Kekkaishi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Yoshimori Sumimura, a 14-year-old junior high school boy, is a Kekkaishi, an exterminator of monsters. He is vying with Tokine Yumikura to be the heir to the Sumimura clan. Tokine is older than he, and she is his childhood friend as well as his rival Kekkaishi. To save people from danger, and to make himself stronger, Yoshimori fights against monsters.

Series details

• Title: Kekkaishi
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2006-10-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-02-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19624
• TVDB ID: 80921

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroyuki Yoshino — Yoshimori Sumimura
• Rie Saitou — Tokine Yukimura
• Daisuke Gori — Ichiro Ougi
• Atsushi Miyauchi — Masamori Sumimura
• Daisuke Nakamura — Haroku
• Go Inoue — Kyoichi Hiba
• Hiroaki Hirata — Kaguro
• Houko Kuwashima — Yomi Kasuga
• Masanori Ishii — Hakubi
• Jin Yamanoi — Tokimori Hazama
• Katsuhiko Tamura — Koshu
• Kazuki Murayama — Miki Hatori

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-10-16; final listed air date 2008-02-11; episode order: 52.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kekkaishi on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.