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"Nothing as trivial as a violent death or a few drops of demon blood mixed in with mine is going to keep me from helping out my friends and saving the world, and kicking the bad guy's ass."
— Yusuke Urameshi


Yusuke Urameshi (浦飯 幽助, Urameshi Yūsuke) is the main protagonist of the manga and anime series YuYu Hakusho.

He is a Spirit Detective who is tasked with protecting the Human World from various supernatural threats over the course of the series and his closest friends as well as greatest allies include Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Keiko, Genkai, Koenma and Botan. He is also the de facto leader of Team Urameshi and the general person to look to when the going gets tough.

At the start of the series, Yusuke is an uncontrollable teenage delinquent/street fighter with little to no positive qualities to his character. Over the course of the series, he starts becoming a better person, changing into an altruistic, albeit unconventional defender of the Human World while he himself continues to become a powerful martial artist.

Appearance

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Yusuke's appeareance in the Manga

Yusuke has jet-black hair with a dark greenish shine, usually slicked back with gel, with brown eyes. He has a peach-to-tan skin complexion and a skinny but lean, muscular body. His live-action appearance has no greenish shine as it shows his jet-black hair.

He wears a green jumpsuit with gold buttons and black shoes (a substitute for the blue school uniform he should be wearing). In the live-action adaptation, his jacket from his green jumpsuit is open to reveal his black sleeveless shirt (His shirt was ripped open when the Emergency Medical Technicians were trying to revive him by CPR before dying following the hit-and-run accident) and the interior of his jacket is blue. He also wore a white sleeveless muscle shirt underneath his green jumpsuit when he trained to use his Spirit Gun under Genkai's tutelage. During the Dark Tournament Saga, he wears a red copper jacket (with tan colored cuffs and collar) over a white shirt, along with pale blue jeans and white sneakers. When fighting, he switches to a yellow sleeveless shirt and blue pants, with black shoes, a black karate belt, and green wristbands. At the beginning of the Chapter Black Saga, he wears his red jacket look but rapidly replaces it with a blue-green suit jacket and a white jersey. In his fight against Sensui, he is seen without the green suit jacket as the white shirt that he wears was now loose. During the beginning of Three Kings Saga, Yusuke returns to the complete red copper jacket look. Then, Yusuke dons the same outfit as in the Dark Martial Arts Competition during the whole year he trained with Hokushin and Raizen's followers. As part of his Mazoku inheritance by Raizen before dying, he wears the same outfit as in the Dark Martial Arts Competition; his sleeveless shirt becomes light yellow and his black karate belt is replaced with a black obi and his blue martial arts pants became longer due to his current height.

Then, Yusuke as the main host of the Demon World Tournament starts, dons a white-clad keikogi and light grey pants, complete with a green sash around the waist and black shoes. He is also seen wearing a complete navy blue suit with grey pants, black shoes, and a white undershirt when visiting his superior Kuroko Sato.

Yusuke will once again change outfits in the All or Nothing OVA and the manga. His main difference will be his hairstyle. In some episodes, his hair becomes messier when it is not slicked back, like when his body was taken care of by Keiko until his revival, in his first fight against Chu in the Dark Martial Arts Competition, receiving too much pain from Genkai's Spirit Wave Orb as his final test, trying to beat Younger Toguro after he swiftly killed Genkai and her dying words, being knocked down by Yomi which leads to his loss in the Demon Tournament and being treated his serious injuries and being washed up in the beach when Keiko had kissed him in the end.

When his demon blood is awakened, he has long black hair with dark brown highlights (white when possessed by Raizen in the anime) and Mazoku markings on his face, arms, and chest.

In the Poltergeist Report movie, Yusuke wears two outfits; his first outfit is his primary attire in the Chapter Black saga only his suit jacket is replaced with a blue long-sleeve denim blazer jacket and his white short-sleeve shirt remains loose. His second outfit is similar to his red copper jacket look but wearing his blue blazer jacket from his first outfit and his white sneakers are replaced with black and gray high-top dunks.

When fighting against Yakumo, Yusuke had his sleeve shirt folded to make it sleeveless much like his appearance during his battle against Rando in the Genkai Tournament until his shirt is destroyed when he uses the Power Sphere to fuse with his own powers to defeat him.

In the latest OVA 2018, Yusuke's hair, similar to his looks in the last chapters of the manga, is initially a little messier look with fringes before he combed it back to its slicked-back style. When his mission to rescue Koenma from getting hostage along with the good demons, He retains his primary attire in the Dark Tournament Saga, and his red jacket look was replaced with a brown leather jacket, and the color of his jeans are now blue.

Personality

Having a no-show for a father and with his mother always off somewhere else (getting drunk or partying), Yusuke has grown up in a very neglectful environment. He's short-tempered, impulsive, merciless, and likes to intimidate those who are afraid of him. Underneath his bold, cocky attitude, he has a joking and kind nature. Yusuke has also had the bad luck of having to deal with so many cruel and despicable people at such a young age, Iwamoto being among them.

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"My imagination, or did you get a nice ass?"

One of his most notable traits is his desire to fight, which becomes more noticeable as the series progresses. Yusuke has been noted on many occasions to be rather unintelligent, and, at times, just plain stupid. However, as his teacher, Genkai later notes, he "can be a genius at fighting". Yusuke's desire to fight is more out of enjoyment of a good brawl, and surprisingly Yusuke doesn't like killing if he can avoid it. Another prominent trait of Yusuke's psyche is his sense of justice, as he doesn't tolerate evildoers and always has a firm resolve to capture or even beat them for the sake of doing the right thing.

Even though Yusuke is feared by most students and severely disliked by almost all of the teachers, he is generally misunderstood. Keiko Yukimura, one of his childhood friends (and later love interest), is one of the very few who knows Yusuke is actually very kind, and she sympathizes with his problems in life. Yusuke also becomes very protective of his friends, especially Keiko, Botan, Koenma, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei. Out of all the six mentioned, though, Younger Toguro notes that Yusuke is "the most protective" of Kuwabara, most likely because Yusuke knew him longer than Hiei and Kurama, and also because of the frailty of Kuwabara's human heritage. By extension, Yusuke can be mildly vengeful. When Dr. Ichigaki's test subjects were released, Yusuke beat him much more severely than he might have otherwise. Likewise, when Bakken of Team Mashotsukai finished beating Kurama, Yusuke took great time and pleasure beating him.

Following the Chapter Black Saga, Yusuke gains a more neutral opinion regarding the comparative worth of human and demonic lives. He accepts demons' need to eat humans to keep up their strength; as a matter of fact, he discusses this with Hokushin, claiming he would not have attacked him if he had been forthright about his dietary habits in their first meeting. Yusuke's foremost predecessor as Spirit Detective, Kuroko Sato, notes it's like Yusuke's humanity is fading with the awakening of his demon nature, even though Yusuke himself claims he would never eat humans. Her statement about his disconnection from humanity is not entirely untrue, however, as Yusuke later casually offers to kidnap a few humans to give Raizen nourishment, even going as far as to shout that he'd "stuff them down (his throat) himself" if that's what it will take to get a good fight out of the ancient warrior; the English dub tones it down a bit with Yusuke saying that he would kidnap evil humans. However, this implies that he's grown desensitized to death in general; Yusuke knows there's an afterlife, so even if someone died, they'd go somewhere after judgment by Koenma.

History

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Yusuke & Keiko playing as kids.

Yusuke's Father mentioned spanking Yusuke in his childhood to teach him discipline. Yusuke is also shown in a flashback during the Dark Tournament Saga as a kindergartener on a playground. As his friends leave one by one till all of them are gone, a toddler Keiko comes over and says that they should go home and extends her hand towards him to which he agrees. They are later shown after a time-skip of a few years with Yusuke racing ahead of Keiko, shouting that melons and watermelons are the same thing. He then stops and calls out to Keiko to come over so that he can give her a spanking and loses his foothold, falling into the water. Keiko then calls him an idiot and says that is why she told him that they should go home.

Synopsis

Spirit Detective Saga

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Yusuke about to be hit by a car in trying to save a boy

Yusuke Urameshi is 14 years old at the start of YuYu Hakusho and he's in 3rd grade of middle school. He is the toughest student at Sarayashiki Junior High School and fights and defeats Kuwabara frequently. He is a stereotypical bad kid, with a bad attendance record and picks fights with other kids at school. In the manga, he is even revealed to be smoking, gambling, and drinking.[2] While skipping school and being berated by his mother, Yusuke loaves around the town. Yusuke entertains a child by making silly faces, but when the kid wanders into the street in front of an oncoming car, Yusuke shoves him out of the way. He is struck by the car and killed.[3] As a ghost, Yusuke is greeted by an atypical version of the Grim Reaper; a bubbly, cheerful young woman named Botan.[4] She informs Yusuke that no one in Spirit World had expected him to die, risking his life to save the little boy. The boy would've survived; Thus, Yusuke's interference was unnecessary and only resulted in the kid having a minor scratch. They have no place for him in the afterlife because of his abrupt death. The Spirit World is also amazed at how Yusuke, known for his bad attitude, could save a boy, and for these reasons, he was given the chance to live again. Botan explains that Yusuke can return to life, but he initially declines.[5]

Yusuke's mind changes after he attends his wake, where people he knows pay their condolences to his mother. In fact, Atsuko Urameshi is extremely distraught and borderline catatonic about losing her son. Keiko Yukimura sobs uncontrollably, yelling Yusuke's name. Kuwabara appears, angry and upset that Yusuke died before they could finish their battles. When two of Yusuke's teachers belittle him at the wake, Mr. Takenaka, another teacher, berates them for insulting him. He pays his respects to Atsuko and sobs at Yusuke's passing, saying, "You could have made something great out of yourself." Only then does Atsuko react, collapsing in tears at the mention of Yusuke. Lastly, the child whom Yusuke saved and his mother showed up, and when the child asks if he can play again with Yusuke, his mother cries and hugs him. Understanding that he meant more to others than they let on, he decides to come back.

Yusuke is given an egg by Koenma, acting lord of Spirit World (in place of his father, who often left to work in other places), and is told that it will hatch a Spirit Beast, which will help him get back to life. However, he must be a genuinely good person. If he is evil, the beast will devour him. While in the anime Yusuke only accomplishes two good deeds, he does a lot more in the manga due to the timeline of events being more stretched out in the manga. This includes helping a boy named Shouta get over his dog's death, helping a girl who had died get over her obsession with a boy (who didn't really care for her) so she can move on, and also being temporarily revived to keep his body fresh so it won't die out. The last deed involves not allowing Keiko to know about this, though Kuwabara encounters him and Yusuke explains to him what is happening before he returns to being a ghost. Keiko, who had received dreams and messages from Yusuke's ghost telling her he would be returning to life, needed to take care of his body so that he would be able to return to it. However, a fire starts in Yusuke's home and his body runs the risk of being incinerated. Keiko runs into the fire to protect it and is trapped in the fire. Yusuke gave up all the power in the egg to save her. The spirit beast put out some of the flames and opened up a path for her to escape from the fire.

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Keiko kissing Yusuke to resurrect him

Due to this incident, with Koenma directly in contact with Yusuke's soul, he figured that the wave cycle of Yusuke's power is extremely long and has to meet the right time to be resurrected or he would have to wait for another fifty-two years (fifty years in the Japanese version and English manga)[6] before the next chance and decided to let Yusuke return to life earlier even though the fire incident should have delayed the process since his power gained from good deeds were used up (in the manga, Yusuke had to go through one more good deed to be eligible for this by possessing an old acquaintance named Matsuo Suekichi to help him gain the confidence to achieve his dream of becoming a boxer). The only way for Yusuke to be resurrected is by a kiss from someone very close to him until midnight. Yusuke could tell, by dream, to three people he knew in order to do this, but he only told Keiko and Kuwabara since his mother started drinking and would not go to bed. Kuwabara did not believe the dream, due to its homosexuality, and Keiko got delayed by her mother's illness. Botan possessed Keiko's mother to leave a message saying Yusuke was in a more dire state than she was. Keiko manages to kiss Yusuke in time, and Yusuke is returned to life.

After returning, Yusuke is surprised to notice a demon inhabiting the body of a street punk. After he defeats it, Botan shows up and tells Yusuke that his experience with death allowed him to do these things. He is to become the Earth's new Spirit Detective and protect the human race from demons by solving cases involved with the apparitions.

Artifact Recovery Arc

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Yusuke bound by Hiei's Jagan Tie Curse.

Yusuke engages in many difficult trials in his first assignments as Spirit Detective. The first is to recover three stolen artifacts from Spirit World. Koenma trains him by teaching him how to fire his spirit energy, the energy possessed by humans and spirits, as a weapon. This technique is called the Spirit Gun and becomes the signature attack of Yusuke. Yusuke attempts to combat these three thieves: Gouki, who stole a soul-stealing article called the Orb of Baast; Kurama, who stole a mirror called the Forlorn Hope; and Hiei, who stole the Sword of Shadows. Yusuke was able to defeat Goki with the aid of Botan (anime only) and his Spirit Gun. Kurama willingly turns over the Forlorn Hope, as he only wants to use its power to save his mother's life. Kurama intended to sacrifice his life for the mirror to save hers, but Yusuke selflessly asks the mirror to take his so Kurama can enjoy his mother's life. The mirror granted Kurama's wish, taking half of each of their life force, but killing neither, and Yusuke took the mirror. Yusuke and Botan then go to fight Hiei, who kidnapped Keiko and tried to turn her into a demon by slashing her with the stolen sword. While Botan staved off the transformation, Yusuke fought the extremely fast demon and managed to defeat him by reflecting his Spirit Gun off of the Forlorn Hope, intentionally missing Hiei to strike it and causing the arrogant demon to believe Yusuke missed. They found the antidote in the hilt of the sword to stop Keiko's transformation. After the ordeal, Yusuke turned over the three artifacts to Koenma.

Rando Arc

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Yusuke vs. Rando.

Yusuke then was sent to the compound of Genkai, an aged, experienced fighter who was looking for a successor to her powerful Spirit Wave technique (Reiko Hado Ken or Spirit Light Wave Fist in the original Japanese version). To decide on her successor she decided to hold a tournament which Yusuke and Kuwabara entered. But Botan warned Yusuke that a demon named Rando would probably try to inherit her technique and it was his job to stop him. Yusuke fought through her tournament and defeated Rando in the end (out of luck), becoming her successor. For the next two weeks (in the Japanese anime, it is a month and in the English anime, it is six months), Yusuke undergoes tough training with Genkai. As a result, his strength radically heightens, pushing him from a D-class to a C-class.

Saint Beasts Arc

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Yusuke uses his Spirit Energy against Suzaku.

Yusuke was then sent to Maze Castle in Demon City to defeat the Four Saint Beasts and stop them from taking over the human race with demon parasites. Kuwabara decided to go with Yusuke, and Koenma sent Kurama and Hiei, who were on probation in the human world, to assist. Yusuke and the others fought their way to Suzaku, the leader of the group, and Yusuke managed to defeat him, but at the cost of his own life energy. Kuwabara, the only human in the group, saved him by transferring part of his own life energy.

Yukina Rescue Arc

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Yusuke and Kuwabara fight the Toguros (Younger and Elder Toguro) to rescue Yukina

Yusuke then goes with Kuwabara (and Botan in the anime) to rescue a beautiful ice apparition named Yukina, with whom Kuwabara becomes smitten. However, Yukina is actually Hiei's twin sister, a fact that Kuwabara and even Yukina herself is unaware of. Yusuke fights all the way to the Toguro brothers. Yusuke and Kuwabara defeat them with teamwork and rescue the maiden, but it turns out that the Toguros threw the fight on purpose. The younger Toguro brother coerces Yusuke to join the Dark Tournament (Ankoku Būtsukai or Black Martial Arts Tournament in the original Japanese) and defeat him in a real fight.

Dark Tournament Saga

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Team Urameshi entering the Dark Tournament

To prepare for the Dark Tournament competition, Yusuke trains intensively with Genkai for two months, moving him from a middle C class to an upper C class in the process. Afterward, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei, along with 'The Masked Fighter' (Genkai as), enter the Dark Tournament as the guest team, Team Urameshi. Often at times barely escaping out of the fights alive, and despite heavy bias against them by the tournament committee, they fight their way to the final of the tournament to face Team Toguro.

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Yusuke after Genkai's death

During the semis, Genkai transfers most of her Spirit Energy through the Spirit Wave Orb so Yusuke can stand a chance against Younger Toguro, moving him from a lower B class to a middle B class. Before the finals begin, Genkai and Toguro face off in an attempt to kill one another. It is revealed that Toguro was Genkai's partner from a previous tournament. After suffering a mortal wound, Genkai, with the last of her strength, explains that when they won the tournament fifty years ago, Toguro, who was once human, had his body become a demon's in order to preserve his strength and youth. Before dying, Genkai warns Yusuke not to become like Toguro. Yusuke becomes furious with Toguro over his master's death and vows to defeat him.

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Yusuke charging his Spirit Gun Mega to defeat full-powered Toguro (from manga)

In the finals, Yusuke now faces Toguro. However, after Toguro reveals his full power, Yusuke cannot defeat him no matter how hard he tries. To bring out Yusuke's hidden power, Toguro kills Kuwabara. The trauma of witnessing one of his best friends go down brings Yusuke from a middle B to an upper B. Yusuke prepares his final spirit gun while Toguro undergoes another power-up, going beyond his limits to reach 100% of his 100% form (in the English dub, he reveals that what he initially had said was 100% was more like 85%). After unleashing their attacks, Yusuke comes out on top, overpowering Toguro with his full potential. It is revealed that Kuwabara faked his death to bring out Yusuke's power; when Yusuke finds out he beats him up in a fury. Before they leave the island, Koenma revives Genkai, much to the surprise and joy of everyone.

The others he fought in previous rounds were (read the profile of each character by clicking on their names/links for more information about their fight with Yusuke):

  • Round 1 - Chu (defeated by a strong headbutt in a knife-edge deathmatch after Chu and Yusuke depleted their spirit energy).
  • Round 2 - Assisted fighting M1, M2, and M3 (defeated Dr. Ichigaki Team together with Kuwabara and the Masked Fighter, with the latter making the last move to remove the brainwashing done by Dr. Ichigaki to his team. Yusuke managed to regain his Spirit Energy in this round after it was depleted with Chu's fight earlier).
  • Round 3 - Bakken (or Bakuken - defeated with numerous punches after Bakken tried to cover the stadium with a fog) and Jin (defeated when Yusuke used his Spirit Wave Technique, the match was ruled a draw thanks to Butajiri's manipulating the tournament committee).
  • Round 4 - Absent (was receiving Spirit Orb from Genkai).


Chapter Black Saga

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Botan meets up with Yusuke and Kuwabara at his school.

Yusuke receives a new mission requested by Koenma, to find out all possible psychics that may seem a possible threat in Sarayashiki city or in Mushiyori, where the main plot of this saga occurs.

In this arc, Yusuke must stop Shinobu Sensui and his other six psychic companions (also known as Sensui Seven) from opening a gate to the demon world. He was initially captured by Kido, Yanagisawa, and Kaito but were later rescued by Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Botan. The kidnapping was masterminded by Genkai as a test.

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Yusuke vs Doctor

Yusuke later fights and defeats Doctor, one of Sensui's psychics, when he infected many people in the hospital with his insects. After Sensui and Sniper appear and kidnap Kuwabara, Yusuke chases them to their lair. He was later helped by Hiei to defeat Sniper. Together with Hiei, Kurama, Seaman (once a companion of Sensui but now their ally), Genkai, Yanagisawa, and Kaito, they defeated Gamemaster in his games to be able to face Sensui and to stop the opening of the portal between human and demon world.

At first, Sensui holds the upper hand due to his superb martial arts skills but Yusuke later was able to evolve his fighting technique to match Sensui. Sensui then released his other personality (called Kazuya) and shot through Yusuke with his now right hand turned into a gun. As Yusuke was recuperating, Koenma appeared and tried to stop Sensui by erecting a Barrier with his secret technique, the Mafuukan, to trap him. At first, Yusuke snatched the pacifier from Koenma to prevent him from erecting a barrier to finish his fight with Sensui. Later, Sensui snatched the pacifier from Yusuke but this enabled Koenma to activate the Mafuken in proximity to Sensui. Sensui broke through the barrier by using Sacred Energy and becoming an S Class.

When Yusuke realizes he cannot defeat Sensui's true self, only possessing lower A class power against Sensui's low S Class power, he decides to have Sensui kill him to awake Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara's hidden potential. Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama have their powers awakened to A class due to Yusuke's death and pursues Sensui. When Sensui crossed over the barrier of the A and S class (he was a human and only demons are restricted), Kuwabara cuts the barrier with his dimensional sword so Hiei and Kurama can accompany him to avenge Yusuke's death. They later followed Sensui up to the Demon World where they joined together to fight him, but to their regret, were still no match for Sensui's S Class strength.

Meanwhile, after Yusuke dies, his ancestral Mazoku blood resurrects him and boosts his power to lower S-class demon power. It is revealed that he is a Mazoku, or a descendant of a most powerful Demon Clan (the Amazaku demons in the English dub), his ancestor Raizen having conceived a child with a human woman. Raizen made it so that when the stars reach a certain alignment, and his descendant is worthy of awakening, they would become a Demon. When Yusuke died the first time, he was too weak to awaken the Demon blood within him. It was his subsequent missions afterward, especially his fight against the younger Toguro, that made him strong enough. Hence, his death at the hands of Sensui caused him to come back as a Mazoku through the process of Atavism, pushing him directly to S Class power.

After this transformation, Yusuke was renewed with power but in appearance, he was the same. Then, Yusuke confronts the SDF and warns them not to mess up with him. Finally, he decides to continue his fight with Sensui and rides over Pu together with Koenma and they leave for Demon World.

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Yusuke (Mazoku form) vs. Sensui.

Once he arrived on the battlefield, he was reunited with his friends (Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama, who all obtained A Class level) who were about to be defeated by Sensui. Then, he asks the others to rest and that it was his time to finish the fight on their behalf. Even with his new demon energy he still cannot defeat Sensui, until he is then possessed by his Raizen (his demon ancestor) to help control his newfound power. This causes Yusuke's body to transform yet again, gaining demonic eyes, marks, and long white hair, and bringing out his potential power, boosting him to Upper S Class demon power, which is now more powerful than Sensui's S Class.

As a result, Raizen, through Yusuke's body, kills Sensui, which upsets Yusuke greatly. So much in fact, Yusuke wanted to track down Raizen over the ordeal, thinking that if he was to kill a human-like Sensui, he should have been the one to make the decision, not his ancestor.

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Keiko reunited with Yusuke (Mazoku form)

After the fight, Team Urameshi returned to the Human World. Finally, Keiko Yukimura was reunited with Yusuke and all were safe and sound.

Koenma then informed him that the passageway to the Human World and the Demon World was closing. He then presented Yusuke with a choice; stay in the Demon World forever (to hunt his ancestor if he wants), or go back to his home and return to his normal life. Since Yusuke was tired from the fight and was also worried about Keiko, he chose the latter choice in the end and returned to the Human World.

Three Kings Saga

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Yusuke getting invited to return to Demon World

Yusuke is removed from his position as Spirit Detective because he is considered too dangerous for the Human Realm. The Great Emperor Enma (King Yama in the English anime) wants Yusuke dead so that he does not become as dangerous as Sensui. At the beginning of the season, Yusuke is forced to live his normal life in the human world. However, he is troubled by what to make of his new identity as a demon. Koenma advises him to go to Genkai, who sends him to a former Spirit Detective, Kuroko Sato. During this conversation, Raizen sends three of his advisors, inviting Yusuke to return to Demon World. Yusuke agrees to do so (since Raizen interrupted his match against Sensui and he wants revenge). He then prepares to go to Demon World.

Before he left, he met up with Keiko to bid farewell. He proposes marriage to Keiko and promises that he will return in three years, time. When Keiko doubts his marriage proposal (since Yusuke had jokingly proposed numerous times before), Yusuke said that he is now serious this time. Keiko still loves Yusuke so much and at heart, decides to wait for his return. Yusuke then has the others (Kuwabara, Botan, Genkai, Hiei, Kurama, Yukina, and Shizuru) meet at Genkai's temple for a farewell meeting.

After meeting Raizen when he went to the Demon World (the gate has been opened temporarily by Special Defense Force thinking to get rid of him from the Human World), he learns that Raizen is dying because he needs to eat humans to survive, which he gave up after he met a female doctor who is Yusuke's ancestor. Yusuke fights him, but loses to him quite easily; then learns that Mukuro and Yomi are just as strong as the current, and weakened, Raizen. Yomi and Mukuro are the powerful demons who, along with Raizen, compete with one another for the domination of the Demon World.

After a year of training Yusuke, Raizen dies, but reveals to Yusuke that if he had eaten humans he would have already been the strongest Demon Energy. Yusuke chooses to hold a tournament since he knows he is incapable of ruling Raizen's territory. He easily passes the tournament's preliminaries, before defeating Nekobaba in the first round and then an unseen demon called Toboso in the second round.

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Yusuke as a Mazoku.

In the third round, Yusuke is paired up against Yomi. During his match against Yomi, Yusuke suddenly realizes he has lost his purpose, and questions why he is fighting. He used to fight because as a child, he had been angry and neglected by society, and took out his anger by fighting. Then he became a Spirit Detective and fought against many powerful foes such as Younger Toguro and Sensui to save the world, although they were actually looking for someone more powerful to defeat them. Yusuke wonders what is his purpose for doing this and if he is now just waiting for someone to defeat him, now that his anger is gone and all he has is fighting, but Raizen's voice comes back and refreshes his mind. He remembers that he is fighting, not just to find his own identity, but for the sake of his friends as well.

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Yusuke vs. Yomi

From this renewed strength, Yusuke discovers a new Sacred Energy (or different form of energy which bears similarity in appearance to Sensui's Sacred Energy), and the fight between him and Yomi come down to one punch. Rushing at each other, the fight would have been a tie, except that Yomi was able to continue standing because of an impromptu shout from Shura. Yusuke falls unconscious and does not awaken until after the tournament ends. However, because he severely damaged Yomi in their fight, Yomi lost in the next rounds. Enki, Raizen's friend, won the tournament and became the Demon World King. For his new law, he forbade the demons to do evil or mischief in the Human World, which pre-empted the taking down of the Barrier between the Human and the Demon World.

Afterward, Yusuke leaves the Demon World plane shortly between the time after the tournament ends and before his three years are up.

Epilogue

Some variations exist between the endings of anime and manga, but they still have the same overall theme of Yusuke's returning to the Human World and reuniting with Keiko at last. The time-skip frame is similar, between a year and a half and two years since Yusuke's travel to Demon World.

Manga final chapters before the epilogue
In these chapters, the Demon World Tournament had already ended. When Yusuke decided to come back, a month has passed and he finally managed to graduate from Middle School thanks to his mother's connections. Immediately after, he decided to open a Ramen booth through which he secretly continued his Spirit Detective business. However, due to better relations between humans and demons, most of the work he received are getting signatures from the Cult Trio (Koto, Juri, and Ruka). This makes Yusuke ponder if it will just be a normal ramen booth after all, as he is visited by Keiko, Kuwabara, and Yukina.

Moreover, Yusuke also learns that Koenma overthrew his father after discovering his father's crimes of brainwashing weak demons to make them attack humans and portray the Spirit World as the Human World's protectors. This caused the barrier to be taken down and for any animosity between Yusuke and Spirit World to cease to exist as he and Koenma never stopped being friends after Yusuke became a demon (save for the religious sect that tried to cause a revolution but was defeated).

All or Nothing

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Team Urameshi once again gathered for a new mission.

Yusuke's last case in both the manga (chapter 174) and this OVA is similar. Here, Shunjun appeared before Yusuke. He told the news to the young Spirit Detective that the Gate of Judgement had been seized and he had to save Koenma, Botan, and a hundred other spirits when a radical Spirit World religious sect took over the Gates of Judgment in the Spirit World to "purify" the Human World. Since the gate between the Human World and the Demon World are now open, demons are now able to go to the human world though they are now not permitted to do mischief and evil deeds there by the Demon World leader Enki. For this reason, this religious sect wants to remove all demons in the Human world and has imprisoned Koenma and his subordinates. If their desire is not met, they threaten to kill all the hostages and also fire an Interdimensional Laser at the Human world to destroy it.

So, Yusuke called Demon World ruler Enki and requested him to gather his old friends. As Team Urameshi was gathered, they left their bodies and went into the Spirit World.

With the help of Kurama, they devised a plan and needed Kuwabara's help to infiltrate the Gates of Judgment. As the infiltration was successful, they took the guards one by one. After that, they made their way to the hostage room and launched a surprise attack, taking all of the terrorists. Yusuke wanted to know how they could stop the cannon that was aimed at the Human World, but the terrorist leader just said there were three colored buttons that marked three options. Yusuke then told everyone to evacuate and Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama to go to the Human World and tell everyone they knew to evacuate as well.

One of the terrorists explained to Yusuke that in order to stop the Interdimensional Laser from firing, he would need to press the one right button out of the three buttons present in the machine (colored red, blue, and yellow). One button would stop the machine, one would kill the souls of anyone inside the Spirit World's Gates of Judgment (including his own soul), and one would immediately fire the Laser at the Human World. Yusuke ordered everyone to evacuate the Gates of Judgment while he decided which switch to press. However, Koenma and Pu (who was possessed by Genkai) are seen remaining secretly at the gates while he deliberated. Yusuke's decision on which button to push was revealed next chapter.

Anime ending version

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Yusuke and Keiko kissing in the final episode of the anime

In the end, fortunately, Yusuke ended up pushing the blue button, which ended up being the correct one. As a result, Yusuke ended up successfully completing the mission and both the Human and Spirit Worlds were safe and sound once more.

Yusuke returns to the Human World and meets up with Keiko on a beach, where they kiss together at the conclusion of the anime series.

Manga finale version

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Yusuke in the final episode of the anime

In the final chapter of the manga (chapter 175), while Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, Keiko, Botan, and Yukina were on a beach, Kuwabara explained to Keiko and the others (while Yusuke is far out in the beach away from them) that Yusuke chose the blue colored button. Yusuke's reason was simple: Blue is Keiko's favorite color. Yusuke said that if the kidnappers have their "god", then he has his own "goddess" (the term he used to refer to Keiko). Therefore, he chose the blue button. Luckily, it was the right button to stop the Laser. After learning this, Keiko confirms once and for all that Yusuke really loves her very much. She then chases Yusuke far out on the beach and happily plays with him with the ocean waves.

In the bonus OVA, it is revealed that he enters the second Demon World Tournament with Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei by his side.

Equipment

  • Spiritual Peering Lenses: One of the first items Yusuke gets to help him out as a Spirit Detective, is able to see hidden items in clothing and implied to see through clothes. It is stopped being used after the first arc, as the enemies focus more on combat than retrieving items.
  • Spectral Energy Meter: One of the first items Yusuke gets to help him out as a Spirit Detective, it is able to locate identified demons no matter how far they are, however, it breaks after sensing Rando implying it is useless on C Class and higher ranked demons.
  • Spiritual Shooting Ring: One of the first items Yusuke gets to help him out as a Spirit Detective, it can boost his offensive spiritual energy at the cost of exhaustion. It is implied to be removed after Yusuke trains hard enough under Genkai to fight C Class demons and higher.

Powers and Abilities

  • Superhuman Strength: While not immediately evident at the start of the anime/manga, Yusuke is stronger than all of his peers and most adults. At age 14, he was shown as strong enough to hurt Gouki in his human form and even lift a fallen tree to stab him. When participating in Genkai's tournament, he is shown to be strong enough to create a sharp 'wind blade' by just using his full strength in a punch. During the Chapter Black arc, Yusuke's punch at one-third of his strength was capable of knocking out amateur boxer Moruta with merely its shock wave.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Yusuke has shown feats of stamina and endurance beyond that of a human multiple times, and after his Mazoku rebirth he displayed an even higher level of stamina. His most notable is where he is shown running for 3–5 days straight at high speeds alongside Hokushin and Touou, while the two monks are exhausted Yusuke is fine, and he goes to fight Raizen afterward. Another notable example is Yusuke's fight against Yomi, which lasted for around 60 hours - this is mentioned by Yusuke in the 170th chapter of the manga.
  • Superspeed: Yusuke has shown multiple instances of super speed. During the Artifact Retrieval Arc, his rage increased his speed to Hiei's level, and he was shown to be able to follow Hiei's movements even in his Jagan/full demon form. Another show of his speed was when Hiei attacked him to test the progress he made in his training when they met up for the Dark Tournament. He is also shown to be fast enough to overtake cars with ease while on a bicycle. While battling Sensui, Yusuke is capable of moving at incredible speeds faster than Hiei.
  • Superhuman Durability: Yusuke, in his fight with Bakken (a very physically imposing man), was taking several blows and would continue to get back up like nothing ever happened. And in his fight with Chu, he got hit with one of his ogre boulders and emerged only with a few scratches and no shirt.


  • Spirit Awareness (霊感, Reikan, literally translated as Spirit Intuition): After being revived from the dead and obtaining the ability to use spirit energy Yusuke gains Spirit Awareness. While not as talented as the Kuwabara siblings, he is perceptive of beings who have large amounts of spirit or demon energy, such as Younger Toguro. The usage and amount of spiritual abilities and energy develop over the series, where he can discharge his spirit gun at a limitless rate and designate specific individuals' energy, despite not being in close proximity.
  • Flight: a special ability where the user manipulates their Energy so that they can levitate or fly. He first used it in his battle against Sensui.

Fighting Style

Yusuke enjoys a good brawl and seems to prefer fighting with his fists, though he specializes in long-range projectile techniques that destroy foes from a distance or many foes at once. Shura observed that Yusuke did have some tricks or real style to how he fights. Thus when he fights to defeat the opponent, for the sake of efficiency he will tend to strike from afar with his spiritual projectiles (when using Spirit Gun, his face rarely shows the satisfaction he has when fist-fighting), but will fight using his physical skills if he wants to enjoy a good battle. A tactic he sometimes employs is to fight with his fists at close range, and once the opponent leaps back to dodge an attack, Yusuke will shoot a Spirit Gun at them.

While Yusuke prefers to use his fists in a fight, he will use any type of blow (punch or kick) to attack his opponent like when he kicked the Younger Toguro in the face to attack and avoid Toguro's punch. Yusuke is also a fan of mixed martial arts and it seems likely that he has taken more than a few moves from watching matches. Unless he is in a dangerous situation, Yusuke is a very aggressive fighter and rarely thinks before making a move, even firing a Spirit Gun at Sensui and realizing too late it may harm Kuwabara. Overall, One would describe Yusuke as an instinctive fighter. His ability to read and attack his opponents comes from a highly innate fighting sense rather than practiced study.

Due to his experience as a delinquent, Yusuke knows quite a few street-fighting techniques. He has a very hard head, which results in a very powerful headbutt, which is apparently stronger than Chu's whose own headbutt was known to have broken boulders. He also has a body blow rush technique called the Intestine Killer. Shura and Yomi describe him as using "No cheap moves or any real form to his fighting at all." and "He fights simply to enjoy the true nature of it."

Due to his relative weakness compared to demons, initially, he defeated his enemies by outsmarting them (i.e. Goki) or by sheer luck (i.e. Rando). In later battles, this is not emphasized as much, and tends to defeat his foes with his strength or a boost of power he gains from a dire situation or from rage.

Known Techniques

  • Spirit Gun (霊丸, Reigan, Rei-Gun in the Viz translation): This is Yusuke's signature move. He concentrates his Spirit Energy into his right index finger and releases it as a projectile. After channeling his energy, he pulls the trigger in his mind when he wants to fire the "bullet." The Spirit-Gun blast can range in size from a small shot (at this point it was only twice as strong as his punch), to a full-sized cannon blast, to a near-atomic explosion, as demonstrated in the Demon world tournament. Initially, Yusuke can only fire the spirit gun a limited number of times per day. At first, early in his commission as Spirit Detective, he can only use it once per day, but by the beginning of the Dark Tournament, after rigorous training under Genkai, Yusuke can use it four times per day. After this, the number of bullets did not increase, but the strength of the individual bullets did. After training in Demon World for three years, he eventually gains the ability to shoot the Spirit Gun with virtually unlimited ammo, as shown in his fight against Yomi. It was originally given to him by Spirit World to fight off demons as required during his cases, but later becomes his signature move. Yusuke can deliberately weaken his gun so that it merely stuns the opponent rather than kill them, as shown by its use on Kuwabara.
    • Spirit Gun Mega (超霊丸, Chō Reigan lit. Super Spirit Gun): In his battle against the Younger Toguro, Yusuke uses up all his remaining energy to summon a gigantic energy bullet. Though unnamed in both the anime and manga, it is called such in the games.
    • Demon Gun (妖丸, Yōgan): This is the demon energy version of the Spirit Gun. After he is reborn as the Mazoku, Yusuke gains the ability to fire his demon energy from his index finger. It is a vastly powerful attack. Yusuke fires a concentrated crimson blast of powerful demon energy that inflicts greater damage than a normal Spirit Gun did prior to his transformation. By the end of the series, Yusuke is able to fire both his Spirit and Demon Gun with virtually unlimited ammo, so long as he has energy. It is unnamed in all versions.
    • Demon Gun Mega (超妖丸, Chō Yōgan lit. Super Demon Gun): The ultimate version of his Spirit Gun, where an intense concentration of energy is released to create a devastating energy blast capable of annihilating anything in its path. He first uses this upon receiving Raizen's power and kills Shinobu Sensui with it while under Raizen's control. It is unnamed in the manga and anime but called Demonic Spirit Gun in the card game.
  • Spirit Shotgun (ショットガン, Shottogan, Shotgun Blast in the Viz translation): Yusuke gathers spirit energy into his fist to form a large blast of spirit energy from it to shoot out in less powerful but many blasts. While the technique is not as powerful as the Spirit Gun, a few advantages it has is that the shots are widespread, which makes it highly effective against quick or invisible opponents or large numbers of weak enemies. Yusuke first used this technique against a group of thugs, who were controlled by the Demon World Insects. Yusuke also used this technique against Yomi, but it had no effect due to his barrier and the fact that the Spirit Shotgun has weaker, individual bullets.
  • Spirit Punch: Though primarily a long-distance fighter, in close combat, Yusuke can infuse parts of his body with Spirit Energy to enhance his ability in physical combat, especially his punches, but he does the same to his feet in the Tournament Tactics video game. The coating of spirit energy around his hands also can serve as a barrier to defend against projectile attacks such as Suzaku's arrows. It is unnamed in both versions, but is called as such in the video game, and is called "Spirit Fist" in the card game. He is once seen using Spirit Energy to strengthen his foot as well.
  • Spirit Kick: Along with Kuwabara, he is seen surrounding his foot with energy to strengthen his kicks to knock out the Third Ogre. In the manga, it is just a regular kick due to the fact that Gokumonki was weak. This was carried off into the GBA game as Kuwabara's counterpart to Yusuke's Spirit Punch.
  • Spirit Gun Barrage (霊丸連射, Reigan Rensha, translated as Spirit Gun Rapid-fire/Chain Shot or Spirit Gun Double, Rapidfire in the Viz translation): Yusuke shoots two Spirit Guns in rapidfire. This technique has more force than the combined power of two Spirit Guns due to the fact that the second bullet pushes the first bullet as well, giving it more offensive power, to the point it could pierce Chu's Ogre Boulder (Chu comments that the force of a single Spirit Gun would have been consumed). This technique was only used against Chu in the finals of the first round of the Dark Tournament competition by using Yusuke's remaining Spirit Gun shots together. While not mentioned in the English anime, a side effect from using this advanced technique caused Yusuke to temporarily lose the ability to use his Spirit Gun prior to the match against the Dr. Ichigaki Team due to his inexperience at manipulating Spirit Energy. Later in the anime, Yusuke uses a variation of this when he tries to break through Yomi's Demon Energy Absorption Wall during the Demon World Tournament.
  • Spirit Wave (霊光弾, Reikōdan, translates as Spirit Light Bullet, Aura Blast in the Viz translation): Yusuke uses it to turn his entire body into a catalyst for his Spirit Energy. Instead of using his index finger to focus energy, Yusuke uses his entire body for this attack. This makes for extremely powerful close-range attacks that negate the opponent's attack, but it's extremely difficult and dangerous to use. This was first seen being used against Jin in the Dark Tournament Saga. He tried using this against Sensui in the original Japanese version but was kicked out of range before he could do anything. It also has healing properties, as he is able to heal from the gunshot wounds that Kazuya inflicted when he shot him at close range. Not to be confused with Genkai's Fighting Style, or Genkai's purification technique, which all share the same name in the English dub.
  • Spirit Cuffs (呪霊錠・修の行, Jū Rei Jō: Shu no Gyō, translated as Cursed Spirit Shackles: Path of Training, or Aura Locks and Aura Handcuffs in the VIZ manga): Genkai placed these on Yusuke in order to increase his spirit energy reserves, a bearer of these cuffs needs to actively cycle spirit energy throughout their entire body in order to simply move, let alone fight. It is released with Ante in original Japanese; released with the command Avitus in the English dub or released with the command Ante Up in the VIZ Manga.

Transformations

  • Mazoku form: After his atavism, Yusuke temporarily transforms into a Raizen-inspired demon form whenever his Demon Energy runs high. Raizen took over Yusuke's body without Yusuke's will to do so, as Raizen believed he would've lost to Sensui otherwise. The full strength of this form is unknown, but it greatly increased his speed and strength to easily dominate against an opponent who had a slight advantage over him. Given Kurama's statement about Yusuke's strength and Sensui's being nowhere near what it was during his possession, it can be assumed it would be equal to Raizen's strength at that point. In the manga, Yusuke's hair color stays the same as normal while in the anime, it turns silver-white to match Raizen's hair.

During the Dark Tournament, Yusuke told Koenma he could create explosive bursts of Spirit Energy and focus them on a target, but never demonstrated this ability (Koenma describes this as the most basic of basics).

Anime-Specific Techniques

  • Sacred Energy (聖光気, Sei Kō Ki, translated as Sacred Light Energy): During his fight against Yomi, Yusuke, remembering all of his friends supporting him, is able to mix his body's Demon Energy and Spirit Energy together allowing him to generate his own version of Sacred Energy, different from the version that was previously used by Sensui during the Chapter Black Saga. It is just as powerful, but hard to maintain for more than a few hours; however, that would turn out to be more than enough time for Yusuke's battle with Yomi. Koenma says it is not Sacred Energy but an entirely different form of energy. In the Japanese version, it is implied to be Yusuke's own version of Sacred Energy.

Movie-Exclusive Techniques

  • Shot Gun Double Barrel: A modified version of Yusuke's Spirit Shotgun attack, where he channels it into both of his fists and releases his energy out from both at the same time to create twice the spread. This attack is used only once, during the events of the first movie, when he uses it to destroy a large quantity of falling debris.
    • The altered name comes from the Media Blasters English dub only. In the original Japanese and FUNimation versions, Yusuke just refers to the technique as "Shotgun".
  • Power Sphere Fusion: During the events of the second movie, using the Power Sphere as a catalyst, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara connect their souls as one. First Yusuke shoots a giant Spirit Gun bullet, which then unpredictably whips back like Kurama's rose whip when dodged. Then the bullet directly strikes the opponent, as if Kuwabara was lunging with his Spirit Sword. Finally, the giant burst of Spirit Energy is engulfed by Hiei's Dragon of the Darkness Flame, giving it a much more destructive force.
    • Sacred Energy: Although unnamed, in the second movie, an aura similar to the sacred energy surrounds Yusuke and the others when he successfully gains control over the power sphere. It also seemed to protect them from damage, against Yakumo's attacks.

Character Relationships

Trivia

  • The pronunciation of his name is Yus(u)ke, with a second silent "u" since the syllable "s" in Japanese always comes with a vowel sound.
  • Yusuke's first name means "ghost helper" and his last name is a word that is said by dead spirits.
  • The Yu from Yusuke and Rei from Reigum form the wordYurei, which is another Japanese word for ghost.
  • Yusuke is a pretty good judge of character, being instantly unnerved by those with malicious intent and knowing if someone harbors no ill will.
  • For his job as Spirit Detective, Yusuke only had five official cases. The first four cases made up the Spirit Detective Saga, while the fifth was the Chapter Black Saga.
  • According to Hiei, Yusuke would struggle to match wits with a gnat.
  • In Yoshihiro Togashi's second famous manga series, Hunter X Hunter, Yusuke makes a cameo appearance alongside Hiei and Kurama as action figures in the room of Milluki Zoldyck (69, volume 8).
  • He also makes a crossover appearance in the last panel of Yoshiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter yon-koma comic of 2011, where he asks about New Year's and is told he is in the wrong manga.
  • Although he is often overlooked, Yusuke is the youngest human to achieve S Class energy levels. Even as a Mazoku, he is still the youngest to achieve this level of strength.
  • Yusuke's birthday falls sometime between the second half of June and the start of July. This is supported by the fact that he left for Demon World on his birthday and the fact that Kurama left a month after him, sometime between late July and early August to help Yomi's cause until the end of August. This also makes sense since the animal that manifests through his spirit energy (the phoenix) also rules the days between June 25 and July 24 of the Ancient Egyptian horoscope.
  • Keiko says he doesn't know how to whistle.
  • In the manga after defeating Nekobaba, Yusuke references Virtua Fighter by assuming a pose resembling a win pose from that series. His appearance changes to resemble Virtua Fighter's blocky graphics as well.
  • Yusuke has several songs on the soundtrack. By himself: "All Right!", "Akatsuki no Chikai ~Rising Sun~", "Dead or Alive ~Toushin~", "FIRE", "Kokoro o Tsunaide", "TOUGH", and "Tsukanoma no Sunset". With Keiko Yukimura: "Omoide o Tsubasa ni Shite". With Kurama, Hiei, and Kazuma Kuwabara: "Bokutachi no Kisetsu", "Hikari no Naka de", and "Yasashisa wa Nemuranai". There are also remixes of "Unbalance na Kiss o Shite " and "Taiyou ga Mata Kagayaku Toki" with him singing.
  • In the Japanese magazine Animage Anime Grand Prix popularity poll, Yusuke was ranked as the thirteenth most popular anime character in 1993, the tenth in 1994, and the eighth in 1995.
  • In March 2010, Yusuke was ranked the sixteenth best male anime character of the 1990s by the Japanese magazine Newtype.
  • In Yu Yu Hakusho manga volume 12, Yusuke was voted 3rd most popular by 10,048 votes from fans.
  • Coincidentally, the first name of the Yu Yu Hakusho music artist is Yusuke.
  • Yusuke's reiki is blue while his yoki is red
  • Yusuke's test score in episode 3 is 12%. (He's actually PROUD of this because Kuwabara scored 9%.)
  • Yusuke has a tendency to stick his middle finger at people a lot.
  • Yusuke, alongside Yomi, made a cameo as a high school student in the anime Good Luck Girl! in episode 7. Their 60-hour-long fight was also mentioned.

Allies

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In the series, Yusuke had met several New allies and Friends in his Life from Living World to Makai, from the Spirit Detective Saga to the Three Kings Saga. Yomi noted that Yusuke does not make alliances through talk or treaties, but connects directly with the warrior spirit in others.

Spirit Detective Saga Allies

  • Kurama - When he first met Kurama, Kurama gained respect for Yusuke.
  • Hiei - Yusuke first fought Hiei in the Artifacts of Darkness arc. But, in the Four Saint Beasts of Maze Castle arc, Hiei became a respectful ally of Yusuke.

Dark Tournament Saga Allies

  • Chu - A drunken fighter. Yusuke first fought Chu in Team Urameshi's first round of the Dark Tournament. In Episode 32, When Chu lost his match and told Yusuke to finish him off. But, Urameshi refused to do that and gained a high amount of Respect for Chu and told him that Yusuke and Chu will fight again when he's Better, making Chu's goal to beat Yusuke in the future. Chu and Urameshi were both still Allies and Friends.
  • Rinku - Yo-Yo Kid. Rinku first met Team Urameshi in the Hotel and at the 1st Round where he fought with Kuwabara. During Yusuke's fight with Chu, Rinku was playfully Making fun of Urameshi, saying that Yusuke doesn't stand a chance against Chu. In Episode #32 (Knife-Edge Deathmatch), Rinku had gained a large amount of Respect for Urameshi. Both Urameshi and Rinku go on to become Friends and Allies. (Despite not having met nor spoken to Yusuke at all until the Makai Tournament Arc of The Saga of the Three Kings, Rinku was respectful and good to Urameshi. This may be due to the Respect for Chu that Yusuke had gained.)
  • Jin - An Impish Wind demon and Shinobi Master of Wind. Yusuke first fought with Jin. After the fight, Yusuke gained an amount of respect for Jin and Jin became Yusuke's friend/ally. During Team Uraotogi and Team Urameshi's match in the Dark Tournament's Semi-Finals, Jin, alongside Chu, Rinku, and Touya saved Keiko and an Unconscious Yusuke from a Trio of Demons. The Four came back to Watch Yusuke fight Younger Toguro. In the Three Kings Saga's Makai Tournament Arc, Jin, alongside Chu, Rinku, Touya, Shishiwakamaru and Suzuki were training under Kurama and Genkai. In the Makai Tournament, Jin swears that he will face Urameshi again in the 2nd Makai Tournament. But, Jin and Urameshi continue to be both Friends and Allies as Well.
  • Touya - A Hexed Ice Master and Shinobi. During Team Uraotogi and Team Urameshi's match in the Dark Tournament's Semi-Finals, Toya, alongside Chu, Rinku, and Jin were saving Keiko and an Unconscious Yusuke from a Trio of Demons. In the Dark Tournament's finals, Touya, Chu, Rinku, and Jin were now allies of Yusuke and they came to watch the fight where Yusuke fought against Younger Toguro. In the Saga of the Three Kings, Touya was training under Genkai and Kurama along with the Other Demons (i.e. Chu, Rinku, Jin, Shishi Wakamaru, Suzuka) and was joined by Kurama to be on Yomi's side. But when Urameshi prepared for the Demon World Tournament, Touya, Chu, Shishi, Rinku, Jin, and Suzuki had switched to Yusuke's side. Toya and Yusuke both continue to be Allies.
  • Shishiwakamaru - Demon Swordsman, Former member of Team Uraotogi. Wasn't seen along with Suzuka during the Final Fight between Yusuke and Younger Toguro. (Only in the manga) In the Dark Tournament's Finals, Shishiwakamaru was on Toguro's side of Survivors (i.e. Dr. Ichigaki, Risho, and strangely Bui) while his teammate and former captain, Suzuki is on the side of Supporters of Urameshi (i.e. Touya, Chu, Jin and Rinku. M1/Yen, M2/Ryo, and M3/Kai were mostly seen in the manga, but occasionally in the anime). Shishiwakamaru hadn't met or spoken with Yusuke at all until the Three Kings Saga, where Shishi had switched from the other side to Yusuke's side and was part of Yusuke's Alliance. Shishiwakamaru and Urameshi continue to be allies every now and then.
  • Suzuki (self-proclaimed, "The Beautiful" Suzuka) - A former owner and leader of Team Uraotogi, Master of 1,000 Faces & Tricks. Wasn't seen along with Shishiwakamaru. However, Due to Yusuke's Giant Spirit Gun Blast, He believed that Urameshi did stand a Chance against Toguro. In the Three Kings Saga, Suzuki was loyal and respectful to Yusuke. Suzuki continues to be Yusuke's ally.
  • En - A student of Master Mitamura. Yen, Ryo, and Kai were Sad and Upset that Mitamura was diseased. Until then, Dr. Ichigaki said that he could help Mitamura by experimenting with the Three boys. Then, Yen, alongside Ryo and Kai first battled with Yusuke, Masked Fighter, and Kuwabara in a 3-on-3 Match. Until then, When Yusuke tried to Charge up his Spirit Gun to Kill M1, M2, and M3, the Masked Fighter freed the 3 Students. In the Final Match where Yusuke and Younger Toguro, M1 was seen alongside Kai and Ryo as allies of Yusuke to watch Yusuke fight against Toguro. (Despite not having met or spoken with Urameshi. But, En is still an ally of Yusuke.)
  • Ryo - A student of Master Mitamura. Yen, Ryo, and Kai were Sad and Upset that Master Mitamura was sick and was diseased. Until then, Dr. Ichigaki said that he could help Mitamura get better by experimenting with M1, M2, and M3. Then, M2 fought with Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Masked Fighter. When Yusuke tried to Charge up his Spirit Gun Blast to Kill Yen, Kai, and Ryo. The Masked Fighter had stopped Yusuke from charging up his Spirit Gun. Instead, she freed M1, M2, and M3 from Ichigaki's Control. Then, M2 was seen along with M1 and M3 as part of the Crowd in the Audience, when the three of them were on Yusuke's side during the Finals of the Dark Tournament. (Also like Yen, Haven't met nor spoken to Yusuke, but still Turns out that Ryo is still Yusuke's ally as well.)
  • Kai - A student of Master Mitamura. M1, M2, and M3 were upset that Mitamura was diseased and is too sick. Until then, Dr. Ichigaki came and said that he could help Master Mitamura get better by experimenting En, Kai, and Ryo. Then, He, alongside Ryo and Yen fought Yusuke, Genkai, and Kuwabara. Genkai had stopped Urameshi from charging up his Spirit Gun and used her powers to free M1, M2, and M3. After Team Ichigaki's loss, M3 ran to Yusuke, telling him that he wanted to join Team Urameshi to make up for his sins, but the tournament rules forbade it. But, M3 still finds out that he is still an ally of Yusuke Urameshi. M3 was also seen during the Finals as part of the Crowd in the Audience supporting Team Urameshi and Cheering for Yusuke.

Chapter Black Saga Allies

  • Asato Kido - Was a High School student who's Psychic and Has Psychic powers in which that Kido has the Power of "Shadow". After Kaito's "Taboo" game, Kido helped Yusuke and his Gang by exploring Kido's, Kaito's, and Yana's hometown, Mushiyori City.
  • Yu Kaito - Also a High School student from Mushiyori City, who has Psychic Powers in which Kaitou has the Power of "Taboo''. After his Taboo game in the House of Four Dimensions, Kaito helped Yusuke by investigating his hometown, Mushiyori City. Then, He helped Urameshi and the Team by stopping Tsukihito Amanuma, known as ''Gamemaster''.
  • Mitsunari Yanagisawa - a Mushiyori City High School student from Mushiyori City, with Psychic powers. Yana's power is "Copy". After Kaitou's "Taboo" game in the House of 4 Dimensions, he Helped and allied with Urameshi by investigating his, Kaitou's, and Kido's hometown, Mushiyori City, then he helped him by Stopping Tsukihito Amanuma, the Gamemaster.
  • Shigeru Murota - A Psychic Man from Mushiyori City. Was an ally of Yusuke. Unfortunately, Murota was killed thrice (i.e. Infected by Doctor, shot by a pencil eraser by Sniper, and was eaten by Gourmet.).
  • Kiyoshi Mitarai (known as "Seaman") - Former Companion of Shinobu Sensui and Former member of the Sensui Seven, now an ally of Yusuke. Seaman was saved by Kuwabara. After that, Yusuke gained an amount of Respect for Mitarai, and then, Seaman helped Yusuke and his team by Stopping Sensui and the rest of the Sensui Seven.

Sniper, Kamiya, and Gamemaster were also former members of the Sensui Seven and former companions of Shinobu Sensui, but they didn't become allies of Yusuke Urameshi.

Three Kings Saga/Makai Tournament Arc Allies

  • Kuroko Sato - Was a First, but Former Spirit Detective. Kuroko first met Yusuke when Genkai and Koenma told Yusuke to Go meet Kuroko. Kuroko and her Family greeted Urameshi and welcomed him to the House. Kuroko is still an ally of Yusuke Urameshi.
  • Hokushin - A former ally of Toshin Raizen, now Urameshi's ally and partner. Hokushin, Seitei, and Touou were asked by Raizen to Fight with Yusuke and bring him to Makai. After that, Hokushin became Yusuke's partner and ally. After the Makai Tournament, Hokushin is Sure to See Yusuke again in Makai.
  • Seitei - Former ally of Raizen's, now an ally of Urameshi. After the Demon World Tournament, Seitei was sure that he'd get to see Yusuke again when Yusuke returned to Demon World.
  • Touou - Raizen's former ally and Yusuke's current ally. After the Makai Tournament, Touou was sure that he'd be able to see Urameshi again when Yusuke came back to Makai again.
  • Enki - Former friend of Raizen's, now an ally of Yusuke Urameshi and is King of Makai. - Enki along with his wife, Kokou came to Raizen's Kingdom to show and pay respect for Raizen's death. After that, Enki, Kokou, and their friends and allies came and greeted Yusuke and then allied with him in the Makai Tournament. Enki had won the Tournament and became King of Demon World. But, he decided to Make a New Law saying that No Trouble should be made in the Human World, leaving Urameshi in peace for Three Years. King Enki is still Yusuke's friend/ally.
  • Kokou - Wife of Enki, an ally of Urameshi. Kokou, alongside Enki, arrives in Raizen's Kingdom to pay respect for Raizen's death. After that and when the others came, Kokou allied with Yusuke, but being sure she'd beat him for Sure. But, still finds out as Yusuke's ally.
  • Raizen's Friends - All nine of Raizen's allies and friends (Enki, Kokou, Kujou, Natsume, Souketsu, Saizou, Shu, Den-Hou and Tetsuzan) had became Yusuke's allies and participated in the Makai Tournament with Him.

References

  1. After his rebirth as a Mazoku.
  2. Yu Yu Hakusho manga; Chapter 1, Page 32
  3. Yu Yu Hakusho manga; Chapter 1
  4. Yu Yu Hakusho manga; Chapter 1, Page 31
  5. Yu Yu Hakusho manga; Chapter 1, Page 37.
  6. Yu Yu Hakusho manga; Chapter 17 and Anime Episode 5

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