Yuusuke Urameshi

Yuusuke Urameshi, also known as Dimwit and Raizen Jr., is the main protagonist from the Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yuusuke is a Spirit Detective who is tasked with protecting Human World from various supernatural threats over the course of the series and his closest friends as well as greatest allies to many. He is also the de facto leader of Team Urameshi and the general person to look to when the going gets tough.
Having a no-show for a father and with his mother always off somewhere else (getting drunk or partying), Yuusuke has grown up in a very neglectful environment. He's short-tempered, impulsive, merciless and likes to intimidate those who are afraid of him. Underneath his bold, cocky attitude, he has a joking and kind nature. Yuusuke has also had the bad luck of having to deal with so many cruel and despicable people at such a young age. Iwamoto being among them.
One of his most notable traits is his desire to fight, which becomes more noticeable as the series progresses. Yuusuke has been noted on many occasions to be rather unintelligent, and, at times, just plain stupid. However, as his teacher Genkai later notes, he "can be a genius at fighting". Yuusuke's desire to fight is more out of enjoyment of a good brawl, and surprisingly Yuusuke doesn't like killing if he can avoid it.
Even though Yuusuke is feared by most students and severely disliked by almost all of the teachers, he is generally misunderstood. Keiko Yukimura, one of his childhood friends (and later love interest), is one of the very few who knows Yuusuke is actually very kind, and she sympathizes with his problems in life. Yuusuke also becomes very protective of his friends, especially Keiko, Botan, Koenma, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei. Out of all the six mentioned, though, Younger Toguro notes that Yuusuke is "the most protective" of Kuwabara, most likely because Yuusuke knew him longer than Hiei and Kurama, and also because of the frailty of Kuwabara's human heritage. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Good Luck Girl!
* 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
* J-Stars Victory VS
* J-Stars Victory VS+
* Jump Force
* Jump Super Stars
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* 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 ==
* The pronunciation of Yuusuke's name is Yus(u)ke, with a second silent "u" since the syllable "s" in Japanese always comes with a vowel sound.
* Yuusuke's first name means "ghost helper" and his last name is a word that is said by dead spirits.
* The Yu from Yuusuke and Rei from Reigum form the wordYurei, which is another Japanese word for ghost.
* Yuusuke is a pretty good judge of character, being instantly unnerved by those with malicious intent and knowing if someone harbors no ill will.
* For his job as Spirit Detective, Yuusuke only had five official cases. The first four cases made up the Spirit Detective Saga, while the fifth was the Chapter Black Saga.
* According to Hiei, Yuusuke would struggle to match wits with a gnat.
* In Yoshihiro Togashi's second famous manga series, Hunter X Hunter, Yuusuke makes a cameo appearance alongside Hiei and Kurama as action figures in the room of Milluki Zoldyck (69, volume 8).
* Yuusuke also makes a crossover appearance in the last panel of Yoshiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter yon-koma comic of 2011, where he asked about New Year's and is told he is in the wrong manga.
* Although he is often overlooked, Yuusuke is the youngest human to achieve S Class energy levels. Even as a Mazoku he is still the youngest to achieve this level of strength.
* Yuusuke's birthday falls some time between the second half of June and the start of July. This is supported by the fact that he left for Demon World on his birthday, and the fact that Kurama left a month after him, sometime between late July and early August to help Yomi's cause until the end of August. This also makes sense since the animal that manifests through his spirit energy (the phoenix) also rules the days between June 25 and July 24 of the Ancient Egyptian horoscope.
* Keiko says Yuusuke doesn't know how to whistle.
* In the manga after defeating Nekobaba, Yuusuke references Virtua Fighter by assuming a pose resembling a win pose from that series. His appearance changes to resemble Virtua Fighter's blocky graphics as well.
* Yuusuke has several songs on the soundtrack. By himself: "All Right!", "Akatsuki no Chikai ~Rising Sun~", "Dead or Alive ~Toushin~", "FIRE", "Kokoro o Tsunaide", "TOUGH", and "Tsukanoma no Sunset". With Keiko Yukimura: "Omoide o Tsubasa ni Shite". With Kurama, Hiei, and Kazuma Kuwabara: "Bokutachi no Kisetsu", "Hikari no Naka de", and "Yasashisa wa Nemuranai". There are also remixes of "Unbalance na Kiss o Shite " and "Taiyou ga Mata Kagayaku Toki" with him singing.
* In the Japanese magazine Animage Anime Grand Prix popularity poll, Yuusuke was ranked as the thirteenth most popular anime character in 1993, the tenth in 1994, and the eighth in 1995.
* In March 2010, Yuusuke was ranked sixteenth best male anime character of the 1990s by the Japanese magazine Newtype.
* In Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho manga volume 12, Yuusuke was voted 3rd most popular by 10,048 votes from fans.
* Coincidentally, the first name of the Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho music artist is Yuusuke.
* Yuusuke's reiki is blue while his yoki is red
* Yuusuke's test score in episode 3 is 12%. (He's actually PROUD of this, because Kuwabara scored 9%).
* Yuusuke has a tendency to stick his middle finger at people a lot.
* Yuusuke, alongside Yomi, made a cameo as high school students in the anime Good Luck Girl! on episode 7. Their 60 hour long fight was also mentioned.
* Ging from Hunter X Hunter is based on Yuusuke.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yusuke Urameshi at YuYu Hakusho Wiki
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