Demon Hunter Organization

The Demon Hunter Organization (退魔組織 Taima soshiki) is an important element of the Nasuverse within the stories of Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, and Kagetsu Tohya. Though it is not often referred to directly it is related to many of the core characters of those stories. The Organization is made up of four families all of whom have a psychic ability. The Organization's main opponent are the Kishu bloodline of demons which partially included the Tohno Family. However even some members of Organization are known to have inhuman blood coursing through their veins.

Nanaya
For a time, the Nanaya were considered one of the most powerful families of the Organization. Though they possessed a psychic ability in the form of Pure Eyes, what truly made them so powerful was their assassination skills and the refinement of normal human physical potential taken to the maximum level, which allowed them to perform incredible feats of athletics and acrobatics such as defying gravity to run across walls. So that their powers could be passed down to their descendants, the Nanaya maintained the purity of their bloodline by having incestuous relations between themselves.

Nanaya Kiri was the last head of this family and was one of the best assassins of the Organization. The family was slaughtered by Kishima Kouma under the orders of Tohno Makihisa. One child survived the attack, Kiri's son, Nanaya Shiki who would later become known as Tohno Shiki.


 * Known members
 * Tohno Shiki (adopted into the Tohno family)
 * Nanaya Kiri
 * Nanaya Kiri

Fujou
As the kanji in their name hints, the Fujou (巫浄) are a lineage of priestesses (miko). Similarly to the Nanaya, it is a clan that has been passing down special abilities to their descendants through teaching of techniques and mystical knowledge. Treated as an ancient bloodline of magi, they specialize in acting as mediums, but originally their expertise was the use of curses. Their psychic ability grants a superior view of the world at the expenses of causing blindness. The family collapsed with the death of its last descendant, Fujou Kirie.

Hisui and Kohaku belong to a branch family of the Fujou that fell into ruin after the pair’s mother broke one of clan’s taboos, which is why the two girls ended being picked up by Tohno Makihisa. They possess the power of the Synchronizer, to transfer their life force to others through sharing of fluids, which was maintained and passed down to their descendants thanks to bloodline relations.


 * Known members
 * Fujou Kirie
 * Hisui and Kohaku (branch family)
 * Hisui and Kohaku (branch family)

Ryougi
The ability of this family is to create multiple personalities within themselves. The personalities are used to gain multiple skills (ie: one for acting normal and one for fighting). Also, their training involves refining a self-hypnosis skill that enhances their abilities wielding a Japanese sword. When a child is born they are given one name written two different ways in kanji. This family is apparently still active but no longer fighting demons. They are now more like the Tohno family, in that they are wealthy landowners and represent Japanese upper class. Unlike the Tohnos, however, they live in a large Japanese-style mansion surrounded by groves of bamboo.


 * Known members
 * Ryougi Shiki
 * Shiki's immediate family members were minor characters during the second chapter of Kara no Kyoukai
 * Shiki's immediate family members were minor characters during the second chapter of Kara no Kyoukai

Asagami
The ability of this family is powerful telekinesis. This family's main branch collapsed but one of the minor branches still exists, though now is only a business organization. It is unknown if the family bears any relation to the Asagami Private Girls Academy that Tohno Akiha attends.

The movie points out the difference by having Ryougi Shiki pronounce the name of the main branch as "Asakami" (浅神) whereas the minor branch remains "Asagami" (浅上). In the novel the difference in the kanji used is presented, but the pronunciation between the two remains the same.


 * Known members
 * Asagami Fujino
 * Asagami Fujino's father, an offscreen character during chapter 3 of Kara no Kyoukai

The Purpose of the Organization
The main purpose of the organization is simple: destroy demons or demon hybrids that have thick demon blood. The mentality of the Organization is that demons are an abnormality that must be corrected. However the Nanaya family apparently did have some sort of understanding with the Tohno family, as evidenced by their reaction during the Tohno family's attack.