Character: Kikyou
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Kikyou is a powerful shrine maiden, or miko, who is given the task of guarding the Shikon Jewel. She falls in love with InuYasha and considers using the jewel to turn him from a half-demon into a full human; this would cause the Shikon Jewel to vanish, allowing her to live as an ordinary woman by his side. However, Naraku disguises himself as InuYasha to attack her village, mortally wounding her. With her last strength, Kikyou shoots a charmed arrow into the real InuYasha to seal him to a sacred tree, then orders the Shikon Jewel to be burned with her on her funeral pyre. The jewel disappears and is apparently destroyed, but is reborn 500 years later in the body of Higurashi Kagome, her spiritual reincarnation.
After Kagome travels back through time and reappears fifty years after Kikyou's death, an ogress tries to pull her reincarnated soul into a clay body made with Kikyou's bones and ashes. Kagome appears to suffer no permanent harm, but a small part of her soul detaches and reanimates the new body with Kikyou's memories, personality, and human appearance. Although Kikyou retains some of her old powers in this form, she remains technically "dead" and must absorb the souls of dead women in order to move. At first, she wants to vengefully drag InuYasha to hell and kill Kagome to recover the rest of her soul. However, Kikyou gradually returns to her former compassionate nature and learns the real circumstances of her death was caused by Naraku.
She is also the sister of Kaede.
After Kagome travels back through time and reappears fifty years after Kikyou's death, an ogress tries to pull her reincarnated soul into a clay body made with Kikyou's bones and ashes. Kagome appears to suffer no permanent harm, but a small part of her soul detaches and reanimates the new body with Kikyou's memories, personality, and human appearance. Although Kikyou retains some of her old powers in this form, she remains technically "dead" and must absorb the souls of dead women in order to move. At first, she wants to vengefully drag InuYasha to hell and kill Kagome to recover the rest of her soul. However, Kikyou gradually returns to her former compassionate nature and learns the real circumstances of her death was caused by Naraku.
She is also the sister of Kaede.
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Seiyuu
| Image | Name | Anime | Relation | Primary Seiyuu? | Comment |
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Hidaka Noriko | Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Houraijima | secondary cast in | yes | |
| Eiga Inuyasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjou | secondary cast in | yes | |||
| Eiga Inuyasha: Tenka Hadou no Ken | secondary cast in | yes | |||
| Eiga Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi | secondary cast in | yes | |||
| Inuyasha | secondary cast in | yes | |||
| Inuyasha Kanketsuhen | secondary cast in | yes |
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related anime
| Relation | Image | Name | Episode appearance | Type | Episodes | Year | Rating | Average | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| secondary cast in | 
| Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Houraijima | Movie | 1 | 2004 | 5.80 (1750) | 7.20 (1770) | vote stats | |
| secondary cast in | 
| Eiga Inuyasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjou | 1 | Movie | 1 | 2002 | 5.82 (2157) | 7.26 (2176) | vote stats |
| secondary cast in | 
| Eiga Inuyasha: Tenka Hadou no Ken | Movie | 1 | 2003 | 6.70 (2022) | 7.56 (2041) | vote stats | |
| secondary cast in | 
| Eiga Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi | Movie | 1 | 2001 | 5.65 (2230) | 7.19 (2259) | vote stats | |
| secondary cast in | 
| Inuyasha | 1, 14-15, 22-23, 33, 43, 47, 60-61, 64, 70-71, 81-82, 87, 92, 98, 108-109, 113, 115-116, 119-120, 123-126, 147-148, 150-151, 154, 158-160, 164-165, 167, ED1, OP1 | TV Series | 167 | 2000 - 2004 | 5.92 (6227) | 7.43 (6439) | vote stats |
| secondary cast in | 
| Inuyasha Kanketsuhen | 1-2, 5-9 | TV Series | 26 | 2009 - 2010 | 7.52 (1950) | 7.77 (1973) | vote stats |
