Yu Yu Hakusho

is a Japanese manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi. He died saving a child from a car. Yusuke goes through tests presented by Koenma, the son of the ruler of the afterlife Underworld. After those tests, Yusuke is brought back to life. He then becomes "Underworld Detective" and investigate many cases involving demons and ghosts in the human world. Later manga becomes more focused on martial arts battles and tournaments. Togashi began creating the series in November 1990.

The manga was originally published in Shueisha's _Weekly Shōnen Jump_ from December 1990 to July 1994. The series has 175 chapters collected in 19 _tankōbon_ volumes. In North America, the manga ran completely in Viz's _Shonen Jump_ from January 2003 to January 2010. There is an anime based on this manga with 112 television episodes. It was directed by Noriyuki Abe and co-produced by Fuji Television, Yomiko Advertising, and Studio Pierrot. At first, the television series aired on Japan's Fuji TV network from October 10, 1992 to December 17, 1994. It was later licensed in North America by Funimation in 2001. There it aired on popular Cartoon Network blocks including Adult Swim and later Toonami. The television series has also been broadcast in various other countries around the world. The _Yu Yu Hakusho_ franchise has produced two animated films. It also has produced a series of original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games and other merchandise. The manga sold over fifty million copies in Japan. It won the Shogakukan Manga Award for _shōnen_ manga in 1993. The animated series won the _Animage_ Anime Grand Prix prize for best anime in 1994 and 1995. _Yu Yu Hakusho_ has been watched by a large number of television viewers in Japan.

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Yu Yu Hakusho
- **ja kanji**: 幽☆遊☆白書
- **ja romaji**: Yū Yū Hakusho
- **genre**: Adventure genre, Adventure, comedy, Supernatural fiction, supernatural


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Yoshihiro Togashi
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Shōnen Jump
- **first**: December 3, 1990
- **last**: July 25, 1994
- **volumes**: 19
- **volume list**: List of Yu Yu Hakusho chapters


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **producer**: Ken Hagino <small>(Studio Pierrot)</small>
Kenji Shimizu <small>(Fuji TV)</small>
Koji Kaneda <small>(Fuji TV)</small>
Kyotaro Kimura <small>(Yomiko Advertising)</small>
- **writer**: Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
- **music**: Yusuke Honma
- **studio**: Pierrot (company), Pierrot
- **network**: Fuji Television, Fuji TV
- **first**: October 10, 1992
- **last**: December 17, 1994
- **episodes**: 112
- **episode list**: List of Yu Yu Hakusho episodes


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: ova
- **title**: Eizou Hakusho
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **writer**: Shigeru Chiba
- **music**: Yusuke Honma
- **studio**: Pierrot
- **first**: September 21, 1994
- **last**: February 7, 1996
- **episodes**: 6


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: ova
- **title**: Two Shot _&_ All or Nothing
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **studio**: Pierrot
- **released**: October 26, 2018
- **runtime**: 15 minutes each
- **episodes**: 2


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Related
- **content**: * List of Yu Yu Hakusho films


## Infobox (animanga/footer)