Kin'u

is Miroku and Sango's daughter, Gyokuto's elder identical twin sister, and the eldest of their three children. She was the only one who followed her father's footsteps in cultivating her inherent spiritual/Buddhist powers to become an 'Ama' (尼, a Buddhist nun).

History
Kin'u, alongside Gyokuto, were born in a house at Kaede's village.

Not much is known about Kin'u’s childhood/teenage years because the anime only shows her briefly as a child alongside Gyokuto when Rin is giving birth to Towa and Setsuna on the night of the lunar eclipse.

Years later, Kin'u (now a young adult) followed in her father's footsteps and became a nun distributing spiritual abilities via sacred sutras. Her golden spiritual-infused staff has not been seen.

Personality
Kin'u treated Inuyasha just like Kagome did when she first met him, calling him "Doggy" and petting his ears. As usual, Inuyasha was annoyed by this as he did not like his ears being touched by anyone. Kin'u acted like most toddlers would, seeing as how she was curious and still so young. She and her sister were also fond of roughhousing with Shippō, an act Inuyasha refers to as "slaying the fox."

As a young adult, Kin'u, seems to not take things seriously and openly makes fun of her father when he comes up with new ways to train. Kin'u also reacts defensively when Hisui insinuates that she isn't a brave older sister like Towa. Kin'u is more outgoing, playful, cheerful and childlike. She's also able to make her younger brother do her bidding, as seen when she talked him into administering the princess' etiquette lessons in her place. Also, along with Gyokuto, Kin'u still enjoys playing with Shippō, much to his chagrin.

Physical description
Kin'u bares a striking resemblance to her mother and her younger twin sister as she has short dark brown hair with short bangs, and bright brown eyes. In her childhood, she wore a light green kimono with green bows and a rose-colored sash, and her hair is tied up into a small ponytail by a white ribbon.

As a young adult, Kin'u wears a nun's attire with a saffron sash, a black robe, brown woven sandals and a necklace of fuchsia beads. She wears her short hair down in a bob cut.

Powers and abilities
Kin'u becomes a nun (female version of a monk) and has her own spiritual powers that she yet to display and develop fully.


 * Middle-Level Buddhist Powers:
 * Sealing: Quite confident in them, she was able to successfully reapply her father's sacred seal on Setsuna to seal her demon self. Her seal was less effective than her father's, however; where Miroku's seal would hide any visible markings of Setsuna's demon blood, a long streak of blood remained on her right arm after Kin'u applied her seal. Moreover, Setsuna said that she could still feel her demon blood raging after Kin'u applied her seal, discomfort she did not have after Miroku applied his.

Weapons

 * Sacred Sutras: Like her father, she can generate a barrage of sutras infused her spiritual energies to immobilize, incapacitate or obliterate an enemy into nothingness entirely. It was first used on the octopus-demon that was attacking Princess Aiya. However, did not glow with any blue spiritual aura.

Trivia

 * Kin'u's name was not revealed in the manga.
 * Together with Gyokuto, they are collectively called "KinGyo" (きんぎょ) by their parents and close friends.
 * Her name 金烏 translates to "." Miroku may have named her and her sister according to the Chinese idiom "金烏西墜，玉兔東昇" – the golden crow of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east. The idiom originates from a phrase in an ancient text.

Media appearances
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Manga

 * Chapter 558
 * InuYasha Since Then

InuYasha The Final Act

 * Episode 193

Hanyō no Yashahime
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 * Episode 1
 * Episode 15
 * Episode 22
 * Episode 30
 * Episode 40
 * Episode 41
 * Episode 44
 * Episode 46
 * Episode 47
 * Episode 48