Jigoku Shoujo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Somewhere in the vast sea of the Internet, there's a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whoever torments you into the inferno. Very little is known about the girl - all we know for sure is that she lives with her equally enigmatic grandmother, that three magical straw dolls accompany and serve her, and that whenever a posting on the Jigoku Tsushin moves her, she becomes the Jigoku Shoujo.

Series details

• Title: Jigoku Shoujo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Horror
• Premiere date: 2006-11-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-01-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25781
• TVDB ID: 80363

Cast and credited roles

• Sayuri Iwata — Emma Ai
• Kazuhiko Nishimura — Shibata Hajime
• Kazuki Kato — Ichimoku Ren
• Aya Sugimoto — Hone Onna
• Hisahiro Ogura — Wanyuudou
• Saaya Irie — Shibata Tsugumi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-11-04; final listed air date 2007-01-27; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jigoku Shoujo 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.