History Characters / YuYuHakushoTheThreeKings

* AntiVillain: Would have probably been this, if [[SubvertedTrope it wasn't revealed]] that he [[KickTheDog continually]] [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] [[spoiler:and then ruthlessly killed]] the assassin who blinded him (since he was just a random mook for all we know). Granted, he still shows a few signs of the trope in the anime, unlike his somewhat colder manga counterpart.

* BigBad: Of the Three Kings Saga. At first, all 3 Kings are given equal prominence in the story, but it becomes clear in the end that Yomi's victory would mean the end of the human world, meaning that Yusuke needs to defeat him. [[spoiler: But unlike Toguro and Sensui, Yomi wins against Yusuke...[[PhyrricVictory ''sort of''.]]]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes through a lot of it, both on- and off-screen. Before the series even began, he went from a hotheaded glory seeker to a calm, calculating ManipulativeBastard to rival Kurama. Then, during the Makai Tournament, his warrior's spirit is reawakened, and he decides that he now only wants to achieve his goal of unifying the worlds if he can earn it. He also gains a lot of perspective on Kurama's betrayal before and growth now, thanks to him becoming a father. [[spoiler: When he loses, he goes on a journey with his son to parts unknown, forsaking his empire.]] It's a lot of growth for a character who appears so late in the series!

* CurbStompBattle: Against his son Shura; it also made him empathetic to Youko Kurama's betrayal, all those years ago, now that he's in his former friend's shoes.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Of a sort. Yomi is capable of understanding the bonds of family and friendship, though he keeps such things at arm's length. However, he isn't willing to believe that ''Kurama'' -- who once betrayed his friendship because it was beneficial to him -- is capable of such things in the present, and so he assumes that Kurama only perceives his friends and human family as tools. However, on the flip side, he could also insist on doing so simply to demean Kurama: it's difficult to tell, as their relationship is extremely passive aggressive.

* FinalBoss: Of the entire series despite not being the strongest demon.

* TooCleverByHalf: He's the most intelligent and scheming of the three kings, which ends up forcing him to accept Yusuke's tournament. He threw away his blindly loyal military commander in favor of the smarter and stronger Kurama and his six lieutenants trained up from the Dark Tournament and planted them as potential assassins if Yusuke proved to be a threat. Unfortunately, all of them much preferred Yusuke's plan because none of them actually like Yomi. As such he found himself facing up to eight fighters who were all reasonably close to his level if he did not comply.

* BerserkButton: When Hiei finds out about her [[DarkAndTroubledPast traumatic past]] and doesn't particularly approach the topic gently, Mukuro who was already in a foul mood punches a whole in Hiei and launches him miles away from her castle.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: S+ Class demon.

* WarGod: Raizen is called, at least in the anime, as ''Toshin'' which roughly translates into English as this.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:While he did defeat Yusuke, that fight took absolutely everything he had. So despite advancing in the tournament, he was far too fatigued and drained to pose any real threat to anyone, and ends up losing pretty quickly to a fairly random SateliteCharacter. "[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Victory has defeated him]]", indeed.]]

* WorldsStrongestMan: At his peak he was the world's strongest demon, ''and still is'': the only reason Yomi and Mukuro can compete with him is that being almost dead by starvation made his defenses subpar.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama (JP), Creator/WendyPowell (EN), Ariadna Jiménez (Spain), Patricia Mainou (Latin America, TV series)

* HotGuyUglyWife: A variation with [[spoiler: Hiei]]. While both are not officially engaged, there is clearly [[ImpliedLoveInterest something going on between them]]. She's wasn't ugly by birth but due to her mutation and partial disfigurement, Hiei is indeed more attractive than her.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the anime, both her and [[spoiler:Hiei]] share a very uncharacteristic tender moment as he falls into her arms at the conclusion of their fight, which seem to initiate a more intimate relationship between the two.

* SheIsTheKing: She is part of the three Kings and referred to as "King", despite being female.

* TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty: Half of her face and body is horribly scarred due to having doused herself in acid when she was younger. [[spoiler:She did so because she used to be a SexSlave and was trying to dissuade her master from raping her]].

* {{Tsundere}}: A rather harsh tsun-tsun with indeed a soft spot for [[spoiler: Hiei]], one of the only persons in the entire franchise for whom she may thaw her usual [[IceQueen frostbitten behaviour]].
* TwoFaced: Mukuro's body had been completely stripped of flesh on one side with strong acid. Though Mukuro is different from most examples, being [[DarkIsNotEvil a not-so evil demon]] (given a choice between [[ImAHumanitarian Yomi]] and Mukuro, Raizen told Yusuke to side with Mukuro) and [[spoiler: being female]]. Besides, said scars [[spoiler:were self-inflicted, as she figured that uglifying herself would be the only way to escape her abusive caretaker (who did abuse her sexually, too).]]

* BarrierWarrior: His trademark technique, used to deflect and absorb any demon energy techniques sent his way.

* MeaningfulName: His name translates into English as "to read" which is ironic in one sense given that he is blind, but is also fitting given that he can "see" and read his opponents moves via his ultra enhanced hearing.

* OhCrap: Sensing how powerful Raizen's old friends are make Yomi realize that he's not going to easily win the tournament as he initially thought.
* PhysicalGod: As one of the Three Kings of Makai, he is one of the powerful demons to ever live. However, he is also the weakest of the Three Kings.

* WouldHurtAChild: 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.

* BadassInCharge: 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! The most impressive of all his feats? [[spoiler: He manages to force ''[[TheChessmaster Kurama]]'' into an alliance with him, by having one demon threaten to sabotage his parents' honeymoon flight, and having another demon keep track of his beloved stepbrother, all the while flaunting his superior firepower to make sure Kurama doesn't simply try to kill either demon threatening his family or Yomi himself.]] [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]], indeed.

* BadassInCharge: 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! The most impressive of all his feats? [[spoiler: He manages to force ''[[TheChessmaster Kurama]]'' into an alliance with him, by having one demon threaten to sabotage his parents' honeymoon flight, and having another demon keep track of his beloved stepbrother, all the while flaunting his superior firepower to make sure Kurama doesn't simply try to kill either demon threatening his family or Yomi himself.]] ''MagnificentBastard'', indeed.

* KiManipulation: Her WeaponOfChoice. She uses her raw demonic energy to fight; which means she doesn't need to touch her opponent to cause damage.

* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: Between devouring the Lady Doctor and dying, or killing her in vain... he chose to have sex with her.]]

* OrgasmicCombat: Again with Hiei during the tournament since [[spoiler: none of them really wanted to kill the other]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: Lampshaded by Kurama himself. [[spoiler: He made notice that Hiei and her were enjoying maybe a little too much fighting with each other during the tournament.]]

* PhysicalGod: As one of the Three Kings of the Makai world, he is easily one of the most powerful demons to ever live and his power surpasses that of an S-Class demon, and to top it all off, he is the strongest of the Three Kings.

* WorfHadTheFlu: He's been starving for centuries and was minutes from death when they last fought, but was still able to manhandle Yusuke at his strongest.