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Rikuo Nura (奴良 リクオ Nura Rikuo) Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

Rikuo is the title character and main protagonist of the series, an average 12-year old boy who inherited 1/4 of his grandfather's yōkai blood. In times of impending danger his yōkai blood awakens and he switches into his night form to become the Master of the yōkai (the master of all spirits) but later on due to constant transformation, he is able to transform anytime at night. His yōkai form is confident, strong and inspires "Fear" amongst his allies leading many to join him. Rikuo is destined to take over as the Third Master of yōkai from his grandfather, though the main conflict for the first portion of the series lies in his rejection of the idea. As a child, Rikuo respected and looked up to yōkai, playing pranks on members of the Nura house and often declaring he would become more yōkai-like and take over as the Third.However, after a discussion at school, he came to realize the evil nature of yōkai deeds and decided to set himself firmly on the path of living a strictly human life. Since then, he has attempted to become more like a normal human by doing all sorts of good deeds. Even though he appreciates all that his yōkai underlings do for him, he is nevertheless desperate to prevent his school friends from learning of his connection to yōkai. After being tested by Gyūki he decides to take the position of Young Head and saves both humans and yōkai.

He is seemingly weak but very clever, easily manipulating one of the council members into isolating himself during a meeting and rationalizing against the dissolving of the Gyūki Group. He can only transform at night or in darkness^[3] and reverts to normal in sunlight. Though originally, he had no recollection of changing to his "Night" form, by the time he faced Gyūki, he was well aware of his other half and admitted that he'd been pretending to have no recollection of it in order to distance himself from the world of yōkai.Later, he is shown interacting and communicating with his "Night" form. Together they plan to form a Hyakki Yakō of their own.

He decides to leave the human side of things to his "Day" form and handle the yōkai-side of things. After losing to his grandfather, he is taken to the yōkai village to train and finally learns what type of demon he is and how to gain his Fear abilities. He has departed for Kyoto to face Hagoromo Gitsune to save Yura and avenge his father. He is currently undergoing a 3-day training with Gyūki to surpass "Himself" after losing to Tsuchigumo. He seems to get stronger when his "Day" and "Night" blood mix. But now it seems as though night Rikuo and day Rikuo are one being and are not a split personality.His primary weapon is the Spirit Blade Nenekirimaru, which was designed to only harm yōkai. But it broke when he tried to slash Abe no Seimei. Rikuo then asked one of the Keikain's to create a better blade for him, which the Keikain agreed and is currently forging it. For the time being, Rikuo's current weapon is a broken tree branch he picked up when he was still training in the Tonoo Village, and has used the branch on occasions to successfully defeat some yōkai with it. He was also able to defeat both of Kidoumaru's yōkai bodyguards with it when Kidoumaru was leaving the Tonoo Village after a failed alliance attempt with the village's leader.

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