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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Name	Kagome Higurashi	Kagome Higurashi
Alias
Race	Human	Human
Gender	Female	Female
Age	15 years old	15 years old
Hair	Black	Black
Eyes	Brown(Blue in the manga)	Brown(Blue in the manga)
Height	About 5'1"(source: estimated based on InuYasha's height)	About 155 cm(source: estimated based on InuYasha's height)
Weight	109 lbs.	49.4 kg
Blood	Type AB	Type AB
Status	Kikyo's reincarnation	Kikyou's reincarnation
Quote	"Sit boy!"	"Osuwari!"
· · ·	"InuYasha!!"	"InuYasha!!"
Voice	Monica Stori	Satsuki Yukino
Debut	Episode 1	Episode 1
Anime	InuYasha	InuYasha
· · ·	Inuyasha the Movie	Inuyasha: Toki wo Koeru Omoi
· · ·	InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island	Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Horaijima

Last I checked, this character's cosplay outfit was available at Moon Costumes.

Kagome is the reincarnation of a priestess of InuYasha's time named Kikyou. At first she and InuYasha didn't get along because his memories of Kikyou got in the way. As they continued searching for the Jewel of Four Souls (Shikon no Tama), they began to develop feelings for each other, but of course neither would admit it.

When Kikyou shows up again, Kagome has to deal with InuYasha's feelings for her. She has developed a friendship with Sango and Miroku, and is Shippo's self appointed protector.

Editor's Note:

In the English version of the series, Kagome is having her 15th birthday in the first episode. I don't think they changed the ages between the English and Japanese versions like they will do sometimes, but if you know for sure please contact me.

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Kagome Higurashi was just a normal teenage girl living in Tokyo at the Sunset Shrine in the year 1997. Then, on the day of her fifteenth birthday, she stumbles into an old well on the shrine that her family cares for. A centipede demon grabs her and demands that Kagome give her the Shikon Jewel. Having no idea what the demon is talking about, she panics and somehow emits a purple light from her hands that appears to kill the demon.

After climbing back out of the well, she sees that she is in a forest. Running to where her house should be, she finds a tree with a boy pinned to it. Then villagers from a nearby village attack her thinking she is a shape shifting demon. The priestess of the village, Kaede, notices that Kagome strongly resembles her dead sister, Kikyou.

During their conversation, the demon attacks again. Kagome runs to the tree that the boy is pinned to, and after being injured by the demon, she releases the boy. The boy immediately demands that she hand over the jewel. By this time Kaede arrives and places a magical necklace on the boy that will immobilize him when Kagome says the word "sit". Kaede explains to her about the boy, Inuyasha, and how he was pinned to the tree. She also concludes that Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyou.

Later on in the day, the jewel is stolen by a crow demon and is shattered into many pieces which become scattered all over the land. Being the reincarnation of Kikyou, Kagome is also blessed with a sixth sense enabling her to find the jewel shards. She has also seemed to inherit some of Kikyou's archery skills, though her powers are still seriously under-developed.

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