Name: Inu Yasha

He is the son of a demon and a human, and the brother of Sessho-maru. Fifty years ago, Inu-Yasha was pinned to a tree and placed into a state of suspended animation by Kikyo, a priestess he loved deeply.Later, Inu-Yasha was freed by Kagome, a reincarnated version of his former (and now deceased love) Kikyo.During their quest Inu-Yasha has discovered that Kikyo has been brought back to live, and the reason she attacked him... it was all set-up by the evil demon Naraku who sought the power of the Shikon Jewel.

Name: Miroku

Miroku is a lustful monk and is quite skilled in combat. Miroku has been known to do some less than holy acts in order to get ahead, and most of his good deeds are preformed for the sake of women or money.Miroku is also the one that tells Inu-Yasha about Naraku killing a priestess fifty years ago. After hearing this, Inu-Yasha is able to piece together what happened to cause Kikyo to seal him away

Name: Kagome

Kagome Higurashi led a normal life until she fell into the Bone Eater's Well and was transported to the Sengoku Era of Japan (1467 to about 1600). After she arrived she was attacked by a demon called Mistress Centipede and while she was running away, she accidently freed the yokai named Inu-Yasha, who had been under a spell for 50 years.Soon after meeting, the village that Kagome landed in learns that she holds the Shikon Jewel in her body. The jewel is soon extracted and split into dozens of small shards. Inu-Yasha wants to reunite all the parts so that he can become a full-blooded demon. Kagome goes along with him in order to help keep the shards out of the hands of other more corrupt demons

Name: Sango

We first see Sango the youkai exterminator fighting a giant centipede with her huge boomerang, Hiraikotsu. After killing the centipede she takes a Shikon shard from it and states that the Shikon Jewel was created in her town. Sango's town is later shown and we are introduced to her pet named Kirara, and her little brother Kohaku. Sango is collecting the Shikon pieces in hopes of finding someone that will be able to purify them.