Kazuma Kuwabara

Kazuma Kuwabara, also known as Kuwa-chan and Kazu, is one of the main characters from the Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kuwabara, as most people call him, is the second-toughest kid in Sarayashiki Junior High School and is always trying to usurp Yusuke Urameshi's position as the toughest. In the manga(chp.1) he says he never lost a fight until he met Yusuke. He leads a gang consisting of himself, Kirishima, Okubo, and Sawamura (In the English dub, Komada). He has a soft spot for kittens (including his own, Eikichi) and an iron code of honor. He develops a minor crush on Botan when he first meets her, but later harbors intense feelings on the ice apparition Yukina, but is unaware that she is Hiei's sister.
Kuwabara has a tough older sister named Shizuru Kuwabara. She and Yukina are the only characters known to call him by his given name. In the anime, Kazuma and Shizuru's parents never appear and are rarely, if ever, even acknowledged. His father does makes a brief appearance in the final volume of the manga to reveal that Yukina is going to be living with them and appears to be aware of the Reikai, etc. As the show progress, Kuwabara's and Yusuke's relationship evolves from rivals to best friends, although the two still disagree constantly. Kuwabara and Kurama are quite cordial with each other, but Kuwabara shares no love for Hiei, and both will readily mention their hatred of the other, although in truth deep down they are friends.
Kuwabara's most unusual ability is his sensitivity to Reiki, or Spirit Awareness. He and his band of friends call this "the Tickle." Kuwabara has the ability to sense when ghosts and the paranormal are around, can see spirits and other demons, and can predict motives of others. Kuwabara can also create a blade out of his own spirit energy (known as the Rei Ken, or Spirit Sword). Although he first needed a piece of wood as a physical entity to create it, Kuwabara was able to practice and be able to create his own after one month. During his training, Kuwabara's sword is able to extend and shrink to his whim, and he can even create two, one in each hand.
== 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
* 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 ==
* His family name, Kuwabara, means "mulberry field". According to Chinese legend, mulberry trees cannot be struck by lightning. Saying "kuwabara" twice is supposed to ward off lightning bolts. It is also sometimes spoken as a means of warding off ghosts in Japan.
* His name, Kazuma, means peace and truth.
* He is popularly known as Alfred in the Filipino dub.
* In both the Japanese and English dub versions of the anime, Kuwabara's Spirit Sword, when activated, has a similar sound effect to the lightsaber weapon of the Star Wars franchise.
* Togashi came up with the character's name by combining the names of two professional baseball players. Coincidentally, a few baseball references were used in the series as well for Kuwabara. The manga version of the Genkai Tournament had Kuwabara wear street clothes, with a baseball jersey, as opposed to the anime where he wore his school uniform. Also Kuwabara had used his sword as a baseball bat on two occasions.
* Kuwabara is the only member of Team Urameshi to participate in every round of the Dark Tournament.
* Mari Kitayama, a lead character designer for the anime adaptation, has stated that she considers Kuwabara to be the most difficult character to design.
* In the Korean dub he was named "Ma Chul-ban". In the subbed anime he was called Guwabara, but retains his name in the manga translation.
* Kuwabara's birthday is sometime around February 27.
* In the commentary, Christopher Sabat makes fun of Kuwabara's absence in the majority of last season by claiming Kuwabara left due to the growing insanity around him saying (in the Kuwabara voice) "This is weird, I'm taking off" and "When life gets tough, don't be in the last saga!"
* A lookalike of Kuwabara makes a cameo appearance in Dragon Ball GT.
* In one episode of Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan, a guy just like Kuwabara is in a bathroom while Dokuro-Chan was trying to find Sakura-Kun.
* Kuwabara is the only one of the four main characters of Team Urameshi that never killed a demon that was named.
* Kuwabara has yellow reiki, except when using the Dimensional Sword, which shows a greenish-yellow reiki.
* Most of Kuwabara's opponents who fought against him survived their fights.
* He is the only member of the four main protagonists to be entirely human.
* Okuyasu Nijimura from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure bears resemblance to Kuwabara, along with sharing some character traits.
* The kanji on the back of his jacket translates to "Health/Safety Comes First". While those on his fighting headband of love translates to "Yukina's Life".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kazuma Kuwabara at YuYu Hakusho Wiki
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