Heroic BSOD: When Yusuke let's Sensui kill him to empower the rest of his team to A Class.
It's Personal: After Yusuke was killed by Sensui; Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei were all hell bent on killing Sensui even if it means sacrificing their lives. Kurama even comments how this is the first Hiei was willing to die for someone other than himself.
Oddly Small Organization: The Spirit World's cleanup squad for when things go wrong consists of one detective and any friends he might make along the way. Though this is rendered a bit moot by the manga's ending, where it was revealed that Yusuke might not have been needed as badly as we originally thought.
Delinquent jerk who dies in a tragically ironic manner, saving a child from being hit by a car. It gets even more tragically ironic when he is informed that not only did The Powers That Be never expect such an act of goodness from him, the kid would have survived anyway, without a scratch. Yusuke pushing him out of the way just gave him a few extra scrapes.Since there's no place for him in heaven or hell, Yusuke is given the opportunity to return to life, but once he does—Koenma owns him, and he becomes the Spirit Detective, taking care of supernatural problems that might threaten ordinary humans. Of course, as we gradually learn, Yusuke isn't all that ordinary, himself...
All Genes Are Co Dominant: Subverted, When Yusuke Urameshi had died for the first time, he was not strong enough to receive the Atavism of the Mazoku. Ironically, through his employment as Spirit Detective, he became strong enough for this demonic trait to 'accept' him and express itself after he died in his second battle against Shinobu Sensui.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: At least Keiko does, though likely because she knows him from childhood.
Berserk Button: Killing any of his friends is not a good idea. Toguro even deliberately invoked this trope by pretending to kill Kuwabara in order to bring Yusuke's Power Level to his own level becoming a Worthy Opponent.
BFG: Yusuke's Rei/Spirit Gun during the Dark Tournament final round.
Blood Knight: Likely his most defining trope. Yusuke loves a good brawl and was so into his fight with Sensui that he could have cared less that a storm of demons were going to swarm the Earth. He just didn't wanna get cheated out of his fight.
And when his ancestor takes over his body and ultimately deals fatal blows to Sensui, when Yusuke regains control, to say he was upset their fight was interrupted is putting it lightly.
He goes further down the spiral of evil when he casually tells his ancestor that if eating humans is what will restore his strength, he will GLADLY kidnap a few innocent human beings to feed him if that's what it takes to get a good fight out of him.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Being a neglected bastard child who only found peace in anger and violence really did a number on Yusuke: when he lost his hate for the world, he was left so hollow that he could not find joy and meaning in being The King of An Entire Demon Empire.
Half-Human Hybrid: 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.
Healing Factor: Was able to heal from his wounds suffered from Sensui's energy gun and also able to quickly heal a broken arm later.
Hero with an F in Good: He has prioritized his adolescent anger over the good of humanity on more than one occasion, most notably in his duel with Sensui and not caring about the apocalyptic ramifications of the Demon World Tournament.
Heroic Bastard: 14 year old Urameshi Atsuko was definitely not married when she had that bout of morning sickness...
Heroic BSOD During his fight with Yomi, Yusuke realizes that for the first time in the series he is fighting on his own terms, and promptly lapses into one, since he never had his own reasons for fighting other than his anger, which he's since dealt with. Raizen quickly snaps him out of it, though.
Teens Are Monsters: An anti-heroic version. It's suggested near the end of the series that he could be a genuinely good person once he outgrows his adolescent rage problems.
Troubled, but Cute: Subverted: the only girl who likes him romantically is Keiko. Botan is more of a Cool Big Sis, and the human girls are terrified of him.
Yusukes 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. 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.
A Day in the Limelight: Is the key player during Chapter Black (and the gang's tripe to Spirit World in the manga).
Courtly Love: While his jaw will drop and ogle at the sight of any attractive female (cut him some slack, he IS a 14 year old boy after all), he is the picture of a polite and considerate gentleman towards the one girl he truly loves, Yukina.
How Do I Shot Web?: Has trouble summoning his dimensional sword after his first use of it, and only manages it twice; when Yusuke's about to be killed by Sensui, and when the Dimensional Cannon is threatening Sarayashiki and thus, Yukina.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold/Gentle Giant: Has a warm, tender, sensitive and kind heart that is almost never found in boys his age, let alone a violent delinquent.
The Heart: Will always be the first to (angrily) interject his idealism and kindness into a situation whenever anyone (ESPECIALLY Hiei) gets too heartless and cynical.
Also he was the one of the last to learn that Genkai had been killed
Luminescent Blush: Whenever Yukina touches him or reacts positively to his hammy displays of affection. The more positive the response, the more likely Kazuma is to catch a severe case of High Pressure Emotion.
Maybe Ever After: The big guy and Yukina. Though if they do, he is going to have a son with a personality as rotten as Hiei's, as all Ice-Maidens will bear when they consumate with a man. Poor fella...AS well as a daughter just as sweet and gentle as her mother.
Nice Guy: Kuwabara mellows throughout the series, crossing out the "Jerk" and underlining the "Heart of Gold".
Out of Focus: He's barely in the Three Kings arc because of his studies. He makes it for it with a triumphant return in the manga.
Overshadowed by Awesome: A subversion; despite being tremendously overshadowed 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.
In his second solo fight in the Dark Tournament Arc, he is getting knocked around by Risho due to having almost no spirit energy left and possibly a broken spine. Yukina shows up, and he suddenly throws Risho aside and runs up to Yukina as if he isn't even injured. When Risho tries to attack him again, Kuwabara suddenly gains his spirit energy back and one shots him across the arena.
After the match, Yukina tried to cure his wounds, only to discover they were already half healed on their own.
Real Men Wear Pink: Has quite the soft spot for cats, and especially Eikichi, his very own pet kitten.
Stone Wall: His speed and offense might not be anywhere as good as the rest of his team(Can't blame him, spirit guns, dragons and all). But watch how much he can endure. Rinku even lampshades this in his fight with Kuwabara.
What the Hell, Hero?: "I thought we were a team, but I guess I'm just one big joke to you. Well this joke has feelings!"
Wife-Basher Basher: His dialoge to Younger-Toguro after he (psychically) sees how the brute's boss tortured Yukina with fire and abused her for her valuable tears.
"Stand aside, you are not the man I'm here to kill... I'm here for that monster up there!!"
The Worf Effect: Often loses fights to show how powerful certain opponents are, but partly due to stupidity rather than weakness. Lampshaded by Yusuke in one preview. Played with hilariously during his fights against Shishiwakamaru and Onji.
Kurama is over a thousand years old, a fox demon and former thief killed by a hunter. Unwilling to die peacefully, his soul passed into the human world and entered the womb of a pregnant woman, Shiori Minamino. Reborn as her son, Shuuichi Minamino, Kurama planned to return to his life as a rogue thief as soon as he could, but his mother's unconditional love convinced him to stay for her sake, and even risk his life to save hers when she gravely got sick. After he's caught by Yusuke, he is paroled. Part of his sentence is to help Yusuke, and basically do Koenma's bidding.Personality-wise, Kurama is outwardly kind, cryptic, intelligent and not above teasing Yusuke or Hiei mercilessly (sometimes with Kuwabara's help).
Aloof Ally: Though he is nice, he does not often hang out with the group outside of battle.
Aloof Big Brother: Despite not being related to any of the main characters. Although this has been subverted towards his little stepbrother.
Badass Bookworm: He can outsmart a genius who's written several best selling literature and an ability to steal your soul if you accidentally say a word or use the the first letters of that word in the right order.
Becoming the Mask: He intended 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.
Berserk Button: Only two things seem to piss him off: threatening his human mother and family, and being forced to take an innocent life.
He does have a third: Being mistaken for a girl. He nearly snapped on Yusuke and Keiko when they pushed this button as lil too far...
Beware the Nice Ones: He is a lot more polite than 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.
Big Brother Instinct: He does not react well to Yomi threatening his human stepbrother, who does not know about Kurama's true identity for his own protection.
The Chessmaster: Generally during his fights in the series he wins in the first minute or so, even if his foes don't know it yet, and it's repeatedly shown that the longer you take to beat him the only thing you're actually accomplishing his giving him more time to come up with a cruel and unusual death for you, regardless of how screwed he might look. Of his foes, only Toya manages to think at his level (and even then Kurama had a massive handicap) and only Karasu, Itsuki and Yomi can actually outplay him.
Crossdressing Voices: Japanese version only. Actually, this was Megumi Ogata's debut role.
Green-Eyed Redhead: Probably used to play into the old tale about green-eyed redheads can be expected to have magical powers. Note Kurama's eyes turn golden and his hair turns white when he switches into his demonic form.
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. 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.
In Touch With His Feminine Side: A Bishonen whose very soft spoken, girly-looking, elegant as well as being the most sensitive to others emotions and able to 'read the atmosphere.'
Noble Demon: Well, he IS a demon, and is genuinely noble.
Not so Above It All: He usually likes to play the part of the cool-headed, rational demon. As the series goes on, it's revealed he isn't exactly above teasing Yusuke (with Kuwabara even!), spending countless hours on video games (even MORE than Kuwabara or Yusuke!), and actually cheats the hell out of card games.
Not So Stoic: Becomes visibly enraged for the first and only time during the Chapter Black arc, when he has to kill a 12-year-old opponent like Amanuma, and later fights Elder Toguro.
One of Us: Chapter Black comes with the stunning revelation that Kurama is a huge video game nerd.
One Steve Limit: Averted. Shares the same human name with his little stepbrother, Shuuichi.
The Stoic: The guy has a pokerface that is simply unbreakable in a fight, to the point of almost coming across as a sociopath at times. He DOES have emotions, he's just able to look past them an analyze a situation with a cold rational mind, then switch back to being pleasant and upbeat when he has to be.
School Uniforms are the New Black: In a manga bonus story, his classmates note that he wears the uniform even when he doesn't have to.
Training from Hell: Gives Kuwabara some fairly harsh training to prepare him for the Dark Tournament, and later gives it to some of his team's former rivals to prepare some elite fighters for Yomi.
Tranquil Fury: This makes him absolutely frightening. During Chapter Black, when he's forced to kill Amanuma, he is completely utterly enraged. Fortunately, Elder Toguro was there for him to take his fury out on.
An aloof and elusive swordsman from the Demon World. Hiei possesses a surgically implanted third eye that endows him with several abilities such as mind control, telepathy, and telekinesis. Hiei is a fire demon, and is capable of manipulating the human world's crimson flames as well as the demon world's dark flames. He is taciturn and misanthropic, and the only being he cares about seems to be his twin sister Yukina. Hiei was the ringleader of the theft that led to Yusuke meeting him, Kurama and Gouki. Unlike Kurama, Hiei had no good intentions, but like Kurama, part of his sentence to assist Yusuke and Koenma. Eventually, he does come to respect Yusuke as a friend and warrior, although he usually won't help without a good pretense.
Continuity Drift: 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 Non-Serial Movie, okay, but still. This demon form is apparently derived from and based on his Jagan, which we later find out is an implant, courtesy of Shigure. In an early episode, he also tells Yusuke that he and Yukina are half-siblings with different mothers, but his Whole Episode Flashback clearly shows that they do have the same mother, Hina. Of course, that one can be written off easily; it wouldn't be out of character for Hiei to lie.
Curb-Stomp Battle: 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.
At least his attack on Zeru left him effectively crippled for nearly the entire tournament, which he thought was a necessary sacrifice against someone so strong...except that several of his other opponents were still killed in a single move. Then he fought Bui, one of the strongest fighters in the tournament, and celebrated by smacking his body all the way up and down the arena.
Eyepatch of Power: Technically, it's a headband. It covers his Jagan so it still counts.
Flawless Victory: Hiei was the only character in the Dark Tournament Arc to win every battle he participated in, and only one of his opponents survived.
Glass Cannon -> Lightning Bruiser: At least initially, since a single Spirit Gun from Yusuke was able to knock him out (back when it was only around twice as strong as his punch). Subverted in later seasons, as despite his small size, he is shown to be surprisingly hardy and resistant to damage. By absorbing his dragon, his defense increases to the point that most attacks don't even phase him.
Hot Guy, Ugly Wife: While not married nor officially involved with Mukuro, the BST is clearly there. The horrible scars on her body due to her mutation make for a partial straight example of this trope, since he is more attractive than her.
Katanas Are Just Better: 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.
Maybe Ever After: With Mukuro, whom he has grown very close to by the end of the series to the point of going out of his way to see her on a regular basis and, for a guy like Hiei, this speaks louder than words.
No Kill Like Overkill: Unlike other fighters who frequently warm up with lesser offenses and have fun with the fight (Yusuke) or gauge their foes until they counterattack (Kurama), Hiei's favored tactic seems to be to start out with overwhelming force and end his fights as quickly as possible, partially because he likes showing off what a badass he is. On occasion this has actually worked against him as much as it helps: since he tries to solve all his problems with swift application of brute force, cleverer fighters with more unique abilities can remove him from the fight early on.
Not so Different: In his battle with Mukuro, both find out that they are much more similar than what they first thought.
Shirtless Scene: 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.
The Worf Barrage: His Dragon of the Darkness Flame incinerates Zeru, but afterward (not counting the second movie), can't kill anything stronger than a Mook (though it can quickly obliterate an entire army of A-class demons).
Chief ferry girl across the river Styx, Botan is the perky shinigami sent to retrieve Yusuke's soul after his unexpected death. She initially serves as his guide back to life and becomes his assistant upon his appointment as Spirit Detective.
Action Girl —> Action Survivor: In the Four Saint Beasts storyline, where she easily fends off possessed people with a baseball bat... until too many of them focus entirely on Keiko and she turns into the latter in attempts to save her.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: She fits the personality type (minus crazy impluses) but her relationship with Yusuke was always platonic.
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In the English dub, she has a slight English accent which diminishes over the course of the series...then pops back up in random intervals.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her and Yusuke. Justified in that while the rest of the school thinks he's some kind of mob boss she knows he's not as bad as seems.
Muggle: Keiko and Atsuko are the only characters listed here without any kind of supernatural powers.
Official Couple: With Yusuke since his revival more or less. Cemented at the end.
Plucky Girl: Hiei's Shadow Sword, insect-controlled humans, the Dark Tournament...she's been able to handle it all pretty nicely. Borders on Bad Ass Normal 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.
Spell My Name with an S: Television closed captions for the English dub spell her name as "Kayko".
Traumatic Haircut: Averted - getting parts of her hair singed off after rescuing Yusuke from a fire leads to no angst on her part.
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.
Immortal Immaturity: More in the anime than the manga, and usually when he's in his baby form.
Mr. Exposition: 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.
Non-Action Guy: The Koenmatron jetpack is his solution to fighting.
A legendary human psychic that holds a tournament to choose an apprentice to pass on her power to in her old age. With Yusuke's victory, she becomes his mentor, determined to beat skill into him even if he doesn't want it. She's also the fifth fighter for Team Urameshi during the Dark Tournament. Her death at the hands of Toguro is the reason that Yusuke wanted to kill him in the final match.
Brought Down to Normal: The ultimate secret of the Spirit Wave is the Spirit Wave Orb, which she has to pass down to her apprentice. This makes him stronger while it makes her roughly 90% weaker.
Brought Down to Badass: Yet the lil 'ol hag still manages to hold her own quite well against Doctor's territory.
Hilarious in Hindsight: One of the complaints leveled against Funimation's early dub of DBZ was that Freeza sounded like an old woman. Ms. Young uses the exact same voice for Genkai.
Meaningful Name: Genkai generally means "limit" in Japanese. Has quite a few meanings in context of the show, huh?
It's actually a homonym; her name is written with the kanji for "illusion" and "sea"- "sea of illusion", which is also meaningful as she's an Old Master with a lot of secrets.
Hiei's younger sister, an ice demon that's the object of Kuwabara's affections. Is also Hiei's twin sister. Everyone knows this except Yukina herself, and Kuwabara.
An Ice Person: She's a lot nice then Seiryuu at least.
Cuteness Proximity: Her very appearance is enough to turn anyone into a doting big-brother and Cool Big Sis who wants to hug her all day long.
Distressed Damsel: A defiantly dignified one, facing torture with as much dignity as she can unless others are threatened/tortured/killed in front of her.
Which hits you like a sack of bricks when you think of how long she has been tortured until the point of desensitization.
I'm Taking Her Home with Me!: Kuwabara's first reaction upon seeing her in Koenma's mission video, and just about every good person in the cast when they meet her for the first time. By the end of the series Kuwabara's family does take her home, whether as a little sister or as Kazuma's wife is left uncertain.
Yamato Nadeshiko: Apperance (long hair, kimono, moderate height) personality (dignified, strong willed, polite, loving) and just might have become Kuwabara's wife at the end.
Demoted to Extra: 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.
Hot Mom: At times. It depends on how she's drawn that day. Though Kuwabara's gang certainly seemed to think so.
Kuwabara's Deadpan Snarker sister, even more spiritually aware than him.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her and Sakyo in the anime. Thought she doesn't seem to have many illusions about him turning to the side of good, she does listen to his really creepy backstory and show him far more compassion than he deserves.
Only Known by Their Nickname / No Name Given: 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 "you" before that.
Toya is the ice master of the shinobi of the Spirit World. During the fight for control of the Makai, Toya is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Makai tournament.
The Ace: Considered to be the greatest ice master alive.
Jin is a demon with mastery over the wind. This grants him the power to fly at great speeds. His signature move is to spin his forearm at high speed, creating a tornado around it, making his punches more powerful, even causing damage when he misses. He enjoys his battles, especially when he has a worthy opponent. He states that when he gets excited about a fight his ears twitch. During the fight for control of the Demon World, Jin is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they disband to fight individually in the Demon World tournament.
Chu is the strongest fighter and leader of team Jolly Devil Six, but ends up as the team alternate after losing at Jan-ken-pon. Chu specializes in the "Drunken Fist", which fuses the alcohol he drinks with his aura. During the fight for control of the Makai, Chu is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Makai tournament. At the end of the manga, he begins training with, and falls for, Natsume, the female demon who defeated him in the Makai tournament.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He shows up tripping over everything, acting dumbly and lazily, and looking like crap. Boy, does he ever turn out to be total badass.
Voiced by: Yoshiko Kondo (JP), Kimberly Grant (EN)
Rinku is a young demon who uses yo-yos to attack. Rinku is childish and playful, and often annoys those around him. He controls his yo-yos by channeling his aura through the strings. During the fight for control of the Makai, Rinku is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Makai tournament. At the end of the manga, he becomes stricken with Sasuga, a female demon who defeated him in the Makai Tournament, and it is hinted that they are in a relationship together.
Creepy Child: While not evil, he can be damn creepy.
Shishiwakamaru is a tiny imp demon who can transform into a full human appearance. He is a swordsman who seeks to make himself famous. Suzuki gives him the Sword of Trials, a sword hilt that changes into whatever weapon suits the wielder. For Shishi it becomes the Banshee Shriek, a sword which channels the souls of the dead and materializes them to devour his opponent. During the fight for control of the Makai, Shishi is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Makai tournament.
Big Bad Wannabe: For a minute there, it really looked like he'd be the next tough opponent. ...He wasn't.
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 Tournament Arc, he's inexplicably alive and a good guy. One wonders if his real-life fangirls had some sort of influence on this decision.
Suzuki is a demon who excels at creating weapons for others, as well as controlling his Aura harmonics, enabling him to create varied and colorful attacks. In the past Suzuka fought the Younger Toguro but lost. He then vowed to become stronger and defeat Toguro in the Dark Tournament. He initially disguises himself as an elderly man known as Old Bloke (Onji in the English anime dub). When Genkai reveals him he states that he used the disguise to help him fight harder, dressed as what he hates the most. He states that anyone who calls him by name must call him the Beautiful Suzuka and he plans to die long before old age can rob him of his looks. After being defeated and humiliated in combat by Genkai, he gives the Sword of Trials to Kuwabara and the Fruit of the Previous Life to Kurama, to aid them against Toguro. During the fight for control of the Makai, Suzuka is one of the demons that Kurama trains to fight for Yomi, though they eventually all disband to fight individually in the Makai tournament.
Curb-Stomp Battle: After Shishiwakamaru was efficiently disposed of, then it looked like this guy would be the next tough customer... He was even weaker.
The Fighting Narcissist: Such is his vanity that he'd actually prefer to be made a legend without his face being shown, so those in the future would forever wonder how "the beautiful Suzuki" looked.
Insistent Terminology: 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. Also blasts a portion of the stadium that mocked him for not using this. He still insists on this, even after his Heel Face Turn.
Writing Around Trademarks: Suzuki was renamed Suzuka for the dub, as to not offend the car company. He was changed back to Suzuki in the Blu-Ray re-dub however.
Yu Kaito
Species: Human Psychic Main Power: Taboo
Voiced by: Issei Futamata (JP), Jakie Cabe (EN)
Yu Kaito is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. He is a student at Meioh Private Academy where he constantly attempts to outdo Kurama for top grades. He is a master of the written word, having written several books and enjoys word puzzles.His ability is "Taboo" which allows him to create word games that those within his territory must adhere to or their soul will be extracted from their body. While testing the limits of his power, Kaito breaks his Taboo and has his own soul sucked from his body, prompting Kido and Yanagisawa to consult Genkai to help him and explain their new powers.In the manga, his last appearance shows him spending his day off mostly playing video games and writing.
Badass Pacifist: Literally. His power completely bans violence of any kind, and the only way to beat him is to outsmart him in word games. Considering just how freaking intelligent the guy is, good luck.
Meaningful Name: Yu means ghost and Kaito means thief. One can only wonder why he steals the souls of up to three of our main characters.
Asato Kido is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. His ability, "Shadow", allows him to step on someone's shadow and incapacitate them. Along with Yu Kaito and Yanagisawa he seeks the aid of Genkai when his powers appear. It is shown that he also has limited control over his own shadow, using it to spell out his attackers name after he is paralyzed by Doctor. In his final manga appearance, Kido is shown to have been stood up by his date in a cinema while the narration says he is far too forgiving.
Mitsunari Yanagisawa is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. His power is "Copy" which allows him to copy the appearance, memories, attributes, abilities, and spirit print of anyone he touches. In his last appearance in the manga, he is too shy to ask an attractive girl out, and it is revealed that ten years later, he marries the girl that tries to cheer him up.
Rando is a demon who participated in Genkai's tournament and serves as the main antagonist in Yusuke's second case. He has killed 99 masters and copied their techniques. He disguises himself as Shaolin monk during Genkai's tournament so as not to draw attention to himself. He had planned to win the tournament and make Genkai's Spirit Wave the 100th technique in his arsenal.
Awesome, but Impractical: His Shrinking Curse is basically an instant win if it hits, but requires an absurdly long chant to use and can be defeated by earplugs.
The Four Saint BeastsThe Four Beasts are four demons who rule a part of the Underworld called Demon City and the antagonists for Yusuke's third case. The beasts share their names with the four symbols of Chinese astrology. In the anime adaptation they are known as the Saint Beasts.
Tag Along Kid: A sinister subversion. The reason the other Saint Beasts tolerate him is that he can communicate with the demons, they would've been the Three Saint Beasts a long time ago if that wasn't the case.
Byakko
Species: Demon Main Power: Energy Absorbtion / Summon Beasts / Tiger Scream
The leader of the Four Beasts. A demon who uses lightning to attack, he is able to split himself into seven separate, yet equally powerful bodies, and can endlessly regenerate his power by reabsorbing the copies.
The Four Gods: He'd be the Phoenix, especially since he can revive himself mutliple times and has a bird for a companion.
Younger Toguro is a former human turned demon, and one of the main antagonists of the Rescue Yukina and Dark Tournament arcs. Once a great martial arts master and hinted at being Genkai's former lover, Toguro is psychologically scarred when a demon named Kairin kills all of the students at his dojo. Toguro and Genkai participate in the Dark Tournament and defeat Kairin in the final round. Toguro decides he does not want to age and lose his power, so as his prize for winning he asks to be turned into a demon. 50 years later he returns to the Dark Tournament, challenging Yusuke, hoping he has finally found a fighter worthy of his full 100% power.
Anti-Villain - Type I. Once he's defeated we find out his true motivations, 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. Even before that, he was a guy you couldn't help but admire.
Deal with the Devil: Combined with He Who Fights Monsters when he defeats Kairen (a demon who had much the same abilities as the Toguro Brothers) at the Dark Tournament 50 years ago, and, by winning, asks the Tournament Commitee to turn him and his brother into demons.
Even Evil Has Standards: Still finds some actions completely distasteful, especially those of his own brother.
Evil Counterpart: To Yusuke, while Sensui is Yusuke's opposite; Toguro is more of if Yusuke decided to abandon his Chaotic Good tendencies and love for his Nakama and gave in to his inner Blood Knight.
The Juggernaut: Spends the majority of his screentime being utterly implacable by even the strongest of fighters. Even Yusuke during the final round of the tournament is thoroughly outclassed during most of the fight, despite two power-ups (though the third finally pushes him to Toguro's level).
Kick the Son of a Bitch: Literatelly kicks his older brother, then punches him into yet another temporary death. Ironically, in the dub, "son of a bitch" is what said brother calls Toguro when he does this.
He also kills Gonzo Tarukane by literally kicking him in the back of the head, decapitating him in the process.
Lightning Bruiser: Unlike most beings of his stature, Toguro is every bit as fast as he is strong and muscular, even at his maximum.
Megaton Punch On his brother. Gets one himself when he goes too far.
Muscles Are Meaningless: A complete subversion. As he powers up, he becomes incredibly muscular in the process.
Elder Toguro is a human turned demon shapeshifter. He usually rides on his brother's shoulder, and often fights alongside him. Elder Toguro can alter the shape of his body to form weapons or to move his organs to escape harm, and also has powerful regenerative abilities, almost to the point of immortality. After being nearly destroyed by his brother, Elder Toguro is trapped in a regenerative state on the island where the Dark Tournament took place. There he is found by Sensui and devoured by Sensui's cohort Gourmet. This proves costly for Gourmet as Toguro easily takes control of his body.
And I Must Scream: How he's finally taken care of, considering that he simply can't die.
Ax Crazy: Gets more and more insane throughout the series till the end he's completely lost it.
Body Horror: His power involves manipulating his body into anything, and shifting his vital organs around. it gets worse when he becomes a parasite after taking over Gourmet's body.
The Dark Chick: Unlike his teammates excluding Sakyo, his acts do not ultimately do much damage outside the ring.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: White skinned, which begs the question on how he and his younger brother are related.
Embarrassing Nick Name: Is often called "Toguro's shoulder monkey", in-universe included.
Fate Worse than Death: He is trapped in an hallucinogenic plant that feeds on his life force indefinitely.
From a Single Cell: He can regenerate from anything which is ultimately used against him.
I Lied: "But unlike my brother, my word is not my bond. So you can die too."
Immortality Seeker: After getting punched by his younger brother, he gains Immortality only to be sealed in a plant that feeds on his never ending life force.
Jerkass: While his brother is a Noble Demon, he is so repulsive to every one that Kurama decides that putting him through a "living hell" plant for all eternity because death wouldn't cure of it.
Recurring Villain: While he isn't the Big Bad by any stretch, he might as well be - he's the most recurring enemy that Yusuke and his crew go up against. During their raid on Tarukane's mansion, he's leader of the Apparition Gang. During the Dark Tournament, he's one of the co-founders of Team Toguro. And during Chapter Black, he's a key member of the Sensui Seven.
Sakyou is the wealthy owner of Team Toguro and a member of the underground Black-Black Club. While he appears to be calm and charismatic, he is a sociopath who grew up torturing and killing animals and people. He has an affinity and knack for gambling, occasionally putting his own life on the line just for the thrill of it. He accumulates a vast fortune which he plans to use to create a hole to the demon world, for no other reason than to just see what happens. In the anime, he forms a romantic bond with Shizuru Kuwabara.
Affably Evil: He's very polite and gentlemanly for a villain, especially towards Shizuru.
Big Bad: Of the Dark Tournament saga, and pretty much the entire series for that matter. His past actions have deep repercussions during Chapter Black, since Itsuki more or less picked up on digging through the tunnel where he left off. Even worse, Sensui had his mental breakdown in one of his mansions, where they were torturing demons and bathing in their blood.
Bishōnen: Reasonably attractive, even with the scar on his right eye.
Deadpan Snarker: Notable in this show as a villainous example.
Dub Text: Even though the original Japanese Sakyo was still a sociopath, he remembered his happy childhood with a warm fondness, genuinely loved his family ("My parent were decent and kind people; it was what you could call an ideal family") and blamed nobody but himself for how he turned out, the English dub added a lot of changes to his narration, making him hate his parents and swearing he would kill himself if he became a white-collar worker.
Fiction 500: He is able to stake the equivalent of Japan's entire national budget like it was pocket change when betting on the victory of Yusuke and Kuwabara over the Toguro brothers with Torukane Gonzo... but then again, he KNEW Toguro would throw the fight for him and more importantly LIVE to report it.
For the Evulz: Wants a portal to the Makai to be opened...just so life will be more interesting as the world goes to hell. he gets his wish in the end, but it's not the way he wanted to.
I Gave My Word: For all his flaws, Sakyo is a deeply honorable man whose word is his absolute bond; if he promises you that he'll kill himself for losing a bet, he means it.
The Man Behind the Man: He's in charge of Team Toguro, and is thus the true villain of the Dark Tournament saga.
Nightmare Fetishist: He claims to have been fascinated by death and suffering since childhood.
Non-Action Guy: In a Double Subversion, he reveals himself as the fifth member of Team Toguro... before wagering his life on Toguro so he doesn't have to fight.
The Sociopath: His backstory tells us how he would torture animals when he ran a pet shop, and only entering the dark underground because he could gamble lives including his own.
Karasu is a Quest class demon. He is able to use his aura to create bombs undetectable by lower level demons, as well as create bombs within his victims. He wears a mask over his mouth which restricts his unstable powers. He is also able to use his entire body as an explosive. He takes quite a liking to Kurama.
Shout Out: Once he enters his Super Mode, Koto makes one to Dragon Ball Z. Seeing how his voice actors are Teen Gohan in the U.S. and Vegeta in Japan, the directors were in on the joke...]]
Bui is a demon warrior who possesses an immense battle aura. When he was younger Bui fought Younger Toguro and lost. He swore he would train and one day defeat him so Toguro invites Bui to join his team as he trains, but Bui is unable to surpass him. He wears heavy armor to suppress his aura and wields an axe larger than his own body.
An Axe to Grind: His main weapon, until he uses his battle aura.
Hidden Depths: He looks like a silent brute who wears bulky armour and carries a heavy axe... before losing the axe, taking his armour off, and using his Spirit Energy to fight whilst eloquently chatting with Hiei.
Lightning Bruiser: Significantly faster than his opponent in the semifinals expected.
Power Limiter: His armor acts a power restraint that keeps his battle aura under control.
The Quiet One: Never speaks until his fight with Hiei.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Never seen again after Hiei spares him. The last time we see him in the manga, he's watching Yusuke's fight with Toguro.
Shinobu Sensui, codename Black Angel, is the previous Sprit World Detective and the main antagonist of the Sensui arc. During a routine case Sensui came upon an early hideout of the Black Black Club, a room where humans were torturing demons, bathing in their blood, and committing other evil acts. Seeing the cruelty of those he was sworn to protect Sensui went mad and killed everyone there. He soon disappeared, taking with him a video known only as Chapter Black, a video tape kept in the vaults of the underworld containing footage of the most evil deeds of humanity. Sensui waited until a new Sprit World Detective was revealed before coming out of hiding, springing his plan to judge the human race.
Though he is still arguably insane for having seven personalities including a psychotic killer and a girl. It's just that Kazuya is the most blatantly insane.
Badass: The strongest full-blooded human in the series.
The Chessmaster: Yusuke and his friends have become so adept combating evil as warriors that Sensui's cerebral, calculating and ruthlessly intelligent evil renders them completely helpless.
Curb-Stomp Battle: The guy is utterly unstoppable. When fighting seriously he is easily the most powerful villain in the series, surpassing Yomi in raw power, which explains the amazingly one-sided nature of the latter half of the fight with him. It takes Raizen, who has been stated to unequivocally the most powerful character in the entire series according to the author, to intervene to finally beat the guy. The real irony? The guy was already dying to begin with.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: More than just his prior Detective experience, Sensui has a fond love of movies and video games - a love his has absolutely no qualms about using to his advantage - from tricking Gamemaster into challenging Yusuke's crew to Goblin City, to perfectly timing the runtime of a Vietnam war flick to his fight with Yusuke....so that Yusuke's death would be immaculately on-sync with the end-credit song. It works, too.
Death Equals Redemption: 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.
Depraved Homosexual Subverted/played around with/deconstructed/possibly inverted.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: 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 Coming Out Story. Especially in the dub.
Genius Bruiser: Up there with Kurama, Karasu, Kaito, and Yomi as one of the most intelligent characters in the entire series, as well as the series' most skilled martial artist and first S-Class shown.
Golden Super Mode The main Shinobu personality's Sei-Kou-Ki/Holy Energy.
Knight of Cerebus: If Toguro brought the series to a darker, more serious tone, then Sensui basically brings forth hell, brimming with the worst of humanity and Armaggedon.
One of Us: Painfully subverted. He's pretty much the best Goblin City (a popular arcade game) player out there, but it's nothing more than a means to an end.
Personof Mass Destruction: While nothing is totally concrete, Sensui as well as Koenma have implied that S class level fighters can wreck entire planets. Very likely the reason why no S classes ever fought on Earth. And guess what, Sensui was the weakest one.
Pure Is Not Good: If Sensui wasn't so pure as a good guy, he couldn't have become so tainted as a villain. His main 'Shinobu' personality is still pure and innocent after all these years. Sort of.
Seven Deadly Sins: While Kamiya (Wrath), Makihara (Gluttony), Hagiri (Pride), Mitarai (Envy), Amanuma (Sloth), Itsuki (Lust) and Elder Toguro (Greed) represent the seven deadly sins of the Bible, the true Sensui (excluding Kazuya - Wrath), the unnamed female personality (Lust) and Minoru (Pride), is devoid of any true sin, like a fallen angel who still upholds his duties even if they are warped from his original goals. Hence, his Black Angel title.
Significant Birth Date: 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 Number of the Beast with a seven left over.
Split PersonalitySeven including the original, in total after losing it.
Soap Opera Disease: He was suffering from terminal cancer, and had only a few months to live. One of the reasons why he's far more ruthless and efficient with his plan than any other villain - he had only a short time to execute it.
TV Genius: Sensui is extremely smart, but he seems to have no clue how to relate to people beyond using and/or killing them. Not Good with People is, in his case, an understatement.
Victorious Loser / Doomed Moral Victor: Sensui, in dying, achieved what he wanted, and in the manga, 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.
Itsuki, codename Gatekeeper, is a demon who can traverse dimensions and one of Sensui's comrades. Having been with Sensui the longest he has grown very fond of him, stating that he wishes for Sensui to be his lover. Itsuki controls a being known as the Reverse Man, a shadow living between dimensions.
Ax Crazy: His "Kazuya" personality, with a heaping side of {{Gornrshly, but then she breaks down crying in front of Raizen's tomb.
Corrupt the Cutie: 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 Mind Game Ship.
Dissonant Serenity: 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 Mad Love). Also, his Ura-otoko is full of dead bodies, airplane wreckage, etc.
Evil Genius: And here's the other man who can outsmart Kurama. Might be played with because it's not clear of he outsmarted Kurama or justs out-crazied him.
Moral Myopia: His last speech is filled with this. He calls out Team Urameshi and Spirit World for their crimes in an attempt to justify his and Sensui's goals, despire what he and Sensui did.
Species: Human Psychic Main Power: Marksmanship / Death Print Bull's Eye
Voiced by: Eiji Sekiguchi (JP), Aaron Hatch (EN)
Kaname Hagiri, codename Sniper, is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. Any object he throws within his expanded territory will always hit its mark with lethal force. One of Sensui's most devoted followers, he was thought to have been killed by Hiei while fighting Yusuke, but at the end of the Chapter Black saga it is revealed that Hiei only disabled him, being very precise not to kill him. He is later healed by Doctor and is last seen alongside his younger sister (whose own psychic abilities are apparently of the empathic/past-seeing type) and chases after a group of bullies who killed a stray kitten. He was said to disappear after high school.
Always Accurate Attack: His territory allows him to fire objects at incredible speeds and force, and will always home in on their marks.
Improbable Aiming Skills: When someone is in his territory, and he can mark them to allow objects to home in on them.
Even without his Territory, his marksmanship is insane. He was roughly half-a-mile away when he blew up the tanker along with Yusuke. And with just a handgun. Even with a sniper-rifle, a shot with that distance is near-impossible.
Badass: Aside from Younger Toguro and Sensui himself, he comes closest to actually killing Yusuke.
Combat Pragmatist: He's not above toying with his victims, but he never lets it go on for too long either.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Yusuke's fight against him was absurdly one-sided. In all his experience, Yusuke was always used to fighting enemies head on, but never against somebody who methodically kept his distance and chipped away at him. If it wasn't for Hiei's big damn heroic moment, Yusuke would've been dead a second time.
For the Evulz: Like Itsuki, Hagiri could care less about the Chapter Black and the evils of humanity. He is mainly motivated by a massive superiority complex: He finds most everyone around him too stupid and not worth the dirt they walk on, and thus they deserve to be replaced with Demons. He does however value his family.
Improbable Weapon User: Let's see, he uses dice, marbles and shot a guy on the head bloodtastically with a pencil eraser.
Minoru Kamiya, codename Doctor , is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. While within his territory he can create viruses, reattach limbs, alter his own body chemistry and wield a psychic scalpel which he uses with surgical accuracy. He is shown as a deranged man during the beginning of the Chapter Black arc. Kamiya knows that finishing the hole to the demon plane will mean the destruction of the human world but believes that the human race deserves this fate after seeing the contraband Chapter Black Videotape. As a doctor, he has seen many cruel ways to die and decided that being killed by a Demon would be a good way to die. Towards the end of the arc, he escapes from jail, resuscitates Sniper and reconstructs his face to evade the police. He then creates a business called "Miracle Hands" where he uses his powers to save countless lives.
Badass: The guy is freaking spry for a doctor! And while he's hardly the strongest opponent Team Urameshi has faced, the situation which he creates for them makes him one of their most dangerous.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He was once of the most sadistic members of Team Sensui, at least before he escapes from prison, changes his face, and founds a clinic to help others.
Kiyoshi Mitarai, codenamed Seaman, is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. He is able to mix his blood with water to create water golems. His territory is contained within these monsters. Mitarai is emotionally scarred after watching the Chapter Black videotape by Sensui, and his hate of humans is fueled by his hatred of bullies since he never seemed to have any friends. He believes that all humans are inherently evil and simply require the chance to show it. After being defeated by Kuwabara, Mitarai rethinks his stance on humans and decides to help in the fight against Sensui. After Sensui's demise, he lives a normal life and gets into the best high school in the city.
Bloody Murder: Seaman's power is to create monsters by mixing his blood with water. Which he strangely doesn't use after his Heel Face Turn, although it can be justified because it needs a large source of water to strengthen it.
Villainous BSOD: Pretty much the basis for his entire character, from watching the Chapter Black video to discovering people who contradict its contents, it's just one breakdown after another for the poor guy...
Gamemaster - Tsukihito Amanuma
Species: Human Psychic Main Power: Video Game Materialization
Tsukihito Amanuma , codenamed Gamemaster, is a human boy who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. He is rejected from kids his age because of his extreme love of video games since most kids play sports. Amanuma is able to bring video games to life, creating his territory within them. He along with Gourmet capture Kuwabara. He is killed by Kurama when it becomes clear that his territory can not be closed unless someone loses the game. Amanuma is pitied by Koenma and is brought back to life by Koenma's pacifer that is filled with strong spirit energy. He lives a normal life afterward and even makes new friends his age.
The Reveal: Despite his tragic character, this actually serves to be more amusing than anything else as we learn that both Kurama and Genkai are video game nerds.
Reality Warper: His powers allow him to make video games into reality.
Yomi is the newest of the Three Kings - he has a bad relationship with both Mukuro and Raizen, but seeks to unify all three sides and end the squabbling. He was second in command to Kurama's brigand prior to Kurama placing his soul into a mortal. Yomi, however, was reckless, losing countless men in unauthorized raids and direct confrontation, thinking it more exciting that way. Kurama, angered, sent an assassin to blind him as punishment. Yomi then grew extra ears and tuned his senses so acutely he could eventually hear all within his kingdom. He plans to take over both the demon and human planes in an act of unification, calling on Kurama to his side.
Badass: To survive in the demon world, you need some level of this trope. To become one of the ruling powers in demon world, you need to be made of this trope!
Disability Superpower: Yomi has grown two extra sets of ears, giving him six in total. His hearing is so acute that he can hear everything within the borders of his country, hear heart rates spike and decrease, as well as accurately guess facial expressions. Oh, and he can fight just fine. You don't need eyes when you're this guy!
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The reason Yomi was able to win against Yusuke during their Cross Counter was he was able to hear his son's voice encouraging him not to give up. Otherwise it would have been ended in a double KO.
Jerkass Façade: To his son, to make him stronger and more self reliant.
Leeroy Jenkins: He used to be one of these, until he lost his eyes. He seems to imply that he has not once, in a full 1000 years ever again relied on impulse.
Would Hurt a Child: And how! Yomi has no problem at all kicking the ever loving crap out of his own son in battle. Although given how much of a cocky smartass Shura is, it's kind of hard to feel sorry for him.
Mukuro is one of the three kings of the Demon realm - despised by Yomi as a "chaos preaching tyrant", somewhat liked by Raizen, but more or less feared by everyone for being shady and unpredictable. Discovering Hiei while preparing for war and, after testing his strength against Shigure, Mukuro placed him as second in command. Mukuro is quick to agree when Yusuke proposes the demon world tournament, battling with Hiei and winning but then ending up up losing to Enki in the final round. There's also the fact that Mukuro is actually a female demon who rose from having been a Sex Slave to the most powerful Action Girl in the Demon realm and the only female ruler at the moment.
Hot Amazon: Subverted. Hiei likes her because of her being strong enough to stand against him as well as their Not so Different background but her mutation and the horrors she put herself through to escape her abusive father has disfigured her. (The unharmed side of her body does show that she used to be very pretty.)
Raizen is one of the three kings of the Demon World (in fact, he was considered the strongest of the three) and Yusuke's ancestor. After Sensui is defeated, Raizen summons Yusuke to the Demon Realm as he is on the brink of death from starvation and requires someone to take his throne.
Badass Great Grandpa: At his peak, Raizen is stronger than everyone in the series!
Big Damn Heroes: During Chapter Black, Raizen directly intervenes and temporarily possesses Yusuke's body so that he can defeat Sensui. Yusuke was mad pissed off about this, but when looking at it in hindsight, if he didn't do that, Sensui would've likely killed Yusuke. ...Again.
The more prominent of the two hostesses of the Dark Tournament. Koto resembles a cat. At the end of the manga, the two and Ruka, the nurse of the Dark Tournament, become the "Cult Trio" and become widely popular on human television. She also has a crush on Toya.
Dub Text: The dub gave her a crush on Kurama, or at least on his demon form.
Even Evil Has Standards: Although she previously came across as somewhat amoral, she seriously objects to the dirty methods used by two of Team Masho's members, and goes surprisingly out of her way to save Juri from the Dragon of the Darkness Flame during Hiei and Bui's fight.
The second of the two hostesses of the Dark Tournament, introduced in the Semi-finals. Juri resembles an amphibian. At the end of the manga, it's revealed that she has a crush on Suzuki.
Kurama's underclassman who seems to have a crush on him and gets accidentally caught in the middle of his struggles. She only appears in the manga and the Drama CD's.
A very powerful and eccentric warrior and combat medic from the Demon World. Who actually implanted the Jagasnishi eye on Hiei's forehead. He battles Kurama in the last Tornament, fighting on Mukuro's side, and loses both the fight and his life.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Very efficient at work. His fees and charges are very... personalized. In the case of Hiei, he first demands to listen to his life story and reasons, and then makes him promise that he will never tell Yukina of their bond.
Rando is a demon who participated in Genkai's tournament and serves as the main antagonist in Yusuke's second case. He has killed 99 masters and copied their techniques. He disguises himself as Shaolin monk during Genkai's tournament so as not to draw attention to himself. He had planned to win the tournament and make Genkai's Spirit Wave the 100th technique in his arsenal.
