Tenshi Hinanawi

比 (ひ) 那 (な) 名 (な) 居 (ゐ) 　天 (てん) 子 (し) çinanai tẽɕi (♫) Tenshi Hinanawi Tenshi Hinanai More Alternative Spellings
Tenshi Hinanawi in Antinomy of Common Flowers Girl of the Sphere of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception More Character Titles
Species	Celestial
Abilities	Manipulation of earth, identification of one's spirit (Sword of Hisou)
Occupation	Celestial
Location	Heaven
Music Themes
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Appearances
Official Games
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Print Works
Expand Oriental Sacred Place (Chapter 9 cameo, Chapter 12 cameo) The Grimoire of Marisa Wild and Horned Hermit (Chapters 45, 46, 47, 48, 49.5, 50, 51 Cameo) Symposium of Post-mysticism (Article) Forbidden Scrollery (Chapter 10 cameo) Visionary Fairies in Shrine (Chapter 2 cameo, 7 cameo, 9.5 cameo) Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia (Essay) The Grimoire of Usami (Section 1-9) Strange Creators of Outer World (Who's Who of Humans & Youkai in Gensokyo - Dusk Edition) (Article) Foul Detective Satori (Chapter 1 cameo) Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine (Fortune Slip No. 45)
Music CDs
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Tenshi Hinanawi (比那名居　天子, Hinanawi Tenshi) is a celestial who is the "Eldest Daughter" (総領娘, souryou musume) of the Hinanawi clan. She first appeared as the main antagonist and final possible opponent for most story scenarios in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, as well as a playable character. She later became a playable character in the versus mode of Touhou Hisoutensoku and fully appeared again as a playable character, or possible opponent, in Antinomy of Common Flowers.

General Information

Personality

In her official profile, Tenshi is described as having a "sheltered upbringing", and being selfish and top of the world. Despite being a celestial, she is very earthly and lacks charisma. That's not surprising, however, because she became a celestial only because the entire Hinanawi family became celestials when the Nawi became divine spirits. Therefore, she lacks awareness of what it means to be a celestial.

She is described as "delinquent". An overly privileged environment had a negative effect on her playful nature. She doesn't consider what her actions mean to other people. She also has absolute confidence in her abilities, and gets mad if someone insults them. ZUN jokingly described her as having "a rather 'nice' personality."^[1]

Abilities

Strength

Although it's not because Tenshi has undergone special training, she is extraordinarily strong and tough. This toughness is to the extent that she cannot be pierced by Sakuya Izayoi's knives^[2]. This seems to be an effect of heavenly peaches; when one eats them, it forges one's body to one's convenience. Heaven doesn't have normal food apart from the peaches, so all celestials probably eat these peaches and strengthen their bodies.

Manipulating the Earth

Earthquakes, land subsidence, landslides, etc. - her effective range is narrow, but she is able to manipulate them at will. It is similar to Suwako Moriya's "creating kun (the Earth)", but Suwako's ability is mainly for the sake of constructing various geographical features and creating countries, whereas Tenshi's ability is mainly a power to calm and cause (land-related) natural disasters.

Identifying one's spirit

By using the Sword of Hisou, she can identify one's spirit no matter what the circumstances.

Ability to manipulate "sky, earth, and people"

Even with just the keystone and the Sword of Hisou, she would still probably still be able to manipulate all three of "sky, earth, and people". The Sword of Hisou has power related to "sky" and "people", and the keystone has power related to "Earth". This may also be related to the Sword of Hisou's ability to manipulate weather.

Occupation

Tenshi resided in Heaven with other celestials having a rather carefree life which she grew bored of. She eventually saw how Reimu Hakurei and the others had exciting danmaku battles in Gensokyo and decided to destroy the Hakurei Shrine with an earthquake using her Sword of Hisou. After the Reimu and the others go to Heaven to fight her, she goes down to Gensokyo and repairs the Hakurei shrine while trying to hide a Keystone underneath as a way to permanently live there. Yukari Yakumo and Iku Nagae find this out and the keystone is removed leading to the shrine being destroyed again and Tenshi returning to Heaven.

Tenshi would eventually be banished from Heaven for eating an elixir before a banquet during the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers, Wild and Horned Hermit, and 100th Black Market.

Possessions

Keystones

Keystones come in different sizes and shapes.

A Keystone (要石, kaname-ishi) is a holy rock object wrapped in shimenawa, and it can (among other properties) invoke or suppress earthquakes. Based on what Eirin Yagokoro said, it is a heavy object made of black granite. Only those of Hinanawi households are able to handle, insert and remove the keystone before they became celestials, and other celestials are not able to use it. Tenshi uses keystones in many ways, including as danmaku weapons, launched as a drill, as a cushion to sit on, as a bludgeon to attack with, and for standing on. As the keystone was originally for calming earthquakes, if the keystone, which stores distorted energy of the Earth, was ever removed or destroyed, then an earthquake occurs. Since causing earthquakes in this manner takes time and is difficult to use, that is probably the reason it wasn't used much in battle.

Sword of Hisou

Tenshi and her sword, as shown in Grimoire of Marisa.

The Sword of Hisou is a celestial tool and one of Tenshi's tools. The sword cannot be used other than by celestials. It is able to gather and accumulate the surrounding spirit and convert it into energy. Moreover, it is able to cut up this spirit itself. Upon releasing the opponent's spirit and identifying the type of the opponent's spirit, it is also able to control the accumulated spiritual energy and convert it into the spirit of the opponent's weakness, and attack using their weakness. First, the sword converts the opponent's spiritual nature into scarlet mist, then into a form that can be seen. Once the opponent's nature has been revealed, the sword can change itself to channel the most effective attributes to counter that nature. The spiritual nature evoked by the sword takes the form of weather, which is why it somehow looks flexible. Also, spirits slashed by the sword become scarlet mist. This mist can be used to influence and control the weather. The sword is also durable enough to channel the powerful strength of the celestials, allowing Tenshi to rupture the Earth or even cause earthquakes in the surrounding area. Tenshi can also evoke the gathered scarlet energies of living beings through the sword, creating an immensely destructive beam that inflicts grievous injury upon her opponents. The fact that Tenshi can draw the weapon from seemingly nowhere, it means that the shape-shifting properties of the sword does not have to be stored anywhere on Tenshi's body at any time without taking up space, suggesting that it is spiritually summoned into battle by its wielder.

Official Profiles

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Official Profiles

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Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - おまけ.txt

○非想非非想天の娘 　　比那名居　天子（ひななゐ　てんし） 　　種族：天人くずれ 　　　天界に棲む不良天人。 　　　比那名居家は元々は地震を鎮める要石を護る神官であった。 　　　だが、比那名居家の要石の存在も虚しく地震は頻繁に起こった。 　　　その度重なる地震により地震を担っていた天人、大村守（おおむらのかみ） 　　　の仕事が追いつかず、幻想郷一帯の地震は当時、大村守に遣えていた 　　　名居（なゐ）一族に任すこととなった。 　　　名居一族は地上の神官であったが、死後に名居守（なゐのかみ）と呼ばれ、 　　　神霊として山の池の畔にある小さな祠に祀られる事となった。 　　　名居守は今も静かに幻想郷を見守っているのである。 　　　それと同時に、生前の名居守の部下であった比那名居（ひななゐ）一族 　　　も、その功績をたたえられ、天界に住むようになった。 　　　だが、比那名居一族は他の天人とは異なり、修行を積んだわけでも無く、 　　　ただ名居守に遣えていただけだったので、天人としての格を備えておらず、 　　　天界では不良天人とすら呼ばれていた。 　　　比那名居　地子（ちこ）は名居守に遣えていた親のついでに天人になった 　　　だけの、幼い子供だった。 　　　その地子は、天人になった時に天子（てんし）と改名した。 　　　天子は、天界での自分の処遇が気に入らず、度々幻想郷を覗いては里の 　　　人間や妖怪達を羨ましく思っていた。 　　　そんなある日、幻想郷の妖怪達が自分の力を使って異変を起こし、幻 　　　想郷で騒ぎを起こして楽しんでいるのを見た時に、天子は強く思った。 　　　　「もう、退屈な天人暮らしなんて耐えられない！ 　　　　　私だって、異変くらい起こせるのに」 　　　天子は家を飛び出した。 　　　天界の道具である緋想の剣（ひそうのつるぎ）を持ち出して…… 　　住家：天界 　　能力：大地を操る程度の能力 　　　地震を鎮めたり、地震を起こしたり出来る。 　　　有効範囲は狭いが、幻想郷内なら遠隔地でも揺らすことが出来る。 　　　さらに、地盤沈下や土砂崩れなどの災害もお手の物。 　　　また、幻想郷に要石を挿したり、取り除いたり出来るのも、 　　　比那名居一族だけである。 　　　要石を取り除くと、幻想郷全体の地盤を揺るがす事が出来るという。 　　緋想の剣の能力：気質を見極める程度の能力 　　　緋想の剣は、必ず相手の弱点を突く事が出来る、天人にしか扱えない 　　　剣である。 　　　この剣はまず相手の気質を霧に変え、誰の目にも見えるような形に 　　　変える。そして、その気質の弱点である性質を纏う。 　　　緋想の剣が見せる気質の形とは、天気の事である。 　　　緋想の剣で斬られた気質は緋色の霧となり、天気を変えるのである。 　　　天子は緋想の剣と要石さえ有れば、天、地、人全てを操る事が出来る 　　　と思っている。 　　性格：温室育ちで、自分勝手。有頂天。 　　　およそ天人とは思えない程俗っぽく、威厳がない。 　　　それもそのはず、本人には天人である自覚はなく、親が仕えていた 　　　神官が神格化し、そのおまけで一族もろとも天人になっただけだか 　　　らである。 　　　恵まれすぎた環境は、遊び盛りの天子にとっても悪影響でもあった。 　　　相手の事を考えない行動もまさにそれである。 　　　自分の能力に絶対の自信があり、能力を人に貶されると激昂する。

Girl of the Sphere of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception[3] Tenshi Hinanawi Species: Fallen Celestial A delinquent celestial living in the heavens. The Hinanawi clan used to be a family of priests who were tasked to protect their keystone, which kept earthquakes under control. However, even with the Hinanawi keystone, earthquakes occurred rather often. They occurred so often that it went out of the hands of Ōmura-no-Kami, a celestial who was in charge of earthquakes at that time, so the Nawi clan, who had been serving the celestials, was ordered to take over the job around the Gensokyo area. The Nawi clan was a family of earthbound priests, but were enshrined as divine spirits after their death in a small shrine beside a mountain lake known as Nawi-no-Kami. The Nawi-no-Kami still watch quietly watch over Gensokyo. At the same time, the Hinanawi clan ascended to the heavens as a reward for serving Nawi-no-Kami when they were still alive. However, unlike other celestials, the Hinanawis became celestials only by serving Nawi-no-Kami; that is, not through training. So they didn't have the reputation expected of celestials, and some even called them "bad" celestials. When the Hinanawis became celestials, their daughter Chiko Hinanawi followed them and became a celestial as well, even though she was a young girl. Chiko renamed herself Tenshi when she moved to heaven. She was not satisfied with how she was treated there, and often looked down on Gensokyo with jealousy toward the humans and youkai living on the ground. One day, a sudden urge hit her as she saw the youkai on land enjoying using their power to invoke disaster and cause chaos. "Geez, I'm tired of this boring celestial life! I can invoke a disaster, too!!" Then she flew from her house, with the Sword of Hisou, a celestial tool, in hand... Location: Heaven Ability: Manipulating the earth Ability to calm or cause earthquakes. Although effective area is not wide, she can cause an earthquake in a remote area as long as it's inside Gensokyo. This ability also allows her to cause disasters such as subsidence or mudslide. Also, only the Hinanawi clan is allowed to put or remove Keystones in Gensokyo. It is said that upon removal of the Keystones, all the ground in Gensokyo will tremble. Sword of Hisou's ability: Identifying one's spirit The Sword of Hisou is a celestial-only item that allows the wielder to exploit the opponent's weakness, no matter what. First, the sword converts the opponent's spirit to scarlet mist, then to the form that everyone can see. As the opponent's nature has surfaced, the sword can change itself to the most effective attributes. Spirit surfaced by the sword takes the form of weather. Spirits slashed by the sword become scarlet mist, then the mist changes the weather. Tenshi thinks that with her Keystone and Sword of Hisou, she can control all heaven, earth, and people. Personality: Had a sheltered upbringing. Selfish. Top of the world. She is very earthly for a celestial, and lacks charisma. That's not surprising, however, because she became a celestial only because the entire Hinanawi family became celestials when the Nawi became divine spirits. Therefore, she lacks awareness of what it means to be a celestial. An overly privileged environment obviously had a negative effect on her playful nature. She doesn't consider what her actions mean to other people. She has absolute confidence in her abilities, and gets mad if someone insults them.

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Antinomy of Common Flowers - Official website

緋想的で浮世離れした天人 比那名居天子 「私に相応しい 　良いパートナーに出会えて嬉しいよ」 常識外れの不良天人 久方ぶりに降り立った幻想郷は空前の完全憑依ブーム 高貴な自らに相応しい相方を見つけた彼女に地上の敵はない 状況に合わせ姿を変える緋想の剣での万能戦闘 意のままに動く要石によるオールレンジ攻撃 そして大気圏を支配するオカルト「HAARP」が嵐を呼ぶ！

Celestial of Scarlet Thought, Secluded from this Transient World Tenshi Hinanawi "I'm glad that I got to meet a great partner who suits me so well!" A delinquent Celestial who defies common sense. Upon descending to Gensokyo for the first time in a while, she discovered an unprecedented Perfect Possession fad! Having found a partner suitable for her noble status, nobody on the Earth's surface can stand a chance against her. An all-purpose fighter armed with her Sword of Scarlet Thought, which changes its shape to match the situation, and all-range attacks using keystones that she can control at will. And to top it off, her atmosphere-controlling Urban Legend "H.A.A.R.P." calls forth massive storms!

Skills

Spell Cards

Backstory

Tenshi was originally a human named Chiko and was part of the Hinanawi clan who served the Nawi clan. When the Nawi clan passed away, they were enshrined as divine spirits and became the Nawi-No-kami. Due to this, the entire Hinanawi clan ascended to Heaven as a reward for serving the Nawi clan, and they became celestials.

However, because they became celestials by serving the Nawi clan, as opposed to training, they lacked the reputation expected of a celestial and were labeled as "bad" celestials. Chiko also ascended to a celestial with her family despite being so young. It was here she renamed herself "Tenshi". However, because she lacked any training or discipline of a celestial, she became incredibly spoiled, to the point she found the Heaven that so many on earth desired, boring, and ended up envying the exciting life of people on earth.

Character Design

A sketch by ZUN, shown on MAGNet.

Name

Her full name is Hinanawi Tenshi (比那名居　天子). In her surname, hina (比那) may be from the "Hina Tori-no-Mikoto" (比那鳥命) of Hina shrine in Izumo city, Shimane prefecture of Japan, from a legend of a goddess, and it may be a name to indicate her characteristics of "female" and "earthquakes". However, as Hina has a father, it cannot be said that the entire family is female. "Hina" could also mean "young chicken, small" (雛). Its pronunciation can also mean "Goddess" (此売, hina).

Nawi (名居), also called "Nai/Nawi no Kami" (名居守), is pronounce similarly to nai (ない). It's an obsolete word meaning "Earth", and nawifuru (名居振る) meant "earthquake", which can be found in the Nihon Shoki. "Furu" meant, like how it is read, to shake or vibrate. In a shift, "Nawi" acquired the meaning of "earthquakes", and was thus worshiped as a god of earthquakes. The "wi" (ゐ) in Hinanawi (比那名居) is a kana that is unused in Modern Japanese. In present-day Japanese, her surname is pronounced "Hinanai". Also, another meaning of "Hinanawi" is "The Goddess of Earthquake".

In Tenshi (天子), it has ten (天, "sky, heaven") and shi (子, "child"), which is a common ending for girl's names, so the literal meaning of her given name is "The child of heaven". Incidentally, the word tenshi (天子) is used to refer to the monarch in both Japanese and Chinese language. Also, Tenshi can be a pun on "angel" (天使, tenshi) in Japanese, a likely reference to her being a Celestial in this case. Ten (天) is a kanji used in the Japanese title of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (緋想天).

Before becoming a celestial, her given name was Chiko (地子, lit. "earth child").

Design

Tenshi has dark red eyes and long blue hair. She wears a white button-up blouse with a red bow at the collar, a blue dress with a light blue bow on the back, and brown lace-up boots similar to those of Alice Margatroid's. The apron she carries on her dress has a rainbow-patterned shard link around it, and she wears a black hat decorated with two peaches and leaves. Supposedly, Tenshi should have a cloud pattern on her skirt, similar to the one on Utsuho's, Miko's, and Sumireko's capes, but due to lack of time it wasn't implemented.

In Antinomy of Common Flowers, her skirt features the cloud pattern. She also appears to be very short in height in this game (Which is pointed out by Mamizou Futatsuiwa).

Appearances

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

Main article: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody: Tenshi's Scenario

Due to the boring life in Heaven of constant drinking and relaxation, Tenshi decides to cause a disaster by gathering the thought energy of everyone in Gensokyo in the form of scarlet clouds, threatening an earthquake. Her true intent is to resolve her boredom by attracting others to resolve the incident. This disruption causes a preliminary tremor, which wrecks Reimu Hakurei's shrine and causes several events to unfold from there. Eventually, Tenshi rebuilds Reimu's shrine. However, Yukari Yakumo becomes angry when she learns that Tenshi has built a Keystone into its foundation, and has the shrine destroyed and rebuilt once more so that she can seal it.^[4] Eventually a groundbreaking ceremony is held in Heaven, attended by most of the game's playable characters.

The weather type Aurora, meaning "Northern (or Southern) Lights", is associated to Tenshi.

Double Spoiler

Tenshi's sprite in DS

Tenshi in HM

In Double Spoiler, Tenshi used her keystones as danmaku in her spell cards as Aya Shameimaru and Hatate Himekaidou take photos of her and her danmaku.

Hopeless Masquerade

Tenshi made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Palanquin Ship and Youkai Tanuki Forest stage. She is seen standing on a keystone hovering in the air.

Impossible Spell Card

Main article: Impossible Spell Card: Last Day Spell Cards

After apparently reading the newspaper by the tengu about a mischief-making amanojaku, she becomes one of the many people to try and stop Seija Kijin in the final day. She uses spell cards that are considered impossible to dodge.

Antinomy of Common Flowers

Main article: Antinomy of Common Flowers: Tenshi & Shinmyoumaru Scenario

Tenshi, exiled from Heaven, teams up with Shinmyoumaru Sukuna to become the strongest Perfect Possession user in Gensokyo. Later, Tenshi's Dream World self appears with plans to destroy the world in anger; Joon and Shion Yorigami must defeat her.

Violet Detector

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100th Black Market

In 100th Black Market, Tenshi appears as the one of the 5th market bosses. She has two ability cards dedicated to her, both pertaining to her Keystone.　

The Grimoire of Marisa

Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Tenshi Hinanawi's Spell Cards

Tenshi is one of the people whose spell cards Marisa Kirisame documents, adding descriptions, comments, and considerations to imitate them.

Wild and Horned Hermit

After being the host along with Shion Yorigami of a banquet remembered by its poor quality, she appears again to try to get Reimu Hakurei back from Avicii. After helping her to find a way to defeat Kasen Ibaraki, she decides to keep the hermit's real identity a secret, being afraid that the existence of an oni hermit could make a fuss in heaven.

Symposium of Post-mysticism

Main article: Symposium of Post-mysticism: Tenshi's article

In a Bunbunmaru Newspaper article, Tenshi makes weather forecasts for specific people. These forecasts are always accurate but seem to predict only the weather immediately around the recipient.

Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia

Main article: Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia: Tenshi's Essay

Tenshi explains in her article how celestials, although they live a luxurious life, are also people with big spirit, something they obtained abandoning their desires and dissatisfaction. She complains that said satisfaction leads to all celestials to eat only peaches, and she explains that she is tired of peaches and doesn't understand the problem with trying new gastronomy.

The Grimoire of Usami

Main article: The Grimoire of Usami: Tenshi Hinanawi

She was one of the contestants during the Hakurei Fireworks Festival and showcased some of her danmaku. Her first spell card wasn't judged due to safety concerns.

Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine

Main article: Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine: Tenshi Hinanawi

Reimu Hakurei writes a fortune slip about Tenshi as a way of cleaning up in the aftermath of an incident.

Relationships

Suika Ibuki

Suika traveled up to Heaven and beat up Tenshi to get some land. Iku mentions in her ending that Tenshi must have given it to her without consulting any of the other celestials about the matter. Since then, Suika played at least one prank on Tenshi by gathering up many others to come fight her. Tenshi initially figured that it'd be okay because Suika will get bored and leave heaven soon, but by the time the final story (Tenshi's) in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody ends, Suika's still up there, causing Tenshi to worry about just how long the oni plans on staying.

Iku Nagae

Iku comments to Tenshi that she was supposed to file a report before warning everyone about the earthquake, but couldn't because all of the Hinanawi clan were away from their homes. This implies that one of her duties is to file reports to the Hinanawi clan when an earthquake is about to occur (note, however, that this doesn't mean she is subservient to Tenshi's clan. Just that her job requires interacting with them). It is shown in her ending that she saw how spoiled and reckless the eldest child Tenshi was, and was never happy about it.

Her win quote to Tenshi implies that Iku often complained to Tenshi about how mad her father was whenever Iku reported him. To Tenshi, however, Iku was just a messenger. Tenshi's unauthorized use of a keystone finally caused Iku to take action and punish Tenshi (and for Tenshi to learn her name), although having no authority over a member of the Hinanawi meant that all Iku could do in the long term was complain about it.

Yukari Yakumo

Because Tenshi destroys the Hakurei Shrine and attempts to build a keystone into the new shrine's foundation, and because she generally looks down on Gensokyo's residents, she is one of the few characters who have made Yukari visibly angry. Their dialogue in Antinomy of Common Flowers implies that Yukari still did not completely forgive her.

Kasen Ibaraki

Tenshi sees all hermits as her own personal servants^[5] and said it right in Kasen's face. Kasen secretly took offense but didn't bring that up to her. Although she treated Kasen like someone who must attend her demands without fail, she agreed to keep Kasen's secret about being an oni hermit. However, she did it because if people started having trust issues with hermits, which would ultimately affect celestials too.^[6]

Shinmyoumaru Sukuna

Shinmyoumaru and Tenshi got along and teamed up during the Perfect Possession incident, being rumored to be the strongest pair. Tenshi qualified Shinmyoumaru as worthy of being her partner, stating that the inchling kind are descendants of a wise and skilled race of nobility.^[7]

Shion Yorigami

After the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers, Tenshi and Shion end up developing a strong and deep relationship with each other. Initially, Tenshi's brash attitude and privileged upbringing made Shion too shy to question her about even basic facts. Over the events of later Wild and Horned Hermit chapters, Tenshi had slowly grown more understanding and accommodating of Shion's shyness. Recently, the pair of them have regularly attended Hakurei Shrine parties together, and are practically inseparable.

Tenshi's natural "good luck" as a celestial is apparently not cancelled out by Shion's natural "bad luck" due to being a poverty god.

Her Father, Lord Nai

Iku mentions to Tenshi in a win quote that there's been repeated occasions where she's told Tenshi that her father was mad, and snaps that Tenshi should go report to him by herself for a change.

Gallery

Covers

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  Cover of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, featuring Tenshi's silhouette

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  Cover of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody OST, featuring Tenshi

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  Cover of Strange Creators of Outer World, featuring Reimu, Marisa and Tenshi

Artworks

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  Tenshi artwork for Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

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  Tenshi pre-battle artwork for Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

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  Tenshi spell card artwork for Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

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  Tenshi with her sword deactivated in Antinomy of Common Flowers

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  Tenshi's pre-battle portrait from Antinomy of Common Flowers

Sprites

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  Tenshi's colors from Touhou Hisoutensoku. Middle top refers to her 2P palette from Scarlet Weather Rhapsody.

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  Tenshi's different color palettes from Antinomy of Common Flowers, the last two were added in v1.10 (No keystone)

Illustrations

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  Tenshi in Symposium of Post-mysticism, with other characters who don't appear in the book.

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  Illustration of Tenshi in Symposium of Post-mysticism

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  Tenshi from Who's Who of Humans & Youkai - Dusk Edition

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  Tenshi's fortune slip in Whispered Oracle of Hakurei Shrine

Screenshots

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  Tenshi cameo in Oriental Sacred Place

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  Tenshi in Wild and Horned Hermit

Others

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  Tenshi's sigil in The Grimoire of Marisa

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  Tenshi's sigil from Touhou Hisoutensoku

Additional Information

Tenshi on the AWA shirt, by ZUN.

• A silhouette of Tenshi occupies the front of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody's jewel case, as well as the OST.
• Her profile mentions "Ōmura no Kami" and "Nai clan". In fact, there is the Nai Shrine (名居神社) in Nabari City, and the Ōmura Shrine (大村神社) in Iga City, both in Mie Prefecture. The former shrine stands in Shimo-hinachi (下比奈知), and the latter has the Keystone and the Statue of Catfish as goshintai.
• Many of the mythological references Tenshi makes are those to the Tenbu (天部, Deva in sanskrit). In Buddhism, Deva are humans that have achieved enlightenment, and in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Tenshi mentions the five signs of death of a Deva. Devas are also known to be mortal in Buddhism, living long lives, but still remaining part of the circle of life and death. This too, ties in with the events in Komachi's scenario in the game. Considering earlier references by ZUN to the Tennin (such as several of Youmu's spell cards in Perfect Cherry Blossom), both Tenbu and Tennin are the same in Gensokyo.
• One of her color palettes in Touhou Hisoutensoku resembles Renko Usami.
• ZUN designed the official shirt for the 2013 Anime Weekend Atlanta convention. Tenshi appears on the shirt because the US state of Georgia is known as the Peach State, which is appropriate.
• In the heaven Journey to the West describes, the only available food to eat were peaches and they seemed to have the same effect on those who ate it to the point where they were the raw material for the immortality elixir.
• During the events of Antinomy of Common Flowers, one of the spellcards used by Tenshi's dream self features the Giant Catfish, which is a species known as Namazu. Due to Tenshi's ability to manipulate the earth and cause earthquakes, she is associated with the Namazu because in Japanese folklore, they also have the ability to cause earthquakes.
• Tenshi has appeared in almost every danmaku side game after her debut, starting on Double Spoiler up to 100th Black Market, the exception being Great Fairy Wars.

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See Also

• Tenshi in Touhou Hisoutensoku wiki

• Tenshi in Antinomy of Common Flowers wiki

References

Expand v t e Scarlet Weather Rhapsody Story Main Scenario Prologue — Reimu • Marisa • Sakuya • Alice • Patchouli • Youmu • Remilia • Yuyuko • Yukari • Suika • Reisen • Aya • Komachi • Iku • Tenshi VS Mode Reimu • Marisa • Sakuya • Alice • Patchouli • Youmu • Remilia • Yuyuko • Yukari • Suika • Reisen • Aya • Komachi • Iku • Tenshi Characters Reimu Hakurei • Marisa Kirisame • Sakuya Izayoi • Alice Margatroid • Patchouli Knowledge • Youmu Konpaku • Remilia Scarlet • Yuyuko Saigyouji • Yukari Yakumo • Suika Ibuki • Reisen Udongein Inaba • Aya Shameimaru • Komachi Onozuka • Iku Nagae • Tenshi Hinanawi Stages Stages • Weather Locations Hakurei Shrine • Forest of Magic • Kirisame Magic Shop • Forest of Dolls • Scarlet Devil Mansion Clock Tower • Scarlet Devil Mansion Library • Scarlet Devil Mansion Foyer • Netherworld • Snowy Garden of Hakugyokurou • Bamboo Forest of the Lost • Youkai Mountain • Genbu Ravine • Mysterious Sea of Clouds • Bhavaagra • Timeline Terms Sword of Hisou • Keystone Gameplay Spell Cards Reimu • Marisa • Sakuya • Alice • Patchouli • Youmu • Remilia • Yuyuko • Yukari • Suika • Reisen • Aya • Komachi • Iku • Tenshi Original Soundtrack Music Comments Documentation Other Translations • English Patch • Netplay • Timeline

Expand v t e Double Spoiler Story Spell Cards Comments Level 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • EX • Spoiler Spoiler Level Characters Aya Shameimaru • Hatate Himekaidou • Aki Minoriko • Aki Shizuha • Parsee Mizuhashi • Hina Kagiyama • Yamame Kurodani • Kogasa Tatara • Kisume • Nitori Kawashiro • Momiji Inubashiri • Ichirin Kumoi • Minamitsu Murasa • Yuugi Hoshiguma • Suika Ibuki • Shou Toramaru • Nazrin • Rin Kaenbyou • Utsuho Reiuji • Satori Komeiji • Koishi Komeiji • Tenshi Hinanawi • Iku Nagae • Kanako Yasaka • Suwako Moriya • Byakuren Hijiri • Nue Houjuu • Reimu Hakurei • Marisa Kirisame • Sanae Kochiya Enemies Zombie Fairy Locations Youkai Mountain • Deep Road to Hell • Fantastic Blowhole • Untrodden Valley • Palanquin Ship • Former Capital • Makai • Remains of the Blazing Hell • Palace of the Earth Spirits • Spring Clouds • Wind God's Lake • Hokkai • Road of Lingering Snow • Waterfall of Nine Heavens Terms Tengu • Bunbunmaru Newspaper • Kakashi Spirit News Gameplay Strategy (Replays) • Tools Documentation Afterword • Music Comments • Other Translations

Expand v t e Touhou Hisoutensoku Story Main Scenario Prologue — Sanae • Cirno • Meiling VS Mode Reimu • Marisa • Sakuya • Alice • Patchouli • Youmu • Remilia • Yuyuko • Yukari • Suika • Reisen • Aya • Komachi • Iku • Tenshi • Sanae • Cirno • Meiling • Utsuho • Suwako Characters Sanae Kochiya (Kanako Yasaka) • Cirno • Hong Meiling • Reimu Hakurei • Utsuho Reiuji • Suwako Moriya • Marisa Kirisame • Alice Margatroid • Goliath Doll • Patchouli Knowledge • Giant Catfish (Taisui Xingjun • Hisoutensoku) SWR Characters Sakuya Izayoi • Youmu Konpaku • Remilia Scarlet • Yuyuko Saigyouji • Yukari Yakumo • Suika Ibuki • Reisen Udongein Inaba • Aya Shameimaru • Komachi Onozuka • Iku Nagae • Tenshi Hinanawi Stages Stages Locations Hakurei Shrine • Kirisame Magic Shop • Forest of Dolls • Scarlet Devil Mansion Library • Shore of Misty Lake • Moriya Shrine • Mouth of Geyser • Catwalk in Geyser • Fusion Reactor Core Terms Robot Gameplay Spell Cards Reimu • Marisa • Sakuya • Alice • Patchouli • Youmu • Remilia • Yuyuko • Yukari • Suika • Reisen • Aya • Komachi • Iku • Tenshi • Sanae • Cirno • Meiling • Utsuho • Suwako • Giant Catfish Documentation Afterword • Music • Original Soundtrack (ZUN's comments • Uni Akiyama's comments) • Other Translations

Expand v t e Impossible Spell Card Story Spell Cards 1st Day • 2nd Day • 3rd Day • 4th Day • 5th Day • 6th Day • 7th Day • 8th Day • 9th Day • Last Day Characters Seija Kijin • Yatsuhashi Tsukumo • Wakasagihime • Cirno • Kyouko Kasodani • Sekibanki • Kagerou Imaizumi • Keine Kamishirasawa • Fujiwara no Mokou • Yuyuko Saigyouji • Seiga Kaku • Yoshika Miyako • Benben Tsukumo • Raiko Horikawa • Mamizou Futatsuiwa • Aya Shameimaru • Hatate Himekaidou • Nitori Kawashiro • Momiji Inubashiri • Marisa Kirisame • Sakuya Izayoi • Youmu Konpaku • Sanae Kochiya • Shinmyoumaru Sukuna • Reimu Hakurei • Kanako Yasaka • Suwako Moriya • Mononobe no Futo • Suika Ibuki • Byakuren Hijiri • Toyosatomimi no Miko • Tenshi Hinanawi • Remilia Scarlet • Yukari Yakumo Locations Misty Lake • Myouren Temple • Bamboo Forest of the Lost • Myouren Temple Cemetery • Skies of Gensokyo • Youkai Mountain (Untrodden Valley) • Netherworld • Shining Needle Castle • Moriya Shrine • Scarlet Devil Mansion Objects Ice Terms Amanojaku • Spell Card Rules Gameplay Strategy Documentation Prologue • Afterword • Music Comments • Other Translations • Nicknames

Expand v t e Antinomy of Common Flowers Story Main Scenario Reimu & Kasen • Marisa & Koishi • Nitori & Kokoro • Mamizou & Mokou • Miko & Hijiri • Futo & Ichirin • Reisen & Doremy • Sumireko & Doremy • Tenshi & Shinmyoumaru • Yukari & Reimu • Joon & Shion VS Mode Reimu • Marisa • Ichirin & Unzan • Byakuren • Futo • Miko • Nitori • Koishi • Mamizou • Kokoro • Kasen • Mokou • Shinmyoumaru • Sumireko • Reisen • Doremy • Tenshi • Yukari • Joon Characters Reimu Hakurei • Marisa Kirisame • Ichirin Kumoi & Unzan • Byakuren Hijiri • Mononobe no Futo • Toyosatomimi no Miko • Nitori Kawashiro • Koishi Komeiji • Mamizou Futatsuiwa • Hata no Kokoro • Kasen Ibaraki • Fujiwara no Mokou • Shinmyoumaru Sukuna • Sumireko Usami • Reisen Udongein Inaba • Doremy Sweet • Tenshi Hinanawi • Yukari Yakumo • Joon Yorigami • Shion Yorigami Locations Hakurei Shrine • Kourindou • Treasure Ship Above the Clouds • Myouren Temple • Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum • Divine Spirit Mausoleum • Genbu Ravine • Palace of the Earth Spirits • Youkai Tanuki Forest • Human Village • Kasen's Hermit World • Bamboo Forest of the Lost • Shining Needle Castle • Outside World • Eientei • Dream World • Heaven • Shrine During Incident • Concert Stage of the Sun Terms Perfect Possession Gameplay Strategy (Replays) Spell Cards Reimu • Marisa • Ichirin & Unzan • Byakuren • Futo • Miko • Nitori • Koishi • Mamizou • Kokoro • Kasen • Mokou • Shinmyoumaru • Sumireko • Reisen • Doremy • Tenshi • Yukari • Joon • Shion Documentation Translations • Music

Expand v t e Violet Detector Story Spell Cards Week 1 Sunday • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday • Saturday Week 2 Wrong Sunday • Wrong Monday • Wrong Tuesday • Wrong Wednesday • Wrong Thursday • Wrong Friday • Wrong Saturday Week 3 Nightmare Sunday • Nightmare Monday • Nightmare Tuesday • Nightmare Wednesday • Nightmare Thursday • Nightmare Friday • Nightmare Saturday Endgame Nightmare Diary Characters Sumireko Usami • Reimu Hakurei • Seiran • Ringo • Eternity Larva • Marisa Kirisame • Narumi Yatadera • Nemuno Sakata • Aunn Komano • Doremy Sweet • Clownpiece • Sagume Kishin • Mai Teireida • Satono Nishida • Hecatia Lapislazuli • Junko • Okina Matara • Remilia Scarlet • Flandre Scarlet • Byakuren Hijiri • Toyosatomimi no Miko • Yuyuko Saigyouji • Eiki Shiki, Yamaxanadu • Kanako Yasaka • Suwako Moriya • Eirin Yagokoro • Kaguya Houraisan • Tenshi Hinanawi • Shinmyoumaru Sukuna • Satori Komeiji • Utsuho Reiuji • Ran Yakumo • Koishi Komeiji • Nue Houjuu • Mamizou Futatsuiwa • Iku Nagae • Raiko Horikawa • Suika Ibuki • Fujiwara no Mokou • Yukari Yakumo Locations Dream World Terms Gameplay Strategy Documentation Dialogue • Afterword • Music Comments • Other Translations • Nicknames

Expand v t e 100th Black Market Story Spell Cards Tutorial • 1st Market • 2nd Market • 3rd Market • 4th Market • 5th Market • 6th Market • End of Market Characters Marisa Kirisame • Mike Goutokuji • Minoriko Aki • Eternity Larva • Nemuno Sakata • Cirno • Wakasagihime • Urumi Ushizaki • Sekibanki • Eika Ebisu • Narumi Yatadera • Komachi Onozuka • Kutaka Niwatari • Sanae Kochiya • Sakuya Izayoi • Youmu Konpaku • Reimu Hakurei • Nitori Kawashiro • Tsukasa Kudamaki • Megumu Iizunamaru • Clownpiece • Tenshi Hinanawi • Mamizou Futatsuiwa • Saki Kurokoma • Momoyo Himemushi • Suika Ibuki • Takane Yamashiro • Chimata Tenkyuu Enemies Fairy (Black) • Chief Fairy • Big Fairy • Sunflower Fairy (Hellish) • Phantom • Wheel Ghost • Lily White Locations Misty Lake • Sai no Kawara • Youkai Mountain (Secret Heaven Cliff • Moriya Shrine • Rainbow Dragon Cave) • Skies of Gensokyo Gameplay Strategy 1st Market • 2nd Market • 3rd Market • 4th Market • 5th Market • 6th Market • End of Market Documentation Dialogue • Afterword • Music • Other Translations • Ability Cards • Achievements