Suikotsu

Suikotsu

“Doctor Suikotsu”

Suikotsu (睡骨, Suikotsu^?) is a member of the Band of Seven.

• Japanese Voice Actor: Hiroaki Hirata (平田広明)
• English Voice Actor: Michael Donovan
• Spanish Voice Actor: Jose Luis Orozco, Roberto Mendiola
• Portuguese Voice Actor: Alex Wendel
• First Anime Appearance: Episode 107
• Anime Debut: Episode 107
• First Manga Appearance: Volume 25
  

  

  Band of Seven’s Suikotsu

• Age: 26

Name meaning

Suikotsu’s name comes from two kanji (睡, “sui“; 骨, “kotsu“), and is usually translated as “sleep skill.” It is often assumed that Suikotsu is his birth name, since all his personalities seem to share the same name.

Information

Suikotsu has two, definite split personalities. One, a gentle, philanthropist doctor who looks after orphans; the other is a sadistic, Wolverine-appearance killer that earns him his spot in the Band of Seven. When his evil side takes hold he seems to possess a dry sense of humour and a insatiable desire for blood, while when his good side is in control he often hallucinates that he has blood on his hands. He may have a third personalitiy, as shown after he falls off a rope-bridge; this personality seems to be a combination of his other two. Doctor Suikotsu develops a close, empathic relationship with Kikyo, and some fans speculate it bordered on romantic attraction.

When his evil side is in control, he has six green tiger-like markings on the edge of his face. The markings are strikingly similar to what a general evil character has painted on their face in Japanese opera.

Death

In both the anime and manga, Suikotsu dies after a battle with Kikyo and Sesshomaru, the latter of which decided to fight him after he kidnapped and threatened to kill Rin. Afer suffering a fatal attack, he asks Kikyo to remove his jewel shard from his neck so that he can die peacefully. Sadly however, Jakotsu removes the shard instead.