List of Ōkami characters

This is a list of characters appearing in the video game Ōkami.

Main protagonists

Amaterasu [Ōkami]

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The hero of the game, the sun god Amaterasu.

The titular character is the god of the sun in the form of a white wolf. Amaterasu's quest is to retrieve the 13 celestial brush techniques that were lost during the battle with Orochi 100 years ago and use these techniques to defeat the powers of darkness. Issun consistently refers to Amaterasu as either "Ammy" or "furball". Amaterasu's gender is written to be ambiguous. However, the goddess Amaterasu is based on is female. The "Golden Fury" official art seems to indicate that Amaterasu is female physically, though that is not very solid evidence. Amaterasu is also referred to several times as "mother", sometimes in more than one context. Whatever the case, the game seems to avoid the gender issue altogether through some clever wording, although this may make the dialogue subject to some monotony ("the wolf did this", "Amaterasu does that").

Issun [Wandering Artist]

Often mistaken for as a bug, Issun is an inch-tall "wandering artist" who accompanies Amaterasu in order to learn the 13 celestial brush techniques, usually serving as a guide and as comic relief. Issun is based on the One-inch boy of Japanese mythology.

Shiranui

The wolf who supposedly fought Orochi 100 years before the events of the game. He or she died during that time, then was reincarnated 100 years later as the main character of Ōkami. Shiranui plays a major part not only in the Legend of Orochi, but also near the end of the game. Template:Cvg-stub