Shinma

The Shinmas are the name of demonic creatures in the Vampire Princess Miyu anime series.

Bio
Shinmas are god-demons that wreak havoc on the human world. They tend to haunt weak-hearted people by luring them to illusions that suppose to achieve the dreams or desires of those people. It's the job of a guardian vampire (namely Miyu) to send them back to the original dimension, which simply named as "The Darkness".

Shinma List
The following Shinma are from the TV series. The numbers in parenthesis show which episodes they are in:

Ga-Ryu (Iguana)

 * First Appearance: The Fang Knows It
 * Voice Actor: Bob Papenbrook

An iguana Shinma. Returned to the darkness by Miyu.

Ro-Sha

 * First Appearance: At The Next Station

A strange-looking Shinma with blades for hands. It disguised itself as a blond-haired young man to entice young women to a location where they are transformed into mannequins. He seems to know Larva. Returned to the darkness by Miyu.

Kamen (Mask)

 * First Appearance: The Forest Calls
 * Voice Actor: Bob Papenbrook

En-Jyu

 * First Appearance: Reiha Has Come

Gen-Eh

 * First Appearance: Sepia Colored Portrait

Ho-Jyo

 * First Appearance: Ghost of Miyu

Cho-Jyu

 * First Appearance: Fate

Kyo-Koh

 * First Appearance: The Red Shoes

Han-Ki
A Bakeneko-like Shinma, who tends to lure couples and then driving them to destruction, insanity and finally death.
 * First Appearance: Your Home

Ja-Ka

 * First Appearance: The Swamp of Promises
 * Voice Actor: Susan Blakeslee

Oh-Shu

 * First Appearance: A Supple Face

Ko-Jyoh
A tree-like shinma who,in the form of a beautiful woman,takes the life forces of cats and places them in flowers to keep her company.
 * First Appearance: Garden of Crying Reeds

Ryu

 * First Appearance: Light of the Sea Pt. 1
 * Voice Actor: Kirk Thornton

Nami

 * First Appearance: Light of the Sea Pt. 1

Barrow

 * First Appearance: Light of the Sea Pt. 1
 * Voice Actor: Steven Blum

Lilith

 * First Appearance: Light of the Sea Pt. 1
 * Voice Actor: Melissa Fahn

Garline

 * First Appearance: Light of the Sea Pt. 1
 * Voice Actor: Roger Rose

Rin-Koh

 * First Appearance: Dream Of The Mermaid

Koh-Waku

 * First Appearance: Woman Priest

Ayu

 * First Appearance: The Moray Boat

Moh-Chi

 * First Appearance: City Of Illusion

Kai-Rai
A Shinma who disguises in the shape of a giant doll with Bishouen appearance, and then lures innocent women to be his lovers. His true form however looks more demonic and repulsive than charming.
 * First Appearance: Love of the Dolls

Maji-Kan
A caterpillar-like Shinma who hides inside the head of a girl called Ruri Sone, and feeds her insane obsession by her father to the point of make she kill her own mother and lure her father by the shape a beautiful butterly-like fairy. When Miyu expells the Shinma from Ruri's head, it turns out that the feeding was so big that it became a huge monster.
 * First Appearance: Butterfly Enchantment

Genta

 * First Appearance: Flag Of Shinma
 * Voice Actor: Doug Stone

Genji

 * First Appearance: Flag of Shinma
 * Voice Actor: Paul Mercier

Genzo

 * First Appearance: Flag of Shinma
 * Voice Actor: Laurie Faso

Tonbi (Black Kite)

 * First Appearance: Once Upon A Time
 * Voice Actor: Tony Pope

A bird Shinma responsible for killing Reiha's father.

Unnamed Stray Shinma

 * First Appearance: Confrontation

Hiyoku

 * First Appearance: The Boy Who Returned

Shidon

 * First Appearance: The Last Shinma