Talk:Sesshōmaru's mother

Name
Is her name Inukimi?
 * No, that's just the name used in fanfictions. Rumiko Takahashi never gave her a name. Ryoga Godai (talk)  03:14, July 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's my take on the "Inukimi" thing. Looking through Fanfiction.net, this name has been in use at least since 2011, but since I can only search summaries, I don't know who first came up with it, or if it even originated there.  My guess is that to go with "Dog General", they wanted a name that meant "Dog Monarch" or "Dog Ruler" and looked up one of those words in a Japanese dictionary, and happened to find "kimi".  Unfortunately, "kimi" is 1) gendered male, and 2) does not combine with other words that way.  Assuming that what they were trying for was 犬君, this combination would most intuitively be read as "Inu-kun" (which is a popular Japanese nickname for Inuyasha), or less intuitively as "Inu-gimi".  The second one could either refer to a term of address to a young (male) emperor named "Inu", or could respectfully refer to another person's family dog (but only when talking about the dog, not as a term of address).  Another possibility is that this was originally supposed to be "Inukami" ("Inugami" is "Dog God"), but ended up getting misspelled along the way and the misspelling stuck.  A third possibility is that someone just made up a name that "sounded Japanese" and wasn't going for a particular meaning.  In that case, "Inukimi" can mean anything from "Dog Feeling" to "Pierced Flesh" to "Dog Egg Yolk".
 * In short, the name is kind of silly, no matter how you slice it. Fast Moon (talk) 21:57, March 27, 2013 (UTC)

What is her english voice actor? Sounds so familiar...

Rumor
Rumoured name

Among Inuyasha fans I know, lots of people say her name is Irasue. Thought it still remains as rumor. SymbioteKitty (talk) 22:37, March 29, 2013 (UTC)