Post by Teh boss on Dec 8, 2007 14:47:55 GMT -5
Ky¨kotsu (Ð×¹Ç, Ky¨kotsu?) is the first of the seven to face a major character in the series. A giant undead human who loved to devour demons, he terrorized the y¨kai-wolf tribes, who were defenseless before his size and invulnerability. He reeked of dead humans and graveyard soil. K¨ga, upon hearing that the northern clan was under siege, hurried back just in time to save some survivors. He engages in a battle with Ky¨kotsu before taking the Shikon Shard out of his forehead, thus killing him. Ky¨kotsu is the weakest of the seven, despite his massive size and fearsome looks. Before K¨ga can get a firm grip on the jewel shard, it falls out and is taken up by a Saimy¨sh¨ and given to Bankotsu.
Ky¨kotsu is, despite his appearance, a human. Unlike the other 6 assassins, Ky¨kotsu's shard is embedded in his forehead.
Abilities
Size and strength
Trivia
Ky¨ means "dark" or "evil" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Power.
Voice Actor:
Daisuke Gouri (Japanese)
Mark Gibbon (English)
[edit] Jakotsu
JakotsuOverview
The openly homosexual sadistic wielder of a sneaky retractable sword, named the "Jakotsut¨", Jakotsu (Éß¹Ç, Jakotsu?) is one of the more skilled fighters of the Shichi'nintai and was placed third in command. He seems to be the first of the Shichinintai to have come into contact with Bankotsu and was with him before the Shichinintai were assembled as a group. Bankotsu and Jakotsu are very close and according to Bankotsu, Jakotsu is the only one he can trust in the world, not even the rest of his comrades(especially Renkotsu).
Upon hearing of InuYasha of news by Kohaku, Jakotsu immediately develops a crush on him, and after meeting InuYasha, Jakotsu is frequently swooning and petulantly protesting when he is denied confrontation. He also flies into a rage when Sango interferes in his first conflict with InuYasha, and at one moment Jakotsu openly says he finds Miroku good-looking too.
Jakotsu always looks for an opportunity to fight against InuYasha. He finally gets a chance inside Mount Hakurei when InuYasha is reverted to his human form by the holy barrier. After a lengthy fight, Jakotsu loses to InuYasha (who has turned back in to a hany¨, due to the weakened barrier), who spares his life. Jakotsu happily accepted his fate that he died after fighting the battle he wanted, but could have survived if the Shikon shard embedded in his neck wasn't taken by the scheming Renkotsu, an action later avenged by Bankotsu.
Abilities and weapons
He uses a snake-sword resembling a machete that whips out several linking blades twisting and turning in unpredictable ways.
Trivia
Ja means "Snake" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Death.
Voice Actor
Ai Orikasa (Japanese)
Jenn Forgie (English)
[edit] Mukotsu
MukotsuOverview
Mukotsu (ìF¹Ç, Mukotsu?) is a fat poison master, and the third Shichi'nintai that InuYasha and his companions meet. He abducts Kagome and, in the anime, tries to have a bizarre wedding ceremony with her but becomes angry at her and tries to kill her when she tries to remove his Shikon Shard. However, in the manga, Mukotsu attempts to rape Kagome before being interrupted by Sesshomaru. Mukotsu poisons Kagome, Miroku, and Sango, nearly killing them, but was soon killed by Sesshomaru, on whom his poisons have no effect.
Abilities and weapons
Uses a variety of poisons and acids to both attack and weaken his targets and protect himself.
Trivia
Mu means "Fog" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Poison.
Voice Actor
Tetsu Inada (Japanese)
Trevor Devall (English)
[edit] Ginkotsu
GinkotsuOverview
A mechanical-man, Ginkotsu (ãy¹Ç, Ginkotsu?) is a tough opponent even for the Kaze no Kizu to defeat. Not much for talking, he commonly is heard merely saying "Gersh" (for "yes" mumbled incoherently) but when angered or speaking to Renkotsu he does use actual words. He barely survives his first encounter with InuYasha and is reconstructed into a siege tank with spider-like legs thanks to Renkotsu. Koga later in the series fought both Ginkotsu and Renkotsu. In the anime, after Renkotsu received a heavy wound to his left shoulder, Ginkotsu quite simply went berserk and began to unleash every weapon he had on Koga, even to the point of self-destruction. Ginkotsu's strong loyalty for Renkotsu caused him to sacrifice his life, shielding Renkotsu from the deadly explosion with his own shard of the Shikon no Tama. In the manga, he exploded because Koga had stuffed pieces of armor into his cannons, causing them to backfire.
Abilities and weapons
wires to prevent an enemy from moving, launching grappler to bring enemies towards him or scathe them. Disk-blades that cut an enemy and return to their slots. Releases cannons and gun powder as well as act as a rocket plunging and exploding upon the enemy.
Trivia
Gin means "silver" and kotsu means "bone."
He is the only one of the Shichinintai that does not have distinguishable markings.
Voice Actor
Hisao Egawa (Japanese)
Mark Gibbon (English)
[edit] Renkotsu
RenkotsuOverview
Agile fire and explosive user, Renkotsu (Ÿ’¹Ç, Renkotsu?) is the second in command and the intelligent one. He respects his leader just as much as any other member of the Shichi'nintai. However, with the corrupt power of the shard of the Shikon no Tama embedded in his neck, he starts to feel hatred and jealousy towards his leader and vows never to die again because of him by any means necessary. To do this, he requires possession of all the Shikon Shards Naraku gave them.
Renkotsu is first of the Shichi'nintai to find out some truth about Naraku and reasons that Naraku is not to be trusted. He finally comes to the point where he believes he is better than the others and eventually becomes a little overconfident. After taking Jakotsu's shard (who was defeated by InuYasha) and killing him, Renkotsu tries to kill Bankotsu, who has found out about Jakotsu after an insect brought him Jakotsu's hairpin. He fails, and Bankotsu takes Renkotsu's jewel shards, killing him, and leaving Bankotsu the last of the Shichi'nintai.
Abilities and weapons
Was an expert with explosives and metallurgy who used bombs, cannons, and other artillery; created fire from his mouth by drinking a liquid; set wires hooked onto his hands on fire, thus pulling his victims into a net of fire. He was also a gifted strategist, and possessed some skill at hand to hand combat although the only member of the group he surpassed in fighting skills was Mukotsu.
Trivia
Ren relates to "metalworks" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Deception. This could be related to his apparent ability to make his markings disappear in order to deceive InuYasha into trusting him to be alone with the poisoned and unconscious Kagome, Miroku, and Sango. This may also relate to how he sought to betray Bankotsu.
Voice Actor
Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese)
Brian Drummond (English).
[edit] Suikotsu
Suikotsu (evil)
Dr. Suikotsu (good)Overview
Suikotsu (˯¹Ç, Suikotsu?) has two personalities: "Doctor Suikotsu" is good, kind, and respected by villagers; and "Suikotsu of the band of seven" is evil and blood-thirsty. Suikotsu of the band of seven tends to emerge when exposed to a great deal of violence or blood. The violent personality emerged as a result of prolonged exposure to war and killing a man in self defense. Hakurei-Zan (Mount Hakurei)'s purity tends to favor Doctor Suikotsu.
Abilities and weapons
Uses a pair of shuko, neko-te tekagi, or handclaws on each hand with exceptionally long blades, he also possessed phenomenal strength, agility, and savage combat skills due to his unique form of mania and bloodlust.
Trivia
Sui means "sleeping" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Rage.
Voice Actor
Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese)
Michael Donovan (English).
[edit] Bankotsu
Overview
As the leader of the Shichi'nintai, Bankotsu (Âù¹Ç, Bankotsu?) is referred to as "great big brother" (´óÐÖÙF, ¨-aniki) by the other six assassins because he is the strongest member and the founder of the group, despite also being the youngest. He retrieves his giant halberd Banry¨± (Âù¸o) from a castle whose previous lord participated in a plot to put an end to the Shichi'nintai because they were too strong and stirred great fear among the rogue military leaders. Although it takes the strength of three of the lord's strong soldiers to merely lift Banry¨±, Bankotsu wields it single-handedly, and is a significant challenge to InuYasha in one-on-one melee combat without his Tessaiga.
Bankotsu is also childlike at certain times. In his first appearance he is writing a death threat to a castle, but could never get the right wording and became increasingly frustrated. When Renkotsu and the others show up he tells Renkotsu to write the threat, and starts telling him what to write. He seems fond of the threat "wash your neck and wait," which may have something to do with the fact that he was originally killed by decapitation. Of course, the phrase "Wash your neck" also has a meaning of "Prepare for death" in languages in the Eastern countries, and the reason may be that.
Bankotsu also has a close relationship with his comrade, Jakotsu. Prior to Jakotsu's death, they share a sweet moment in which Bankotsu is brought to tears due to Jakotsu's trust and loyalty to him when Jakotsu gave up Suikotsu's shard of the Shikon jewel. The young leader then hugs his comrade saying, "You're the only one I can really rely on." This relationship is also part of the cause in his anger towards Renkotsu when he discovers it was Renkotsu who killed Jakotsu in order to obtain his shard.
Bankotsu is both the most powerful and final member of the Shichinintai to make his presence felt. Naraku revived him, and ordered him to kill InuYasha, but his first order of business is retrieving Banry¨±, his halberd, that had been taken by the lords that beheaded him and the Shichinintai 10 years prior.
The scent of bloodshed from that battle draws InuYasha and company to Bankotsu, who has the Jewel fragments of his fallen comrades Kyokotsu and Mukotsu. Bankotsu was able to fight InuYasha without backing down, but soon realized that he was not powerful enough when his halberd was nicked by InuYasha's Kaze no Kizu. He took the jewel shards Renkotsu stole from Kagome to repair his damaged blade, giving it the power to deflect the Kaze no Kizu easily.
Bankotsu soon realizes just how deceptive Renkotsu has become, killing him when he learned Renkotsu murdered Jakotsu. Now with 7 fragments in his body and two in his halberd, Bankotsu headed off to destroy InuYasha once and for all deep inside Mount Hakurei. But InuYasha slowly cuts the Shikon shards out of his body as the battle progresses until Bankotsu was cut in two, with Naraku stripping the remaining half of its shikon jewel shards.
By defeating Renkotsu who challenged him, Bankotsu obtains all of the 7 Shikon Shards given to the Shichi'nintai by Naraku, in addition to the 2 shards he took from Kagome and embedded in his weapon. A total of 9 shards was in his possession and his strength increased immensely. Altogether, Bankotsu slew 1,000 y¨kai including 9 inside Mount Hakurei, and killed 1,000 warlords with his halberd Banry¨±. Banry¨±, in turn, transforms into a demonic weapon ability to release physical manifestations of its users' hatred in the form of powerful demonic energy. However, this proves to be his downfall as InuYasha takes the opportunity and unleashes the Bakury¨±ha, crushing Bankotsu and shattering Banry¨±. (This attack and the more power-obsessed Bankotsu are only in the anime)
Abilities and weapons
Bankotsu wields Banry¨±. The following is a list of his attacks:
Banryuusen (Âù¸oéW Banry¨±sen/Dragon Hammer)
The sword glows pink and it bashes away strong attacks like the Wind Scar. It is a very powerful physical attack. (Only appears in the anime)
Ryuuraisen (¸oÀ×éW Ry¨±raisen/Dragon Thunder)
Bankotsu is able to summon a thunderstorm and manipulate the lightning creating a number of lethal electric bolts that almost kills everyone on Hijiri Island. The attack cannot be fully controlled, and hits randomly around Bankotsu. (Only appears in the anime)
Kaze no Kizu (ïL¤Î‚û Kaze no Kizu/Wind Scar)
Bankotsu can use an attack almost identical to InuYasha's Kaze no Kizu except it's pink. He only uses this attack in Episode 113 of the anime: The Sacred Vajra and the Mystery of the Living Buddha.
"Heat Blast"
In Mt. Hakurei when InuYasha and Bankotsu battle for the last time Bankotsu uses a series of flaming ball-like flashes that burn everything in sight, it even destroys most of the rock walls in the mountain.
"Hatred Ball"
Bankotsu's most powerful attack. The hatred built inside the halberd combined with the power of the 2 shikon shards inside Banryu creates a huge and powerful ball of swirling anger and fire. However, this all-powerful attack is his downfall: InuYasha uses the Bakuryuha to shatter the Banryu and then the Hatred Ball consumes Bankotsu. (Only appears in the anime)
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Ky¨kotsu is, despite his appearance, a human. Unlike the other 6 assassins, Ky¨kotsu's shard is embedded in his forehead.
Abilities
Size and strength
Trivia
Ky¨ means "dark" or "evil" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Power.
Voice Actor:
Daisuke Gouri (Japanese)
Mark Gibbon (English)
[edit] Jakotsu
JakotsuOverview
The openly homosexual sadistic wielder of a sneaky retractable sword, named the "Jakotsut¨", Jakotsu (Éß¹Ç, Jakotsu?) is one of the more skilled fighters of the Shichi'nintai and was placed third in command. He seems to be the first of the Shichinintai to have come into contact with Bankotsu and was with him before the Shichinintai were assembled as a group. Bankotsu and Jakotsu are very close and according to Bankotsu, Jakotsu is the only one he can trust in the world, not even the rest of his comrades(especially Renkotsu).
Upon hearing of InuYasha of news by Kohaku, Jakotsu immediately develops a crush on him, and after meeting InuYasha, Jakotsu is frequently swooning and petulantly protesting when he is denied confrontation. He also flies into a rage when Sango interferes in his first conflict with InuYasha, and at one moment Jakotsu openly says he finds Miroku good-looking too.
Jakotsu always looks for an opportunity to fight against InuYasha. He finally gets a chance inside Mount Hakurei when InuYasha is reverted to his human form by the holy barrier. After a lengthy fight, Jakotsu loses to InuYasha (who has turned back in to a hany¨, due to the weakened barrier), who spares his life. Jakotsu happily accepted his fate that he died after fighting the battle he wanted, but could have survived if the Shikon shard embedded in his neck wasn't taken by the scheming Renkotsu, an action later avenged by Bankotsu.
Abilities and weapons
He uses a snake-sword resembling a machete that whips out several linking blades twisting and turning in unpredictable ways.
Trivia
Ja means "Snake" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Death.
Voice Actor
Ai Orikasa (Japanese)
Jenn Forgie (English)
[edit] Mukotsu
MukotsuOverview
Mukotsu (ìF¹Ç, Mukotsu?) is a fat poison master, and the third Shichi'nintai that InuYasha and his companions meet. He abducts Kagome and, in the anime, tries to have a bizarre wedding ceremony with her but becomes angry at her and tries to kill her when she tries to remove his Shikon Shard. However, in the manga, Mukotsu attempts to rape Kagome before being interrupted by Sesshomaru. Mukotsu poisons Kagome, Miroku, and Sango, nearly killing them, but was soon killed by Sesshomaru, on whom his poisons have no effect.
Abilities and weapons
Uses a variety of poisons and acids to both attack and weaken his targets and protect himself.
Trivia
Mu means "Fog" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Poison.
Voice Actor
Tetsu Inada (Japanese)
Trevor Devall (English)
[edit] Ginkotsu
GinkotsuOverview
A mechanical-man, Ginkotsu (ãy¹Ç, Ginkotsu?) is a tough opponent even for the Kaze no Kizu to defeat. Not much for talking, he commonly is heard merely saying "Gersh" (for "yes" mumbled incoherently) but when angered or speaking to Renkotsu he does use actual words. He barely survives his first encounter with InuYasha and is reconstructed into a siege tank with spider-like legs thanks to Renkotsu. Koga later in the series fought both Ginkotsu and Renkotsu. In the anime, after Renkotsu received a heavy wound to his left shoulder, Ginkotsu quite simply went berserk and began to unleash every weapon he had on Koga, even to the point of self-destruction. Ginkotsu's strong loyalty for Renkotsu caused him to sacrifice his life, shielding Renkotsu from the deadly explosion with his own shard of the Shikon no Tama. In the manga, he exploded because Koga had stuffed pieces of armor into his cannons, causing them to backfire.
Abilities and weapons
wires to prevent an enemy from moving, launching grappler to bring enemies towards him or scathe them. Disk-blades that cut an enemy and return to their slots. Releases cannons and gun powder as well as act as a rocket plunging and exploding upon the enemy.
Trivia
Gin means "silver" and kotsu means "bone."
He is the only one of the Shichinintai that does not have distinguishable markings.
Voice Actor
Hisao Egawa (Japanese)
Mark Gibbon (English)
[edit] Renkotsu
RenkotsuOverview
Agile fire and explosive user, Renkotsu (Ÿ’¹Ç, Renkotsu?) is the second in command and the intelligent one. He respects his leader just as much as any other member of the Shichi'nintai. However, with the corrupt power of the shard of the Shikon no Tama embedded in his neck, he starts to feel hatred and jealousy towards his leader and vows never to die again because of him by any means necessary. To do this, he requires possession of all the Shikon Shards Naraku gave them.
Renkotsu is first of the Shichi'nintai to find out some truth about Naraku and reasons that Naraku is not to be trusted. He finally comes to the point where he believes he is better than the others and eventually becomes a little overconfident. After taking Jakotsu's shard (who was defeated by InuYasha) and killing him, Renkotsu tries to kill Bankotsu, who has found out about Jakotsu after an insect brought him Jakotsu's hairpin. He fails, and Bankotsu takes Renkotsu's jewel shards, killing him, and leaving Bankotsu the last of the Shichi'nintai.
Abilities and weapons
Was an expert with explosives and metallurgy who used bombs, cannons, and other artillery; created fire from his mouth by drinking a liquid; set wires hooked onto his hands on fire, thus pulling his victims into a net of fire. He was also a gifted strategist, and possessed some skill at hand to hand combat although the only member of the group he surpassed in fighting skills was Mukotsu.
Trivia
Ren relates to "metalworks" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Deception. This could be related to his apparent ability to make his markings disappear in order to deceive InuYasha into trusting him to be alone with the poisoned and unconscious Kagome, Miroku, and Sango. This may also relate to how he sought to betray Bankotsu.
Voice Actor
Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese)
Brian Drummond (English).
[edit] Suikotsu
Suikotsu (evil)
Dr. Suikotsu (good)Overview
Suikotsu (˯¹Ç, Suikotsu?) has two personalities: "Doctor Suikotsu" is good, kind, and respected by villagers; and "Suikotsu of the band of seven" is evil and blood-thirsty. Suikotsu of the band of seven tends to emerge when exposed to a great deal of violence or blood. The violent personality emerged as a result of prolonged exposure to war and killing a man in self defense. Hakurei-Zan (Mount Hakurei)'s purity tends to favor Doctor Suikotsu.
Abilities and weapons
Uses a pair of shuko, neko-te tekagi, or handclaws on each hand with exceptionally long blades, he also possessed phenomenal strength, agility, and savage combat skills due to his unique form of mania and bloodlust.
Trivia
Sui means "sleeping" and kotsu means "bone".
The marks on his face mean Rage.
Voice Actor
Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese)
Michael Donovan (English).
[edit] Bankotsu
Overview
As the leader of the Shichi'nintai, Bankotsu (Âù¹Ç, Bankotsu?) is referred to as "great big brother" (´óÐÖÙF, ¨-aniki) by the other six assassins because he is the strongest member and the founder of the group, despite also being the youngest. He retrieves his giant halberd Banry¨± (Âù¸o) from a castle whose previous lord participated in a plot to put an end to the Shichi'nintai because they were too strong and stirred great fear among the rogue military leaders. Although it takes the strength of three of the lord's strong soldiers to merely lift Banry¨±, Bankotsu wields it single-handedly, and is a significant challenge to InuYasha in one-on-one melee combat without his Tessaiga.
Bankotsu is also childlike at certain times. In his first appearance he is writing a death threat to a castle, but could never get the right wording and became increasingly frustrated. When Renkotsu and the others show up he tells Renkotsu to write the threat, and starts telling him what to write. He seems fond of the threat "wash your neck and wait," which may have something to do with the fact that he was originally killed by decapitation. Of course, the phrase "Wash your neck" also has a meaning of "Prepare for death" in languages in the Eastern countries, and the reason may be that.
Bankotsu also has a close relationship with his comrade, Jakotsu. Prior to Jakotsu's death, they share a sweet moment in which Bankotsu is brought to tears due to Jakotsu's trust and loyalty to him when Jakotsu gave up Suikotsu's shard of the Shikon jewel. The young leader then hugs his comrade saying, "You're the only one I can really rely on." This relationship is also part of the cause in his anger towards Renkotsu when he discovers it was Renkotsu who killed Jakotsu in order to obtain his shard.
Bankotsu is both the most powerful and final member of the Shichinintai to make his presence felt. Naraku revived him, and ordered him to kill InuYasha, but his first order of business is retrieving Banry¨±, his halberd, that had been taken by the lords that beheaded him and the Shichinintai 10 years prior.
The scent of bloodshed from that battle draws InuYasha and company to Bankotsu, who has the Jewel fragments of his fallen comrades Kyokotsu and Mukotsu. Bankotsu was able to fight InuYasha without backing down, but soon realized that he was not powerful enough when his halberd was nicked by InuYasha's Kaze no Kizu. He took the jewel shards Renkotsu stole from Kagome to repair his damaged blade, giving it the power to deflect the Kaze no Kizu easily.
Bankotsu soon realizes just how deceptive Renkotsu has become, killing him when he learned Renkotsu murdered Jakotsu. Now with 7 fragments in his body and two in his halberd, Bankotsu headed off to destroy InuYasha once and for all deep inside Mount Hakurei. But InuYasha slowly cuts the Shikon shards out of his body as the battle progresses until Bankotsu was cut in two, with Naraku stripping the remaining half of its shikon jewel shards.
By defeating Renkotsu who challenged him, Bankotsu obtains all of the 7 Shikon Shards given to the Shichi'nintai by Naraku, in addition to the 2 shards he took from Kagome and embedded in his weapon. A total of 9 shards was in his possession and his strength increased immensely. Altogether, Bankotsu slew 1,000 y¨kai including 9 inside Mount Hakurei, and killed 1,000 warlords with his halberd Banry¨±. Banry¨±, in turn, transforms into a demonic weapon ability to release physical manifestations of its users' hatred in the form of powerful demonic energy. However, this proves to be his downfall as InuYasha takes the opportunity and unleashes the Bakury¨±ha, crushing Bankotsu and shattering Banry¨±. (This attack and the more power-obsessed Bankotsu are only in the anime)
Abilities and weapons
Bankotsu wields Banry¨±. The following is a list of his attacks:
Banryuusen (Âù¸oéW Banry¨±sen/Dragon Hammer)
The sword glows pink and it bashes away strong attacks like the Wind Scar. It is a very powerful physical attack. (Only appears in the anime)
Ryuuraisen (¸oÀ×éW Ry¨±raisen/Dragon Thunder)
Bankotsu is able to summon a thunderstorm and manipulate the lightning creating a number of lethal electric bolts that almost kills everyone on Hijiri Island. The attack cannot be fully controlled, and hits randomly around Bankotsu. (Only appears in the anime)
Kaze no Kizu (ïL¤Î‚û Kaze no Kizu/Wind Scar)
Bankotsu can use an attack almost identical to InuYasha's Kaze no Kizu except it's pink. He only uses this attack in Episode 113 of the anime: The Sacred Vajra and the Mystery of the Living Buddha.
"Heat Blast"
In Mt. Hakurei when InuYasha and Bankotsu battle for the last time Bankotsu uses a series of flaming ball-like flashes that burn everything in sight, it even destroys most of the rock walls in the mountain.
"Hatred Ball"
Bankotsu's most powerful attack. The hatred built inside the halberd combined with the power of the 2 shikon shards inside Banryu creates a huge and powerful ball of swirling anger and fire. However, this all-powerful attack is his downfall: InuYasha uses the Bakuryuha to shatter the Banryu and then the Hatred Ball consumes Bankotsu. (Only appears in the anime)
{Information has been quoted from our sister site}