This article lists the major characters from the manga series Fushigi Yûgi, its anime adaptation, and the prequels Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden and Fushigi Yûgi Byakko Ibun.
Miaka Yūki (夕城 美朱 Yūki Miaka?), the primary protagonist in Fushigi Yûgi, is an ordinary 15-year-old junior high school student. She initially decides to become the Priestess of Suzaku (Suzaku no Miko) in order to ask Suzaku to grant her wish to join her best friend, Yui, at the same high school.
Miaka falls in love with Tamahome: this motivates Miaka to gather the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku and summon the god Suzaku Seikun. Though Miaka's final wish as the Priestess of Suzaku had been for her and Tamahome to remain together forever, she chooses instead to ask Suzaku to save "this world" (Miaka's world after being destroyed by the battle between Seiryuu and Suzaku) and restore it to the way it was. Her warriors are shocked and even comment on how "so completely selfless" it is. Tamahome is then forced to return to his own world because of it. However, when Miaka enters high school, she meets Taka Sukunami who is Tamahome's reincarnation and shows her the wedding ring she gave him. In Fushigi Yugi Eikoden, they are married. She is the victim of Mayo (a younger student)'s jealousy because she is the receiver of Taka's feelings. When she becomes pregnant Mayo enters the book to change the course of the story, causing Miaka to fall unconscious. Knowing that the world in the book is in danger, Miaka sends her unborn child into Mayo as a chance to connect with and save that world. When the false Suzaku is summoned, she uses her connection to seal him away and give Taka the strength to defeat him. Soon after, the conflict is resolved and she wakes up in her own world with Taka by her side. She later gives birth to their son, whom she names Hikari.