Sayo Ikaruga

Sayo Ikaruga (斑鳩 小夜) is an exorcist and the host of Kuzunoha, the mother of Abe no Seimei.

Appearance
Sayo is a petite girl around average height with shoulder-length, dark red hair. She has tattoos on her body to seal her immense power.

Personality
She is very caring towards others and shows feelings for Rokuro. She even offers to give her own life for others such as when she is kidnapped. Since she was cofined to her house for most of her life, she shows natural curiousity towards the outside world.

Plot
Arima Tsuchimikado sends Sayo with Shimon Ikaruga to act as the proctor for Rokuro Enmado. Two years ago, she was told that she would meet Rokuro and her love developed for him over the years. Upon arrival, she makes Rokuro go shopping with her. She then unleashes Kuzunoha and brings out Rokuro's guardian. The following day, her escorts are murdered by Hijirimaru. She gets abducted and is severly injured by the Basara. She unleashes Kuzunoha in Magano to summon Benio Adashino's guardian spirit, which turns out to be Kuzunoha's enemy. She is rescued by the latter and leaves the mainland stating that she would wait for Rokuro.

Powers and Abilities
Her guardian spirits are Kuzunoha, the mother of Abe no Seimei, and her 48 retainers. To use her power she has to be naked and perform kagure nude dance.

Shimon Ikaruga
She is the younger cousin of Shimon Ikaruga. He is extremely protective over her to keep her from using her immense power too much.

Rokuro Enmado
She has a crush on Rokuro and sneaks into his bed while he is sleeping twice.