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Touhou Project has a lot of characters, but the vast majority of them are
female. Even though Gensokyo has plenty of men, for whatever reason they are
very rarely relevant to the story. To the best of my knowledge, none of the
men have appeared in the games (excluding non-humanoid characters like Unzan),
but they do appear in manga side-stories and other canon works.

Can someone provide a list of the major (named characters, characters with
significant impact on the plot, etc.) canon male characters in Touhou Project?
I'm mostly interested in human or humanoid characters.


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What male characters are in Touhou?


As far as I know, [Rinnosuke
Morichika](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Rinnosuke_Morichika) is the only male
character that is significant to the plot. He's the main character of the
Curiosities of Lotus Asia (official) story compilation, which focuses on his
life as the proprietor of
[Kourindou](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Kourindou), a store that sells
antiquities from the Outside World.

Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Youmu Konpaku, Remilia Scarlet, Yukari Yakumo,
Sakuya Izayoi and many other Touhou characters are mentioned in those stories,
which is why I'd say it's relevant.

You could also count [Youki
Konpaku](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Youki_Konpaku) (Youmu's predecessor at
Hakugyokurou) and [Marisa's
father](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Marisa%27s_unnamed_father) as other
important male characters, but I don't recall those characters ever being
developed. They were mentioned in order to develop Youmu and Marisa's
characters.

**Edit** : If you want an extensive list of male gods/human/humanoid
characters and you don't care whether they're relevant or not:

  * [Bishamonten](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Bishamonten): an actual god in Buddhist mythology, worshipped by [Byakuren Hijiri](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Byakuren_Hijiri)
  * [The Two Gateguards of the Lunar Capital](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Gateguards_of_the_Lunar_Capital#Gateguards_of_the_Lunar_Capital)
  * [Iwakasa](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Iwakasa): one of the guys who was told to dispose of the Hourai Elixir
  * [Lord Tsukuyomi](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Lord_Tsukuyomi): founder of the Lunar Capital
  * [Mizue no Uranoshimako](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Mizue_no_Uranoshimako)
  * [Myouren Hijiri](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Myouren_Hijiri): Byakuren's brother
  * [Shirou Sendai](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shirou_Sendai): a man who brought good fortune to every business he would visit, mentioned in Wild and Horned Hermit
  * [Taisui Xingjun](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Taisui_Xingjun): tried to cause a disaster to Gensokyo in a dream Hong Meiling had
  * [Tenma](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Tenma): chief of the Tengu at Youkai Mountain
  * [Unshou](http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Unshou): a mysterious fisherman who appears in Wild and Horned Hermit


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