Kaname Kururugi

is the female version of the main character in The Secret of the Cursed Mask. She has the mysterious and powerful powers of the Shikigami, which come down to the four elements: fire, water, wind, and light. Animal symbols for her elemental attacks also exist.

History
The game begins when Kaname enters the family storage shed in modern-day Japan to retrieve an item for father. After falling through a mysteriously etched pentagram on the floorboards, the player is transported to Feudal Japan. Unfortunately, the villagers mistake the time traveler as a demon and attack. After several close calls, Kaname comes face to face with Inuyasha, who notices the stranger's clothes "look like Kagome's."

After introductions with the rest of the cast, the player begins to search for answers as to why Kaname has been brought back to the feudal era and how to get home. The game progresses as any normal InuYasha storyline, with the Inuyasha group traveling from village to village in pursuit of Naraku (and Kaname's answers), sometimes helping out with a local problem or two. Occasionally traces to Naraku himself are revealed, as well as leads to Kaname's mystery and the title's "cursed mask," which holds secrets to returning the character to the present. Along the way, Kaname learns to harness the power of shikigami from a mysterious old villager called Kakuju, a force needed in order to help Inuyasha and the others overcome the dangerous obstacles ahead while unraveling the plot of the mystic Utsugi.

Powers and abilities
Kaname is able to wield the power of Shikigami after having the ability drawn forth by Kakuju after awakening to the power by accident when attacked by a random yōkai shortly after her arrival in the Feudal Era. While Kakuju describes the power as an energy that flows through all life in the universe, making it more akin to ki energy, it is loosely based on, a mixed Spiritual-Magical power of Japanese myth said to be practiced by and most famously said to have been used by , Japan's equivalent to the wizard  of Arthurian legend.


 * Shikigami: Over the course of her journey to find a way back to his own time with Inuyasha and the others, Kaname learns various Shikigami spells that she can utilize by speaking an incantation beginning with a prayer towards certain elements.
 * "Oh flame burning bright...": A chant beginning with this prayer has Kaname cast offensive spells with the intent of dealing damage to one or more targets.
 * Turn into a sword of wrath: Deals moderate damage to a single enemy.
 * Release your power: Minor damage to a single enemy and heal self by the amount of damage dealt.
 * Change form at my call: Reflects damage done to Kaname back at the enemy that attacked her.
 * "Oh flowing mighty river...": A chant beginning with this prayer has Kaname cast spells that can heal others
 * Give me your blessing: Heals one party member.
 * Ring with the sound of blessing: Casts a shower of blue sparkles over the entire party to restore everyone's HP to full capacity. But will not revive fainted party members.
 * "Oh overflowing blue sky...": A chant beginning with this prayer has Kaname cast spells that debilitate or hinder a target or cure an ally of status ailments.
 * Clear these storm clouds from my path: A spell learned from Kakuju with the use of a magatama fruit. Allows the user to break barriers and the rocks generating them. But does not work on barriers stronger than the caster's magic.
 * Bind these evil demons: Prevent a single enemy from acting for a short time.
 * Fill this land with your cleaning wind: Cure one ally of the Poison status.
 * "Oh brightly burning light...": A chant beginning with this prayer has Kaname either greatly fortify the defenses of her allies or, at the cost of all her HP, greatly heal her allies.
 * Lend me your healing power: Calls form domes of green energy to boost the Defense of the party.
 * Hear my prayer: Fully heal the entire party at the cost of fainting Kaname.
 * Co-Op Techs: By forming bonds with Inuyasha and co., Kaname can focus her Shikigami to enhance the attacks of her friends by chanting either "I invoke thee, Shikigami..." or "Reveal your hidden forces, Shikigami... Unleash your power!".

Trivia

 * Unlike her counterpart Michiru:
 * Her Shikigami leans more heavily towards support than offense, with her ultimate technique reviving and healing the party at the cost of reducing her HP to 0.
 * She lacks a multi-target offensive ability, making it more difficult for her to handle sections of the game where she's on her own compared to Michiru due to her weaker damage output.
 * Her attack cry is more whiney than his hesitant one; "Shikgami, please help".
 * If her close bond is Kagome, she literally swaps clothes with her during the day off interval (since both are girls) and is in the e-mail photo Kagome sends in the ending.
 * Being mistaken for Utsugi by Kagura makes more sense as they have the same hairstyle (and not just their face).