(魔術師)
Magicians in the world of Gensokyo are powerful beings that have the ability to learn and practice any type of magic that exists in the world. Most magical beings can use only the innate magical power that they were born with, but magicians can develop any power they wish after studying and analyzing it.
"Natural" magicians are a subclass of youkai, and inherit this unique ability as being part of the magician race. "Artificial" magicians are beings not born with this special ability, but instead practice and train to create magic. However, artificial magicians must work much harder than natural-born magicians to achieve the same results.
- Examples: Alice Margatroid (natural), Marisa Kirisame (artificial)