Yu Yu Hakusho/Characters

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Characters from Yu Yu Hakusho include:

Team Urameshi

Yusuke Urameshi

Species: Human
Main Power: Spirit Gun

Voiced by: Nozomu Sasaki (JP), Justin Cook (EN)

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...


Kazuma Kuwabara

Species: Human
Main Power: Spirit Sword

Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)

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).
  • Alliterative Name
  • Anti-Hero: Type II
  • Badass Longcoat: Has a white longcoat he usually wears during a serious fight.
  • Badass in Distress: In the third quarter of the Chapter Black arc.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To young Seaman.
  • Black Eyes
  • Boisterous Bruiser
  • Book Dumb: Still less than Yusuke. And he subverts it by the end of the series.
  • Bruiser with a Soft Center: He's a little gruff, but a massive softie underneath.
  • Buffy-Speak: "SWORD, GET LONG!"
  • 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.
  • Delinquents: Second only to Yusuke.
  • Determinator: Kamina could learn a thing or two from him.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: To Yukina. Averted at the end of the manga, as Yukina ends up living with him and is openly showing affection to him as well.
  • Dumbass No More: Gets into a prestigious university through sheer study and hard work.
  • Faking the Dead: At the climax of the Dark Tournament arc.
  • Fiery Redhead
  • Honour Before Reason: Kuwabara embodies this trope, and it almost kills him several times.
  • Hot-Blooded
  • 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.
  • Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Yukina.
  • Idiot Hero
  • 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.
  • Knight in Sour Armor
  • 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.
  • The Lancer/The Big Guy: Usually the former, though on occassion he's the latter.
  • Large Ham:
  • Laser Blade: His main weapon.
  • Locked Out of the Loop: Only one that doesn't know that Hiei and Yukina are siblings.
    • 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.
  • Man in White: In later episodes.
  • Manly Tears: As is befitting for a true Badass.
  • 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.
  • The McCoy
  • 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.
  • The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love: Both make him do amazing things.
    • 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.
  • Red Oni
  • Red String of Fate: With Yukina.
  • Rescue Romance: Upon falling for Yukina, he joins Yusuke and Botan to rescue her.
  • Spirited Competitor
  • 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.
    • Mighty Glacier: On the other hand, technically, his Jigan-To is the only attack in the entire series that could never be blocked. It was capable of slicing through dimensional barriers and a forcefield intended to ward off S-Class demons. The only reason he hasn't successfully hit anyone with it is because they are just too damn fast to hold still.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Losing to a kid in the first round in the tournament, then in the final round beating Elder Toguro in less then three moves while it takes even Hiei to go all out to defeat the other members. Even more so, after losing his powers, he awakens the powers to cut dimensions to beat two psychics in one blow and become the strongest full human after Sensui's death.
  • 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.
  • Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Has trouble fighting Miyuki the Villainous Crossdresser.

Kurama / Shuiichi Minamino

Species: Demon / Partially Human
Main Power: Flora Manipulation

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Shūichi) and Shigeru Nakahara (Yoko) (JP), John Burgmeier (EN)

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.
  • Animal Motifs / Animal Stereotypes: The guy is really a kitsune.
  • Anti-Hero: Type III.
  • The Atoner: Becoming a genuinely good-hearted, if still vengeful, person for his beloved human mother.
  • Badass: A premier example within the story.
    • 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.
    • Badass Long Hair
  • Batman Gambit: VERY important in his strategies.
  • 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.
  • Bishonen: To the extent that he's mistaken for Kuwabara's girlfriend in the last episode.
  • 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.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices: Japanese version only. Actually, this was Megumi Ogata's debut role.
  • Cunning Like a Fox: Literally, as he is a demon humanoid fox with a thousand years of experience, no not the one you're thinking of.
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Dude Looks Like a Lady: More then a few first time viewers of the show have mistook him for a girl. Oh yeah, so did the Filipino dub studio!
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: If not for Shiori, he'd still be a ruthless Youkai. He's also very fond of his stepfather and little stepbrother.
  • Even the Guys Want Him: Karasu really really likes him.
  • Fusion Dance: In the sub, he's the same person in whatever form even though his true form is more ruthless.
  • Gentleman Snarker
  • Green Eyed Red Head: 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.
  • Green Thumb: And he makes it awesome.
  • Guile Hero: While he's an excellent fighter, his most dangerous weapon is his tremendously sharp mind.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Megumi Ogata's debut role.
  • Honest Advisor
  • 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.'
  • Jack of All Stats: In his human form.
  • The Kirk: He's perfectly level-headed until his Berserk Buttons are pushed, and often works to keep the group working smoothly together.
  • Kitsune: He is a Japanese fox demon.
  • Little Bit Beastly: His demonic form-in addition to changing his hair and eye color-gives him fox ears and a tail.
  • Love Redeems
  • Man in White: As Yoko Kurama.
  • The Medic: His knowledge of plants is useful for this as well.
  • Nerves of Steel
  • 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.
  • Princely Young Man: By virtue of his attitude and how he's treated in this case, rather than status. He's a Prince Charming type.
  • Real Men Wear Pink: He doesn't look impressive, being a pretty boy that often wears a pink school uniform and has this thing for roses. Guess who is one of the series' biggest Badasses and the only member of the Five-Man Band that Hiei actually admits being afraid of.
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Looks like a teenager, is thousands of years old.
    • Yoko Kurama looks like a 20-to-early 30s man, yet he was Yomi's superior and possibly elder authority a thousand years ago.
  • Redheaded Hero
  • 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.
  • She's a Man In Japan: In the Philippines actually. They Hand Waved this after they found out.
  • Shout-Out: "Just call me Tuxedo Mask" in Chapter 44 of the manga. The authors of Yu Yu Hakusho and Sailor Moon (who later married) were dating at this time.
  • The Smart Guy: An anime poster boy for this trope, competing with Shikamaru for the spot.
  • Something About a Rose: Rose Whip.
  • 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.
  • White-Haired Pretty Boy, Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Though he normally looks like this his true demonic form is this.
  • Whip It Good: Main weapon. Although he has even worse plants at his disposal.

Hiei

Species: Demon
Main Power: Superspeed / Jagan Eye

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Chuck Huber (EN)

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.

  • Aloof Ally: A trope poster boy.
  • Aloof Big Brother - To Yukina.
  • Anti-Hero: Type V
  • Ascended Extra
  • Badass
  • Bandage Babe: His bandaged arm and his good looks fulfill this trope, though if you wanted to give him a hug he'd rip your spine out.
  • Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Mukuro, in a much more literal way that Yusuke and Keiko.
  • Berserk Button: Hiei does not take too kindly to You Have Outlived Your Usefulness especially coming from the enemy. Seiryu found out the HARD way.
  • Big Damn Heroes: Arrives just in the nick of time, and rescues Yusuke from Sniper's onslaught.
  • Blood Knight: Although he's too arrogant to acknowledge his opponent, he clearly likes fighting because he was literally born in a dog-eat-dog world.
  • Brought Down to Badass: Hiei reached A class levels of power just a few years after birth, but lost most of his power during his surgery for the Jagan.
  • Byronic Hero: Think Yusuke, but dipped in liquid nitrogen, and you'll have a good idea of how cold this guy is.
  • Characterization Marches On: When he was a villain, he was outright psychotic, with Nobuyuki Hiyama hamming it up in voicing him. When he makes his Heel Face Turn, he's a Deadpan Snarker Perpetual Frowner Aloof Ally, and the way he's voiced naturally changes along with the characterization.
  • 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.
    • Or he could be using this as a cover. He doesn't really hold the fondest of regards for the Ice Maidens, after all.
  • 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.
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life: Which causes a BSOD and turned him into a Death Seeker after he fufilled what he thought was his final mission, helping his sister.
  • Easily Forgiven: Yusuke is immediately OK with working alongside the guy who kidnapped his girlfriend and tried to turn her into a demon.
  • Enfant Terrible: When he was kid.
  • Evil Eye: His Jagan, which literally means "evil eye," allows him to see great distances and allows him some minor clairvoyance.
  • Expy: Of Vegeta.
  • Extra Eyes: Also, this.
  • 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.
  • Heel Face Turn: After being defeated...
  • Hidden Depths: More complex than you'd think.
  • 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.
  • Knight Templar Big Brother: In the anime, is willing to kill Tarukane for abducting Yukina.
  • 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.
  • Morality Pet: His sister Yukina.
  • Noble Demon: Going by his flashbacks and his own narration, Hiei was an incredibly sadistic and brutal killer as a child. However, he doesn't take kindly at all to people betraying their allies, and he always keeps his word.
  • 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.
  • Perpetual Frowner
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse
  • Playing Against Type: For Nobuyuki Hiyama. And he's not THAT Hot-Blooded, considering he's a fire demon.
  • Playing with Fire: Demonic fire.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue oni to Yusuke, Red oni to Kurama, and Yukina.
  • Shiny Midnight Black
  • 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 Spock
  • Short Dark And Snarky
  • Starter Villain: Along with Gouki, he was set up as this before his unexpected popularity.
  • Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Mukuro who is somewhat taller than him.
  • Token Evil Teammate: At first.
  • Too Many Belts
  • Training from Hell: Trains Kuwabara for the Dark Tournament. Because of Hiei's honour system, his training is less hellish than Kurama's.
  • Whole-Episode Flashback: The two episodes detailing his past.
  • 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).


Supporting Cast

Botan

Species: Spirit Being
Main Power: Healing

Voiced by: Sanae Miyuki (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN)

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.

Keiko Yukimura

Species: Human
Main Power: One hell of a slap!

Voiced by: Yuri Amano (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)

Class Representative of Sariyashki High and Yusuke's childhood friend, Keiko is his Love Interest throughout the series.

Koenma

Species: Spirit Being
Main Power: Shapeshifting / Ma Fū Kan

Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka (JP), Sean Michael Teague (EN)

Chief administrator of the Spirit World and son of King Yama, Koenma resurrects Yusuke and becomes his employer.

Genkai

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Spirit Wave

Voiced by: Hisako Kyoda (Older) and Megumi Hayashibara (Younger) (JP), Linda Young (EN)

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.

Yukina

Species: Demon
Main Power: Ice Manipulation

Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (JP), Jessica Dismuke (EN)

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.

Atsuko Urameshi

Species: Human
Main Power: None

Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (JP), Meredith McCoy (EN)

Yusuke's alcoholic mother, unaware of his Spirit Detective job.

  • Absurdly Youthful Mother: Was only 15 when Yusuke was born.
  • Alcoholic Parent
  • Bottle Fairy
  • 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.
  • Muggle

Shizuru Kuwabara

Species: Human
Main Power: None

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (JP), Kasey Buckley (EN)

Kuwabara's Deadpan Snarker sister, even more spiritually aware than him.

George Saotome

Species: Spirit Being
Main Power: None

Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (JP), Kent Williams (EN)

Koenma's ogre assistant, often blamed and bullied by him.


Allies

Toya

Species: Demon
Main Power: Ice Manipulation

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Daniel Katzuk (EN)

Toya is the ice master of the shinobi of the Spirit World. He's also a close friend of Jin's, a former member of Team Masho and now an ally of Yusuke Urameshi. 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.

Jin

Species: Demon
Main Power: Wind Manipulation

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (JP), Jerry Jewell (EN)

Jin is a demon with mastery over the wind. He's a former member of Team Masho and currently a friend/ally of Yusuke Urameshi. 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

Species: Demon
Main Power: Drunken Fist

Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (JP), Kent Williams (EN)

Chu is the strongest fighter, but former leader of Team Jolly Devil Six, but ends up as the team alternate after losing at Jan-ken-pon. Chu was currently a friend/ally of Yusuke Urameshi. 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.

Rinku

Species: Demon
Main Power: Serpent Yo-Yos

Voiced by: Yoshiko Kondo (JP), Kimberly Grant (EN)

Rinku is a young demon who uses yo-yos to attack. Rinku was a former member of Team Rokuyukai, a close friend of Chu's and currently a friend and an ally of Yusuke Urameshi. 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.

Shishiwakamaru

Species: Demon
Main Power: Shapeshifting / Banshee Shriek

Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP), Christopher Bevins (EN)

Shishiwakamaru is a tiny imp demon who can transform into a full human appearance. He is a swordsman who seeks to make himself famous. Shishiwakamaru is a former member of Team Uraotogi, now Yusuke's ally. 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.

Onji /Suzuka/Suzuki

Species: Demon
Main Power: Shape Shifting / Space Manipulation

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Sogabe (JP), Jeremy Inman (EN) 

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. Suzuki is actually the former founder, owner and leader of Team Uraotogi, now an ally of Yusuke Urameshi. 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.

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.
  • The Scottish Trope, Words Can Break My Bones: If you say the Taboo word, you lose your soul.
  • Secret Keeper: He is the only human who knows Kurama's whereabouts in the last arc.
  • Story-Breaker Power: His territory powers are ridiculously broken, you can't physically do anything to him stop it, and trying to do mind tricks only give you chances slim-to-none with how smart he is. Thankfully, the main weaknesses of his power is that he only has a limited range for it, and it affects him as much as the person he's against.
  • Reality Warper: His territory bans violence and imposes linguistical taboos which must be cleared.

Asato Kido

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Shadow

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu(JP), Iman Nazemzadeh (EN)

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

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Copy

Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)

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.

Main Villains

Season 1 Villains

Rando

Species: Demon
Main Power: Has 99 Different Powers

Voiced by: You Inoue (JP), Eric Vale (EN)

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.

  • Ambition Is Evil
  • Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
  • 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.
  • Badass: Yes, he's a sadistic psycho, but the way he was dominating Kuwabara (as Shorin) and Yusuke showed that he was no pushover. Oh, and keep in mind that in order for him to have his 100 techniques he had to fight and kill 100 psychics/martial artists.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices: In the Japanese version.
  • Evil Redhead
  • Elemental Powers: Few of the powers he stole involved some force of nature behind them.
    • Playing with Fire: Kashō Happa-Ken,[1] a technique in where he creates balls of fire in his hands and throws it at the opponent.
    • Blow You Away: Zankū Reppu-jin,[2] creates blades of pure vacuum that cuts the opponent.
    • Making a Splash: Hate Fish, this is one is strangely the least elemental of the above. This one enables him to summon herds of alligator-based piranhas in the nearest body of water that eats up weak demons in seconds.
    • Ki Attacks/Unholy Nuke: Demon Gun, which is a technique similar to Yusuke's Spirit Gun, only red instead of blue due to using his own demon energy in place of spirit energy.
    • Non-Elemental: Life-Force Thread, the only technique he uses that doesn't hold any separate element, as it binds the opponent in a powerful thread.
  • Facial Markings
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: The Shrinking curse backfires on him.
  • Jack of All Stats: He has only basic information on what his techniques can do, but his ability to adapt to them and his own demonic power are enough to back this up.
  • Mega Manning: Steals other martial arts masters' techniques.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: His scores on the tests are barely high enough to pass, but he turns out to be the strongest opponent Yusuke faces.
  • Playing with Fire: One of his stolen abilities.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: More obvious in the Japanese version.
  • Piranha Pool

The Four Saint Beasts

The 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.

Genbu

Species: Demon
Main Power: Stone Body / Stone Manipulation

Voiced by: Yutaka Shimaka (JP), Chris Forbis (EN)

A rock demon with the power to move through stone as though it were part of his body.

Byakko

Species: Demon
Main Power: Energy Absorbtion / Summon Beasts / Tiger Scream

Voiced by: Takeshi Watabe (JP), Andrew Chandler (EN)

An anthropomorphic white tiger who can turn pieces of his hair into lesser beasts, absorb aura energy and fire sonic blasts from his mouth.

Seiryuu

Species: Demon
Main Power: Ice Manipulation

Voiced by: Mitsuo Senda (JP), Justin Cook (EN)

A demon with enhanced speed and control over ice.


Suzaku

Species: Demon
Main Power: Lightning Manipulation / Prism of Seven

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Jerry Jewell (EN)

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.

Team Toguro

Younger Toguro

Species: Human (formerly) / Demon
Main Power: Muscle Manipulation

Voiced by: Tessho Genda (JP), Dameon Clarke (EN)

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.


Elder Toguro

Species: Human (formerly) / Demon
Main Power: Body Manipulation / Immortality

Voiced by: Katsumi Suzuki (JP), Bill Townsley (EN)

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.

Sakyo N.

Species: Human
Main Power: None

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Furuta (JP), Eric Vale (EN)

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.

Karasu

Species: Demon
Main Power: Explosive Touch

Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa (JP), Kyle Hebert (EN)

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.

Bui

Species: Demon
Main Power: Battle Aura

Voiced by: Tetsuo Kaneo (JP), Vic Mignogna (EN)

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.
  • Audio Erotica: Lampshaded in-story.
  • Badass: Arguably the second-strongest member of Team Toguro.
  • Battle Aura: When he removes his armour.
  • The Brute: He's so freakishly strong that he's able to deflect and toss Hiei's dragon up in the sky.
  • Death Seeker: Wants to die after Hiei defeats him, believing he cannot get any stronger. Not that Hiei obliges to do so.
  • Genius Bruiser
  • 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.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair


The Sensui Seven

Tropes Associated With "Sensui Seven"

  • Ax Crazy: Varies from very obvious to subtle Dissonant Serenity.
  • Driven to Suicide: Don't seem to mind that their plan might mean that they'll be killed by demons as well.
  • Five-Bad Band: Although they are composed of seven members.
    • Big Bad: Sensui, the leader and mastermind of the group, and the most powerful of the group by a long shot.
    • Co-Dragons: Itsuki and Sniper, being the most loyal members to Sensui. Itsuki was Sensui's assistant as Spirit Detective while Sniper does most of the work while Sensui isn't around.
    • The Brute: Doctor. The only member besides Sensui and Elder Toguro to enter a physical brawl with the main characters, and expresses the most hatred and disgust against humanity thus far. Also Gourmet, for being the biggest member and his powers involve eating people. Elder Toguro is an even better example than either of them, having his insanity reached its apex and desires more power using Gourmet's body.
    • The Evil Genius: Gamemaster, who's powers involve forcing the heroes to play video games with him and the loser ends up with the same result as the game's end. Also Doctor, for being well, a doctor.
    • The Dark Chick: Seaman, the most sympathetic and moral member. Was bullied harshly by kids at his school which contributes to his initial place as a villain.

Black Angel - Shinobu Sensui

Species: Human
Main Power: Resshūken / Sacred Energy

Voiced by: Rokuro Naya (JP), Robert McCollum (EN)

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.

Gatekeeper - Itsuki

Species: Demon
Main Power: Space Manipulation

Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (JP), Jerome 57 (EN)

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.

Sniper - Kaname Hagiri

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.
  • Badass Biker
  • Cold Sniper
  • 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.
  • The Dragon: Sensui's left hand.
  • Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
  • 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.
  • The Gunslinger: Always carries a pistol with him, just in case.
  • Psycho Supporter
  • Seven Deadly Sins: As one of the Sensui Seven, he represents Pride.
  • Shout-Out: Honestly, who doesn't think he looks a bit like Kaneda?
  • Undying Loyalty: Is arguably the most loyal to Sensui, after Itsuki.
  • Weak but Skilled: There's a reason he's called Sniper. For how hax his powers are, he's a regular human, and would be knocked out by a direct him from pretty much any main character.
  • Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: After playing around with Yusuke as target practice, he finally opts to just gun him down with a pistol. If Hiei didn't arrive in the nick of time, that definitely would've been the end of him.

Doctor - Minoru Kamiya

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Psychic Scalpel / Chemical Manipulation

Voiced by: Taro Arakawa (JP), Sonny Strait (EN)

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.

Seaman - Kiyoshi Mitarai

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Water Manipulation

Voiced by: Rica Matsumoto (JP), Justin Pate (EN)

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.

Gamemaster - Tsukihito Amanuma

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Video Game Materialization

Voiced by: Yoshiko Kamei (JP), Monica Rial (EN)

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.

Gourmet - Sadao Makihara

Species: Human Psychic
Main Power: Gluttonous Absorbtion

Voiced by: Atsushi Ishida (JP), E. Bailey (EN)

Sadao Makihara, codename Gourmet, is a human who develops superhuman powers as a result of the demon plane hole opened by Sensui. He is able to eat other beings and gain their powers as his own. Sensui orders him to devour the regenerating head of Elder Toguro but the immortal demon ends up taking over Makihara's body. Ends up working in Sensui's favor anyway.

Elder Toguro

See Team Toguro folder.


The Three Kings

Yomi

Species: Demon
Main Power: Raw Demon Energy

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Rick Robertson (EN)

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.

  • Anti-Villain: Type I
  • 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!
  • Beam Spam: Used against Yusuke.
  • Blood Knight: Yusuke helps bring this out of him, and Yomi admits that for all his planning and status, he's always wanted to fight against Raizen.
  • The Chessmaster
  • Curb Stomp Battle: Against Shura.
  • 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 Facade: 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.
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Noble Demon
  • Truly Single Parent: Shura is both his son and his clone.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Probably the most rational and reasonable of all the kings. He seeks to end the fighting and unify all three realms under a single, stable rule. Too bad no one really trusts him.
  • 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

Species: Demon
Main Power: Raw Demon Energy

Voiced by: Minami Takayama(JP), Wendy Powell (EN)

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.


Raizen

Species: Demon
Main Power: Raw Demon Energy

Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)

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.


Other Characters

Koto

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (JP), Amber Cotton (EN)

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.

  • Catgirl
  • Combat Commentator
  • Cute Monster Girl
  • 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.

Juri

Voiced by: Katsuyo Endou (JP), Jamie Marchi (EN)

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.

Natsume

Koko

Enki


Maya Kitajima

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.

Shigure

Voiced by: Takashi Taniguchi

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.

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  1. ↑ Circles of Inferno
  2. ↑ Sickle and Tornado
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