InuYasha yōkai list

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This article pertains to the anime and manga series InuYasha and is a list of yōkai (demons) who appear in the series.

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0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Abi-hime (Princess Abi) - Species: Bird yōkai. Group: None. A very proud bird princess in the form of a human. She is the master of blood-sucking featherless birds and her mother is a giant flaming chicken. Naraku uses Abi-hime and her mother to open the gate to the boundary of the Living World and the Dead. Abi becomes suspicious of Naraku when she runs into one trouble after another after encountering Naraku, but she is easily disposed when she challenges him. She also posseses a very strong resemblance to Kodachi Kuno from Ranma ½ (Both have long black hair with a side pony tail, also posses similar facial designs. Both characters also have the same shade of lipstick, and the same voice actors in both the Japanese and English language versions of the anime series).
Ah-Un - Species: ryu (dragon) Group: Sesshomaru's group. Ah-Un is a flying, two-headed pet dragon that follows Sesshōmaru. After Rin joins them, she often accompanies Ah-Un. The right head is Ah and the left head is Un.
Akago - Species: Human shaped yōkai Group: Naraku's group. This baby yōkai can read minds and has no yōki presence (due to the Fyōheki stone). He is Naraku's heart. Later cut in half by a monk named Master Shinen.
Ayame - Species: okuri-ookami (wolf youkai). Group: Wolf's tribe. Ayame is an anime only character. Koga promised to marry her when she was little in order to reassure her, but as he currently loves Kagome he has denied recalling his promise.

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Bird of Paradise (Gokurakucho) - Species: Bird yōkai Group: Birds of paradise group. These yōkai were at war with the wolf yōkai. Their leader, a bird-demon twice the size of others due to the power of a shikon jewel fragment in its mouth, pursued Koga to gain (albeit briefly) the shard embedded in his arm. The entire group was killed by InuYasha's and Koga's group.

Bokusenou - Species: Tree yōkai. One of Inu no Taisho's old friends. It was from his branches that the sheaths for Tessaiga ad Tenseiga were created. He holds knowledge about the effects that the yōkai blood has on the hanyō Inuyasha and also knows of the power to control that blood hidden within the Tessaiga.

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Mistress Centipede (Mukade Jōrō) - Species: Omukade. Group: None. The first yōkai that appears in the series, she comes through the bone-eater's well and drags Kagome Higurashi into the Sengoku era for the first time. Before she is killed by Inuyasha, she bites Kagome, revealing the Shikon Jewel within Kagome's body.
Chokyuukai - Species: Pig yōkai. Group: None. A pig demon (he always claims to be a boar demon, but is never listened to) who travels through a tornado and captures females to be his brides. He captured Kagome and battled InuYasha before being hit by one of Kagome's arrows. He eventually got away. He had two lackeys: Son Goku, a monkey demon, and Sa Gojyo, a kappa. This is somewhat a tribute to (or a parody of) Journey to the West as they are decendents of the three main demons. Made a cameo appearance in episode 142.

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Entei - Species: Horse yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. A demonic yōkai who only obeys the strongest yōkai, in this case, Hakudoushi. He was killed by InuYasha and Kirara when trapped in a cave.

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Ginta - Species: okuri-ookami (wolf youkai). Group: Koga's group. Ginta is one of the last survivors of the yōkai wolf tribe. He has purple and white hair and is usually seen with Hakkaku
Goshinki - Species: oni. Group: Naraku's group. Goshinki has the ability of read minds, and could prevent every movement of InuYasha. When he broke Tessaiga, InuYasha turned into a full demon for the first time. He was killed by the transformed InuYasha, and his teeth were used to forge Sesshomaru's sword Tokijin.

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Hachi (Hachiemōn) - Species: tanuki. Group: InuYasha's group. Hachi is Miroku's old friend. Like Shippo, he can use leafs to transform into the shape of a variety of objects, including humans. His most commonly seen transformation is that of a giant yellow floating pillow, used for travelling over great distances.
Hakkaku - Species: okuri-ookami (wolf youkai). Group: Kōga's group. Hakakku is one of the last survivors of the yōkai wolf tribe. Hakkaku has a mohawk and is usually with Ginta.
Hakudoshi (Hakudōshi) - Species: Human shape yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Hakudoshi was born from Akago's body and that makes Hakudoshi younger than his other half, but they have the same abilities. He tamed Entei by killing his old master.
Hari - Species: Human Shape yōkai. Group: Menomaru's Group. Exclusive to the first movie, wields two scimitar swords. Using her special symbol she was able to control Kirara and later under Menomaru's order placed Kagome under their control as well with the help of a Sacred Jewel fragment. In the end Sango got through to Kirara and together with Kirara, Sango was able to use her Hiraikotsu to kill Hari.
Hiten - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. Hiten killed Shippō's father, and InuYasha killed him to get the fragments he had on his forehead. Handsome and ruthless, his existence is linked to the pike he uses in battle; destroying the weapon will destroy him as well. His brother is Manten.
Hosenki (Hōsenki) - Species: Oyster taiyōkai. Group: None. Hōsenki created InuYasha's black pearl (kuroshinju), which can be used only once to travel to the boundary between this world and the next to reach his father's grave. When he died and InuYasha's group meets him in the other world, he was corrupted by a dark fragment due to Naraku's influence on the rest of the Shikon Jewel. When it was removed, he taught InuYasha a new attack with the Tessaiga: the Kongōsōha.

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Inu no Taisho (no name has officially been given; "Inu no Taisho" is the title by which characters such as Myoga and Totosai refer to him) - Species: Inu-DaiYōkai. Group: Inu no Taishou's Grand Yōkai Army. InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father. He was one of the most powerful yōkai that ever lived and had a caring heart for humans. He was mortally wounded in a duel with Ryukotsusei, and subsequently carried his injuries to save InuYasha's mother Izayoi and baby InuYasha who was just born. He died after a battle with Setsuna no Takemaru, the young general of a castle where Izayoi was dwelling, in a fire 200 years before InuYasha and Co's search for the Shikon shards.
InuYasha - Species: Inugami (possibly) Akita inu hanyō. Group: InuYasha's group. He is the main character.

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Jaken - Species: kappa. Group: Sesshomaru's group. This comical imp yōkai follows Sesshomaru wherever he goes, as a repayment of Sesshomaru "saving" his life a long time ago. He tries to please Sesshomaru as much as he can but usually is disregarded by the dispassionate Sesshomaru. Jaken is very intelligent and knowledgeable about demons as he was a leader of his own kappa group before he met Sesshomaru.
Jinenji - Species: Horse hanyō. Group: None. Jinenji was abused by the villagers. He defeated a big yōkai and proved his value to the people who hated him. He takes care of a vegetable garden with medicinal plants. He also lives with his heavily protective mother, who was abused with him.
Juromaru (Jurōmaru) - Species: Human shape yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. One of Naraku's detachments who was hard to control even for Naraku. Slain after the encounter with Koga and InuYasha.

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Kagura - Species: Wind yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku created Kagura from the wind and a part of him, and holds her heart in his hand, in case she betrays him. When she found out that Naraku is only using her as a tool to achieve his plans she secretly plotted to kill him. She may have developed feelings for Sesshomaru and believed that he's the one that could free her from Naraku. Eventually she was tricked by Naraku and died of his poison, not even the Tenseiga could save her.
Kaguya (Princess Kaguya) - Species: Human-Shape yōkai. Group: None. Based on the classic Japanese folk tale, Kaguya-hime no Monogatari. Exclusive to the second movie. Like Naraku she absorbs yōkai and absorbed the real Kaguya to gain immortality. Kaguya's mirror was found by Kagura and Kanna who gathered the items to break the seal and then she took back her Celestial Robe from Hojo Akitoki. She was long ago defeated and sealed in her mirror by Miroku's grandfather, but he didn't suck her up with his Kazaana due to his perverted habits because she was beautiful, or possibly because the curse hadn't yet been laid on him at the time. 'Kaguya's plan to freeze time was thwarted because Kagome or any thing from modern times (such as bandages or band-aids) that were brought by Kagome are immune to the effects. Naraku faked his death by hiding in Kohaku's body so he could claim Kaguya's power for himself. Kaguya's power is so immense that she could reflect Inuyasha's Bakuryuha. In the end Kagome used Miroku's staff as an arrow which broke her mirror allowing the Bakuryuha to kill Kaguya's physical body and then her spirit was sucked in by Miroku's Kazaana.
Kageromaru (Kagerōmaru) - Species: kamaitachi. Group: Naraku's group. Kageromaru, the "master" of Juromaru, can move freely underground and move lightning fast. However Koga was faster. They were no match for the combined strength of InuYasha and Koga as he and Juromaru was both eliminated by Tessaiga's Wind Scar attack.
Kaijinbo (Kaijinbō) - Species: Swordsmith yōkai. Group: None. He was Totosai's student, and makes evil swords. He forged Sesshomaru's sword, Tōkijin.
Kanna - Species: Mirror/Void yōkai Group: Naraku's group. This yōkai whose appearance is that of a little girl dressed all in white with no facial expressions at all. She has a mirror which can deflect most yōki attacks, stealing the souls of humans, and can act like a crystal ball in seeing events that are happening afar. She is very loyal to Naraku even though she knows that Naraku is using them in doing his dirty work.
Kaou: Kaou the flower master is a minor villain that Inuyasha and the group faced after Kikyo's death. Kaou is able to take away ones sorrow. In exchange, he slowly absorbs that person's life and adds it to his own. He also has the unique ability to read people's sorrows, which he used to tease and torment both Inuyasha and Kagome about Kikyo being Inuyasha's true love and that Inuyasha wanted to die to be with Kikyo. He also breifly teased Sango about Kohaku and Miroku about the poison in his body.
Karan - Species: Panther demon, or fire cat, yōkai. Group: Panther demon, or fire cat, tribe. A member of the panther demon tribe who seek to resurrect their master and exact revenge for his defeat against Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, the sons of the demon who sealed their master in the first place. Her elemental affinity is fire. She usually erects a fire around her body to act as shield, throws 'fire balls' (one her attacks) that incinerates her opponents, and creates fire around her enemies as an entrapment.
Kinka and Ginka: A pair of demon brothers who were twins conjoined by their tails and the only way for them to be separated was if one of them died. Using their powers of fire and lightning, they constantly fought, but neither of them ever won. Moryomaru intended to absorb them in order to make his armoured shell invulverable. Before they died, the brothers repented their contempt of each other, which got both of them killed. Moryomaru was able to absorb Ginka, but Kinka gave up the rest of his life force in order to aid Inuyasha. Even though it was temporary, Inuyasha was able to use this new power to hurt Moryomaru, who was shocked to discover that the fire power that Kinka gave Inuyasha reacted with the lightning power that he absorbed with Ginka. This power almost killed him and shattered Akago's barrier, forcing him to retreat and expel the deceased Ginka from his body.
Kirara - Species: Nekomata. Group: InuYasha's group. Sango was present with Kirara by her father when she was little. Kirara has two forms: a little cat and a big, flying, fiery cat. She transports Sango and Miroku while Kagome and Shippo usually travel on InuYasha's shoulders. It is hinted in the anime that she is was once the companion of the legendary miko Midoriko.
Koyuki - Species: Yuki-onna. Group: None. Taking on the appearence of a beautiful woman, Koyuki is actually a yuki-onna (snow woman) who saved Miroku during a snowstorm in his youth; many years later, she tricks Miroku into believing he is the father of her many children. In truth, she was a lonely woman who died and whose spirit was possessed by a demon. Miroku and Sango destroy the demonic presence that held her spirit in the world of the living and Koyuki is able to move on. Exclusive to the anime.
Kumo Gashira - Species: Oogumo. Group: None. Terrorized a mountain village in an attempt to draw out InuYasha and Kagome and steal their jewel shards. Despite an untimely transformation into human form by InuYasha, this yōkai was ultimately slain after InuYasha regained his yōkai power.
Koryu - A dragon yokai. He is an assistant to Souten, and helps her with plans to get Shippo and InuYasha's gang. He is smarter than Souten, because he is the one who got all of the gang's weakness info. Like Shippo, he can transform his body. Exclusive to the anime
Kuroro - Species: Nekomata. Group: None. Kuroro, who looks almost identical to Kirara. Whether or not she can also transform into a larger form is unknown. She and her cubs were saved by InuYasha's group. Exclusive to the anime
Koga (Kōga) - Species: okuri-ookami (wolf youkai). Group: Kōga's group. Koga is the prince of the yōkai wolf tribe. He used Kagome to defeat the birds of paradise. He has a fragment on each leg, but Kagome does not let InuYasha take them, because Koga has fallen in love with her. On a fight against Kagura, all his friends died, and now he seeks revenge by trying to kill Naraku.

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Manten - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. Manten is Hiten's younger brother. Unlike Hiten, he is homely (and very conscious of it) and believes he can become handsome drinking a potion which includes Kagome as one of the ingredients. He used Shippou's father's fur as a belt. InuYasha killed him while Manten was trying to kill Kagome.
Medicine vendor - Species: Insect yōkai. Group: None. This strange mosquito yōkai appeared on a manga filler. He was cursed to take the form of a handsome man and to attract cute girls and thus suck their blood. When he hypnotised Sango and was almost "kissing" her, Miroku appears and beats him up. The yōkai only wanted to suck her blood so Sango let him do it and he returned to his mosquito form.
Menomaru - Species: Moth yōkai. Group: Menomaru's group. The main villain from the first movie. Came from the continent with his father Hyoga over 200 years ago, but his father was sealed away by Inuyasha's father. Used Kagome to trick InuYasha into breaking the seal, so he could merge with his father's remains and become the new Hyoga. He even went as far as contolling Kagome to try to kill Inuyasha with the symbol Hari placed on Kagome. But in the end Menomaru was slain by a combination attack of Inuyasha's Bakuryuha and Kagome's Hama no Ya.
Momo (MōMō) - Species: Cow yōkai. Group: Totosai group. This bizarre three eyed, flying cow is Totosai's transport.
Myouga (Myōga) - Species: Flea yōkai. Group: InuYasha's group. He was the servant of InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father, and now helps InuYasha from time to time with crucial information. However, he's nowhere to be found when any sort of danger approaches. He also bears a resemblence to the Ranma 1/2 character Happosai.
Moryoumaru (Moryōmaru) - Species: Huge monster yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku's heart, and actually his strongest minion.
Muonna - Species: noppera-bō. Group: None. She is a yōkai made up of the souls of all the mothers who lost their children to war. Her name means "nothing woman," and is translated to "unmother" in the English dub. Sesshomaru ordered her to take Izayoi's form to look into InuYasha's heart to find information on the location of their father's grave, but her instinct to protect children caused her to sacrifice herself protecting InuYasha.
Muotoko - Species: noppera-bō. Group: None. The "nothing man," like the muonna, is a yōkai made up of the men who lost their farms and homes in war. Jaken commanded him to steal the Tessaiga from InuYasha, but the slow-witted muotoko picked the pockets of the group instead. When he did finally attempt to take the Tessaiga, he was repelled by its barrier and scolded by InuYasha and friends, who let him go his own way after he promised not to steal any more. Exclusive to the anime.

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Naraku - Species: Human shape hanyō. Group: Naraku's group. He is the main villain of the series. He killed Kikyo, Sango's demon slayer kin, and Koga's wolf tribe. In addition, he cursed Miroku's grandfather and his progeny with the wind tunnel, committing endless other nefarious acts. He has also crossed Sesshomaru more than once in bids to gain his demon power or otherwise manipulate him. Hence, all groups of characters currently wish him destroyed.
Naraku's low-level yōkai - Species: General yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Naraku can release infinite lesser yōkai from his body. Even Shippo can beat them, but they often appear in huge numbers and very bothersome to deal with.
Noh Mask - Species: Noh mask. Group: None. This yōkai appeared in Kagome's time. It is a Noh mask which was carved from the wood of a tree in which a Shikon fragment was embedded; the power of the jewel fragment turned the mask into a yōkai which craved a body of its own. It attached to the faces of living humans, but their bodies quickly decomposed, causing the mask to absorb more and more people into a growing blob of decomposing matter. InuYasha broke the mask and retrieved its shard after it attacked Kagome.

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Ruri - Species: Human Shape yōkai. Group: Menomaru's group. Exclusive to the first movie, she wields a snake that has taken the form of a halberd spear. She was able to use her special power to copy Miroku's kazaana, but her fatal mistake was in her final battle against Miroku when she expanded her Kazaana to try to overpower Miroku. As a result it became too wide, causing Ruri to get sucked in.
Ryukotsusei (Ryukōssei) - Species: Ryu (dragon) Daiyōkai. Group: None. Ryukossei fought InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father, causing the injuries that, according to Myoga, lead to their father's death before the yōkai was sealed by one of his claws. Later, he was awakened by Naraku and killed by InuYasha.

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Saimyoushou (Samiyōshō) - Species: Wasp yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. Wasps from hell used by Naraku usually to prevent Miroku from using his Kazaana (Wind Tunnel) as these wasps are one of the few things the Kazaana cannot absorb without hurting Miroku. They are also Naraku's eyes outside his castle. What they see is shown to Naraku through Kanna's mirror.
Sesshomaru (Sesshōmaru) - Species: Inugami Akita inu Taiyōkai. Group: Sesshomaru's group. Massively powerful and intent to walk the path of Conquest; He is a taiyōkai, or demon lord, a lineage he inherited from his father who ruled over the western lands. He is InuYasha's half brother and despises InuYasha from the inside out, however signs that his attitude have changed toward the people who are not enemies are constantly showing after he meets Kagome and subsequently Rin.
Shibugarasu - Species: Crow yōkai. Group: None. This crow swallowed the Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no Tama), also known as Shikon Jewel, at the beginning of the series. Kagome destroyed it with her purifying arrow, but in the process the Shikon Jewel was shattered and scattered across the land of Japan. In the English version, it's known as a "Carrion Crow".
Shiori - Species: Ogre-bat hanyō. Group: None. This half human, half ogre-bat hanyō is a little kid who has the power of creating strong barriers. She gave InuYasha an orb that once Tessaiga has absorbed the essence of the orb, it gains the power to break most barriers (red Tessaiga).
Shinidamachu (Shinidamachū) - Species: Bug yōkai. Group: Kikyo's group. These long yōkai where used by Kikyo to gather the souls of the dead to support her, who was brought back to "life" and needed souls to survive.
Shippo (Shippō) - Species: kitsune. Group: InuYasha's group. His father was killed by the Thunder Brothers. InuYasha and Kagome avenged him, and now he now tags along the group. Shippou is a very weak demon as he is a fox demon that specializes in the use of tricks and creating false illusions.
Shouga (Shōga) - Species: Flea Yōkai. Group: None. A female flea yōkai who is engaged to Myouga. She appears in the filler episode which is made just for laughs. She also possesses a slight similarity to Cologne from Ranma 1/2.
Shunran - Species: Panther demon, or fire cat, yōkai. Group: Panther demon, or fire cat, tribe. Shunran is a member of the panther demon tribe who hopes to resurrect their sealed master. She is capable of creating illusions with flower petals. Her 'petals' also make her enemies faint.
Shuuran (Shūran) - Species: Panther demon, or fire cat, yōkai. Group: Panther demon, or fire cat, tribe. The only male member of the panther tribe seeking to resurrect their master, Shuuran is the brute force within the group. His elemental affinity is lightning and electricity. He just release rapid lighning bolts at his opponents from his fingertips or creates a blinding light.
Souten (Sōten) - Species: Thunder yōkai. Group: Thunder Clan. This filler episode character is Hiten's and Manten's younger sister. She kidnaps Shippo to fight him for revenge (or so he thinks at first), but the battle ends in a tie. When Shippo discovers she is only a girl he was greatly depressed that he wasted so much time on a nevertheless very funny encounter with another yōkai kid. In addition to receiving the crayons Shippou and she fought over (he gives them to her), the little demon girl develops a crush on Shippo and draws an older version of him.

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Tatarimokke - Species: Big monster yōkai. Group: None. This Soul Piper yōkai plays with the souls of dead children while they linger in this world, playing music for them on its flute. If a child's soul becomes hateful and malicious, the tatarimokke's eyes open and the soul is dragged to hell. Aside from the unnatural Noh Mask, the tatarimokke is the only yōkai to appear in the present without traveling through the well.
Tekkei - Species: Bird yōkai. Group: None. The mother of the demonic Princess Abi, Tekkei is an enormous bird demon from Hell. Because she is ill, Abi accepts the assistance of Naraku to gather blood for Tekkei's recovery. While overconfidant and powerful, Tekkei is more perceptive and less rash than her daughter. She meets her downfall when she swallows Naraku to defeat him, only for Naraku to destroy her from within and use her body in order to enter the Netherworld to find the final Shikon Jewel shard.
Toran - Species: Panther demon, or fire cat, yōkai. Group: Panther demon, or fire cat, tribe. Toran is the leader of the panther demon tribe, also known as the fire cat tribe, who fought previously against Sesshomaru's and InuYasha's father in a fierce battle for territory. They return, seeking to resurrect their master, (a huge cat demon yōkai defeated in that battle) and fight the "sons of the dog demon". The panther tribe each possess an elemental power of some sort -- Toran's is that of ice (freezing water, producing snowblinds). She also creates an ice spear that freezes anythinhg in contact, releases an icy wind that contains her demonic energy and ice crystals. She also has a particular affinity for personally challenging Sesshomaru.
Totosai (Tōtōsai) - Species: Swordsmith yōkai. Group: Totosai's group. Totosai is a swordsmith, he crafted both Tessaiga and Tenseiga from the fangs of InuYasha and Sesshomaru's father. He is a strong but cowardly yōkai.
Tsukumo no Gama (Toad of Tsukumo), also known as the Toad Demon - Species: Toad yōkai. Group: None. Known as the Toad Demon in the English anime. Possessed a young lord, captured young girls to use their souls to strengthen his power. Kagome using her hairspray with a candle was able to drive Tsukumo no Gama's sprit from the young lords body since toads do not like heat. InuYasha then finished his spirit off with the Tessaiga.

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Urasue - Species: ogress (oni). Group: None. Urasue resurrected Kikyo using her flesh and bones. Was killed by her just after the priestess recovered her soul from Kagome.

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Yura of the Hair - Species: Hair comb yōkai. Group: None. It was InuYasha's first strong opponent in the series. She controlled the villagers with her hair, and caused lots of trouble to InuYasha and Kagome, even sending her hair to follow Kagome to the modern times through the bone-eaters well. Yura appeared completely invulnerable - no matter what InuYasha did to her, like tear her heart out (and her breasts along with it), she wasn't affected. The reason for this turned out to be that she had hidden her soul into a comb, and the comb in turn within a red skull. Unfortunately for her, her hands were connected to the comb by hair strands, allowing Kagome to locate the comb and break it, resulting in Yura turning to dust.

Also see Yura of the Demon-Hair (結羅). Yura of the hair appears in episode 3 and 4- "Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again" and "Yura of the Demon Hair". She is the third villain that Kagome and InuYasha come across. She uses hair like puppet strings to control the women of Kaede's village in an attempt to get Shikon Jewel shards. She lives in a giant hair ball with thousands of skulls. She can be physically injured but will feel no pain, and uses her hair to control her body part severed from her by InuYasha.

Yura of the hair, in addition to being able to control hair, has a sword, Crimson Mist which cuts flesh and bone but not hair, and has hid her soul in her favorite weapon, her comb. She is dead-set on removing InuYasha's "beautiful silver hair" from his head...and his head with it, as she usually beheads people with her hair to get theirs.

Yura also has a resemblance to Nabiki Tendo from Ranma 1/2 (by the same author).

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Zushi nezumi - Species: Rat yōkai. Group: Naraku's group. These yōkai were controlled by Naraku to destroy every village in order to drag Kikyo out from her hiding place. InuYasha destroyed the magical box where the rats were coming out it with Tessaiga, and all the rats vanished. Kohaku decapitated Zushi Nezumi, in an attempt to save Hakudoushi, and to obtain the zushi.

[edit] Glossary

Hanyō: The child of a yōkai and a human is a hanyō. They are generally despised by both yōkai and humans and usually have a specific Time Period each month when they revert entirely to human form until the period is over.

Taiyōkai (Daiyoukai): An especially strong and powerful yōkai. Literally "great yōkai".

Yōkai: Fantastic creatures that inhabit the world of the series InuYasha, also called demons. They can have a human-like form, beast form, or both.

This is only a list of yōkai. To find out more about the InuYasha series and characters, please refer to the main article InuYasha or InuYasha characters. For more information on youkai in general, visit the Wikipedia article.