Kohaku

is Sango's younger brother. He is also a demon slayer, like his sister and father, from the Village of Demon Slayers. He was manipulated by Naraku through most of the series, kept alive only by the Shikon Jewel Shard in the back of his neck.

Relationships

 * Sango

He is very close to his sister; though he was brainwashed by Naraku who resurrected him from death. Kōhaku meet Sango and realzied her as his older sister, though he hid himself from her. Once he regains his memory, Kohaku is determined to kill Naraku secretly without letting Sango know. In the end, he became the uncle to Sango's children


 * Rin

After being kidnapped by Kagura, Rin met Kōhaku in the shrine. They soon befriended each other. In fact, Rin lost her entire family who were slaughtered by thieves and Kōhaku stuggled revoiced his memories when Naraku controlled him. At first their relationship starts out bad when Kōhaku was ordered by Naraku to kill Rin in front of InuYasha, Kagome and Sesshomaru, but refused to. They encounter each other again in a cave in Mount Hakurei, Kōhaku urged Rin to escape before the demons could kill her. Later, in the Final Act, he joined Sesshomaru and Jaken after Kagura and Kikyo's death. In the Final Act, their relationship continues well when Kohaku shows a protective streak towards Rin. Kōhaku and Rin became really, very closer toward each other, he became her friend as well as her protector, being caring and protective of her (Kōhaku becomes caring and protective towards Rin).


 * Kikyo

Their relationship started out bad. Kōhaku slayed Kocho and Asuka by mistake after recovering his memories. After Kagura's death, he joined Kikyo in the Final Act who protected him for last shard keeping if pured from Naraku until she was killed.


 * Inuyasha

Inuyasha has tried to protect Kōhaku from death several times including the time with Sango and with Sesshomaru. He is determined to keep Kohaku alive.


 * Kagome

Kohaku tried killed Kagome when he was contralled by Naraku

History
He was killed by a demon posing to be a castle's lord during one of the Demon Slayers' missions and was made to kill every Demon Slayer that was there. He is later revived by Naraku as a human puppet and has a Jewel of Four Souls shard embedded in his back to keep him alive and under the control of Naraku without memory of what he had done. But recently, Kōhaku has somehow got his memory back and still takes orders from Naraku to get to Naraku's heart. Kōhaku, at first before being slain, was inexperienced with his weapon, a Kusarigama (a sharp sickle on a chain). He then becomes a rather advanced wielder with the power of the Shikon Jewel shard.

After Kagura dies, he hopes that he can find redemption for himself by traveling with Kikyo, and remains by her side until she tells him he must leave her to keep his shard pure. Saved from Byakuya by the timely arrival of Sesshomaru, Kōhaku forms a friendship with Rin and helps to protect her. In chapter 539, Kōhaku's jewel shard was removed but suprisingly, he did not die or wither away. This was due to Kikyo's light releasing the jewel shard and remaining in Kōhaku's body, as explained by Kagome.

In the last chapter, Kōhaku goes with Kirara and a new demon-slaying weapon which Totosai made for him, so he leaves and becomes a demon slayer that helps people. When Totosai asks him if he will visit his sister Sango, he replies that he will not, since the house is getting too crowded.

Quotes

 * "I want to remember... that girl... myself... and everything. But..."
 * "What's this? This feeling... it's... scary... Like there's something I shouldn't remember...!"

Trivia

 * The new kusarigama that Kōhaku received from Totosai is extremely reminiscent of the corrupted weapon that he had as Magatsuhi's body
 * As stated by Sesshomaru's Mother, Kōhaku can't be revived by Tenseiga because his life has already been unnaturally prolonged
 * Akiko Yajima voiced Kōhaku in the Japanese version, and she also voiced Yura