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Hieda no Akyu

Name:

稗田 阿求(ひえだのあきゅう)

Hieda no Akyu(alternative:Akyu Hieda)

Species:

Human

Abilities:

Able to remember anything she sees

Age:

over 10 years old, but still a child

Occupation:

Unknown

Location:

Human Village, Hieda house

Description:

  • Purple hair and eyes, wears a light pink flower-shaped ornament in her hair. Her outfit resembles a junihitoe, with yellow flower-patterned sleeves, a green vest, and a pleated burgundy skirt.

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Titles:

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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.

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

  • The characters for Akyu are nonsensical, but a pun on the Japanese word for 'nine'. 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.

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