InuYasha

Characters
  • Kagome Higurashi (日暮 かごめ)

    Higurashi Kagome

    Main

    Age: 15-16Birthday: 2 MarchEye color: blue (manga) , brown (anime)Hair color: blackHeight: 160 cmWeight: 49 kgA third year middle school student. In the tradition of many Rumiko Takahashi heroines (Lum, Akane Tendo, Kyoko Otonashi), Kagome can be extremel...

  • Inuyasha (犬夜叉)

    Inuyasha

    Main

    Birthplace: Western Japan, equal to ToyamaHeight: 172 cmWeapons: claws, sword-TessaigaAttacks: Claws-Sankountessou, Hijinkessou. Tessaiga- Kaze no Kizu, Bakuryuuha, Kongousoha, and Meido ZangetsuhaFamily: Izayoi (mom), InuTaisho (dad), and Sesshoumaru (ha...

  • Kikyou (キキョウ)

    Kikyou

    Supporting

    Kikyou is a Kuja warrior from Amazon Lily. She seems to be one of the toughest and most serious of the Kuja and greatly discourages Luffys presence on the island, especially when seeing the return of Boa Hancock. Although she is harsh, she does have compa...

  • Miroku (弥勒)

    Miroku

    Main

    Age: 18A Buddhist "houshi," or low-ranking, itinerant monk, Miroku traveled the countryside performing services such as exorcisms and youkai exterminations to earn his living. He suffers from a hereditary curse originally inflicted upon his grandfather Mi...

  • Sango (珊瑚)

    Sango

    Main

    Age: 16Sango is youkai slayer ("youkai taijiya") who hails from a village of professional yōkai slayers. The only member of Inuyashas group to have no supernatural powers, Sango instead wields the Hiraikotsu, a massive boomerang made of yōkai bones, in ad...

  • Shippou (七宝)

    Shippou

    Main

    An orphaned young youkai-fox (kitsune) whose father was killed by the Thunder Brothers, Hiten and Manten. He wanted to avenge his father so he helped Kagome and Inuyasha. He was the first character in the story to join InuYasha and Kagome in their travels...

  • Abi

    Abi

    Supporting

    Princess Abi is a demon, and her mother is a Phoenix demon. One day her mother ate a poisonous demon, and Abi has all the birds gather blood from humans. Naraku gives Abi a halband to protect her from the windscar.(Source: Absolute Anime)...

  • Asuka (飛鳥)

    Asuka

    Supporting

    Asuka (飛鳥あすか, "Flying Bird") was one of Kikyous assistants; she was one of two shikigami in the form of a young girls. She and Kochou are mainly used as Kikyous messengers after Kikyou was grievously wounded on Mount Hakurei by Naraku.They are also attend...

  • Ayame (アヤメ)

    Ayame

    Supporting

    Ayame is the daughter of the cook Teuchi. Together they run the Ichiraku Ramen Bar....

  • Ayumi

    Ayumi

    Main

    Appears in Kimochi Henkousen, Massugu na Kanojo. Five years prior, Ayumi used to have a crush on her friend, Yuzuru, which ended when he was killed in a car accident. However, she has been unable to move on....

  • Bankotsu (蛮骨)

    Bankotsu

    Supporting

    As the leader of the Shichinintai, or Band of Seven, Bankotsu was referred to as "great big brother" by the other six members because he was the strongest member and the founder of the group, however he was also the youngest. He retrieved his giant halbe...

  • Buddhist Priest Mushin (夢心和尚)

    Buddhist Priest Mushin

    Supporting

    Mushin was an elderly Buddhist monk who raised Miroku after the Kazaana consumed Mirokus father.Mushin maintained a secluded Buddhist temple at the site of the Wind Tunnel crater, where Mirokus father died.(Source: Inuyasha Wiki)...

  • Buyo (ブヨ)

    Buyo

    Supporting

    Buyo is Kagome Higurashis pet cat. He appears to be overweight and very lazy.He is actually the very reason Kagome was brought to the Feudal Era and was able to start her adventures with InuYasha and the group. Buyo got lost in the well in the Higurashi S...

  • Byakuya (白夜)

    Byakuya

    Supporting

    Byakuya is Naraku's ninth and final detachment, meant to replace Kagura. His main purpose is to observe InuYasha and Mōryōmaru's growing powers and report back to Naraku. He has an incredible power to create illusions, but has many other powers as well: h...

  • Mistress Centipede (百足上﨟)

    Centipede Mistress

    Supporting

    She was a demon that is first encountered by Kagome in the modern world when she was looking for her cat Buyo. The demon emerged from the well in the Higurashi family shrine and pulled her in, transporting her to the Feudal Era. She was the first Youkai t...

  • Entei

    Entei

    Supporting

    Entei makes his first appearance in Chapter 294 "Entei" and in episode 141 named Entei the Demon Horse Unleashed.Entei first appears to a rather powerful naginata-wielding ogre demon named Rengokuki who fought off hordes of demons with ease with a strong ...

  • Eri (絵理)

    Eri

    Supporting

    The trio are Kagome Higurashis present day school friends who seem to be quite nosy when it comes to her personal life. They are always nudging Kagome to make advances on Hojo, a popular school boy who obviously admires her. And when they first hear about...

  • Ginkotsu (銀骨)

    Ginkotsu

    Supporting

    Ginkotsu is Renkotsu's assumed best friend, since the two are hardly ever apart. Renkotsu built Ginkotsu's mechanical body and kept it running throughout the time that Ginkotsu had it before it was blown up by Inuyasha. Renkotsu then rebuilt Ginkotsu's ta...

  • Ginta (ギンタ)

    Ginta

    Supporting

    Is a Poacher Hunter and a member of the Zodiacs with the codename "Sheep" (未ひつじ, Hitsuji). He is also part of the Flora/Fauna Team, created in preparation for the voyage to the Dark Continent....

  • Goshinki (悟心鬼)

    Goshinki

    Supporting

    Narakus third detachment. Goshinki has the ability to sense the thoughts of others, which enables him to outmaneuver Inuyasha and break Tessaiga by biting it; however, breaking Tessaiga caused Inuyasha to transform into his berserk youkai state, after whi...

  • Hachiemon (八衛門)

    Hachiemon

    Supporting

    A congenial shape-shifting youkai who has befriended Miroku. Hachis natural appearance is a yokai-tanuki (Raccoon-Dog). Hachi is short for Hachiemon. Once took the form of Miroku to sell fake seals and get away with the ladies. But when Miroku catches him...

  • Hakkaku (白角)

    Hakkaku

    Supporting

    Hakkaku is the other of Koga's followers. He has a white mohawk, chain armor, and a fur hide. His name is never really said in the manga.(Source: Wikipedia)...

  • Hakudoushi (白童子)

    Hakudoushi

    Supporting

    One of Narakus incarnations, he is a pale child who appears much later in the series. He was initially a part of Akago, or the infant, but was cut from him by a monk. Unlike Naraku, he will fight in hand to hand combat, as even Kagura mentions that he is ...

  • Grandpa Higurashi

    Higurashi Grandpa

    Supporting

    Kagomes grandfather. He is often covering for Kagomes absences at school with interesting excuses, which make Kagomes friends worry a lot about her.Grandpa is identified by his clothing as a traditional Japanese Shinto Priest, apparently the current custo...

  • Souta Higurashi (日暮 草太)

    Higurashi Souta

    Supporting

    Souta is the little brother of Kagome Higurashi. He is a nice kid who cares a lot about his sister. Souta also thinks Inuyasha is cool....

  • Mama Higurashi

    Higurashi Mama

    Supporting

    Mama Higurashi is the understanding mother of Souta and Kagome Higurashi. Theres no information on what her actual name is as no one ever mentions her name. Her kids call her Mama, so she is known as Mama Higurashi.If theres been little information availa...

  • Kagewaki Hitomi (人見 蔭刀)

    Hitomi Kagewaki

    Supporting

    Kagewaki Hitomi (ひとみかげわき) was the only son of Nagasaki Hitomi, a daimyou.Naraku needed a temporary body to remain in the world, search for the Shikon shards and manipulate those around him. So, through an insidious plot, he took advantage of the young Kag...

  • Nagasaki Hitomi (人見 長崎)

    Hitomi Nagasaki

    Supporting

    Nagasaki Hitomi was the father of Kagewaki Hitomi....

  • Hitomiko (瞳子)

    Hitomiko

    Supporting

    Hitomiko was a priestess that Naraku tried to kill in her childhood, but due to her strong spiritual powers he failed. It was said that her spiritual powers could be compared to Kikyou's powers. Eventually, many years later Hitomiko is finally killed by N...

  • Hoshiyomi (星黄泉)

    Hoshiyomi

    Supporting

    Hoshiyomi is a humanoid demon ninja and daiyoukai who fought for good and justice alongside his human love, the priestess Tsukiyomi, until he was sealed away by her and he began to despise humans from then on. ...

  •  Houjou (宝条)

    Houjou

    Supporting

    Hojo is a boy at Kagomes school, and forms a giant crush for Kagome. He completely believes shes sick all the time and goes out of his way to bring her things to make her feel better.After Inuyasha forced Kagome back to her own time Kagome had an actual d...

  • Mayu Ikeda (池田繭)

    Ikeda Mayu

    Supporting

    Mayu is a 10-year-old girl who died in a fire that she caused in her apartment. She hid in a closet to worry her mother and ended up being unable to escape and died. She becomes a vengeful ghost trying to kill her little brother....

  • Izayoi (十六夜)

    Izayoi

    Supporting

    Izayoi is the mother of Inuyasha. In the manga, she has no name.Very little is known about Izayoi as she died before the events of the series takes place and because Inuyasha rarely speaks about her, most likely because he is still saddened by her death. ...

  • Jaken (邪見)

    Jaken

    Supporting

    A youkai who is Sesshoumarus servant: not especially powerful but extremely loyal, he is usually a comical character. Sesshoumaru typically responds to Jakens failures or more annoying behavior with a sound beating, but Jaken believes this is Sesshomarus ...

  • Jakotsu (蛇骨)

    Jakotsu

    Supporting

    The openly homosexual and sadistic wielder of a sneaky, retractable sword named "Jakotsutou," Jakotsu is one of the more skilled fighters of the Shichinintai (Band of Seven) and was placed third in command. He seemed to be the first of the Shichinintai to...

  • Jinenji (地念児)

    Jinenji

    Supporting

    Jinenji is a half-human, half-horse demon who lives in a hut with his human mother. Together, they grow a variety of medicinal plants in the field he inherited from his demon father. Some of the plants are known for being powerful against poisons. He is f...

  • Jinenji's Mother (地念児の母)

    Jinenjis Mother

    Supporting

    Jinenjis mother met a yōkai when she was young, and fell in love with him. Their son Jinenji is a giant hanyō that the villagers all hate, which has made her bitter towards other humans....

  • Juuroumaru (獣郎丸)

    Juuroumaru

    Supporting

    Juromaru is a demon under the control of Naraku. He has a demon in his stomach by the name of Kageromaru, whom he coughs up later. They both do cannibalism. Juromaru is usually in chains and has a mask, but Naraku releases him from them to kill InuYasha, ...

  • Kaede (楓)

    Kaede

    Supporting

    A shrine maiden and sister of Kikyo who protected the village for fifty years after her sisters death. She is the first to recognize Kagome as the reincarnation of her sister. She often shares advice and knowledge about demons and other spiritual anomalie...

  • Kageroumaru (影郎丸)

    Kageroumaru

    Supporting

    Kageroumaru was the fifth incarnation of Naraku created for killing Inuyasha, and is also the demon who lives inside his younger brother Juuroumaru.(Source: InuYasha Wiki)...

  • Kagura (神楽)

    Kagura

    Main

    Age: 14, 16 (Silver Soul Aftermath), 19-20 (Be Forever Yorozuya)Birthday: November 3Zodiac: ScorpioHeight: 155 cmWeight: 40 kgKagura, meaning "god-entertainment" is a member of the Yorozuya alongside Sakata Gintoki and Shinpachi Shimura and the main femal...

  • Kanna (神無)

    Kanna

    Supporting

    Kanna is the first detachment of Naraku. She appears to be a ten-year-old girl with white hair and clothing. As a "concealed incarnation" of Naraku, Kanna has no scent and no demonic aura, making her undetectable to InuYasha's senses and immune to demonic...

  • Kaou (花皇)

    Kaou

    Supporting

    Kaou ("Flower Emperor") is a powerful demon who feeds on the sorrow of others, feeding their used bodies to the ground afterwards. He takes the form of noble with dark, messy hair. He often carries a fan with him. Kaou's powers have been shown to be stron...

  • Kirara (雲母)

    Kirara

    Supporting

    Kirara is the nekomata companion of Sango, the youkai exterminator that hails from a mountain village of other exterminators. Kirara usually appears as a tiny and cute feline no larger than a kitten with cream-colored fur, black ears, various black markin...

  • Kochou (胡蝶)

    Kochou

    Supporting

    Kochō (胡蝶こちょう, "Butterfly") was one of Kikyous assistants; she was one of two shikigami in the form of a young girls. She and Asuka are mainly used as Kikyous messengers after Kikyou was grievously wounded on Mount Hakurei by Naraku.They are also attendan...

  • Kohaku (琥珀)

    Kohaku

    Main

    Kohaku is a rather accident-prone angel who has come to Earth in search of the Angel Master, Hisui. After getting trapped in a tree and attacked by a crow, Kohaku is rescued by Shuuichirou, a young doctor. As a result, Kohaku feels indebted to grant him o...

  • Kouga (コウガ)

    Kouga

    Supporting

    The weakest Knight and the largest of the Knights. Kouga is sensitive about his ugliness, due to which as a child he was always treated miserably. He's extremely arrogant and dense, and hates anyone with good looks (e.g Alviss, as he claimed in their figh...

  • Koutatsu (紅達)

    Koutatsu

    Supporting

    Koutatsu (紅達, こうたつ, "Red Master") was an ink painter who used a fragment of the Shikon no Tama with his ink that contained his blood.(Source: InuYasha Wiki)...

  • Kyoukotsu (凶骨)

    Kyoukotsu

    Supporting

    Kyoukotsu is the first to appear in both the anime and manga and is the first sign of the existence of the Shichinin-tai (Band of Seven). He is presumably the weakest of the seven despite his abnormal size. His appetite for human flesh makes him a canniba...

  • Magatsuhi

    Magatsuhi

    Supporting

    Magatsuhi is the youkai who killed Midoriko and whose soul with whom she continuously battles inside the jewel. Like Naraku, Magatsuhi was created by a corrupt human who lusted after a priestess and allowed his body to be consumed by youkai; however, unli...

  • Midoriko

    Midoriko

    Supporting

    Midoriko was a very powerful priestess whose spiritual power alone was stronger than any other living persons. It was said that she could purify and destroy 10 demons at once.Once, after seven days and nights of fighting, she realized that she would not b...

  • Mouryoumaru (魍魎丸)

    Mouryoumaru

    Supporting

    Mouryoumaru is an enemy of Naraku, despite being indirectly created by his powers via Hakudoshi. He is a 100-foot long demonic golem who can shoot blasts of energy from his arm. At first, he is merely a life force puppet made from youkai, lacking any true...

  • Mukotsu (霧骨)

    Mukotsu

    Supporting

    Mukotsu was a member of the Band of Seven, a group of merciless bandits who were resurrected by Naraku. He specialized in using all kinds of dangerous poisons (which seemed to only work on humans). Despite his crafty nature, he was incredibly insecure abo...

  • Musou (無双)

    Musou

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Myouga (冥加)

    Myouga

    Supporting

    A yokai-flea who is InuYashas source of information. He usually runs away from dangerous situations. He was initially charged with protecting the remains/gravesite of InuYashas father which held the Tessaiga. The Grave was hidden inside the black pearl in...

  • Naraku (奈落)

    Naraku

    Supporting

    The main antagonist, Naraku (literally means "underworld", or "hell") is responsible for nearly every characters suffering throughout the series. He is a hanyou that originated from a bandit named Onigumo ("Demon Spider"). Narakus main goal is to collect ...

  • Onigumo (オニグモ)

    Onigumo

    Supporting

    Vice-Admiral Onigumo was one of the five vice-admirals leading the Buster Call on Enies Lobby.He is a tall man with a scary-looking face and his eyes are always closed. He smokes a cigarette and wears an ancient war helmet. From under the helmet, a bunch ...

  • Manten Raijou (満天)

    Raijou Manten

    Supporting

    Manten is a Thunder Demon and the younger brother of Hiten. Mantens head resembled a cross between a shark and a seal, and for some reason his lack of hair really bothered him. Apparently the reason why Hiten looks human and Manten looks like a monster is...

  • Hiten Raijou (飛天)

    Raijou Hiten

    Supporting

    Hiten is a Thunder Demon and the older brother of Manten. While Manten looks like a monster, Hiten appears to be a handsome human. The reason Hiten looks human and Manten looks like some kind of shark-man is that their parents were two different types of ...

  • Renkotsu (煉骨)

    Renkotsu

    Supporting

    Agile fire and explosive user, Renkotsu is the second in command and one of the more intelligent members of the Shichi'nintai. He respects his leader just as much as any other member of the Shichi'nintai. However, with the corrupt power of the shard of th...

  • Rin

    Rin

    Main

    He is a Chinese agent. ...

  • Royakan (狼野干)

    Royakan

    Supporting

    Royakan is a wolf demon of hell, who is a gentle guardian of the forest....

  • Sango and Kohaku's Father (珊瑚と琥珀の父)

    Sango And Kohakus Father

    Supporting

    Sango and Kohakus father was the chieftain of Youkai taijiya village; he was Sango and Kohakus father as well as the leader of a clan of demon slayers. The village slayed demons and placed the remains in a cave containing the crystallized remains of Midor...

  • Sesshoumaru (殺生丸)

    Sesshoumaru

    Supporting

    Inuyashas older half-brother. Unlike Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru is a full-blooded dog-demon and is contemptuous of InuYasha for being a half-demon and for consorting with humans. He is a very powerful demon who seems to have no true equal when it comes to raw ...

  • Sesshoumaru's Mother

    Sesshoumarus Mother

    Supporting

    A powerful dog demon and Sesshomarus mother, was introduced in the 466th chapter of the InuYasha manga. She appears in the episode 9 of InuYasha: The Final Act.Sesshomarus mother is an inuyoukai like her deceased mate, the Inu no Taishou. As such, she can...

  • Shima (シマ)

    Shima

    Supporting

    Shima (シマ) is the wife of Fukasaku and an elder toad from Myōbokuzan. As the heirs of the Great Toad Sage, she and her husband are revered as the Two Great Sage Toads. Together with Fukasaku, she taught Jiraiya how to use Senjutsu. Source: http://naruto.w...

  • Shiori (紫織)

    Shiori

    Supporting

    Shioris father, Tsukuyomaru, came from a bat-demon clan that preyed on the blood of humans and animals; Shioris mothers village was one of their hunting grounds; however, Tsukuyomaru was different than the othershe did not kill humans, eventually m...

  • Shunran (春嵐)

    Shunran

    Supporting

    History: Shunran is one of four siblings trying to resurrect the leader of the Cat Family. Her powers include being able to cast illusions, and her three other siblings are Shuuran, Karan, and Touran. Shunran tries to get revenge on what the sons of the d...

  • Suikotsu (睡骨)

    Suikotsu

    Supporting

    Suikotsu was a member of the Band of Seven. He had two definite split personalities. One, a gentle, philanthropist doctor who looked after orphans; the other was a sadistic, Wolverine-wannabe killer that earned him a spot in the Seven-Man Army. When his e...

  • Inu no Taishou (犬の大将)

    Taishou Inu No

    Supporting

    The Great Dog Demon was a powerful yokai lord who ruled the Western Lands and was known throughout Japan. Never formally addressed with a name, he fathered two sons by two different mothers: Sesshomaru from his consort, an unnamed dog demoness, and InuYa...

  • Tekkei (鉄鶏)

    Tekkei

    Supporting

    Tekkei (鉄てっ鶏けい, "Iron Chicken") was a great bird daiyoukai literally the size of a mountain who was the mother of Princess Abi and queen of the demon birds. She was also part of a group of bird demons of the Netherworld.Tekkei ate the leader of a rival de...

  • Toukajin (桃果人)

    Toukajin

    Supporting

    Tōkajin was a "man" who lived atop a cliff in the Togenkyo region, where he watched over the Ninmenka (human-faced peach tree). He used the Ninmenka to try and achieve immortality through the Fruit of Longevity.(Source: InuYasha Wiki)...

  • Toutousai (刀々斎)

    Toutousai

    Supporting

    An elderly blacksmith and a friend of Inu-no-Taishou (InuYasha and Sesshoumarus father) who forged the Tessaiga and the Tenseiga. He rarely appears unless to repair the damaged swords or instruct InuYasha on how to use hidden powers within the Tessaiga. T...

  • Tsubaki (ツバキ)

    Tsubaki

    Supporting

    Tsubaki was the mother of one of the students in Narutos class at the Ninja Academy.(Source: Naruto Wikia)...

  • Tsukiyomi

    Tsukiyomi

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Urasue (裏陶)

    Urasue

    Supporting

    Urasue was an evil demon ogre sorceress who ultimately resurrected Kikyou....

  • Wakana (若菜,わかな)

    Wakana

    Supporting

    Wakana is the wife of Shinnosuke and was possessed by a salamander's egg which forced her to kill men and bring them to the salamander spirit who would take their flesh. She lured her husband, Miroku, and Sango but later she overcame her possession when M...

  • Yuka (ゆか)

    Yuka

    Supporting

    Yuka is Akanes friend....

  • Yura

    Yura

    Supporting

    K's friend, who's got a massive crush on him. Athena uses Yura against K....