# Zenchi Naigu — Short Fiction character guide

> Zenchi Naigu in Short Fiction by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** The Naigu, the old Naigu

**First appearance:** 0005-the-nose

## Who they are

A Buddhist priest whose nose grows grotesquely long, causing him great shame and social torment.

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