History Characters / InuYasha

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This page indexes the various characters pages for the ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' series.

* Characters/InuYashaMainCharacters
* Characters/InuYashaSupportingCharacters
* Characters/InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations
* Characters/InuYashaBandOfSeven
* Characters/InuYashaOtherVillains
* Characters/InuYashaFillerMoviesAndVideoGamesCharacters

[[folder:Filler, Movies and Video Games Characters]]

!!Ayame
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Ayame is a wolf youkai princess, grandaughter of the well-respected leader of a tribe allied with Kouga's. She claims to be Kouga's fiancee, though he says he doesn't remember any such thing.

->Voiced by: YumiKakazu (JP), Natalie Walters (EN), PatriciaAcevedo (LA SP), Eleonora Leti (IT)
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* ActionGirl: Of the CuteBruiser variety
** BlowYouAway and PetalPower: Her powers.
* AnimalMotifs: The Wolf
* AscendedExtra: Only mentioned in the manga, got a mini-arc to herself in the anime.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: One that Kouga gave to her when she was a little girl, but he came to pretty much forget. [[spoiler: It's hinted that he ''did'' remember later, but chose to not aknowledge it [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to not have her tag along for danger]].]]
** [[spoiler: Ultimately in the anime, Kouga and she do get married when he takes full leadership of the wolf youkai.]]
* FieryRedhead
* FlowerInHerHair: Kouga gives her one of her namesake flowers as a child when he promised to marry her, and she's worn one in her hair ever since.
* FlowerMotifs: "Ayame" means "iris," and she wears an iris in her hair. [[spoiler: Koga gave her one of these in their first encounter.]]
* GirlishPigtails
* HiddenDepths: Not herself per say, but her existence does make Koga a more rounded protagonist in the anime, rather being another romantic rival for Kagome's affections.
* PluckyGirl: Despite being much weaker than most demons, she's just as resolved as any {{Badass}} in the series
* RescueRomance: Kouga saved her life when she was young.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Kouga met Ayame as an adorable little youkai girl. When she shows up again, she's a total CuteBruiser babe.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Kouga.
** [[spoiler:VictoriousChildhoodFriend: In the anime.]]
* {{Youkai}}: A wolf one

!!Izumo/Gyu Oh
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An half demon who's cursed to turn into an ox demon every night. He's trying to create artificials Shikon Jewels to cure his status.

->Voiced by: Hiroshi Matsumoto (JP), Lee Tockar (EN), Alberto Caneva [Izumo] and Roberto Draghetti [Gyu Oh] (IT)
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the english dub he's portrayed as a full-fledged villain, while in the original dub is clear that he's just driven by his madness.
* CarryABigStick: As Gyu Oh wields a wooden club embedded with fake Shikon Jewels.
* GeniusBruiser: Oxen and bovine creatures are usually portrayed as dumb or stupid, but Gyu Oh is far from this stereotype, as he managed to built several artificial (though weaker) Shikon Jewels.
* JekyllAndHyde: A more radical variation.
* ALoadOfBull: He's a minotaur
* TragicMonster: Izumo is genuinely a good person, but, y'know, turning into a savage bull demon ''every single night'' will probably be bad for your sanity.

!!Hoshiyomi
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Once a powerful ninja demon, he was in love with Tsukiyomi, a human woman. However, he was possessed by the dark powers of the Naginata of Kenkon, forged by Kaijimbo, and turned evil.

->Voiced by: KazuyaNakai (JP), Giuliano Bonetto (IT), Salvador Delgado (Latin America)
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* BadassLonghair
* CastingAShadow
* DoubleWeapon: The two blades of the naginata can actually be removed and reattached.
* EvilWeapon: The naginata is what drove him crazy and evil.
* FacialMarkings
* HeelFaceTurn: Did one, thanks to Tsukiyomi. However, it didn't last thanks to the Naginata.
* {{Ninja}}

!!The Four Ninja Demons
The four demons serving Hoshiyomi, they're named and based after the Four Gods of the Si Ling. They're Seiryu (a snake demon), Suzaku (bird demon), Byakko (tiger demon) and Genbu (turtle demon).

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* AnimeHair: Byakko and Suzaku
* TheBrute: Genbu.
* CampGay: Suzaku, to the point that even his companions have to tell him to stop that.
* DepravedHomosexual: Suzaku, who openly targets Hojou Akitoki.
* EvilAlbino: Byakko.
* EvilRedhead: Suzaku.
* {{Expy}}: Suzaku is likely modeled after Jakostu.
* FeatheredFiend: Suzaku's true form.
* FlechetteStorm: Seiryu can throw his own scales like shuriken.
* FourIsDeath: Not as {{Badass}} as the Shitoshen though
* MesaCrowd: They're capable of creating clones of themselves.
* {{Ninja}}: All of them
* OneWingedAngel: Suzaku turns into a giant red bird, Byakko becomes a sort of tiger man, Genbu grows a turtle shell on his back. The only exception is Seiryu, who grows dark green hair.
* PantheraAwesome: Byakko.
* RedBaron: Suzaku of the Flower, Byakko of the Snow, Seiryu of the Moon and Genbu of the Darkness.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Seiryu and Genbu.
* StalkerWithACrush: Suzaku towards Hojo and Seiryu towards Sango.

!!Menomaru
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BigBad of the first Movie, was a powerful moth demon from Asia, but he and his father were defeated by Inu Yasha's father and sealed inside the Tree of Ages. Released by a fragment of the Shikon Jewel, he's now back with revenge. [[spoiler: He succesfully manipulates Inu Yasha into releasing his father and merge with him, but is destroyed by the combined efforts of Inu Yasha and Kagome.]]

->Voiced by: TomokazuSeki (Jp), Vincent Gale (En)
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* BackFromTheDead: Can revive himself at will.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: Has one in the form of wings.
** BadassLonghair
* BarrierWarrior: While in Chrisalys mode.
* {{Big Bad}}: Of the first movie.
* {{Bishonen}}: Till he transforms.
* CoolSword: Actually a pretty normal broadsword, though he does use it to deflect Inu Yasha's Wind Scar.
* DanceBattler: His fighting style, not surprisingly since his origins are in China.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In order to release the power of his father, he decides to kidnap Kagome in order to instigate Inuyasha into doing a LeeroyJenkins so he'd release his father for him, and also take control of Kirara and [[spoiler: Kagome]] to gain an advantage while he's metamorphosing into the next Lord Hyoga. Also has his minions attack Sesshomaru just to find out whether he has the sword capable of releasing his father's power, and has one of them copy Miroku's power so they'd cancel each other out in case he tries to use it to not of being sucked into the Wind Tunnel.
** [[spoiler: He also decides not to exploit the Sacred Jewel to boost his already significant power. While this is merely due to his SmugSuper personality, it actually saves him from being subjected to the Jewel's JerkAssGenie tendencies.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Does this to Kagome in an attempt to kill Inuyasha.]]
* DevourTheDragon: Does this to Hari when she's cut in half by Sango.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts politely, except is as [[FantasticRacism racist]] and [[SmugSuper arrogant]] as any other demon.
* GreenThumb: His technique to transform involves growing a tree of a cocoon.
* HeroKiller: He defeats Inuyasha in his bout and nearly kills him [[spoiler: by manipulating Kagome into doing the deed]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Death by Bakuryuha.]]
* LegacyCharacter: His goal is to literally become the same being as his father.
* LightningBruiser: While by no means as fast as Sesshomaru, he was able to outpace Inuyasha in their first bout.
* ManipulativeBastard: In a particularly mean way: [[spoiler: [[ForTheEvulz brainwashes Kagome into killing Inuyasha in the same manner as Kikyo]]]]. More generally, everything in the movie is all part of his plans; he also takes advantage of Inuyasha's LeeroyJenkins tendencies to release his father.
* OneWingedAngel: After becoming the New Lord Hyoga, he turns into a colossus with moth wings and antennae.
** ClippedWingAngel: It makes him a bigger target and is no where near as fast as he was before.
*** TheMinionMaster/ MookMaker/ EnemySummoner: He releases demons that were under his father's service to fight for him.
* PoisonousPerson: As a moth, it's obvious.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a tree, along with the remains of his father.
* SmugSuper: The reason he doesn't need the Shikon Jewel for a power booster, is that, like Sesshomaru, he already has power to back his claims
* TheStoic: He's reserved, but is very smug.
** NotSoStoic: After merging with his father.

!!Princess Kaguya
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BigBad of the second movie. The legendary maiden found in a bamboo stalk, this one is actually a powerful demon who devoured the real Princess and disguised as her. Confined inside a mirror, she's freed by Kanna and Kagura and tries to bring forth the "Eternal Night".

->Voiced by: Mieko Harada (Jp), Nicole Oliver (En)
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* AffablyEvil: Most of the time...
** FauxAffablyEvil: The other half
* {{Badass}}: A very powerful opponent, she also managed to kick ''Naraku's'' ass.
** BadassPrincess: At least pretends to be one
* BarrierWarrior: Can make barriers capable of repelling attacks.
* BenevolentBoss: She's pretty nice to both Kanna and Kagura. [[spoiler:[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Before she betrays and imprisons them anyway.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Even then, she's still nicer than Naraku who outright murders or sacrifices them in the end]]
* {{Big Bad}}: Of the second movie.
* CoolSword: Makes a giant golden sword out of her hairpin.
* TheCorrupter: She almost manages to permanently transform Inuyasha into his demon form.
* DarkActionGirl: One of the strongest in the series
* EvilCostumeSwitch: When she appears for the first time, she wears the typical YamatoNadeshiko style dress. After revealing her true nature, she dons a skimpier outfit complete with cape and breast bands.
* GreenThumb: She can grow flora like Menomaru, but uses it for more combative uses,
* HairTriggerTemper: During her true form.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Unlike other villains, she's overwhelmingly selfish in her goal (namely, ruling over a world where the time is frozen and nothing is alive.)
** [[spoiler: This surprisingly makes her worse than Naraku whose true goal was to be with Kikkyo]]
* ManipulativeBitch: No Naraku by any means, but is still very manipulative
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Deprived of the Celestial Robe, she's hit by Inu Yasha's attack and turns into a handful of cherry blossoms.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a mirror. She spend the first part of the movie still inside it.
* TimeStandsStill: The effects of the Eternal Night.
* VainSorceress

!!So'Unga
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Literally "Fang of the Gathering Clouds", was a demonic sword owned by Inu Yasha's father, and more powerful than Tenseiga or Tessaiga, having the ability to summon 100 dead souls from hell. Is the main villain in the third movie, manipulating the actions of Inu Yasha and later Takemaru.

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* BigBad: Of the third movie
* CombatTentacles: Grows some on Inu Yasha while trying to possess him.
* DemonicPossession: Inflict this on everyone who holds it.
* EvilWeapon: Unlike Tenseiga and Tessaiga, this sword is extremely evil.
* ManipulativeBastard
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Can raise the corpses of a hundred people and demons.
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: Develops a self-reliant body for itself.]]
* SealedEvilInACan
* UnholyNuke: Gokuryuuha ( Hell Dragon Wave, "Dragon Twister" in the dub).

!!Takemaru
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Secondary antagonist of the third movie, he was a samurai lord who was crazy jealous of Izayoi, Inu Yasha's mother, and tried to kill her. He's resurrected as a wraith by So'unga, so that the sword may have a wielder.

->Voiced by: YasunoriMatsumoto (Jp), Jonathan Holmes (En)
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* CameBackWrong: Resurrected as a yuurei.
* TheDragon: To So'Unga.
* EvilWeapon
* HealingFactor: Thanks to his new form he can regenerate at will.
* HornedHumanoid
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MasterSwordsman: Capable of taking on Sesshomaru in a fair fight.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother and Father]]: He technically did kill Inuyasha's mother before Inuyasha's father revived her and is partially responsible for the latter's demise

!!The Shitoshin
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The main villains of the Fourth Movie. The Shitoshin (Four War Gods) were four powerful great demon lords that invaded Horaijima but got their power source removed, forcing them to stay on the island. The four members are (again) based on the Four Guardian Gods and are named Ryuura (Dragon), Kyora (Phoenix), Jura (Tiger) and Goura (Turtle).

->Voiced by: NobutoshiCanna [Ryuura], TakeshiKusao [Jura], NobuoTobita [Kyora], Tadahisa Saizen [Goura] (Jp), Kristian Ayre [Ryuura], Jason Simpson [Jura], Ted Cole [Kyora], Ward Perry [Goura] (En)
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* AGodAmI: They claim to be gods.
* AnimalMotifs: See above in the description.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Goura.
* BadassNormal: Jura is the only member who does not use any kind of energy or magic for his attacks.
* {{BFG}}: Jura's Thunder Cannon.
* {{BFS}}: Ryuura's Fujinga and Raijinga swords.
* BigBadEnsemble
* DualWielding: Ryuura wields two huge scimitars in battle.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Kyora.
* {{Expy}}: All of them InUniverse: Ryuura's similar to Bankostu, Kyora to Jakostu and Abi, Goura to Ryukotsusei and Jura to Renkostu.
* {{Kaiju}}: Goura, an island-sized turtle.
* {{Guyliner}}: Kyora's lipstick.
* MadeOfIron: Goura's shield.
* OneWingedAngel: They all get a power up after retrieving their power orbs. [[spoiler: They also merge in a grotesque, asura-like monster with the bodies of the three members and Goura's shell.]]
* PaperFanOfDoom: Kyora's weapon.
* PlayingWithFire: Kyora and Goura to some extent.
* TurtlePower: Goura.
* WorthyOpponent: Sesshoumaru for Kyora.

!! [[SpearCounterpart Michiru]][=/=][[DistaffCounterpart Kaname]] Kururugi
The protagonist of the PS2 game "Secret of the Cursed Mask."
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* AudienceSurrogate: Oh ''heck'' yes, and a rather awesome example, at that. He/she quickly becomes very useful thanks to the Shikigami powers and is integral in solving some of the major problems that come up (for example, one of his/her powers is essential to taking away enemy barriers so attacks will actually damage them). He/she's the "player character". Not to mention that given that Kururugi can "hook up" with one of the members of the group, he/she's also a "fanboy/fangirl surrogate". [[spoiler: Although that last part's kind of spoiled during the ending when Kururugi is sent back to the modern era...unless it's Kagome's ending, since of course Kagome lives in the modern era as well, so they can meet up pretty quickly.]]
* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo: How his/her story arc ends.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Since Kururugi must rely on the powers of Shikigami in order to use any of his/her moves, every attack gets its own phrase.
* CharacterDevelopment: When Kururugi is first sent to the Feudal era, he/she's a fish out of water and is upset that there are no supermarkets around and his/her cell phone doesn't work. Then he/she is granted "Shikigami" powers, and eventually develops into a brave warrior in his/her own right. Also, in another example albeit a more minor case, Kururugi eventually learns (through his/her optional "romance" arc should the player choose to become especially close to a specific member of the group) to be more true to his/her feelings.
* GuideDangIt: It's possible for Kaname (and not Michiru, since he isn't gay) to end up with ''Sesshomaru'' of all people...but that requires a convoluted effort to not only not build up much affection with the other group members but also to do all the Sesshomaru events in the right order when you get them so you don't miss any. ''And'' at one point you have to choose to worry about Rin instead of your friends, but the impact of the choice isn't apparent right away. You'll only know you're on the right track if the "profile picture" on your save file suddenly has Sesshomaru's picture on it instead of one of the group members' pictures.
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Michiru/Kaname Kururugi can learn more "team-up" techniques depending on which member of the group Kururugi chooses to spend his/her days off with. (This is also indirectly how the others learn different "team-up" techniques, since if Kururugi pairs up with one of the group, the rest of the group must then pair up with different people for ''their'' days off).
* NiceGuy[=\=]Nice Girl
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Some plot details change slightly depending on whether you pick Michiru, the boy, or Kaname, the girl. For example, the senior citizen "Kakuju" whom you meet early in the game is an old ''woman'' if you pick Michiru, and an old ''man'' if you pick Kaname, so Kakuju is always the ''opposite'' sex of whomever you pick as the player character. Likewise, [[spoiler: if you pick Michiru, the antagonist "Utsugi" turns out to be a man, and it's a fake person who looks like your identical ancestor. Utsugi is also your identical ancestor (not really) if you pick Kaname, but Utsugi is female instead. So unlike Kakuju, Utsugi is always the ''same'' sex as whomever you pick as the player character. This is a major plot point; you find out near the end of the game that Kakuju and the real Utsugi were ''lovers'', but Utsugi died and Kakuju created fake versions instead. And since the real Utsugi is your identical ancestor, this is why both Kakuju and Utsugi are each a different sex depending on whom you pick.]]
* SquishyWizard: S[=\=]He serves as this to the group.
* TookALevelInBadass

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* Characters/InuyashaBandOfSeven

->Voiced by: KazuyaNakai (JP), Giuliano Bonetto (IT)

->Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Jp), Jonathan Holmes (En)

->Voiced by: Nobutoshi Kanna [Ryuura], Takeshi Kusao [Jura], Nobuo Tobita [Kyora], Tadahisa Saizen [Goura] (Jp), Kristian Ayre [Ryuura], Jason Simpson [Jura], Ted Cole [Kyora], Ward Perry [Goura] (En)

** [[spoiler: He also decides not to exploit the Sacred Jewel to boost his already significant power. While this is merely due to his SmugSuper personality, itactually saves him from being subjected to the Jewel's JerkAssGenie tendencies.]]

* HeroKiller

* SmugSuper

* {{Bishonen}}: Till he transforms

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In order to release the power of his father, he decides to kidnap Kagome in order to instigate Inuyasha into doing a LeeroyJenkins so he'd release his father for him, also he took control of Kirara and [[spoiler: Kagome]] to gain an advantage while he was metamorphosing into the next Lord Hyoga. Also has his minions attack Sesshomaru just to find out whether he has the sword capable of releasing his father's power and have one of them copy Miroku's power so they' d cancel each other out in case he tries to use it to not of being sucked into the Wind Tunnel.
** [[spoiler: He also decides not to exploit the Sacred Jewel to boost his already significant power, while merely due to his SmugSuper personality, but this actually saves him from being subjected to the Jewel's JerkAssGenie tendencies]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Does this to Kagome in an attempt to kill Inuyasha]], [[spoiler: [[VillainBall Why Naraku never thought of doing this is anyone's guess]]]].

* LegacyCharacter: His goal is literally become the same being as his father.
* LightningBruiser: While by no means as fast as Sesshomaru, he was able to outpace Inuyasha in their first bout
* ManipulativeBastard: In a particularly mean way, [[spoiler: [[ForTheEvulz brainwashes Kagome into killing Inuyasha in the same manner as Kikyo]]]], something only Naraku would do if he actually [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy thought of this]] [[VillainBall instead of all of his longwinded schemes]], also everything in the movie was all part of his plans.
** He also takes advantage of Inuyasha's LeeroyJenkins tendencies to release his father

*** TheMinionMaster/ MookMaker/ EnemySummoner: He releases demons that were under his father's service to fight for him
* PoisonousPerson: As a moth, it's obvious
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a tree, along with the remains of his father

* TheStoic: He's reserved, but is very smug

* BadassCape: Has one in the form of wings.

** ClippedWingAngel: It makes him a bigger target and is no where near as fast as he was before.
*** TheMinionMaker/ MookMaker/ EnemySummoner: He releases demons that were under his father's service to fight for him

** ClippedWingAngel: It makes him a bigger target and is no where near as fast as he was before.
*** MinionMaker: He releases demons that were under his father's service to serve him.

* ManipulativeBastard: In a particularly mean way, [[ForTheEvulz brainwashes Kagome into killing Inuyasha in the same manner as Kikyo]], something only Naraku would do if he actually [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy thought of this]] [[VillainBall instead of all of his longwinded schemes]], also everything in the movie was all part of his plans.

* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a tree.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In order to release the power of his father, he decides to kidnap Kagome in order to instigate Inuyasha into doing a LeroyJenkins so he'd release his father for him, also he took control of Kirara and [[spoiler: Kagome]] to gain an advantage while he was metamorphosing into the next Lord Hyoga. Also has his minions attack Sesshomaru just to find out whether he has the sword capable of releasing his father's power and have one of them copy Miroku's power so they' d cancel each other out in case he tries to use it to not of being sucked into the Wind Tunnel

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In order to release the power of his father, he decides to kidnap Kagome in order to instigate Inuyasha into doing a LeroyJenkins so he'd release his father for him, also he took control of Kirara and [[spoiler: Kagome]] to gain an advantage while he was metamorphosing into the next Lord Hyoga.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Does this to Kagome in an attempt to kill Inuyasha]], [[spoiler: [[VillainBall Why Naraku never thought of this is anyone's guess]]]].

* ManipulativeBastard: In a particularly mean way, [[ForTheEvulz brainwashes Kagome into killing Inuyasha in the same manner as Kikyo]], something only Naraku would do if he actually [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy thought of this]] [[VillainBall instead of all of his longwinded schemes]]

** BadassPrincess

* DarkActionGirl

* GreenThumb

* ManipulativeBitch

* PluckyGirl

* [[spoiler:VictoriousChildhoodFriend: In the anime.]]
* {{Youkai}}

* BadassCape

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Especially for a villain of this series, rather than pointlessly dispose

* PoisonousPerson

* TheStoic

* FourIsDeath

* {{Ninja}}
* OneWingedAngel: Suzaku turns into a giant red birds, Byakko becomes a sort of tiger man, Genbu grows a turtle shell on his back. The only exception is Seiryu, who grows dark green hair.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Does this to Kagome.]]

* AffablyEvil

* {{Bishonen}}

* DanceBattler

* LightningBruiser
* ManipulativeBastard

BigBad of the second movie. The legendary maiden found in a bamboo stalk, this one is actually a powerful demon who devoured the real Princess and disguised as her. Confined inside a mirror, she's fred by Kanna and Kagura and tries to bring forth the "Eternal Night".

* BenevolentBoss: She's pretty nice to both Kanna and Kagura.

* TheCorruptor: She almost manages to permanently transform Inuyasha into his demon form.

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!!Inuyasha
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Inuyasha is the son of a dog {{youkai}} and a human woman. Persecuted throughout his childhood due to his halfbreed nature, he sought to use the Shikon Jewel to become a full youkai, but fell in love with the Jewel's human guardian, the {{miko}} Kikyo. Fifty years prior to the start of the series, Kikyo sealed Inuyasha to a tree with a magical arrow; when Kagome releases him, he resumes his mission to obtain the Shikon Jewel, which requires him to team up with Kagome to track down the broken Jewel's many shards.

->Voiced by: KappeiYamaguchi (JP), RichardIanCox (EN), Enzo Fortuny (LA SP), Francesco Pezzuli (IT), Jerome Wiggins (FR)

* AllGenesAreCoDominant: He's half dog-demon and half human, so he usually looks like a human with pointy dog ears and dog claws. His abilities are somewhere between that of a demon and that of a human, with an odd twist on the transformation ability.
* AnimalMotifs / AnimalStereotypes: The dog
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V ---> Type II]]. The reason he had to wear the necklace of subjugation was because he used to be as bad the rest of the demons after the jewel. He slowly mellows into a heroic-yet-rude-and-selfish good guy.
* AttackAttackAttack
* AxCrazy: His SuperpoweredEvilSide.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLonghair
* {{BFS}}: The transformed Tessaiga.
* BigEater
* {{Bishounen}}
* BloodyMurder: Hijinkessou / Blades of Blood, one of his earliest and least-used attacks, involves slinging his own blood at his enemy.
* BlowYouAway
* BringMyRedJacket
* BroughtDownToNormal: Once a month.
** {{Lunacy}}: Inverted.
* BrutalHonesty
* ButtMonkey
* ByronicHero: At the beginning of the series
* CallingYourAttacks: Almost everyone does at least a little of this, but Inuyasha does it nearly every time.
* CockFight: Inuyasha + Koga = this, especially if Kagome is present.
* CounterAttack: Bakuryuuha / Backlash Wave.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Especially when Koga's involved with Kagome.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His dad died from a demon dragon wound, he and his mother had to suffer years of discrimination due to being a half demon and another demon turned his lover against him.
* DeadlyUpgrade: [[spoiler: When his yokai blood goes out of control.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: [[ButtMonkey He can't get away with a lot of this though.]]
* DefrostingIceKing
* {{Determinator}}: He just keeps going, no matter how bad the odds are or how injured he is, even when he's human.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Has never worn shoes a day of his life, nor has he really needed them (unless in human form). No one seems to care, not even in the modern era.
* EmpathicWeapon: Tessaiga.
* {{Expy}}: [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma]].
* FaceFault: When Kagome says "Sit!" / “Sit, boy!” (Japanese = “Osuwari!” a sit command for dogs)
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Whenever he goes to Kagome's era.
* GoodIsNotNice: Especially in the first two chapters, but he tends to range from {{Jerkass}} to JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* GreenEyedEpiphany: Even though he made it clear through his acts that he cares for Kagome but never said it out of pride, whenever Koga shows up or if Kagome just as much as ''talks'' about him in a non-derogatory way, Inuyasha will become ''fiercely'' possessive and jealous.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: When he was a kid he was shunned by humans and hunted by youkai only for being a hanyou. Even now, humans suspect and fear him while youkai mock him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He hates this because his mother suffered for it [[spoiler: at first]]
* HealingFactor
* TheHero: [[TitleDrop His name would suggest this,]] and he is usually the one to finish off enemies, but he actually fits the [[TheLancer Lancer]] trope better. His {{Jerkass}}ery contrasts Kagome's NiceGirl [[{{Tsundere}} to people other than him]] and he fights up close with a sword instead at a distance with a bow.
* HeroicBSOD: One time when Kagome told him he was "exhausting". To which he replied "What? Do you mean you're tired of being with me?" Cue the signature sitting position and a (very) blank stare.
* HoldingYourShoulderMeansInjury: Whenever he's injured, he holds his shoulder. In fact, the only time he ''doesn't'' hold his shoulder is when he is literally too injured to move.
* HotBlooded
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: His mom Izayoi was TheOjou, his dad the Inu-No-Taishou (Dog General) is... well, a demon.
* IndyPloy: Despite his reputation as the IdiotHero, he's probably the character most likely to think outside of the box in a pinch, such as the time he was told of there being an AchillesHeel somewhere on his youki-absorbing opponent with the intent that he would find it and attack there instead. His reaction was basically, "That'll take too long, so I'll just use my BeamSpam to blow up the ground underneath him and smack him while he's off balance." And that's not even counting Tessaiga's tendency to prompt him to use specific abilities for no apparent reason in the middle of a fight.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Into both full human and full youkai.
* ItsPersonal: Naraku killed Kikyo and tricked Inuyasha into thinking she had betrayed him.
* IWillProtectHer: To Kagome
* JerkAss --> JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KiAttacks: Pretty much all of his attacks depend on the power of his ki. His CounterAttack, Bakuryuuha, turns his enemy's ki against them and consequently can only be used against enemies with strong ki.
* KubrickStare: He sometimes does this when he's in his [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/articles/44000/ranma-and-akane_44987_3.jpg?cache=1267339633 full youkai form.]]
* TheLancer: Although he could be seen as TheHero or TheBigGuy (because of how how important he is to the show or because he does most of the fighting), he is the Lancer to Kagome. Inuyasha is constantly trying to be a loner and go against what the group wants to do. The fact that Kagome 'makes him sit' when he is bad or the fact that whenever Kagome leaves, Inuyasha is helpless in his quest to find the jewel shards, is proof that Kagome is the {{Leader}} of the group.
** Could be argued both ways. He is the one who decides the path they're taking next and of course does everything and drives much of the plot. She has the "sit" ability (mostly comic relief) but it may be best to make them both the heroes and have Sango and Miroku be the Lancers. Neither can do it without each other's aid: Inuyasha must protect Kagome since she doesn't start as an ActionGirl, but Kagome can pinpoint the location of the Shikon shards while Inuyasha cannot.
* LightningBruiser: Even while holding his {{BFS}} he's fast.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* MeaningfulName: Inuyasha
** "Inu" is Japanese for "dog."
** "Yasha" means "friendly spirit," "forest spirit," or "holy demon." It seems to refer to a demon that is fueled by positive energy ([[KiAttacks reiki]]) rather than negative energy ([[KiAttacks youki]]).
* MegatonPunch: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by his considerable half-demon strength.
* MrFanservice
* NamedWeapons: Tessaiga ("Steel-Cleaving Fang")
* NoSocialSkills: Being ostracized and living alone for most of your life can mess up the way you approach other people.
* TheNoseKnows: Can smell on par with a dog... which can really help or suck depending on the situation.
* OutDamnedSpot: After slaughtering a bunch of bandits while in his youkai form, he tries to wash his hands but he's still able to smell the blood.
* ParentalAbandonment: Actually his dad immediately after his birth and his mother while he was young.
* PerpetualFrowner: Has a lot to be pissed about, and manages to be pissed at ''everything.''
* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: His full yokai form.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Inuyasha's exact age and whether or not the fifty years he spent asleep count toward it is the subject of considerable debate in the fandom, due to the fact that Takahashi prefers not to provide exact ages for youkai and hanyou characters. It is, however, established in the series that youkai live longer and age more slowly than humans, so while official materials only state that he's effectively a teenager, it's generally accepted that this trope is in effect. ''Swords of an Honorable Ruler'' sets his actual age at about two hundred and fifty (including the time spent in stasis) but is not considered canon.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are gold, but the scleras turn red when his youkai blood drives him berserk.
* RestrainingBolt: Tessaiga prevents his SuperPoweredEvilSide from taking over. And the necklace he sports was unwillingly placed on him by Kaede to stop him from attacking humans, which Kagome has the power to activate... and activate... ''aaand'' activate... much to his dismay.
* RoofHopping: When in the modern world.
* SealedEvilInACan: Because of his SuperPoweredEvilSide
* SiblingRivalry: It's a ding-dong battle with his [[AloofBigBrother older brother]] who has [[TheUnfavourite daddy issues]]. It eventually gets resolved but not before it descends into a temporary period of CainAndAbel. Lampshaded in the manga itself when Inuyasha complains about two fighting brothers causing trouble for everyone and realises his TrueCompanions are thinking he's talking about himself and Sesshoumaru. When he claims it's all Sesshoumaru's fault, Miroku observes that's exactly what a troublemaker would say.
* SirSwearsALot: ''Especially'' in the Japanese dub, in which his language is pretty crude.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Kikyou.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Reflecting his dog-based {{youkai}} nature.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: He inherited more power from his youkai side than his half-human body can handle. If it's not sealed, it drives him into fits of feral UnstoppableRage.
* SuperStrength: Being a half demon can do that for you.
** SuperSpeed: Considering that he dodges Koga's attacks.
* SuspendedAnimation: Sealed to a tree for fifty years by Kikyo's arrow.
* SwordBeam: The Kaze no Kizu / Wind Scar.
* TameHisAnger: At first he restrains himself somewhat in response to having a necklace placed on his neck that can put him in line whether he wants to be or not. Later, CharacterDevelopment also contributes to this, but it really becomes crucial to him when he assumes Youkai form and unintentionally threatens the ones he cares about.
* TeamDad: He's an unorthodox example, but he tries to give the TeamMom emotional support, physically prevents the ActionGirl from giving up on her brother and the SmartGuy from throwing his life away, and is an example for both the TagalongKid and Kagome's little brother.
* TimeTravelRomance: With Kagome.
* TokenEvilTeammate: At the beginning of the series.
* TroubledButCute: Considering that he is a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy JerkWithAHeartOfGold complete with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* {{Tsundere}}: A male version of the Type A. ''Very'' tsuntsun, but when he wants to he can be very sweet and generous.
* UnusualEars: Dog ears, of course. (Don’t mistake them for cat ears, or Inu will go all [[BerserkButton youkai]] on you!)
* VitriolicBestBuds: With ''everyone''.
* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: His solution to any problem eventually works out to some form of "I hit it with my BFS." Admittedly said BFS was apparently made for the Swiss Army's Magical WMD Division.
* WhenHeSmiles: Hold it dear, [[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e219/doggiequeen910/inuyasha/inuyasha-wallpapers-04.jpg it's a rare sight to behold...]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: See SuperPoweredEvilSide above.
* TheWorfBarrage: The Kaze no Kizu / Wind Scar eventually turns into this.


!!Kagome Higurashi
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Kagome is a girl from the present era who finds herself in Japan's Sengoku era after falling down an old well in her family's Shinto shrine. She proves to be Kikyo's reincarnation, and discovers that she possesses strong spiritual powers resembling that of a {{miko}}. After she accidentally shatters the Shikon Jewel, she joins up with Inuyasha to find and reassemble the broken pieces.

->Voiced by: SatsukiYukino (JP), Moneca Stori/Kira Tozer (EN), Anna Lobo/Leyla Rangel (LA SP), Letizia Scifoni (IT), Maelys Ricordeau (FR)

* ActionGirl: Eventually.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Brown eyes in the anime, blue eyes in the manga.
* TheArcher: Her skills increases with her character development: at the start when she's at her most immature, it sucks. Near the end when she's grown into TheMessiah, its great.
* AudienceSurrogate
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Sort of happens to her in one episode, though the villain intends to feed her to some immortality-fruit-bearing-tree rather than... [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes what you'd normally expect]].
* BathingBeauty
* BerserkButton: Cause anyone in her circle of friends pain. Before you do, though, make sure you've made peace with any higher being you may worship.
* BettyAndVeronica: She's the Betty to Kikyo's Veronica and Inuyasha's Archie.
** But unlike Archie, Inuyasha does finally make a decision at the very end...and [[spoiler: Kagome the "Betty" wins]].
* ChangedMyJumper: In the second episode a bandit remarks that her skirt is shorter than their kimono but after that no one seems to notice. Of course, regarding the way other demons and the poor dress, her garb's not the most striking thing people are used to seeing.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* ClingyJealousGirl: To some degree, but not as bad as other examples in the page.
* DisappearedDad: The novels explain that he died in an accident when Kagome was little, therefore her family had to move into the Shinto temple owned by Grandpa Higurashi.
* DistressedDamsel: Quite a few times, especially early in the series. She gradually grows out of it, though.
** BadassDamsel: And she wasn't exactly super helpless and docile, either.
* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Kagome angsts over the idea that Inuyasha sees her only as a replacement for Kikyo.
* DubNameChange: In the Brazilian dub, she is known as Agome. In the Latin American dub, she is known as Aome.
* EekAMouse: She can handle {{youkai}}, blood, guts, wounds, man-eating rats, two-timing boyfriends, time-travel, saving the world while trying to pass exams, lifting the spirits of the depressed, downtrodden and bullied and can even befriend the reclusive, the painfully shy, and aggressively hostile, but ask her to help a giant beast-faced [[HalfHumanHybrid hanyou]] in his herb garden when there's an earthworm in plain sight and she'll fall to pieces.
* {{Expy}}: [[RanmaOneHalf Akane]]. Physical violence against male partner...check. Frequently gets into arguments with male partner...check. "Main girl"...check. Created by Rumiko Takahashi...check.
** Although Inuyasha tends to deserve Kagome's tsundere side much more than Ranma did Akane's, since unlike Ranma, Inuyasha ''is'' usually guilty of whatever Kagome is "sitting" him for, and Kagome's more of a Nice Girl than Akane was. [[spoiler: Also, Akane and Ranma never really ended up together since the manga ended on a "maybe", but by the end of the Inuyasha manga Kagome is lucky enough to ''officially'' end up with Inuyasha.]]
* [[spoiler:EyeScream: Subverted. One small shard from Kanna's body did hit the eye but it did little to no permanent damage.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: At first. As the series goes on, Kagome manages to take the feudal era in stride due to how often she keeps going there.
* FiveManBand: Fulfills a number of roles as the story goes.
** TheChick: Before Sango came she was the only girl in a group of three guys and did more [[BelligerentSexualTension bickering with Inuyasha]] than shard detecting.
** TheHeart: She's a ParentalSubstitute for Shippo, emotional support for Sango, and steers Inuyasha to the path of heroism instead of jerkism.
** TheLeader: Although it could be argued that Inuyasha is TheHero, Kagome is the Leader of the group and the {{Narrator}} of the show. The fact that Kagome 'makes Inuyasha sit' when he is bad or the fact that whenever Kagome leaves, Inuyasha is helpless in his quest to find the jewel shards, is proof that Kagome is the dominant one in the relationship.
* GenkiGirl: Down played. She's more [[PluckyGirl plucky]] than energetic but can get really excited.
* HolyHandGrenade: The bulk of her powers are holy spiritual powers.
* [[spoiler: IChooseToStay]]
* IFeelAngry: "Please let me tell you, Naraku... YOU'RE DESPICABLE!"
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sometimes, especially later in the story, but by then, her abilities as a priestess have matured to the point when she can automatically knock an arrow and guide it to its target through sheer willpower.
* {{Joshikousei}}
* LightEmUp
* LimitedWardrobe: She actually does change outfits from time to time, but spends by far most of her time in her school uniform. Some attempt at justification is made when Kagome mentions that her uniform is easier to clean.
* MagicSkirt: In the second episode, a dirty thug became an AccidentalPervert when he decided to lift up Kagome's skirt in wonder of how small it was, thinking it was a badly undersized kimono. Of course, her panties get exposed to everyone in the room but never to the audience.
* TheMedic: She takes this role in the team, helped by the medicines from her time.
* TheMessiah
* {{Miko}}: She has miko powers.
* MsFanservice: Especially in the early parts of the series, both anime and manga, where her bathing scenes are more common.
* NiceGirl: Except when she has to "sit" Inuyasha because he keeps insulting her, or because he keeps hitting Shippo, or has otherwise done something extremely rude. Other than that, Kagome's very warm and friendly.
* [[spoiler: Official Couple]]: [[spoiler: With Inuyasha.]]
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary Junior High Student]]: Until she fell into that well...
* PlayingSick: Her cover for being in the feudal era all the time. UpToEleven when she's gone for months at a time. In the real world, somebody would've got suspicious by then, even with her family covering for her.
* PluckyGirl: Are demons and roughing it in Feudal Japan going to stop her? No, not at all. [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld She's more worried about her grades and boyfriend issues.]]
* PowerGlows: In her case, a pinkish purple.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of Priestess Kikyo.
* SailorFuku
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Kagome takes a liking to wearing her uniform into the feudal era because it's easily cleaned (although it has a downside- a lecherous man once thought her skirt was a super-short kimono). Once, she did wear casual clothes... which coincided with the debut of Sesshoumaru.
* SecondLove: For Inuyasha.
* ShesGotLegs
* ShipperOnDeck: She's a Sango/Miroku fangirl, especially in the anime.
* StepfordSmiler: Slightly, as she learns to keep her feelings in regards to Inuyasha and Kikyo to herself. Very obvious when [[spoiler: Kikyo almost dies for the second time and disappears: Kagome ignores her own distress and tells Inuyasha to go search for her... and her inner jealousy makes her an easy prey for The Baby's {{Hannibal Lecture}}s.]]
** Every one of her friends -- [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school girls]] and super-powered youkai hunters alike -- are terrified of her smile when she's pretending that she's not upset.
** Sometimes, it happens if Inuyasha suffers the misfortune of setting Kagome off with snide comments. Kagome will crack a dangerous smile... then batter him into the ground with "Sit" commands.
* SupportingProtagonist: Kagome is the view point character of the series, but a good deal of the plot (and fights) tend to focus on her other companions. As the series continues though, Kagome plays more and more of an active role.
* TeamMom: Keeps TheHero and TeamDad on check, counsels [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] and encourages her relationship with TheSmartGuy, and is a mother figure to the TagalongKid.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: And then she blows up Naraku and purifies all his miasma saving everyone.
* TimeTravelRomance: With Inuyasha.
* TookALevelInBadass: Slowly but surely it sets in, eventually turning Kagome from doddering school girl in a world she doesn't understand, to a LadyOfWar with mastery archery skills.
* TrappedInThePast: [[spoiler: In the end.]]
* TrueSight
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B; sweet and nice, unless someone - most often Inuyasha - pisses her off.
* WhiteMagicianGirl

!!Miroku
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Aside from his considerable spiritual power as a Buddhist monk, Miroku possesses a "wind tunnel" or "air void" in his hand, a miniature black hole which sucks in anything if it's not kept magically sealed. The wind tunnel is the product of a family curse originally put on Miroku's grandfather by Naraku, and it dooms Miroku to an early death unless it can be removed by killing Naraku first. To that end, Miroku joins forces with Kagome and Inuyasha.

Miroku is a rather unusual monk, since he is a skilled con artist and a HandsomeLech who habitually asks any pretty girl he meets to bear his children - to carry on the mission to kill Naraku if he doesn't succeed, he claims.

->Voiced by: KoujiTsujitani (JP), KirbyMorrow (EN), Gabriel Gama (LA SP), Fabio Boccanera (IT), Benoit Marchand (FR)

* AmazonChaser: A big part of his attraction to Sango is ''because'' she's an ActionGirl
* AntiHero ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]])
* BadPowersGoodPeople: He has the power to make anything disappear into oblivion. He only uses it against violent and hostile youkai.
* {{Badass}}: Yeah. He just can't use his strongest attack most of the time, but he is very badass when it comes down to business.
** BadassPreacher
* TheBarnum
* BarrierWarrior: He can create small barriers.
* BerserkButton: ''Don't'' hit on Sango. (Because that’s ''his'' job!)
* BetaCouple: With Sango.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Inuyasha.
* BrokenHero: He's easygoing, carefree and cheerful, even when he'll die very young being swallowed by his own hand.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He flirts, cons, and generally comes across as a ''terrible'' Buddhist, but he wields a substantial amount of holy power and proves to have a deep core of spirituality when it really counts.
* [[CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest Can't Act Perverted Toward A Love Interest]]: Averted and played straight. He flirts, gropes and peeks on Sango every chance he gets, but he never asked her to bear his child. At least not until he was serious about their RelationshipUpgrade.
* CatchPhrase: "Will you bear my children?"
* TheCharmer
* ChivalrousPervert: He is capable of being noble and a gentleman, to the incredulity of both Inuyasha and Sango.
* ChickMagnet: Throughout the series he attracts Sango, Koharu, Shima and whenever he's in a village girls surround him.
* CombatCommentator
* ConMan: His favorite trick is to, upon arriving in a town, single out a particularly large and wealthy-looking house and announce that it is "threatened by evil spirits," which he then generously offers to exorcize in return for a meal and a place to stay for the night.
* CursedWithAwesome: His curse really ''is'' a curse, but in an admirable example of making the best out of a bad situation, he uses it as a very powerful weapon as well.
** AwesomeButImpractical: It quickly becomes this once Naraku starts using insects that, if they get sucked in, will poison him. Because they're present in almost every battle, Miroku rarely has a chance to use it.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He watched his father die being sucked into his Wind Tunnel when he was a little boy.
* DirtyOldMonk
* {{Expy}}: [[UruseiYatsura Ataru]], sort of, but he is nicer and more mature.
* FeelNoPain: After taking Yakurou Dokusen's "medicine", so he's able to suck any poison into his Wind Tunnel and keep fighting even though it's still killing him.
* FuelMeterOfPower: The Wind Tunnel ''will'' kill him eventually.
* GoodShepherd: Vices aside, he's a heroic holy man.
* HandsomeLech
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried]]
* HereditaryCurse
* HolyHandGrenade: As a monk that is to be expected.
* [[spoiler: HotDad]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Sango is courted by a nice rich guy, he seriously thinks he should let go of her so she can have the nice life she needs so badly.
* [[ItsPersonal It's Personal]]: Naraku cursed his family.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: The Saimyoshou are always around preventing him from using his curse.
* LadykillerInLove: He's an unrepentant womanizer who falls in love with Sango, not that it stops his flirting. Cue Hiraikotsu.
* LovableSexManiac
* LoveableRogue: He'll do anything to have a comfortable and enjoyable life, whether it's conning, lying or even stealing to get food, lodgings, money and women.
* {{Lust}}: Runs in his family, and one of the reasons his grandfather ended up with the Wind Tunnel.
* MagicalGesture
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Even his proposal had this.
* MomentKiller: Tender moments between Miroku and Sango are most often ruined by Miroku's wandering hands.
** On one hilarious occasion, when he managed to keep his hands to himself, ''she'' reached around to touch ''his'' rump -- checking for a tail, to make sure he wasn't [[{{Kitsune}} Shippo]] in disguise. [[http://www.mangareader.net/226-16667-4/inuyasha/chapter-411.html]]
** On another rare moment, Miroku tries to comfort her which he usually would've ruined with his wandering hands, however Miroku remains perfectly chivalrous and prepares to walk away. Sango's [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of the usual routine, arguably, it's the starting cause of the moment killer.
--->'''Sango''': "That's it?"
--->'''Miroku''': "Hm?"
--->'''Sango''': "Well it's just that usually after the encouragement you try to do something lecherous."
--->'''Miroku''': ''[smiles, sighing]'' "Sango..." ''[places his hand on her breast]'' "If that's all you wanted you should have said so."
--->''[cue [[RunningGag slap]]]''
* MrExposition
* MrViceGuy
* NunTooHoly: Well, more like [[SpearCounterpart Monk Too Holy]], but the motif applies. InuYasha draws on lots of stories from Japan's Feudal Era and stories about Buddhist monks acting in a very ''un''monkly fashion date back at least that far.
* PaperTalisman
* ParentalAbandonment
* PowerIncontinence: As a direct result of the "power" being the product of a curse.
* PowerOfTheVoid
* PowerPalms: The Wind Tunnel lies in the palm of his right hand.
* SexyPriest
* SimpleStaff: He's a very capable fighter using his shakujo.
* SinsOfOurFathers: The Wind Tunnel is a curse passed down to him from his father and grandfather.
* TheSmartGuy: He's a pretty decent spiritualist and has a good bit of knowledge of the supernatural... [[StreetSmart and a mind made for Vegas.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Looks and act carefree and dirty-minded, but deep down he's ''very'' troubled because he knows he's getting closer and closer to death.
* SuperPowerMeltdown
* UrbanLegendLoveLife
* WeaponsThatSuck: [[CursedWithAwesome The Wind Tunnel as his family uses it]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Particularly towards the end of the series.

!!Sango
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Sango comes from a village of professional demon slayers. After the deaths of the other hunters, including Sango's father and little brother Kohaku, she first mistakenly pursues Inuyasha intending to kill him, but later joins forces with him and the others. Sango's primary weapon is Hiraikotsu, an enormous [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang boomerang]] made from demon bones, but she's also skilled with a variety of other weapons and tricks, and has a broad array of knowledge about youkai and how to fight them.

->Voiced by: HoukoKuwashima (JP), KellySheridan (EN), Liliana Barba (LA SP), Emmanuela D'Amico (IT), Yael Elhadad (FR)

* ActionGirl
* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save the Guy]]
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Usually used on Miroku.
* BadWithTheBone: Hiraikotsu is made of purified youkai bones.
* {{Badass}}: Very much. As stated below, she was stabbed with a scythe, shot with multiple arrows, buried alive, and she did not let that hold her back and dug herself out of her own grave.
** BadassNormal
** HeartbrokenBadass
* BattleAura: When Sango is pissed off she can manifest a BattleAura that can send even ''Inuyasha'' ducking for cover. This even though Sango is [[TheTeamNormal the only member of the]] FiveManBand [[BadassNormal with no supernatural powers whatsoever]].
* BattleBoomerang: Her weapon of choice.
* BerserkButton: Miroku being a lecher. She later calms down as long as he's only a lecher ''with her''.
* BetaCouple: With Miroku.
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: She fills the role in the FiveManBand, despite being neither big nor a guy, by being the hardest hitter short of Inuyasha himself. She's also the only one that's been formally trained to fight.
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has a hidden retractable blade in her right sleeve.
* BrokenBird
* BrownEyes: She’s the more down-to-earth of the main characters.
* BuriedAlive
** RiseFromYourGrave
* ChainPain
* CharlesAtlasSuperPower
* ClingyJealousGirl
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* DemonSlaying: The protagonists do a lot of this in general, but for Sango it's both her profession and a family tradition.
* {{Determinator}}: She was stabbed with a scythe in her back, got hit with several arrows and was buried alive. But instead of dying she just got pissed off, dug herself out and later proceeded to hike for miles and fight Inuyasha who she thought had destroyed her village, all this while bleeding to death.
* DoomedHometown
* DualWielding
* [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude, He's Like, In A Coma!]]: She kissed Miroku while he was unconscious [[spoiler: and in the brink of death]] before leaving to fight Naraku.
* EmpathicWeapon: Her giant boomerang, Hiraikotsu.
* {{Expy}}: [[RanmaOneHalf Ukyo]].
** She also has quite a few similarities to [[MermaidSaga Rin]].
* GuiltComplex: She tends to blame herself a lot, it doesn't matter if it really is her fault or not.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried]]
* HiddenWeapons: Where to begin…
* HimeCut
* HotForPreacher: Her and Miroku.
* [[spoiler: HotMom]]
** [[spoiler: AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: By the end of the story she's about 19/20 years-old and already has three kids. A JustifiedTrope, tho: this Feudal Japan, two of the kids are twin girls under 3 years old and her youngest has just been ''born'' (with Kaede as the midwife), and she married ''Miroku'' of all people.]]
* ItsPersonal: Naraku murdered her family and destroyed her village, tricked her into thinking Inuyasha was responsible and brainwashed her brother.
* JackOfAllStats
* LadyOfWar
* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Her Kind]]: She's the last taijiya. [[spoiler: For a while]].
* LuminescentBlush
* MasterPoisoner: She has extensive knowledge in the preparation of different kinds of poisons and how they affect youkai.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Her weapons include the Hiraikotsu, a wakizashi (small sword), a chain and a hidden blade.
* NamedWeapons: Hiraikotsu ("Bone that flies back")
* ParentalAbandonment: We never see her mother, and her father is killed by her brother when he's under Naraku's control.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Naraku gives her the choice between killing Rin to kill Naraku in order to save Miroku's life, or staying her hand to save Rin and therefore letting Miroku die. She chooses to [[spoiler: save Miroku but Kagome manages to save Rin just in time. Sango promptly offers her life to Sesshoumaru as payment for her attempt on Rin's life, but Sesshoumaru lets her live.]]
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: And it's bigger than she is.
* ScarsAreForever: "Kohaku's scar" on her back.
* SensualSpandex
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Taijiya massacre.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "It's not like I'm jealous or anything."
** "It's not really like I expected you'd be in love with me or anything."
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* TheTeamNormal
* TomboyishPonytail
* {{Tsundere}}: Even though she's more of a YamatoNadeshiko, Miroku is a genius bringing out the {{Tsundere}} in her.
* [[DeadLittleSister Undead Little Brother]]
* YamatoNadeshiko: She's actually quite the spin on the trope: she's tall, willowy, dark-haired, gentle and follows the family tradition... which just happens to be ''demon slaying''. Slightly based on how several {{Yamato Nadeshiko}}s were trained in weapon use so they could defend their households when in a pinch.
* YouAreWorthHell: She prefers to die with Miroku than live without him.

!!Kirara
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Kirara is a nekomata - a two-tailed youkai cat - who is also Sango's companion. She can change from a tiny feline to a huge fanged one for Sango to ride on, and has the ability to fly in her larger form.

->Voiced by: Tarako (JP)

* ActionPet
* CoolPet: Admit it, you ''wish'' your pet could change shapes and fly.
* CuteKitten: A mild subversion because of Kirara's large form.
** MegaNeko: When she uses said form.
* {{Flight}}
* HorseOfADifferentColor: She normally carries Sango and Miroku on her back.
* IncendiaryExponent
* KillerRabbit
* LoyalAnimalCompanion
* NonHumanSidekick
* PantheraAwesome
* ParrotPetPosition
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Being a nekomata, this is obligatory. In the anime it's implied she was Midoriko's companion.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. When she's first introduced to Inuyasha's group, she's a snarling beast with glowing red eyes. Then it's revealed she's a friend of Myouga's and was just trying to protect the dead villagers of the place she calls home. She's a friend and ally after that.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In her small form. Awwwwwwww.
* {{Sizeshifter}}
** FunSize
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the English dub, her name is pronounced as 'Kilala', but still spelled 'Kirara'.
* TeamPet
* {{Youkai}}

!!Shippo
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Shippo is a young fox youkai who joins Kagome and Inuyasha following the death of his father. Since he is still a child, he is not very strong in battle, but can change his shape and has a repertoire of trickery that occasionally comes in handy. His youth and immaturity bring him into frequent conflict with Inuyasha; it is not clear exactly how old he really is, given that youkai age more slowly than humans.

->Voiced by: KumikoWatanabe (JP), JillianMichaels (EN), Laura Torres (LA SP), Laura Cenciarelli (IT), Audrey Lebihan (FR)

* AdaptationalBadass In the PS2 game Secret of the Cursed Mask, he's a full party member, and the FragileSpeedster of the group.
* AnimalMotifs: Fox
* BattleTops
* BrattyHalfPint
* CaptainObvious
* ColdFlames: His Fox Fire (Kitsune-Bi).
* DeadpanSnarker
* DisappearedDad: We meet him right after his dad, a powerful fox youkai, was murdered and skinned by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Hiten and Manten]]. AndThatsTerrible.
* {{Expy}}: [[UruseiYatsura Jariten]].
* GreenEyes: Despite his young age, he has immense magical talent for his species, lampshaded when he's accidentally dragged into a kitsune examination session he didn't even know existed. Despite having no time to prepare for his exams and being the youngest examinee present, he wipes the floor with his fellow examinees, earning their absolute awe as he breaks records in the speed at which he climbs the Kitsune rankings. It's confirmed in-universe that one day he'll grow up to be a [[UpToEleven Tai]]{{youkai}}.
* [[IAmNotWeasel I Am Not a]] {{Tanuki}}: [[RunningGag "I'm a Kitsune!"]]
* KidAnova: Has a lot of conquests for someone so young.
* KidSidekick
* {{Kitsune}}
* TheLoad
* MasterOfIllusion: Most of his tricks fall under this branch of magic including MesACrowd
* MorphicResonance: Can't hide his tail most of the time.
* MouthyKid
* ParentalAbandonment
* ParrotPetPosition
* PluckyComicRelief
* PointyEars
* TagalongKid
* TheTrickster
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* {{Youkai}}

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Supporting Characters]]

!!Myoga
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Myoga the flea was once a servant of Inuyasha's father, and tries to help Inuyasha and his friends by providing useful information, although he is a coward and a bit of a lecher. He claims Inuyasha's blood is delicious, and often appears by biting Inuyasha to drink some of his blood, usually resulting in getting squashed by Inuyasha.

->Voiced by: KenichiOgata (JP), PaulDobson (EN), Daniel Abundis (LA SP), Mino Caprio (IT), Hughes Boucher (FR)

* AnimalMotifs: The flea.
* ArrangedMarriage: Kind of in the anime. He got roped into a wedding with an energetic lover, but seems none too happy about it and escapes.
* ButtMonkey
* DeadpanSnarker
* GenreSavvy: Knows he's screwed if he sticks around for too long in a big battle.
* LovableCoward: Will no doubt run when the going gets especially tough, but only because he's a puny flea with barely any combat potential other than sucking a demon's blood dry over the course of several hours.
* [[MentorArchetype The Mentor]]
* MrExposition
* OldRetainer
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* RunningGag: Usually, when Myoga shows up, he tries to nibble on Inuyasha's blood, to which Inuyasha retaliates with a firm swat to the flea, which sends him sailing to the ground like a flattened sheet of paper. A few times, it clues the gang in to his sudden, unseen arrival.
** His LovableCoward tendencies - specifically his habit of abandoning whichever party member he's perched on if it looks like they might be in danger - are also played as a RunningGag, to the point that in at least one instance Myoga moving from one character's shoulder to another character's is taken as a warning sign, and the first character is advised to move where it's safer.
* SweetTooth: For ''[[{{Squick}} Inuyasha's blood]].''
* ThirdPersonPerson: He does sometimes speak in terms of "This Myouga" in the Japanese dub.
* {{Youkai}}

!!Kikyo
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As a {{miko}} and the Shikon Jewel's guardian, Kikyo's responsibility was to purify the Shikon Jewel and keep it out of anyone else's hands. Falling in love with Inuyasha, however, led to her death, and she had the Jewel burned with her body in order to protect it, causing it to reappear within the body of her reincarnation, Kagome. However, this is not the last we see of her...

->Voiced by: NorikoHidaka (JP), Willow Johnson (EN), Georgina Sánchez (LA SP), Francesca Guadagno (IT), Claire Beaudoin (FR)

* ActionGirl
* AloofAlly: Eventually she becomes this to Inuyasha and Kagome.
* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Towards Kaede, and to Kagome to a degree.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kikyo fills this role for Kagome and Tsubaki.
* {{Anti Hero}}ine ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]]): While a good person at heart, she's too manipulative and aloof to be a 100% traditional hero.
** {{Anti Villain}}ess: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]] at first after her resurrection. She [[CharacterDevelopment eventually]] becomes a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]] {{Anti Hero}}ine.
* TheArcher
* ArtificialHuman: After revival.
* BackFromTheDead
* {{Badass}}
* BettyAndVeronica: She's the Veronica to Kagome's Betty.
** [[spoiler: She's much less lucky than Veronica, though: Veronica had a chance with Archie, but finally, Kikyo gracefully bows out to Kagome, and Kikyo ends up moving on to the afterlife while Inuyasha and Kagome end up together.]]
* BrokenBird
* CameBackWrong
* CastingGag: She voiced Akane in the ''RanmaOneHalf'' anime.
* CooldownHug: On [[spoiler:Saint Hakushin]].
* DamagedSoul
* DarkMagicalGirl: Like Kagome but more mature, more powerful and more vicious. Extra points for being Kagome's previous incarnation. [[spoiler: She spends the early seasons as an antagonist but [[HeelFaceTurn laters becomes a hero.]]]]
* [[spoiler: DeathOfTheHypotenuse]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: [[spoiler: In Inuyasha's if you were wondering.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* EvilCounterpart: In the start, she looks this to Kagome. Ends up turning into the {{Anti Hero}}ine counterpart
* FirstLove: For Inuyasha.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: On Naraku - or more accurately, his original self, Onigumo.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* HimeCut
* HolyHandGrenade: Her holy power is rivaled only by her {{Reincarnation}} Kagome and Saint Hakushin.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Before her death, she told Inuyasha more than once that she wanted to live as a normal girl instead of as a priestess and guardian of the Shikon Jewel.
* IllGirl: Took this role more than once, despite being undead. Namely, more than once she either was weakened by poison or suffered the physical downsides of having a clay body.
* InhumanHuman
* ItsPersonal: Naraku tricked her into thinking Inuyasha had betrayed her and killed her.
* LadyOfWar
* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]
* TheLostLenore: To Inuyasha, much to Kagome's chagrin.
* MagicalGesture
* ManipulativeBitch: When she [[spoiler: took the Jewel from Kagome and gave it to Naraku... but only to lull him into a fake sense of security rather than help him.]]
** [[spoiler: Technically, that's how Kagome killed Naraku. However, Kikyo wasn't as ruthless as she thought she was and was unwilling to let Kohaku get killed by Naraku in exchange for purifying the Shikon no Tama, since she was a bit more AxCrazy when she came up with that plan. Also, no one planned for the Shikon no Tama trying to grant Naraku's wish by trying to pull Kagome into itself with his soul.]]
* TheMessiah: She was an unadultered version of this, until she died. She still retained some of the traits after being forcibly revived and becoming a DarkMagicalGirl, helping the poor and disinherited whenever she could [[spoiler: and helping Saint Hakushin to finally let go of his hate and despair.]].
** BrokenMessiah: After being revived, she angsts at the world and Inuyasha for killing her.
* {{Miko}}: And quite powerful.
* NeverFoundTheBody: After her confrontation with Naraku in Mt. Hakurei.
* OutGambitted: [[spoiler: She tried to lull Naraku into a false sense of security by giving him the portion of the Sacred Jewel Kagome had been previously holding onto in order to destroy both him and the jewel was it was completed. This scheme ultimately works out about as well as Vizzini's drinking contest against [[Film/ThePrincessBride Wesley]]...with her being Vizzini.]]
** See ManipulativeBitch. [[spoiler:Her plan worked, she just wasn't as ruthless as she thought she was.]]
* PowerGlows: With her arrows.
* RapunzelHair
* StarCrossedLovers: With Inuyasha.
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* TranquilFury: Slays youkai and kicks Naraku's ass, all with a cool glare.
* TheUndead: The first notable example in the series.
* UnwantedRevival: Urasue does this to her.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: When she's not [[ManipulativeBastard controlling others to kill Naraku]], she's being a good samaritan to the villagers and gives a CoolDownHug [[spoiler: to St. Hakushin, who only protected Naraku out of a completely natural fear of dying alone]]
* YamatoNadeshiko: Prior to her death. Eventually, as she calms down and loses her rage with the world she develops back into a mix of YN and DarkMagicalGirl in the later parts of the series.
* {{Yandere}}: Arguably, right after being revived. As said above, she got better.

!!Sesshomaru / Sesshoumaru
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Sesshomaru is Inuyasha's half-brother, and unlike Inuyasha is a very powerful full-blooded youkai. He initially appears in pursuit of the sword Tessaiga, which their father had created from his own fang and left for Inuyasha to inherit; although Sesshoumaru also inherited a sword, Tenseiga, he feels he has no use for it since it is a [[HealingShiv healing sword]] which cannot wound anyone.

->Voiced by: KenNarita (JP), DavidKaye/Michael Daingerfield (EN), Alfredo Basurto (LA SP), Niseem Onorato (IT), Phillpe Leroy (FR)

* AloofBigBrother
* AnimalMotifs: The Dog
* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleofAntiVillains Type I]]: Pre- CharacterDevelopment
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V --> Type IV]]: Adopting Rin touches off a period in which he is portrayed increasingly sympathetically, though he remains an antagonist until later in the series, with his compassion for Kagura completing his development out of being a villain.
* {{Badass}}: HELL. YES.
** BadassAndChildDuo: He's the badass, Rin is the child.
** [[spoiler: BadassInDistress:]] Chapters 512-518 sees this happen. [[spoiler: Inuyasha initially has to rescue him.]]
** BadassLonghair
** HandicappedBadass: He only has one arm[[hottip:*:Thanks to Inuyasha cutting it off]]. [[spoiler: For most of the series anyway]]. It doesn't slow him down at ''all''. In fact, he once admits he doesn't hate Inuyasha for what happened because it's actually made him even stronger than he was before he lost it.
* {{Bishounen}}
* BreakTheHaughty: An integral part of his CharacterDevelopment.
* ByronicHero
* [[spoiler: CameBackStrong]]: Thanks to [[spoiler: Magatsuhi.]]
* CanisMajor: His true form.
* ChainReactionDestruction: Bakusaiga
* CharacterDevelopment: From villain to AntiVillain to, arguably, AntiHero.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: CharacterDevelopment aside, Sesshomaru's personality was markedly different in his first appearance from his subsequent ones. He was smug, cruel, sneered a lot and rather than merely treating Inuyasha with dismissive disdain seemed to actively enjoy taunting him. His [[TheStoic Stoic]], PerpetualFrowner tendancies didn't appear until his second appearance.
* ClippedWingAngel: His dog form lacks any of the grace and agility of his standard form, making it easier to attack.
* TheComicallySerious: Sometimes.
* DefrostingIceKing
* DontYouDarePityMe: He gets pissed off when Inuyasha feels sorry for him.
* EmpathicWeapon: Both Tenseiga and Tokijin.
* EvilCounterpart: To Inu-Yasha
* EvilPlan: Back when he was the first major villain, it was to find his father's grave and steal Tessaiga. When he mellowed into an AntiVillain he focused less on stealing a sword and more on making one.
* EvilWeapon: Tokijin.
* {{Expy}}: [[RanmaOneHalf Herb]].
* FacialMarkings: A crescent moon on his forehead and two pairs of stripes. (Also, his “eyeshadow” isn’t makeup - they’re part of the markings around his eyes.)
* FanNickname: "Fluffy," "Fluffy-sama," Sesshy.
* FantasticRacism: Like many fully-fledged {{Youkai}} in the series, Sesshomaru looks down upon any [[HalfHumanHybrid Hanyo/Half-Demon]] he meets. Inuyasha ''particularly'' gets this from his elder brother.
* FlashStep: He leaves afterimages at top speed.
* {{Flight}}: Like many of the stronger {{Youkai}}, he has his own methods of flight.
* GoodPowersBadPeople: At first after getting Tenseiga, a sword that can heal instead of kill, and he's dismayed he got it while Inuyasha got Tessaiga. After CharacterDevelopment, it gradually becomes Good Powers Good People.
* HairTriggerTemper: TranquilFury version.
* HealingFactor: As a demon he has this, but he can't heal his lost arm to the Tessaiga [[spoiler: or so it seemed.]]
* HealingShiv: Tenseiga.
* HiddenHeartOfGold
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Repeatedly.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Magatsuhi. One of his opening moves was to pierce Sesshoumaru's only arm in three places. [[spoiler: He eventually stabbed Sesshoumaru through the chest twice, including once through the heart.]]
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Kagura. Rin [[ShipperOnDeck comments on it at one point.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Towards Inuyasha who he both resents for being the "favorite" and looks down for being a half demon.
* [[ItsPersonal It's Personal]]: Naraku used him several times to kill Inuyasha, tried to absorb him and kidnapped Rin. [[spoiler: Kagura's death]] is the last straw and he starts going after Naraku to avenge her.
* {{Jerkass}}-> JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It starts with Rin, encompasses Kagura, then Inuyasha and his entire group. [[spoiler: The manga eventually ends with the implication that his compassion is still growing - he still doesn't like it being pointed out though.]]
* KarmaHoudini: For his early actions.
* LickedByTheDog: Rin's hero-worship of Sesshoumaru is the first indication of his well-buried better nature.
* LightningBruiser: He moves much faster than any character early on in the series, using FlashStep before Manga/{{Bleach}} made it popular.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: So very much.
* MasterSwordsman: Except in the case of Tenseiga, he's able to use any weapon to its full potential the moment he gets his hands on it. This is most evident in the few occasions when he uses Tessaiga - Inuyasha, for whom the sword was ''made'', has to be actively thinking about protecting a human before it will change from a rusty piece of junk to a usable blade, and it takes him at least a season to master the Wind Scar to the point that he can use it at will. Sesshoumaru is able to fire off Wind Scars immediately. He gets similar results with Tokijin, Bakusaiga, and even Sango's Hiraikotsu.
* MeaningfulName: His name is written with characters meaning "kill," "life" or "genuine," and "perfection," a combination which could be interpreted to mean something to the effect of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "perfect killer" or "complete destruction of life."]]
* MoreThanInfinite: Bakusaiga
* [[spoiler:TheMourningAfter: Kagura's death filled an empty hole in his heart for the first time and he risks his life to defend her and vows to avenge her death.]]
* MrFanservice: Even moreso than his brother.
* NamedWeapons: Tenseiga ("Heavenly Birth Fang"), Tokijin ("Demon-Fighting God") and Bakusaiga ("Explosive Crushing Fang").
* {{Narcissist}}: Initially ticked off because he lost his arm, but he eventually becomes a PapaWolf
* NeckLift: Does it several times.
* [[spoiler: NoOneCouldSurviveThat: He got stabbed through the heart.]] It made him angry.
* NobleDemon: Eventually, and still in denial about it.
* TheNoseKnows
* PapaWolf: Threaten Rin. You'll be dead soon. [[spoiler:And if you're the King of Hell, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu you'll be destroyed]]...unless you're Kagura, who has gotten away with it.]]
* PerpetualFrowner
* PetTheDog: His informal adoption of Rin and his attitude toward Kagura.
* PointyEars
* PoisonousPerson: Able to channel poison through his claws; he used this power quite often during his first appearances, but not so much in his later ones.
* PrettyInMink: The mass of fur hanging over his shoulder, referred to as “mokomoko-sama” or “Fluffy” by fans. It seems to be a holdover from his true form, as it is still visible as a fringe of fur across his shoulder when he's in his dog form.
* {{Pride}}: His major flaw early on is to prove his superiority over his brother because of his noble status. This overlaps with {{Envy}}
* RapunzelHair
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like Inuyasha, his eyes are [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden]], but the sclera turn red when he's about to transform. This is never a good thing.
* ReviveKillsZombie: Tenseiga's healing powers can be used to slay the undead and creatures native to the netherworld.
* SmugSuper: He's about one of the few antagonists in the canon to not be obsessed with the Shikon because of how powerful he is.
* TheSnarkKnight
* TheStoic: He's also an example of NotSoStoic as his temper is almost as short as Inuyasha's, something that was once lampshaded by Toutousai [[NotSoDifferent as marking them as brothers]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Reflecting his nature as a [[CanisMajor dog]]-{{youkai}}.
* {{Super Speed}}: He outruns Inuyasha pretty easily.
** SuperStrength
* [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tall, White-haired, and Snarky]].
* TameHisAnger
* ThirdPersonPerson: In the Japanese version. "This Sesshoumaru".
* TwentyFourHourArmor: Averted when Inuyasha breaks some of it.
* WellDoneSonGuy: A major element of his characterization revolves around his dissatisfaction with the thought that their father favored Inuyasha over himself. It's only after he moves beyond his daddy issues that he's finally able to obtain his own [[MoreThanInfinite sword]] Bakusaiga.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy
* {{Youkai}}: [[UpToEleven Taiyoukai]] in fact.

!!Rin
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Rin was a young orphan child who encounters Sesshomaru while he is recovering from being beaten by Inuyasha. In spite of Sesshomaru's coldness, she shows no fear of him and instead develops a case of hero worship. For his own reasons, Sesshomaru allows her to accompany him and Jaken thereafter.

->Voiced by: MamikoNoto (JP), Brenna O'Brien (EN), Mariana Ortiz (LA SP), Letizia Ciampa (IT)

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The people in her village treated her like crap.
* BadassAndChildDuo: The Child to Sesshoumaru's Badass.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Twice.]]
* BirdRun: Occasionally, including in at least one of the opening sequences.
* CheerfulChild
* CuteMute: In her first appearance. She gets over it after joining Sesshoumaru.
* DistressedDamsel
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* {{Expy}}: [[MermaidSaga Natsume]]
* GirlishPigtails: Or better said, her single one
* MoralityPet: To Sesshoumaru, in an oddly inverted case of [[PetTheDog dog petting human]].
* SatelliteCharacter: She's largely defined by her interactions with Sesshomaru.
* ShipperOnDeck: She becomes very excited when she thinks Kagura might like Sesshomaru, tries to convince Jaken that she's right, and says they should trust her more after she comes to this conclusion-seemingly trying to get them closer together.
* ThirdPersonPerson: In the Japanese dub.

!!Kohaku
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Kohaku is Sango's younger brother. Apparently killed along with the rest of the youkai hunters, he reappears not long afterwards under the control of Naraku, who uses him in frequent efforts to manipulate Sango.

->Voiced by: AkikoYajima (JP), Alex Doduk/Danny [=McKinnon=] (EN), EduardoGarza (LA SP), Fabrizio de Flaviis (IT)

* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Younger Brother]]: [Puts on an act to keep up the facade that he's still amnesiac.
* AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]]. Eventually [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type IV]].
* BackFromTheDead
* BadassNormal: He's quite skilled and a very efficient involuntary assassin.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy
* [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwashed]] [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]]: To Sango.
* BreakTheCutie: He was a shy, gentle and somewhat frightened 11 year-old boy who was going to take part in his first demon extermination. And then he was forced to kill a lot of people (including his father), work for the one who destroyed his life and was constantly hunted for the Shikon shard in his back. After all this, he only wishes [[RedemptionEqualsDeath to die taking Naraku with him]].
* CosmicPlaything: Probably moreso than than other characters in the series. Kohaku just cannot catch a break.
* CuteBruiser
* {{DeathSeeker}}: After regaining his memories. He first attempts suicide, and then later settles on [[TakingYouWithMe living on until he can kill Naraku.]]
* DyingAsYourself: When he died, he had come to his senses after being possessed, [[spoiler: both times. Specially jarring the second time since he had just accepted to live and fight. Fortunately he got better thanks to...]]
* [[spoiler: FirstLawOfResurrection]]
* FightingFromTheInside
* IdentityAmnesia
* MagicSkirt
* MindControlEyes
* MoralityPet: To Kagura.
* MultiMeleeMaster
* NecessarilyEvil: Continues to follow Naraku's orders, even after regaining his memories, because it's the only way he can remain close enough to kill him.
* NiceGuy: Default mode when he isn't being controlled.
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEarnsLife]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: He killed his father while possessed.
* ShrinkingViolet: Before the possession.
* SinisterScythe[=/=]ChainPain: His kusarigama.
* [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Trauma Guided Amnesia]]: He was ''so'' badly traumatised by his murder of the youkai hunters under Naraku's brainwashing that he refuses to remember it. Naraku uses this to his advantage, as he does with everything; offering to use his powers to ensure that Kohaku can't remember anything about it, no matter how forcibly reminded, is why Kohaku agreed to serve him in the first place.
* TheUndead: The only thing that keeps him "alive" is the Shikon shard on his back.
* TokenGoodTeammate
* UnwantedRevival
* UsedToBeASweetKid: And he still is... when not controlled.
* YouthfulFreckles

!!Jaken
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This goblin-like youkai is Sesshomaru's longsuffering and loyal retainer. He is not a very powerful fighter, but can wield the Staff of Two Heads in order to assist Sesshoumaru when needed.

->Voiced by: YuichiNagashima (JP), Don Brown (EN), Carlos Iñigo/Alfredo Basurto (LA SP), Fabrizio Mazzotta (IT), Christophe Giordano (FR)
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* AntiVillain / AntiHero ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]])
* BattleButler: To Sesshoumaru.
* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: Jaken's role in the series boils down quite effectively to "show up, highlight how annoying he is by being a jerk and/or kissing Sesshomaru's ass, then get abused by Sesshomaru for being such a lickspittle".
* DiagonalCut: [[spoiler: Kaijinbo kills him this way. He recovers, thanks to [[DisneyDeath Tenseiga.]]]]
* FantasticRacism: Jaken hates humans and half-demons, and routinely insults and mocks them. Then again, this might be a way of singing the praises of the similarly disdainful Sesshomaru, given his jeers often revolve around how worthless such beings are compared to him.
* HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim: When [[spoiler: Rin kicks it again]], Jaken cries on Sesshoumaru's behalf explaining that Sesshoumaru would never do something so undignified himself.
* IOweYouMyLife: His reason for following Sesshoumaru so loyally.
* PlayingWithFire: His only attack is to fire gouts of flame from the ever-present Staff of Two Heads.
* OldRetainer: To Sesshoumaru.
* ThirdPersonPerson: He has been known to say "This Jaken" in the Japanese dub.
* SycophanticServant
* {{Youkai}}

!!Kaede
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KaedeInu-yasha_3678.jpg
Kaede is Kikyo's younger sister and assistant. Following her loss of an eye and Kikyo's death, she became a miko herself, and is an old woman when Kagome arrives in the past and unseals Inuyasha. She recognizes Kagome as Kikyo's reincarnation, and assists Kagome and Inuyasha by providing advice and information.

->Voiced by: HisakoKyoda (JP), Pam Hyatt (EN), Ángela Villanueva (LA SP), Cristina Grado (IT), Frederique Cantrel (FR)
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* TheArcher.
* TheComicallySerious
* CoolOldLady
* DemotedToExtra
* EyepatchOfPower: A very spiffy metal one.
* EyeScream: Lost her left eye as a little girl, some time before Kikyo's death. [[spoiler: In the anime the culprit is Kikyo's old rival, the Evil {{Miko}} Tsubaki]]
* ForceField: Can make minor barriers and joins with Miroku to make one to protect InuYasha as he heals from his wound fighting Sesshomaru.
* HolyHandGrenade
* MagicalGesture: Does the full blown AsianRuneChant in TheMovie.
* TheMedic
* {{Miko}}
* MissionControl: Her village often becomes the headquarters of Kagome's team.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Any old woman capable of more or less keeping up with all of this qualifies. Not many people can stand up to demons, and few will go headlong into fights against them.
* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: In the dub.

!!Totosai
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TotosaiInuyasha_8936.jpg
Totosai is a youkai blacksmith, the one responsible of forging Tessaiga and Tenseiga from the fang of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father.

->Voiced by: JoujiYanami (JP), Richard Newman (EN), Paco Mauri (LA SP), Giancarlo Padoan (IT), Yann Guillemot (FR)
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* BigEater
* BreathWeapon: Fire.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CombatCommentator
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: His perpetually dazed, three-eyed cow.
* MrExposition
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* PlayingWithFire: Not only he can spit fire, but his hammer can create lava pits when used.
* PointyEars
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* SecretKeeper: He knew the truth [[spoiler: about Tenseiga and Bakusaiga]] all along.
* TricksterMentor
* UltimateBlacksmith
* {{Youkai}}

!!Koga / Kouga
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KogaInu-yasha_679.jpg
Kouga is the leader of a tribe of wolf youkai. He has collected several Shikon Jewel shards, which enable him to run incredibly fast and to execute powerful kicks. He kidnaps Kagome due to her ability to sense Jewel shards, and soon develops a crush on her, much to Inuyasha's annoyance.

->Voiced by: TaikiMatsuno (JP), [[ScottMcNeil Scott McNeil]] (EN), IrwinDaayan (LA SP), Corrado Conforti (IT), David Maisse (FR)
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* AnimalMotifs: Wolf.
* AntiVillain -> AntiHero ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]])
* BadassLonghair
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* {{Expy}}: In theory [[RanmaOneHalf Ryouga]], but appearance and name only, as he is enormously nastier.
* FantasticRacism: Constantly mocks and insults Inuyasha either because he's a half-demon or because his demon lineage is that of a dog, while Koga is a wolf demon.
* [[PrettyInMink Handsome In Mink]]
* HealingFactor
* HiddenDepths: He's actually quite clever, and he values loyalty above all else.
* HotBlooded
* HopelessSuitor
* ImAHumanitarian: Formerly, although he's never seen doing it himself.
* [[ItsPersonal It's Personal]]: Naraku killed his pack and tricked him into thinking Inuyasha had done it.
* JerkAss-> JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Towards Kagome at least.
* LightningBruiser
* MagicSkirt
* TheNoseKnows
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Insists that he alone will be able/allowed to defeat Naraku.
* OrnamentalWeapon: His sword. He only uses it once to free himself from Moryomaru's assimilation abilities.
* PointyEars
* PutOnABus
** LongBusTrip: In the manga he's never seen again.
** [[BackForTheFinale Back For The Epilogue]]: In the anime.
* TheRival: To Inuyasha.
* SuperSpeed: Helped by the Shikon shards in his legs.
* SuperStrength: Helped by the Shikon shard in his arms.
* TameHisAnger
* ThrowawayCountry: A rare example of a "heroic" character actually being a ''cause'' of this trope. Koga slaughtered the populace of two villages, on screen, and not a word is ever said about them -- or the others he may well have destroyed before he met Kagome.
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WolverineClaws: His AncestralWeapon the Goraishi. [[ScottMcNeil Ironic given his voice actor.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: "Hey Kagura! Wanna know how the Wolf Youkais deal with evil bitches?" ''*punch*''
* {{Youkai}}: A wolf one

!!Jinenji
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JinenjiInuyasha_2632.jpg
A huge half-human, half-demon character who owns a field of healing herbs along with his old, human mother. Despite his large, intimidating appearence he's a gentle and shy creature.

->Voiced by: HisaoEgawa (JP), MichaelDobson (EN), Jorge Ornelas (LA SP), Saverio Indrio (IT)
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
* {{Badass}}: When provoked into a fight, he can kill demons with his bare hands. In the anime he ''beheads'' a giant insect demon by ''hugging it''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CoveredWithScars
* CowardlyLion: Normally shy and cowardly, he turns into a demon-smashing machine when Kagome is threatened.
* GentleGiant
* TheGrotesque
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* OddFriendship: With Kagome, who's the first person (outside of his mother) to not be afraid of him.
* ShrinkingViolet: A rare GentleGiant male version.
* SuperStrength: Capable of tearing giant demons to pieces with his very hands. Luckily he's also very peaceful.
* TopHeavyGuy: His upper body is larger than his lower one.
* TheUnreveal: In the anime, Rin meets Jinenji in his "full human" period, but we don't get to see how he looks like, as he's covered by a giant blanket.

!!Housenki
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HosenkiInuyasha_7564.jpg
An elder oyster youkai who made faboulous gemstones while alive, including the black pearl leading to the demon's netherworld. After his death, he took a fragment of the Shikon Jewel with him to protect it. [[spoiler: He taugh the Adamant Barrage to Inu Yasha.]]

->Voiced by: Ryozaburo Ohtomo (JP), Dave Pettitt (EN), Sandro Sardone (IT)
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* BadassGrandpa: Admit it, you wouldn't expect it from a mussel monster...
* DeadpanSnarker: In his interactions with Inu Yasha.
* DiagonalCut: [[spoiler: His skull cracks in half after bestowing his trademark attack Kongosoha (Adamant Barrage in the dub, literally "Wave of Adamantine Spears"). Though, being already dead, he doesn't die.]]
* FatalFlaw: He's far to prideful and confident.
* FlechetteStorm: Can spit volleys of large diamond chunks.
* MadeOfDiamond: Literally, as his body is made of diamond spikes.
* MeaningfulName: Housenki means " Demon Hermit of the Treasure".
* NoSell: He's so old and though that not even Kagome's holy arrows can damage him.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's already dead by the time the group hear of him, but they still [[TheUndead meet him.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SpikesOfVillainy: Except that he's not really a villain.
* {{Youkai}}

!!Gakusanjin
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GakisanjinInuyasha_3113.jpg
An elder mountain demon, whose aura-sealing stone was stolen by Naraku, who used it to conceal the aura of the Infant. Desperate, he asks to our heroes to help him, but is offed by Goryomaru's disciples before they can help him.

->Voiced by: Tamio Sobami (JP), DavidKaye (EN), Gerolamo Alchieri (IT)
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A ''mountain'' demon!
* GeniusLoci
* GentleGiant: Hinted at. Despite his immense size and fearsome appearance, he prefers to avoid trouble and even has a crystal to keep his demonic energy from being detected so he can sleep
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Averted: despite being huge, he's not very powerful.
* TheWorfEffect: Killed by three of Goryomaru's pupils.

!!Goryomaru
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GoryomaruInuyasha_9760.jpg
A mysterious, scarred monk with a demonic, laser-spitting arm. He takes care of some orphaned children and equips them with demon-slaying weapons, so that they may avenge their parents. [[spoiler: Is later killed by Hakudoshi, revealed to have Moryomaru inside his arm and then revived and merged with Moryomaru.]]

->Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Ross Douglas (EN), Emiliano Coltorti (IT)
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* ArmCannon: Sort of: it was part of a demon who was trying to assimilate him, and can shoot demon-killing light (which is actually composed of lesser demons).
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Resurrected by Naraku, so that he could be merged in Moryomaru again.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilAllAlong: Moryomaru was actually hidden in his arm, and got released when killed.]]
* LightTheWay: Can spit "light beams" from his arm.
* NoSell: [[spoiler: His attacks don't affect Hakudoshi, much to his horror.]]
* RedRightHand: More like red right arm. [[spoiler: Said arm is actually Moryomaru.]]
* ScarsAreForever

[[folder:Naraku and his incarnations]]

!!Naraku
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NarakuInuyasha_5626.jpg
The main villain of the series, a youkai of strange and mysterious origins. He seeks to obtain and corrupt the Shikon Jewel, and uses extremely manipulative tactics in order to pursue that goal, proving to have a hand in nearly everything bad that happens over the course of the series.

->Voiced by: ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), PaulDobson (EN), Luis Alfonso Padilla (LA SP), Andrea Ward (IT), Emmanuel Lemire (FR)
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He doesn’t even try to get people to like him.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: LOVES taunting his victims/enemies about what he'll do to them
* AnimalMotifs: Spiders
* TheAssimilator: To demons and the parts he spits out can become individuals to protect him.
* AttackReflector: His barriers develop this ability in Mt. Hakurei.
* {{Badass}}: After Mt. Hakurei, he goes from a [[TheChessMaster manipulator]] to a SmugSuper PhysicalGod
** BadassLongcoat: After Mount Hakurei.
** BadassLonghair
* BarbieDollAnatomy: When he's exposed and not in BodyHorror form
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Until the Sacred Jewel reveals itself to be the real BigBad]]
* BiologicalMashup: He's the result of a human merging with hundreds of youkai. And he's able to separate parts of them at will except for the human part since it's what keeps it all together, at least at first.
* BlackMagic: How he create replicas via voodoo like dolls
* BodyHorror: Whenever he tries to reform, it is usually a mashup of the demons he's absorbed so far.
* TheChessmaster: While he's a SquishyWizard, he becomes a SmugSuper afterwards.
* CombatTentacles: He can produce regenerative ones
* TheCorrupter: To everyone.
* DivideAndConquer
* EvilCounterpart: To Inuyasha
* EvilEvolves: Each appearance shows a new form all the way to the climax. Its part of his EvilPlan
* EvilPlan: He wants Kikyo but he also wants too taint the shikon Jewel with malice. So he does both at once.
* ExtraEyes: After his upgrade in Mt. Hakurei, he has one eye on his chest and one eye on each hand.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: See above.
* FanService: When not in BodyHorror form
* {{Flight}}: He uses clouds then self flight once he gets rid of his human heart.
* {{From Nobody to Nightmare}}: Initially a crippled bandit whose lust for Kikyo led him to form a contract with demons and become Naraku.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: When absorbed by his incarnations' creation, he just reverses the process on him.]]
* GiantSpider: His insignia, as well as the outer shell of his final form.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a burn scar in his back in the form of a spider, part of the human Onigumo.
* HalfHumanHybrid: He tries to get rid of his human part and seems to succeed in Mt. Hakurei but eventually reabsorbes it.
* HannibalLecture: He loves to give this to whoever is listening. They normally end with a ShutUpHannibal though.
* IAmYourOpponent: He prefers to reverse it into "''He'' is your opponent."
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Little Brother]]
* InvincibleVillain: Especially after Mount Hakurei
* KnightOfCerebus: After he's mentioned, the story, (while any plot involving him) becomes much more DarkerAndEdgier.
* JekyllAndHyde: With Onigumo
* [[LetsYouAndHimFight Let's You And Him Fight While I Watch From a Distance]]: Always trying to make everyone kill each other.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: He once was a human thief (Onigumo) who fell obsessively in love with Kikyo [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect when she took care of him]] [[KillItWithFire after he was burned to almost death]], and when she rejected him, sold himself to demons to get her. [[spoiler: Muso, one of his deattatchments, is his "human" heart and keeps the remnants of Onigumo's seriously twisted love for Kikyo.]]
* LovecraftianSuperpower: He often uses CombatTentacles as well as other BodyHorror powers
* TheManBehindTheMan: Pretty much any antagonist the heroes ever run into can be traced back to Naraku somehow. [[spoiler: And ''he'' has one... the demon inside the Shikon No Tama.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Emphasis on the "manipulative." And the "bastard."
* MasterOfIllusion
* MeaningfulName: His original name, "Onigumo," means "demon-spider."
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:"Naraku" refers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_%28Buddhism%29 Buddhist version of hell]]
* NighInvulnerability: Almost every possible variation depending on which form his body has currently taken.
* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]: [[spoiler: To the Infant, Kagura and Musou and the latter two were sympathetic]]
* OneWingedAngel
* PoisonousPerson: His body is made of deadly miasma.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He's the BigBad and when his eyes glow, true nastiness is about to be unleashed.
* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Kagewaki's appearance.
* SmugSuper
* TheSociopath: Other than power, he mainly does things ForTheEvulz.
* SuperSmoke: Normally flees in a cloud of miasma.
* TheTrickster: A very dark one.
* TrulySingleParent: Of all his detachments.
* VillainExitStageLeft: When he's about to lose, he'll make an escape.
* VillainousCrush: On Kikyo, thanks to his human heart. He tries to get rid of it.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In order to confuse and manipulate people in his way.
* {{Yandere}}: His Onigumo side [[LoveMakesYouEvil loves]] Kikyou. His Naraku side wants to kill her. Both sides want to kill InuYasha.

!!Kanna
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KannaInuyasha_62.jpg
Kanna is a "detachment" of Naraku, a creature created from his body. She appears to be an emotionless young girl with white hair, and uses a mirror which can monitor distant events, trap souls, and reflect energy back onto attackers.

->Voiced by: {{Yukana}} (JP), Creator/JanyseJaud (EN), Lupita Leal (LA SP), Gemma Donati (IT)
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* AdaptationExpansion: The anime build up her [[spoiler:emotion]] more steadly than the manga up to point that she has extra part of episode in the Final Act for herself.
* AttackReflector: Her mirror.
* BattleButler: To Naraku. Inuyasha's group is shocked by the realisation that her loyalty to Naraku is so extreme she'll die for him. [[spoiler:Then Kagome learns Kanna [[DeathEqualsRedemption used her death]] to cover a last minute betrayal to reveal to Kagome what Naraku's AchillesHeel is for ordering her death soon after obtaining her emotion.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: As black as the void her demonic nature represents. It also serves to emphasise her (mostly) emotionless state.
* CreepyChild
* [[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption]]
* EmotionlessGirl
** Subversion in the Anime: [[spoiler: She feels sad about Kagura's death and it's implied to be the reason for her post-mortem betrayal.]]
*** Not really [[spoiler: since in the manga before she faces Inuyasha and his Nakama for the last time she feels the wind and believes that it was Kagura. Also when Naraku tells Inuyasha and the others that Kanna had no feelings, Kagome says he is wrong and that Kanna didn't want to die and that she wanted to be free and also her betrayal were signs that she did have emotions.]]
* FlowerInHerHair: She keep two white lilies in her hair.
** FlowerMotifs: In the anime, a reference to her [[spoiler:freedom]].
* HimeCut
* LittleMissBadass
* MagicMirror. Her WeaponOfChoice, which she uses to steal souls. It also turns into a monstrous demon that she is [[{{Synchronization}} linked too]].
* TheStoic: Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh!
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* WomanInWhite
* YourSoulIsMine: Her mirror again.

!!Kagura
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KaguraInu-yasha_488.jpg
Kagura, like Kanna, is a detachment of Naraku. She has power over wind, and unlike Kanna is more rebellious, with a will of her own. She serves Naraku only because he can kill her at any time, and hopes to be free of him someday.

->Voiced by: Izumi Oogami (JP), Creator/JanyseJaud (EN), Diana Pérez (LA SP), Cinzia De Carolis (IT), Isabelle Bouchemaa (FR)
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* AnimalMotifs: The Spider
* AnimateDead
** {{Necromancer}}
* AntiHero: Type IV by the end of her CharacterDevelopment.
* AntiVillain
* {{Badass}}
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Before [[spoiler:her death]], she became very protective towards Kohaku; the same way that his ''real'' sister Sango is. She also gets along fairly well with Kanna, though the same can't be said for any of her other "siblings".
* BlackMage
* BlowYouAway
* BrokenBird
* ClothingDamage: A ''lot''.
* DarkActionGirl
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Kagura is always barefoot...
** FootFocus: ...and there are plenty of closeups of her bare feet.
* [[spoiler: FamousLastWords]]: [[spoiler: ''"I am the Wind. The Free Wind"'']]
* FemmeFatale: Of the morally conflicted type.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: She has Naraku's trademark spider mark on her back.
* HotWitch
* HotBlooded
* [[spoiler: IDieFree]]
* IJustWantToBeFree
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler: Naraku was careful enough not to hurt her recently returned heart though. ]]
* ImpliedLoveInterest: While it isn't blatant enough to be OfficialCouple since there was no kissing or marriage, there's plenty of implication with Sesshomaru.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the end of CharacterDevelopment.
* LadyOfWar: A powerful and graceful fighter, up to how her attacks are named after dances.
** MagicDance
* PaperFanOfDoom
* PetTheDog: Her later attitude towards Kohaku.
* PluckyGirl: Very grim version
* PointyEars
* RazorWind
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: [[spoiler:A more tragic example.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. Although introduced as a villain, CharacterDevelopment makes her an AntiVillain who tries to help Inuyasha's group, supports Sesshoumaru, and [[spoiler: who ends up having an HeroicSacrifice to save Kohaku's life.]]
* StarMakingRole: For Izumi Oogami who isn't known much aside from this role.


!!Goshinki
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GoshinkiInuyasha_3840.jpg
The third of Naraku's detachments, is a beastly-looking ogre with powerful fangs and the ability of reading minds. He destroy's Tessaiga with his fangs, but is slaughtered by Demon!InuYasha. Later Sesshomaru revive his head so that his teeth can be used to forge Tokijin.

->Voiced by: Masaharu Satoh (JP), MichaelKopsa (EN), Roberto Mendiola (LA SP), Mario Bombardieri (IT)
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has large, curved bones coming out of his arms.
* CurbStompBattle: Inflicts one to Inu Yasha's group thanks to his superior mind-reading powers.
* EvilSoundsDeep: with an addition of VoiceOfLegion in the dub
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Destroying Tessaiga allowed him to severely injure Inu Yasha, but also awoken his SuperPoweredEvilSide.
* HornedHumanoid: It is implied that his appearance is based more on the assimilated demons than Naraku himself.
* KickTheDog: Reads a couple of kids' minds in order to gloat over how he ate their parents.
* KnightOfCerebus: The first demon to force [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Inuyasha's demon blood to awaken and to break the Tessaiga]], also one of the first demons to have their cruelty to played completely seriously.
* LightningBruiser: Despite being quite big, he's very fast.
* MindReading: How he predicts attacks, he can do some nasty MindRape and HannibalLecture to his victims
* MeaningfulName: His name can be read as "Mind-Reading Ogre".
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: To further demonstrate the KnightOfCerebus, Goshinki is heavily shaded unlike most of the characters.
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Manages to destroy Tessaiga's blade by biting it. Later his fangs are used by Kaijinbo to forge Sesshomaru's blade Tokijin.
* OhCrap: When he realize that Demon!Inu Yasha's only thought is joy for the incoming massacre.
* {{Telepathy}}: And he loves to use his powers to sadistically torture his victims and opponents.
* VillainousGlutton: One who's favorite food happens to be people.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!!Juromaru and Kageromaru
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JuroKageromaruInuyasha_1364.jpg
The fourth and fifth detachment of Naraku. Juromaru is a pretty looking boy with white hair who behave like a beast. Kageromaru is a worm-like creature with scythes for arms who lives inside Juromaru's body and can talk. They're defeated by Inu Yasha and Koga's combined efforts.

->Voiced by: TakumiYamazaki (JP), BrianDrummond (EN), Giuliano Bonetto (IT)
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* TheBrute: Juromaru.
* DualBoss: Essentially what they are to Inu Yasha.
* FlatCharacter: The only reason of their existence is to offer some challenge to Inu Yasha.
* FragileSpeedster[=/=]GlassCannon: Kageromaru is absurdly fast, but lacks stamina and is not very strong.
* HitAndRunTactics: Kageromaru.
* MeaningfulName: Juromaru roughly means "Beast Boy", Kageromaru "Shadow Boy".
* NoBodyLeftBehind: They're both turned into dust by the Wind Scar.
* TheSpeechless: Juromaru.
* TheStarscream: The first thing Juromaru does after being fred by the chains and mask is to behead Naraku's Kugustu.
* SinisterScythe: Kageromaru's arms.
* WeHardlyKnewYe
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Technically both, though in Kageromaru's case is only the face.

!!Musou
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MousoInuyasha_9805.jpg
The sixth detachment of Naraku, appears as a faceless man born from a blob of flesh. [[spoiler: He's actually the true Onigumo and Naraku's human heart. After a fierce struggle with Inu Yasha he's re-assimilated in Naraku.]]

->Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka (JP), BrianDobson (EN), Luis Daniel Ramírez (LA SP), Vittorio Guerrieri (IT)
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* TheBlank: There's a grisly spot where his face should be. [[spoiler: That's because Onigumo had his face burned.]] Muso later adquired the face we see after [[FaceStealer stealing the features]] of a young and handsome monk whom he just killed.
* BloodKnight
* BodyHorror: Including spikes, RubberMan characteristics and CombatTentacles.
* FaceStealer
* [[spoiler: FateWorseThanDeath: Is eventually re-absorbed by Naraku when he finds out that he can't exist without him.]]
* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: He remember nothing about his past, not even his name. That's why he calls himself "Musou".]]
* ScaryScorpions: His battle form looks like one, save for the pincers.
* SpikesOfVillainy
* StupidEvil: He's extremely selfish and hedonistic and just wander around killing and pillaging without a cause.

!!The Infant
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Another detachment of Naraku, created in the depths of Mt. Hakurei. [[spoiler:The infant is in fact Naraku's human heart, removed in order to free Naraku from his remaining feelings for Kikyou. Removing his heart also means that Naraku cannot be killed unless the heart is destroyed or returned to his body]].

->Voiced by: Ai Kobayashi (JP), Chiara Zanni (EN), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (LA SP), Stefano Mondini (IT)
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* {{Big Bad Wannabe}}
* CreepyChild: ''*shudder*''
* EnfantTerrible
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: Absorbing Naraku into Moryomaru. [[SarcasmMode BEST.]][[HoistByHisOwnPetard IDEA.]]EVER.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Holy shit, he's INSANELY good at {{Hannibal Lecture}}s, showing this when [[spoiler: he almost drives an emotionally exhausted Kagome to a FaceHeelTurn by repeatedly giving her those.]]
* SoulJar: Naraku's.
* TheStarscream
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

!!Hakudoshi
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HakudoshiInuyasha_5915.jpg
After the Infant is split in half, one of the halves becomes Hakudoshi, a [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy white-haired]] young boy with powers very much like Naraku's but had an agenda of his own.

->Voiced by: Ai Kobayashi (JP), Chiara Zanni (EN), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (LA SP), Stefano De Filippis (IT)
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* {{Badass}}: Very much.
** BadassLonghair
* TheBeastMaster: Command over the monstrous Monryomaru.
* {{Big Bad Wannabe}}
* BladeOnAStick: Wields a Naginata.
* TheChessmaster: Like father, like son.
* CreepyChild
* DeceptiveDisciple
* EnfantTerrible
* LackOfEmpathy
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Naraku made many incarnations as servants, but Hakudoshi is much more of a son than any of the other creatures that emerged from his body, because Hakudoshi and Naraku share the same core. Naturally loyalty isn't a trait he inherited, since Naraku doesn't possess it either.
* ManipulativeBastard
* OffWithHisHead: One of the first things he does is to harvest the heads of several powerful demons in order to find out where's the Shikon fragment.
* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: To Naraku, but he'll troll the other detachments as necessary to achieve it (especially Kagura).
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

!! Byakuya
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ByakuyaInuyasha_5863.jpg
Naraku's final detachment, he appears to be a beautiful young man with a playful disposition. He is purely loyal to Naraku and has a wide variety of powers.

->Voiced by: MitsuakiMadono (JP), Andrea Lavagnino (IT)
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* BattleButler: And loyal to Naraku to the death as well.
* {{Bishonen}}
* DullSurprise: Inuyasha's group react intensely as they realise [[spoiler: Kanna's]] literally tearing herself to shreds [[spoiler: to carry out the last order Naraku gives her.]] Byakuya's reaction is clinical. He simply assesses the situation as evidence of the lengths to which Naraku will make his detachments go and contemplates the likelihood that something like this will happen to him. [[spoiler: It does.]]
* EyeScream: He can detach his eye to spy others.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Like Kanna, his main purpose is to performa a specific duty for Naraku [[spoiler: that will result in his death. Unlike Kanna, he remains loyal to the end and barely bats an eyelid over having to sacrifice himself.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As he watches the manner in which [[spoiler: Kanna]] dies, he contemplates that's his likely fate as well. [[spoiler: He was right.]]
* {{Guyliner}}: Has lipstick.
* JustFollowingOrders: He tries to interfere with Sesshoumaru's pursuit of Mouryoumaru. When Sesshoumaru turns on him, he asks Sesshoumaru not to hate him because he's just doing his job, and then beats a hasty a retreat.
* MasterOfIllusion
* MegaManning: [[spoiler: The true purpose of his sword.]]
* OrnamentalWeapon: Subverted. It's [[ChekhovsGun seemingly]] purely decorative, but turns out to have quite specific abilities.
* PaperMaster
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He comes in after Kagura's death, plays the same role she played, does the same things she did, and even looks and behaves like her.
* TeleportersAndTransporters

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other Villains]]
!!Mistress Centipede (Mukade Jōrō)
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The very first hostile demon in the series, is the one who kidnaps Kagome and drag her beyond the well. She's killed pretty quickly by Inu Yasha.

->Voiced by: ReiIgarashi (JP), Pauline Newstone (EN), Sonia Scotti (It)
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Anime only.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Her breast size is reduced in the Viz dub.
** And when adapted from manga to anime, [[BarbieDollAnatomy her nipples were not drawn]].
* CreepyCentipedes and SnakePeople: She has the lower body of a centipede.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Her human part is actually pretty attractive... until she opens her mouth and reveals her fangs.
* DarkActionGirl
* FanDisservice: Her monstrous form.
* FullFrontalAssault
* [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Half The Demoness She Used To Be]]: Episode 147, set sometime before Kikyo's death, shows her being cut in half by Hiraikotsu - wielded at that time by Sango's grandfather, Shako - in a battle for the Shikon no Tama.
* ImmortalityInducer: Via Shikon no Tama. Unlike other villains, she's rejuvenated just by being ''near'' it.
** HealingFactor
* ImplacableMan
* MadeOfPlasticine: She gets splattered all over the place by Inuyasha.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six arms, and thats without counting the huge number of insectile legs all over her body.
* NonMammalMammaries: Sport breasts in her human form. Said breasts were apparently [[{{Bowdlerized}} reduced in size]] in the English dub.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Inuyasha calls her an old hag (although this may not have had anything to do with her age, and may instead have been a shot against her vanity, with Inuyasha's typical rudeness).
* OneWingedAngel: Sheds her human skin and transforms into a grotesque monster after eating the Shikon Jewel. Still [[ClippedWingAngel useless against Inuyasha]].
* OverlyLongTongue: Seen when she [[{{Squick}} licks]] [[LesYay Kagome's]] face.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Again, her monstrous form.
* StarterVillain
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]] Played with. In episode 147 [[spoiler:we were given her backstory fifty years ago a bit.]]
* {{Youkai}}: Centipede Mononoke/Omukade. Her mouth may be a nod to the Kuchisake Onna myth.

!!Yura of the Hair
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One of the first dangerous villains seen in the series, she appears as a skimpy dressed ninja girl who can manipulate hair like wires. Her true form is a cursed haircomb.

->Voiced by: AkikoYajima (JP), Chiara Zanni (EN), Liliana Barba (LA SP), Perla Liberatori (IT)
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* AffablyEvil: When she's not killing you, she's playful and flirty.
* CoolSword: Benigasumi (Crimson Mist), a short sword which can cut flesh but not the hair.
* KickTheDog: Knocking out the people of Kaede's village, then using her PrehensileHair to control the unconscious girls and women into attacking Inuyasha and Kagome.
* KnightOfCerebus: After the [[CreepyCentipedes Mistress Centipede]] and the [[PuppeteerParasite Shibugarasu]], she's a huge step up.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Turns to dust after death.
* PlayingWithFire: Her comb, Onibigushi (Demon's fire comb) can spit flames.
* PrehensileHair
* RazorFloss: How her hair works.
* SoulJar: As long as her real body (the comb) is intact she's save.
* StarterVillain: The first time Inuyasha and Kagome work together to defeat an enemy.
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* TorsoWithAView: Inuyasha opens a gaping hole right [[BreastAttack between her breasts]]. [[MadeOfIron She simply]] [[AffablyEvil scolds him for trying to cop a feel.]]
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she keeps the Shikon shards.
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* WomanInBlack
* {{Youkai}}: Probably a mix of different real life youkai.

!!The Raiju Brothers
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A pair of [[{{Youkai}} Raiju]] looking for the Jewel, they murdered and skinned Shippo's father. The younger brother, Manten is big and beastly and obsessed with his lack of hair. The eldest brother Hiten is more human looking and wields a lightning pike.

->Voiced by: NobutoshiCanna (Hiten) and TetsuInada (Manten) (JP), Creator/AndrewFrancis (Hiten) and Alvin Sanders (Manten) (EN), Gabriel Ortiz (Hiten) and Jorge Ornelas (Manten) (LA SP), Stefano Crescentini (Hiten) and Nanni Baldini (Manten) (IT), Remi Caillebot (Hiten) and Pierre-Stefan Montagnier (Manten) (FR)
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* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' do anything to Manten's hair.
* BladeOnAStick: Hiten's weapon, the Raigekijin.
* BreathWeapon: Manten's power.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes - VillainousValor: Hiten and Manten really love each other, to the point that Hiten cries when Manten is killed. The anime made it into a real TearJerker.
* {{Flight}}: Manten use a dark thundercloud, Hiten has two wheel thingies hovering next to his feet.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Hiten's fate.
* KickTheDog: Hiten bloodily kills a demon girl purely for being next to him when Manten tells him something that upsets him greatly. Manten kills and skins Shippou's dad, then mocks Shippo's grief over it.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Manten's fate.
* ShockAndAwe: Their powers.
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* {{Youkai}}: Raiju, of course.

!!Urasue
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An old oni witch known for creating living clay puppets. She's the one who resurrects Kikyo in a body of bone dust and dirt in order to have a powerful servant, but is eventually destroyed by her.

->Voiced by: Yoshiko Ohta (JP), Cathy Weseluck (EN), Magda Giner (LA SP), Alina Moradei (IT)
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* EvilOldFolks: Damn...
* {{Flight}}
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: As soon as Kikyo gets a soul, she blast her torso into ashes.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Plans to devour Kagome's soulless body with Miso.
* TheNecromancer[=/=]{{Golem}}: She can create both puppets and undeads with burial dirt and bone's ash.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Pulverize after death, but not before a last KickTheDog moment.
* SinisterScythe: Which she can use to cast a SwordBeam.
* {{Youkai}}: According to Inu Yasha, she's a Oni. She doesn't exactly look like the traditional ones though.

!!Kaijinbo
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An old evil demon who used to be Totosai's disciple, before being rejected for his brutal and inhuman ways. He forges the Tokijin sword for Sesshomaru but is possessed by the blade and eventually destroyed by it.

-> Voiced by: TakeshiAono (JP), Robert O. Smith (EN), Carlos del Campo (LA SP), Saverio Moriones (IT)
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* DemonicPossession: Ends up being possessed by Tokijin, which is filled by Goshinki's hate towards Inu Yasha.
* EvilCounterpart: To Totosai.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Get possessed by the sword he forged and then killed by it.
* KickTheDog: Bisects Jaken just for the lulz.
* RazorWind: While wielding Tokijin.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Not only he built Tokijin, but also the [[DoubleWeapon Naginata of Kenkon]] in a filler saga.
* WouldHurtAChild: Why Totosai disowned him? Because he [[MoralEventHorizon murdered 10 children in order to use their flesh and blood]] to forge an EvilWeapon filled with their hate. Oh, and he didn't regret that.
* {{Youkai}}

!!Ryukotsusei
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An elder Dragon Youkai who fought with Inu Yasha's father in the past and was sealed in a cliff, not before inflicting a fatal wound to the dog demon. He's freed from his seal by Naraku in order to kill Inu Yasha.

->Voiced by: KazuhikoInoue (JP), TrevorDevall (EN), Martín Soto (LA SP), Stefano Mondini (IT)
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever
* BreathWeapon: Spits lightning bolts from his dragon mouth.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Inu Yasha's purpose was to pierce his heart with Tessaiga to make it more powerful.
* FacialMarkings: His human face.
* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed by the Bakuryuha attack, that uses his own energy against him.]]
* MadeOfIron: Claims that his body is invincible and survived when his heart was impaled.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Is gigantic and has a smaller human face on his forehead. Said face speaks too.
* SealedEvilInACan: Naraku destroyed the seal.
* ShockAndAwe: Pink lightning.
* SmugSuper
* {{Youkai}}: Not your typical dragon, that's for sure.
* YouKilledMyFather: Ultimately, responsible for Inuyasha's father's death. Subverted in that Inu Yasha didn't really mean to avenge his father or else.

!!Tsubaki
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A {{miko}} and a contemporary of Kikyo. Tsubaki felt that she, not Kikyo, should be entrusted with the Shikon Jewel; when that didn't happen, her jealousy drove her to become a [[EvilWitch black miko]].

->Voiced by: Miho Satou (JP), Sharon Alexander (EN), MonicaManjarrez (LA SP), Laura Lenghi (IT)
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kikyo was this for her, too.
* {{Curse}}: Her specialty.
* DarkChick: Even though she is pretty powerful, she never fights directly or physically.
* DrivenByEnvy: Envied Kikyou because she was chosen over her to keep the Shikon no Tama.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kikyou
* EvilWitch
* EyeScream: When [[spoiler: Kagome deflects her snake familiar's attack, it's absorbed into her left eye.]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Has her snake familiar redirected against her. [[spoiler: Twice.]]
* KickTheDog: Contaminating the Shikon shards she has handy with her miasma, which causes Kagome incredible pain.
* ManipulativeBitch
* {{Miko}}
* PaperMaster: Used shikigami in the form of paper animals to cast spells.
* TheRival: To Kikyou.
** {{Rival Turned Evil}}
* TallDarkAndBishoujo: When young. Rare villainous example
* VainSorceress: And ''how''. One of her biggest motivations to serve Naraku was that the Shikon Shards he gave her restored her youth.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the manga after she defeated, one of Naraku's wasps takes back the jewel shard he loaned her and she never heard from again [[spoiler: The anime fixes this by adding a filler in which she hangs onto the jewel a little longer and uses it to merge into a powerful orge demon to defeat the heroes. She fails once again and rapidly ages to dust due to using up all her power.]]
** Though it doesn't show it, the manga heavily implies [[spoiler: she dies right after Naraku's saimyosho robs her of the Shikon jewel shard since all the demons to whom she sold her soul in exchange for youth died in the battle against Inuyasha. And since she doesn't show up ever again after that...]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* WomanInBlack

!!Taigokumaru
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An old, giant Bat demon. He's currently using his granddaughter [[BarrierMaiden Shiori]] to keep up a powerful barrier on his lands.

->Voiced by: Ryuuji Saikachi (JP), ScottMcNeil (EN), Gerardo Vásquez (LA SP), Vittorio Di Prima (IT)
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* BarrierWarrior: Used to be one, like all the leaders of the Bat Demons tribe.
* EvilOldFolks
* GiantFlyer
* ILied: Said that in return for Shiori, he'll spare the nearby village of fishermen. Which is promptly attacked the next night.
* KickTheDog: Boasts about how he killed his own son for bonding with humans ''right in front of his grand daughter''. [[spoiler: [[TheDogBitesBack Who expels him from her barrier]] and leave him to die at Inu Yasha's SwordBeam.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He's surprisingly big.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His BreathWeapon.
* OffingTheOffspring: Murdered his own son for bonding with humans.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: For example, try to figure him drinking someone else's blood...
* {{Youkai}}

!!Bankotsu
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Leader of the Band of Seven, a powerful group of [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] that roamed through Japan and was slaughtered ten years before the story sets. Naraku revives them with Shikon shards to have them as his bodyguards while his body evolves inside Mt. Hakurei.

->Voiced by: TakeshiKusao (JP), MattHill (EN), Gerardo García (LA SP), Giorgio Borghetti (IT)
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* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain: He was a bloodthirsty fighter, but he truly cared for his teammates and mourned their deaths. [[spoiler: In fact, he snapped when Renkotsu killed Jakotsu, killing him in punishment for his treason]]
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: While punching Inu Yasha he points out that he was the leader precisely because he could fight all the other members to submission.
* BackFromTheDead
* BadAss
** BadassNormal->BadassAbnormal
* {{BFS}}: Banryuu (“Barbarian Dragon”) his halberd (not [[IThoughtItMeant THAT kind]], stupid!) is even bigger even than Inuyasha's. And he can wield it single-handedly with such ease!
* BladeOnAStick: His "halberd" is somewhere between the genuine article and [[{{BFS}} a really big sword]].
* BloodKnight: And how.
* TheCaptain: He is the leader of the Band of Seven / Shichinin-tai.
* CoolSword: Like InuYasha, Bankotsu can use his sword to channel magical attacks, up to and including a lightning storm. (anime only)
* DiagonalCut: [[spoiler: In the Manga, Inu Yasha [[CombatPragmatist feints a Wind Scar]] and then slash him across the chest. The anime apparently thought that it was anticlimatical, so...(see below)]]
* DumbMuscle: He may be as powerful as a hundred men, but is the same guy who can't write a proper letter.
* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasStandards - EvenEvilhasLovedOnes: What sets him apart from Renkotsu? He won't betray his friends. Of course, Jakotsu did mean a lot to him.]]
* FacialMarkings
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the anime, he slays some demons, turning his Banryuu into a uber-powerful demonic weapon. Sadly, this also gives him a demonic aura, making him a perfect target for Inu Yasha's Bakuryuha attack.
* {{Malaproper}}: Hilariously done in his first scene
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* TheNapoleon: A badass shorty.
* NobleDemon
* OffWithHisHead: his first death. He's pretty obsessed with it, too.
* PsychoForHire: "We'll become mercenaries and slaughter everybody!"
* RapunzelHair: Kept in a long braid
* RazorWind: Banryuu can cast very hot wind blasts at foes.
* ShirtlessScene: Naraku revived the whole Band naked, so...
* TheUndead
* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder

!!Jakotsu
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JakotsuInuyasha_9887.jpg
One of the Band of Seven, Bankotsu's best friend and most loyal follower.

->Voiced by: AiOrikasa (JP), Jenn Forgie (EN), Ana Patricia Anides[=/=]Rocío Prado (LA SP), Monica Bertolotti (IT)
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* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain
* AxCrazy
* BackFromTheDead
* BloodKnight
* CombatSadomasochist: The most outright example in the series.
* CrossDressingVoices: Both in the original and in the dubs.
* DepravedHomosexual: Though he develops, thanks to his HiddenDepths.
* TheDragon: To Bankotsu.
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Jakotsu dresses like a woman, has a female voice actor on both sides of the Pacific, is CampGay, and is contemptuous of his female opponents.
* EvilLaugh
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Unlike the other members, he's honestly and totally loyal to Bankotsu. In the anime, is shown that they were together even before forming the Band of Seven.
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* FacialMarkings: He’s got facepaint AND actual women’s makeup!
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* HeManWomanHater: To the point that Bankotsu scolds him for killing all the women in a castle, so that now they have noone to serve them saké.
* HiddenDepths: See PetTheDog
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* InLoveWithYourCarnage
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: God yes.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Gets impaled in the liver by Sesshomaru. He just flirts with him.
* PetTheDog: His sincere and even sweet friendship with Bankotsu is his main humanising trait.
* PsychoForHire
* SissyVillain
* TheUndead
* VillainousCrossdresser
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was originally supposed to be female, but the author decided she didn't want Inu Yasha hitting a human female so she made him a VillainousCrossdresser instead.
* WhipSword: Rather than being a longsword with a segmented blade is a large scimitar with lots of identical, crescent-shaped blades connected by the tips.
* {{Yandere}} And holy shit, HOW.

!!Renkotsu
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One of the Band of Seven, the strategist and fire arms expert of the group.

->Voiced by: TomokazuSugita (JP), BrianDrummond (EN), Jorge Ornelas (LA SP), Maurizio Fiorentini (IT)
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* BackFromTheDead
* BaldOfEvil
* {{BFG}}: Wields a small cannon against Inu Yasha and Koga.
* DirtyCoward
* EvilGenius
* FacialMarkings: What’s with these guys and makeup?
* GadgeteerGenius: Managing to create a cyborg and a tank in Feudal Japan. By rebuilding Ginkotsu.
* ManipulativeBastard
* NotSoDifferent: Tries to pull this on [[spoiler: Bankotsu]].
* PlayingWithFire: HELL yes.
* SmugSnake
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream]]
* TheStrategist
* TakingYouWithMe: When Koga disarms him, he tries to blow everyone up with two sticks of gunpowder. Kagome actually calls him out on this one.
* TheUndead

!!Suikotsu
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Another member of the Band of Seven, and ''even more'' bloodthirsty than Jakotsu... when he's dominated by his SuperpoweredEvilSide, that is.

->Voiced by: HiroakiHirata (JP), Michael Donovan (EN), José Luis Orozco (LA SP), Mirko Mazzanti (IT)
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* AntiVillain: It's complicated: his evil personality is AxCrazy, but his regular personality is a kind doctor who isn't evil at all, who was traumatized after a soldier brutally killed one of his patients and laughed about it.
* AxCrazy
* BackFromTheDead
* BloodKnight: The only one who compares to Bankotsu
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive
* TheDarkChick: He's definitely the odd one out in the FiveBadBand that the Seven eventually become.
* FacialMarkings: Only appears when he gets mean (at first).
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: He was a normal medic, but watching a soldier kill one of his patients in the war ''and then laugh about it'' made him '''snap''' and become the evil Suikotsu from the Band of Seven.
* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate]]: [[spoiler: Asks Kikyou to kill him. When she can't bring herself to do so, Jakotsu does so.]]
* JekyllAndHyde
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When revived, Suikotsu couldn't remember his past and retook his life as TheMedic.
* OutDamnedSpot: His good personality doesn't like blood. Even Kikyo was weirded out when he kept washing his hands ''after'' they already looked clean.
* PsychoForHire: He really, ''really'' likes to kill people when his evil personality is in control.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide
** SplitPersonalityTakeover
* TheUndead
* WolverineClaws

!!Ginkotsu
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GinkotsiInuyasha_8862.jpg
A robotic man who serves as the primary muscle of the Band of Seven.

->Voiced by: HisaoEgawa (JP), Mark Gibbon (EN), Javier Rivero (LA SP), Alessandro Pala (IT)
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* AnatomyArsenal
* ArtificialLimbs
* BackFromTheDead
* BrainsAndBrawn: With Renkotsu.
* TheBrute
* {{Determinator}}: A great villainous example. Nothing you do to Ginkotsu will put him down permanently.
** Even when he becomes more machine than man, he’s still up and running!
*** He can live that way because of Renkotsu’s genius skills in mechanics and metalwork.
* EvilRedhead: His hair is red. He is evil. Kind of self-explanatory.
* EvilLaugh
* {{Gonk}}: Even if you put aside all the numerous modifications, he's pretty much weird.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Manages one, despite his villainy. He blows himself up so that Renkotsu can escape from Koga, but only in the anime]].
* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the manga, he's blown to smithereens when Koga stuffed his cannon with a piece of metal plate.]]
* HollywoodCyborg: “Run awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!”
* MidSeasonUpgrade: After his battle with Inu Yasha. Renkostu turns him into a tank.
* SchizoTech: How did they manage this in Feudal Japan?
** That technology became possible in China ''way'' over a thousand years ago. They were the first to use coal to power mechanical devices and even use gunpowder. Technology changes, but the principals of mechanics don’t.
* ShoulderCannon
* ShouldersOfDoom: Containing several deadly tricks, mostly wire darts.
* TankGoodness: Post-upgrade.
* ThisIsADrill: Amongst thousands of weapons, he uses a giant drill coming out of his chest to skewer Inu Yasha.
* TheUndead
* WeCanRebuildHim

!!Mukotsu
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MukotsuInuyasha_3006.jpg
Member of the Band of Seven, is an ugly, short man and poison user, who's obsessed over girls. [[spoiler: Get's killed pretty soon by Sesshomaru.]]

->Voiced by: TetsuInada (JP), TrevorDevall (EN), Orlando Rivas (LA SP), Danilo De Girolamo (IT)
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Kagome
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Working with various poisonous substances made him immune to toxins.
* AttemptedRape: On Kagome, in the manga. It was {{bowdlerized}} into a weird pseudo-marriage ceremony in the anime.
* BerserkButton: Really hates to be mocked or rejected because of his ugly face, to the point that he starts crying when Kagome stab his neck as he tries to embrace her.
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler: Tries to kill Sesshomaru [[WhatAnIdiot twice with poison clouds.]] It goes [[TooDumbToLive as well as you can imagine.]] ]]
* DepravedDwarf
* DirtyOldMan: Not as bad as [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Guame]] but still bad
* TheEvilGenius: Could share this role with Renkotsu, but was killed before the main ones appeared.
* EvilOldFolks: The oldest of the Band of Seven, and like Kyokotsu and Renkotsu has little redeeming qualities.
* {{Gonk}}: An obession for him.
* [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]]
* HeManWomanHater: He likes to kill women because he is a misogynist, but is not above AttemptedRape.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* LighterAndSofter:In the anime, Mukotsu is a sadistic poisoner who likes to kill victims, but he also wants a woman to be wedded in a bizarre manner, but still tries to kill them if they refuse and is very self conscious on his {{Gonk}} looks. In the manga, he is a straight up rapist who kills women because he is a HeManWomanHater, but is not above AttemptedRape and his {{Gonk}} looks are his BerserkButton.
* MasterPoisoner
* OhCrap: When he realize that [[spoiler: his poisons don't work on a powerful demon like Sesshomaru.]]
* TechnicolorToxin
* TheUndead
* UniversalPoison: Subverted, he fights with several kinds of poisons, including an acidic cloud, a paralyzing toxin and a poison that affects the victim throught the eyes and skin.
* WouldHitAGirl: He punched Kagome in the face when she tried to defend herself.

!!Kyokotsu
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The first member of the Band of Seven, is a colossal brute of a man that feeds on demons to restore his power. Easily dispatched by Kouga.

->Voiced by: DaisukeGouri (JP), Mark Gibbon (EN), Carlos del Campo (LA SP), Massimo Bitossi (IT)
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: He claims to be a human, but is hard to swallow.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Seriously, how could he be that large!!??
* TheBrute
* EpicFlail: Anime only.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Goes around devouring humans and demons alike to replenish his strength. Oddly enough, the other undead mercenaries don't show such need.
* NeckSnap: Subverted in that isn't enough to stop him.
* OddNameOut: It's later stated that the seven mercenaries were decapitated, and their Shikon shards are hidden in their neck wounds, yet Kyokotsu's shard is located in his forehead.
* TheUndead
* WasOnceAMan: His monstrous size is implied to be from devouring demon flesh.
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* TheWorfEffect: Koga manages to kill him without help. According to Jakotsu, he was the weakest of the band.

!!Saint Hakushin
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HakushinInuyasha_6488.jpg
A Buddhist priest who agreed to sacrifice his life to save his people, but as he waited to die he succumbed to despair. He's responsible for the powerful barrier surrounding Mount Hakurei.

->Voiced by: Fumio Matsuoka (JP), Hiro Kanagawa (EN), Gonzalo Curiel (LA SP)
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* AntiVillain
* BadassGrandpa
* BarrierWarrior: One with AntiMagic and PowerNullifier skills so great, that he was able to create an ''enormous'' barrier which either greatly weakened or killed demons and suppressed all kinds of spiritual powers [[spoiler: while also reversing Inuyasha to his human form]].
* BuriedAlive
* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler: He was a human monk who offered himself to be BuriedAlive for the well-being of his village. As his death neared, he got more and more scared and despaired, and Naraku used this to make him his servant.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Kikyou
* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler: Subverted, he was more of a a ''very'' embittered AntiVillain.]]
* HeroicSacrifice
* HolyHandGrenade
* IDontWantToDie
* TheUndead

!!Entei
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A giant demon horse wreathed in flames. He's released by Hakudoshi and serve as his steed for a while before getting destroyed by Inu Yasha. The anime gave him a backstory.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The anime gives some time to him and shows his former master, a naginata-wielding ogre named Rengokuki.
* BreathWeapon: Can spew fire.
* CurbStompBattle: Inu Yasha deals with him in one blow.
* FlamingHair
* {{Flight}}
* HellishHorse
* PlayingWithFire: He's costantly on fire.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed inside a mountain by a powerful monk. When the Infant kills the monk, he's released.
* SuperSpeed

!!Gozu and Mezu
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The guardians of the gate to the Underworld, they can't be harmed by any mortal weapon.

->Voiced by: SusumuChiba (Gozu) & Naoki Makishima (Mezu) (JP), MichaelKopsa (Gozu) & Jason Simpson (Mezu) (EN), Javier Rivero (Gozu) & Gabriel Ortiz (Mezu) (LA SP), Federico Di Pofi (Gozu) & Stefano Billi (Mezu) (It)
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Gozu and Mezu are usually portrayed as huge ogres with the heads of a bull and a horse. Here they're shown as rather attractive male statues with a half fiendish face in their chests.
* BladeOnAStick: Gozu wields a Sasumata (Spear with a crescent-shaped blade), Mezu uses a traditional Spear.
* [[spoiler: ILetYouWin: They surrended to Sesshomaru when the latter pulls out Tenseiga, as it's the only weapon capable of hurting them.]]
* MistakenForGranite
* LivingStatue
* MacGuffinGuardian: They're the keepers of the Gates to the Netherworld.
* NoSell: Inu Yasha's power is useless against them.
* RedOniBlueOni: They're the original ones, though they don't seem to display much personality.

!!Princess Abi (Abi-hime)
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A bird demoness who commands a vast army of demonic birds. Naraku offers her a chance to join him in his quest to defeat Inuyasha, in exchange for a cure for Abi's beloved mother Queen Tekkei -- who is actually a massive bird demon that lives in a cave.

->Voiced by: SaekoShimazu (JP), Teryl Rothery (EN), Maru Guerrero (LA SP), Laura Latini (IT)
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* AnimalMotifs: Bird
* BladeOnAStick: Naraku gave her a magical trident, which can make barriers and melt people. [[spoiler: She's killed by it later when she turns against Naraku.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Tekkei decides to betray Naraku, and in turn she is killed by him. Abi herself is then also killed by Naraku.
* DarkActionGirl: She leads a whole army of blood-drinking birds.
* DevourTheDragon
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Its hard to tell due to her dress but yeah shes barefoot.
* TheDragon
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Subverted. She's anything but a PrincessClassic and even less of a NaiveEverygirl. No, she's an evil, bloodthirsty bitch.
* FemmeFatalons: Grows talons on her hands when angry.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* MamaBear: Her mother is fiercely protective of her. And vice versa.
* PlayingWithFire: For God's sake, she rides on a freaking ''fire cloud!''
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When she really gets serious, he eyes change to a blood red color and her fangs become more visible.
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* WouldntHitAGirl: Against Abi, Inuyasha remarks that he doesn't like fighting women, but she's so evil he'll make an exception. However, Naraku "gave" Abi a trident (made from his bones) that creates a defensive barrier. Eventually, it is Naraku who kills both Abi and her mother.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This bites Abi and her mother hard in the end.
* {{Youkai}}

!!Moryomaru
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A powerful humanoid demon born from thousands of demonic bodies merged together with part of human souls. Has the dreadful ability of absorbing yokai and human alike and take over their powers. Created as a sort of EliteMook by Hakudoshi, he's later given a soul [[spoiler: read: The Infant]] by Kanna, making him sentient and dangerous. [[spoiler: He's eventually reabsorbed by Naraku.]]

->Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Ross Douglas (EN), Roberto Draghetti (IT)
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* ArcVillain: For a while he steals Naraku's role.
* TheAssimilator: His powers, to a even greater extent than those of Naraku.
* {{Badass}}: Was able to take on almost all the main cast with just a fragment of the Shikon Jewel. This when Naraku was only capable of fending off some of them while having the mostly completed Jewel.
* BigBadWannabe: He tried to surpass Naraku in power (even tried to absorb him), and for a while Inuyasha's group priority shifted from "Defeat Naraku" to "Defeat Moryomaru since he has Naraku's heart inside".
* BodyHorror: His grotesque transformations.
* {{Butterface}}: Inverted: he has a rather pretty face on an eldritch body.
* CombatTentacles
* EnergyAbsorption: His body can absorb youki (demonic energy).
* FleshGolem: Originally was one, before [[spoiler: getting the Infant inside him.]]
* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Turns out, Naraku's a bit too hard to digest... let alone assimilate.]]
* HumanoidAbomination
* MadeOfIron[=/=]MadeOfPlasticine: No, it's not a contraddiction: one of his earlier powers was to make himself either really hard (to protects himself from attacks) or to make himself extremely soft, in order to assimilate people.
* MadeOfDiamond: After absorbing the shell of Meiouju (a turtle demon) and the Adamant Barrage.
* MeaningfulName: Moryou is a very old and outdated word for "dark monster".
* OneWingedAngel: Three of them, actually, as he grows stronger.
* PoisonousPerson: Has the same miasma as Naraku.
* PowerCopying: His last form can use Inu Yasha's Adamantine Barrage.
* PowerParasite
* PuppeteerParasite: His pieces of flesh, [[spoiler: Including Goryomaru's arm]], can be used to merge with other yokai and manipulate them.
* ShapeShifterMashup
* ShockAndAwe: Raimeihou (Thunderclap Cannon).
* SoullessShell: Kinda at first, see FleshGolem above.
* SpikesOfVillainy
* WingedHumanoid

!!Shishinki
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Once a powerful demon, got half of his head banished to hell by Inu Yasha's father. Later un the series, he comes back to fight Sesshomaru. Was the original wielder of the Meido Zangetsuha technique, which was absorbed into Tessaiga and sealed thanks to Tenseiga.

->Voiced by: Osamu Sakuta (JP), Flavio Aquilone (IT)
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* CastingAShadow: His powers.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Meido Zangetsuha.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Back in the past, Inu no Taisho stole his technique and used it to seal half of his face to hell. [[spoiler: Later Sesshomaru use a huge Meido Zangetsuha to banish him to hell once and for all.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name roughly translates to "Demonic Death God".
* SimpleStaff: Which he uses to summon the Meido Zangestuha.
* StoryBreakerPower: One hit and you're send to hell. Enjoy the afterlife.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Except for missing half a face.

!!Shikon Jewel
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The Shikon no Tama or Jewel of the Four Souls is a powerful jewel the size of a marble that grants whoever possesses it great power. It was created when the powerful {{Miko}} Midoriko was fighting Magatsuhi, a composite {{Youkai}}, for seven days and seven nights and by the end of the battle Midoriko ripped her own soul from her body and combined it with that of the youkai, killing both of them. Their souls merged and created the Shikon Jewel, where they keep fighting for eternity.
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* AmplifierArtifact
* AppliedPhlebotinum: It makes youki stronger, revives, grants wishes, serves as painkiller, gives supernatural abilities to common objects...
** SentientPhlebotinum
* ArtifactOfDoom
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad]]: [[spoiler: The real evil Kagome had to destroy.]]
* HappyFunBall
* JackassGenie: It's supposed to grant any wish [[spoiler: but at best it just won't grant it and at worst will twist it to its own benefit.]]
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]]: [[spoiler: It had been manipulating Naraku the whole time.]]
* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard]]
* MineralMacGuffin
** DismantledMacGuffin
* NighInvulnerability: Is basically indestructible. Burning it with Kikyo didn't work, neither did hitting it with Meidou Zangetsuha or Bakusaiga, and Kagome's power at most only managed to break it which proved to be way more troublesome. [[spoiler: In the end the only way to destroy it was to wish for it to cease existing.]]
* SealedEvilInADuel
** SealedGoodInACan: Midoriko.
** SealedEvilInACan: Along with Midoriko, the Shikon no Tama contains the soul of Magatsuhi, a [[EldritchAbomination monster]] composed of thousands of fused youkai. It [[spoiler: used Naraku to temporarily manifest a body]] and almost killed [[spoiler: Sesshomaru]] before [[spoiler: its body was destroyed by Bakusaiga and]] it returned to the the jewel.
* UnholyHolySword

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[[folder:Filler, Movies and Video Games Characters]]

!!Ayame
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Ayame is a wolf youkai princess, grandaughter of the well-respected leader of a tribe allied with Kouga's. She claims to be Kouga's fiancee, though he says he doesn't remember any such thing.

->Voiced by: YumiKakazu (JP), Natalie Walters (EN), PatriciaAcevedo (LA SP), Eleonora Leti (IT)
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* ActionGirl: Of the CuteBruiser variety
** BlowYouAway and PetalPower: Her powers.
* AnimalMotifs: The Wolf
* AscendedExtra: Only mentioned in the manga, got a mini-arc to herself in the anime.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: One that Kouga gave to her when she was a little girl, but he came to pretty much forget. [[spoiler: It's hinted that he ''did'' remember later, but chose to not aknowledge it [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to not have her tag along for danger]].]]
** [[spoiler: Ultimately in the anime, Kouga and she do get married when he takes full leadership of the wolf youkai.]]
* FieryRedhead
* FlowerInHerHair: Kouga gives her one of her namesake flowers as a child when he promised to marry her, and she's worn one in her hair ever since.
* FlowerMotifs: "Ayame" means "iris," and she wears an iris in her hair. [[spoiler: Koga gave her one of these in their first encounter.]]
* GirlishPigtails
* PluckyGirl
* RescueRomance: Kouga saved her life when she was young.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Kouga met Ayame as an adorable little youkai girl. When she shows up again, she's a total CuteBruiser babe.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Kouga.
* [[spoiler:VictoriousChildhoodFriend: In the anime.]]
* {{Youkai}}

!!Izumo/Gyu Oh
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An half demon who's cursed to turn into an ox demon every night. He's trying to create artificials Shikon Jewels to cure his status.

->Voiced by: Hiroshi Matsumoto (JP), Lee Tockar (EN), Alberto Caneva [Izumo] and Roberto Draghetti [Gyu Oh] (IT)
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the english dub he's portrayed as a full-fledged villain, while in the original dub is clear that he's just driven by his madness.
* CarryABigStick: As Gyu Oh wields a wooden club embedded with fake Shikon Jewels.
* GeniusBruiser: Oxen and bovine creatures are usually portrayed as dumb or stupid, but Gyu Oh is far from this stereotype, as he managed to built several artificial (though weaker) Shikon Jewels.
* JekyllAndHyde: A more radical variation.
* ALoadOfBull: He's a minotaur
* TragicMonster: Izumo is genuinely a good person, but, y'know, turning into a savage bull demon ''every single night'' will probably be bad for your sanity.

!!Hoshiyomi
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Once a powerful ninja demon, he was in love with Tsukiyomi, a human woman. However, he was possessed by the dark powers of the Naginata of Kenkon, forged by Kaijimbo, and turned evil.

->Voiced by: KazuyaNakai (JP), Giuliano Bonetto (IT)
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* BadassLonghair
* CastingAShadow
* DoubleWeapon: The two blades of the naginata can actually be removed and reattached.
* EvilWeapon: The naginata is what drove him crazy and evil.
* FacialMarkings
* HeelFaceTurn: Did one, thanks to Tsukiyomi. However, it didn't last thanks to the Naginata.
* {{Ninja}}

!!The Four Ninja Demons
The four demons serving Hoshiyomi, they're named and based after the Four Gods of the Si Ling. They're Seiryu (a snake demon), Suzaku (bird demon), Byakko (tiger demon) and Genbu (turtle demon).

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* AnimeHair: Byakko and Suzaku
* TheBrute: Genbu.
* CampGay: Suzaku, to the point that even his companions have to tell him to stop that.
* DepravedHomosexual: Suzaku, who openly targets Hojou Akitoki.
* EvilAlbino: Byakko.
* EvilRedhead: Suzaku.
* {{Expy}}: Suzaku is likely modeled after Jakostu.
* FeatheredFiend: Suzaku's true form.
* FlechetteStorm: Seiryu can throw his own scales like shuriken.
* FourIsDeath
* MesaCrowd: They're capable of creating clones of themselves.
* {{Ninja}}
* OneWingedAngel: Suzaku turns into a giant red birds, Byakko becomes a sort of tiger man, Genbu grows a turtle shell on his back. The only exception is Seiryu, who grows dark green hair.
* PantheraAwesome: Byakko.
* RedBaron: Suzaku of the Flower, Byakko of the Snow, Seiryu of the Moon and Genbu of the Darkness.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Seiryu and Genbu.
* StalkerWithACrush: Suzaku towards Hojo and Seiryu towards Sango.

!!Menomaru
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BigBad of the first Movie, was a powerful moth demon from Asia, but he and his father were defeated by Inu Yasha's father and sealed inside the Tree of Ages. Released by a fragment of the Shikon Jewel, he's now back with revenge. [[spoiler: He succesfully manipulates Inu Yasha into releasing his father and merge with him, but is destroyed by the combined efforts of Inu Yasha and Kagome.]]

->Voiced by: TomokazuSeki (Jp), Vincent Gale (En)
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* AffablyEvil
* BackFromTheDead: Can revive himself at will.
* BadassCape
* BarrierWarrior: While in Chrisalys mode.
* {{Big Bad}}: Of the first movie.
* {{Bishonen}}
* CoolSword: Actually a pretty normal broadsword, though he does use it to deflect Inu Yasha's Wind Scar.
* DanceBattler
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Does this to Kagome.]]
* DevourTheDragon: Does this to Hari when she's cut in half by Sango.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Death by Bakuryuha.]]
* LightningBruiser
* ManipulativeBastard
* OneWingedAngel: After becoming the New Lord Hyoga, he turns into a colossus with moth wings and antennae.
* PoisonousPerson
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a tree.
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: After merging with his father.

!!Princess Kaguya
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BigBad of the second movie. The legendary maiden found in a bamboo stalk, this one is actually a powerful demon who devoured the real Princess and disguised as her. Confined inside a mirror, she's fred by Kanna and Kagura and tries to bring forth the "Eternal Night".

->Voiced by: Mieko Harada (Jp), Nicole Oliver (En)
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* AffablyEvil: Most of the time...
* {{Badass}}: A very powerful opponent, she also managed to kick ''Naraku's'' ass.
** BadassPrincess
* BarrierWarrior: Can make barriers capable of repelling attacks.
* BenevolentBoss: She's pretty nice to both Kanna and Kagura.
* {{Big Bad}}: Of the second movie.
* CoolSword: Makes a giant golden sword out of her hairpin.
* TheCorruptor: She almost manages to permanently transform Inuyasha into his demon form.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: When she appears for the first time, she wears the typical YamatoNadeshiko style dress. After revealing her true nature, she dons a skimpier outfit complete with cape and breast bands.
* GreenThumb
* HairTriggerTemper: During her true form.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Unlike other villains, she's overwhelmingly selfish in her goal (namely, ruling over a world where the time is frozen and nothing is alive.)
* ManipulativeBitch
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Deprived of the Celestial Robe, she's hit by Inu Yasha's attack and turns into a handful of cherry blossoms.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed in a mirror. She spend the first part of the movie still inside it.
* TimeStandsStill: The effects of the Eternal Night.
* VainSorceress

!!So'Unga
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Literally "Fang of the Gathering Clouds", was a demonic sword owned by Inu Yasha's father, and more powerful than Tenseiga or Tessaiga, having the ability to summon 100 dead souls from hell. Is the main villain in the third movie, manipulating the actions of Inu Yasha and later Takemaru.

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* BigBad: Of the third movie
* CombatTentacles: Grows some on Inu Yasha while trying to possess him.
* DemonicPossession: Inflict this on everyone who holds it.
* EvilWeapon: Unlike Tenseiga and Tessaiga, this sword is extremely evil.
* ManipulativeBastard
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Can raise the corpses of a hundred people and demons.
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: Develops a self-reliant body for itself.]]
* SealedEvilInACan
* UnholyNuke: Gokuryuuha ( Hell Dragon Wave, "Dragon Twister" in the dub).

!!Takemaru
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Secondary antagonist of the third movie, he was a samurai lord who was crazy jealous of Izayoi, Inu Yasha's mother, and tried to kill her. He's resurrected as a wraith by So'unga, so that the sword may have a wielder.

->Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Jp), Jonathan Holmes (En)
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* CameBackWrong: Resurrected as a yuurei.
* TheDragon: To So'Unga.
* EvilWeapon
* HealingFactor: Thanks to his new form he can regenerate at will.
* HornedHumanoid
* LoveMakesYouEvil
* MasterSwordsman: Capable of taking on Sesshomaru in a fair fight.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother and Father]]: He technically did kill Inuyasha's mother before Inuyasha's father revived her and is partially responsible for the latter's demise
!!The Shitoshin
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The main villains of the Fourth Movie. The Shitoshin (Four War Gods) were four powerful great demon lords that invaded Horaijima but got their power source removed, forcing them to stay on the island. The four members are (again) based on the Four Guardian Gods and are named Ryuura (Dragon), Kyora (Phoenix), Jura (Tiger) and Goura (Turtle).

->Voiced by: Nobutoshi Kanna [Ryuura], Takeshi Kusao [Jura], Nobuo Tobita [Kyora], Tadahisa Saizen [Goura] (Jp), Kristian Ayre [Ryuura], Jason Simpson [Jura], Ted Cole [Kyora], Ward Perry [Goura] (En)
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* AGodAmI: They claim to be gods.
* AnimalMotifs: See above in the description.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Goura.
* BadassNormal: Jura is the only member who does not use any kind of energy or magic for his attacks.
* {{BFG}}: Jura's Thunder Cannon.
* {{BFS}}: Ryuura's Fujinga and Raijinga swords.
* BigBadEnsemble
* DualWielding: Ryuura wields two huge scimitars in battle.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Kyora.
* {{Expy}}: All of them InUniverse: Ryuura's similar to Bankostu, Kyora to Jakostu and Abi, Goura to Ryukotsusei and Jura to Renkostu.
* {{Kaiju}}: Goura, an island-sized turtle.
* {{Guyliner}}: Kyora's lipstick.
* MadeOfIron: Goura's shield.
* OneWingedAngel: They all get a power up after retrieving their power orbs. [[spoiler: They also merge in a grotesque, asura-like monster with the bodies of the three members and Goura's shell.]]
* PaperFanOfDoom: Kyora's weapon.
* PlayingWithFire: Kyora and Goura to some extent.
* TurtlePower: Goura.
* WorthyOpponent: Sesshoumaru for Kyora.

!! [[SpearCounterpart Michiru]][=/=][[DistaffCounterpart Kaname]] Kururugi
The protagonist of the PS2 game "Secret of the Cursed Mask."
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* AudienceSurrogate: Oh ''heck'' yes, and a rather awesome example, at that. He/she quickly becomes very useful thanks to the Shikigami powers and is integral in solving some of the major problems that come up (for example, one of his/her powers is essential to taking away enemy barriers so attacks will actually damage them). He/she's the "player character". Not to mention that given that Kururugi can "hook up" with one of the members of the group, he/she's also a "fanboy/fangirl surrogate". [[spoiler: Although that last part's kind of spoiled during the ending when Kururugi is sent back to the modern era...unless it's Kagome's ending, since of course Kagome lives in the modern era as well, so they can meet up pretty quickly.]]
* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo: How his/her story arc ends.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Since Kururugi must rely on the powers of Shikigami in order to use any of his/her moves, every attack gets its own phrase.
* CharacterDevelopment: When Kururugi is first sent to the Feudal era, he/she's a fish out of water and is upset that there are no supermarkets around and his/her cell phone doesn't work. Then he/she is granted "Shikigami" powers, and eventually develops into a brave warrior in his/her own right. Also, in another example albeit a more minor case, Kururugi eventually learns (through his/her optional "romance" arc should the player choose to become especially close to a specific member of the group) to be more true to his/her feelings.
* GuideDangIt: It's possible for Kaname (and not Michiru, since he isn't gay) to end up with ''Sesshomaru'' of all people...but that requires a convoluted effort to not only not build up much affection with the other group members but also to do all the Sesshomaru events in the right order when you get them so you don't miss any. ''And'' at one point you have to choose to worry about Rin instead of your friends, but the impact of the choice isn't apparent right away. You'll only know you're on the right track if the "profile picture" on your save file suddenly has Sesshomaru's picture on it instead of one of the group members' pictures.
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: Michiru/Kaname Kururugi can learn more "team-up" techniques depending on which member of the group Kururugi chooses to spend his/her days off with. (This is also indirectly how the others learn different "team-up" techniques, since if Kururugi pairs up with one of the group, the rest of the group must then pair up with different people for ''their'' days off).
* NiceGuy[=\=]Nice Girl
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Some plot details change slightly depending on whether you pick Michiru, the boy, or Kaname, the girl. For example, the senior citizen "Kakuju" whom you meet early in the game is an old ''woman'' if you pick Michiru, and an old ''man'' if you pick Kaname, so Kakuju is always the ''opposite'' sex of whomever you pick as the player character. Likewise, [[spoiler: if you pick Michiru, the antagonist "Utsugi" turns out to be a man, and it's a fake person who looks like your identical ancestor. Utsugi is also your identical ancestor (not really) if you pick Kaname, but Utsugi is female instead. So unlike Kakuju, Utsugi is always the ''same'' sex as whomever you pick as the player character. This is a major plot point; you find out near the end of the game that Kakuju and the real Utsugi were ''lovers'', but Utsugi died and Kakuju created fake versions instead. And since the real Utsugi is your identical ancestor, this is why both Kakuju and Utsugi are each a different sex depending on whom you pick.]]
* SquishyWizard: S[=\=]He serves as this to the group.
* TookALevelInBadass

[[/folder]]

->Voiced by: {{Yukana}} (JP), JanyseJaud (EN), Lupita Leal (LA SP), Gemma Donati (IT)

->Voiced by: Izumi Oogami (JP), JanyseJaud (EN), Diana Pérez (LA SP), Cinzia De Carolis (IT), Isabelle Bouchemaa (FR)

** GreenEyedRedhead

* ShinyMidnightBlack

* ShinyMidnightBlack