Yozakura Quartet

Yozakura Quartet - Anime -



Yozakura Quartet is adaptation from manga that created by Suzuhito Yasuda that published by Kodansha since 2006 and published in the US by Del Rey in 2008. anime Yozakura Quartet or Quartet of Cherry Blossoms in The Night began airing in Japan on 2 October 2008 and finished on 18 December 2008, it comprises 12 episodes. Yozakura Quartet airs on TV BS-I, CBC, MBS, and TBS.

The story revolves around four teenagers; Akina, Hime, Ao, and Kotoha; each of them having their own unique abilities. They run an office called Hiizumi Life Counseling Office, where their job is to help and protect the townspeople of Sakurashin, a town where humans and youkai co-exist with one another. The town is protected by a barrier created by the spiritual sakura known as The Seven Pillars. The Seven Pillars exist in both the human world and the youkai world and is the only thing that keeps both worlds connected to each other. However, recent bizarre incidents have occurred in their town and someone has threatened the safety of their town. It is up to the four of them to protect the town they love.


Characters :

Akina Hiizumi (比泉 秋名, Hiizumi Akina)
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji

An eighteen year old young man in the employment of the city. He is the director of the Hiizumi Life Counseling Office and the only human who works there. He is able to perform "tuning"; an ability that can send back youkai to their world and cut off their connection to the human world. This ability can only be used by his family; The one who succeeds this ability is called oyakume. His hair grows longer whenever he uses his ability. Because of this ability, some of the youkai view the oyakume as murderers. In the manga, Akina reveals that he can use the ability in chapter eight, whereas in the anime, he is able to use "tuning" from the very start.

Hime Yarizakura (槍桜 ヒメ, Yarizakura Hime)
Voiced by: Misato Fukuen

A sixteen year old high school girl with supernatural powers. In the manga she assumed the role of mayor of the city when she was a child after her grandmother was "tuned" by Akina's grandfather; in the anime however, her grandmother simply passed away. She treasures her long scarf which was made by Akina. Her scarf was made to cover up her scar on her neck which was made by Yae Shinatsuhiko to seal most of Hime's youkai power. In the manga, all of the townspeople including her friends had their memory of Hime being a youkai sealed because when she was a child, she asked Yae to seal the memory so she can have a better perspective from a human's point of view and a youkai's point of view. In chapter thirteen however, everyone memory of her being a youkai have returned when a group who is running against Hime's little cousin, Kohime, was running as mayor in another town, wanted her to drop out of the election and Hime to give her position to their leader by threating them with a barrier that weakens all the youkai to a point that can be life threatening and because of that Yae had no choice but to weaken the barrier that they made which in turn return everyone's memory. However in the anime, it did not show this and everyone knew that Hime is a dragon descendant and that she is a youkai. Hime happens to be a glutton and loves to eat noodles especially those cooked by Akina. She is also quite sensitive about her weight; She trains using the teachings her grandmother taught her and patrols the town everyday. She uses her grandmother's teachings in the hopes that she will become a great mayor like her grandmother once was. She may appear harsh at times, but she has a kind heart. In the manga she uses a Lacrosse racket as her weapon, while in the anime she uses a contractible spear. She has a deep friendship with Akina and Gin.

Ao Nanami (七海 アオ, Nanami Ao)
Voiced by: Saki Fujita

A fifteen year old female Satori who helps run the office and is the announcer of the town as well. She has cat ears, which she usually hides with a hat or headphones, and has the ability to read people's thoughts. She can talk to animals using this ability as well. She has a stronger version called "Satellite" which can read the thoughts of everyone in the city at once, though this drains a lot of her energy. In the manga, she happens to be a glutton like Hime but doesn't indulge very often. She has an elder brother named Gin, who went missing before the series started.

Kotoha Isone (五十音 ことは, Isone Kotoha)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro

A sixteen year old high school student who was once a human before she was possessed by a youkai at a very young age. Because of that event she became a Hanyou, half youkai and half human. She is a Language-user (Kotodama tsukai) who can summon things when she emphasizes words. She can conjure up weapons or objects by saying one word, however there are certain objects where she needs to use a lengthy spell in order to conjure it up. She is also a gun nut which is shown in the first chapter of the manga. She once went on a vacation to Germany just to visit the Koblenz Museum of Military Technology, because of the tanks and weapons which were on display there. She is also known to be a great singer by her friends. In the manga, it is mentioned that she is only interested in girls, which is noticeable in chapter ten, when all the other characters except Gin attend the party. Even though she wears glasses, she has said they are just for decoration. When she's mad, she tends to go a bit overboard in her fights. One example of this is when Hime made Kotoha become her training partner and during the training, accidentally destroys her plane ticket to Germany. At this, Kotoha conjures up an Acht, a German army's FLAK 36.88 mm cannon, and fires at Hime. After her friends stop her from using the Acht, she noticed the damage she did and apologized for what she did. It is also of note that if she overuses her power, she can lose her voice for awhile.

Enjin Hiizumi (比泉 円神, Hiizumi Enjin)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki

The main antagonist. A youkai who is determined to destroy the barrier protecting the city for unknown reasons. Later it is revealed that he has no physical body and is, in fact, possessing the body of Gin who happens to be Ao's older brother, a wolf-youkai who was best friends with Hime and Akina. When Akina first met Enjin in the anime, he hesitates about using tuning on him because he knew that if he were to use the tuning ability not only will he send Enjin, but he will send Gin's body as well as Gin's spirit, which still lives in his body, to the youkai world.

Kyōsuke (岸 恭助, Kishi Kyōsuke)
Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

An eighteen year old man who is an assistant to Hime Yarizakura. He is an oni with superhuman strength, but wears a seal that looks like a bracelet around his left wrist. He appears to be harsh towards Akina sometimes because in the anime, as he believes that Akina's power is not required to protect the town. In the manga, he believes that the youkai in the human world are suffering because Akina did not succeed as oyakume. Akina makes fun of him by saying that Kyōsuke has a sister complex, which usually ends up with the two fighting.

Tōka Kishi (岸 桃華, Kishi Tōka)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu

A sixteen year old high school student who is Kyōsuke's little sister. She is also an employee of Hiizumi Life Counseling. Just like her brother, she is a youkai with superhuman strength. She has a crush on Akina, which Kyōsuke is not pleased with it. In the manga, unlike her brother, she can not completely control her strength even with a seal. In the anime, she appears to have better control over her strength.

Rin Azuma (東 鈴, Azuma Rin)
Voiced by: Ai Matayoshi

A fifteen year old Jiang Shi who recently moved to the city. Due to being constantly bullied by her human classmates during childhood, she loathed humans until being saved by Akina. She now works in a delivery store. In the manga, she had already worked for the noodle delivery service with no connection to the first episode at all.

Yūhi Shinatsuhiko (士夏彦 雄飛, Shinatsuhiko Yūhi)
Voiced by: Sachi Matsumoto

He appears as a young boy, however he is really much older; He has been watching over Sakurashin for over 200 years and is the District Mayor. In episode 7 of the anime, he claims he fancies Rin. He seems to be something of a womanizer, as in the same episode, he is told on many occasions that he is only to look at the women of the festival by Mariabelle and Yae. He is also called by his sister as the God of Woman. His hobbies is making Mariabelle cosplay for him.

Mariabelle (マリアベル, Mariaberu)
Voiced by: Rie Tanaka

The District Mayor's assistant, which makes her Yuhi's assistant. She is always seen in some sort of cosplay outfit. She likes to eat Japanese food for breakfast and if she does not get Japanese food for breakfast, she gets mad.

Yae Shinatsuhiko (士夏彦 八重, Shinatsuhiko Yae)
Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani

Yae is Yuhi's younger sister, as she calls him "aniki", or older brother, in episode 8 of the anime. She is a half-yokai and dressed as a nun who wields two Katana swords beside her waist. She can easily cut a car in half using a technique called Spring Wind (名東風 Haru Kaze). She appears to be fond of bears and plush toys, to the point that she wore a bear costume helmet given by Hime to stop a robbery. Her real identity seems to be a god, as Enjin called her that after deflecting one of her attacks.

V Juri F (V・じゅり・F, Vī Juri Efu)
Voiced by: Aiko Ōkubo

A nurse who runs a clinic in Sakurashin. Akina comes by to her clinic to get himself check over because of his tuning ability. She has her own TV show called the Juri Channel. She appears to have superhuman strength, however it is not clear if she is a hanyou or a youkai. Juri used to be an assistant for Hime when Hime was a child and had finally become mayor of Sakurashin.


Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and one closing theme. The opening theme is "Just Tune" by the Japanese rock band Savage Genius, and the closing theme is "Nagareboshi" (ナガレボシ) by J-pop band Round Table. Singles that contain the theme songs and other tracks have been released; the single for "Just Tune" was released on October 16, 2008 and the single for "Nagareboshi" was released on October 22, 2008. A DVD compilation, which contains the first two episodes of the anime, was released on December 17, 2008 by Pony Canyon. Five more DVD compilations, each containing two episodes are slated for release between January 21, 2009 and May 20, 2009.