Suzaku

A flamboyant ninja demon working with Hoshiyomi to retrieve the Ken blade from Akitoki Hojo. His powers include summoning fire and transforming into a giant bird who intercepts Hojo, and kicks his butt. He is killed by Miroku's Wind Tunnel. Later, Hojo meets another Suzaku, who is his future wife. This causes him to ask her to change her name to Kagome.

When he first appeared, he called himself Suzaku of the flower.

Appearance
When he first appeared, he was wearing a black shinobi shozoku, but hasn't been seen in it since. Otherwise, Suzaku dresses flamboyantly and in a revealing manner. He wears a long, sleeveless vest on top of a orange shirt, and red shorts with black armguards. He has medium-length spiky red hair, held from his face with a golden V-shaped headband. He has elf-like ears, with red pupiless eyes and wears red lipstick. After his transformation, he looks like a giant red bird.

Abilities

 * Shuriken: Suzaku had used a shuriken to try to prevent Inuyasha from escaping.
 * Enhanced speed: Suzaku moves so quickly that he appears as a shadow.
 * Demon Ninja Doppleganger Technique: Using their enhanced speed, the ninjas can create shadow-like dopplegangers of themselves. This was seen when they first appeared and began circling Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha.
 * Demon Ninja Darkness Puppets: All the ninjas also have the ability to create an illusion of a person and manipulate it. They created illusions of Kagome's friends from the modern era to try to trick Akitoki into handing over the Ken blade and transporting it, as they couldn't do it themselves. Genbu created and controlled the puppets themselves, while Byakko, Seiryu, and Suzaku indirectly controlled the puppets' dialogue.
 * Bombs: Suzaku appears to be the firearms user of the ninjas. The first time he used them was to target Akitoki at the tea house. The second time was to separate Akitoki and Kagome from the rest of the group.
 * Transformation: Suzaku has the ability to transform into a giant red bird.

Personality
Suzaku is the second character in the series to be homosexual. He acts perverted and effeminate. He also seems to have a crush on Akitoki; instead of fighting him, he was touching and flirting with him. This can also lead others to believe that Suzaku doesn't take much seriously, and irritated Genbu a few times and Byakko once.

Quotes

 * "I almost had it! He was about to hand it over to me!"
 * "Oh goody, that leaves the young samurai for me."
 * "That wasn't very nice. What do you think you're doing?!"
 * "You won't get away, my adorable little samurai!"
 * "Oh. You are so scary."

Trivia
Hoshiyomi's four Ninja underlings are representations of the four Mythical Creatures of Chinese Culture: Dragon, Tiger, Phoenix, and Turtle. The shitoshin (Four war gods) of Horai Island also share this likeness in their appearance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Symbols_(Chinese_constellation)