Zakuro Kurumaki

Zakuro Kurumaki (狂巻 ざくろ, Kurumaki Zakuro) is the first yōkai hunter employed by Enjin Hiizumi to attack Sakurashinmachi, in which she attempts to retake Rin Azuma. She is defeated and purified and now works at the Houran Ramen Store with Rin and serves as an ally to the protagonists.

Appearance
Zakuro is a young girl around of 165cm in height and a slim build. She has red chin-length hair that gradually lengthens as it gets to her face and cut bangs. In the manga she is portrayed with red eyes while in the anime they are yellow.

When she was corrupted, she wore a large cross-boned headwear on the right of her hair, and had thick purple eyelashes and distinctive red lines in her eyes.

Zakuro usually wears a white sleeveless qipao with a red outline and opening in the chest area exposing her cleavage.

Personality
Zakuro is gentle and sweet, a similar personality to Rin's. When the two were younger, Zakuro confessed that she befriended Rin because she herself was rather lonely, which shows some selfishness. When she was possessed, she had an over-bearing and sadistic nature.

History
Zakuro and Rin met in a forest when Rin ran away from people who hated Yokai's. Zakuro immediately took Rin in her residence (much to the fact that she was lonely herself). They two bonded quickly and Rin's amazing cooking abilities were taught by Zakuro. One day when the two were flower picking on a vast mountain, Zakuro confessed that she befriended Rin for her satisfaction. Zakuro promised Rin that she'll protect her forever, as she finished speaking, a lightning struck her and she was possessed. Soon later, Rin ran away to Sakurashinmachi.

Necromancy
Zakuro's necromancy allows her to manipulate any dead material ranging from corpses to the dead material in the earth. After being purified, a dark streak appears across the right side of her face around her eye when ever she uses her powers.
 * Death Acceleration: Zakuro is able to accelerate the rate of decay of living material such as plants in order to manipulate immediately.
 * Earth Golem: Zakuro uses her necromancy to manipulate the dead material in the earth to create golems which she uses for combat and transportation. These golems can vary in size, ranging from human sized to that surpassing a large building.
 * Enhanced Necromancy: When struck a second time, Zakuro gains the ability to control living beings against their will to a certain extent.

Trivia

 * Zakuro means pomegranate in Japanese.