Kyōra

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One of The Four War Gods; he was a malevolent, misanthropic yokai from the island Horai who had branded Sesshomaru with "The Mark of The Four War Gods" in a battle during their first encounter in InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island, and had desired to fight and kill Sesshomaru ever since. In their first meeting, Kyora had recently killed Seiten and Kujaku who were once in service of Inu no Taisho and sought to destroy The Four War Gods. Upon killing them he obtained the weapon kojakukisen and then encountered Sesshomaru, who briefly fought Kyora until the latter marked Sesshomaru, forcing him to stay on the island until he defeated Kyora. In Kyora's second appearance he materialized atop a shrine, destroyed it, and slaughtered many of the islanders who had came there to pray for divine protection against Kyora and the other War Gods. In the middle of the massacre, Sesshomaru appeared and easily drove off Kyora with his Dragon Strike, prompting Kyora to request another meeting with him at Houraijima before vanishing. Sesshomaru reluctantly followed though with his request, knowing that he must destroy Kyora in order to be free of his control, and met him there, where he obliterated Kyora with one attack; destroying him and his mark forever.

Appearance and Personality
Kyora's facial appearance, hair, and clothing are noticeably feminine in nature, leading many viewers to assume he is effeminate or female. Like the other War Gods he seemed to have a great, sadistic hatred for humans; a prime example of which was when he burned many of the worshippers at the shrine to death in a fiery holocaust and seemed quite content with his actions. However, he seemed to possess a high degree of respect, admiration, and interest in Sesshomaru, as he often addressed Sesshomaru with the Japanese honorific "Sama," and constantly expressed a desire to fight him, even trying to find comparison between himself and Sesshomaru. This, coupled with the femininity of Kyora, has lead some fans to assume Kyora was a homosexual and harbored romantic interest in Sesshomaru, though this is never actually made clear in the anime.

Abilities
He used the kojakuksien as his main melee weapon, and his attacks were mainly fire based. He appeared to channel his fire abilites into the weapon to generate waves of flame and create sentient phoenix-like creatures to burn his opponents to death.