稗田阿求

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Hieda no Akyu	名前:	稗田　阿求（ひえだのあきゅう） Hieda no Akyu
	Alternate spellings:	Akyuu Hieda
	種族:	人間
	能力:	Able to remember anything she sees
	年齢:	over 1200 years old, but still only about 10 years old in her current incarnation
	職業:	Chronicler
	住んでいるところ:	人間の里, Hieda house
	人相:	Purple hair and eyes, wears a light pink flower-shaped ornament in her hair which matches flowers on her sleeves. Her outfit resembles a "wa lolita" type or a Japanese-esque maid outfit. It has yellow flower-patterned sleeves, a green vest, and a shortened hakama skirt separated by a red, white laced obi.
	人物関係:	上白沢慧音 (Unknown, Fellow scholar?) 八雲紫 (Acquaintance from previous life?)
	出演作品:	(Music CDs) 幺樂団の歴史１　〜 Akyu's Untouched Score vol.1 - CD cover 幺樂団の歴史２　〜 Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2 - CD cover 幺樂団の歴史３　〜 Akyu's Untouched Score vol.3 - CD cover 幺樂団の歴史４　〜 Akyu's Untouched Score vol.4 - CD cover 幺樂団の歴史５　〜 Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5 - CD cover (Books) 東方求聞史紀　〜 Perfect Memento in Strict Sense (Main Character) 東方求聞史紀 記憶する幻想郷 (Main Character)
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She is the current "Child of Miare" (御阿礼の子), who is born in the Hieda family once in every few hundred years with the ability to "not forget anything she sees" and record Gensokyo's history. She seems to like red tea and FM Synthesis music.

Despite her young age, her memory goes back 1200 years. It is because every "Child of Miare" of the Hieda family is a reincarnation of the previous "Child of Miare", who inherits the memories of the previous incarnates. She is the ninth reincarnation in the line. It seems that no one but herself and Yukari know this, though she does mention part of it to Reimu during Memorizable Gensokyo. Each time she reincarnates her life span gets shorter and shorter, and each Child of Miare works on a written record of Gensokyo's history called the Gensokyo Chronicle. Perfect Memento in Strict Sense is the edition of this record that Akyu is writing.

Fun Facts

• "Akyu" is probably a pun on the Japanese word for 'nine' which is read as "kyuu" (since she is the ninth Child of Miare). Hieda means "millet field".
• The "Miare" in "Child of Miare" presumably refers to Hieda no Are (稗田阿礼), the oral historian credited with helping compile the Kojiki, Japan's first written historical record.
• As seen in the Colophon of Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, the names of Akyu's previous incarnations as Children of Miare (Aichi, Ani, Ami, Ayo, Ago, Amu, Anana and Aya) are all puns on numbers, with Are standing for zero (零, rei).
• She has a vague resemblance to the midboss fairy of Lotus Land Story's fourth stage and Mystic Square's third stage.

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