Shikigami (式神 Shikigami?) es el término utilizado para los espíritus invocados por un onmyoji o un hechicero japonés. Los shikigami se utilizan para proteger y servir a su amo, al igual que el concepto occidental de espíritu familiar de un mago. Hay muchos tipos de shikigami descritos en leyendas, siendo el tipo más común el de recortes de papel encantados que puede producir la ilusión de otro objeto de la vida real.

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Shikigami are said to be invisible most of the time, but they can be made visible by banning them into small, folded and artfully cut paper manikins. There are also shikigami that can show themselves as animals or birds. They must be conjured during a complex ceremony and their power is connected to the spiritual force of their master. If the evoker is well introduced and has lots of experience, their Shiki can possess animals and even people and manipulate them. But if the evoker is careless, their shikigami may get out of control in time, gaining its own will and consciousness. In this case the shikigami will raid its own master and kill them in revenge. Normally shikigami are conjured to exercise risky orders for their masters, such as spying around, stealing and enemy tracking.

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