History Characters / YuYuHakushoTheThreeKings

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Averted. Her status as one of the Three Kings isn't due to her being related to any man more powerful than her. She earned that position through her own endeavors and personal power.

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* RagsToRoyalty: SelfMadeMan.

* TheAce: At his peak, Raizen is stronger than everyone in the series! According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ''still'' the strongest even when almost dead of starvation, and the only reason Yomi and Mukuro can take on him is that his defensive abilities are sub-par due to starving himself.* AmazonChaser: What attracted Raizen to the Lady Doctor was her defiance.

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* TheAce: The STRONGEST female in the entire series. If that's not enough, she's also tied with Yomi and Raizen as the STRONGEST being in the entire franchise and potentially she may be the only person who could come close to being second to Raizen when he was at his peak power in his prime. It's telling that she's one of the few people Hiei respects the most.

[[folder:Yomi]]
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'''Species:''' Demon\\
'''Main Power:''' Raw Demon Energy]
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-->''You can never know victory unless you understand defeat.''

->Voiced by: Creator/MasashiEbara (JP), Rick Robertson (EN), Tasio Alonso (Spain), Rodrigo Miranda (Latin America, TV series)

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 plans to take over both the demon and human planes in an act of unification, calling on Kurama to his side.

%%* AffablyEvil
* 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.

* 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.
* BeamSpam: Used against Yusuke.
* BloodKnight: Yusuke helps bring this out of him, and Yomi admits that for all his planning and status, he's always wanted to fight against [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Raizen]].
* 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. [[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!
* TheChessmaster: This guy managed to checkmate '''Youko motherfucking Kurama'''.
%%* CurbStompBattle: Against Shura.
* DisabilitySuperpower: 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!
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The reason Yomi was able to win against Yusuke during their CrossCounter 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.
* FriendlyEnemy: He has to scheme and manipulate (because of the demon realm being a CrapsackWorld), but still always places emphasis on civility and negotiations before violence and plotting. After his fight with Yusuke, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and even seems to respect him as a friend and rival of sorts.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was once the hotheaded underling of a powerful demon criminal, [[NumberTwoForBrains who kept screwing up his boss' plans with his incompetence and glory seeking.]] [[YouHaveFailedMe After failing him one too many times,]] his boss arranged to have him taken care of, and left him blinded and left for dead. But Yomi survived, and even more dangerously - he learned and grew. Centuries of manipulation and growth later, he is one of the most powerful demons in existence, an intelligent and calculating force to be reckoned with, and a king in the Demon World that has forced his former boss under his thumb. Kurama's first meetings with him are, understandably, tense.
* HandicappedBadass: Was blinded by an assassin hundreds of years ago [[spoiler:sent by his former partner, Yoko Kurama, as punishment for being a LeeroyJenkins]]. To counteract this, he grew four extra ears to allow him to "hear" his surroundings. Despite his blindness, he manages to grow in power from A to S Class, take over a third of the Makai, curbstomp his cloned son Shura in a fight, and [[spoiler:defeat Yusuke during the hero's final fight in the series—credit to Yusuke, though, his fight drained Yomi's Badass tank, causing him to lose in the next round]].
* HeelFaceTurn: In the end, he comes to some agreement with the heroes and decides to spend more time with his son.
* HornedHumanoid: The flashbacks showed that he had two horns originally and in the present has five more added to his head (with a pair coming out each side and a larger one in the back). The additional horns were presumably added to improve his ability to pick up on vibrations and sounds.
* IHaveYourWife: Uses this on Kurama to get his cooperation. Replace "wife" with "mother" and "stepbrother" and there we go.
* ItsPersonal: Surprisingly subverted. While he's somewhat upset he doesn't blame Kurama for trying to kill him, since he had to dispose of incompetent minions himself.
* JerkassFacade: To his son, to make him stronger and more self reliant.
* LeeroyJenkins: 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.
* ManipulativeBastard: This is pretty much the only character who can outsmart [[spoiler: Kurama]]. And does so flawlessly. [[KarmaHoudini And gets away with it.]]
* 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.
%%* NobleDemon
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:He wins against Yusuke in their match, but gets defeated in the next round because he exhausted himself]].
* RedOniBlueOni: When he was younger, he was the Red Oni to Yoko Kurama's Blue Oni. However, he explicitly began to copy Kurama's traits when his foolishness cost him his eyes. For a thousand years he has been the least outwardly aggressive of the three kings.
* SelfMadeMan: Centuries ago during Kurama's original lifetime, Yomi was a simple impatient and headstrong thief who's recklessness eventually caught up with him ([[spoiler:partly on Kurama's account]]). Now after learning from all his mistakes along with centuries of fighting and experience he's one of the three most powerful and feared demons alive, with all the power, status, and strength he dreamed of back in his old days.
* 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 lieutenant 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.
* TrulySingleParent: Shura is both his son ''and'' his clone.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unite all of Demon World and then launch an assault on the human world to take it over. What his plan is after that is unknown, though it's hinted that he wants to use the combined strength of both worlds to defeat Spirit World and end their meddling.
* WorthyOpponent: Views Yusuke as one after [[spoiler:Yusuke finds a way past his DeflectorShields]].
* 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.

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'''Species:''' Demon\\
'''Main Power:''' Raw Demon Energy]
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-->''Hiei, you needn't search for death. Death will find us all soon enough.''

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

Mukuro is one of the three kings of the Demon realm - she's despised by Yomi as a "chaos preaching tyrant", is 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, she placed him as her second in command. Mukuro is quick to agree when Yusuke proposes the demon world tournament, battling with Hiei and winning but then ending up losing to Enki in the final round.

[[folder:Raizen]]
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'''Species:''' Demon\\
'''Main Power:''' Raw Demon Energy]
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-->''You should be careful what you call a fortunate opportunity. Your luck could run out.''

->Voiced by: Creator/TakayukiSugo (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN), Joaquín Gómez (Spain), Marco Aguileta (Latin America, TV series)

Raizen is one of the three kings of the Demon World (in fact, he was considered the strongest of the three) and is Yusuke's ancestor- 44 generations removed. 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.

* TheAce: At his peak, Raizen is stronger than everyone in the series! According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ''still'' the strongest even when almost dead of starvation, and the only reason Yomi and Mukuro can take on him is that his defensive abilities are sub-par due to starving himself.* AmazonChaser: What attracted Raizen to the Lady Doctor was her defiance.
* AttackAttackAttack: Combined with CombatPragmatist. If his fight with [[spoiler: Sensui while possessing Yusuke's body]] is any indication, Raizen's fighting style consists of a complete and overwhelming offense, leaving his opponents no chance to properly counter-attack or even defend. During what little is shown of his first "fight" with Yusuke, Raizen delivers another merciless assault, leaving no room for Yusuke to even counter.

* BarbarianLonghair: An extreme example as his hair is a huge, wild mess that goes all the way to the floor. Though that had his tribal tattoos are fitting because he's the spirit of war, and thus emphasizes his primitive trait.
* BigDamnHeroes: During Chapter Black, Raizen [[spoiler: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, [[OneManArmy Sensui]] would've likely killed Yusuke... Again.]]
* CurbStompBattle: His three shown "fights" in the series consist of beating the piss out of [[spoiler:Sensui]], nearly killing Yusuke without even moving, and once again overwhelming Yusuke despite being [[spoiler:literally minutes away from death]]. Only during the third one did his opponent even have a chance at taking him.
* DisappearedDad: Raizen pretty much left right after the one-night stand he had with Yusuke's shamaness grandma (44 generations removed) leaving her pregnant with a human-demon hybrid child.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: ''After'' going completely berserk first...
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: He was treated by the Lady Doctor before they engaged in a one-night stand.
* GlassCannon: According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ludicrously high even by the Three Kings' standards, but the starvation weakened his defensive abilities a bit too much.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: This is how Yusuke initially sees Raizen after he meets his grandpa (44 generations removed), particularly when Raizen called him son when they first met. This is not helped by the fact that Yusuke's dad was a "no-show", and as such Yusuke having a dim view of male authority figures. The reality is a little more complicated than that and borders on DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou given that Raizen was A) being hunted, B) a demon, and C) demon world royalty, and thus had no shortage of enemies in the demon world who would have used his lover and their child against him.
* HandicappedBadass: A couple centuries of constant absolute fasting, and he's ''still'' the best around.
-->'''Enki''': If Yomi and Mukuro saw Raizen in his prime, they would have peed their pants.''
* InsecureLoveInterest: He left the Lady Doctor because he didn't feel worthy of loving her, citing that while she spent her life saving lives, he spent his destroying them.
* InterspeciesRomance: He (a demon) and Yusuke's shamaness grandmother (human).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Or perhaps a HiddenHeartOfGold. He's a demon who acts uncaring and hard-boiled but it isn't difficult to sympathize with his plight and good intentions underneath (but he doesn't exactly warm up to Yusuke until the end).
* LightningBruiser: Back when he had no problem eating humans, he had enough power to dispatch Yomi and Mukuro simultaneously.
* NoSell: Yosuke fired the Spirit Gun at him. It destroyed the wall behind him but he himself was unharmed.
* NobleDemon: Not at first. Originally he was just as vicious as any other, relishing in devouring humans. However after meeting [[spoiler:Yusuke's ancestor and falling in love]] he changed. He [[spoiler:left her because he felt unworthy of her love]] and stopped eating humans altogether, and advised Yusuke to side with Mukuro as the only option to protect both the Spirit and Human worlds after his own death.
%%* RazorWind
* RedBaron: Hokushin refers to him as "The Master of War."
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he's so overcome by hunger, he goes into a berserk state.
* SoapOperaDisease: When we first meet him, he's already dying of self-imposed starvation.
* StoryBreakerPower: When he was in his prime centuries ago.
* TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: Between devouring the Lady Doctor and dying, or killing her in vain... he chose to have sex with her.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the present though flashbacks during the feudal era showed him wearing a shirt.
* WalkingSpoiler: Due to being Yusuke's ancestor.
* WarGod: Raizen is called, at least in the anime, as ''Toshin'' which roughly translates into English as this.
* 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.

* ActionGirl: The STRONGEST female in the entire series. If that's not enough, she's also tied with Yomi and Raizen as the STRONGEST being in the entire franchise and potentially she may be the only person who could come close to being second to Raizen when he was at his peak power in his prime. It's telling that she's one of the few people Hiei respects the most.

* DarkActionGirl: [[DarkIsNotEvil Less evil]] than usual examples though.

* AmazonChaser: What attracted Raizen to the Lady Doctor was her defiance.

* BadassGrandpa: At his peak, Raizen is stronger than everyone in the series! According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ''still'' the strongest even when almost dead of starvation, and the only reason Yomi and Mukuro can take on him is that his defensive abilities are sub-par due to starving himself.

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 [[spoiler: his descendant]] Yusuke to the Demon Realm as he is on the brink of death from starvation and requires someone to take his throne.

* BigDamnHeroes: During Chapter Black, Raizen [[spoiler: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, [[OneManArmy Sensui]] would've likely killed Yusuke. ...Again.]]

* GlorifiedSpermDonor: This is how Yusuke initially sees Raizen after he meets his grandpa(44 generations removed), particularly when Raizen called him son when they first met. This is not helped by the fact that Yusuke's dad was a "no-show", and as such Yusuke having a dim view of male authority figures. The reality is a little more complicated than that and borders on DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou given that Raizen was A)being hunted B)a demon and C)demon world royalty and thus had no shortage of enemies in demon world who would have used his lover and their child against him.

* SoapOperaDisease: When we first meet him, he's already dying of selfimposed starvation.

* BadassGrandpa: At his peak, Raizen is stronger than everyone in the series! According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ''still'' the strongest even when almost dead of starvation, and the only reason Yomi and Mukuro can take on him is that his defensive abilities are sub-par due the starvation.

* AttackAttackAttack: Combined with CombatPragmatist. If his fight with [[spoiler: Sensui while possessing Yusuke's body]] is any indication, Raizen's fighting style consists of a complete and overwhelming offense, leaving his opponents no chance to properly counter-attack or even defend. During what little is shown of his first "fight" with Yusuke, Raizen delivers another merciless assault, leaving no room or Yusuke to even counter.

%%* NobleDemon

* It'sPersonal: Surprisingly subverted. While he's somewhat upset he doesn't blame Kurama for trying to kill him, since he had to dispose of incompetent minions himself.

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

* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: She was a slave since her infancy and was also repeatedly raped by her master, Chikou, when she was only child. She deliberately doused half of her body in acid in order to repulse him and for that was thrown out. The Anime adaptation left out these details regarding her sexual abuse]].

* AmazonChaser: What attracted Raizen to the Lady Doctor was her defiantness.

* GlorifiedSpermDonor: This is how Yusuke initially sees Raizen after he meets his grandpa(44 generations removed), particularly when Raizen called him son when they first met. This is not helped by the fact that Yusuke's dad was a "no-show", and as such Yusuke having a dim view of male authority figures. The reality is a little more complicated than that and borders on DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou given that Raizen was A)being hunted B)a demon and C)demon world royalty and thus had no shortage of enemies in demon world who would have used his lover and their child against him.
* GlassCannon: According to Yomi's informants, his offensive power is ludicrously high even by the Three Kings' standards, but the starvation weakened his defensive abilities a bit too much.

* RedOniBlueOni: [[spoiler: When he was younger, he was the Red Oni to Yoko Kurama's Blue Oni. However, he starting developing Blue Oni traits after he lost his eyesight.]]

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* DisappearedDad: Raizen pretty much left right after the one-night stand he had with Yusuke's shamaness grandma(44 generations removed) leaving her pregnant with a human-demon hybrid child.

->Voiced by: Creator/MasashiEbara (JP), Rick Robertson (EN), Tasio Alonso (Spain)

->Voiced by: Creator/MinamiTakayama (JP), Creator/WendyPowell (EN), Ariadna Jiménez (Spain)

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 losing to Enki in the final round.

->Voiced by: Creator/TakayukiSugo (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN), Joaquín Gómez (Spain)

%%* HotGuyUglyWife: See Hiei's entry.
%%* IWasQuiteALooker: From the half of her body that isn't deformed she appears to be drop-dead-gorgeous.
%%* KiAttacks

%%* NobleDemon
%%* NotSoDifferent: With Hiei.

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: When she unveils herself as a woman, everyone in Makai is blown away! Only Yomi seems unsurprised, but then again this ''is'' Yomi.]]
%%* SheIsTheKing

->Voiced by: Creator/MasashiEbara (JP), Rick Robertson (EN), Alonso Tasio (Spain)

* GlorifiedSpermDonor: This is how Yusuke initially sees Raizen after he meets his grandpa(44 generations removed), particularly when Raizen called him son when they first met. The reality is a little more complicated than that and borders on DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou given that Raizen was A)being hunted B)a demon and C)demon world royalty and thus had no shortage of enemies in demon world who would have used his lover and their child against him.

* DisappearingDad: Raizen pretty much left right after the one-night stand he had with Yusuke's shamaness grandma(44 generations removed) leaving her pregnant with a human-demon hybrid child.

* GlorifiedSpermDoner: This is how Yusuke initially sees Raizen after he meets his grandpa(44 generations removed), particularly when Raizen called him son when they first met. The reality is a little more complicated than that and borders on DaddyHadAGoodReasonForLeaving given that Raizen was A)being hunted B)a demon and C)demon world royalty and thus had no shortage of enemies in demon world who would have used his lover and their child against him.