Character Profile: Raizen
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
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Name |
Raizen | Raizen |  |
Alias |
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Race |
Demon | Demon | |
Gender |
Male | Male | |
Age |
At least 3000 years old | At least 3000 years old | |
Hair |
Greyish yellow | Greyish yellow | |
Eyes |
Violet | Violet | |
Height |
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Weight |
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Status |
Makai Ruler | Makai Ruler | |
Quote |
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Voice |
Chris Sabat | ||
Debut |
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Anime |
Yu Yu Hakusho | Yuu Yuu Hakusho |
Character Description: Raizen
Raizen is one of the three rulers of Makai. He first appears in the show when Yusuke is fighting Sensui and he interrupts and possesses Yusuke. When Raizen's men retreive Yusuke from Earth he tells Yusuke that he is his ancestor. Yusuke then trains to defeat his ancestor Raizen in battle.
During their battle Raizens past unfolds. He tells Yusuke how he would raid villages and eat human flesh. But when he once was in battle he became wounded. A female human doctor helps him and they fall in love. He then promises her that he would never eat human flesh again, with this he is slowly dying over the course of the years since he last ate human flesh. With his passing he leaves Yusuke to take over his position.
In episode 107, one of Raizen's fighters says he had fought Raizen himself over 1,500 years ago and it was just childs play for Raizen, and Raizen states he trained for 1,000 to reach he power level, so that should make Raizen be at least 3,000 years old.
Editor's Note:
There is some controversy over whether Raizen is just Yusuke's ancestor, or if he is actually Yusuke's father. You can read about this on Yusuke's profile so I don't have to reprint it (and thus update it) here as well. But to sum up, Raizen is Yusuke's ancestor, NOT his father.
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Flag[admin]#11 - Posted by RAGA on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 12:25pm:
It was a demonic atavism. An atavism is when a pre-existing trait (meaning that the family had the trait themselves before evolution happened and the trait became super recessive), re-emerges in much, much later generations. Think of the cases of a whale or a snke having legs or a person having a tail. These traits are usually considered primitive. In Yusuke's case though, while he develops demonic characteristics from his ancestor, he also somehow managed to evolve it too. This is why he doesn't feel the need to eat humans, even though his ancestors did. ... show more »
Flag[admin]#10 - Posted by shaanjin on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 4:30pm:
Raizen is only in a certain sense Yusuke's father: Only in Yusuke Raizen's genetics awakened. He is not his real father per family tree though, as Koenma stated in about episode 90/91.
How exactly those genetics came to them I don't have a clue since demon's can't reproduce like humans do... I think they said something about "spectral infusion"...? Forgot the word -.- ... show more »
Flag[admin]#9 - Posted by Dana on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 4:03pm:
Hey, if you doubt that Raizen is indeed Yusuke's father, then I would re-watch those espiodes where they first introduced Raizen. Mucho Gracias.
Flag[admin]#8 - Posted by Rose on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 2:07pm:
......"-.- u all r wrong....except for the anonymous ppl. :)
Flag[admin]#7 - Posted by V. Wilridge on Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 12:16am:
Raizen = Ancestor. Yusuke is the closest thing Raizen had to a son & Raizen is the closest thing Yusuke had to a dad. But all in all, Raizen is still Yusuke's ANCESTRAL father.
Flag[admin]#6 - Posted by tsuki on Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 12:58pm:
Raisen is Yusuke's father. From my understanding is, Raisen's genes were dormant through the generations until Yusuke was born. Therefore, making him his son.
Flag[admin]#5 - Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 12:56pm:
Raizen was the closest thing Yusuke ever had to a father and is also where he got his demon power from. No, he is not his true father but only an ancient ancestor of Yusuke's. But at the end of the anime Yusuke and Raizen develop a father son relationship
Flag[admin]#4 - Posted by Anon on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 10:54pm:
Raizen is not Yusuke's father. He's just where Yusuke's (demonic) powers come from. The demonic abilities were dormant until the host was strong enough to handle them.
This is just what I've heard and believe. Believe what you will.
Flag[admin]#3 - Posted by Not the Father on Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 4:39pm:
Yusuke's father appears in the last chapter of the manga, he's human.
Admin: Uh... I don't think so!
Flag[admin]#2 - Posted by Michele on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 6:13pm:
Raizen is indeed Yusuke's father. But, for a child with the a parent of a demon and a parent of a human, they must wait at a few generations until the seed of the demon finds can make a baby. Th
Admin: I'm fairly positive that this is not correct.