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Sarayashiki Junior High
Mr. Takenaka
Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN)
The homeroom teacher of Yusuke and Keiko, who also overlooks Kuwabara; Takenaka holds good faith for the two boys and is willing to firmly discipline Yusuke and Kuwabara for the sake of their future.
- Cool Old Guy: He's no fighter and doesn't appear very often, but it's still shown how he'll go the extra mile for his students, even the underachievers. The way he told off Akashi for corrupting Kuwabara's grades and allowing Okubo to keep his job cements him as such.
- Determinator: Yusuke often ignores his advice and that's on a good day. Considering the likes of the other teachers' attitudes towards Yusuke, however, anyone else would have given up a long time ago.
- Only One Name: His given name is never revealed in the series.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Takenaka is the homeroom teacher of Yusuke, while simply a subject teacher of Kuwabara. Many readers have commonly mistaken him for the school principal but is in fact not.note
- Speak Ill of the Dead: A downplayed case. He castigates Iwamoto and Akashi for their cruel comments about Yusuke and pays tribute to the latter at his memorial service. However, his comments also emphasize how conflicted he was in hearing about Yusuke's sacrifice, opining that his student died before getting to show the world just how good of a person he had the potential to be.Takenaka: At first, I was so surprised, Yusuke. To hear you'd saved a kid at the cost of your own life. You've always acted much more selfishly than that. Darn. Yusuke, I don't know why I don't feel like speaking well of you. Why didn't you stay? You could have made something great out of yourself.
- Token Good Teammate: He's the only teacher of Sarayashki Junior High who Yusuke and Kuwabara respect. He's shown grieving at Yusuke's wake and reprimanding two teachers who were mocking the deceased student.
Mr. Iwamoto & Mr. Akashi
Voiced by:
[Iwamoto] Minoru Inaba (JP), Ed Blaylock (EN), Mario Scarabelli (IT)
[Akashi] Ikuo Nishikawa (JP), Sean Schemmel (EN), Diego Sabre (IT)
A pair of contemptible teachers from Sarayashiki Junior High. They, mostly Iwamoto, repeatedly connive in order to expel any "cockroaches" they deem unworthy, namely Yusuke and Kuwabara.
- Asian Buck Teeth: Akashi's would make any rodent proud.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Iwamoto is taken over by a Makai Insect during the Saint Beasts arc, and leads the hunt to try to kill Keiko. This gets in trouble after the incident causing him to have another strike on his probation.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Akashi disappears from the narrative after Takenaka makes him correct Kuwabara's test score whilst Iwamoto continues to make sporadic appearances. It's likely that the former was fired from his position whilst the latter was given probation for giving his colleague the idea in the first place, albeit only in the anime.
- Evil Teacher: Iwamoto steals students' possessions and tries to pin the blame on Yusuke, Akashi arranges for thugs to attack Kuwabara in an attempt to get him expelled, and when Kuwabara passes a test that he needed to complete as a stipulation for Okubo keeping his after-school job, the two erase a correct answer so it'll look like he failed (in the anime at least; in the manga Akashi acts on his own).
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Iwamoto is never seen without his eyewear.
- Frame-Up: The same day Yusuke returns to Sarayashiki Jr. High, Iwamoto wastes no time in trying to kick him out permanently. He "confiscates" several students' belongings, including an expensive fountain pen with real gold trimming, all while Yusuke skips a period of class and makes everyone think that he's the guilty party. Only a timely interruption by Koenma causes Iwamoto to be exposed and clears Yusuke of the wrongdoing.
- Hate Sink: Both of them exist to be as unpleasant and unlikeable as possible. Iwamoto takes the cake as he's not above badmouthing Yusuke's mother in order to provoke him into a possible assault charge. Even Keiko, his best student and the one he seems the most cordial with, privately hates his guts.
- Jerkass: Both teachers are outright bullies at best and borderline criminals at worst. However, these two get their comeuppance.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Akashi tried to get Kuwabara expelled by erasing his test answers but was caught by Takenaka and this led to Akashi getting fired. As for Iwamoto, he tried to frame Yusuke for theft so he could expel him, but he got caught too. As a result, Iwamoto wound up on probation for the rest of his career and had a bad reputation as a teacher.
- Only One Name: Neither of their given names is revealed.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Both of them don't have a high opinion of delinquents with Iwamoto's last appearance in the series giving his present class a speech on how having one bad apple (namely Yusuke) can spoil the whole bunch. While he never outright prevents Keiko from interacting with Yusuke, he still makes it clear that he'd prefer if she would just pay him no mind, proving that he considers those in Yusuke's position lost causes.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: The two are shown mocking Yusuke during his wake.
Kirishima, Okubo, and Sawamura
Voiced by:
[Kirishima] Mitsuaki Madono (JP), Chris Cason (EN)
[Okubo] Hidenari Ugaki (JP), Kyle Hebert (EN)
[Sawamura] Toshiyuki Morikawa (Spirit Detective Saga, JP), Eiji Sekiguchi (Chapter Black Saga, JP), Mike McFarland (EN)
The three best friends of Kuwabara.
- Dub Name Change: Kirishima and Sawamura had their names changed to Miyamoto and Komada respectively in Funimation's dub. Okubo kept his name unaltered.
- Flat Character: Kirishima and Sawamura don't have much to them. Okubo at least got fleshed out a little early on.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: They lose their memories of Mitarai's attack via Kurama's plant potions, avoiding getting them involved in future conflicts.
- Only One Name: They are only known by their surnames throughout their appearances.
- True Companions: Before he cemented this with Yusuke, Hiei, and Kurama, these three were such for Kuwabara. It was shown throughout the third episode where he suffered battering from school thugs but didn't fight back with Okubo's family life being at risk.
Genkai's Disciple Aspirants
Kazemaru
Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (JP), Mike McFarland (EN)
A man claiming to be one of the last practitioners of ninjutsu who fought against Yusuke during the Rando story arc.
- Highly-Visible Ninja: He's most known for his powerful battle aura and EXPLODING SHURIKEN.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: While being chased by his homing shurikens, Yusuke decided to make a last-ditch charge at Kaze-maru while he was charging up a spirit energy palm blast. Yusuke ends up accidentally falling into the swamp and the shurikens that were chasing him end up locking themselves onto Kaze-maru's energy, resulting in his defeat.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: He can't sing worth a damn but ends up getting the highest score on the karaoke game due to his immense amount of life energy and spiritual aura.
Kibano
Voiced by: Hidetoshi Nakamura (JP), Chris Rager (EN)
A master of multiple martial art disciplines that served as Yusuke's first opponent in Genkai's successor battle tournament.
- Blindfolded Vision: His special battle helmet dulls most of his senses in exchange for highly increased spiritual awareness.
- Cool Helmet: He uses a specialized piece of headgear to gain an edge over Yusuke during their fight.
- Genius Bruiser: He seems like just another tough musclehead at first but then reveals he had a near perfect plan to beat Yusuke with his special battle helmet.
- Rugged Scar: He has several running along his cheeks and eyebrows.
- Thrill Seeker: Implied. His given reason for attempting to become Genkai's successor is a desire to test his own limits while most of the other fighters simply want to learn her powerful secret techniques.
Musashi
Voiced by: Taro Arakawa (JP), Bill Townsley (EN)
A powerful demon hunter who fights Kuwabara with an enchanted wooden sword during Genkai's successor battle tournament.
- Eyepatch of Power: He wears an eyepatch and has made it to the final test of Genkai's successor trials, though he ultimately loses to Kuwabara.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Bringing a powerful charmed artifact against someone with such a potent sixth sense leads to his undoing.
- Master Swordsman: His name might even be a reference to the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi himself.
- Wooden Katanas Are Even Better: He uses a sacred wooden katana that was cut from a 1000-year-old tree and polished with holy water against Kuwabara. Arguably a deconstruction of the trope, as the sword not only easily breaks when smacked against his opponent but a fragment allows Kuwabara to awaken his inner power and win the match.
Chinpo
Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (JP), Kyle Hebert (EN)
A mystery man from China. Not much else is known about him.
- Acrofatic: Heavily implied. He's very short and chubby but manages to clear the demon forest in two hours like the other finalists and is able to inflict some damage on Shaolin before being defeated — unless Shaolin did them to himself.
- Flat Character: He gets a brief introduction and... dies in his first fight, completely offscreen, in about six seconds.
- Manly Facial Hair: Though he quickly loses in the finals (to be fair, his opponent was a super-powerful demon) he does manage to at least clear the demon forest and scores passing grades on all three of the arcade tests.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He is the second fighter to be killed off and doesn't really get any characterization beyond being a mysterious man from China. Even Kuroda who died before him got at least a small amount of personality.
Kuroda
Voiced by: Ken Shiroyama (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN)
An assassin who is highly skilled with knives.
- Affably Evil: He comes across as formal and polite during his extremely brief amount of screen time, asking Genkai if she's sure he's allowed to use lethal force in the tournament. Offscreen, he's a contract killer.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears large glasses and is the only outright evil member of the eight finalists aside from Rando.
- Mr. Exposition: He largely exists to question Genkai and have her clarify that she'll teach the ultimate victor regardless of profession or intent, showing that Rando has a very real chance of claiming Genkai's power and that the stakes are getting serious for Yusuke and the others.
- Spectacular Spinning: Flips a pair of daggers while brandishing them before he walks into battle. He's extremely aggressive in combat, landing several blows on the highly skilled Kaze-Maru before he gets blown away with an energy wave.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He gets killed off by Kazemaru during the first match of the finals.
Dark Tournament Personnel
Koto
Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (JP), Amber Cotton (EN), Daniela Benítez and Marisol Castro (Latin America), Alessandra Felletti (IT)
The more prominent of the two hostesses of the Dark Tournament. Koto resembles a cat or a fox. 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. At the end of the manga, Koto hinted she has a crush on Toya.
- Adaptational Personality Change: While she's still devoted to her job, Koto was given a bit of a sadistic streak in the English dub.
- Blood Knight: Played With. She loves the carnage of the Dark Tournament, providing cheerful commentary in regards to every snap of bone and splatter of blood. On the other hand, she never fights herself, and she dislikes it when the violence she so loves comes to her.
- Cat Girl: Or Fox Girl (it's ambiguous as to what animal-type demon she is). In the English dub, Yusuke calls her a fox girl, and there's the Dub Text to boot.
- Combat Commentator: She first provided media coverage for the Dark Tournament.
- Consummate Professional: She treats her job as a Combat Commentator very seriously, working hard to be both an entertaining but also neutral figure.
- Cute Monster Girl: A cat/fox-girl announcer.
- Dub Text: The dub gave her a crush on Kurama, or at least on his demon form.
- Everyone Has Standards: Although she usually comes off as amoral, she does object to the dirty methods used by two of Team Masho's members, expressing particular disgust at the way Bakken beats up on Kurama when the latter was clearly not in a condition to fight. She also goes surprisingly out of her way to save Juri from the Dragon of the Darkness Flame during Hiei and Bui's fight.
- Little Bit Beastly: She has cat (or maybe fox) ears and a tail, as a sign that she's not remotely human.
- Plucky Girl: Koto takes her job VERY seriously and continues to commentate even when the arena is falling apart around her.
Juri
Voiced by: Katsuyo Endou (JP), Jamie Marchi (EN), Marisol Castro (Latin America), Emanuela Pacotto (IT)
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, Juri hinted she has a crush on Suzuki.
- Butt-Monkey: She goes through all sorts of mishaps as ref compared to Koto. Among other things, she's reduced to a child by Uraurashima, nearly gets devoured by the souls Shishiwakamaru unleashes, is almost blown to smithereens by Karasu, and comes close to being fried by Hiei's Dragon Flame.
- The Cameo: While not as prominent as Koto's return, Juri does make a return during the Demon World tournament arc in Season 4 Episode 105 "The Preliminaries", albeit we only see her character model from behind in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
- Combat Commentator: She also provided media coverage for the Dark Tournament.
- Cute Monster Girl: A dragon-girl referee.
- Lovable Coward: She's far more scared by the antics and violence of the Dark Tournament than Koto was, and is often freaking out about possibly getting caught in the crossfire of fights, but this is all Played for Laughs.
- Must Not Die a Virgin: Dub-only, but hilariously invoked when she thinks she's going to be killed in the collapsing stadium and screams she doesn't want to die a virgin.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Doesn't enjoy the job too much (given her cowardly nature), and prefers to look out for herself when the collateral damage becomes dangerous.
- Unexpected Virgin: This is Koto's reaction to hearing the news, as she assumed Juri's stint in the cocktail lounge suggested otherwise.
Ruka
Voiced by: Chiharu Suzuka (JP, TV Anime), Hana Takeda (JP, 100% Maji Battle), Laurie Steele (EN), Patrizia Mottola (IT)
Part of Team Mashōtsukai more or less. She can create barriers and tries to restrain Hiei and Genkai for several matches. At the end of the manga, Ruka hinted she has a crush on Jin.
- Barrier Warrior: She's known in the demon realm for her powerful barriers. But her powers are defense-focused, the best she can do as an offensive move is to trap people inside of her barriers.
- Break the Haughty: Starts out arrogant but as Hiei gathers strength her nerve starts leaving her, then her cords start shredding.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: Her busty figure is partly why she's such a Dude Magnet.
- Containment Field: She lures Hiei and Genkai into her tent under the guise of a medical check, only to trap them both inside in one of her barriers and merely touching the periphery of the barrier can harm them. Eventually, Hiei becomes strong enough that he manages to break it down but by exerting his power.
- Defeat by Modesty: Started to go this route when Hiei starts exerting his restored energy and starts breaking free of her barrier, with the enchanted cords she's wearing also starting to break, implying she will be rendered nude once he fully breaks out and she starts having a Naked Freak-Out. Lucky for her, Kuwabara won before all of her cords were destroyed.
- Dude Magnet: Most of the males in the crowd lust after her due to her good looks.
- Evil Redhead: Though more like Jerkass Redhead as she was simply a Punch-Clock Villain overall.
- Fanservice Model: In the manga epilogue, she becomes a model (In-Universe) as part of the "Cult Trio" with Koto and Juri.
- Flung Clothing: She takes off her Naughty Nurse Outfit by flinging it off in one motion.
- Head-Turning Beauty: About every man's reaction to first seeing her. Even better she first steps out in a Naughty Nurse Outfit into her Stripperiffic outfit made only of cords.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Or in her case Hoist by her own cords, but narrowly averted. While she was able to able to restrain Hiei and Genkai behind her barrier, it also had an unbeknownst healing effect which Hiei benefitted from. Had Yukina not shown up at the right time, Ruka's life would have ended almost immediately after.
- Irony: She isn't a nurse at all, but her barrier ability happens to have healing properties she wasn't aware of.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's extremely attractive and wears a Naughty Nurse Outfit and a Stripperiffic outfit in her brief appearance. The camera also loves giving a pan-upshot of her body.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Was hired by Butajiri to pose as a nurse and deem Hiei and Genkai as unfit to participate in the match between Team Urameshi and Team Masho, and then to enforce it by trapping them in one of her barriers.
- Squishy Wizard: While she can create barriers to protect herself or contain others if her cords are destroyed, she will be left vulnerable to being killed.
- Stripperiffic: Starts out in a nurse uniform, strips it off to just cords around her chest and hips, along with high heels and a hat. Apparently, they can only work uncovered.
- Sultry Bangs: Her hair often falls covering her left eye, adding to her seductive image.
- Twisted-Knee Collapse: She does this after Team Masho loses their match and her barrier disappears.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In the anime, she never shows up again after the barrier wears out. In the manga, she only shows up in the epilogue going into an Earth modeling business with Koto and Juri.
Persons related to Raizen
The Lady Doctor
Voiced by: Mika Doi (JP), Amy Brown (EN)
A human woman from Raizen's past. And Yusuke's ancestor.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She was a tall and beautiful woman with long dark hair and a no-nonsense attitude.
- Death by Childbirth: The Lady Doctor was impregnated by Raizen in their first and only time, then died when their baby was born.
- Dress Hits Floor: When Raizen shows up at her home with the clear intention of eating her, she pulls this on him with her kimono... but in a subversion, it's to show him how her body had been ravaged by disease and prove him that, should he eat her, he would regret it. Not that the audience actually get to see that.
- Hot Witch: Some translations of the manga have referred to her as being a "witch"
, though the "Hot" is not as disputed in-universe at least. - Interspecies Romance: With the super powerful descendant to show it, too.
- The Lost Lenore: For Raizen. After their single night of sex, he swore off his demon-womanizing (much to the displeasure of Kokou) and, having learned about her Death by Childbirth, he decided to never eat any humans until she was reincarnated and he found her again.
- The Medic: Said to be a skilled healer.
- No Name Given: We never learn her name.
- Poisonous Person: She was a "shaman cannibal" who willingly consumed the flesh of people who died of illness so her body would develop antibodies and eventual cures, which doubled self-defense against human-devouring demons. If any demon had a piece of her, they'd die painfully and slowly since her flesh was ripe with disease.
- Posthumous Character: She is a human who lived centuries before the present time of Yu Yu Hakusho.
- Regret Eating Me: She told this to Raizen. The reason is resumed in one trope: Poisonous Person
- Small Role, Big Impact: Her role in Raizen's life pretty much put the whole story in movement.
- Tsundere: Raizen has described her as having a fiery temper and says that Yusuke inherited that personality trait from her.
- Walking Spoiler: Because, as said above, her small role was vital in the story.
Persons related to Muruko
Shigure
Voiced by: Takashi Taniguchi (JP, TV Anime)note , Jiro Saito (JP, 100% Maji Battle), Pete Webber (EN)note , José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America), Oliviero Corbetta (IT)
A very powerful and eccentric warrior and combat medic from the Demon World.
- 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.
- Combat Medic: Both a badass combatant with his Rings of Death and an extremely efficient surgeon who actually implanted the Jaganishi in Hiei's forehead.
- Death by Adaptation: He's killed off in the anime, whereas he survives in the original manga.
- Driven to Suicide: Anime only, since he pretty much throws himself off the huge tree growing on the stage after Kurama defeats him.
- Walking Spoiler: More exactly, what he did in the past completely shaped Hiei's motivations and storyline.
- You Don't Look Like You: In addition to having a completely different voice, his silhouette in Hiei's original flashback did not resemble his concrete design at all, complete with a horn, pointy ears, male-pattern baldness like Jorge Saotome, and a trenchcoat that barely concealed a reptilian tail. This was likely due to the anime jumping the gun as no official backstory on how Hiei got the Jagan had been revealed in the manga at the time, let alone who exactly performed the surgery.
Persons related to Yomi
Shura
Voiced by: Ikue Otani (JP), Aaron Dismuke (EN)
The son of Yomi.
- Artificial Human: Or demon in this case.
- Born Winner: Shura was literally born with S-Class power.
- Generation Xerox: Is just as much a hotheaded glory seeker as his father Yomi, back in the day. Their battle in the tournament also helped develop Yomi's character, as he now understood what it was like being in Youko Kurama's shoes when he was also young and hotheaded.
- Morality Pet: Yomi really seems to care about him.
- Superior Successor: While by the end of the manga, he is still weaker than his father, this is just because he is still a little boy, Shura literally was born being S-Class, while Yomi only reached that level as an adult.
- Younger Than They Look: In the Makai Tournament, he was only a few months old, but looks like a little kid.
Youda
Voiced by: Koichi Kitamura (JP), James Fields (EN)
Yomi's advisor.
- Combat Commentator: Replaces Jorge during the Makai tournament and provides a lot of analytical commentaries.
- Expy: Is an old, short, pointy-eared non-human who is very wise, much like his namesake
- Shout-Out: To Star Wars.
- The Smart Guy: Served this role while a part of Yomi's army.
- Spell My Name With An S: It's "Yoda" in Japanese, but pronounced as "Youda" (YOO-da) in the English dub, because of copyright differences in America, he probably just couldn't outright be called "Yoda".
Shachi
Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), Chris Forbis (EN)
Yomi's General.
- The Dragon: He was originally Yomi’s second in command before Kurama took the position. As you can imagine he really didn’t like that.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Him blackmailing Kurama by having a parasite demon possess his stepbrother would ultimately be his downfall when Kurama kills him.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: His reasons for being against Kurama recruiting the Dark Tournament Participants for their army were just so he can undermine him, but he was correct that Yomi shouldn’t depend on them as they showed more preference towards Yusuke than him.
- Underestimating Badassery: Tends to think low of Yomi’s former leader, a mistake he doesn’t live long enough to regret.
The Glacial Village
In General
- An Ice Person: They are a race of Ice Apparitions with powers over snow and ice.
- Does Not Like Men: Due to the biological makeup of Ice Apparitions, mating with males will decrease their lifespan. And due to their asexual reproduction mechanism, if an Ice Apparition mates with a male, her offspring will directly inherit her male partner's genetic makeup assigned with the male sex. Due to their living environment being majorly surrounded by violent demons, the Ice Apparitions had histories with violent male offsprings killing their population, and therefore forbade their race to have male partners; even if the pair were truly in love. If a male is born to an Ice Apparition, by current village law, the male offspring shall be discarded.
- False Utopia: They have achieved a society free from vanity and vice, living in total peace. However, they have completely isolated themselves from the world and become just as cold and unfeeling as ice in the process. Hiei abandons his quest for revenge upon discovering this, believing that they are not worth killing.
- Hidden Elf Village: A village that lies hidden in the sky and detached from the rest of the world.
- Lady Land: Aside from the occasional male born to their race, The Glacial Village is a society made up entirely of female Ice Apparitions.
- Mystical Pregnancy: How the population sustains itself. The Ice Apparitions in this universe are biologically an asexual reproduction race, members of the village will simply become pregnant and give birth to girls with the same genetic makeup as their parent every 100 years. But Ice Apparitions can also mate with males, if mating with a male occurs, a male will be born upon that Ice Apparition’s next labor, and that Ice Apparition will die within an average human lifespan compared to the typical Ice Apparitions who can live thousands of years as long as they stay on asexual reproduction.
- Our Monsters Are Different: In-Universe, Ice Apparitions are what human folklore referred to as “Yuki Onnas“, though the true mechanism of Ice Apparitions is much different from what humans thought they were.
Hina
Voiced by: Maria Kawamura (JP), Lauren Goode (EN; Originally), Kelsey Lewin (EN; Blu-ray)
The Mother of Hiei and Yukina.
- Driven to Suicide: In the anime, she killed herself shortly after losing her offspring, Hiei. In the manga, it's implied she died of natural causes.
- Forced to Watch: In the anime, she tried desperately to save her son, but was held back and forced to watch her best friend Rui exile him from the Glacial Village.
- Mama Bear: She was willing to do anything in order to protect and safeguard her children, sadly she wasn't strong enough to save her son.
Rui
Voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (JP), Susan Huber (EN; Original), Mariela Ortiz (EN; Blu-ray)
Hina's best friend.
- Death Seeker: She felt immense guilt for dropping Hiei to his presumed death, that she asked him to come back and kill her along with the rest of her race. Years later, she still holds onto her death wish and begs the now grown-up Hiei to put her out of her misery, but by then, he changed his mind.
- Et Tu, Brute?: She was the one who cast away her best friend's son from the village. To her credit, She does feel very guilty about doing that.
- Token Good Teammate: She is the only member of the village who felt any remorse over banishing Hiei and was willing to die for her actions as repentance.
The Village Elder
Voiced by: Miyoko Aso (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN; Original), Juli Erickson (EN; Blu-ray)
The leader of the village.
Side Chapter: TWO SHOTS
Maya Kitajima
Kurama's junior high classmate who seems to have a crush on him and gets accidentally caught in the middle of his struggles.
- Ascended Extra: Her very first appearance was during the Dark Tournament in a cameo in Kurama's flashbacks (not shown in anime) of his childhood in the middle of his fight against Ura Urashima. She later appeared in the Two Shot Special as a somewhat more prominent character.
- Damsel in Distress: While she does have slight spiritual powers, she cannot fight against demons and has no martial arts knowledge.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Kurama wipes out Maya’s memories of her abduction and her romantic feelings towards him at the end.
- Psychic Powers: She tells Shuichi Minamino (aka. Kurama) that she possesses spiritual awareness and could tell that he was special. However, she fails to notice Hedoki, who apprehends her. Though this could be justified in that she was distracted due to Kurama and Hiei's fight at the time.
Hedoki
Voiced by: Ikuo Nishikawa (2004 Drama CD, JP), Jin Domon (2018 OVA, JP), Bruce Carey (EN)
Yatsude
Voiced by: Osamu Katou (2004 Drama CD, JP), Kenji Nomura (2018 OVA, JP), Clifford Chapin (EN)
The antagonist of the Two-shots Extra Chapter that explains how Kurama and Hiei met for the first time.
- Adapted Out: He makes no appearance in the anime, though a brief moment showing Kurama's and Hiei's first meeting from this special chapter is depicted in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene.
- Cannibalism Superpower: He can gain power, and possibly specific abilities, from consuming other live organisms. He particularly seeks to eat Kurama.
- Devour the Dragon: The "reward" he gave to the demon who captured Maya.
- I Have Your Wife: Or in this case, I have your classmate and an Ice Maiden. Subverted in the latter case as that was merely him taunting Hiei.
- Meaningful Name: Yatsude means "caterpillar", referencing his many arms.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has six arms total of which two protrude from his head.
- Posthumous Character: He was killed prior to Yusuke's death at the beginning of the story.
- Power Copying: Says he has this ability with his dying breath. He claims that if he had consumed an Ice Maiden he wouldn't have lost.
- Skeletons in the Coat Closet: He wears a belt consisting of skulls, which are presumably those of his victims.
- Unskilled, but Strong: He is recognized as being powerful by Kurama, but demonstrates that he is not a good tactician which gets him killed.
