Shiemi Moriyama (杜山 しえみ Moriyama Shiemi)

Shiemi Moriyama is the daughter of the woman who runs an Exorcist-only shop and is Rin's love interest. She is kind and has an abiding love of gardening, but often lacks confidence in herself. Before the series, Shiemi never went out of her home and tended to the garden with her grandmother. After her grandmother died, Rin and Yukio exorcise the demon that was leeching her life force and she decides to become an Exorcist.[ch. 3]

While at the academy, Shiemi only talks with Rin and Yukio initially, she also comes on amicable terms with Ryuji, Konekomaru, and Renzo. Eventually she also earns Izumo's friendship despite being initially used and mistreated by her. Shiemi gets devastated upon learning Rin's secret, taking it to mean that she is not trustworthy enough to them. However on the Kyoto mission, she reconciles with Rin when seeing how much he is suffering as a result of his nature.[ch. 26] Shiemi has the talent to become a Tamer and can summon a reliable Greenman spirit that can produce healing herbs and plant-related barriers. Shiemi is shown to have great inner strength as she can keep her Greenman around for extended periods without tiring. She is currently an Esquire and with Yukio's help, she later pass the exams to study in the Academy's regular classes as well. As of chapter 47 in the manga, she admits to herself that she likes Rin. She is voiced by Kana Hanazawa in Japanese and by Christine Marie Cabanos in English.[1] In the Blue Exorcist musical, she was portrayed by Ari Nakajima.[3]