Meet the characters of Inuyasha, from the half-demon himself and Kagome Higurashi, a girl from modern Tokyo who falls 500 years into the past, to Sesshomaru, the priestess Kikyo and the schemer Naraku. Each card shows the species, weapon and role as the story first introduces the character, and More facts adds the age, the first episode and the Japanese and English voices. Cards appear in order of popularity, and the Yashahime filter shows the characters of the sequel, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon.
Updated November 2026 · Anime and Yashahime
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Inuyasha's Group
Inuyasha
Pinned to the Sacred Tree by Kikyo's arrow for 50 years, silver-haired half-demon Inuyasha wakes up set on using the Shikon Jewel to become a full demon, but the Beads of Subjugation let Kagome floor him with one word: "Sit!"
Species
Dog half-demon
Weapon
Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga) and claws
Role
Half-demon hero
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Family
Toga (father), Izayoi (mother), Sesshomaru (older half-brother)
Knee-length silver hair, a crescent moon on his brow and a fur pelt over one shoulder mark Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's aloof full-demon older half-brother, who has no use for the Shikon Jewel but covets their father's sword Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga).
Species
Dog demon
Weapon
Tenseiga and poison claws
Role
Lord of the Western Lands
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Family
Toga (father), Sesshomaru's Mother (mother), Inuyasha (younger half-brother)
Dragged down the Bone-Eater's Well by a centipede demon on her 15th birthday, Kagome Higurashi lands in the feudal era still wearing her green-and-white school uniform, learns she is Kikyo's reincarnation and accidentally shatters the Shikon Jewel with one arrow.
Species
Human
Weapon
Sacred arrows
Role
Schoolgirl from modern Tokyo
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Family
Mrs. Higurashi (mother), Sota Higurashi (younger brother), Grandpa Higurashi (grandfather)
Hauling Hiraikotsu, a giant boomerang made of demon bones, 16-year-old demon slayer Sango is tricked by Naraku into attacking Inuyasha but soon joins his group to rescue her younger brother Kohaku from the villain's grip.
Dressed in a priestess's white and red, Kikyo guarded the Shikon Jewel and sealed Inuyasha to the Sacred Tree 50 years ago. Now the ogress Urasue brings her back in a body of clay and bones.
Shikon shards in his legs let Koga, the blue-eyed, ponytailed leader of a wolf demon tribe, race across the land inside a tornado. He kidnaps Kagome for her ability to sense shards, then falls for her and becomes Inuyasha's rival.
Species
Wolf demon
Weapon
Claws and kicks
Role
Chief of the wolf demon tribe
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Age
Looks 15
First seen
Episode 35
Japanese voice
Taiki Matsuno
English voice
Scott McNeil
#7
Inuyasha's Group
Kirara
Also known as Kilala
Kirara looks like a kitten with pale yellow fur and two fluffy tails, but Sango's loyal cat demon can transform into a saber-toothed beast with flaming paws and tails, strong enough to carry her friends through the sky.
Species
Cat demon (nekomata)
Weapon
Fangs, claws and flames
Role
Sango's companion
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First seen
Episode 24
#8
Inuyasha's Family
Toga
Also known as Inu no Taisho
Known as Inu no Taisho or the Great Dog Demon, Toga was a tall demon with a high white ponytail who ruled the Western Lands and left his sons, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, the swords Tenseiga and Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga).
Kagura the Wind Sorceress rides a giant feather plucked from her hair and slashes foes with gusts from her folding fan. Naraku shaped her from his own flesh, and she obeys him only because he holds her heart.
Hidden under a white baboon pelt, Naraku is a shape-shifting spider half-demon who schemes for the Shikon Jewel with puppets, poisonous insects and lies, and whose dark past is tied to Inuyasha and Kikyo.
Prayer beads bind Miroku's right hand to seal the Wind Tunnel, a family curse from Naraku that pulls in everything nearby and threatens to swallow Miroku himself. Undaunted, the roguish monk in gold hoop earrings happily fleeces rich clients.
A silent orphan girl with a tiny side ponytail, Rin brings food to the wounded Sesshomaru in the forest. Once he revives her with Tenseiga, she finds her voice again and cheerfully follows him in her checkered kimono.
Species
Human
Role
Girl who travels with Sesshomaru
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Age
About 10
First seen
Episode 35
Japanese voice
Mamiko Noto
English voice
Brenna O'Brien
#13
Inuyasha's Group
Shippo
With a turquoise bow in his copper hair and a fluffy tail, Shippo is an orphaned little fox demon who transforms by placing a leaf on his head and joins Inuyasha and Kagome after trying to swipe their jewel shards.
Species
Fox demon
Weapon
Fox magic
Role
Fox demon child
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Age
Looks 7
First seen
Episode 9
Japanese voice
Kumiko Watanabe
English voice
Jillian Michaels
#14
Allies
Kohaku
Freckled and wearing a topknot, Sango's 11-year-old brother Kohaku is a demon slayer in training who fights with a chain-sickle. Naraku controls him through a Shikon shard in his back and has stripped away his memories.
Species
Human
Weapon
Chain sickle
Role
Demon slayer, Sango's brother
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Family
Sango (older sister)
Age
11
First seen
Episode 24
Japanese voice
Akiko Yajima
English voice
Alex Doduk
#15
Yashahime
Moroha
Wearing a short-sleeved Robe of the Fire-Rat, Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter Moroha is a brash quarter-demon bounty hunter working off a debt. A dab of rouge turns her into Beniyasha, a gold-eyed fighter with her father's dangerous temper.
Species
Quarter-demon
Weapon
Sword and sacred arrows
Role
Bounty hunter
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Family
Inuyasha (father), Kagome Higurashi (mother)
Age
14
First seen
Yashahime, Episode 1
Japanese voice
Azusa Tadokoro
English voice
Morgan Berry
#16
Inuyasha's Family
Sesshomaru's Mother
With silver-white pigtails and the Meido Stone hanging from her necklace, Sesshomaru's mother is a haughty, playful dog demon who lives in a mansion in the sky, tests her son's Tenseiga and teases that he lacks his father's charm.
Species
Dog demon
Weapon
Meido Stone
Role
Sesshomaru's mother
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Family
Sesshomaru (son), Toga (estranged husband), Inuyasha (stepson)
Long-braided, with a four-pointed star tattooed on his forehead, Bankotsu leads the Band of Seven, mercenaries raised from the dead with Shikon shards. Laid-back even in battle, he swings the giant halberd Banryu with ease.
Barely knee-high, with green skin, huge yellow eyes and a beak-like mouth, the imp Jaken serves Sesshomaru with fawning devotion, torches foes with his Staff of Two Heads and still gets stepped on by his master.
Species
Imp demon
Weapon
Staff of Two Heads
Role
Sesshomaru's servant
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First seen
Episode 5
Japanese voice
Cho
English voice
Don Brown
#19
Villains
Yura
Also known as Yura of the Hair
Nearly invisible strands become puppet strings in the hands of Yura of the Hair, a red-eyed demon who turns the women of Kaede's village against Inuyasha to steal the Shikon Jewel and covets his silver hair.
Species
Hair demon
Weapon
Razor-sharp hair and a comb
Role
Demon of the hair
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Age
Over 50, looks 17
First seen
Episode 3
Japanese voice
Akiko Yajima
English voice
Chiara Zanni
#20
Villains
Jakotsu
A butterfly pin in his hair, fang-shaped marks under his eyes and a pink kimono over scaled armor set apart Jakotsu, a gleeful Band of Seven swordsman whose jointed blade zigzags across the battlefield like a snake.
Species
Human, brought back to life
Weapon
Snake sword
Role
Band of Seven
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Age
20
First seen
Episode 102
Japanese voice
Ai Orikasa
English voice
Jenn Forgie
#21
Villains
Kanna
Pale, silent and dressed in white with camellias in her hair, Kanna looks like a little girl but is Naraku's first incarnation and Kagura's older sister, a demon of nothingness with no scent or aura whose mirror steals souls.
Inuyasha's human mother Izayoi is a gentle princess with waist-length black hair and layered court robes, and Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga) was forged from Toga's fang to protect her. Early on, Sesshomaru uses a demon disguised as her to trick Inuyasha.
Species
Human
Role
Inuyasha's mother
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Family
Toga (husband), Inuyasha (son)
First seen
Episode 6
Japanese voice
Kikuko Inoue
English voice
Alaina Burnett
#23
Allies
Kaede
Kikyo's younger sister Kaede is now the old priestess of her village, wearing an iron sword guard as an eye patch. She recognizes Kagome as Kikyo's reincarnation and binds Inuyasha with the Beads of Subjugation.
Species
Human
Weapon
Bow and arrows
Role
Village priestess, Kikyo's sister
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Family
Kikyo (older sister)
Age
About 60
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Hisako Kyoda
English voice
Pam Hyatt
#24
Yashahime
Towa Higurashi
One of Sesshomaru's twin daughters, Towa Higurashi has silver hair with a pink streak. Swept into the modern era as a child and raised by Kagome's brother Sota, she takes on bullies in a white blazer and pants.
Sometimes hidden behind a white dragon-shaped mask, red-haired Kirinmaru of the Dawn is the qilin demon lord of the Eastern Lands, a warrior of few words who was once the great rival of Inuyasha's father, Toga.
Species
Qilin demon
Weapon
Sword
Role
Lord of the Eastern Lands
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Age
Hundreds of years
First seen
Yashahime, Episode 7
Japanese voice
Yoshimasa Hosoya
English voice
Crispin Freeman
#26
Yashahime
Setsuna
Raised apart from her twin Towa, Setsuna hunts demons in the feudal era with a naginata, wears red streaks in her long black ponytail and rarely lets anyone see what she feels.
Species
Dog half-demon
Weapon
Naginata
Role
Demon slayer, Towa's twin sister
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Family
Sesshomaru (father), Towa Higurashi (twin sister)
Age
14
First seen
Yashahime, Episode 1
Japanese voice
Mikako Komatsu
English voice
Kira Buckland
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The story begins when Kagome Higurashi, a 15-year-old girl from modern Tokyo, falls through the Bone-Eater's Well at her family's shrine and lands in feudal Japan. There she frees Inuyasha, a half-demon who has been pinned to the Sacred Tree for 50 years, and soon shatters the Shikon Jewel by accident, scattering its shards across the land. The two set out to gather the shards before demons can use their power, joined along the way by the young fox demon Shippo and the monk Miroku, who carries a cursed Wind Tunnel in his right hand. Sango, a demon slayer, completes the group with her two-tailed cat demon Kirara, who can transform into a large flying cat.
Inuyasha's Family: Father, Mother and Brother
Inuyasha's father is Toga, the Great Dog Demon who once ruled the Western Lands, and his mother, Izayoi, is a human princess, which makes Inuyasha a half-demon who belongs fully to neither world. Sesshomaru, his older half-brother, is a full dog demon. He scorns humans, Inuyasha's human blood included, and wants their father's sword Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga) for himself. Sesshomaru's Mother, a proud dog demon lady every bit as aloof as her son, appears later in the story.
Inuyasha and Kagome argue all the time, and whenever Kagome tells him to sit, the magic beads around his neck slam him to the ground, yet the two always have each other's backs. Before Kagome there was Kikyo: 50 years earlier, Inuyasha fell in love with the priestess who guarded the Shikon Jewel, until the day they turned against each other and she sealed him to the Sacred Tree. Miroku and Sango, the monk and the demon slayer, grow closer with every battle they fight side by side. Sesshomaru's bond with Rin is of another kind: the cold demon lord lets a little human girl travel with him, and she follows him everywhere with complete trust.
Inuyasha Swords and the Shikon Jewel
The swordsmith Totosai forged two swords from the fangs of Toga, the Great Dog Demon: Inuyasha's Tessaiga, called Tetsusaiga in the English dub, can cut down a hundred demons with a single swing, while Sesshomaru's Tenseiga cannot cut the living but can bring the dead back to life. Sesshomaru later wields two more blades, the cursed Tokijin and Bakusaiga. So'unga, a demonic sword of Toga's that can raise the dead, appears in the third movie, Swords of an Honorable Ruler. The Shikon Jewel is no sword, but it is the treasure everyone fights over: even a single shard makes a demon far stronger.
A giant boomerang of purified demon bone that slices foes and returns
Inuyasha's Forms: Half-Demon, Human and Full Demon
As a half-demon, Inuyasha has silver hair, golden eyes, dog ears and sharp claws. Once a month, on the night of the new moon, he turns human, with black hair and none of his demon strength, a secret he guards closely. His sword Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga) keeps his demon blood in check. When his life is in danger and the sword is not at his side, that blood takes over: jagged purple marks appear on his cheeks, his eyes turn red and he becomes a savage full demon who loses himself in the fight.
Human formFull demon form
Naraku and His Incarnations
Naraku is the cunning villain of the story: he wants the complete Shikon Jewel for himself, and he placed the curse of the Wind Tunnel on Miroku's family. He rarely fights in the open, sending out incarnations he creates from his own flesh instead. Kagura, the Wind Sorceress, attacks with blades of wind from her fan and longs to be free, while the silent Kanna can steal souls with her mirror.
A mirror that steals souls and sends attacks straight back
Goshinki
A horned ogre who reads minds to see every attack coming
Juromaru and Kageromaru
A chained, masked berserker and the mantis-armed demon living inside him
Hakudoshi
Raises barriers as strong as Naraku's and rides the demon horse Entei
The Infant (Akago)
Reads hearts and takes control of anyone whose darkness he can use
Moryomaru
A giant living armor that grows stronger by absorbing other demons
Byakuya
Weaves illusions, rides a paper crane and spies with a detachable eye
The Band of Seven
The Band of Seven is a group of ruthless mercenaries brought back from the dead with Shikon Jewel shards to fight for Naraku. Their leader, Bankotsu, is the youngest of the seven at just 17, yet he swings his giant halberd Banryu with ease. Jakotsu fights with his snake sword, a segmented blade that shoots out and twists through the air to strike from any angle. The others each have a style of their own, from fire and poison to steel claws and cannons.
A segmented sword that stretches and whips around like a snake
Renkotsu
Spews flaming oil from his mouth and builds cannons and explosives
Ginkotsu
A half-machine body armed with cannons, flying saws and steel wires
Kyokotsu
A towering brute who swings a flail and devours his enemies
Mukotsu
A poison master whose toxic gases paralyze humans and demons
Suikotsu
Fights with long steel claws on both hands
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, the sequel anime that aired from 2020 to 2022, continues the story with the next generation. Sesshomaru's twin daughters, Towa Higurashi and Setsuna, are separated as children: Towa grows up in modern Tokyo, raised by Kagome's younger brother Sota, while Setsuna becomes a demon slayer in feudal Japan. Together with Moroha, the quarter-demon daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, they take on Kirinmaru, who rules the Eastern Lands. The Yashahime characters on our list: Moroha, Towa Higurashi, Kirinmaru and Setsuna.
Inuyasha Voice Cast
The Japanese voices of the anime and the English dub cast. Kappei Yamaguchi voices Inuyasha in Japanese and Richard Ian Cox in English. Kagome is voiced by Satsuki Yukino in Japanese and by Moneca Stori in the English dub, with Kira Tozer taking over the English role from The Final Act on.
Ages as each character first appears in the story. Inuyasha has lived about 200 years but looks 15, since half-demons age slowly and he spent 50 of those years asleep under Kikyo's seal. Kagome is 15 when she first lands in the feudal era, and Sesshomaru looks about 19, though as the older half-brother he has lived even longer than Inuyasha.
Our popularity ranking, shaped in part by your votes, decides the order of the cards, and right now Inuyasha is on top, ahead of Sesshomaru and Kagome Higurashi.
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Toga, the Great Dog Demon, often called by his title Inu no Taisho. This mighty demon lord had two sons: Sesshomaru, whose mother is a dog demon herself, and the half-demon Inuyasha, born to the human princess Izayoi. One of his fangs became Inuyasha's sword Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga).
Who is Inuyasha's brother?
Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older half-brother. They share the same father, Toga, but Sesshomaru is a full dog demon who looks down on humans and on Inuyasha's human blood, and he fights Inuyasha for their father's sword Tessaiga (Tetsusaiga).
How old is Inuyasha?
About 200 years, though he looks like a teenager of 15. Demons and half-demons grow up far more slowly than humans, and Inuyasha also lost 50 years asleep under the arrow that bound him to a tree.
Who voices Inuyasha in English?
Richard Ian Cox voices Inuyasha in the English dub. In the original Japanese version, he is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.
Who is the main villain of Inuyasha?
Naraku. The spider half-demon is after the whole Shikon Jewel, and instead of facing his enemies he works through disguises, demon puppets and incarnations made from his own body, such as Kagura and Kanna.
What is Yashahime about?
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020 to 2022) is the sequel to Inuyasha. Its heroines are the half-demon twins Towa Higurashi and Setsuna, daughters of Sesshomaru, and their cousin Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, who together face the demon lord Kirinmaru.
Who are the Band of Seven?
A band of mercenaries killed long ago and revived by Shikon shards to serve Naraku: Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Renkotsu, Suikotsu, Kyokotsu, Ginkotsu and Mukotsu. Bankotsu, the youngest, leads them with his giant halberd Banryu.
How can I vote for my favorite character?
Press the heart button on any card. You can vote for every character once a day. The Fan Favorites box shows the most voted characters, and your votes count toward the next monthly update of the ranking. While the page is new, the KuroKoma team also adds a few votes every day.
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