History Characters / InuYashaNarakuAndIncarnations

* LeaveNoSurvivors: UpToEleven, Naraku ordered him to raid a village and kill everyone to lure out Inuyasha, and, in the anime, Goshhinki tells Kagura he have no intention of stopping until he has slain and eaten all living beings in the area, even dogs, horses and poultry.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Yanaka (JP), Creator/BrianDobson (EN), Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (LA SP), Vittorio Guerrieri (IT)

The third of Naraku's incarnations, is a beastly-looking ogre with powerful fangs and the ability of reading minds. He destroys Tessaiga with his fangs, but is slaughtered by Demon![=InuYasha=]. Later Sesshomaru revives his head so that his teeth can be used to forge Tokijin.

* CombatClairvoyance: Thanks to his PsychicPowers, he can predict attacks and counter them. Sadly, when Inuyasha's SuperpoweredEvilSide is awakened, Goshinki's powers are rendered useless, since Demon!Inuyasha's [[PsychicStatic only coherent thoughts]] are UnstoppableRage and [[BloodKnight bloodlust]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Destroying Tessaiga allowed him to severely injure Inuyasha, but also awoke his SuperPoweredEvilSide.

* 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 played completely seriously without and having no redeeming traits.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: UpToEleven, Naraku ordered him to raid a village and kill everyone to lure out Inuyasha, and, in the anime, Goshhinki tells Kagura he's no intention to stop until he has slain and eaten all living beings in the area, even dogs, horses and poultry.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: To further demonstrate the KnightOfCerebus, Goshinki is heavily shaded unlike most of the characters.

* SmugSnake: His physical abilities and his mind-reading powers give him quite a big ego, as he dismisses Kanna and Kagura while considering himself the ultimate offspring of Naraku. He even dismiss Tessaiga as the "fang of a dog".
* SuperpowerLottery: His ability to read minds is one of the most dangerous in the series. By reading his enemies' minds he can predict their actions and this alone made him one of the most dangerous incarnations. It is to wonder why Naraku didn´t grant this ability to any of his future minions.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: While his purpose may have been just to destroy Tessaiga, it is very clear that before his immediate destruction, that he would've proven to be a powerful servant and enemy even more dangerous than both Kanna and Kagura due to the fact he has no moral restraints.

* ReiAyanamiExpy: ArtificialHuman created by the main antagonist, white hair, pale skin, lack of emotions.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Izumi Oogami (JP), Creator/JanyseJaud (EN), Diana Pérez (LA SP), Cinzia De Carolis (IT), Isabelle Bouchemaa (FR)

* {{Unskilled But Strong}}: While Naraku has a wide variety of abilities (tentacles, miasma, barriers), he has little combat experience and tends to make mistakes in battle.
* UnwittingPawn [[spoiler:To the Shikon Jewel.]]

* OverarchingVillain: He's directly responsible for Kikyo's death and Inuyasha's 50-year sealing, and while he's committed to his evil plan to gather the shards of the Sacred Jewel and corrupt it, his tendency to commit atrocities ForTheEvulz make him responsible for almost every bad thing Inuyasha, Kagome, and their companions face.

* EvilEvolves: Each appearance shows a new form all the way to the climax. Its part of his EvilPlan. The form he took at the end of the Band of Seven arc was by far the most obvious point to this trope.

* BreakingSpeech: He loves to give this to whoever is listening. They normally end with a ShutUpHannibal.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}} (JP), Creator/JanyseJaud (EN), Lupita Leal (LA SP), Diana Nolan (LA SP ''The Final Act''), Gemma Donati (IT)

* BrainsAndBrawns: An evil example, Juromaru is the Brawns, and provides a hideout to Kageromaru as well as overpowering his enemies through sheer brute force and offensive, while Kageromaru can talk, does all the planning and is a fragile speedster who uses speed to attack.

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* TheBeastMaster: Command over the monstrous Moryomaru.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The entire series was kicked off when he voluntarily sacrificed his humanity to yokai to become Naraku, the BigBad, all to acquire the Shikon Jewel and sate his lust for Kikyo. Even before he became Naraku, Onigumo was far from a NiceGuy; the actions of Muso, Naraku's sixth detachment and first attempt to purge purge Onigumo from himself, reveal that he was a [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] [[AxCrazy psychopath]] who killed whoever and whenever he wanted.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: He often disguises himself with a white baboon pelt. Given his nature, it's subverted.

* CurbStompBattle: Inflicts one to Inu Yasha's group thanks to his superior mind-reading powers.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: First Inuyasha rips his arm off, then he proceed to claw at him so hard he rends him to pieces in one blow, tearing his spine out of his body.

* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Manages to destroy Tessaiga's blade by biting it. Later his fangs are used by Kaijinbo to forge Sesshomaru's blade Tokijin.

* VillainousValor: He knew that [[spoiler: the moment he left Mōryōmaru, he would be killed, but he didn´t care as long Naraku died with him. He would [[IDieFree rather die at Inuyasha's hands than becoming part of Naraku again]].]]

After the Infant is split in half, one of the halves becomes Hakudoshi, a white-haired young boy with powers very much like Naraku's but had an agenda of his own. For his underling who is related to him see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InuYashaOtherVillains Moryomaru]]

* VirtueIsWeakness: Prior to Kanna's death. He outright says that the fact that Inuyasha and his companions would be merciful to Kanna, despite the fact that he sent her on a SuicideMission to kill them, actually makes him sick.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Kikyo's death and Inuyasha's sealing were his fault, he did have a point in that they were quick to distrust each other and how easy it was to drive a wedge between them. This is a world where youkai have shown the ability to shapeshift into other people's forms or take control of people's bodies -- yet neither of these possibilities occurred to either one of them.

* KickTheDog:
** He has a very long list of screwing people over, and the only one of the main cast he ''hasn't'' messed with at any point is Shippo.
*** And that's probably just because the kid's only family was already dead by the time Naraku learned about him.

* DeaderThanDead: Refused to die despite having his body obliterated repeatedly. It takes[[spoiler: ''wishing his spirit out of existence'' using the Shikon Jewel to finally destroy him]].

* LoveMakesYouEvil: As evil as he is, [[spoiler:he still can't be rid of his obsession with Kikyo for [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe showing him kindness and care when was crippled as the human Onigumo.]] Even after obtaining the Shikon Jewel, he still can't reach his goals of full demonhood because of his subconscious wish for Kikyo's love holds him back, which is lampshaded by Kagome as part of an ArmorPiercingSpeech. At the very end, Naraku laments he truly wished for Kikyo's love and care before being destroyed for good.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He has a rather nasty tendency to double-cross those who help him, typically by assimilating them. Case in point: he gives Sesshomaru a human arm which he can use as a BorrowedBiometricBypass to wield the Tessaiga, said arm later spontaneously combusting and forcing Sesshomaru to [[LifeOrLimbDecision cut it off]].

* DirtyCoward: Before he TookALevelInBadass. He often uses demonic puppets of himself to fight Inuyasha and co. without having to worry about his own safety, and when he doesn't use them, he manipulates others into fighting for him. Whenever he ''does'' fight on his own, he'll almost always make a VillainExitStageLeft as soon as he starts losing.

* TheNecromancer: Her "Shikabane no Mai" (Dance of Corpses), which she uses to manipulate dead people and even skeletons. At one point she uses the highest advantage this technique can give her by manipulating the fragmented corpses so that they won't stop attacking until they're dust. She can also animate corpses to make them seem alive for a long time, though they inevitably dissolve into foam as soon as she's done with them.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He constantly goes above and beyond to cause humans and youkai alive pain simply for the sake of it. Even at his "[[FauxAffablyEvil nicest]]," Naraku is a heartless asshole with no redeeming qualities at ''all''.