Kamichu! (Teenage Goddess)

Yurie is a petite, shy, and otherwise ordinary middle-school girl who suddenly discovers that, overnight, she has become a kami, a god in the Shinto sense. She has no idea what kind of god she is or what her powers are. Her friends give her the nickname kamichu from kami (god) and chūgakusei (middle school student). In her journey she meets many gods and learns the ways of the gods in order to become a great god herself. During the course of the series, Yurie grows more in being a better god, but she also grows as a person.

Kamichu! is set in the city of Onomichi in Hiroshima prefecture, on the shores of Japan's Inland Sea. Many of the temples and landmarks shown in the anime are real places in and around the city, faithfully depicted. It is set in the Spring of 1983 to Spring of 1984^[2]

Main characters

Yurie Hitotsubashi (, Hitotsubashi Yurie)

Voiced by: MAKO (Japanese), Megan Harvey (English)

Yurie is the main protagonist in the series. In the very first episode, she tells her best friend Mitsue that overnight she became a goddess. It is not explained how she became one throughout the entire series. She is remarkably naive and simple-minded but always has the best intentions. She has had a crush on Kenji Ninomiya for a very long time, and gets very nervous and red around him.

Matsuri Saegusa (, Saegusa Matsuri)

Voiced by: Rika Morinaga (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)

Matsuri is the person in charge of the Raifuku Shrine in Onomichi. She runs the shrine with her sister, Miko. Unlike Miko, she cannot see spirits without the charms that Yurie usually writes (thought it is stated in the manga by Miko, that she too could see spirits before). Her name means "worship".

Mitsue Shijo (, Shijō Mitsue)

Voiced by: Kaori Mine (Japanese), Erika Weinstein (English)

Mitsue is Yurie's best friend. She's very down to earth but wishes that more interesting things would happen to her throughout the series (her love life). Yurie often goes to her for advice and although her advice is simple, and usually is just common sense, she is always right. She is usually possessed by Yashima when he needs to communicate with people or when he wants to perform.

Miko Saegusa (, Saegusa Miko)

Voiced by: Ai Nonaka (Japanese), Rachel Hirschfeld (English)

Miko is Matsuri's shy younger sister. She does the cooking in the house, and is patient with her sister's ideas. She helps out in the shrine and has the ability to see spirits. She has a crush on Yashima. A miko is a shinto shrine attendent.

Kenji Ninomiya (, Ninomiya Kenji)

Voiced by: Issei Miyazaki (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)

Kenji is the president and only member of his school's calligraphy club. He is quite aloof and a bit slow at realizing things. He loves his brushes, and He often does calligraphy for the Raifuku shrine. He only does calligraphy when he is 'inspired', yet it takes him a while to realize that most of his sources of inspiration revolve around Yurie.

Yashima-sama (, Yashima-sama)

Voiced by: Kousuke Okano (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)

Yashima is the local god of the Raifuku shrine. He wishes to be a rock star thus resulting in him possessing Mitsue (who is totally against this). He is also often seen with an Akita Inu that talks. He seems to be close friends with Miko Saegusa and it is implied that he is actually in love with Matsuri.

Shoukichi Hitotsubashi

Voiced by: Makoto Tsumura (Japanese), J.D. Stone (English)

Shoukichi is Yurie's younger brother, who like Miko attends the same school as his older sister, one grade below. Often he acts more mature than his sister, and he often teases her, but he does love her. He has a crush on Miko, and acts differently and blushes whenever he's around her.

Bin-chan

A poverty god Yurie takes in after he saves Tama's life. He shares Tama's body.

Tama

Yurie's pet cat. After she began to share her body with Bin-chan, she exhibits a number of human traits which make Shoukichi suspicious.

Opening Theme:

"Hare nochi HARE [Fine Weather Followed by Fine Weather]" by Maho Tomita

Ending Theme:

"Ice Candy" by MAKO