Tsuchigumo

was a spider yōkai who worked for Orochidayū.

History
Orochidayū and his minions approached Kagome and the others to collect their Sacred Jewel shards in the hopes of improving his own fake jewels. Inuyasha arrived and rescued them. Orochidayū ordered Tsuchigumo and Ikkaku to stop them. Orochidayū handed each of them a fake jewel to empower them, and they immediately grew in size. Izumo and Shōsuke where then captured by Orochidayū's monkey yōkai minion. Sango and Kirara attempted to rescue them, but were trapped by Tsuchigumo's webbing. They were soon freed by Kagome's sacred arrow. Inuyasha then used the Kaze no Kizu, which resulted in Ikkaku being destroyed, and Tsuchigumo losing most of his body. He was killed by Sango's Hiraikotsu moments later.

Powers & Abilities

 * Spider Thread: Tsuchigumo could fire sticky, thick spider threads out of his mouth at his opponents to tie or capture them.

Trivia

 * In, the were yōkai that lived in the mountains and ate incoming travellers. They were said to have the face of an oni, a body of a tiger, limbs of a spider, and wore giant outfits. The word was also used a derogatory term for rogue clans that did not place their allegiance with the
 * Despite being a spider yōkai, Tsuchigumo is seen with only 6 legs.

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