Hanako

  Hanako is the first client to appear in the series.

Appearance
Hanako is a woman with blond hair, a large nose and lips, and visible eyelashes. She wears a black long-sleeve shirt and pants in the manga. However, in the anime, her shirt is a light red. Her bangs are cut in a straight line across her head and her hair is cut at neck-length.

Personality
She is a gullible, superstitious woman whose beliefs are not swayed by skepticism.

Plot
Hanako had engaged in a sort of test of courage before Chapter 1. Consequently, a ghost has been haunting her in her dreams. She had asked many psychics to help her and get rid of the ghost. Eventually, accompanied by her boyfriend Tarou, she asks for help from Arataka Reigen in Chapter 1. She guides Reigen and Tarou to the building with the ghost in question, after much skepticism about Reigen coming from her boyfriend. She recounts a tale of a man who struck his head on the ceiling of the building after seeing a cockroach, frightening Reigen. The ghost, Ceiling Challenger, haunting her appears, leading Reigen to attempt to exorcize it (unsuccessfully). Reigen calls in Shigeo Kageyama, who exorcizes the ghost in front of her.