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Natsuno Yuuki (or Natsuno Koide) is one of the three main protagonists of Shiki. Originally a city dweller, he reluctantly moved to Sotoba with his parents. Although he hates life in the village, Natsuno decides to stop the Kirishikis' plans of a "shiki town" after he becomes one himself (he becomes a Jinrou, a subspecies of a shiki).

His father's surname is Yuuki. However, his parents did not get married and he has his mother's surname. This makes his legal surname "Koide"; not "Yuuki", as some might assume.

Height: 175 cm (5'9'')

Weight: 57 kg (125 lbs)

Natsuno is an attractive young man and appeared to have a very lean physique.

He had long violet messy hair. He also had grey eyes and slightly tan skin. He also seemed to have tiny wrinkles under his eyes, most likely due to studying until late at night.

He would wear different clothing other than his school uniform, which shows his previous life as a city dweller.

After he came back as a jinrou, his skin gains a pale complexion with his hair in a darker tone. In addition, his eyes have become darker with a more cold expression and they lost their light glint.

He also starts wearing darker clothing, as when he first approaches Toshio as a shiki, he wore a checkered, hooded jacket over a white blouse and black short pants with pink sneakers.

Natsuno is a calm and highly intelligent individual, and he is often seen studying in his room. At first glance, he comes off as cold, quiet and uncaring, especially towards Megumi. However, he shows throughout the series that he is very caring of those he considers his friends, such as Tooru, Akira and Kaori. Tatsumi notes this, as Natsuno could have left the village once he learned of the Shikis, but decided to stay and take action against them. Natsuno takes a rational and logical approach to a problem at hand, especially when it comes to fighting the shiki, as Toshio Ozaki does. Natsuno demonstrates his rationality when he tells Masao off; and when he told Akira they couldn't rush down to their base, as they do not know how many shiki have risen (not to mention the issue of Tatsumi).

After he comes back as a Jinrou, Natsuno accepts that he has died quickly and becomes more quiet, solitary and fearless, as he teams up with Toshio to take down the Shikis even when he knows what might happen to Tooru. Despite this, he is still shown to care about his friends as he saved Akira from a Shiki and reunited Kaori with her brother in a hospital that is near Sotoba.

Megumi has a rather excessive relationship with Natsuno. The relationship, however, is one-sided, as he doesn't seem to care for her at all. While Megumi seems to have various fantasies about their relationship, she also hides in the bushes outside of his house so she can admire him from a far.

In the first episode, Megumi is shown trying to send a letter to Natsuno. She kept rewriting the letter since she was never satisfied with them and they had to be perfect! She keeps chickening out and ends up not giving it to him at all.

Megumi is shown trying to talk to Natsuno but he is rather annoyed by this and ignores her when she tries to talk to him. The only time he pays any attention to her at all is when she mentions wanting to leave the village for the city, which is his interest as well.

When she dies, Kaori Tanaka comes to him and asks if she could give him a keepsake. He looks to the side, and tells her it wouldn't be right if he took it, since he didn't know Megumi particularly well and wasn't so close with her. It seems he does feel guilty about this in the end, later shown when he thinks back about her, calling her a "love-sick puppy" in the process.

When Megumi kills Tohru for being closer to Yuuki than she ever was, whatever guilt he had over her death vanishes. He rips up her postcard that arrived after her death, due to Megumi's resurrection and her sudden confidence boost. He tears it in pieces and throws it outside his window, luring Megumi out into the open to confirm her resurrection and presence. Megumi does come as expected and begins to cry in disappointment while picking up some of the pieces before getting angry ready to cause more chaos, not to anyone's surprise.

After Natsuno meets with the resurrected Tohru for the first time, Tohru begins to cry and runs away ashamed of his new self. Natsuno runs outside into the woods looking for him but gets confronted my Tatsumi.

Tohru is Natsuno's only true friend in the entire village of Sotoba. The two seem to have a close relationship, even though Natsuno doesn't show that much compassion.

Their friendship began when Tohru noticed Natsuno's bike had a puncture and offered to patch it up. After that, Natsuno returned when he got another flat and their friendship blossomed. Despite being told by many that he has a cold attitude, Natsuno is shown to have strong emotional connections to Tohru as shown when Megumi bites him, during his wake, and when Tohru comes to attack him as a Shiki. After his death, Natsuno seems to bare a stronger hatred towards the Shiki.

After rising, Natsuno and Tohru meet again. Though Tohru is happy to see him again, Natsuno tells him that he'll never forgive the shiki, including him as he was the one who killed him. Tohru asks him what he should do and Natsuno tells him to tell him about the shiki and what they're planning. Natsuno still cared for Tohru as after finding Tohru dead, Natsuno looked at his body for a moment with a saddened expression before leaving.

Natsuno first encounters Tatsumi on the night Megumi bit his friend Tooru. Ever since that incident it is shown that Natsuno has a strong hatred towards the Shiki and Jinrou, particularly those two.

After this first impression, Natsuno and Tatsumi's relationship never shifted from the frictional hatred they had for each other, even on their final breaths, despite how calm they were.

Yuuki is Natsuno's hard-working father. Their relationship seems to be a mixed balance between family love and awkward tension. Because Yuuki and Azusa reject social norms and aren't married, Natsuno has his mother's surname, which causes him some embarrassment and resentment.

Despite having a seemingly cold attitude, Natsuno cares for his parents and is grateful to them, particularly when Yuuki crafts a comfier chair for Natsuno's desk. When bedridden, despite not understanding/wanting to acknowledge the situation, Yuuki became protective over his son and warded off any outside help as a precaution due to the strange ventriloquist Shiki who demanded entrance to the house before.

After his wife left and Natsuno died, it is shown that Yuuki lost his sanity, most likely because his deceased child is risen and well. Even though he had become mentally unstable, his love for Natsuno is still strong, as shown when Tatsumi knocked on their door. Even whilst in this state, Natsuno more than likely still loved his father as he had returned home despite knowing he was now a Jinrou.

He is one of the main protagonists in the series, a 15 year old boy who lives and attends school in Sotoba. He is in the same grade as Megumi. He moved to Sotoba last year. His parents preferred to live in the countryside, so they came to Sotoba. He hates living in the village and would prefer to be in the city. Originally a city dweller, Natsuno reluctantly moved to Sotoba with his parents when they wanted a change of environment. He is usually seen wandering around the bus stop, planning to return to the city one day.

He often exhibits a cold exterior, especially disliking Megumi Shimizu, who has a crush on him. However he is friendly to some, such as the Tanaka children and especially Tooru, an amiable boy, who persistently tries to become his friend.