The Suzaku Shichiseishi


These are the people born with the mark of the Suzaku, the phoenix god of the south country, Konan (Hongnan). They are nice people who care for each other and their country.
For those of you who only read the Viz translated manga, I've included in parenthesis the Chinese-read names they use.
How to decipher the love information: GREEN = true mutual love VIOLETRED = intense unrequited love HOTPINK = one-way crush LIGHTBLUE = not love, but a special feeling (ex: has “dated” at one time but wasn’t truly in love)
I tried to list them in the approximate order they fall in love (but also in rank of importance, i.e. true love comes first). Everything’s based on what I’ve concluded, so there’s bound to be some disagreement. But I tried my best to be thorough!
Notes=Japanese names are listed Japanese style, last name first.
Seiyuu=Voice Actor
Warning there are Spoilers in here.
[Tamahome] [Hotohori] [Nuriko] [Chichiri][Tasuki][Mitsukake][Chiriko] [Story][Seiryű]
[SuZaKu No MiKo]
Real Name: Yűki Miaka
Birthday: May 12, 1977
Age:15
Bloodtype: B
Birthplace: Tokyo, modern Japan
Family: mother; older brother, Keisuke
Height:158 cm
Weight:48 kg
Hobbies: EATING, reading manga, making cookies
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Araki Kae
She has loved: Tamahome/Sukunami Taka; Hotohori
She has been loved by: Tamahome/Sukunami Taka; Hotohori; Nuriko;Amiboshi; Tasuki

Miaka, the protagonist of the story, is a sweet girl who cares deeply for her friends and often gives her all to protecting them. At the beginning of the series, she's in last year jr. high preparing for her high school entrance exams by studying a lot and going to cram school. Her mother wants her to go to Jonan high school, a school for those way smarter than Miaka, and although Miaka would rather go to Yotsubadai along with her friends, she does her best to please her mom by being a hard worker. She also lives with her older brother, Keisuke, who along with his best friend, Tetsuya, becomes an important part of the story by replacing Yui reading the book as Miaka has her adventure. Miaka is very popular among her seishi, making very good friends with all of them, even having most of them fall in love with her. Her one true love, Tamahome, isn't sure how to accept her feelings at first, but soon they vow to never part, only they are often separated physically or spiritually for some reason or another. But where there's will to be with each other, there's a way...

[TaMaHoMe]
Sou Kishuku (Xong Gui-Siu)
Birthday: June 28
Age:17
Constellation:Cancer
Bloodtype:O
Birthplace: Hakukou village, Jusou-ken, Konan country, ancient China
Family: father; 2 little brothers, Gyokuran & Chuei; 2 little sisters, Yuiren & Shunkei
Height:180 cm
Hobbies: making money
Suzaku sign: "ogre" on forehead
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Midorikawa Hikaru
He has loved: Yuuki Miaka;
He has been loved by: Yuuki Miaka; Hongo Yui

Tamahome's first impression is to be a man greedy for money, with little else on his mind. He's annoyed at first when Miaka follows him around, until he discovers it's his destiny to protect her. The first time Miaka tells him she loves him, he doesn't know how to handle it since no woman had ever loved him, and he just tells her, "Sorry, I don't feel the same way." After her absence, however, he realizes his true feelings and Miaka and him become an official couple. It is then discovered that Tamahome's "lust" for money is only because he has an elderly father and many younger siblings he wants to provide for, and it's through them we first see how caring and loving he is. There are many times throughout the course of the series that he and Miaka are torn apart, either physically or mentally, but their love for each other always wins, and they come back to each other.

[HoToHoRi]
Real Name: Seishuku
Birthday: April 2
Age:18
Constellation:Hydra
Bloodtype:A
Birthplace: palace in capital: Eiyou, Konan country, ancient China
Family: parents, 2 older brothers, 1 younger brother, 2 younger sisters
Height:182 cm
Abilities:swordsmanship
Suzaku sign: "star" on neck
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Koyasu Takehito
He has loved: Kouki; Yuuki Miaka
He has been loved by: Kouki; Nuriko; Yuuki Miaka

Hotohori is the young handsome (he'll tell you so!) emperor of Konan. He has felt a great loneliness since he was a child, only comforted by the stories of the Suzaku no Miko who would save their country in times of peril. He decided long before he met Miaka that the Suzaku no Miko would be his empress. Since early on in the series, he makes his feelings perfectly clear to Miaka, much to her surprise. He becomes very upset as Miaka begins to favor Tamahome more and more, and at first Hotohori does not give up. In the beginning, he duels Tamahome for her love, and tries to win over Miaka many times through his kindness and comfort, sometimes being close to succedding. Once he does accept that she's happiest with Tamahome, he marries another woman [Houki-a dead ringer for Nuriko!], but silently goes on loving Miaka. It is not until the 2nd OVA series that it seems he loves his new family more than he once loved Miaka

[NuRiKo]
Real Name: Chou Ryűen
Birthday: March 10
Age:18
Constellation: Hydra
Bloodtype:B
Birthplace: capitol: Eiyou, Konan country, ancient China
Family: parents; older brother, Rokou; almost younger identical sister, Kourin (Kang-Lin), who died long ago
Height:166 cm
Abitlites: strength
Hobbies: cross-dressing
Suzaku sign: "willow" on chest
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Sakamoto Chika
He has loved:Hotohori Yuuki Miaka
He has been loved by: none, but Miaka loves all her Seishi as friends!

At the beginning of the series, Nuriko poses as his sister, Kourin (Kang-Lin), and it is not until a few episodes later that Miaka discovers his secret. His immense crush on emperor Hotohori lead to the hatred of Miaka at first, but soon Miaka proves herself eager to become his friend and they develop a lasting friendship. He tells Miaka and Tamahome that he first decide to dress as a woman when his sister died; since he looked so much like her, and he loved her so much, he became what he thought she would be. As the series goes on, he becomes less and less feminine, the point of no return being when he cuts off his long hair, and even develops a love for Miaka.

[ChIcHiRi]
Real Name: Houjun
Birthday: May 21
Age:24
Constellation: Gemini
Bloodtype: ?
Birthplace: ?(ancient China)
Height:175 cm
Abilities: magic
Hobbies: fishing
Suzaku sign: "water well" on knee
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Seki Tomokazu
He has loved:his fiancée, many years ago
He has been loved by: his fiancée, many years ago

Chichiri is the eldest of the Suzaku seishi, but he also appears to be the silliest. Usually wearing a squinting, smiling mask and often shrunk down to super-deformed size, he provides much of the comic relief. His magic is extremely helpful to the seishi and Miaka. When he gets serious, he removes his mask and the scar over his eye is shown. He tells Miaka later on that he got it when he was younger and had a fiancée who loved his best friend. Thinking that they both had betrayed him, he fought with his best friend, and with the account of a flood, his friend died during the fight. In that instant when his friend, Hikou, died, Chichiri received the scar over his right eye. Although he could heal it, Chichiri never allows it to heal because he blames himself for his friend's death.

[TaSuKi]
Real Name: Kou Shun'u (Genrou)
Birthday: April 18
Age:17
Constellation: Crater
Bloodtype:B
Birthplace: Kou-shuu, Taito-shi, bottom of Mt. Reikaku, ancient China
Family: parents & 5 older sisters
Height:178 cm
Abitlites: makes fire with fan
Hobbies: brawling
Suzaku sign: "wing" on forearm
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Hayashi Nobutoshi
He has loved: You’ll have a hard time getting him to admit it, but late in the seriesYuuki Miaka
He has been loved by: none, but Miaka loves all her Seishi as friends!

Tasuki is the hotheaded woman-hating ex-leader of bandits. He uses his fire powers to fight for the seishi and Miaka. Although he constantly criticizes Miaka for just being a woman, he feels she is a great friend, and has a special spot for her in his heart. (His feelings grow even deeper in the 2nd OVA series.) He provides great comic relief in the series, and his on-going feud with Tamahome becomes a hilarious part of the series.

[MiTsUkAkE]
Real Name: Myou Juan
Birthday: May 7
Age:22
Constellation: Corvus
Bloodtype:O
Birthplace: northern Konan country, ancient China
Height:199 cm
Abitlites: healing
Hobbies: animals
Suzaku sign: "sadness" on palm
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Ishii Kouji
He has loved:Shouka
He has been loved by: Shouka

Mitsukake's first appearance is as an older hermit who lives with only animals and refuses to go back into the town. The seishi encounter him to beg him to use his healing powers on Miaka, who has caught a deadly sickness. He refuses at first until he learns that a woman named Shoka is in the town bringing dead people back to life. Shoka is the woman he loved that had died a year earlier, and Mitsukake had been away healing people. It had always bothered him that he used his healing powers for everyone, but couldn't make it home in time to save her. Finally putting his past to rest, he joins with the seishi. His healing powers prove a great asset to the group over the course of the series, even though he only has enough power to heal one person a day. His cat, Tama, always accompanies him. (Named after Tamahome by Miaka.)

[cHiRiKo]
Real Name: Ou Doukun
Birthday: March 19
Age:13
Constellation: Hydra
Bloodtype:A
Birthplace: Jouzen-shi, western Konan country, ancient China
Height:148 cm
Abitlites: intelligence
Hobbies: research, reading, writing
Suzaku sign: "stretching" on foot
Seiyuu: (Japanese): Kawakami Tomoko
He has loved: none, that we know of—he’s still pretty young!
He has been loved by: none, but Miaka loves all her Seishi as friends!

Chiriko does not appear until it seems too late to call the Suzaku. Tricked by Amiboshi into thinking that he was Chiriko, the seishi started the calling ceremony without the real Chiriko, so it didn't work. The youngest of the seishi, and by far the smartest, Chiriko doesn't have a huge part in the series, but his friendship is valued by all the seishi and in the end, he returns their favor by sacrificing himself to defeat Miboshi.

[ThE mArK oF sUzAkU]