Mr. Higurashi

Mr. Higurashi is the late father of Kagome and Sōta and late husband of Mrs. Higurashi. He is unseen but mentioned in the anime and movies. In episode 48, "Return to Where We First Met," when Kagome realized that she was in love with Inuyasha, her mother tells that her father proposed to her at the sacred tree, after a fight. It is revealed in the light novel Shōsetsu Inuyasha that he died in a car accident when Kagome and Sōta were young and they moved to Higurashi shrine. Kagome's grandfather is his father and he would have been father-in-law to Inuyasha.