History Characters / YuYuHakusho

** It's... '''much''' more complicated than that. [[spoiler: He has seven split personalities, and it's hinted that ''each one has its own alignment.'' Kazuya is 100% ChaoticEvil, yeah, but the cold-blooded Minoru is closer to NeutralEvil, and the original Shinobu is more of LawfulEvil or an extreme case of LawfulNeutral.]]

* CompleteMonster: Kazuya, who loves to murder even animals and children and ''gets off on it sexually''. Just a few minutes with him out and you'll want the cold-blooded Minoru personality back!

* GoMadFromTheRevelation

* CharacterDerailment (A variation. Her character in the anime is the same as in the manga yet presented in a way that makes her seem weaker and more needy than she originally was, particularly in the Dark Tournament saga. Could be viewed as {{Chickification}})
* DistressedDamsel (Not her fault, as it's a consequence of having no magic or spiritual powers)
** DamselScrappy: For some in the fandom.

* CompleteMonster: He's been this since childhood.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He wants to rid the world of "evil humans", yet a lot of his actions make him no better than what he's claiming to be fighting against.

** Arguably [[spoiler:taking over Makihara's body and torturing/killing him from the inside. ''And enjoying it throughly''.]].

* MoralEventHorizon: (Even with his FreudianExcuse, [[YourMileageMayVary some fans]] still can't forgive him for [[spoiler: his brutal murder of Genkai, massacreing half the tournament stadium, and his false-killing of Kuwabara]])

* BeyondTheImpossible [[spoiler: Y HELO THAR 120% power]]

* YaoiGuys / OfficialCouple / MindGameShip / BirdsOfAFeather: Him and Itsuki.

* YaoiGuys / OfficialCouple / MindGameShip / BirdsOfAFeather: Him and Sensui.

* EvenEvilHasStandards (The absurdly corrupt Dark Tournament Commitee are horrified and disgusted by Sakyou's master plan. Also, Koto, the tournament referee, who previously came across as somewhat amoral, seriously objects to the dirty methods used by two of Team Masho's members.)

* MoralEventHorizon (What Ichigaki did to his "test subjects" will make you want to reach through the screen and strangle him)

** Can seem like a JerkAss sometimes. In the English dub, Juri even calls him one at one point.

* DealWithTheDevil (combined with HeWhoFightsMonsters when [[spoiler: he defeats Kairen (a demon who had much the same abilities Younger Toguro does) at the Dark Tournament 50 years ago, and, by winning, asks the Tournament Commitee to turn him and his brother into demons.]])

* {{Bishonen}}

* AiOrikas

* [[spoiler: VictoriousLoser / DoomedMoralVictor - Sensui, in dying, achieved what he wanted, and his ideology colors the rest of the series as we find out more about the diversity of demons. This is lampshaded by Yusuke after his death.]]

*AllGirlsWantBadBoys
*AntiHero: Type II Or III
*BelligerentSexualTension
*{{BFG}} (Yusuke's Rei/Spirit Gun during the Dark Tournament final round)
*BloodKnight
*[[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]
*BookDumb
*BrownEyes
*ChaoticGood
*ChildrenAreInnocent (He's [[FriendtoAllChildren rather protective of kids]], and one of the best ways to [[BerserkButton piss him off]] is to threaten children or [[LoveInterest Keiko]]).
*ChivalrousPervert
*DeadToBeginWith
*{{Delinquents}}
*DivingSave (To rescue the little child in the first episode)
*EstrogenBrigadeBait
*EvenTheGuysWantHim (He is neck-deep in Foe Yay with every one of his male enemies).
*FingerGun (Yusuke's Rei/Spirit Gun)
*GlowingEyesOfDoom (He's pulled this off a couple times).
* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler: Sort of. Both of his parents, and a good number of his ancestors are human, but way way back along the line is Raizen, the Makai's most powerful demon and one of the Three Kings. However, his demon side never manifests until he is killed in battle by Sensui.]]
*TheHero
**HeroWithAnFInGood
*HeroicBystander (His introduction in the first episode.)
*HeroicSacrifice (Twice, and subverted both times.)
**BackFromTheDead (Again, twice.)
*IdiotHero (a darker variant than most)
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold (at his core, he's ''definitely'' not a bad guy)
*JustinCook
*KiAttacks
*MarkedChange
*[[spoiler:MayflyDecemberRomance (The last couple episodes imply that his lifespan is that of a demon, not a human.]]
*NozomuSasaki
*OfficialCouple (Him and Keiko)
*RapidFireFisticuffs
*RedOniBlueOni (Blue to Kuwabara's Red, Red to Hiei's Blue)
*SpiritedCompetitor
*TroubledButCute
*BelligerentSexualTension
*WouldHitAGirl
*YinYangBomb

Yusuke's rival-turned-best-friend, Kuwabara is slightly jerk-y himself, but still easily the nicest of the four main characters. Kuwabara has a very powerful sixth sense, which he doesn't seem to enjoy, and is able to manifest his reiki as a sword. Definitely something of a comic relief character, he falls in love with the ice demon, Yukina, and is utterly devoted to her. [[spoiler:Kuwabara is the only full-blooded human in the main four.]] Sometimes called "Kuwa-chan." Punk antagonists use it to get on his nerves, but Botan uses it affectionately.

*AlliterativeName
*BadassLongcoat (Has a white longcoat he usually wears during a serious fight)
*BadassInDistress: In the third quarter of the Chapter Black arc.
*BigBrotherMentor (To young Seaman)
*BlackEyes
*BoisterousBruiser
*BookDumb (Still less than Yusuke. [[spoiler: And he subverts it by the end of the series]])
*BruiserWithASoftCenter (he's a little gruff, but a massive softie underneath)
*CantCatchUp
*ChaoticGood
*ChristopherSabat
*{{Delinquents}}
*{{Determinator}} ([[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] could learn a thing or two from him)
*DoggedNiceGuy (to Yukina)
*[[spoiler:FakingTheDead: At the climax of the Dark Tournament arc.]]
*HonourBeforeReason (Kuwabara embodies this trope, and it almost kills him several times)
*HotBlooded
*HowDoIShotWeb: Has trouble summoning his dimensional sword after his first use of it, and only manages it twice; [[spoiler:when Yusuke's about to be killed Sensui, and when the Dimensional Cannon is threatening Sarayashiki and thus, Yukina]].
*HugeGuyTinyGirl (with Yukina)
*IdiotHero
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Emphasis on the "Heart of Gold". If he wasn't a street brawling punk, he'd be a fully-fledged NiceGuy.
*KnightInSourArmor
*TheLancer[=/=]TheBigGuy: Usually the former, though on occassion he's the latter.
*LargeHam
*LaserBlade
*LockedOutOfTheLoop (Only one that doesn't know that Hiei and Yukina are siblings.)
*TheMcCoy
*OvershadowedByAwesome (a subversion; despite being tremendously overpowered by his three fighting partners, Kuwabara manages to stay in the game through his bullheadedness, psychic powers, and Spirit Sword in all its varieties. Particularly blatant in the Chapter Black arc, where his power is a major factor in Sensui's plan.)
*ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove (Both make him do ''amazing'' things)
*RealMenWearPink (Has quite the soft spot for cats, and especially Eikichi, his very own pet kitten.)
*[[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]
*RedStringOfFate (With Yukina)
*RescueRomance (Upon falling for Yukina, he joins Yusuke and Botan to rescue her)
*ShigeruChiba
*SpiritedCompetitor
*TookALevelInBadAss
*WhatTheHellHero ("I thought we were a team, but I guess I'm just one big joke to you. ''Well this joke has feelings!''")
*TheWorfEffect: Often loses fights to show how powerful certain opponents are, but partly due to stupidity rather than weakness. Lampshaded by Yusuke in one preview.
*WouldntHitAGirl (Has trouble fighting Miyuki the VillainousCrossdresser)

*AloofAlly
*AloofBigBrother (despite not being related to any of the main characters.)
*AlternateCharacterInterpretation (A demon-human hybrid with a SplitPersonality? A MagnificentBastard who is struggling to come to terms with his new perspective on morality? Or perhaps a ControlFreak ManipulativeBastard who is willing to do anything to get what he wants? You decide!)
*TheAtoner (Becoming a geninely good-hearted, if still vengeful person, for his beloved human mother)
*BadassBookworm
*BadassLonghair
*BatmanGambit (VERY important in his strategies)
*BecomingTheMask (He was supposed to leave Shiori's side when his injuries got better. Found out he had grown genuinely fond of her and decided to stay with her anyway)
*BerserkButton: Only two things seem to piss him off; threatening his human mother, and [[spoiler:being forced to take an innocent life.]]
*BewareTheNiceOnes (He is a ''lot'' more polite then Yusuke and Hiei (to be fair everybody has a friendlier demeanor then Hiei). That doesn't mean he is above killing someone in a particularly brutal and bloody manner should they piss him off.)
*{{Bishonen}} To the extent that [[spoiler: [[DudeLooksLikeALady he's mistaken for Kuwabara's girlfriend in the last episode]].]]
*TheChessmaster
*CrossdressingVoices (Japanese version only. Actually, this was Megumi Ogata's ''debut'' role)
*CunningLikeAFox
*DeadpanSnarker
*EstrogenBrigadeBait
*EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas (If not for Shiori, he'd still be a ruthless Youkai)
*EvenTheGuysWantHim (Karasu really ''really'' likes him.)
*FetishFuelStationAttendant (Kurama is ''extremely'' popular with the fangirls for a number of reasons.)
*GeniusBruiser
*GreenEyes (has these in his human form, along with [[RedHeadedHero red hair]]. Probably to play into the old tale about people with GreenEyes having an innate, natural magic and/or being demonically possessed. Note they change into EyesOfGold when Kurama switches into his demonic form.)

**GreeneyedRedhead
*GreenThumb (and he makes it ''awesome'')

*[[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]] (Roto tries this to prevent him from fighting back, but Kurama prevents him from pressing the button that signals her execution. [[spoiler:Yomi uses the threat of killing his human mother, stepfather and stepbrother to force him to serve him. Shachi tries to use his mother as a hostage, but fails]])
*ManInWhite (As Yoko Kurama)
*TheMedic (His knowledge of plants is useful for this as well)
*MegumiOgata (This is actually her debut role)
**ShigeruNakahara (As Yoko Kurama)

*NeutralEvil --> NeutralGood (In the past, was a fairly ruthless bandit, but was more willing to make plans and be patient than his lieutenant [[spoiler:Yomi]])
*NobleDemon (Well he IS a demon, and is genuinely noble.)
*NotSoStoic (Becomes visibly enraged for the first and only time during the Chapter Black arc, when [[spoiler: he has to kill a 12-years-old opponent like Amanuma, and later fights [[CompleteMonster Toguro-ani]].]])
*[[PettingZooPeople Petting Zoo Person]] (His demonic form-in addition to changing his [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy hair]] and [[EyesOfGold eye]] color-gives him fox ears and a tail)
*RealMenWearPink (He doesn't look impressive, being a [[{{Bishonen}} pretty boy]] that often wears a pink school uniform and [[SuckMyRose has this thing for roses]]. Guess who is one of the series' biggest [[BadAss Badasses]] and the only member of the FiveManBand that ''Hiei'' actually admits being afraid of.)
*ReallySevenHundredYearsOld (Looks like a teenager, is thousands of years old)
*RedHeadedHero
*SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: In a manga bonus story, his classmates note that he wears the uniform even when he doesn't have to.
*ShesAManInJapan (In the Philippines actually. They {{Hand Wave}}d this after they found out)
*ShoutOut: "Just call me Tuxedo Mask" in Chapter 44 of the manga.
*TheSmartGuy
*SuckMyRose (Rose Whip)
*TrainingFromHell (Gives Kuwabara some fairly harsh training to prepare him for the Dark Tournament, and later [[spoiler:gives it to some of his team's former rivals to prepare some elite fighters for Yomi]])
*TranquilFury (This makes him utterly ''frightening'')
*WhiteHairedPrettyBoy, LongHairedPrettyBoy (though he normally looks like [[http://www.projectbag.com/yuyu/pics/kurama/kurama04.jpg this]] his true demonic form is [[http://api.ning.com/files/iZpKXFe1X8*x5IOshv9aEaYhkV3w3-78kbZuqh6BYoMsG*d0azSSnbixw6emIWoW-lfLeqi4GFvYeblJk0K6R3rT64IA1Rpt/kurama_ep56_01.jpg this]])
*WhipItGood

*AloofAlly
*AloofBigBrother - To Yukina
*AscendedExtra
*BandageBabe (his bandaged arm and his [[EvilIsSexy good looks]] fulfill this trope, though if you wanted to give him a hug he'd rip your spine out)
*TheBigGuy[=/=]TheLancer: Usually the former, though on occassion he's the latter.
*BloodKnight
*[[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]
*ByronicHero (think Yusuke, but dipped in liquid nitrogen, and you'll have a good idea of how cold this guy is)
*ChaoticEvil --> ChaoticNeutral
*CharacterizationMarchesOn: When he was a villain, he was outright psychotic, with NobuyukiHiyama [[LargeHam hamming it up]] in voicing him. When he makes his HeelFaceTurn, he's a DeadpanSnarker PerpetualFrowner AloofAlly, and the way he's voiced naturally changes along with the characterization.
*ChuckHuber
*ContinuityDrift (Togashi, apparently, was not always sure if Hiei was going to become recurring character--certainly not that he would rank #1 in both Character Popularity polls--and it shows. When he first appears, he transforms into his "full/true demon form," but this is, oddly, never seen again. Except for a NonSerialMovie, okay, but still. This demon form is apparently derived from and based on his Jagan, which we later find out [[spoiler:is an implant, courtesy of [[TheMedic Shigure]].]]. He also tells Yusuke that he and Yukina are half-siblings with different mothers, but his WholeEpisodeFlashback clearly shows that they are twins. Of course, that one can be written off easily; it wouldn't be out of character for Hiei to lie.)

*CurbStompBattle (Hiei's... actually quite good at unleashing unholy amounts of badass to ''crush'' his opponents with sheer anticlimactic force. See Zeru, who spent half an episode being built up as The Guy To Watch Out For, and Hiei reduced him to an ashy impression on a wall in ''seconds.'')
*DeadpanSnarker

*EnsembleDarkhorse
*EstrogenBrigadeBait
*EvilEye (His Jagan, which ''literally'' means "evil eye," allows him to see great distances and allows him some minor clairvoyance)
*ExtraEyes (Also, this)
*EyepatchOfPower (Technically, it's a headband. It covers his Jagan so it still counts.)
*HeelFaceTurn ([[DefeatMeansFriendship After being defeated...]])
*HiddenDepths (More complex than you'd think)
*JerkassWoobie (Learning his backstory doesn't resurrect all the people he's killed, but it gives his actions meaning, and really turns him into a tragic hero.)
*KatanasAreJustBetter (To wit, he usually starts the battle with his katana even after finding out that his bare hands and Ki Attacks are much more effective. Guess what appears in his part of the opening credits.)
*KnightTemplarBigBrother (In the anime, is willing to kill Tarukane for abducting Yukina).
*MoralityPet (His sister Yukina)
*NobleDemon
*NobuyukiHiyama (And he's not THAT HotBlooded, so this could be seen as PlayingAgainstType)
*PerpetualFrowner
*PintSizedPowerhouse
*PlayingWithFire (''Demonic'' fire.)
*RedEyesTakeWarning
*ShirtlessScene (It would be easier to count the number of fights in which he's wearing it for the whole time. Usually is ripped/exploded/tossed aside within the first few seconds.)
*[[TallDarkAndSnarky Short Dark And Snarky]]
*StarterVillain (Along with Gouki, he was set up as this before his [[EnsembleDarkhorse unexpected popularity.]])
*TokenEvilTeammate (At first.)
*TooManyBelts
*WholeEpisodeFlashback (the two episodes detailing his past)
*TheWorfBarrage: His Dragon of the Darkness Flame incinerates Zeru, but afterward, can't kill anything stronger than a Mook.

*CatchPhrase "Bingo!"
*CatSmile
*TheChick
*CoolBigSis (I'd like to have her as a big sister)
*TheGrimReaper

*GenkiGirl
*HealingHands
*NeutralGood
*{{Shinigami}}
*TeamMom
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair (Or baby blue hair)

*ActionSurvivor
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys (Her and Yusuke)
*ArmorPiercingSlap
*BelligerentSexualTension: Her and Yusuke.
*BrownEyes
*CharacterDerailment (A variation. Her character in the anime is the same as in the manga yet presented in a way that makes her seem weaker and more needy than she originally was, particularly in the Dark Tournament saga. Could be viewed as {{Chickification}})
*DistressedDamsel (Not her fault, as it's a consequence of having no magic or spiritual powers)
**DamselScrappy: For some in the fandom.
*GirlNextDoor
*HeroicBSOD: Has a pretty big one when Yusuke gets the tar beaten out of him by Younger Toguro.
*LauraBailey
*{{Muggle}} (Keiko and Atsuko are the only characters listed here without any kind of supernatural powers.) }
*NeutralFemale (Same here)
*OfficialCouple
*PluckyGirl: Hiei's Shadow Sword, insect-controlled humans, the Dark Tournament...she's been able to handle it all pretty nicely. Borders on BadAssNormal sometimes (the girl's willing to ''douse herself with water and go through fire'' to rescue Yusuke's body!)
*{{Shorttank}} Even if she ''is'' fond of wearing dresses.
*{{Tsundere}} Emphasis more on the "deredere" (making her a Type B)... although more of her "tsuntsun" side shows up in the early parts of the manga.
*VictoriousChildhoodFriend
*YuriAmano

*{{Bishonen}} - In his adult form.
*ChekhovsGun (His pacifier.)
*CrossdressingVoices (Voiced by Mrs. Mayumi Tanaka in the original Japanese. Is also often voiced by female actresses in the dubs)
**[[AvertedTrope But not the English dub]] of the series. His voice actor is Sean Teague.

*HeyItsThatVoice (MayumiTanaka also voices [[DragonBallZ Kuririn]] and [[OnePiece Luffy]].)
*KingOfAllCosmos (More like prince, but still.)
*[[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]] (Has a ''very'' bishounen adult form)
*ImmortalImmaturity: More in the anime than the manga, and usually when he's in his baby form.
*LawfulGood
*MrExposition (Particularly in the anime, where he has a video screen that lets him see everything and a clueless assistant who needs things spelled out to him.)
*NonActionGuy
*ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
*ShoutOut He is disguised as [[spoiler:[[SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]]]] at the Makai Tournament, probably because Togashi and Takeuchi were dating at the time.

*ActionGirl (Hell yes.)
*[[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]
*[[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]
*CoolOldGuy (Fits this better than CoolOldLady)
*DeadpanSnarker
*GamerChick (Because she doesn't have much to do when she's not training besides playing some arcade game she owns. Really.)
*HealingHands (Though she doesn't use them often.)

**MegumiHayashibara (Her younger form's voice)
*HeyItsThatVoice: In the dub, she's voiced by [[DragonBall Freeza!]]
*HugeGuyTinyGirl (With her old friend [[spoiler: Toguro-otouto]])
*IWasQuiteALooker (Was [[CuteBruiser VERY cute]] when young)
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold
*[[spoiler:LittleDeadRidingHood (Was killed by Toguro-otouto in her usual red attire. She Got Better)]]
*[[MiniatureSeniorCitizens Miniature Senior Citizen]]
*NeverMessWithGranny

*TheObiWan
*OldMaster
*PaperThinDisguise (Doubly subverted.)
*PintSizedPowerhouse
*RoseHairedGirl
*ShesAManInJapan (In the Philippines actually)
*TrainingFromHell (For Yusuke and herself)
*TrueNeutral ("I'm no champion of justice. I'll take down anyone I don't like." She also tells an assassin that she's willing to train him if he wins her tournament regardless of what he plans to do with her teachings)
**HeroicNeutral (She's a rather benevolent true neutral, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation if she is one]].)
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair : ([[RoseHairedGirl Pink hair]], which grayed over time)

*AlternateCharacterInterpretation (Does she know Hiei is her brother? Does she know Kuwabara is in love with her? Is she a lesbian?!)
*AnIcePerson
*DistressedDamsel (But a defiantly dignified one, facing torture with dignity unless others are threatened/tortured/killed in front of her.)
*FriendToAllLivingThings (Sort of.)
*HealingHands (But not TheMedic. She doesn't appear often enough for that.)
*TheIngenue (She might also be a subversion of this, as [[spoiler:''she advocates genocide'' in one scene]]!)
*RedStringOfFate (With Kuwabara)

*YouGottaHaveBlueHair (Sea green, actually.)
*YuriShiratori

*AbsurdlyYouthfulMother (Was only 15 when Yusuke was born)
*BottleFairy
*HotMom (At times. It depends on how she's drawn that day.)
*IsntItSad (She kinda disappears after the anime's Spirit Detective arc. Notably, when Keiko, Botan and Shizuru are discussing the Dark Tournament in the anime, Atsuko is passed out drunk. In the manga, the scene is never shown, but all four show up there together.)
*{{Muggle}}

*AiOrikasa
*CoolBigSis

* CharacterDerailment: In the anime. It's hard to respect her when she falls for [[CompleteMonster Sakyou]] even after overhearing him brag about his sociopathic life to Toguro. Makes it all too easy to peg her as the type who gives out the DracoInLeatherPants treatment to villains because they look good.

*DeadpanSnarker
*ItRunsInTheFamily (Has a high spiritual awareness like her brother)
*{{Kuudere}}
*PsychicPowers
*SmokingIsCool
*TallDarkAndBishoujo
*TragicKeepsake ([[spoiler:Sakyou's lighter]])

*ButtMonkey
*CanonForeigner - doesn't appear in the manga, where his function is usually served by Botan or Ayame.
*[[spoiler:NarratorAllAlong]]
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname / NoNameGiven: The dub credits him as "Blue Ogre" up until Chapter Black, and Koenma addresses him as "Ogre." The Japanese version reveals his name during or near the end of the Dark Tournament, and Koenma just calls him "[[HeyYou you]]" before that.
*TheWatson (He exists purely for Koenma to abuse and explain things to.)
*TomomichiNishimura

*TheFourGods
*TheBrute
*DishingOutDirt
*MonstrosityEqualsWeakness
*PullingThemselvesTogether

*AlasPoorVillain
*TheFourGods
*TheBrute
*FeedItWithFire: He can absorb spirit energy, becoming bigger in the process.
*GeniusBruiser
*MadeOfIron: He survives ''falling into lava'', but is grievously injured
*MakeMeWannaShout: His "Tiger Scream" disintegrates anything it hits.
*MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: Averted in that he's tougher than Seiryuu.
*TakeshiWatabe: Giving a strangely DullSurprise of a performace, especially with his "roars".

*TheFourGods
*AnIcePerson
*CurbStompBattle: Cut into many pieces by Hiei almost instantly.
*TheDragon: Which is fitting
*YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Byakko

*TheFourGods
*BigBad: Pretty much of the Spirit Detective saga. Hiei and Rando were just warm-ups to this guy.
*{{Bishonen}}
*DoppelgangerAttack
*JerryJewell
*ManipulativeBastard
*MusicalAssassin
*NightOfTheLivingMooks: His cultivated humans.
*NobuoTobita
*ShockAndAwe

*AffablyEvil: He's very polite and gentlemanly for a villain, especially towards Shizuru.
*BigBad: Of the Dark Tournament saga.
*CompleteMonster: He's been this since childhood.
*CorruptCorporateExecutive
*DracoInLeatherPants: ''Canonly'' in the anime, with him being put into a romantic relationship with Shizuru that wasn't present in the manga, which even [[spoiler: changes his death scene so that it's supposed to be sad]]...despite him ''still'' being pure evil for the heck of it.
*[[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: Both manga and anime, though the latter attempted to make it an AlasPoorVillain incident, as stated above.]]
*GoodScarsEvilScars
*KickTheSonOfABitch: While he does have some [[KickTheDog genuinely evil moments]], at least two of them has him offing some ''very'' {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s...to further his own ends, of course.
*LawfulEvil
*MagnificentBastard
*TheManBehindTheMan: He's in charge of Team Toguro, and is thus the true villain of the Dark Tournament saga.
*NightmareFetishist: He claims to have been fascinated by death and suffering since childhood.
*NonActionGuy
*[[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter: Even after his death, he still has an influence on the Chapter Black saga via Sensui's backstory.]]
*SharpDressedMan
*SmokingIsCool
*TheSociopath
*XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:He orchestrated The Toguro Brothers' service to Tarukane and their fake defeat by Yusuke and Kuwabara in order to gain additional funding for the Dark Tournament.]]

*AlasPoorVillain
*AntiVillain - Once he's defeated we find out his true motivations, [[spoiler: he lost all of his pupils and sought strength to exact revenge. Once he succeeded, he continued to punish himself by becoming a demon because he felt he could never suffer enough for his failure. And then he attempts to punish himself for his punishment during the main series]].
*[[spoiler:TheAtoner]]
*BadAss (Oh good lord, yes.)
*BeyondTheImpossible [[spoiler: Y HELO THAR 120% power]]
*BloodKnight
*DameonClarke
*DealWithTheDevil (combined with HeWhoFightsMonsters when [[spoiler: he defeats Kairen (a demon who had much the same abilities Younger Toguro does) at the Dark Tournament 50 years ago, and, by winning, asks the Tournament Commitee to turn him and his brother into demons.]])
*[[spoiler: DeathSeeker]]
*TheDragon: To Sakyo.
**DragonInChief: But he is ''much'' more dangerous than his boss.
***DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler: He's a DeathSeeker and thus hopes ''not'' to win the Dark Tournament. That doesn't go well with Sakyo's plan.]]
*EvenEvilHasStandards (Still finds some actions completely distasteful, even those of his [[CompleteMonster own brother]])
*[[spoiler: FallenHero]]
*FingerPokeOfDoom (He can make peoples [[YourHeadAsplode heads explode]] by simply ''tapping on them'')

*[[spoiler:HeWhoFightsMonsters]]
*HugeGuyTinyGirl [[spoiler: With his old teammate and friend Genkai.]]
*LawfulEvil
*MegatonPunch [[spoiler:On his brother]].
*MoralEventHorizon: (Even with his FreudianExcuse, [[YourMileageMayVary some fans]] still can't forgive him for [[spoiler:his brutal murder of Genkai, massacreing half the tournament stadium, and his false-killing of Kuwabara]])
*MusclesAreMeaningless A complete subversion. As he powers up, he becomes incredibly muscular in the process.
*NobleDemon
*SinisterShades
*SpiritedCompetitor
*StartOfDarkness (his last appearance shows it)
*StealthMentor (towards Yusuke)
*TheStoic (One of his most notable attributes is his constant poker face.)
**NotSoStoic (when he powers up and becomes a crazed, psychotic monster)
*TesshoGenda
*WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer (Notes that brute strength is the only thing he's really good at, but manages to get by with that)
*WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity (The power of his demon body; a big part of the reason he [[spoiler:seeks death]])
*WorthyOpponent

*AxCrazy
*BodyHorror
*ChaoticEvil
*CompleteMonster
*[[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]
*[[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath (Thanks to Kurama and his plants)]]
*FromASingleCell
*HighOctaneNightmareFuel, BodyHorror Oh SO MUCH. The scene where [[spoiler:he moves his eyeball into his thumb]] ''still'' creeps ThisTroper out.

*ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice (what he does with his fingers)
*JerkAss
*KatsumiSuzuki
*MoralEventHorizon [[spoiler: Three words: Genkai puppet show.]]
**Arguably [[spoiler:taking over Makihara's body and torturing/killing him from the inside. ''And enjoying it throughly''.]].
*PaleSkinnedBrunette
*ShapeshifterWeapon
*SoYouWantToLiveForever

*{{Bishonen}}
*ChaoticEvil
*CoolMask
*DepravedHomosexual (In love with Kurama and shows this with his desire to ''kill him'')
*EvilGenius (Take a good look, ladies and gentlemen; this is one of the few men who can outsmart Kurama)
*KyleHebert
*MadBomber
*NotSoStoic (Is ''much'' more psychotic in battle than his initial appearences suggested)
*PowerLimiter: He becomes much more powerful (and psychotic) once his mask comes off.
**Also, [[PowerDyesYourHair his hair turns blond when said limiter comes off]].
*PsychoForHire
*PyrrhicVictory (Despite being killed, he wins his match via a technicality)
*RyoHorikawa
*StalkerWithACrush
*ShoutOut: Once he enters his SuperMode, Koto makes one to ''DragonBallZ''. Seeing how his voice actors are Teen Gohan in the U.S. and Vegeta in Japan, the directors were in on the joke...

*AnAxeToGrind
*BattleAura
*TheBrute (Completely subverted)
*DeathSeeker (Wants to die after Hiei defeats him, believing he cannot get any stronger)
*LightningBruiser (Significantly faster than his opponent in the semifinals expected).
*NeutralEvil
*PowerLimiter (His armor)
*TheQuietOne (Never speaks until his fight with Hiei)
*VicMignogna
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse (Never seen again after Hiei spares him)
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair

*AlasPoorVillain: Though only Koenma really feels sorrow over it, not counting Yusuke being upset that [[spoiler: he wasn't the one that killed him.]]
*AlliterativeName
*ASinisterClue Yep, he's left-handed.
*AxCrazy: His "Kazuya" personality, with a heaping side of {{Gorn}}!!!
*BatmanGambit / XanatosGambit His whole plot, with the Xanatos ''embedded within'' the Batman.
*BigBad: Of the Chapter Black saga.
*BloodBathVillainOrigin
*BlueEyes Of the "stare right through you" and/or "AmbiguousInnocence" variety- [[AdaptationDyeJob but only in the anime]]. In the manga, they're [[BrownEyes brown]].
*BrokenBad
*LawfulGood->ChaoticEvil
*CompleteMonster: Kazuya, who loves to murder even animals and children and ''gets off on it sexually''. Just a few minutes with him out and you'll want the cold-blooded Minoru personality back!
*CryForTheDevil
*DangerouslyGenreSavvy (due to his prior experience and all of the media he watches)
*DarkMessiah - Interesting in that he was one FaceHeelTurn away from being an actual [[TheMessiah Messiah]].
*[[spoiler: DeathEqualsRedemption: Sort of, in the anime. He does regret the path he and his other personalities took as he dies and says that Yusuke found balance between demonkind and humanity in a better way than he could have. In the manga, he's unrepentant to the end, and simply dies wishing he'll be reborn as a demon.]]
*[[spoiler:DeathSeeker Combined with SuicideByCop.]]
**[[spoiler: And arguably SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum...at least for humans.]]
*DepravedHomosexual Subverted/played around with/deconstructed/possibly inverted.
*DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything [[spoiler: The speech he gives before he dies about having to fight demons from a very early age and having to come to terms with it sounds an awful lot like him recalling his ComingOutStory. Especially in the dub.]]
*DracoInLeatherPants In the Japanese fandom- Japanese fangirls have said they [[WhatAnIdiot want to date and/or marry him]]. In the United States...[[AmericansHateTingle not so much]].
*EvilCounterpart (to Yusuke)
*ExtremityExtremist / EnergyBall
*FaceHeelTurn (After going nuts)
*FacialMarkings His bindi.
*FallenHero
*GodModeSue Deconstructed via WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.
*GoMadFromTheRevelation
*GoodHairEvilHair It's slicked back when he appears as a BigBad, but in flashbacks, when he's a Spirit Detective, it's more of a bowl cut.
*HeWhoFightsMonsters
*HumansAreBastards His pet hangup.
*KillAllHumans A ''very'' creepy subversion.
*LightTheWay [[spoiler: his main personality's Sei-kou-ki/ Holy Energy. Also an example of LightIsNotGood.]]
*MachoMasochism [[spoiler:Double-subverted.]]
*ManipulativeBastard/ MagnificentBastard/ TheChessmaster - His Minoru persona.
*MisanthropeSupreme He pretty much IS this trope.
*NietzscheWannabe
*PureIsNotGood If Sensui wasn't so pure as a good guy, he couldn't have become so tainted as a villain. [[spoiler: His main 'Shinobu' personality is still pure and innocent after all these years, though.]]
**[[AmbiguousInnocence Sort of.]]
*RokuroNaya
*ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers Part of his attitude/egotism after becoming a villain, in addition to hating humans.
*SignificantBirthDate: June 6th. Add in his year of birth (1967, given that the Sensui Arc takes place in 1993), write it numerically (6/6/67), and you get the NumberOfTheBeast with a [[{{Foreshadowing}} seven]] left over.
*[[spoiler: SplitPersonality]][[spoiler: One of whom ("Kazuya") arguably causes some of the more remarkable FetishFuel in the Sensui arc...[[GunInMyPocket by virtue of having a gun-arm, which he uses to shoot at Yusuke for sexual pleasure]].]]
*StartOfDarkness
*StraightGay By WordOfGod.
*TheUnfettered
*TVGenius / Sensui is ''extremely'' smart, but he seems to have no clue how to relate to people beyond using and/or killing them. NotGoodWithPeople is, in his case, an ''understatement''.
*[[spoiler: VictoriousLoser / DoomedMoralVictor - Sensui, in dying, achieved what he wanted, and his ideology colors the rest of the series as we find out more about the diversity of demons. This is lampshaded by Yusuke after his death.]]
*WellIntentionedExtremist Even as a ''kid'' and part of the ''good guys'', he was like this.
** KnightTemplar His stance as a kid and part of the good guys. A particularly brutal one, too.
*WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
*YaoiGuys / OfficialCouple / MindGameShip / BirdsOfAFeather Him and Itsuki.

*BaseBreaker- the fandom's reaction to a PsychoSupporter with a [[YaoiGuys blatantly obvious homosexual crush]].
*{{Bishonen}}, LongHairedPrettyBoy
*CorruptTheCutie In the manga, his motive for why he started to hang around Sensui. It's still there in the anime (especially the dub), but ''nowhere near'' as noticeable or blatant. One of the main reasons why Sensui/Itsuki is a MindGameShip.
*DissonantSerenity Itsuki seems to be a very mellow, quiet guy on the surface,but he ''will'' unexpectedly snap, especially when Sensui is about to do something violent (which he agrees with only because of MadLove). Also, his Ura-otoko is full of dead bodies, airplane wreckage, etc.
*TheDragon To Sensui.
*EvilGenius And here's the ''other'' man who can outsmart Kurama. Might be played with because it's not clear of he outsmarted Kurama or out-crazied him.
*EyesOfGold
*FauxlosophicNarration About half of his speaking lines are this.
*HappinessInSlavery
*KoujiTsujitani (''majorly'' PlayingAgainstType)
*MadLove
*ManipulativeBastard Of the passive-aggressive variety.
*MoralMyopia: His last speech is filled with this. He calls out Team Urameshi and Spirit World for their crimes in an attempt to justify he and Sensui's goals.
*MultiArmedAndDangerous His shadow hands.
*NeutralEvil - He's completely devoted to Sensui, and will do ''anything'' for him. No matter ''what'' it is.
*NonActionGuy: But he ''is'' surprisingly {{Badass}} for one. And woe betide anyone who [[DissonantSerenity makes him angry]]...
**ActionSurvivor
*ThePhilosopher Somewhat of a subversion, as he's bloody crazy.
*PsychoSupporter: Itsuki EMBODIES this trope.
*SingleTargetSexuality Taken to a very obsessive degree- he loves Sensui. A LOT.
*SubordinateExcuse AND HOW.
*UndyingLoyalty
*VillainTeleportation: A variant with his power over dimensions and the Ura-otoko.
*YaoiGuys / OfficialCouple / MindGameShip / BirdsOfAFeather: Him and Sensui.
*YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Well, turquoise, but still...

*AmbitionIsEvil
*ArrogantKungFuGuy
*CrossdressingVoices (in the Japanese version)
*EvilRedhead
*FacialMarkings
*HoistByHisOwnPetard (the Shrinking curse backfires on him).
*MegaManning: Steals other martial arts masters' techniques.
*NotSoHarmless: His scores on the tests are barely high enough to pass, but he turns out to be the strongest opponent Yusuke faces.
*PlayingWithFire: One of his stolen abilities.
*[[SharkPool Piranha Pool]]
*YouInoue

*ActionGirl ([[spoiler:Mukuro,]] Natsume, Koko)
*AiOrikasa (Koto)
*BareYourMidriff (Juri and Ruka)
*AnIcePerson (Touya)
*[[BikerBabe Biker Bishie]] Hagiri/Sniper. He seems to fit this trope better than BadassBiker, especially knowing [[StraightGay his boss]]...
*BloodyMurder (Seaman's power is to create monsters by mixing his blood with water.)
*BlowYouAway (Jin)
*BoisterousBruiser (Chu, AND HOLY SHIT HOW)
*BrokenBird [[spoiler:(Mukuro)]]
*ButtMonkey (The blue ogre aka George)
*CombatCommentator (Koto and Juri)
*CompleteMonster (Gonzou Tarukane and Dr. Ichigaki)
*DisabilitySuperpower (Yomi)
*DrunkenMaster (Chu. AND HOW.)
*EvenEvilHasStandards (The absurdly corrupt Dark Tournament Commitee are horrified and disgusted by Sakyou's master plan. Also, Koto, the tournament referee, who previously came across as somewhat amoral, seriously objects to the dirty methods used by two of Team Masho's members.)
*ImprobableAimingSkills (Sniper- although it's at least partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] when someone is in his territory, and he can mark them to allow objects to home in on them)
*InsistentTerminology (Suzuka demands to be addressed as "the beautiful," and throws a razor playing card at one of the commentators, decapitating an audience member behind her, when she fails to call him that).
*ItsAllAboutMe (Shishiwakamaru and Suzuka)
*KappeiYamaguchi (Jin)
*KazuyukiSogabe (Suzuka)
*{{Keet}} (Jin)
*KenichiOgata (Tarukane)
*KillerYoyo (Rinku)
*LeeroyJenkins ([[spoiler: Yomi]] used to be one)
*MadScientist (Ichigaki and Kamiya)
*MagnificentBastard ([[spoiler: Yomi]])
*MasashiEbara (Yomi)
*MinamiTakayama (Mukuro)
*MoralEventHorizon (What Ichigaki did to his "test subjects" will make you want to reach through the screen and strangle him)
*MsFanservice (Ruka. Check out [[{{Stripperiffic}} the strategically placed vines]].)
*MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate / DeadlyDoctor (Dr. Kamiya)
*{{Ninja}} Team Masho (Jin and Touya's team in the Dark Tournament).
*NobleDemon (Touya, to some extent Jin and Bui as well)
*NorioWakamoto (Chu)
*OneWingedAngel: Ichigaki injects himself with mutagenic serum, [[CurbStompBattle going down in one punch in the manga]], [[AdaptationExpansion and taking a little longer to defeat in the anime]].
*RazorWind (Raizen)
*{{Retcon}}: Shishiwakamaru was clearly meant to be dead after Genkai defeats him. In the original Japanese version, Genkai even refers to him as "the late Shishiwakamaru" in her battle with Suzuki. But in the final TournamentArc, he's inexplicably alive and a good guy. One wonders if his real-life fangirls had some sort of influence on this decision.
*RicaMatsumoto (Mitarai)
*{{Samurai}} Shishiwakamaru, patterned after the legendary hero [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoshitsune Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune, aka Ushiwakamaru]], the samurai that was said to originate the term {{Bishonen}}.
*TheScottishTrope, WordsCanBreakMyBones (Kaitou. If you say the Taboo word, you lose your soul.)
*SamusIsAGirl ([[spoiler:Mukuro]])
*ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney (Butajiri bribes the tournament committee to disqualify Team Urameshi, and the dub implies he had a hand in the other rulings against Team Urameshi)
*ShadowPin Kido's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly named]] "Shadow" ability.
*ShoutOut (Juri's transformation from a little girl back to her adult form during Kurama's fight with Uraurashima bore a distinct similarity to the transformation of SailorMoon, likely because Togashi and Takeuchi are married/were dating at the time.)

*SmugSnake (Iwamoto, Akashi, Tarukane, Risho, and Suzuki.)
*SplitPersonality (Shishiwakamaru fluxuates between a smug warrior and a bloodthristy berserker)
*TakayukiSugo (Raizen)
*TakehitoKoyasu (Kido)
*TearsOfBlood (Ichigaki's subjects, when begging for death)
*ToshiyukiMorikawa (Shishiwakamaru)
*TwoFaced (Mukuro)
*VillainousBreakdown (Shishiwakamaru goes ''ballistic'' once he realizes Genkai has the upper hand in their fight)
*VillainousHarlequin (Suzuki, who would be an EvilClown if he wasn't such a source of comic relief. [[spoiler: At least until his HeelfaceTurn]])
*TheWoobie (Mitarai aka Seaman)
*WorthyOpponent (Chu and Jin)
*WritingAroundTrademarks (Suzuki was renamed Suzuka for the dub, possibly so as not offend the car company.)
*YasunoriMatsumoto (Touya)
*YourHeadAsplode ([[spoiler:Tarukane and Butajiri]])
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*BadAss (oh good lord yes)

**AmbiguousInnocence Sort of.

*CompleteMonster: Kazuya, who loves murder even animals and children and ''gets off on it sexually''. Just a few minutes with him out and you'll want the cold-blooded Minoru personality back!

*NobleDemon (Well he IS a demon, and is genuinely noble, SoYeah)

*JerkWithAHeartOfGold (at his core, he's ''defenitely'' not a bad guy)

Personality-wise, Kurama is outwardly kind, cryptic, intelligent and not above teasing Yusuke or Hiei mercilessly (sometimes with Kuwabara's help). It's been noted that he pulls of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome every time he fights.* Kurama is a living, breathing example of CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

*CurbStopBattle: Cut into many pieces by Hiei almost instantly.