There's a triple whammy when it comes to listing the Saiyuki characters that appear in a doujinshi. First, names are being spelled here in romaji rather than kana. I romanize using modified Hepburn, so keep in mind that "ou" is pronounced as a long "oh" sound, not like two-thirds of the English word "you."I am grudgingly using the "official" roman spellings--the weird-ass result of an inconsistent mixture of romanization systems--of the names of the Sanzo-ikkou's members: Sanzo (Sanzou in modified Hepburn), Goku (Gokuu), Gojyo (Gojou) and Hakkai. (Similarly--and again with gritted teeth--I am using the "official" roman spellings of the titles Saiyuki [Saiyuuki in modified Hepburn] and Gensomaden Saiyuki [Gensoumaden Saiyuuki].)
The next bit of trickiness comes with the territory: Saiyuki has a slew of characters who are reincarnated souls, and/or have taken more than one name in the course of one lifetime. The listing of a doujinshi's characters gives the name the character is known by when that particular story takes place.
And finally, there are elements in the story that affect a character's appearance--including the point of time at which the story takes place, and whether the character is in a physical form we don't typically see (has Hakkai gone youkai? Is this a story from Gojyo's childhood? Has Sanzo sprouted cat ears and a tail? Did Goku pop the diadem and reveal that, uh, Seiten Taisei Son Goku was a she all along?). I've tried to note a character's unusual age or physical form.
So, for the sake of reference (and trivia!), here's how characters are listed in this site's doujinshi notes:
Kenren / young Gojyo / Gojyo
Tenpou / young Gonou / Gonou / Hakkai / youkai Hakkai
Seiten Taisei Son Goku / chibi Goku (from Gaiden) / Goku
Goujun / Jeep
Ken'yuu / Ukoku / Nii
Jien / Dokugakuji
Shuuei / Rikudou
Banri
Chin Iisou
Gato
Ginkaku
Go Dougan
Gojyo's stepmother
Gyokumen
Hazel
Homura
Houran
Hwang
Jiroushin
Kami-sama
Kanan
Kanzeon
Kinkaku
Kougaiji
Koumyou
Lirin
Nataku
Rasetsunyo
Rinrei
Ritouten
Shien
Shunrei
Yaone
Zenon
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This page was created March 6, 2002. Last updated October 14, 2007.
The animation genga of Hakkai and Goku on this page were drawn for Gensomaden Saiyuki: Requiem (copyright Kazuya Minekura, Enix, and Gekijouban Saiyuki Project 2001), and are from the collection of Kagenami Q. DO NOT USE. Saiyuki, Saiyuki Gaiden and Saiyuki RELOAD are copyright Kazuya Minekura/Ichijinsha; Gensomaden Saiyuki is copyright Kazuya Minekura/Issaisha, Saiyuki Project and TV Tokyo 2000; the Saiyuki RELOAD anime is copyright Kazuya Minekura/Issaisha, TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Pierrot 2003; Saiyuki RELOAD GUNLOCK is copyright Kazuya Minekura/Issaisha, TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Pierrot 2004. All images are copyright their respective artists and creators. No copyright infringement is intended or implied.