A tengu with the power of long-range spirit photography using a cellphone-like device, thus ridding her of the need to go outside, and rival of fellow tengu/journalist/protagonist Shameimaru Aya. Like Aya, she also circulates her own newspaper, the Kakashi Nenpo ("Kakashi Spirit News").
Her appearance and expressions bear a resemblance to Shirai Kuroko of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. A common pun is replacing the は in her name with ほ, for Hotate: scallop, then depicting her as one. The pattern on her checkered skirt resembles the "missing textures" pattern found in Source Engine games when one or more graphical assets on a setpiece are missing.
