Kagome

Kagome (as seen in the anime)

Kagome Higurashi (日暮 かごめ, nichi kure kagome) is one of the main protagonists of the series. Born in modern Japan as the spiritual reincarnation of the priestess Kikyo, Kagome has the Shikon Jewel unknowingly hidden inside her body until 1997, when a demon pulls her into the Bone Eater’s Well and 500 years back through time. They emerge in the Feudal Era about 50 years after Kikyo’s death, where the demon extracts the jewel from Kagome. Kagome takes over the task of protecting the Shikon Jewel from evil influences, but accidentally shatters it into numerous shards that disperse throughout the country. She shares many traits with Kikyo spiritual power, physical appearance, and (according to InuYasha) even scent but does not retain Kikyo’s memories or personality, and is a very different individual.

Biography

Kagome is the heroine of the manga/anime series. Her family lives at an ancient shrine. She is a miko (priestess) and is the reincarnation of Kikyo. In present day Japan, 15-year-old Kagome Higurashi was pulled into the shrines well by the centipede woman and taken to feudal Japan, where she finds a boy with long white hair and strange dog-ears named InuYasha pinned to a tree. When she frees him, he mistakes her for Kikyo, the one who bound him to the tree in the first place. He seeks the Shinkon No Tama, the Jewel of Four Souls, or The Sacred Jewel as some would call it, that Kagome has. When Kagome shatters the jewel with a purifying arrow, it’s shards are spread across Japan and implanted in demons. InuYasha and Kagome set out to find the Jewel Shards to make the Jewel whole again. Naraku is an evil demon who searches for the Jewel Shards for his own purposes. Now, InuYasa and Kagome travel with a monk, Miroku, a Kitsune, Shippo, and a Demon Slayer and her cat, Sango and Kirara, to defeat Naraku and find all the Jewel Shards.

Kagome’s grandpa makes up fake illnesses to excuse Kagome from school to continue her quest with InuYasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo in the feudal area. She is often stressed over tests and wants to go back home to study, though InuYasha does want her to stay. This usually causes arguments between InuYasha and Kagome.

The leader of the Wolf Tribe, Kouga, is infatuated with Kagome, and often calls her “his woman”

Through their traveling, Kagome begins to develop romantic feelings toward InuYasha (in the anime series she admitted she was in love with him), but usually remains heartbroken because Inuyasha still has feelings for Kikyo, and often goes out to find her. The relationship between InuYasha and Kagome grows more and more through-out the manga/anime series. By the end of the manga however, their love is out in full force as the two are now married.

 Relationships

• InuYasha - Inuyasha initially was angry about how Kikyo had betrayed him and projected it at Kagome, but eventually he realized that she was not Kikyo and slowly opened his heart as she showed him kindness and compassion. However, their friendship and blossoming love does not stop Kagome from shouting “Sit boy!” when warranted. She is also very jealous and upset when he goes after Kikyo on occasion, totally forgetting about her. At the end of the series, Kagome marries Inuyasha.
• Shippo - She treats Shippo almost like a little brother or even a surrogate son, bringing him candy from the modern era and forcing InuYasha to “Sit” whenever he bullies Shippo.
• Miroku - While he is at times a lecherous nuisance, she respects his knowledge and actions and knows that he would gladly give his life for his friends if the need arose for.
• Koga - Kagome likes Kouga as a friend and trusts him. However his claims that they are in love have caused a strain between her and InuYasha, even though she really isn’t interested in Kouga.
• Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi - Kagome’s three friends in the modern era, although they tend to be more than a little nosy about Kagome’s “jealous boyfriend” and wonder why she is interested in him.
• Hojo is one of Kagome’s male classmates who incessantly persues her, and often brings herbal medicines and similar items to treat her “illnesses.” His ancestor, Houjou Akitoki, had such an infatuation with her that he even convinced his wife to change her name to Kagome.
• Sango is the demon slayer, along the manga/anime you can clearly see that her fondness for each other becomes stronger, and even act like sisters toward each other and also tell each other secrets and what they think, eventually Kagome on the manga says “Sango is my best friend, I will do anything to save her”.

 Attacks

Purification Powers: this power allows Kagome to purify anything she touches. By gathering large amounts of concentrated energy in her right palm, she can direct it at an opponent.

Spiritual Powers: Kagome can pass through barriers, spells, and illusions. Kagome can also sense evil auras and be unaffected by them. It is also revealed that her powers ,to a great extent, are sealed by the Shikon no Tama(the Jewel of Four Souls), so she may have many other powers than these.

Jewel Detecting: this allows Kagome to sense the exact location of the Shikon Jewel shards. Kikyo had this ability as well.

Kyudo: Kagome uses a basic bow as a weapon. If she infuses her power into the bow, she can reflect an enemy’s attack. Her bow has the power to strike evil spirits or the user’s intended target bypassing others, if the opponent should happen to be using a hostage as a shield, the arrow will bypass the hostage and hit the enemy instead.

Sacred Arrow: Kagome can fuse her power into her arrows. This allows the arrows to penetrate demonic forces and purify objects.

Sacred Backlash Wave: This attack is a combination of InuYasha’s Backlash Wave and Kagome’s Sacred Arrow. It consists of Kagome firing one of her Sacred Arrows into the center of InuYasha’s Backlash Wave, creating a very powerful attack.

Character Profile: Kagome Higurashi

Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Name	Kagome Higurashi	Kagome Higurashi
Alias
Race	Human	Human
Gender	Female	Female
Age	15 years old	15 years old
Hair	Black	Black
Eyes	Brown(Blue in the manga)	Brown(Blue in the manga)
Height	About 5′1″(source: estimated based on InuYasha’s height)	About 155 cm(source: estimated based on InuYasha’s height)
Weight	109 lbs.	49.4 kg
Blood	Type AB	Type AB
Status	Kikyo’s reincarnation	Kikyou’s reincarnation
Quote	“Sit boy!”	“Osuwari!”
· · ·	“InuYasha!!”	“InuYasha!!”
Voice	Monica Stori	Satsuki Yukino
Debut	Episode 1	Episode 1
Anime	InuYasha	InuYasha
· · ·	Inuyasha the Movie	Inuyasha: Toki wo Koeru Omoi
· · ·	InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island	Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Horaijima

Kagome Higurashi Biographical information Age 15 Status Alive Physical description Species Human Gender Female Hair color Black Eye color Brown Chronological and political information Era(s) Modern Era, Feudal Era, Affiliation Inuyasha, Shippo, Miroku, Sango
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Kagome Higurashi is one of the main characters of the Inuyasha series.

Kagome was the grand-daughter of the keeper of Higurashi Shrine, a shintō shrine near Tokyo. Unbeknownst to her and her family, Kagome was the reincarnation of Kikyo and the bearer of the Jewel of Four Souls. She would later learn of this and her importance through Kaede, Kikyo’s younger sister.

Meeting Inuyasha

While celebrating her fifteenth birthday, Kagome was pulled into The Bone Eater’s Well by a centipede yōkai, known as the Mistress Centipede, and taken into feudal Japan, specifically the Sengoku period. While wondering around in the forest, Kagome encountered an unconscious half dog demon pinned to a tree. After awakening him by releasing the arrow from his arm, the demon introduced himself as Inuyasha. Inuyasha saved Kagome from Mistress Centipede, killing her shortly after.

The union was cut short after the Jewel of Four Souls was stolen by a demon. In an attempt to rescue the jewel, Kagome unintentionally shattered it and split the jewel into many shards.