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Inuyasha begins in modern Tokyo, where 15-year-old Kagome Higurashi lives at her family's old shrine. On her birthday she is pulled down the shrine's Bone-Eater's Well and comes out in feudal Japan, during the Sengoku period. There she frees Inuyasha, a half-demon who had been pinned to a sacred tree for fifty years. Soon after, the Shikon Jewel, a powerful gem that demons want, is shattered into countless shards and scattered across the land. Kagome can sense the shards, so she and Inuyasha set out to gather them before demons use them, travelling back and forth through the well between her school life and the past. Along the way they meet allies, rivals and the demon Naraku. This page covers 12 characters: the travelling group, rivals, the village priestess Kaede and Naraku's side. Each profile sticks to how the character is first introduced, with no spoilers for the later story.
Inuyasha is a half-demon, the son of a great dog demon and a human woman, with silver hair and dog ears. He wants the Shikon Jewel so he can become a full demon. Proud, rude and quick to fight, he hides a loyal side, and a prayer-bead necklace lets Kagome slam him to the ground with the word "sit". His sword, Tessaiga, was made from his father's fang. Japanese voice: Kappei Yamaguchi.
Kagome Higurashi is a 15-year-old middle school student who lives at her family's shrine in Tokyo. After falling through the Bone-Eater's Well into feudal Japan, she learns she can see the shards of the Shikon Jewel and fights with a bow and sacred arrows. Kind but stubborn, she keeps going back and forth between the past and her exams at home. Japanese voice: Satsuki Yukino.
Miroku is a travelling Buddhist monk who carries a cursed Wind Tunnel in his right hand, a hole that sucks in everything in front of it. The curse passes down his family line and will one day swallow him too, so he hunts the demon who placed it. Calm and clever, he is also a known flirt who asks almost every woman he meets to bear his child. Japanese voice: Kōji Tsujitani.
Sango is a demon slayer from a village of trained hunters who fight demons for a living. Her main weapon is Hiraikotsu, a huge boomerang made of demon bone, and she also uses a sword and poison powder. Serious and skilled, she joins the group after a painful loss and travels with Kirara, a small two-tailed cat demon that can grow into a large flying mount. Japanese voice: Houko Kuwashima.
Shippo is a young fox demon who joins the group early in the story after his father is killed by demons. He is small and not very strong, so he relies on fox tricks and illusions, such as changing into objects or throwing small spinning tops. Playful and a little cowardly, he often takes Kagome's side when Inuyasha is being rude. Japanese voice: Kumiko Watanabe.
Kikyo was the priestess who guarded the Shikon Jewel in Kaede's village fifty years before the story begins. She was the one who pinned Inuyasha to the sacred tree with an arrow, and she is Kaede's older sister. A skilled archer with strong spiritual power, she is a calm and serious figure whose past with Inuyasha shapes much of the story. Japanese voice: Noriko Hidaka.
Sesshomaru is Inuyasha's older half-brother, a full dog demon who looks down on humans and on his half-human brother. He first appears wanting Tessaiga, the sword their father left to Inuyasha. Cold, elegant and very powerful, he rarely shows emotion and travels with his small servant Jaken. He fights with poison claws and a light whip. Japanese voice: Ken Narita.
Koga is the young leader of a wolf demon tribe, with two jewel shards in his legs that make him extremely fast. He first meets the group as an enemy, then decides that Kagome should be his woman because she can see the shards. This makes him an instant rival of Inuyasha, and the two trade insults whenever they meet. Japanese voice: Taiki Matsuno.
Kaede is the elderly priestess of the village near the Bone-Eater's Well, and the younger sister of Kikyo. She wears an eye patch and still protects the village with her spiritual power. She is the one who places the prayer beads around Inuyasha's neck, and she often explains the history of the Shikon Jewel to Kagome. Japanese voice: Hisako Kyōda.
Jaken is a small green imp demon who serves Sesshomaru with complete devotion. He carries the Staff of Two Heads, which can breathe fire, and spends much of his time praising his master or being ignored and stepped on by him. Loud and self-important, he is often used for comic moments in the middle of tense scenes. Japanese voice: Chō.
Naraku is the main villain of the series, a scheming half-demon who wants the Shikon Jewel for himself. He prefers to work from the shadows, using tricks, disguises and puppets instead of fighting in the open, and he enjoys turning people against each other. Many of the main characters have a personal reason to hunt him down. Japanese voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa.
Kagura is a wind demon created by Naraku from his own body, and she uses a fan to send blades of wind and control the dead. She serves him because he holds her heart, but she hates being his servant and wants to be free. Bold and sarcastic, she often helps Naraku's plans while quietly looking for a way out. Japanese voice: Izumi Ogami.
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