Chichiri

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Chichiri (井宿) is a Suzaku celestial warrior in Yuu Watase's Fushigi Yūgi. He is a wandering monk that spent the last of his years training under Taiiitsu-kun, the creator. When he first appears, he is wearing a smiling, fox faced mask to conceal a horrid scar he acquired at the age of eighteen when he "learned" that his best friend had, in a way, cheated with his fiancee. Although his friend just wanted to steal a small kiss from her, with no lasting harm, Chichiri flew into a rage, starting to fight his friend for his betrayal. While the two were fighting, a large storm blew in and brought heavy rain, meaning that their village quickly flooded. (As an aside, in this storm most of the village inhabitants were drowned, including Chichiri's family and his fiancee). While fighting, his friend fell into the rushing water, and Chichiri attempted to rescue him. However, while he struggled to pull his friend from the water, a nearby log broke under the rush of water and swept at them, smashing into Chichiri's eye and gouging it out.

He is the oldest and wisest of all of the Suzaku warriors and thus thinks of himself as their older brother, who looks after them all. He is known to say "na no da" at the end of all of his phrases, which translates to "ya know" in the English version, much to the dismay of the original fans. At the end of the series, he and Tasuki are the only living Suzaku seishi remaining in The Universe of the Four Gods.

[edit] Trivia

• Real Name: Ri Hōjun ~ Li Fang-Zhun (李 芳准)
• Character: "Well", located on one of his kneecaps
• Constellation: Gemini
• Date Of Birth: 21 May
• Age: Throughout main series & OVA1- 24, Throughout OVA2- 27, Throughout OVA3- (around) 34
• Height: 1.75m (5 feet,9 inches)
• Blood type: Unknown
• Birthplace: A village along the Shōryū (Rising Dragon) River, near the nothern Konan-Kutou border
• Weapon: Staff (shakujō), hat (kasa), mantle (kesa)
• Family: Parents and a younger sister (all died in flood)
• Hobbies: Fishing
• Seishi Abilities: Learned his abilities from Taiitsukun (Various magical techniques), his first power that awakened was the ability to form a barrier around himself
• Voice Actors: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Jim Taggert (English)

[edit] Personality

An elusive, light hearted character with a secretive past. He can turn super-deformed (chibi) and suddenly be very serious. He is the most neutral character of the Seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku. If Tamahome and Hotohori are the obvious leaders of the warriors, Chichiri is the man manipulating from the shadows. He is the power behind the throne, and he always helps out. (You could also call him the adult who looks after the kids.) He can use many techniques Taiitsukun taught him. He's unconcerned with his own mortality. He has become much like a typical Zen master with his abandonment of earthly desires. He is the oldest of the Suzaku Seishi, as well as the wisest.