Buyo

was Kagome's overweight cat in modern-day Japan, and is the cause of how Kagome ended up in feudal Japan.

History
Buyō was the reason Kagome first finds the well, since she was looking for the cat for her brother. Buyō belongs to the Higurashi family and has been part of their family for an unknown length of time, but its likely he has been a part of their family for a while. Kagome and Sota would often give him stupid artifacts that they had been given by their grandfather.

Personality
Buyōis very lazy, like most cats. Most of the time, he can be found on Kagome's bed sleeping or wandering around. Buyō mostly provided comic relief to the series. But Buyō can be playful at times.



Appearance
Buyō was an overweight cat of average height and with multi-colored fur. There were various patches of brown and black on his white fur. He had a patch of brown over his left ear stretching all the way to midback, on the bottom half of his front left leg, and one on his bottom by his tail. There were black patches in the middle of the two brown patches located on his back. He had claws, but did not always bring them out.

Triva

 * Buyō appeared in episodes 1, 4, 38, 48, 62, 69, 82, 89, 90, 127 and 160
 * Inuyasha liked to play with him on the occasions he came to the modern era