InuYasha Yokai List
|
|
This article pertains to the anime and manga series InuYasha and is a list of yōkai (demons) who appear in the series.
| Contents |
Yōkai
Yōkai here are listed alphabetical order
A
- Abi-hime - Species: Bird yōkai. Group: None. A very proud bird princess in the form of a human. She is the master of blood-sucking featherless birds and her mother is a giant seagull. Naraku uses Abi-hime and her mother to open the gate to the boundary of the Living World and the Dead. Abi becomes suspicious of Naraku when she runs into one trouble after another after encountering Naraku, but she is easily disposed when she challenges him.
- Ah-Un - Species: dragon yōkai Group: Sesshomaru's group. Ah-Un is a flying, two-headed pet dragon that follows Sesshōmaru. After Rin joins them, she often accompanies Ah-Un. The right head is Ah and the left head is Un.
- Akago - Species: Human shaped yōkai Group: Naraku's group. This baby yōkai can read minds and has no yōki presence (due to the Fyōheki stone). He is Naraku's heart. Later cut in half by a monk named Master Shinen.
- Ayame - Species: Wolf yōkai. Group: Wolf's tribe. Ayame is an anime only character. Koga promised to marry her when she was little, but now he loves Kagome and completely forgets about his promise.
B
- Bird of Paradise - Species: Bird yōkai Group: Birds of paradise group. These yōkai where in war with the wolf yōkai. Their leader was using a shikon fragment into his mouth, and was bigger than the regular birds. The entire group was killed by InuYasha's and Koga's group.
C
- Mistress Centipede (Mudake Jōrō) - Species: Centipede yōkai. Group: None. The first yōkai that appears in the series, she attacked Kagome Higurashi forcing her to remove InuYasha's seal. She was easily killed by InuYasha.
E
- Entei - Species: Horse yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. A demonic yōkai who only obeys the strongest yōkai, in this case, Hakudoshi. He was killed by InuYasha when trapped in a cave.
F
- Faceless woman - Species: mujina. Group: None. Sesshomaru ordered her to take Izayoi's form to look into InuYasha's heart to find information on the location of their father's grave. She is a yōkai made up of the souls of all the mothers who lost their children to war. She died while protecting InuYasha from Sesshomaru's blast as it is her basic instinct to protect a child. In Japanese she is called "mu onna" (nothing woman).
G
- Ginta - Species: Wolf yōkai. Group: Kouga's group. Ginta is one of the last survivors of the yōkai wolf tribe.
- Goshinki - Species: Monster yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Goshinki has the ability of read minds, and could prevent every movement of InuYasha. When he broke Tessaiga, InuYasha turned into a full demon for the first time. He was killed by the transformed InuYasha.
H
- Hakkaku - Species: Wolf yōkai. Group: Kōga's group. Hakakku is one of the last survivors of the yōkai wolf tribe.
- Hakudoshi (Hakudōshi) - Species: Human shape yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Hakudoshi was born from Akago's half body. He is older than his other half but they have the same abilities. He tamed Entei by killing his old master. Follow link for further information.
- Hiten - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. Hiten killed Shippō's father, and InuYasha killed him to get the fragments he had on his forehead.
- Hosenki (Hōsenki) - Species: Diamond taiyōkai. Group: None. Hōsenki created InuYasha's black pearl (kuroshinju), which can be used only once to travel to the boundary between this world and the next to reach his father's grave. When he died and InuYasha's group meets him in the other world, he was corrupted by a dark fragment due to Naraku's influence on the rest of the Shikon Jewel. When it was removed, he taught InuYasha a new attack with the Tessaiga: the Kongōsōha.
I
- InuYasha and Sesshomaru's Father (no name has officially been given, although it is suggested his name might have been "InuTaisho") - Species: Dog taiyōkai. Group: None. InuYasha's and Sesshomaru father. He was one of the most powerful yōkai that ever lived and had a caring heart for humans. He was mortally wounded in a duel with Ryukotsusei, and subsequently carried his injuries to save InuYasha's mother Izayoi and baby InuYasha who was just born. He died together with Takemaru, the young general of a castle where Izayoi was dwelling, in a fire 200 years before the InuYasha and Co's search of the Shikon Shards.
- InuYasha - Species: Dog hanyō. Group: InuYasha's group. He is the main character.
J
- Jaken - Species: Toad yōkai. Group: Sesshomaru's group. This comical yōkai follows Sesshomaru wherever he goes, as a repayment of Sesshomaru "saving" his life a long time ago. He tries to please Sesshomaru as much as he can but usually gets shot down. Jaken is very intelligent and very knowledgeable about demons as he was a leader of his own toad yōkai pack before he met Sesshomaru.
- Jinenji - Species: Hanyō. Group: None. Jinenji was abused by the villagers. He defeated a big yōkai and proved his value to the people who hated him. He takes care of a vegetable garden with medicinal plants.
- Juromaru (Jurōmaru) - Species: Human shape yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. One of Naraku's detachments who was hard to control even for Naraku. Slain after the encounter with Koga and InuYasha.
K
- Kagura - Species: Wind yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku created Kagura from the wind and a part of him, and holds her heart in his hand, in case she betrays him. When she found out that Naraku is only using her as a tool to achieve his plans she secretly plotted to kill him. She may have developed feelings for Sesshomaru and believed that he's the one that could free her from Naraku. Eventually she was tricked by Naraku and died of his poision, not even the Tenseiga can save her.
- Kageromaru (Kagerōmaru) - Species: bug yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Kageromaru, the "master" of Juromau, can move freely underground and move lightning fast. However Koga was faster. They were no match for the combined strength of InuYasha and Koga as he and Juromaru was both eliminated by Tessaiga's Wind Scar attack.
- Kaijinbo (Kaijinbō) - Species: Swordsmith yōkai. Group: None. He was Totosai's student, and makes evil swords. He forged Sesshomaru's sword, Tōkijin.
- Kanna - Species: Mirror/Void yōkai Group: Naraku's group. This yōkai whose appearance is that of a little girl dressed all in white with no facial expressions at all. She has a mirror which can deflect most yōki attacks, stealing the souls of humans, and can act like a crystal ball in seeing events that are happening afar. She is very loyal to Naraku even though she knows that Naraku is using them in doing his dirty work.
- Kirara (Kilala in the English anime) - Species: Fire cat yōkai. Group: InuYasha's group. Sango was present with Kirara by her father when she was little. Kirara has two forms: a little cat and a big, flying, firey cat. She transports Sango and Miroku while Kagome and Shippo usually travel on InuYasha's shoulders. It is hinted in the anime that she is was once the companion of the legendary miko Midoriko.
- Kumo Gashira - Species: Spider yōkai. Group: None. Terrorized a mountain village in an attempt to draw out InuYasha and Kagome and steal their jewel shards. Despite an untimely transformation into human form by InuYasha, this yōkai was ultimately slain after InuYasha regained his yōkai power.
- Kuroro - Species: Fire cat yōkai. Group: None. Kuroro, who looks identical to Kirara and can also transform into a larger form. She and her cubs were saved by InuYasha's group.
- Koga (Kōga) - Species: Wolf yōkai. Group: Kōga's group. Koga is the prince of the wolves yōkai. He used Kagome to defeat the birds of paradise. He has a fragment on each leg, but Kagome doesn't let InuYasha take them, because Koga has fallen in love with her. On a fight against Kagura, all his friends died, and now he seeks revenge by trying to kill Naraku.
M
- Manten - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. Manten is Hiten's younger brother. He used Shippo's father fur as a belt. InuYasha killed him while Manten was trying to kill Kagome.
- Mask of Noh - Species: Mask yōkai. Group: None. This yōkai attacked on Kagome's time, and had a Shikon fragment in its body. InuYasha killed him after a hard fight.
- Medicine vendor - Species: Insect yōkai. Group: None. This strange mosquito yōkai appeared on a manga filler. He was cursed to take the form of a handsome man and to attract cute girls and thus suck their blood. When he hypnotised Sango and was almost "kissing" her, Miroku appears and beats him up, but the yōkai only wanted to suck her blood. Sango let him do it and he returned to his mosquito form.
- MoMo (MōMō) - Species: Cow yōkai. Group: Totosai group. This bizarre three eyed, flying cow is Totosai's transport.
- Myoga (Myōga) - Species: Flea yōkai. Group: InuYasha's group. He was the servant of InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father, and now helps InuYasha from time to time when crucial information. However, he's nowhere to be found when any sort of danger approaches.
- Moryomaru (Moryōmaru) - Species: Huge monster yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku's heart, and actually his strongest minion (and his heart).
N
- Naraku - Species: Human shape hanyō. Group: Naraku's group. He is the main villain. He killed Kikyo (Kikyō), Sango's family and friends, and Koga's tribe. In addition, he cursed Miroku's grandfather, kidnapped Rin, and committed various other nefarious acts. Now every single group of characters hate him and want him dead. Follow link for further information.
- Naraku's low-level yōkai - Species: General yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku can release infinite lesser yōkai from his body. Even Shippo can beat them, but they often appear in huge numbers and very bothersome to deal with.
R
- Ryukotsusei (Ryukōssei) - Species: Dragon Taiyōkai. Group: None. Ryukossei fought InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father, causing the injuries that, according to Myoga, lead to their father's death before the yōkai was sealed by one of his claws. Later, he was awakened by Naraku and killed by InuYasha.
S
- Saimyosho (Samiyōshō) - Species: Wasp yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. These bugs have the special hability of covering all the plot holes. When Miroku is about to use his Kazaana, these bugs appear from nowhere and poison him. Without Miroku's kazaana, a more interesting battle can begin. They're also Naraku's eyes outside his castle. What they see is shown to Naraku through Kanna's mirror.
- Sesshomaru (Sesshōmaru) - Species: Dog (tai)yōkai. Group: Sesshomaru's group. He is a taiyōkai, or demon lord who wanted to walk the path of Conquest, a lineage he inherited from his father who ruled over the eastern lands. He is InuYasha's half brother who despises InuYasha from the inside out, however signs of his attitudes have changed toward the people who are not enemies are constantly showing after he meets Kagome and subsequently Rin.
- Shibugarasu - Species: Crow yōkai. Group: None. This crow swallowed the Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no Tama) a.k.a. Shikon Jewel at the beginning of the series. Kagome destroyed it with her purifying arrow, but in the process the Shikon Jewel was shattered and scattered across the land of Japan.
- Shiori - Species: Bat hanyō. Group: None. This half human, half bat hanyō is a little kid who has the power of creating strong barriers. She gave InuYasha an orb that once Tessaiga has absorbed the essence of the orb, it gains the power to break most barriers (red tessaiga).
- Shinidamachu (Shinidamachū) - Species: Bug yōkai. Group: Kikyo's group. These long yōkai where used by Kikyo to gather the souls of the dead to support Kikyo, who was brought back to "life" and needs souls to survive.
- Shippo (Shippō) - Species: Fox yōkai. Group: InuYasha's group. His father was killed by the Thunder Brothers, InuYasha and Kagome avenged him and now he now tags along the group. Shippo is a very weak demon as he is a fox demon that specializes in the use of tricks and creating false illusions.
- Shoga (Shōga) - Species: Flea Yōkai. Group: None. A female flea yōkai who is engaged to Myoga. She appears in the filler episode which is made just for laughs.
- Soten (Sōten) - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. This filler episode character is Hiten's and Manten's younger sister. She kidnapped Shippo to fight him, and the battle ended up in a tie. When Shippo finds out that she was a girl he was greatly depressed that he wasted so much time on a nevertheless very funny encounter with another yōkai kid.
T
- Tanuki - Species: Raccoon-dog yōkai. Group: InuYasha's group. Tanuki is Miroku's old friend. Like Shippo, he can use leafs to transform into the shape of a variety of objects, including humans. His most commonly seen transformation is that of a giant yellow floating pillow, used for travelling over great distances.
- Tatarimokke - Species: Big monster yōkai. Group: None. This yōkai guides the dead children souls to heaven or hell playing his flute.
- Totosai (Tōtōsai) - Species: Swordsmith yōkai. Group: Totosai's group. Totosai is a swordsmith, he crafted both Tessaiga and Tenseiga from the fangs of InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father. He is a strong but cowardly yōkai.
- Tsukumo no Gama (Toad of Tsukumo) a.k.a. the Toad Demon - Species: Toad yōkai. Group: None. Known as the Toad Demon in the English anime. Possesed a young lord, captured young girls to use their souls to strengthen his power. Kagome using her hairspray with a candle was able to drive Tsukumo no Gama's sprit from the young lords body since toads don't like heat. InuYasha then finished his spirit off with the Tessaiga.
U
- Urasue - Species: Witch yōkai. Group: None. Urasue ressurected Kikyo using her flesh and bones. Was killed by her just after the priestess recovered her soul from Kagome.
Y
- Yura of the Hair - Species: Hair comb yōkai. Group: None. It was InuYasha's first strong opponent in the series. She controlled the villagers with her hair, and caused lots of trouble to InuYasha and Kagome, even sending her hair to follow Kagome to the modern times through the bone-eaters well. Yura appeared completely invulnerable - no matter what InuYasha did to her (even tore her heart out), she wasn't affected. The reason for this turned out to be that she had hidden her soul into a comb, and the comb in turn into a red skull. Unfortunately, her hands were connected to the comb by hair strands, allowing Kagome to locate and break the comb, resulting in Yura turning to dust. It is interesting to note that Yura resembles Nabiki (from the series Ranma ½ from the same author) more than little. Yura also makes an appearance in the (porn) dōjinshi "Shio 10".
Z
- Zushi nezumi - Species: Rat yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. These yōkai were controlled by Naraku to destroy every village in order to drag Kikyo out from her hiding place. InuYasha destroyed the magical box where the rats were coming out it with Tessaiga, and all the rats vanished.
Glossary
Hanyō: The child of a yōkai and a human is a hanyō. They are despised by both yōkai and humans. They usually have human form and have a Time Period each month where they transform into that human form until the period is over.
Taiyōkai: A really strong and powerful yōkai. Literally great yōkai.
Yōkai: Fantastic creatures that inhabit the world of the series InuYasha. They can have a human-like form, beast form, or both.
This is only a list of yōkai. To find out more about the InuYasha series and characters, please refer to the main InuYasha article.