History Characters / YuYuHakushoSupportingCast

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoSoumi (JP), Meredith [=McCoy=] (EN), Gloria García (SP), Patricia Mainou (Latin America-TV series), Patrizia Salmoiraghi (IT)

'''Powers:''' [[ArmorPiercingSlap One hell of a slap!]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Especially when Yusuke touches her inappropriately. Yusuke says it hurts more than Kuwabara's punches.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (JP), Kasey Buckley (EN), Belinda García (Latin America, TV series), Creator/LoredanaNicosia/ Creator/SoniaMazza (IT)

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the manga, she made her debut at the end of the story where Yusuke's house was on fire, giving Keiko new clothes, evening out her burned hair, and telling her about the ghost following her. The incident was adapted into the anime's fourth episode without her, with Shizuru not appearing until Episode 22, the beginning of the "Rescue Yukina" arc.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriShiratori (JP), Jessica Dismuke (EN), Marta Estrada (SP-first part of the series), Creator/CarmenCalvell (SP-rest of the series and movie), Aurora Ferrándiz (SP-first dub of ''Meikai Shito Hen''), Azucena Martínez (Latin America-TV series and ''Bonds of Fire''/Poltergeist Report)

Hiei's twin sister, a fact lost on Kuwabara and Yukina herself. An ice demon, and the object of Kuwabara's affections. She was kidnapped and kept imprisoned for a time by Tarukane because her tears, which transform into jewels, fetch a high price on the black market.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoSoumi (JP), Meredith [=McCoy=] (EN-Funimation dub), Gloria García (SP), Patricia Mainou (Latin America-TV series), Patrizia Salmoiraghi (IT)

In the manga, she's considered part of the principle cast alongside Keiko and Shizuru and is a spectator at the Dark Tournament and some of the early Sensui fights.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She never appears to wear any in the anime. In the manga as she also wears her [[BadassInANiceSuit business attire]] from time to time.

* {{Muggle}}: Both Atsuko and her ex-boyfriend [[note]]Yusuke’s Dad, who Atsuko still maintain contacts with and allowed him to check on Yusuke from afar.[[/note]] has no spiritual powers. We're not even sure which side of the Urameshi family Yusuke got his demon ancestry from.

* GuileHero: While Botan doesn't have fighting skills or an overwhelming spirit energy, she does use her minor abilities of possessing sleeping people and light creation to save Yusuke's life more than a couple times.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomomichiNishimura (JP)[[note]]Hidenari Ugaki in Episode 13[[/note]], Creator/KentWilliams (EN), Joaquín Gómez (SP), Bernardo Rodríguez (Latin America-TV series), Sante Calogero/Paolo Sesana/Gianni Quilico (IT)

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Played straight in the anime, she doesn't wear any shoes and moves around barefoot while doing her job (then again she is a spirit and wouldn't have need of them, but this still comes off as a little odd considering other spirit world personal that aren't oni are fully dressed). In the manga, this was just due to JacobMarleyApparel, having died in her nightgown, so naturally she would be barefoot.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MayumiTanaka (JP), Sean Michael Teague (EN-Funimation dub), Candice Moore (EN-Animax dub), Brianne Siddall (EN-Media Blasters dub of The Golden Seal), Creator/EricStuart (EN-Central Park Media dub of Poltegeist Report), Creator/AriadnaJimenez (SP-series and movies), María Pilar Quesada (SP-first dub of ''Meikai Shito Hen''), Azucena Martínez and Miguel Ángel Reza (Latin America-TV series and ''Bonds of Fire''/Poltergeist Report), Lara Parmiani (IT)

* ImpliedLoveInterest: She may or may not be Kuwabara's girlfriend by the end of the series. He certainly would be happy about the situation/

* ShesAllGrownUp: Botan remarks in the finale how she's grown. [[ShesGotLegs Especially her legs.]]
* ShesGotLegs: When Botan meets her again in the finale she makes a remark about her legs having grown, while Keiko spends the episode wearing a rather short skirt.

* BikerBabe: She takes on this look during the Saint Beast arc, complete with PaintedOnPants and a leather jacket.

* IllGirl: She died of an illness when she was very young.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (JP), Kasey Buckley (EN), Belinda García (Latin America, TV series), Creator/LoredanaNicosia/ Sonia Mazza (IT)

* {{Affectionate Nickname}}s: At first she called Yusuke "dimwit" because of his lazy, street-brawling tendencies. Over time, this becomes her favorite name for him.

* {{Miniature Senior Citizen|s}}: A subversion, as she is seen in flashbacks to have always been that short.

* {{Muggle|s}}: Keiko and Atsuko are the only characters listed here without any kind of supernatural powers.

* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Girl]]: She's arguably the most well-dressed character in the series (other than Sakyo). She's usually found in a suit, or at the least a WaistcoatOfStyle.

* {{Muggle|s}}: Both Atsuko and her ex-boyfriend [[note]]Yusuke’s Dad, who Atsuko still maintain contacts with and allowed him to check on Yusuke from afar.[[/note]] has no spiritual powers. We're not even sure which side of the Urameshi family Yusuke got his demon ancestry from.

* {{Bond Creature|s}}: Yusuke received an egg that would hatch a spirit beast. If Yusuke's intentions are good then it will be this and will provide Yusuke the ticket to resurrection. If he isn't, the beast will devour his soul. The egg would have been the latter but he sacrificed the egg in order to save Keiko from his burning house. Koenma saw the turnout, and saved the egg all the while making another resurrection plan for Yusuke; the egg was left in the care of Koenma and he gave the egg to Yusuke once it was ready to hatch. Puu's infant form resembles a blue Furby with huge floppy ears, but evolves into something like a phoenix [[spoiler: after Yuusuke is resurrected again as a Mazoku]].

* {{Love Interest|s}}: In the manga, Koenma is shown to have an infatuation for her. Whether she has any feelings for him in return is ambiguous.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When it comes down to it, he is this. He fast-tracks Yusuke's resurrection despite still not being sure of him because he realizes that Yusuke's actions as a ghost might not be indicative of his actions as a living person and because a quirk of Yusuke's body harmonics means he won't get the chance to come back to life again for another 50 years. He also paroles Kurama and Hiei because Yusuke needs the backup, sends Yusuke to rescue Hiei's sister in thanks (and gives Hiei the opportunity to find out about it), avoids restricting the Dark Tournament because it gives demons a way to vent their aggression away from humans, tries to talk Toguro into taking a lesser punishment due to his prior good deeds, and helps Kurama with his plans for Yomi under the table because he trusts his judgment. [[spoiler: To say nothing of his decision to take Sensui's criticisms of humanity and his father's policies seriously, investigate them thoroughly, and conclude that demons, as a whole, are not the problem, and promptly start treating them better.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When it comes down to it, he is this. He fast-tracks Yusuke's resurrection despite still not being sure of him because he realizes that Yusuke's actions as a ghost might not be indicative of his actions as a living person and because a quirk of Yusuke's body harmonics means he won't get the chance to come back to life again for another 50 years. He also paroles Kurama and Hiei because Yusuke needs the backup, tries to talk Toguro into taking a lesser punishment due to his prior good deeds, and helps Kurama with his plans for Yomi under the table because he trusts his judgment.

* NiceHat: She occasionally wears a purple cap.

* NiceHat: He wears a hat as tall as him with "King Jr" [[FunTShirt printed on it]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa (JP), Kasey Buckley (EN), Belinda García (Latin America, TV series), Loredana Nicosia/Sonia Mazza (IT)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKyoda (Old Age) and Music/MegumiHayashibara (Youth) (JP), Creator/LindaYoung (EN-Funimation dub), Candice Moore (EN-Animax dub, older), Andrea Kwan (EN-Animax dub, younger), Caryl Marder (EN-Central Park Media dub of Poltergeist Report), Ana Orra (SP-series and movies), Enriqueta Linares (SP-first dub of ''Meikai Shito Hen''), Belinda García (Latin America-TV series and ''Bonds of Fire''/Poltergeist Report), Caterina Iochira (Old Age) and Irene Scalzo (Youth), (IT)

* KilledOffForReal: In the very last chapter of the manga (#175), it's revealed that she's passed away from old age (she's over seventy) since the events of the Gates of Judgment hostage situation in chapter 174. Due to it being from natural causes, she stays dead this time.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pink hair, which grayed over time.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sea green in this case. It's an Ice Maiden thing.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blood red hair in her case.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Baby blue hair in her case.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Primary blue as opposed to Botan's cyan.

->'''Voiced by:''' Sanae Miyuki (JP), Creator/CynthiaCranz (EN-Funimation dub), Sarah Hauser (EN-Animax dub), Lia Sargent (EN-Media Blasters dub of The Golden Seal), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (EN-Central Park Media dub of Poltergeist Report), Noemí Bayarri (SP-series and movies), Miriam Guilimany (SP-first dub of ''Meikai Shito Hen''), Adriana Rodríguez (Latin America-TV series and ''Bonds of Fire''/Poltergeist Report), Federica Valenti (IT)

* TheDreaded: Nearly every demon at the Dark Tournament had heard of her name. As Karasu put it, she was the subject of their bedtime stories.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Yusuke loves and is totally loyal to her. They spend most of their together with him threatening to kill her for all of her TrainingFromHell sessions and with her telling him in excruciating detail every one of his faults.

* ActionGirl: She is still one of these [[NeverMessWithGranny as a 70+ year-old woman]], and, when she was younger, [[spoiler: she helped Team Toguro with the Dark Tournament, her being the only girl on that team]].

* MeaningfulName: Genkai generally means "limit" in Japanese, which references the training she makes Yusuke go through in order to "go beyond his ''limits''". It's a homonym too; her name is written with the kanji for "illusion" and "sea" - "sea of illusion", which is also meaningful as she's an OldMaster with a lot of secrets.

[-''"Yusuke, you perv! People like you should be strung up in the street! Dumb boy! Hasn't grown up a bit since he was 4 years old!"''-]

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the manga, she made her debut at the end of the story where Yusuke's house was on fire, giving Keiko new clothes, evening out her burned hair, and telling her about the ghost following her. The incident was adapted into the anime's fourth episode without her, with Shizuru not appearing until episode 22, the beginning of the "Rescue Yukina" arc.

* PsychicPowers: She's frighteningly clairvoyant, able to see trouble from a mile away. She can also actually see ghosts - it's implied that her spiritual awareness is even greater than her brother's.

* VagueAge: Along with Hiei, she's between 16-99 years old. Demon, you know?

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is exactly 700 years old, and appears to be a toddler. He can transform into a bishonen teen form for a few minutes at a time... but doesn't remove his pacifier when he does so. Stays in teenage form continuously later in the series when it gets more serious. Eventually, the pacifier is [[ChekhovsGun revealed to be a device to store energy]]. He keeps the pacifier in his mouth even after using up its stored energy, presumably because that's how he recharges it.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Jorge was originally an [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Secretary Orge]]" for a good half of the series. By [[Creator/TomomichiNishimura his voice actor's]] wish to have a name for this character, Creator/MayumiTanaka (Koenma's actress) proceeded to ad-lib him as "Jorge" since ep.66--the transmission from the Dark Tournament to the Black Chapter Arc, while his surname "Saotome" is pitched to Tanaka by Creator/TesshoGenda (Younger Toguro's actor) and was voted the winning surname by the majority of cast present on that day of recording;[[note]]Hiei’s actor Creator/NobuyukiHiyama recalled through various interviews that Jorge’s naming process was the talk of their day, and the entire cast was involved in pitching names for Jorge.[[/note]] gradually this name made it's way to the credits solidifying his CanonForeigner status.
* NarratorAllAlong: It is discovered in the last episodes, although hinted at shortly before, that he was the narrator of the show- since it is revealed that the show itself is the records of the protagonists' adventures that Koenma kept (hence the title, which, while using the original Japanese name, is nonetheless translated by Creator/FUNimation as "Ghost Files").

In the anime, Sayaka gets [[{{Retcon}} promoted]] as an investigator for the Spirit Realm responsible for keeping track of persons related to specific cases. She only appeared in episode 4 to watch, and report to Koenma on Yusuke's character to see if Yusuke is cleared to be brought back to life.

'''Voiced by:''' Unspecified (JP) [[note]]Played by either Naomi Watanabe (not the celebrity), or Tomoko Hasegawa. As the two actresses were credited as “Girl(s)” in episode 67. That may refer to the schoolgirls Kurama was conversing with, however.[[/note]], Meredith M[=c=]Coy (EN)

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** Also, [[spoiler: she yells at Toguro-ototo when he's literally about to go to Hell]].

* DefiantCaptive: She faces torture with as much dignity as she can unless ''others'' are threatened/tortured/killed in front of her. Which [[FridgeHorror hits you like a sack of bricks]] when you think of how ''long'' the poor girl has been tortured until the point of desensitization.

* BreakTheCutie: She experiences this briefly after watching her only two friends, a pair of bluebirds, get murdered in cold blood.

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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the manga, she made her debut at the end of the story where Yusuke's house was lit on fire, which was adapted into the anime's fourth episode. In the anime however she isn't introduced until Episode 22, the beginning of the "Rescue Yukina" arc.

* TrainingFromHell: For Yusuke, herself, [[spoiler: and the Six Fighters, in the Three Kings arc.]] For instance, one of her practices is "Use your spirit energy to float above the spike. We will hold this for twelve hours."