A Youkai who, in the fifth episode, mistakes Natsume Takashi for Natsume Reiko and asks for his name back. Kirinoha's name isn't in the Book of Friends and as the episode progresses it seems that Reiko has played numerous amounts of pranks on him. However Natsume does his best to prove that isn't so, even to the extent of fainting due to sickness and exhaustion. While Reiko was alive, he told her that he wanted to see the sea. However, being born from the forest, he believes that he isn't allowed to leave the forest.