Kurama (Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho)

Kurama, also known as Shuuichi Minamino and Youko, is one of the main characters from the Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kurama is an over-thousand-years-old fox demon and former thief shot to near brink of death by a demon hunter. Unwilling to die, he forced his soul out to swim into the human world and merged with the fetus owned by the nearest pregnant woman he could spot, Shiori Minamino, and reborn as her son, Shuuichi Minamino.
Kurama was eventually targeted by the Spirit World upon him resurfacing his thievery practice, due to his willingness to surrender his actions, Kurama was sentenced for parole, and would have his criminal records waived if he were to aid Yusuke in his Spirit Detective investigations.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (Movie)
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Picture Drama
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Specials
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Image Hakusho - Dark Tournament Chapter
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Image Hakusho II
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Mu Mu Hakusho - Nightmare Hakusho
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Poltergeist Report
=== Manga ===
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
=== Video Games ===
* Grand Summoners
* J Legend Retsuden
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Monster Strike
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho 2: Kakutou no Sho
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho 100% Maji Battle
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Dai-Ni-Dan: Ankoku Bujutsu Kai Hen
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Dai-San-Dan: Makai no Tobira
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Dai-Yon-Dan: Makai Touitsu Hen
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Final
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Forever
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Gaiden
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho II: Gekitou! Nanakyou no Tatakai
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho Tournament Tactics
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Bakutou Ankoku Bujutsu Kai
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Dark Tournament
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Horobishi Mono no Gyakushuu
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen
* Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Spirit Detective
== Trivia ==
* Kitayama finds Kurama to be the easiest of the main characters to design due to his well-proportioned features.
* Kurama is revealed to be the real name of the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within Naruto during the final story arc of the Naruto series; its mangaka Masashi Kishimoto is said to have been inspired from the Yu Yu Hakusho series.
* David Hayter, who voices Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie, also voiced Solid Snake in the popular video game Metal Gear Solid.
* In the Hyper Police anime, Kurama made a cameo appearance in the episode 4 when Natsuko is in the house of Sakura.
* Kurama's original manga color scheme was black hair and a blue uniform; the animators chose a red and pink version instead, possibly to give more color variety to Team Urameshi as Hiei and Yusuke have black hair and Kuwabara already wears a blue uniform.
* Kurama made a cameo appearance in Yoshihiro Togashi's second hit manga series Hunter x Hunter, in Volume 8, Chapter 69, as an action figure alongside Yusuke and Hiei, inside the room of Milluki Zoldyck.
* Kurapika, one of the main characters in the manga series Hunter X Hunter, is largely based on Kurama :
** Kurapika is a cunning, master strategist who always planned his attacks in advance.
** Both Kurama and Kurapika have the same first two syllables in their names and are the only main characters to do so.
** In the same way that Kurama was ranked second place for most popular character in the Yu Yu Hakusho manga, Kurapika was also voted in second place in the Hunter X Hunter popularity contest.
** Just as Kurama could manipulate plants in order to immobilize, capture, attack and kill his enemies, Kurapika had the ability to conjure up a chain from his aura, which was used for the same purposes as Kurama's plants were.
** He is a master martial artist.
** He bore a profound feeling of respect and love towards his friends and family, and would never sacrifice their lives in order to achieve his own personal goals.
** He possesses a calm, collective, and friendly personality that belied his sinister, wrathful, and hateful feelings towards those who had wronged or hurt him in the past.
** Chinese-style robes are his main form of clothing.
** His androgynous appearance has lead readers to wonder if he was in fact a girl. In one chapter, he is mistaken as being a girl by his archenemy.
** He is highly intelligent with a wide knowledge of the world.
** He is a boy prodigy who rapidly learned to control his superhuman abilities.
* Kurama is usually crippled in some way during his fights:
** Genbu wounds him in the stomach and he could no longer fight for the duration of the mission.
** Roto holds a button, threatening to send a signal to his demon brother to kill Kurama's mother if he fought back.
** Gama anchors down Kurama's arms and legs with his paint-based sealing techniques.
** Touya faces him while his power is sealed away by Gama's final technique.
** Ura Urashima tricks him into being exposed to the Idun Box (which ultimately works to Kurama's advantage as it transforms him into Yoko Kurama).
* Kurama is the only fighter on Team Urameshi to technically lose in the finals against team Toguro.
* Kurama hides seeds in his hair.
* During his fight with Elder Toguro/Gourmet, Kurama showed the ability to suppress all thought in his mind and fight solely on impulse. He also is capable of hiding his true plans underneath layers of false planning.
* He had a classmate named Maya who became really attached to him when he was 14, as shown in volume 7 chapter 9 of the manga and in the 2018 OVA "Two Shots".
* Kurama met Hiei when he was 14 years old (as Shuichi Minamino).
* He seems prone to taking wounds in the stomach.
* He has an incredible sense of smell and can read lips.
* Kurama planned to leave Human World to return to Demon World after regaining his strength, but it would take an estimated 10 years to do so. In the end, he never left because of the sacrifice of his human mother.
* During the Three Kings Saga, Kurama's Yōki is stated to be 1,902 (In the manga) and 8,902 (In the anime). When transforming into Yoko Kurama his Yōki is 152,000.
** This means Kurama has roughly a twentieth of his demon powers in human form. He more than makes up for this weakness through strategy.
* His seiyu, Megumi Ogata, also voiced Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon (90's anime only). Coincidentally, Yu Yu Hakusho's mangaka, Yoshihiro Togashi, is married to Naoko Takeuchi, the mangaka for Sailor Moon.
* In the Korean dub he is named "Cho-Hong" (초홍), which, unlike Hiei's Korean name, is not a hanja translation of his Japanese name. In the Korean sub, he is called "Gurama", but is still called Kurama in the manga translation.
* It has been stated in latest releases that Kurama's Birthday falls on December 29.
* The Filipino dub initially called him Denise, because the dubbers thought he was a woman. When they learned the truth, they changed his name to Dennis and explained that he was disguising himself as a woman named Denise.
* He was Megumi Ogata's debut role.
** In an interview, Megumi Ogata said that Kurama was one of her most memorable works, along with Sailor Uranus from 'Sailor Moon', Shinji Ikari from 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', and Melvina McGarren in the video game 'Melty Lancer'.
* In the anime, Kurama's hairstyle bears a resemblance to Feldt Grace's hair from Gundam.
* Kurama is a popular character among fans of the series.
** This is likely due to him being the "straight man" in the comedic lunacy of his comrades. In terms of personality, Kurama falls between the loudmouths Yusuke and Kuwabara, and the stoic Hiei.
** In the Animage Anime Grand Prix, he was ranked as the third most popular male anime character of 1993 and the most popular male character in both 1994 and 1995.
** His alternate Demon Fox Kurama form was ranked sixteenth in 1994.
** Yoko Kurama additionally won About.com's "Best Supporting Character" in its 2005 Anime Award Show.
** Kurama was also ranked the third best male anime character of the 1990s by Newtype.
** In the manga poll in volume 12, Kurama was placed 2nd by 13,514 votes by fans..
* Like Hiei, Kurama's name comes from the Kurama Mountain, in Kyoto, Japan. It is the location of a famous Buddhist temple. Mt. Hiei stands right beside it.
* Kurama's human name translates in two parts: the given (Shuichi) means "excellence first", while the surname (Minamino) means "Southern Field" and is also the name of a famous Japanese warrior. To this day, the surname is only allowed to families of nobility or higher social standing.
* Kurama is the name of a rural town in the northern mountains of Kyoto City, less than one hour from the city center. Kurama town is best known for its temple Kurama-dera and its hot spring, one of the most easily accessible hot springs from Kyoto.
* Kurama is the only member of team Urameshi to remain undefeated in the Demon world tournament (though he must have either lost or forfeited at some point before the end considering the fact that he did not win).
* Kurama's Yoki is Purple in color.
* His name was also used in a sumo wrestler named Kurama Tatsuya.
* Kurama is possibly the most intelligent character in the series.
* Kurama is the only main character among the four who doesn't go shirtless during any battle.
* Kurama (Shuichi Minamino) and Youko Kurama have a resemblance of a fox. Shuichi Minamino (by hair color) represents the Red Fox, which is native to Japan. Youko Kurama himself represents a Silver Fox.
* Though never outright stated, the side-effects of the Seed of Decarnation potion Kurama drank at the Dark Tournament seems to have left his human side and demon side unbalanced .
** .Kurama seems to have involuntarily transformed into Youko Kurama following Yusuke's death at the hands of Shinobu Sensui. In the anime, this was stated to be merely a cosmetic change resulting from exposure to Youki.
** In the Three Kings arc, Kurama states that he feels like his old self once a month.
*** He reverts to his demon form whenever he is in extreme danger. Though, in the anime, he uses his sheer willpower to suppress Yoko; he decided not to rely on his old self.
*** The anime shows Kurama reverting to Yoko while gazing at the moon.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kurama at Yu Yu Hakusho Wiki
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