Botan is a Reikai ferry girl and the Deity of Death. She works under Koenma and Enma Daiou. She was the one who ferried Yusuke to the Reikai for the first time, and is the assistant to the Reikai Tantei, who are her good friends. She goes with the Reikai Tantei on many of their missions, and often ends up helping them in some way or other.