This is a list of main characters from the manga Kekkaishi by Yellow Tanabe and the anime television series adapted from it. Kekkaishi is about teenagers Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival clans of kekkai (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land it is built upon.

Protagonists

Yoshimori Sumimura

Tokine Yukimura

Gen Shishio

Souji Hiura

Antagonists

Kokuboro

The Kokuboro (黒芒楼) are a group of ayakashi who seek Karasumori's power in order to regenerate their leader, Princess. Kokuboro is also the name of the group's castle and the alternate world where they reside. They are the first major antagonist in the first half of the manga series, and the main antagonists in the anime. Their home is a region called the "Black Pampas Grass" (黒芒).

Nichinaga Oumi

Shichirou Ougi

Zero

Ichigo

Nigo

Kakeru

Michiru

Suigetsu

Other characters

Sumimura family

Shichirou Ougi states that Hiura was sent to Karasumori to kidnap a kekkaishi; Toshimori was likely to be his target, since he is the weakest kekkaishi in both the Sumimura and Yukimura households.

Yukimura family

Shadow Organization

The Shadow Organization (裏会) is an umbrella group organizing all ability users and those who fight ayakashi and other demons. It is run by an executive committee called the Council of Twelve (十二人会).

Night Troop

The Night Troop (夜行) is a troop of ability users under the Shadow Organization. It was created and run by Masamori Sumimura, and includes many young ability users still in training.

Karasumori Academy

Ayakashi and spirits

Others