Kirara

Kirara

Kirara (雲母^?) is Sango’s faithful demon-cat companion. Kirara usually appears to be a small kitten-sized feline with two tails, but can become large enough to carry several passengers (usually Sango, Miroku, and Shippo). Her full-sized form has more prominent fangs, flames around her feet and tail, and enough power to fly through the air fast enough to keep up with InuYasha’s top speed.

At the end of the series after Naraku’s defeat, she joins Kohaku as he trains to become a demon slayer while Sango starts her new life with Miroku and their children. The anime series suggests that she was once the companion of Midoriko, the miko who created the Shikon Jewel.

She is voiced by Tarako in both the original Japanese and the English dubbed version of the series.

Koharu

Koharu

Character Description:

Koharu is a young girl who works for Aburachouja-sama since she lost her family during a war. She meets Miroku after he is called to her village to perform an exorcism. He gives her some food and leaves, promising to come back for her.

Three years later, Koharu is now 14 and she comes across the path of Miroku again. She asks to travel with Miroku and the others but they know that it cannot be. After talking to the village leader, Miroku arranges for him to take care of Koharu.

As they are leaving once again, Koharu is stopped by Kanna who tries to steal her soul. Soon after, in her hypnotic state, she attacks Miroku who knocks her out. Once she awakens, she is back to normal and discovers that Miroku has left.

Totosai

Totosai (刀々斎 , “Katana Sai”) is an elderly blacksmith Yōkai who forged Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga from the fangs of his old friend, The Great Dog Demon.

Totosai

As InuYasha grows stronger and Sesshomaru grows more compassionate, they become more capable of mastering their respective swords, which Totosai strengthens accordingly. He spends most of his time at his forge inside a volcano, but sometimes travels elsewhere on a flying three-eyed ox named Mō-Mō.

Totosai often appears to be a cowardly, absent-minded old man, but he is strong enough to pause an attack from Sesshomaru long enough to allow InuYasha to get away; he can breathe fire and his giant forge hammer can open large fire pits in the ground. At the end of the series, he continues his role as a blacksmith as seen when giving Kohaku a new weapon.

Rin

Rin

Rin (りん^?) is an orphan girl who finds Sesshomaru in the woods after he is badly injured by InuYasha. Although Sesshomaru snubs her, she visits him regularly and attempts to take care of him, even stealing fish from the village for him until she learns that he doesn’t eat human food. The villagers beat her for the theft, but when Sesshomaru idly inquires about her injuries, she seems strangely happy about his interest in her welfare. During this time, she never speaks, only communicating with hand gestures and smiles.

Later, the wolf-demon Koga chases a thief to her village, then lets his wolves kill and eat the villagers. Rin flees through the forest towards Sesshomaru, but the wolves catch up to her. Recovered from his wounds, Sesshomaru is leaving when he catches Rin’s scent and follows it to her mauled corpse. Remembering her smile, he retests Tenseiga by using it to resurrect her. After setting Rin on her feet again, Sesshomaru walks away, leaving the dumbfounded Jaken and a wide-eyed Rin standing on the path. After a moment, they both follow. The next time Rin appears, she is clean, wearing a new, colorful kimono, and talking and acting more like a typical child. Throughout the series, she continues to follow “Lord Sesshomaru”, as she calls him; when he is away on dangerous tasks, she waits for him with Jaken and a two-headed dragon which she names “Ah-Un”.

Though Sesshomaru never states any feelings for her, he displays a strong protective instinct and Rin is obviously devoted to him. Rin is killed for a second time when she and Kohaku, now also journeying with Sesshomaru, are taken by the “Dog from Hell.” When he finds her body, Sesshomaru is visibly disturbed, especially when he learns that Tenseiga can only revive a person once. Rin’s lifeless body is taken by the Master of Hell, with Sesshomaru and Kohaku following to retrieve her. When they return from the Land of the Dead, Sesshomaru’s mother uses her Meidou stone to revive Rin. Jaken confirms that it made Sesshomaru happy while Sesshomaru puts his hand on Rin’s cheek.

In the final chapter of the manga, set three years after the defeat of Naraku, Rin no longer travels with Sesshomaru and Jaken. Instead, she lives with Kaede, which InuYasha comments is “practice” for her to live in a human village as an adult, or whatever life she chooses. Sesshomaru is shown visiting her and bringing her gifts.

In the anime adaptation, Rin is voiced by Mamiko Noto. In the English dub, she is voiced by Brenna O’Brien.

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Koga

Koga (鋼牙 Kōga) is the young leader of the southern yōkai-wolf tribe, which is nearly wiped out by Kagura and Naraku. He first meets InuYasha as an opponent in battle, but becomes a reluctant, occasional ally despite maintaining a strong sense of rivalry with the “useless dog” about their relative combat strengths as well as Koga’s persistent courtship of Kagome.

Although Koga always flirts with Kagome and getting Inuyasha mad, it is seen that he has promised Ayame[1], another wolf demon to be his wife. Koga had promised Ayame, when she was younger, that he would someday make Ayame his wife. Later in the episode, Koga tries to get Ayame to leave by saying he will only marry someone who can see the Sacred Jewel Shards.

After suffering serious wounds, Koga is partially restored by three Shikon shards embedded into his legs and right arm. The shards are eventually taken away from him by Naraku, gravely weakening him; he leaves and disappears from the manga, after telling Kagome that she may leave InuYasha and come to him at any time.

He wears brown wolf fur and has a tail that is like a bushy wolf’s tail. Koga has a brown wolf fur head band and he wears silver and black armor. Koga also has brown wolf fur as shoulder plates. He carries around a sword but is never seen using it. His ears are pointed just like a wolf’s.

 Name Meaning

• the 鋼牙 means “steel fang“.

Abilities

• Whirlwind - Koga’s method of transportation. Whenever on the go, he is enveloped in a high-speed tornado. Despite its effectiveness, Koga never actually uses it in battle.

• Goraishi - A claw that Koga earns from his ancestor spirits so that he can avenge the deaths of his comrades and destroy Naraku. It creates energy blasts that are equal to that of a fully-powered Wind Scar. The claw shields him, barely, from Naraku’s corruption of the jewel but it was only able to protect him once.
  

  

  Koga wearing Goraishi