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Kurama
Kurama is a demon thief who, after being fatally wounded, fuses his soul with the unborn child of Shiori Minamino, effectively taking over.
He is born as Shuichi Minamino (Minamino Shu-ichi), a human with red hair (black with a dark red tint in the manga) and green eyes, though he retains his demon powers at a much lower level.
Kurama had originally planned to return to his demon form after regenerating his powers, but he changed his mind when he came to love his human mother.
They have a bond which Kurama cannot bear to break, and so he remains as Shuichi in the human world.
He meets Yusuke Urameshi in the first arc as a part of a trio of demons who steal three dangerous artifacts from Spirit World.
However, he uses the Mirror of Darkness (Ankoku-Kyo-, lit. "Darkness Mirror") (known as the "Forlorn Hope" in the English anime dub), a mirror capable of granting the user's desire at the cost of the user's life, to cure his mother of a deadly illness.
Yusuke saves Kurama's life with both of them giving half of their lifeforce, therefore they both survive (in the English anime dub, it cancels the sacrifice due to Yusuke's kindness).
This act bonds Yusuke and Kurama as friends and allies.
Kurama uses his demonic powers to control plants, including his signature weapon, a rose he turns into a whip of thorns capable of cutting through steel.
He also possesses a talent for analytical thinking, which allows him to gauge his opponents' strengths and weaknesses and formulate effective strategies.
During the Dark Tournament, Kurama is temporarily reverted to his original form, Demon Kurama (Yo-ko Kurama, "Demon fox Kurama") (referred to in the English anime dub as Yoko Kurama), a tall, silver-haired character with sharp nails, fox ears, and a tail.
As Demon Kurama, his powers are far greater and he is capable of creating demonic plants which possess various attributes and highly formidable powers.
At the end of the manga, he is shown working at his stepfather's company.
Kurama is voiced by Megumi Ogata (Shu-ichi) and Shigeru Nakahara (Demon Fox) in Japanese and John Burgmeier in English.
In the English dubs of the movies he is voiced by David Hayter in Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and by Hideo Seaver in Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report.
As with Hiei, Kurama's name simply "popped into [Togashi's] head" when developing the characters.
Kitayama finds Kurama to be the easiest of the main characters to design due to his well-proportioned features.
Kurama is a popular character among fans of the series.
In the Animage Anime Grand Prix, he was ranked as the third most popular male anime character of 1993 and the most popular male character in both 1994 and 1995.
His alternate Demon Fox Kurama form was ranked sixteenth in 1994.
Yoko Kurama additionally won About.com's "Best Supporting Character" in its 2005 Anime Award Show.
Kurama was also ranked the third best male anime character of the 1990s by Newtype.
His character name was "Dennis" when the series was aired in the Philippines.
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He is born as Shuichi Minamino (Minamino Shu-ichi), a human with red hair (black with a dark red tint in the manga) and green eyes, though he retains his demon powers at a much lower level.
Kurama had originally planned to return to his demon form after regenerating his powers, but he changed his mind when he came to love his human mother.
They have a bond which Kurama cannot bear to break, and so he remains as Shuichi in the human world.
He meets Yusuke Urameshi in the first arc as a part of a trio of demons who steal three dangerous artifacts from Spirit World.
However, he uses the Mirror of Darkness (Ankoku-Kyo-, lit. "Darkness Mirror") (known as the "Forlorn Hope" in the English anime dub), a mirror capable of granting the user's desire at the cost of the user's life, to cure his mother of a deadly illness.
Yusuke saves Kurama's life with both of them giving half of their lifeforce, therefore they both survive (in the English anime dub, it cancels the sacrifice due to Yusuke's kindness).
This act bonds Yusuke and Kurama as friends and allies.
Kurama uses his demonic powers to control plants, including his signature weapon, a rose he turns into a whip of thorns capable of cutting through steel.
He also possesses a talent for analytical thinking, which allows him to gauge his opponents' strengths and weaknesses and formulate effective strategies.
During the Dark Tournament, Kurama is temporarily reverted to his original form, Demon Kurama (Yo-ko Kurama, "Demon fox Kurama") (referred to in the English anime dub as Yoko Kurama), a tall, silver-haired character with sharp nails, fox ears, and a tail.
As Demon Kurama, his powers are far greater and he is capable of creating demonic plants which possess various attributes and highly formidable powers.
At the end of the manga, he is shown working at his stepfather's company.
Kurama is voiced by Megumi Ogata (Shu-ichi) and Shigeru Nakahara (Demon Fox) in Japanese and John Burgmeier in English.
In the English dubs of the movies he is voiced by David Hayter in Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and by Hideo Seaver in Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report.
As with Hiei, Kurama's name simply "popped into [Togashi's] head" when developing the characters.
Kitayama finds Kurama to be the easiest of the main characters to design due to his well-proportioned features.
Kurama is a popular character among fans of the series.
In the Animage Anime Grand Prix, he was ranked as the third most popular male anime character of 1993 and the most popular male character in both 1994 and 1995.
His alternate Demon Fox Kurama form was ranked sixteenth in 1994.
Yoko Kurama additionally won About.com's "Best Supporting Character" in its 2005 Anime Award Show.
Kurama was also ranked the third best male anime character of the 1990s by Newtype.
His character name was "Dennis" when the series was aired in the Philippines.
Links
YuYu Hakusho Wiki
Bishounen
Copyright Owner
Funimation
Record:
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