Kirinmaru

"Ah, yes... If Tōkotsu served under me, then he must have been quite the formidable warrior indeed. Sesshōmaru's daughters defeating him is quite the accomplishment."

- Kirinmaru

is a great Daiyōkai that rules over the eastern lands. After the death of Tōga, the ruler of the west, as well as his son Sesshōmaru refusing to inherit his title, Kirinmaru plans to distort time and swallow the world into a degenerate age with the assistance of his most trusted and strongest servants, the Shikyō.

History
The equal of Tōga, the Lord of the Western Lands, as the Lord of the Eastern Lands, Kirinmaru alongside Tōga joined forces to repel the Grim Comet and protect their respective lands and afterwards came to a truce, leaving one another to rule their respective lands. Kirinmaru at some point went into a deep slumber.

500 years later, he was woken up by his older sister Zero and told her that Tōga's sons did taken care of the Comet's fragment. He was shocked to learn that Sesshōmaru had married a human girl just like Tōga married Izayoi 207 years ago. Zero told him that Sesshōmaru has sired daughters as Rin had given birth to twin half-demon daughters, and that Inuyasha had also married a human woman who had given birth to a quarter-yōkai daughter. With the prophecy that he would be defeated by a being neither human nor yōkai, Kirinmaru was about to kill Inuyasha but Sesshōmaru showed up and offered to help. Kirinmaru accepted and the two confronted Inuyasha and Kagome. This forced Inuyasha's wife, Kagome Higurashi, to send away their newborn daughter for her own safety to Hachiemon while she and Inuyasha faced the two daiyōkai. Before Kirinmaru could fight the married couple, Sesshōmaru removes the Black Pearl from Inuyasha's right eye and uses it to seal him and Kagome into his father's grave at the Border of the Afterlife under the reason that Inuyasha's Meidō Zangetsuha would be needed. Kirinmaru accepted the reasoning and left.

The Sacred Tree of Ages itself deems Kirinmaru a threat for wishing to warp time itself.

Fourteen years later, he is visited by Kyūki, who informs him that one of the Shikyō, Tōkotsu, has been slain and the Rainbow Pearl entrusted to him stolen by Moroha. Kirinmaru was apathetic, only praising the strength of Sesshōmaru's daughters as they defeated someone who must have been a powerful warrior, and shows no interest in hunting them down, as Kyūki leaves to take care of them instead.

Personality
Kirinmaru appears as a serious and detached individual, speaking the bare minimum. He seems to be distant to even his closest followers as he did not remember Tōkotsu who was one of his four central lieutenants, much less that he even gifted Tōkotsu the red Rainbow Pearl in the first place.

When learning of his demise, Kirinmaru reacted with apathy merely giving some praise to Sesshōmaru's twin daughters who terminated him as he reasoned that anybody serving under him must have been quite a powerful fighter.

Physical Description
Kirinmaru appears as an adult young humanoid man encased in a purple suit of armor with a red belt across his waist and a golden plate on his left shoulder. He wears light purple clothes underneath, a pair of darkened reddish pants and black battle boots, with golden adornments.

He wears a pair of armored gauntlets decorated with the same adornments as his boots and a white dog-shaped mask with several markings leaving only his left green eye visible and a blue marking beneath. It's possible his right eye is injured as him mask covers his right eye and even without it, his bangs cover his right eye. He has what appears to be bulbous long, red hair, although it is not fully clear if it is his own or part of the mask. Expectedly from a bestial Daiyōkai he has sharpened, blue nails.

Powers & Abilities

 * Immense Demonic Power: Kirinmaru is said to rival Tōga in terms of strength. He was confident he could kill Inuyasha, an extremely powerful half-demon who had defeated other powerful Daiyōkai, and Sesshōmaru even went as far as to banish Inuyasha and Kagome into the Border of the Afterlife rather than allow Kirinmaru to fight them, suggesting he believed Kirinmaru could indeed kill both Inuyasha and Kagome despite their own incredible powers.
 * Natural Leadership: He has great power and authority over dozens of demons from the mainland but especially his top minions, the Four Perils.
 * Shapeshifting: It is unknown that Kirinmaru can change his appearance to resemble of a human's, like Tōga's, Sesshōmaru's, and his mother's.
 * Longevity: Like many Yōkai, Kirinmaru is capable of living for many centuries and remain unchanged even after the birth of Towa, Setsuna and Moroha.

Equipment

 * Sword: Kirinmaru owned an unnamed sword with a golden hilt.
 * Unknown technique: A technique that seems to release powerful purple waves of purple energy capable of destroying parts of the Grim Comet.

Trivia

 * The Shikon Jewel prophesied that half-demons would be Kirinmaru's downfall. Hence why he desired Towa, Setsuna and Moroha's deaths along with Inuyasha. However, this may have lead to a "self-fullfilling prophecy" where Kirinmaru may have started the chain of events that leads to his doom.
 * Kirinmaru's Japanese voice actor, Yoshimasa Hosoya also voices Osamu Kirin.
 * Coincidently, Kirinmaru's English voice actor, Crispin Freeman voices Osamu Kirin as well.

Media Appearances

 * Episode 4 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 5 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 7 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 8 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 9 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 13 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 15 (Hanyō no Yashahime)
 * Episode 18 (Hanyō no Yashahime)

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