70 free Inuyasha trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Inuyasha trivia quiz covers Rumiko Takahashi's manga, the 167-episode Sunrise anime, The Final Act, the four films and the Yashahime spin-off. It starts at the Higurashi shrine, where a fifteen-year-old girl is pulled into a well and lands in the Sengoku period, and follows the hunt for the Shikon Jewel shards: Tessaiga and Tenseiga, Miroku's cursed right hand, Sango's bone boomerang, Shippo's fox tricks, Sesshomaru and Rin, and the spider half-demon Naraku with his detachments and the resurrected Band of Seven. It also asks about the people behind it: what Takahashi wrote before Inuyasha, which voice actor she insisted on, the American block that aired the dub, and how the four December films and the Yashahime twins fit in. About a third of the questions are easy for anyone who watched the show on Adult Swim, a third need a solid memory of the story, and the rest reward the fans who can name Naraku's first detachment or the flea who guarded Tessaiga. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's series and character articles before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01Who wrote and illustrated the Inuyasha manga?
Rumiko Takahashi
She began it right after finishing Ranma ½ and wanted something darker, closer to her Mermaid Saga stories.
Q 02Which magazine serialised Inuyasha from November 1996 to June 2008?
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
The 558 chapters were collected in 56 volumes; the run lasted eleven years and seven months.
Q 03How old is Kagome Higurashi when she is dragged into the Bone Eater's Well?
Fifteen
It happens on her birthday, when a centipede demon pulls her through the well at her family's shrine.
Q 04Kagome is the reincarnation of which priestess?
Kikyo
The priestess had pinned Inuyasha to a tree with a sacred arrow fifty years earlier, and her sister Kaede tends the village.
Q 05What does "Shikon no Tama" translate to?
The Jewel of Four Souls
It is said to grant any wish, and Kagome shatters it with an arrow so the shards scatter across Japan.
Q 06Which priestess trapped countless demon souls in what became the Shikon Jewel?
Midoriko
Sango's demon-slayer village is the jewel's original home, and Kirara once travelled with the priestess.
Q 07Inuyasha's sword Tessaiga was forged from what?
A fang of his father
The blacksmith Totosai made both it and Sesshomaru's Tenseiga from the Great Dog General's fangs.
Q 08On the night of which lunar phase does Inuyasha lose his demon powers and become fully human?
The new moon
Takahashi said the black-haired human chapters were among her favourites to draw because they were new and fun.
Q 09Which sword does Inuyasha's older half-brother wield, a blade whose power heals rather than harms?
Tenseiga
Its healing power is what he uses to bring the orphan Rin back to life after wolves kill her.
Q 10Which elderly demon blacksmith forged both brothers' swords from their father's fangs?
Totosai
He keeps his forge inside a volcano and travels on a flying three-eyed ox named Mo-Mo.
Q 11Miroku's greatest weapon, the Wind Tunnel, is located where on his body?
His right palm
The black hole is a hereditary curse Naraku placed on his grandfather, and it will one day swallow him.
Q 12What is Sango's primary weapon?
A giant bone boomerang
The Hiraikotsu is thrown with enhanced strength; she is the best slayer from the village that guarded the jewel.
Q 13Sango's companion Kirara is what kind of creature?
A two-tailed cat demon
Kitten-sized most of the time, she grows large enough to carry several passengers through the air.
Q 21Rin, the barefoot orphan who follows the dog demon lord, was killed by what?
Wolves
The wolves belonged to Koga's tribe; her presence becomes central to Sesshomaru's redemption.
Q 22What weapon does the imp-like servant Jaken receive from his master?
The Staff of Two Heads
The fire-throwing staff is about the only power the little green demon has; Sesshomaru mostly ignores his flattery.
Q 23Which flea demon was assigned to guard Tessaiga's resting place and tends to flee when danger appears?
Myoga
He once saved Inuyasha's life by sucking a spider demon's venom out of him, since he enjoys drinking demon blood.
Q 14Shippo, the young fox demon, first meets Inuyasha and Kagome while trying to do what?
Steal the Shikon Jewel
He wanted to avenge his father's death; after they help him he becomes part of the group's surrogate family.
Q 15Naraku was born from which corrupted human bandit?
Onigumo
Paralysed and jealous of Kikyo's bond with Inuyasha, he merged with demons through a pact with a three-eyed spider.
Q 16Naraku is a half-demon associated with which creature?
A spider
He manipulated Inuyasha and Kikyo into betraying each other and then waited fifty years for the jewel to return.
Q 17Which of Naraku's detachments is a wind-controlling witch with a fan who longs for freedom?
Kagura
Naraku poisons her while pretending to return her heart, and she dies after developing an attachment to Sesshomaru.
Q 18Naraku's first detachment appears as a ten-year-old girl in white carrying what?
A mirror
Kanna has no scent or demonic aura, so Inuyasha, Miroku and Kagome cannot detect her.
Q 19Sango's younger brother Kohaku is kept alive and under Naraku's control by what?
A Shikon Jewel shard
Kikyo eventually sacrifices herself to give him life without the shard, and he grows into a demon-slayer leader.
Q 20Which wolf demon repeatedly courts Kagome and treats Inuyasha as a rival?
Koga
He first kidnaps her for her ability to sense jewel shards; his tribe was nearly wiped out by Kagura and Naraku.
Q 24The two-headed dragon mount goes unnamed for centuries until who names it A-Un?
Rin
The right head shoots blue lightning and the left green; it is one of only two herbivorous demons in the series.
Q 25The Band of Seven are resurrected mercenaries controlled by Naraku through what?
Shikon Jewel shards
Naraku used them to hold off his enemies while he hid at Mount Hakurei.
Q 26Who leads the Band of Seven and carries the huge halberd Banryu?
Bankotsu
The youngest and strongest of the band, he retrieved the weapon by attacking the daimyo who had executed them.
Q 27Which member of the Band of Seven wears women's kimonos and fights with a segmented snake-like sword?
Jakotsu
The retractable blades bend unpredictably; he takes a sadistic liking to Inuyasha at Mount Hakurei.
Q 28Inuyasha's mother Izayoi left behind his father's protective garment. What is it called?
The Robe of the Fire Rat
She also left a rouge compact that eventually passes to Kikyo, Kaede and finally Moroha.
Q 29Which witch resurrects Kikyo using stolen grave remains?
Urasue
The revived priestess then plans to purify the jewel herself and becomes a rival for Inuyasha's heart.
Q 30Which studio produced the Inuyasha anime series?
Sunrise
The first run lasted 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV from October 2000 to September 2004.