Ayame
is the daughter of the wolf elder. She was living with her father in the
mountains to train. She came down from the mountains to look for Koga as her
father asked her to find a strong man to marry. This will enable them to
help her father in the fight to gain back his lost territory through tribal
rivalry. She came to find Koga to ask him to honour his promise which he
made when they were young.. that Koga will make her his bride. Koga saved
her from a Bird of Paradise.. and while he was carrying her on a piggy back,
he made that promise under a full moon sky with the presence of a lunar
rainbow. Of course the present Koga is already infatuated with Kagome. so he
asked her to go back to the mountains. However, the devoted Ayame refused to
give in. Koga told her that he need Kagome as she can detect Shikon Jewel
fragments... this only make Ayame more determined to win back Koga's heart
by learning how to detect Shikon fragments as well when she goes back to the
mountains. What a girl man.... =) (pic obtained from
http://www.inu-yasha.themoon.co.uk/o/ayame.php)
Bunza
is a young lynx fox demon which Inuyasha met when he went to seek
Totosai's help in order to break barriers wielding the Tetsusaiga. Bunza
(who reminded Inuyasha of Shippo) was also there to learn the skill of
breaking barriers from Totosai. Totosai, of course did not know anything...=) and just wanted a hot water bath. Inuyasha and bunza unwittingly helped
Totosai gather the materials which they mistook as training. Bunza wanted
to learn the skill in order to defeat the mantis-like demon Nanafushi that
was terrorising his village. That demon took control of the forest which
the lynx tribe depended on food by enclosing it within a barrier. He was
hoping to learn the barrier breaking skill to save his village. (pic
obtained from http://www.fullinuyasha.com/inuyasha-minor-characters/inuyasha-minor-characters-detail-1.html#bunza)
Botan, the sister of Momijii, is the other disciple of Tsubaki's former master. She is also a white priestess, and together with Momijii, attacked Inuyasha and company when they came after Tsubaki. She was fooled into believing that Inuyasha and company were actually demons chasing after Tsubaki, her fellow sister disciple. She also adores Shippo, calling him the "cute one", and she and Momijii felt pained when they saw Shippo suffering when they cast a spell to seal movements of all demons.
Ginta
(right) and Hakkaku are Koga's friends and the most loyal of all Koga's
followers. Contrary to how Koga behaves, these two possess characteristics
opposite of Koga. They of course do not possess Koga's charisma and
bravery, but they will think first before making a decision that is what
Koga don't have. Wherever Koga goes, these two fellows will always be
found running at the back. (pic
obtained http://www.sesshoumaru.owarinai.net/ images/hakkakuginta.jpg)
Goshinki
is actually Naraku's 3rd incarnations. He possessed the ability to read
people's minds in addition to his brute strength and strong jaws. Using his
strong jaws, he was able to break Tetsusaiga into two when he fought with
Inuyasha and injuring him in the process. However, he was defeated by Inuyasha
who was controlled by his "awakened" demon blood. His decapitated head
was later brought by Sesshomaru to Kaijinbo for him to forge a devious sword (Tokijin)
out of its jaws. (pic obtained from http://kagomeeinuyasha.blogspot.com/)
Hiten
is the older of the Thunder Brothers of the Raiju Tribe. They possess
Shikon Jewel fragments, and they killed Shippo's dad for his fragment. He
had a younger brother called Manten. He possess a spear with which he can
conjure up lightning bolts and two fire wheels which allow him to move at
high speed. He first cross swords with Inuyasha when he came to rescue
Kagome from his younger brother Manten. Hiten wanted the Shikon fragments
which was with Inuyasha. Hiten was defeated by Inuyasha using his
Tetsusaiga, abeit with some help from Kagome who shot him from one of his
fire wheels thus stopping his movement around the battlefield.
Kaijinbo
was actually Totosai's disciple. He was chased out by Totosai as he liked and
was able to forge devious swords. He was commissioned by Sesshomaru to forge a
sword out of Goshinki's jaws. Tokijin, the sword forged, was full of Goshinki's
evil aura and hatred for Inuyasha. Kaijinbo, upon wielding the
sword, was overpowered by its evil aura and became under its control. The sword
guided him to where Inuyasha was and there was a fight. During the fight,
Kaijinbo was injured by Miroku initially. His injured body finally gave way when he
was overpowered by the evil aura during the clash of swords with Inuyasha. (pic
obtained from http://kitsune-hi.com/Anime_Den/ProfilesInuYashaKaijinbou.jpg)
Koharu
first met Miroku when she was only eleven years old. She was then an
orphan girl living in a village. Miroku was the only person who was nice
to her. She can be considered the only girl to date who said yes to
Miroku's request to bear him a child. After Miroku left, she was worked
for the "Keeper of the Oil" household as a maid for three years.
However, she escaped from the household and bumped into Miroku who was traveling
with the gang. In hot pursuit of her, was the son of the keeper who
desired her. The gang defeated him and his men. She wanted to travel with
the gang, as she was still fond of Miroku, and still wanted to bear his
child ! However Miroku was already in love with Sango, but he could not
bear to leave her like this so he arranged for her to stay in a safe
lodging. So she stays there with the hope that Miroku will come for her...
sign !!! (pic
obtained from http://www.chibiexplosion.com/inuyasha/yasha_minor[k-m].html)
Manten
is the younger brother of Hiten. He kidnapped Kagome, as he wanted to make
use of Kagome to make a hair-growing solution in order to cure his
baldness. He was killed by Inuyasha when he flung Tetsusaiga at him, when he saw Manten attacking Kagome. He possess the ability to concentrate
thunder in his mouth and shoot them out like a beam.
Momijii,
one of the disciple of Tsubaki's former master, is also an aspiring white priestess.
She was fooled by Tsubaki into thinking that she was pursued by Inuyasha and
company who are demons. Together with Botan, she was taken unaware by Shippo and
Kirara cuteness (haha !) when they first bumped into them. Together with her sister Botan, they summoned Shikikami,
or paper sprits in the form of Inuyasha and Kagome to attack Inuyasha and
company. After realizing their mistake, they apologized and stayed behind to guard the shrine after the fight with
Tsubaki.
Muso
is actually the part of Naraku's body that contain Onigumo's heart and his
thoughts. He was without a face until he stole the face from a monk called
Muso, which he adapted as his name. He was special in the sense that he was
not under Naraku's control unlike his other incarnations. He also
possess the power to regenerate, upon being cut up, his body parts will simply
gather around the part with the spider scar. He was able to regain more of
his memory when he went to where Onigumo was before he died. Lying in the
barren part of the cave, he was able to regain memories of Onigumo's
desire for Kikyo and him despising Inuyasha. He was able to find out how
Onigumo sacrificed his soul to demons in order for power and body so as to
get Kikyo. He was later "sucked in" by Naraku who realised that
Muso is still an integral part of him. (pic obtained from
http://www.fullinuyasha.com/inuyasha-minor-characters/inuyasha-minor-characters-detail-5.html#musou)
Ryokutsusei,
looks like any ordinary dragon, except there is a human face present on the
dragon's forehead. This abominable creature was sealed in a valley by Inuyasha's
father claw. In order to prove his strength, Inuyasha had to defeat this creature
just by stabbing the site of the wound into its heart. However, due
to sabotaging by Naraku, who removed the claw, the creature was awakened
and of course fought Inuyasha. Its body of steel and the ablilty to shoot out
energy balls from its mouth are its main weapons. From this fight, Inuyasha was able to prove that
he was on par if not better than his father's strength, resulting in the
lightening of Tetsusaiga. Ryokutsusei was finally defeated by the move
"Backlash Wave" which Inuyasha unknowingly unleashed upon it. (pic
obtained from http://www.absoluteanime.com/inu-yasha/ryukotsusei.jpg)
Serina
and Suzana are a pair of young sisters from a village of "shinobi"
warriors. Their villagers were asked to hunt down demons, and being not trained
for that, their entire village was wiped out in a raid by demons. Heeding the
words of dying father, they went to Sango's village to train to be a demon
slayer. However, Sango only taught them a simple skill to chase away demons.
Feeling disillusioned, they stole the demon slaying demons from Sango's smithy.
However, those "unexorcised" weapons summoned a whole lot of demons
which Sango, and later Inuyasha and company got rid of. Their situation was
similar to Sango's, she explained to them that their father did not want
them to take over him. He wanted thme to be strong and live on. (pic
obtained from http://www.fullinuyasha.com/inuyasha-minor-characters/inuyasha-minor-characters-detail-8.html#serina)
Shouga
is actually a female flea, who is betrothed to Myoga since she was young.
However, the restless Myoga preferring his wandering bachelor life kept on
escaping her clutches. She possess the ability to control humans or demons
by biting them. There was a part in the serial in which she controlled
Inuyasha, he started to act like a gay...=) fancy him acting like
that. Learning about her plight, the gang tried to arrange a marriage for
them with the headman of that town acting as a witness. However, the ever
crafty Myoga escaped again via a stray cat. Poor lady ! But she did not
give up and continue the chase. (pic obtained from http://www.fullinuyasha.com/inuyasha-minor-characters/inuyasha-minor-characters-detail-8.html#shouga)
Shiori
is a half demon just like Inuyasha. She was born from a human mother and
the Demon Bat Tsukuyumaru. She is the guardian of the Blood Crystal (just
like her deceased father) which is the heirloom of the Demon Bats. The
Blood Crystal possess the ability to provide a barrier protecting the
bearer and those around the person. The Demon Bats were terrorising
Shiori's village, and the gang felt implored to help in removing the Demon
Bats and save Shiori. The Demon Bats, led by Taigokumaru (Shiori's grandad)
attacked the village under the protection of Shiori. However, Shiori upon
discovering that Taigokumaru was the one who killed her father,
miraculously was able to control the barrier and force the Demon Bats out
of her protection. They were defeated by Windscar. Inuyasha, under the
instruction of Totosai, was asked to kill the guardian of that crystal in
order to obtain the ability to cut through barriers for Tetsusaiga.
However, he did not as he could not bear to do it as Shiori was just like
him. Shiori told him that he can cut the crystal also to obtain its power.
The first attempt was prevented by a barrier formed by the remnants of
Taigokumaru's spirit. The spirit tried to launch an attack on Shiori and
her mother, but it was prevented by Tsukuyumaru's spirit who formed a
barrier around them. The weakened spirit was finally defeated by Inuyasha.
This paved the way for Inuyasha to break the crystal and obtain the
ability to cut through barriers. The incorporated ability also gave
Tetsusaiga a reddish hue especially when it encounters barriers.
Totosai
is the swordsmith, who forged Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga, for the Lord of the Dogs.
He possess the ability to breathe fire and have a three eyed bull that enables
him to fly from place to place. He repaired Tetsusaiga by using the teeth of
Inuyasha as a binding medium, when the blade was broken by the bite of Goshinki.
This increases the weight of Tetsusaiga. In order to lighten the weight,
Inuyasha must train up to be on par with his father. Besides that, Totosai also
motivated Inuyasha to train hard in order for him to catch up with his father,
by providing him with a shortcut way through defeating Ryokutsusei. This will be
reflected in the repaired Tetsusaiga becoming lighter. He will also be able to
unleash the move "Windscar" under any condition. Totosai also provided insight
on one of Tetsusaiga killer moves "Backlash Wave", which Inuyasha unknowingly
mastered when he was fighting Ryokutsusei. (pic obtained from
http://www.absoluteanime.com/inu-yasha/toutousai.jpg)
Tsubaki
was actually a white priestess just like Kikyo. However, she became a
black priestess and sold her soul to a demon in order to stay young.
Initially, she was indignant that her master passed the Shikon Jewel for
Kikyo to purify instead of her. So she plotted to steal the Shikon Jewel
from Kikyo in order to gain the powers of the Shikon Jewel. She attacked
Kikyo using her Shikigami, a snakelike demonic messenger. That attack was
thwarted and deflected by Kikyo using her bow, sending the Shikigami back
to her right eye, injuring it. Her right eye is the point of release for her
demoniac powers. Naraku, using the almost full Shikon Jewel as a bait,
made use of Tsubaki to get back at the gang. She first placed a curse on
Naraku's share of the Jewel. This results in the fouling of the Jewel, and
the fragments in Kagome's possession merged into her body. She became
under Tsubaki's control and was forced to attack Inuyasha. However, due to
some help from Kikyo and her own sheer will, Kagome was able to
overcome the curse and even thwart her Shikigami attack using her bow aka
Kikyo. Devising a second plan, she made use of the Shikon
Jewel and managed to lure the sealed demon in her shrine to combine
with her. However, she was defeated by Inuyasha using
"Backlash Wave". Upon her defeat, and since her demoniac spirit
was slain, and she also lost the power of the Shikon Jewel, she reverted
back to her original form and died of old age (pic
obtained from http://www.absoluteanime.com/
inu-yasha/tsubaki)
Souten,
the third sibling of the brothers, Manten and Hiten issued a
challenge to Shippo in order to avenge the death of her brothers. The
venue is Raimei Valley which was where the Raiju Tribe live. Shippo was
her target because she knows that she cannot defeat the rest, and that
Shippo was the weakest among them. Prior to the
challenge, she devised several traps and plans to eliminate the treat of
Inuyasha and the gang. Koryu her dragonlike pet was sent to attack
Inuyasha and Kagome, while traps like usage of silvervine and traps were
used to take out Miroku, Sango and Kirara. She then captured Shippo and wanted the box of crayons from
him when they were drawing out their varous impressions of the gang. That box was given to him by
Kagome. Souten possessed almost similar skills like Shippo. They had a
series of duels involving various transformation tricks and moves like
Souten "laughing acorns" and Shippo "screaming
mushrooms" attacks. Shippo upon realising that Souten is a girl,
finally gave in and gave her that box of crayons. This move of course
includes several words of "wisdom", and at that moment she saw Shippo
in a different light and fell in love with him.... =). Using that box of
crayons, she drew a image of how Shippo will look like when he grows up. (pic
obtained from http://www.linsdomain.com/otherworld/pictures/souten-baby1.jpg)
The below charcters belong to the Panther tribe. The tribe used to rule the West Lake fifty years ago. The Lord of the Dogs and his followers was the only one who dared to oppose them. Together with Royakan and other demons, they fought and defeated the panther tribe. Master Oyakata, the leader of the panther tribe, was killed in the battle. Now the siblings are back to find fragments of the Shikon Jewel to resurrect their Master and of course to invade the Lands of the East. (pic obtained from http://www.chibiexplosion.com/inuyasha/yasha_minor%5Bn-s%5D.html)
Toran
(left) is the eldest of the four siblings. She possess the elemental power
of ice. She is able to conjure up ice spikes to attack her enemies. Her
skills can also be considered to be on par with Sesshomaru. 
Karan (right) is the younger sister of the siblings. She possess the elemental power of fire to attack her enemies.
Shunran
(left) is the other sister of Toran. She is an illusionist with the ability
to conjure numerous images of herself to confuse her enemies. 
Shuuran (right) is the younger brother of Toran. He possess the elemental power of lightning. He is able to utilize huge balls of lightning to attack his enemies.
Urasue
was the demon witch that resurrected Kikyo using a mixture a graveyard
earth and her bones and baked using her Demon Klin. She resurrected Kikyo
as she wanted to make use of their abilities that was her prowess in
manipulating and sensing the Shikon Jewel. She also kidnapped Kagome in
order to obtain Kikyo's reincarnated soul. Urasue was killed by the
resurrected Kikyo when the latter stumbled towards her and placed her
hands on her. This move resulted in an energy current released from Kikyo
reducing her to darkened ash. The gang will later bump into her
"son" Kawaramaru and her daughter "Enju" whom like
Kikyo are actually resurrected beings of Urasue.