InuYasha

InuYasha
Original Title	犬夜叉」 Inuyasha
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Ocean Productions
Dubbing Studio 2	Omni Productions
Voice Director 1	Karl Willems
Voice Director 2	Teri Snelgrove
Voice Director 3	Marc Matsumoto
Translation & Adaptation	Karl Willems Kathleen Westlake Lucia Frangione Trish Ledoux
Recorded	2002-2006
Dub Country 1	Canada
Dub Country 2	Hong Kong
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	167
Year	2000-2004
Chronology
Successor	InuYasha: The Final Act

InuYasha (戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha) is an anime based on the manga written by Rumiko Takahashi, and produced by Shōgakukan, Yomiuri TV and Sunrise Inc. It originally aired in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004, consisting of 167 episodes.

It would later be followed up with a sequel series InuYasha: The Final Act, which aired from October 3, 2009 to March 29, 2010, with 26 episodes.

Synopsis Kagome Higurashi is a 15 year old schoolgirl who lives at a history-filled Japanese shrine. She is also the reincarnation of an ancient priestess named Kikyo, who guarded the sacred Shikon no Tama (Jewel of Four Souls), and who sealed away the half-demon Inuyasha who had tried to steal the jewel in order to become a full demon. Kikyo died of her wounds and had the jewel burned with her body. One day, after being pulled down a well by a demon, Kagome finds herself in the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. She befriends Kaede, the late Kikyo's sister, who realizes Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation. After being attacked, they learn that Kagome has the Shikon no Tama inside her body. Kagome accidentally awakens the dog-demon Inuyasha, and frees him after the jewel has been ripped from her body. Now Inuyasha wants the jewel back, but Kagome can't let him have it. He is forced (by Kaede's magic) to wear a necklace that allows Kagome to control him with one word, "Sit!", which sends him face-first into the ground. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with InuYasha to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands. Only Kagome can "sense" where the shards are, and only Inuyasha is powerful enough to get them from the demons or people who have them. But can they stop fighting long enough to work together?

Dubbing History

The series was dubbed by the Canadian dubbing company Ocean Productions for Viz Media from 2002 to 2006. The series was first run on Adult Swim in the United States (although it had originally been planned for Cartoon Network's Toonami) from August 31, 2002 to October 27, 2006, with reruns from 2006 to 2014. When Toonami became a block on Adult Swim, Inuyasha aired there from November 2012 to March 1, 2014, when the network announced that they had lost the broadcast rights to the series.

At some point, an alternative dub was done for Animax using their Hong Kong-based cast.

Cast

Ocean Dub

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Main Characters
	InuYasha	Kappei Yamaguchi	Richard Ian Cox	1 - 167
	Kagome Higurashi	Satsuki Yukino	Moneca Stori
	Miroku	Kōji Tsujitani	Kirby Morrow	16 - 167
	Sango	Hōko Kuwashima	Kelly Sheridan	24 - 167
	Shippo	Kumiko Watanabe	Jillian Michaels	9 - 167
Antagonists
	Naraku	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Paul Dobson	18 - 167
	Onigumo	Hiroshi Yanaka		19 - 148
	Kagura	Izumi Ōgami	Janyse Jaud	39 - 167
	Kanna	Yukana Nogami		41 - 158
	Yura of the Hair	Akiko Yajima	Chiara Zanni	3 - 4
	Hiten	Nobutoshi Canna	Andrew Francis	9 - 10
	Manten	Tetsu Inada	Alvin Sanders	9 - 10
	Kijo Urasue	Yoshiko Ōta	Cathy Weseluck	14 - 93
	Ryukotsusei	Kazuhiko Inoue	Trevor Devall	44 - 45
	Tsubaki	Miho Yamada	Sharon Alexander	60 - 148
		Mizuka Arima (elderly)	Kathy Morse	60, 64
	Kaijinbo	Takeshi Aono	Robert O. Smith	44 - 45
	Gatenmaru	Takehito Koyasu	Adam Henderson	51 - 52
	Tokajin	Hideyuki Hori	Samuel Vincent	57 - 58
	Ninmenka	Yukitoshi Hori	Andrew Kavadas
	Muso	Hiroshi Yanaka	Brian Dobson	69 - 71
	Taigokumaru	Ryūji Saikachi	Scott McNeil	73 - 74
	Toran	Yumi Tōma	Alison Matthews	75 - 77
	Shunran	Yuki Masuda	Jocelyne Loewen
	Karan	Yōko Teppōzuka	Maggie Blue O'Hara
	Shuran	Masaya Takatsuka	Scott Logie
	Ogre Princess	Hiromi Tsuru	Lisa Ann Beley	85 - 86
	Kyokotsu	Daisuke Gōri	Dave Ward	102, 110
	Jakotsu	Ai Orikasa	Jenn Forgie	102 - 119
	Mukotsu	Tetsu Inada	Trevor Devall	103 - 110
	Renkotsu	Tomokazu Sugita	Brian Drummond	104 - 120
	Ginkotsu	Hisao Egawa	Mark Gibbon	105 - 114
	Suikotsu	Hiroaki Hirata	Michael Donovan	107 - 116
	Bankotsu	Takeshi Kusao	Matt Hill	109 - 121
	Hakushin	Fumio Matsuoka	Hiro Kanagawa	119 - 120
	Akago / The Infant	Ai Kobayashi	Chiara Zanni	123 - 167
	Hakudoshi			166 - 167
	Mimisenri	Junji Nishimura	David Kaye	127 - 128
	Matsu	Toshiko Sawada	¿?	131 - 132
	Salamander	Haruko Kitahama	Patricia Drake	131 - 132
	Goddess Kwannon (Salamander)
	Soju Asano	Masayuki Omoro	Richard Newman	133 - 134
	Hoshiyomi	Kazuya Nakai	Michael Dobson	137 - 140
	Suzaku	Mitsuo Iwata	Andrew Toth	137 - 139
	Genbu	Kazunari Tanaka	Trevor Devall	137 - 139
	Seiryu	Tadahisa Saizen	Colin Murdock	137 - 139
	Byakko	Masahito Kawanago	Michael Kopsa	137 - 139
	Princess Abi	Saeko Shimazu	Teryl Rothery	146 - 154
	Tekkei	Junko Mashina	Linda Darlow	146 - 154
	Hosenki	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Dave Pettitt	155 - 157
Secondary Characters
	Kikyo	Noriko Hidaka	Willow Johnson	1 - 167
	Sesshomaru	Ken Narita	David Kaye	5 - 167
	Kaede	Hisako Kyōda	Pam Hyatt	1 - 167
		Mika Itō (young)	Jillian Michaels	1 - 151
	Sota Higurashi	Akiko Nakagawa	Saffron Henderson	1 - 100
			Rebecca Shoichet	128 - 160
	Grandpa Higurashi	Ginzō Matsuo	French Tickner	1 - 38
		Katsumi Suzuki		47 - 160
	Mrs. Higurashi	Asako Dodo	Cathy Weseluck	1 - 160
	Eri	Yuki Masuda	Saffron Henderson	11 - 90
			Rebecca Shoichet	127 - 160
	Yuka	Kaori Shimizu	Jillian Michaels	11 - 160
	Ayumi	Nami Okamoto	Cathy Weseluck	11 - 160
	Hojo	Yūji Ueda	Matt Smith	11 - 148
	Kohaku	Akiko Yajima	Alex Doduk	24 - 101
			Danny McKinnon	102 - 167
	Myoga	Kenichi Ogata	Paul Dobson	5 - 167
	Hachi	Toshihiko Nakajima	Terry Klassen	17 - 158
	Master Mushin	Yuzuru Fujimoto	Alec Willows	16 - 135
	Izayoi	Kikuko Inoue	Alaina Burnett	5 - 6
	Royakan	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Colin Murdock	75 - 77
	Kagewaki Hitomi	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Paul Dobson	24 - 25
	Jaken	Yūichi Nagashima	Don Brown	5 - 167
	Sango’s Father	Masahiko Tanaka	Colin Murdock	24 - 98
	Jinenji	Hisao Egawa	Michael Dobson	31, 96
	Jinenji’s Mother	Natsuko Fuji	Stevie Vallance	31, 96
	Totosai	Jōji Yanami	Richard Newman	34 - 145
	Rin	Mamiko Noto	Brenna O'Brien	35 - 167
	Koga	Taiki Matsuno	Scott McNeil	35 - 125
	Hakkaku	Daisuke Kishio	Alistair Abell	36 - 125
	Ginta	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Paul Dobson	36 - 125
	Koharu	Rie Iwatsubo	Brittney Irvin	41 - 42
	Bokuseno	Taimei Suzuki	John Murphy	51 - 52
	Madam Exorcist	Toshiko Fujita	Patti Allan	85 - 136
	Izumo	Dai Matsumoto	Lee Tockar	94 - 95
	Momiji	Shiho Kikuchi	Alexandra Carter	63 - 64
	Botan	Chinami Nishimura	Nicole Bouma	63 - 64
	Muso the Monk	Tomokazu Sugita	Alistair Abell	69 - 70
	Shiori	Kaori Mizuhashi	Nicole Bouma	73 - 74
	Shizu	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Nicole Leroux	73 - 74
	Rasetsu Kansuke	Akio Nojima	John Payne	87, 107
	Ayame	Yumi Kakazu	Natalie Walters	83 - 102
				83 - 84
	Chiyo	Sawa Ishige	Chantal Strand	107 - 125
	Yuta	Tomoko Hayashi	Nathan Tipple	107 - 125
	Shintaro	Mitsuki Saiga	Reece Thompson	112 - 125
	Yuki	Haruka Shimazaki	Chiara Zanni	112 - 125
	Getsu	Yukie Maeda	Janyse Jaud	112 - 125
	Hana	Mio Yasuda	Jenn Forgie	112 - 125
	Shinnosuke	Nozomu Sasaki	Mark Hildreth	131 - 132
	Wakana	Sayaka Ohara	Lalainia Lindbjerg	131 - 132
	Sara Asano	Fumiko Orikasa	Tabitha St. Germain	133 - 134
	Akitoki Hojo	Yūji Ueda	Matt Smith	137 - 140
	Tsukiyomi	Yuri Amano	Maryke Hendrikse	139 - 140
	Gozu	Susumu Chiba	Michael Kopsa	145, 156
	Mezu	Naoki Makishima	Jason Simpson	145, 156
	Kocho	Yuki Masuda	Katie Chapman	149 - 159
	Asuka	Kaori Shimizu	Chantal Strand	149 - 159

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Season 1
	Mistress Centipede	Rei Igarashi	Pauline Newstone	1
	Villager	Kazunari Tanaka	Trevor Devall
	Kokichi	Nami Okamoto	Cathy Weseluck	2
	Unmother	Kikuko Inoue	Alaina Burnett	6
	Amari Nobunaga	Akira Ishida	Brad Swaile	8
	Princess Tsuyu	Ryōka Yuzuki	Jillian Michaels
	Tsuyu's Husband	Hisayoshi Suganuma	Andrew Francis
	Tsukumo	Fumihiko Tachiki	Paul Dobson
	Vixen	Kaoru Morota	Jillian Michaels	9
	Mask of Flesh	Kazuko Yanaga	Cathy Weseluck	11
	Mayu Ikeda	Ayaka Saito	Chantal Strand	12
	Satoru Ikeda	Yuki Masuda	Cathy Weseluck
	Mrs. Ikeda	Shinobu Satō	Lisa Ann Beley
	Nazuna	Fumiko Orikasa	Tabitha St. Germain	13
	Spider-Head Demon (Kumo Gashira)	Mugihito	Richard Newman
	Kotatsu	Bin Shimada	Terry Klassen	17
	Seikai	Masashi Hirose	Ron Halder	22
	Sayo	Masayo Kurata	Tabitha St. Germain	22
	Princess	Chiaki Takahashi	Saffron Henderson	27
	Taromaru	Motoko Kumai	Reece Thompson
	Suekichi	Junko Noda	Danny McKinnon
	Fake Water God	Ryūsuke Ōbayashi	Colin Murdock
	Water Goddess	Masako Katsuki	Sylvia Zaradic
	Mantis Demon Kamakiri	Izumi Ōgami	Cathy Weseluck	28
	Goshinki	Masaharu Satō	Michael Kopsa	43
Season 2
	Juromaru & Kageromaru	Takumi Yamazaki	Brian Drummond	46
	Satsuki	Yumi Ichihara	Caroline Chan	55
	Satsuki's Brother / Lizard Demon	Shinichiro Ohta	Trevor Devall	55
			Andrew Toth
	Princess in the Mist	Tomoko Ishimura	Ellen Kennedy	56
	Coyote Demon	Takumi Kurebayashi	Ward Perry
	Ninmenka	Yukitoshi Hori	Andrew Kavadas	57 - 58
	Serina	Hiroko Taguchi	Anna Cummer	59
	Suzuna	Wakana Yamazaki	Brittney Wilson
	Shoga	Miyoko Asō	Brian Dobson	65
	Soten	Yuko Mizutani	Rebecca Shoichet	68
	Koryu	Ikue Ōtani	Tabitha St. Germain
	Bunza	Junko Noda	Cathy Weseluck	72
	Panther King	Tadahisa Saizen	Scott McNeil	77
	Kuranosuke Takeda	Mitsuru Miyamoto	Ted Cole	78
	Wolf Elder	Hiroshi Naka	Scott McNeil	83, 102
	Hair Monster	Tadahisa Saizen	Peter New	84 - 85
Season 3
	Gon	Motoko Kumai	Samuel Vincent	88
	Bun	Yumiko Kobayashi	Andrew Toth
	Ken	Kaori Shimizu	Cathy Weseluck
	Sarugami	Ritsuo Sawa	William Samples
	Hitomi	Akira Tomisaka	Nicole Bouma	90
	Koume	Yuri Shiratori	Tabitha St. Germain	91
	Tesso	Issei Futamata	Peter New
	Enju	Fumiko Orikasa	Rebecca Shoichet	92
	Kawaramaru	Seiji Sasaki	Ward Perry
	Weasel Demon	Naoki Tatsuta	Scott McNeil	93
	Gyu-Oh	Dai Matsumoto	Lee Tockar	94-95
	Orochidayu	Daiki Nakamura	Colin Murdock
	Gamajiro	Fumihiko Tachiki	Ward Perry
	Garamaru	Tomokazu Seki	Mark Oliver	100
	Koyuki	Yūko Minaguchi	Patricia Drake	101
	Hirakimichi	Fumio Matsuoka	Jason Simpson	102 - 103, 105
	Shōji	Atsushi Godai	Matthew Erickson
	Samurai General O-Yakata	Tarô Arakawa	Mark Gibbon	110
	Hijiri Village Elder	Ken Yamaguchi	Ross Douglas	112
	Elder Priest	Kazuaki Itō	Scott McNeil	125
	Woman	Shizumi Futaki	Ellen Kennedy
Season 4
	Kisuke	Takashi Kondō	Clay St. Thomas	129
	Chokyukai	Ritsuo Sawa	Peter New
	Mizuki	Reiko Takagi	Jocelyne Loewen	130
	Ippo	Etsuko Kozakura	Michael Coleman
	Jippo	Saori Higashi	Rebecca Shoichet
	Sanpo	Yuki Masuda	Cathy Weseluck
	Goho	Rie Kugimiya	Lalainia Lindbjerg
	Shiho	Kaori Shimizu	Terry Klassen
	Paper Demon	Chafurin	Alvin Sanders	136
	Shinsen	Hirotake Nagata	John Murphy	141
	Rengokuki	Naoki Makishima	Andrew Francis	142
	Kanta	Miki Narahashi	Sharon Alexander	143
	Hosenki's Son	Shirō Saitō	Peter New	144
	Shako	Hiroshi Isobe	Trevor Devall	147
	Zushinezumi	Masafumi Kimura	Jason Simpson	158
	Nushi	Chafurin		161
	Shima	Natsuko Kuwatani	Kelly Metzger
	Shima's Father	Toshihiko Nakajima	Trevor Devall
	Shima's Mother	Minako Ichiki	Teryl Rothery
	Ungai	Tetsuo Komura	John Novak	162
	Ongokuki	Akihiko Ishizumi	Ward Perry
	Gakusanjin	Tamio Sobami	David Kaye	165
	Goryomaru	Masaki Terasoma	Ross Douglas	166

Additional Voices

• Lila Atherley
• Richard Ian Cox
• Trevor Devall
• Paul Dobson
• Michael Donovan
• Ross Douglas
• Matthew Erickson
• Mark Gibbon
• Saffron Henderson
• Paul Kloegman
• Nicole Leroux
• Scott McNeil
• John Murphy
• Peter New
• Richard Newman
• Ward Perry
• Rebecca Shoichet

Animax Dub

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	InuYasha	Kappei Yamaguchi	Darren Pleavin
	Kagome Higurashi	Satsuki Yukino	Andrea Kwan
	Miroku	Kōji Tsujitani	David Bridges
	Sango	Hōko Kuwashima	Candice Moore
	Shippo	Kumiko Watanabe
Antagonists
	Naraku	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Russell Wait
	Onigumo	Hiroshi Yanaka
	Kagura	Izumi Ōgami	Candice Moore
	Kanna	Yukana Nogami	Andrea Kwan
	Yura of the Hair	Akiko Yajima	Sarah Hauser
	Kyokotsu	Daisuke Gōri	Victor Lee
	Jakotsu	Ai Orikasa	Candice Moore
	Renkotsu	Tomokazu Sugita	Russell Wait
	Suikotsu	Hiroaki Hirata	David Bridges
	Bankotsu	Takeshi Kusao	Michael Quinn
	Hakushin	Fumio Matsuoka	Rik Thomas
	Hakudoshi	Ai Kobayashi	Andrea Kwan
	Mimisenri	Junji Nishimura	David Bridges
	Princess Abi	Saeko Shimazu	Andrea Kwan
Secondary Characters
	Kikyo	Noriko Hidaka	Andrea Kwan
	Sesshomaru	Ken Narita	Russell Wait
	Kaede	Hisako Kyōda	Candice Moore
		Mika Itō (young)
	Sota Higurashi	Akiko Nakagawa	Sarah Hauser
	Grandpa Higurashi	Ginzō Matsuo	Rik Thomas
	Mrs. Higurashi	Asako Dodo	Candice Moore
	Eri	Yuki Masuda	Sarah Hauser
	Yuka	Kaori Shimizu	Candice Moore
	Ayumi	Nami Okamoto	Claudia Thompson
	Hojo	Yūji Ueda	Candice Moore
	Myoga	Kenichi Ogata	Russell Wait
	Royakan	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Victor Lee
	Jaken	Yūichi Nagashima	David Bridges
	Sango’s Father	Masahiko Tanaka	Russell Wait
	Totosai	Jōji Yanami	Rik Thomas
	Rin	Mamiko Noto	Candice Moore
	Koga	Taiki Matsuno	Russell Wait
	Ginta	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Rik Thomas
	Ayame	Yumi Kakazu	Sarah Hauser
	Chiyo	Sawa Ishige	Andrea Kwan
	Yuta	Tomoko Hayashi	Candice Moore
	Shintaro	Mitsuki Saiga
	Yuki	Haruka Shimazaki	Andrea Kwan
	Getsu	Yukie Maeda	Candice Moore
	Hana	Mio Yasuda	Andrea Kwan
	Wakana	Sayaka Ohara	Sarah Hauser
	Akitoki Hojo	Yūji Ueda	Russell Wait
	Mezu	Naoki Makishima

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Season 1
	Kotatsu	Bin Shimada	Russell Wait	17
Season 2
	Wolf Elder	Hiroshi Naka	Rik Thomas	83, 102
Season 3
	Hitomi	Akira Tomisaka	Claudia Thompson	90
	Koume	Yuri Shiratori	Andrea Kwan	91
	Tesso	Issei Futamata	Russell Wait
	Enju	Fumiko Orikasa	Sarah Hauser	92
	Kawaramaru	Seiji Sasaki	Russell Wait
	Weasel Demon	Naoki Tatsuta		93
	Garamaru	Tomokazu Seki		100
	Koyuki	Yūko Minaguchi	Candice Moore	101
	Hirakimichi	Fumio Matsuoka	Russell Wait	102 - 103, 105
Season 4
	Mizuki	Reiko Takagi	Andrea Kwan	130
	Ippo	Etsuko Kozakura	Sarah Hauser
	Jippo	Saori Higashi	Andrea Kwan

Additional Voices

• David Bridges
• Sarah Hauser
• Darren Pleavin
• Michael Quinn
• Rik Thomas
• Russell Wait

Notes

• Both of InuYasha's English dub voice actors, Richard Ian Cox and Darren Pleavin, also previously voiced the title character originally voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi in another Rumiko Takahashi work; Ranma ½.
• Mark Gibbon is mistakenly credited as the voice of Kyokotsu in the Ocean Group dub when in fact Dave Ward voiced the character. The credits were later changed to reflect this for the DVD releases.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2002-2014	Adult Swim	United States
2003-2006	YTV	Canada

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Viz Media	2004-2007		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			55 Volumes
	2004-2009		The Complete Series
			7 Volumes
Warner Home Video	2012-2013		The Complete Series
			7 Volumes
Madman Entertainment	2016		The Complete Series	2 PAL	Australia
			48 Discs*
Viz Media	2020-2021		The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
			6 Volumes

* Including InuYasha: The Final Act

See Also

• Urusei Yatsura
• Ranma ½
• Maison Ikkoku
• List of InuYasha films
• InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen: The Final Act
• Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

External Links

• InuYasha (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• InuYasha at the Internet Movie Database