Tōga (Inuyasha)

Tōga, also known as the Great Dog Demon, is the overarching protagonist of the Inuyasha manga and anime series.
He was a powerful Demon throughtout feudal Japan quite well and feared as being very strongest of his kind. He is the father of Sesshōmaru (from his first wife) and Inuyasha, born from his second wife who's a human.
==History==
===Prior to series===
Tōga was the powerful dog yōkai who ruled the Saikoku region of Japan as his domain and protected it from major threats such as foreign invasion and policed the area as well.
Tōga had fought with Kirinmaru in the Heian Period, the Lord of the Eastern Lands, in battle and won as he cuts his left horn and right arm. One century later, they joined forces to destroy a fragment of the Grim Comet that could destroy the earth. Sometimes later in the Kamakura era, Tōga fell in love with a human noblewoman named Izayoi. Among his travels, he would challenged great demons; Among them was Lord Hyōga in the Mongol Invasion, the Panther King, and Shishinki who lost half of his face when Tōga absorbed his Meidō Zangetsuha into Tenseiga and Tessaiga.
===Death===
Tōga would finally met his match with and after his battle with the dragon Ryūkotsusei. while he did seal Ryūkotsusei into a cliff, but he was fataliy wounded. He would later informed by Myōga about his Izayoi's pregnancy with his second child. But the samuri Takemaru discovered this and sought to prevent the half-demon from being born. Tōga rushed to Izayoi despite Myōga's pleas.
Apond arriving, he overpowered Takemaru's troops with ease dispite suffering further injuries. Takemaru came to challenged him, stating that he killed the noblewoman before giving birth. Enraged and grief-stricked, Tōga cut his left arm and raced into the mansion while Takemaru ordered to burn it down. He reached to were Izayoi's body and her newborn son, he used the Tenseiga to save her life and covered his wife and son with the Robe of the Fire-Rat to protect them from the flames. He then drewed Sō'unga as Takemaru came to fight Tōga to the death. Knowing he will die, Tōga told Izayoi to live and named his newborn son Inuyasha after words. As Izayoi flees when he told her to, Tōga battles Takemaru as the buning mansion collapsed with neither of then survived.
===Legacy===
Tōga's remains, along side Tessaiga, were consigned to the gateway region of the Netherworld - the Black Pearl within Inuyasha's eye. Myōga was charged to keep an eye on Inuyasha and help him inherit when he was old enough while Tōtōsai 'delivered' Tenseiga to Sesshōmaru according to Tōga's will. While no plans were given for the unstable Sō'unga, Tōga hoped that his sons would find a way; resulting with their combined power to consigned it to Hell forever.
The Great Dog-Demon was remembered fondly among various yōkai's in his services and showed deep respect to Sesshōmaru and - less frequently - Inuyasha. His enemies was finished by both of his sons; Inuyasha kills Ryūkotsusei and Hyōga's son, Menōmaru, with the Backlash Wave, while Shishinki was killed by Sesshōmaru and they both defeated the Panther King when the Panther tribe attacked again. Tōga's son by the end of the series would learn their father's lessons. Inuyasha would security in his new happy life with Kagome Higurashi, diespite his half-demon heritage. While Sesshōmaru was taught the values of compassion, this balance his constant search for power that created his own yōkai sword, Bakusaiga, and created a strong bond with his eventual human wife, Rin.
==Personality==
==Powers and Abilities==
===Weapons===
*Robe of the Fire-Rat: Tōga normally wears is woven from the hair of the Fire-Rate. It serves as a fireproof armor and has the ability to regenerate itself; for example, in the third movie, Tōga was able to go through the walls of Izayoi's burning mansion, until he gave it to Izayoi to protect her and their newborn baby.
*Tessaiga: Tessaiga, also the "Sword of Earth", is a powerful yōkai sword forged from his fangs by the bladesmith Tōtōsai. The sword can kill one hundred demons or humans with a single stroke as a means to protect his human wife, Izayoi. It was left to his youngest son, Inuyasha.
*Tenseuga: Also known as the "Sword of Heaven", the Tenseiga is a powerful yōkai sword from his fangs by the blade smith Tōtōsai to reviving one hundred dead demons or humans with one stroke. But it also cut spirits, the living dead and beings in the underworld. It was left to his oldest son, Sesshōmaru, with the hopes of teaching him compassion
*Sō'unga: In the distant past, Tōga took possession of the sentient sword of ancient evil to preventing it from any disasters from happening. The Great Dog Demon wield it's ability to control the dead and open the gate of hell without being possessed. With his death, Tōga hope his sons would seal Sō'unga in Hell for good.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
==External Links==
*Tōga on the Inuyasha Wiki
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