A glimpse of all you ever needed to know about “Yu Yu
Hakusho’s” Kurama
by Shernee Symonette
Kurama in the manga of YuYu Hakusho was
actually said to be wearing a blue uniform with black hair instead of his infamous red hair and pink outfit. For the adaption of
the anime the color scheme was turned to red hair with a pink uniform.
Kurama’s new color scheme was meant to
showcase his inner fox demon. It also is complementary towards his demon
abilities of plant manipulation, which he seems to favor the red rose.
Most of Kurama’s attacks are rose-centric,
a few are:
The infamous rose whip,
rose whiplash, rose whip thorn wheel, petals and thorns and bloodsucking plant.
Viewers have been introduced to three
types of Kurama
Shuichi Minamino/Human Form
In the Filipino dub version Kurama’s name
was changed to Denise as he was mistaken as a female, it was later changed to
Dennis.
Creator Yoshihiro Toshiro had planned for
Kurama and Hiei to be lovers in his first drafts. Kurama was actually supposed
to be a girl which can be accounted by Kurama’s effeminate features. However he
decided on the pair being just close friends instead. (this has not stopped several fans from shipping the two romantically) There is also a two shot extra which
outlines the meeting between the two.
Kurama is speculated to be named after
Kurama Mountain while Hiei is named after Mount Hiei. The two mountains are adjacent to each other.
Kurama makes an appearance in Toshiro’s
Hunter x Hunter as an action figure.
Kurapika is based off of Kurama. Notable similarities are both being misidentified as
female, ‘Kura” at the beginning of their names and Kurapika’s chain attack
being similar to Kurama’s rose vine, accessory weaponry.
Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto
was inspired by Kurama, hence naming the nine tailed fox, Kurama.
Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Rurouni
Kenshin can also be speculated to take inspiration from Kurama as Kenshin has a
few similarities, from mannerisms to appearance.