List of InuYasha Characters

The Inuyasha manga and anime characters are created by Rumiko Takahashi. Most of the series takes place in a fictional version of Japan's Warring States period with occasional time-travel/flashback elements to modern Tokyo or the Heisei period. The setting and plot incorporate many elements of traditional Japanese folklore and religion; its main characters (both protagonists and antagonists) include a Shintō priestess, a Buddhist monk and several types of yōkai (usually rendered as "demon" in English-language translations of the series).

The story begins with Kagome Higurashi, who, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in the Warring States period of feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel known as the Shikon Jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who are after its power, Kagome joins forces with the half-demon Inuyasha—also after the jewel's power—to track down the Shikon shards before the demon lord, Naraku uses it.

According to interviews with the author, the style for Inuyasha's clothing was based on "priest's garb" of Japan's Warring States period. The series was conceptualized as a historical drama, a genre which Takahashi had not yet attempted as an entire series. Inuyasha himself was envisioned as "someone who hates to lose", a complex character with "a tense and conflicted personality" rather than being "cheerful and refreshingly straightforward."

In contrast, Takahashi wanted "to show her readers that Inuyasha's opponents are this bad and do these kinds of to gain their understanding of his actions" and "portray what Inuyasha is really angry at, not just that someone is no good because they are evil." She originally planned to make Jakotsu a woman to give the Band of Seven "more diversity" but changed her mind, saying, "when I started thinking about it, I didn't feel comfortable having Inuyasha fight and defeat a girl."

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Richard Ian Cox (English)

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