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Team Urameshi is the main ensemble of fighters, psychics and spirits that joined Yusuke and his friends throughout the series.

Description

During the Dark Tournament Saga, this team was in fact led by Yusuke and owned by Koenma, where only five fighters were allowed to participate in and end up winning the Dark Martial Arts Competition on Hanging Neck Island.

Members

Yusuke Urameshi

Yusuke Urameshi is a middle school student, attending the fictional Sarayashiki Junior High. His poor attendance, constant fighting, and bad habits such as drinking and smoking have earned him the label of delinquent among most of his teachers and classmates. This all changes rather abruptly as Yusuke is struck by a car and dies, while trying to save a small child who had wandered onto the road to retrieve a ball. Such an altruistic deed catches the Spirit World by surprise. As they don't have a place for him yet in Heaven or Hell, Yusuke is permitted to undergo an ordeal which could let him return to his body and resume his life. However, in an unexpected turn of events, it is revealed that Yusuke has a particularly strong aura and fighting spirit, which is why Koenma, the son of Great King Enma, Lord of the Underworld, recruits him as Spirit Detective, charged with investigating supernatural phenomena in the Human World and capturing criminals dealing in underworld crime. Yusuke bears quite a bit of affection for his childhood friend, Keiko Yukimura, who initially takes a role as Yusuke's conscience, making sure he comes to class and behaves, and later as his romantic interest. Yusuke was raised by his single mother, Atsuko, who finds time to drink and party throughout the story.

Kazuma Kuwabara

Kazuma Kuwabara is a student at the fictional Sarayashiki Junior High School. He is noted as the "second toughest punk at Sarayashiki", despite his unusual affinity for kittens. He is constantly picking fights with Yusuke, to prove that he is tougher than him, but never succeeding. Eventually, Kuwabara's feelings of anger toward Yusuke become feelings of respect. Kuwabara has a very advanced sixth-sense, though not as acute as his older sister Shizuru's. Yusuke uses this to his advantage in his attempt to return to life. Kuwabara ends up assisting in most of Yusuke's cases, gaining power over his own aura as he wields the Spirit Sword. While assisting Yusuke during an early case, in Tarukane's mountain compound, he meets the ice apparition Yukina and instantly falls in love with her. Yukina is very grateful to Kuwabara for his role in saving her from captivity, but seems oblivious to his feelings of affection. As the story progresses, Kuwabara becomes more engrossed in his studies, choosing to cram for his high school exams rather than follow Yusuke and the others into the Demon World.

Kurama

Kurama is a demon thief who, after being fatally wounded, fuses with the unborn child of Shiori Minamino. He is born as Shuichi Minamino (南野 秀一, Minamino Shūichi), a human, though he retains his demon powers at a much lower, D Class energy level. Kurama had originally planned to return to his demon form after regenerating his powers; however, while he has an accident, his mother saves him; injuring herself in the process. This forms a bond of love and loyalty which, despite his intention to deceive and abandon her, Kurama cannot bear to break and thus, he chooses to stay as Shuichi to keep Shiori happy. He attends the fictional Meiou Academy (私立盟王学園) where his grades are among the top in his year. During the Dark Tournament, Kurama is temporarily reverted back to his original form, Yoko Kurama. Kurama uses his aura to control plants, including his signature weapon, a rose he keeps in his hair which he turns into a whip of thorns capable of cutting through steel. He also possesses a skill for strategic, analytical thinking which allows him to gauge his opponents' strengths and weaknesses and to formulate effective strategies. As Yoko Kurama, his powers are far greater and he is capable of creating demonic plants which possess various deadly attributes and highly formidable powers.

Hiei

Hiei is a male fire demon born to a race of female Ice Demons. The Koorime, or Ice Maidens, reproduce every 100 years asexually, always giving birth to a female. A male child is born only if the Maiden has had sex with a male, which is forbidden in their society. Hiei and his twin sister, Yukina, were born to the Ice Maiden Hina. As her children were born, Hina wept two tears which crystallized into Hiruseki stones and were given to the babies. Hiei was thrown from the floating Ice Domain to his supposed doom. He does manage to survive, though, and grows up in the wilderness where he develops a thirst for killing. The only time he finds peace is looking at the tear from his mother. He soon decides to find the Ice Domain and take revenge on the women who cast him out. During a battle, his tear stone is lost and, realizing he must now find the stone as well as the Ice Domain, Hiei goes to the osteopath Shigure, and has the Dark Eye (referred to as the Jagan Eye in the English anime dub) implanted in his forehead which gives him many powers, including hypnosis, telepathy, and clairvoyance or remote viewing. Even with the Dark Eye, Hiei cannot find his tear stone, though he easily finds the Ice Domain. When he gets there, he finds his mother's grave and his lust for revenge fades. He is told his twin sister has run away and decides to search for her as well. Hiei wields a sword, has superhuman speed and can produce and control fire. During the Dark Tournament, he taps into the unruly fires of hell, known as the Dark Flame of the Overlord, which he eventually masters.

Masked Fighter

Genkai is an elderly martial arts expert who lives alone in a very large temple. She first appears during Yusuke's second case as he infiltrates a tournament she is holding to find a successor to her techniques in search of the demon Rando. Genkai is a legendary reiki master, known both in the human and demon realms. Yusuke ends up winning the tournament, defeating Rando in the process, and is taken on as a student by Genkai. When she was fifty years younger, Genkai and the Younger Toguro brother were lovers and teammates in an earlier Dark Tournament. After winning, Toguro decides to become a demon, while Genkai returns to the Human World, causing a split in their relationship. She enters the next Dark Tournament with Yusuke, disguising herself as the "Masked Fighter" in order to once again face Toguro. Her signature technique is the Spirit Wave, an outpouring of Spirit Energy from the whole body which can be directed through several different variations. This makes her technique effective in healing and purification, in addition to combat. A side effect of using this power is a shifting of the body's cells which leads to a temporary reversion to the form in which the wielder was at their most powerful in life. In Genkai's case, it allowed her to briefly regain her youth.

Koenma

King Enma Jr., usually addressed as Koenma, is the son of spirit realm ruler Great King Enma, and the one who takes responsibility for his father's work when he is away. Koenma usually appears as a toddler with a pacifier in his mouth, though he is said to be at least 700 years old. He can also transform into a young adult form, retaining his pacifier and the letters "Jr" on his forehead. Koenma acts as Yusuke's boss, assigning his cases. His pacifier is a receptacle, which Koenma constantly imbues with his Spirit Energy. It can create a powerful barrier which Koenma states is to fend off a dark evil sometime in the future.

Botan

While she is not a fighter or a psychic herself, Botan normally works as a trainer or assistant during the tournament.

Matches

Preliminary

Team Urameshi vs. Teams on the Boat - Win

First Round

vs. Team Rokuyukai

Kuwabara vs. Rinku - Loss
Kurama vs. Roto - Win
Hiei vs. Zeru - Win
Yusuke vs. Chu - Win
Final Result: Win

Second Round

vs. Dr. Ichigaki Team

Yusuke, Kuwabara, Masked Fighter vs. Dr. Ichigaki Team - Win
Final Result: Win

Quarter Finals

vs. Team Masho

Kurama vs. Gama - Win
Kurama vs. Toya - Win
Kurama vs. Bakken - Loss
Yusuke vs. Bakken - Win
Yusuke vs. Jin - Draw
Kuwabara vs. Risho - Win
Final Result: Win

Semi Finals

vs. Team Uraotogi

Hiei vs. Makintaro - Win
Hiei vs. Kuro Momotaro - Win
Kurama vs. Ura Urashima - Win
Kuwabara vs. Shishiwakamaru - Loss
Masked Fighter vs. Shishiwakamaru - Win
Kuwabara vs. Onji - Loss
Genkai vs. Suzuki - Win
Final Result: Win

Finals

vs.Team Toguro

Kurama vs. Karasu - Loss
Hiei vs. Bui - Win
Kuwabara vs. Elder Toguro - Win
Yusuke and Koenma vs. Younger Toguro and Sakyo (Koenma and Sakyo each bet their lives on their teammate's victory) - Double Win
Final Result: Win

Navigation

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Members: Yusuke Urameshi | Kazuma Kuwabara | Kurama | Hiei | Koenma | Genkai
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