Characters — Browse every character across the manga and anime catalogue

Abi

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

Akitoki Houjou

Hojo's ancestor, Hojo Akitoki, shows up back in the past, and he is also in love with Kagome. He appears first in the second movie, Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, and then l

Ayame

The wolf girl who is in love with Koga. Long ago, Koga made a promise to marry her, yet he fails to fulfill his promise. She has red hair that are always in two ponytails with an i

Bankotsu

As the leader of the Shichi'nintai, Bankotsu is referred to as "great big brother" by the other six members because he is the strongest member and the founder of the

Botan

Priestess who appears in episode 63

Byakuya

Byakuya (白夜?) 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 N

Garamaru

Garamaru is a character in the anime series Inuyasha, in episode 100 The Truth Behind the Nightmare: Battle in the Forest of Sorrow

Gatenmaru

A moth demon that appears in episodes 51 and 52. His brother is Garamaru.

Ginkotsu

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 Gi

Ginta

Ginta is one of Koga's followers. His hair is gray with a dark blue piece in the center. He has mostly fur for his armor. His name is never really said in the manga. (Source:

Goshinki

Naraku's 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, breaki

Hakkaku

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. ~Wikipedia

Hakudoushi

One of Naraku's 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

Hiten Raijou

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 lik

Hitomiko

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 Ki

Hojo

Hojo is a boy at Kagome's school, and forms a giant crush for Kagome. He completely believes she's sick all the time and goes out of his way to bring her things to make h

Inuyasha

The male protagonist, a hybrid of a youkai-dog and a human, a half-demon ("han'yo" in Japanese). He wields the Tessaiga (pronounced "Tetsaiga" in the American dub), a supernatural

Izayoi

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 rare

Izumo

Izumo, a half-demon who turns to a demon (under the name Gyuo) at night, but a human at day, is a clever philosopher who likes nature and the world. He is the one who knows how to

Jaken

A yōkai who is Sesshōmaru's servant: not especially powerful but extremely loyal, he is usually a comical character. Sesshōmaru typically responds to Jaken's failures or more annoy

Jakotsu

The openly homosexual and sadistic wielder of a sneaky, retractable sword named "Jakotsutou", Jakotsu is one of the more skilled fighters of the Shichi'nintai and was placed third

Kaede

A shrine maiden and sister of Kikyo who protected the village for fifty years after her sister's death. She is the first to recognize Kagome as the reincarnation of her sister. She

Kagome Higurashi

The female protagonist and a third year middle school student. In the tradition of many Rumiko Takahashi heroines (Lum, Akane Tendo, Kyoko Otonashi), Kagome can be extremely sweet,

Kagura

Kagura (lit. Music of the gods) is a wind sorceress created from Naraku's own body. Despite this, she has her own mind and is willing to fight desperately for freedom. Her fir