Inuyasha

Inuyasha, also known as Dog Demon, is the titular main protagonist from the InuYasha series.
== Charactah Account ==
Inuyasha is the son of a dog youkai and a human woman. Persecuted throughout his childhood due to his half-breed nature, he sought to use the Shikon Jewel to become a full youkai, but fell in love with the Jewel's human guardian, the miko Kikyo. Fifty years prior to the start of the series, Kikyo sealed Inuyasha to a tree with a magical arrow; when Kagome releases him, he resumes his mission to obtain the Shikon Jewel, which requires him to team up with Kagome to track down the broken Jewel's many shards.
Even when his life was in danger, Inuyasha refused to back down. Enemies were taken aback by his unorthodox fighting style, and he achieved victories greater than his abilities would suggest. Inuyasha was driven by a fierce, persistent determination to win, and his guts in battle have proven to work in his favor. However, his volatile emotions could often drive him to behave childishly, and became tiresome to his friends at times. Inuyasha himself could not control his tumultuous soul. Even if seriously wounded, he would completely forget about his pain the moment someone he was trying to protect was in danger. Because of this, his emotions often pushed his body past its limits. This was especially true when Kagome was involved. Inuyasha was incredibly hotheaded and easy to upset, often striking out with his fists toward the source of his annoyance. He even occasionally struck young kids if they bothered him, which was often the case with Shippo. He was impatient by nature and could be very prideful, having much difficulty admitting he was wrong about something.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* InuYasha
* InuYasha Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
* InuYasha Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
* InuYasha Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
* InuYasha Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
* InuYasha: Black Tessaiga
* InuYasha: The Final Act
* Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep
* It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shounen Sunday
* Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet
* Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
* Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act
=== Manga ===
* Heroes Come Back
* InuYasha
* Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
=== Video Games ===
* InuYasha
* InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
* InuYasha: Feudal Combat
* InuYasha: Kagome no Sengoku Nikki
* InuYasha: Kagome no Yume Nikki
* InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel
* InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask
* Sunday & Magazine: White Comic
* Sunday vs. Magazine: Shuuketsu! Choujou Daikessen
== Trivia ==
* Although the official translation of his name is "Dog Forest Spirit" or "Wild Dog Spirit,"  a less profound, albeit more faithful, translation of "Inuyasha" is "Dog Yaksha". A yaksha is a race of creatures, or spirits, in Hinduism and Buddhism that traditionally live in forests, which is most likely the intent behind the "official" translation of "Dog Forest Spirit," since, while inaccurate, it is the one translation least likely to generate confusion among fans.
* "Yasha” is the Japanese reading of the Sanskrit word "yaksha". Interestingly, a yaksha is a close equivalent in Indian culture of the class of creatures in Japanese folklore known as youkai, featured throughout the series. Because the characters for Yasha (loaned from China) were almost certainly chosen by the Chinese to approximate the original phonetic pronunciation of the Sanskrit word, their literal meaning ("night fork") is purely coincidental, and therefore irrelevant.
* In Hinduism, the yaksha (male) and yakshini (female) represent a variety of supernatural creatures. Some of them are good, and serve the gods or protect nature, and some of them are evil and are instead called “rakshasa” (male) or “rakshasi” (female). The yaksha was adopted into Buddhist mythology, and in Japanese, the word became “yasha.” The Yasha became part of the Eight Legions that defend righteousness, serving the Heavenly King Bishamonten, who defends the northerly direction. Yasha is typically depicted as having long, fluffy hair and horns. In Inuyasha's case, instead of horns, he has dog ears. Thus, “Inu” Yasha.
* Ironically, the nomenclature of Inuyasha closely parallels Onigumo (a type of demon + name of the animal, i.e., "ogre spider").
* Inuyasha frequently wore a baseball cap when in the modern world to disguise his demon nature from people outside of Kagome's family. Humorously, his silver hair and claws went unnoticed by others.
* In Episode 135, Inuyasha revealed that he could still talk in between Kagome's "Sit!" commands.
* In some episodes, Inuyasha's toenails were shaped just like a human's, while in others, they were sharpened like his claws.
* In the two episodes, when Inuyasha fights Naraku at Mt. Hakurei, Inuyasha called his Tessaiga to him when it was out of his reach.
* In InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, Inuyasha was shown to have been born with a full head of silver hair, unlike regular human babies, who are born bald or have small tufts of hair on their heads.
* Inuyasha's favorite food from the modern world was instant noodles, much to Kagome's annoyance given her effort to prepare homecooked meals.
* Based on the information provided in both the anime and movies, it could be concluded that InuYasha was born roughly around the year 1297 in Winter on a Full Moon, which would be during the Kamakura period.
* Inuyasha has at least once, attempted to slay Lum.
* Inuyasha's canine features (his pointed dogs-ears) are modeled after those of the Japanese native Spitz dogs breeds, such as the Akita Inu, the Shiba Inu, the Shikoku Inu, Kishu Ken, and the Hokkaido Inu.
* Inuyasha is the second character in Rumiko Takahashi's works voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi, who initially played Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½, many characters in the Rumiko Takahashi's anthology series Rumic Theater (Bettou from The Merchant of Romance, Minoru Furuda from Middle Aged Teen and Aisaki from Aberrant Family F), Sabato Rokudō from Kyōkai no Rinne and Kōsuke Shirai in the Urusei Yatsura OVA: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet.
* He makes a cameo together with Kagome in the last episode of Rumiko Takahashi's anthology series Rumic Theater, The Executive's Dog.
* Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru were parodied by Wataru and Hayate in the series Hayate the Combat Butler. Wataru even imitates Inuyasha's Wind Scar attack. The "Kaze" part of "Kaze no Kizu" was bleeped, most likely to avoid copyright infringement.
* He makes a cameo in episode 2 of Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
* In the unofficial live-action series Holy Pearl, Inuyasha was renamed as Wen Tian, who was half-dragon and half-human.
* He was played by Atsuhiro Sato in a live-action stage play and by Yutaka Kyan in the 2016 adaption.
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== External Links ==
* Inuyasha at InuYasha Wiki
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