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Reisen Udongein Inaba

Name:

鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ(れいせん・うどんげいん・イナバ)
Reisen Udongein Inaba

Species:

Moon rabbit

Abilities:

Lunacy-inducing eyes, telepathy with other moon rabbits

Age:

Unknown, at least 38 years old

Occupation:

Kaguya's pet

Location:

Eientei

Description:

  • (Touhou 9) Red eyes, long light-purple hair, and rabbit ears. Dresses in a white shirt with a red necktie. There is a clip on her necktie in the shape of a carrot. Wears a purple skirt.
  • (Touhou 8) Same as above, but with a black business suit over her shirt. Her left suit-collar is decorated with a crescent moon-shaped insignia, and there appears to be paper or business cards poking out of her left shirt pocket. Wears a beige skirt.

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Titles:

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Reisen is one of the legendary lunar rabbits; she fled from the Moon to Earth as a refugee from the "Lunar War" between the two worlds that began in 1969 A.D. after the Apollo 11 "invasion". Making her way to Gensokyo she was surprised to meet the notorious fugitives Kaguya and Eirin, and asked for asylum in Eientei. In exchange, she works for and protects Kaguya and Eirin.

During Imperishable Night Reisen hid within Eientei to avoid any lunar emissaries that might arrive on Earth and force her to return to the Moon. She was tasked with sealing the doors inside Eientei to ensure that Kaguya could not be found by the emissaries either. She used her power of insanity to stop the heroines from invading Eientei, but was defeated. Reisen's power of insanity comes from her eyes; she uses them to refract and twist light, disorienting and confusing her victims and deceiving them with frightening illusions.

Reisen seems to, perhaps ironically given her insanity inducing powers, have one of the more stable and balanced personalities in Gensokyo. In Phantasmagoria of Flower View she worries about Tewi running off and seems more level headed than most other characters. Although she doesn't know what's causing the flower incident, she's decided to investigate by going wherever the flowers are blooming.

Fun Facts

  • Reisen's right hand, for whatever reason, is almost always depicted to be making a gun shape. Many fans play off this and often make fanart with her hand like that in it, or her using her hand as an actual gun. Why she does this is still a mystery...
  • Inaba is a nickname given to her by Kaguya (just like Tewi). Her real name, Reisen, is written in Katakana, but in order to fit in with people on Earth, the Kanji with the same pronounciation, 鈴仙, was used. The characters for Reisen literally mean something like "Bell wizard", and Udongein "House of plantain flowers.". Additionally, in Japanese "reisen" can mean "Cold War". (see also notes on Reisen's spellcards) while in Germany it means "travels" or "voyages" as well as "to travel". Another meaning for "rei-sen" is "Type-0", as in the Japanese Navy designation for the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane. (see also Imperishable_Night:_Music)
  • "Udonge", the short version of the nickname Eirin calls her by, translates to "plantain flower," whose buds look remotely like rabbit ears.
  • Some fans call her "Zayaku" (座薬, meaning 'suppository'), because her bullets look like them.
  • Reisen's Imperishable Night outfit, with a long-sleeved dark overshirt, tie and short skirt, is considerably more modern than most of the other characters' and resembles a private school uniform. In Phantasmagoria of Flower View, with her overshirt doffed, she looks more like an office intern.
  • Reisen's rabbit ears, strangely, always has two accouterment-like buttons on them. It looks like the ears were linked to Reisen's head by buttons. Many fans made fun of this and said Reisen's rabbit ears were artificial.
  • Based on what Reisen says to Mystia and what Lyrica says to Reisen in Phantasmagoria of Flower View it seems as if Reisen can also manipulate sound waves as well as light waves.

Official Profiles

Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt

Reisen Udongein Inaba

 ○5面ボス 狂気の月の兎
  鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ(れいせん・うどんげいん・イナバ)
  Reisen Udongein Inaba

  種族:月の兎
  能力:狂気を操る程度

  月に住む兎。
  赤い瞳は地上の兎の何倍もの狂気が宿る。

  現在は輝夜のペットである。本当の本名はレイセン(片仮名)のみだ
  が、地上人にカムフラージュする為に漢字を当てている。でも非常に
  不自然。

  優曇華院は永琳が付けた愛称。どうしてそんな愛称で呼ぶのか不明。
  さらに永琳は彼女の事を、親しみを込めて「ウドンゲ」と呼ぶ。勝手
  に愛称をつけてしかも略して呼ぶあたり、宇宙人の思考は良く判らな
  い。

  イナバは輝夜が付けた愛称。むしろ兎全般をイナバと呼んでいる。
  輝夜が「イナバ」と呼ぶと、彼女とてゐと区別がつかないが、どうも
  区別していないようにも見える。兎なら何でも一緒なのだろうか。

  彼女は地上人が侵略し始めた月から逃げ出した月の兎だが、詳しい話
  は輝夜のエピソードで。

Stage 5 Boss, Lunatic Moon Rabbit
Reisen Udongein Inaba

Species: Moon Rabbit
Abilities: Can make people insane with her eyes

A rabbit from the moon.
Her red eyes give her far greater power over insanity than Earth rabbits.

She is currently living as Kaguya's pet. Her name was originally written レイセン (pronounced Reisen), but it was changed to 鈴仙 (also pronounced Reisen) to better blend into Earth's civilization.

The other parts of her name are just nicknames. Eirin gave her her first nickname, "Udongein," and affectionately calls her "Udonge" most of the time. No one is certain why that nickname was given to her, especially since even Eirin doesn't call her by the full name Udongein. Moon people are hard to understand...

"Inaba" was later bestowed upon her by Kaguya because... well, that's what she calls all rabbits. Whenever Kaguya says Inaba, she could be referring to Reisen, Tewi, or the scores of other rabbits living in Eientei. It doesn't seem as though she ever bothered to make a distinction between them. All rabbits probably look the same to her.

Reisen is a fugitive from the moon, which is being invaded by Earth. More information about that is available in Kaguya's profile.


Phantasmagoria of Flower View - Manual

Reisen Udongein Inaba

 ○狂気の月の兎  鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ(れいせん・うどんげいん・イナバ)
  月に住む兎。
  赤い瞳は地上の兎の何倍もの狂気が宿る。
   幻想郷中に花が咲いてから、永遠亭の兎が騒ぎ出した。これでは調
  べないわけにいかない、と言う事で調査に出た。
   ついでにてゐが居なくなっていたのを連れ戻そうともしていた。

Lunatic Moon Rabbit
Reisen Udongein Inaba

A rabbit from the moon.

Her red eyes give her far greater power over insanity than Earth rabbits.

Flowers are blooming all over Gensokyo so the rabbits of Eientei went into an uproar. This couldn't be left uninvestigated, so she went out to find out about it. While she's at it, since Tewi disappeared, she's also going to bring her back if she can.


Phantasmagoria of Flower View - キャラ設定.txt

Reisen Udongein Inaba

 ○狂気の月の兎
  鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ(れいせん・うどんげいん・イナバ)
  Reisen Udongein Inaba

  種族:月の兎
  能力:狂気を操る程度の能力

   月に住む兎。
   赤い瞳は地上の兎の何倍もの狂気が宿る。

   幻想郷中に花が咲いてから、永遠亭の兎が騒ぎ出した。これでは調
  べないわけにいかない、と言う事で調査に出た。
   ついでにてゐが居なくなっていたのを連れ戻そうともしていた。

Lunatic Moon Rabbit
Reisen Udongein Inaba

Species: Moon Rabbit
Ability: Can make people insane with her eyes

A rabbit from the moon.

Her red eyes give her far greater power over insanity than Earth rabbits.

Flowers are blooming all over Gensokyo so the rabbits of Eientei went into an uproar. This couldn't be left uninvestigated, so she went out to find out about it. While she's at it, since Tewi disappeared, she's also going to bring her back if she can.

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