(Touhou 6 to 9) Dark red eyes, black hair, wears large red ribbon in hair, often carries a rod with many paper seals attached in streamers. Wears a red and white dress remotely similar to a shrine maiden's outfit, shoulders are not covered.
(Touhou 9, alternative outfit) Same as above, but dress is mainly blue instead of red.
(Touhou 1 to 5) Purple eyes, purple hair, wears large red ribbon in hair. Clothes are red and white, and strongly resembles a traditional shrine maiden outfit.
(Touhou 3, alternative outfit) Same as above, but clothes are mainly blue instead of red.
The characters for Hakurei literally mean something like "esteemed companion," and Reimu "spirit dream" or "ghost dream."
The surname Hakurei is also another name for sake, as the maker of the Touhou series, ZUN, is quite an alcoholic.
Reimu has appeared in every single game in the Touhou series.
Reimu was never seen flying with her own power until Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. In the previous games, if Reimu needed to go somewhere far, she would ride on her turtle familiar, Genjii.
Reimu's Ying-Yang Orb exhibits some strange powers, aside from helping her attack her enemies. The greatest powers of the Hakurei Ying-Yang Orb are:
Heroine, Reimu Hakurei Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, She has some spirit-power by nature. but lacks training. Her weapon is mighty ying-yang orb, but her control is somewhat unstable.
But anyway, with her spirit-power, she got quite skills.
Her usual attacks -namely amulet-attacks, spirit-power discharging (霊撃 -Spirit strike-), melee skills- are useless to current enemies. She's in some trouble.
At present, she is the only person in the shrine.
Eternal Shrine Maiden, Reimu Hakurei Shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, and protagonist of the Touhou series. She appears quite carefree on the outside, and indeed deep down, she really is carefree. She lives in her shrine and is rarely visited by anyone, which causes her to be out of touch with current social norms. Even though she only extinguished certain sparks of conflict because they seemed to befall her without warning, her actions have generally resulted in preventing the residents of Gensokyo from visiting human settlements, and keeping outsiders away from wandering into Gensokyo.
Charms and the ying-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to fly.
Abilities: Able to fly, and to manipulate natural spirits.
The protagonist.
Chronologically this title is not too far from the previous title, thus her age stays the same as before.
Unintentionally, she is a shrine maiden. Or rather, she is a shrine maiden only because the Touhou series has become the "Shrine Maiden Shooting Game" series. It feels like the cart has been placed before the horse to me.
This time, her outfit is not overly intricate like typical shrine maiden clothing, but has become quite simple and only remotely resembles that of a shrine maiden. Is she really a shrine maiden?
Shrine Maiden in the Paradise, Reimu Hakurei Hakurei Shrine's shrine maiden, and the protagonist. Her mind might appear normal, but in fact it is full of spring thoughts.
The shrine is always haunted by youkai, and they are very friendly to Reimu as well.
She is hardly filling the role of a shrine maiden at this point.
She hates training, and because of this, lacks ability. So her skill is quite so-so.
She hates to do her very best at anything that falls upon her.
That is because she does not believe that effort will be rewarded.
Because of that, the Hakurei Shrine's paper fortune doesn't have "末吉(Least luck)" [Typically, a shrine's paper fortune has 大吉 (Best luck) / 中吉 (Medium luck) / 小吉 (Little luck) / 末吉 (Least luck) / 凶 (Misfortune) / 大凶 (Worst misfortune). 末吉 is usually interpreted as "You will get exactly as your effort"]
Charms and the yin-yang orb are her weapons. Additionally, she has the ability to fly.
She has a smaller hit box, and her focused movement allows player to dodge very precisely.
Spirit Sign's "Hakurei Amulet" is quite easy to use. It allows you to focus on dodging bullets.
On the other hand, Dream Sign's "Extermination" wields destructive power of the highest class.
Bosses are killed quickly, but the invincibility duration of her bombs is the shortest of all characters. It is also lacking in both effective radius and damage.
Basically, she is a shrine maiden. The shrine maiden of Hakurei Shrine, which is located on the boundary of Gensokyo.
The Hakurei Shrine exists in both Gensokyo and the world of humans at the same time.
The boundary is the home territory of the Hakurei Shrine. From both sides, it is located at a very remote place from human villages, and is also kinda small, and has no known history or benefits. So it's no wonder that it rarely gets any visitors.
Inside the shrine, almost all foreign boundaries will be nullified. That alone should say that the Hakurei Boundary, the boundary between Gensokyo and the world of humans, is amazingly powerful.
Only members of the Hakurei clan have rules to follow in Gensokyo. Therefore, Reimu always wears clothes that is apparently some kind of uniform (she is supposed to have many other rules too, though...). Her daily routine consists of wearing red-white, staring at Gensokyo's sky from the edge of Gensokyo, and drinking tea.
Originally, Reimu had several various mysterious powers, but she neither uses them nor boasts about them. It's kind of a laid-back attitude.
A typical shrine maiden from Hakurei Shrine. She always lives on ideas off the top of her head, and doesn't consider something seriously. The only thing she does that actually resembles a shrine maiden's duties is enjoying tea and life on the veranda.
She is quite simple-minded, thus when she's angry she's angry, and when she smiles she smiles. Her open personality makes her well-liked by both humans and youkai. Due to that, many people stays close to the shrine.
She lacks training in both melee and spells (or rather should I say she rarely does them), but she covers that up with the numerous talents she's born with. So she's quite tough, enough to make you wonder if she's really a human. While she warps or uses guided shots, it's all straight from her perspective. Mean shrine maiden.
Shrine Maiden in the Paradise, Reimu Hakurei Hakurei Shrine's Shrine Maiden.
A human that lives on the boundary. She has the ability to fly.
She is the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, which is located at the edge of Gensokyo and (possibly) has ancient and honourable origins.
She is emotive and noisy, and has a presence wherever she is, but she merges into her surroundings quite easily.
Her ability is being able to fly, that means, being weightless.
All gravity from Earth, however big stress, or threatings with power has no effect to her.
Both her mind and body floats around sky of phantasm, that's really mysterious shrine maiden.
However intimidating the opponent is, that doesn't matter to her.
As she planarize whatever title one has, she tends to attract anyone regardless of species, like human or youkai.
Her weapons are amulets and a yin-Yang orb. She is also preferred by mosquitos.
Species: Human
Ability: Mainly able to fly through the sky
As usual, the shrine maiden you all know. She lives in the Hakurei Shrine located at the boundary that separates Gensokyo from the outer world. The shrine simultaneously exists in both worlds.
She treats everyone fairly and equally, which makes her well-liked by even the most terrifying youkai. On the flip side, she doesn't treat anyone especially well and doesn't think of anyone as "special". While she's often seen with a wide assortment of humans and youkai, and does get along with them, she's truly alone in her heart.
She may be kind of cold-hearted...
The morning that she was expecting to see after a full night's sleep did not greet her. She thought that something very strange was going on, so she left the shrine to investigate. It's not unusual for her to go out at night, but going out at midnight just after having taken a full night's rest was most unusual. Anyway, nights always make her sleepy, so she'll be going back to bed once the issue is resolved. She followed a trace of power into a bamboo forest, and what she found were very familiar faces...