Kotarou Inugami

Kotarou Inugami, also known as Kotarou Murakami and Kojirou Oogami, is a character from the Mahou Sensei Negima?! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Negi's best friend and rival ever since he got pummeled by him during the Kyoto Class Trip. In many ways, he's a textbook shonen action protagonist, and often contrasted to Negi, to whom he sometimes (futilely) tries teaching how to act like a brash and overconfident hero rather than a meek and polite Badass Bookworm. Kotarou is still in the 'girls have cooties' stage of development, though Chizuru and Natsumi become surrogate older sisters for him. 
As he's Half-Dog Demon, he can change shape. Usually, he looks human, except for his ears and tail, but can transform into a giant wolf-like dog or something in between. He favors pure hand-to-hand combat, but also has the ability to control dog familiars and shadows.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Mahou Sensei Negima! Movie: Anime Final
* Mahou Sensei Negima!: Mou Hitotsu no Sekai
* Mahou Sensei Negima!: Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba
=== Manga ===
* Mahou Sensei Negima!
* Mahou Sensei Negima! Volume 0
* Negiho: Mahora Little Girls
* Negima!? Neo
== Trivia ==
* As stated above Kotarou does not appear in either anime series. The Kyoto arc, where he is supposed to appear, is depicted in the first anime series as a drastically shortened one because of lack of material at the time of production; while Negima!? follows a different storyline and presents different circumstances regarding Konoka and Setsuna, therefore preventing a Kyoto arc-like scenario (although he appears twice in the Summer OVA, first in a group picture from the manga of some of the contestants of the MahoraFest Tournament that is shown during the opening credits, and at the end, when his face is on a fan Chizuru is holding, he is not actually present). However, Kotarou makes appearances in Negima!? Neo from chapter 16 onward.
* Kotarou's concept and characterization are possibly driven from the title character of InuYasha, as Ken Akamatsu admits to being a fan of that series -- Kotarou shares Inuyasha's rough language, bluntness, and body language, both are dog hanyou and his Beast form also bears a minor resemblance. When Asuna witnessed Kotarou's transformation for the first time, she mentioned about seeing it before in some manga, or, in the English manga, claims that he was in the wrong manga.
* In Chapter 339 when Kotarou saved Madoka from the bullies, he called them "Level 5 small fry". This is most likely a reference with Farmer with a Shotgun from Dragon Ball Z where he is referred it by Raditz.
== Gallery ==
File:Koutarou Inugami Render 01.png
File:Koutarou Inugami Render 02.png
File:Koutarou Inugami 01.png
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== External Links ==
* Kotarou Inugami at Negima! Wiki
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