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Sango is a
character in
InuYasha, a
television
anime series shown in
Japan, the
United States, and elsewhere.
She is a
taijiya or
youkai
exterminator. She and the other taijiya of her village go to other
villages in the region and kill the youkai that are infesting or attacking
them. Sango trained to be a taijiya from the moment she could walk. Her
favorite weapon is a bone
boomerang called
Hiraikotsu (飛来骨）.
Sango and her younger brother
Kohaku go with their father and some other taijiya to a castle which
is being infested by a spider youkai. The taijiya kill the spider, but it
seems too easy. Suddenly, Kohaku begins killing all the other taijiya,
including his father. Sango fights Kohaku and then sees that he's being
controlled by a
spider web. She sees that the web is also connected to the lord of the
castle, who appears to be controlling it.
She then rushes at the lord and tries to kill him, but is shot in the
stomach with a spear by the castle guards. The guards also shoot Kohaku
full of arrows. Sango crawls over to him, and he dies in her arms. Sango
appears to die as well. The old lord's son then attacks and kills him; and
when he is beheaded, a spider crawls out. The young lord says that what
happened to the taijiya was a tragedy and demands a proper burial for
them.
Sango, who isn't dead after all, digs her way out of the grave. The
young lord finds her and takes her into the castle and cares for her
wounds.
Naraku comes to the young lord, and says that the taijiya village has
been massacred by
Inuyasha who was looking for the
Shikon no Tama. Sango overhears this and is heartbroken. She then
storms out of the room and demands her weaponry, saying she'll kill
Inuyasha. Naraku gives her a Shikon shard to dull the pain from her wounds
and then she sets out to destroy Inuyasha.
Sango goes back to her village and finds Inuyasha and his friends
there. All her people are dead, so she attacks Inuyasha, believing he
killed them. Because of the shard in her back, she is more powerful than a
normal human and is nearly a match for Inuyasha. However, her wounds are
severe, and he is able to subdue her even after she trips him up and stabs
him.
When Sango wakes up, they convince her that Naraku is the enemy and
that they're on her side. Soon afterwards, they learn that the
Shikon no Tama was created in Sango's village during
Midoriko's battle against the
youkai armies.
Sango soon learns the truth about
Naraku when she sees that he resurrected her little brother as a
mindless slave. Now she travels with Inuyasha and his friends to defeat
Naraku and save Kohaku.
Name:
- Sango means "coral"
- Kohaku (琥珀） means "amber"
- Kirara （雲母） means either "mica" or "sparkles"
Voice Actor:
Japanese
Seiyuu:
Houko Kuwashima
English Voice Actor:
Kelly Sheridan
Special Attacks
- Hiraikotsu - The name of Sango's giant boomerang, and also the name
of the attack using it.
Friend
-
Inuyasha - He feels sorry for her first, but eventually comes to
respect her skill too.
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Kagome - She and Sango quickly become friends.
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Shippo
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Miroku - Letcherous young monk. tries to move in on Sango frequently
but gets shot down.
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Kirara - Sango's "pet," who looks like a small cat and can transform
to a huge flying cat. Kirara is fiercely loyal to Sango.
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