom he interacts, in a way that leads to their death or that of a loved one.
power: powerful psychic, demonstrating both telekinetic and telepathic ability, the proverbial "power (authority) of God", the ability to sense a person's true wish, the obligation to grant a person's true wish.
name analysis: 桃, "mono": peach tree - 生, "u": life, genuine, birth - 封, "FUU": seal - 真, "ma": true, reality, Buddhist sect
A water master, a polite but largely amoral bureaucrat in a sexual relationship with Kanoe. He sees Satsuki as a sort of protégée and attempts to educate her about emotions. In the anime, he is killed by Aoki and Karen, but not before mortally wounding Karen. Yuuto actually originally appeared in a doujinshi work of CLAMP's known as "Hagun Seisenki". In it, as a college student at CLAMP Campus, he was a comrade of Takamura Suoh prior to becoming a Dragon of Earth.
power: mizutsukai (water master): hydrokinesis, generating water and controlling flows of liquid, specifically in the form of water balls and pillars, adept with whips (as perverted as that sounds)
name analysis: 麒, "KI": Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining - 飼, "kai": domesticate, raise, keep, feed - 遊, "YUU": play - 人, "to": person
relatives: Name Unknown (sister)
romantic interests: Kanoe, Yatouji Satsuki
X Tarot Card: The Devil (Volume 15)
Yatouji Satsuki
八頭司 颯姫 (Yatōji Satsuki)
A young woman with a preternatural ability to interact with computers. Satsuki is an extreme rationalist, and attacks Yuzuriha when she cannot explain why killing humans is wrong. She spends much of her time physically attached to a massive supercomputer named the Beast, through whom she can physically control cables across Tokyo, using them to attack. She develops feelings for Yuuto; in the anime, this causes the Beast to become jealous and kill her.
power: the ability to communicate with any computer and (via The Beast), control any cable within Tokyo and hack just about any computer (excluding, perhaps, the network of CLAMP Campus).
name analysis: 八, "ya": eight - 頭, "TOU": head, counter for large animals - 司, "SHI": director, official, government office, rule, administer - 颯, "SATSU": suddenly, smoothly - 姫, "KI": princess
relatives: Name Unknown (father; deceased)
romantic interests: Kigai Yuuto
X Tarot Card: The Hermit (Volume 9)
Shiyuu Kusanagi
志勇 草薙 (Shiyū Kusanagi)
A soldier who meets Yuzuriha and takes a shine to her. He is the least anti-social of the Dragons of Earth, and eventually turns against them. He is grievously wounded by Arashi, who was attacking Yuzuriha. He is telepathically linked to the plants and animals of the earth.
power: the ability to communicate with plants and animals, the ability to channel energy into powerful blast attacks.
name analysis: 志, "SHI": intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling - 勇, "YUU": courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism - 草, "kusa": grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft - 薙, "nagi": mow down (the enemy)
relatives: unknown
romantic interests: Nekoi Yuzuriha
X Tarot Card: The Star (Volume 17)
Sakurazuka Seishirou
桜塚 星史郎 (Sakurazuka Seishirō)
Subaru's ex-lover, who killed his sister. An assassin called the Sakurazukamori, his clan serves a demonic cherry tree, doomed to kill to feed it, but to be killed by and pass the curse on to the one they love. Thus it happens, and he passes the curse on to Subaru.
power: onmyoujyutsu (Tao sorcery): oftentimes carried out through the usage of ofuda (paper amulets) and shikigami
name analysis: 桜, "sakura": cherry - 塚, "zuka": hillock, mound - 星, "SEI": star, spot, dot, mark - 史, "SHI": history, chronicle - 郎, "ROU": son, counter for sons
relatives: Sakurazuka Setsuka (mother; deceased)
romantic interests: Sumeragi Subaru
X Tarot Card: The Death (Volume 13)
Nataku
那托 (Nataku)
A sexless clone of extreme magical ability. It is sent to retrieve the Shinken from Fuuma's father, killing him, and later battles Karen and Aoki. In the anime, after Fuuma is badly wounded by the spell Sorata casts as he dies, he absorbs Nataku's flesh into his own and is healed. In the manga, Nataku dies defending Karen from Fuuma, as Karen reminds Nataku of his mother.
power: the ability to control specially designed silk scarves in order to attack others and defend itself
name analysis: 那, "NA": what? - 托, "TAKU": requesting, entrusting with, pretend, hint
relatives: Toujyou Masaki (father; deceased)
romantic interests: none
X Tarot Card: The Moon (Volume 18)
Asagi Shougo
浅黄 笙悟 (Asagi Shōgo)
A character who appears only in the movie to complete the numbers of the Dragons of Earth in the place of Kakyou Kuzuki, who had not yet been introduced in the manga. He's a smart aleck teenager as brash and cocky as Sorata and a water master (Yuuto's ability to control water had also not yet been revealed in the manga).
power: mizutsukai (water master): hydrokinesis, generating water and controlling flows of liquid, specifically in the form of water balls and pillars
A dreamseer in a permanent coma, appearing as a tall man with a sad expression and long, pale hair. Kakyou fell in love with Hokuto after meeting her in the dreamscape. However, he realized that she would be killed, and regardless of his efforts to stop her from dying, she was still murdered by the Sakurazukamori. He is coerced into manipulating Hinoto, but finally turns against Fuuma.
power: yumemi (dreamseer): can forecast future events through the dreamscape, can also communicate with other dreamseers
name analysis: 玖, "KU": beautiful black jewel, nine - 月, "tsuki": month, moon - 牙, "GA": tusk, fang - 暁, "KYOU": daybreak, dawn, in the event
relatives: unknown
romantic interests: Sumeragi Hokuto
X Tarot Card: The Wheel Of Fortune(Volume 10)
Other Characters Who Support The Chi no Ryū
Kanoe
庚 (Kanoe)
Princess Hinoto's younger sister, who supports the Dragons of Earth mainly to spite her (although, in the motion picture and the manga, it seems that her motivations are more out of love for Hinoto). She can enter and leave dreams like Hinoto and Kakyou, but cannot see the future. She works as a secretary in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for the Governor of Tokyo.
power: yumemi (dreamseer): can move into the dreams of other dreamseers, can also communicate with other dreamseers
name analysis: 庚, "kanoe": seventh year of the ten-element subdivisions of the Sixty Year Cycle in oriental astrology, literally means "gold/metal associated with the Yang principle"
relatives: Hinoto
romantic interests: Kigai Yuuto
X Tarot Card: The Empress (Volume 3)
Sakurazuka Setsuka
桜塚 雪華 (Sakurazuka Setsuka)
Seishirou's mother and the Sakurazukamori who immediately preceded Seishirou. Setsuka and Seishirou loved each other very much (what is suggested to be in an inappropriate and borderline-illegal manner), and being as such, Setsuka allowed for Seishirou to kill her in order that he should become the next Sakurazukamori. Before dying, Setsuka reminds Seishirou (much in the same way that Hokuto did years later) that even he is not beyond love's reach.
power: onmyoujyutsu (Tao sorcery): oftentimes carried out through the usage of ofuda (paper amulets) and shikigami
