He would occasionally challenge himself to see how long he could keep an animal alive after carving out it's heart. In both language versions, Sakyo never blamed his family for his transformation into a sociopath, but candidly admits that he is "rotten in the head" by birth.ĭespite a normal adolescence, Sakyo was obsessed with death, violence and suffering even going as far as getting an after-school job in a pet store in order to indulge his morbid appetite. However, the English dub explicitly made him despise both his parents and the white-collar, conformist lives that his brothers and sisters lived, saying that he would kill himself if he ever found himself in such a situation. Sakyo grew up as the youngest of five children to a pair of poor, but loving parents, and is the only child amongst his brothers and sisters to not have ended up a "civil servant." In the original Japanese version, he seems to look back on his family life with a warm yet indifferent fondness ("My parents were decent and kind people it was what you could call, an ideal family"). Upon losing his final gamble (which he referred to as a "great bet") against Koenma, he graciously takes his own life as promised. While a vicious and despicable human being, Sakyo does possess a strong sense of honor and fair play, and murders anyone (like Butajiri rigging the favor on Team Masho) who uses cowardly and underhanded tactics to win wagers. He tortures his victims both physically and mentally, inevitably killing his targets. However, like Karasu, both of them are openly sadistic and cruel, enjoying the infliction of pain on various forms of life. The only notable time he showed shock was upon witnessing Younger Toguro's death, but even then he assumed his calmer, reserved persona just moments later.
Similar to Karasu in attitude, he is a calm and well mannered individual, never showing any signs of frustration or anger. He often wagers his own life on a match in order to gain the upper hand in a bet, and is a self-proclaimed egomaniac.
However, he doesn't wager unless he knows the outcome, as he doesn't like to be surprised. The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It.As rich as he is, Sakyo enjoys gambling.Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Season 2.Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo: Rumble Garanndoll.Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress Season 2.In the Filipino dub of the anime he was voiced briefly by Rose Barin during the Artifact Recovery arc and during the Saint Beast arc and onwards, he was voiced by Jeremy Emmanuel Hoya. Kurama as a child in the FUNimation dub is voiced by Candice Moore.
He is voiced by David Hayter in Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and by Hideo Seaver in Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report. He is called Dennis in the Filipino dub of the anime. He is voiced by Megumi Ogata (Shūichi) and Shigeru Nakahara (Yoko) in the original Japanese and John Burgmeier in the FUNimation English dub, Candice Moore also voiced Kurama in the Animax Asia also in English dub. The word Yoko, despite being portrayed as a name in the dub, actually literally translates to "demon fox" in Japanese.
Yōko Kurama in the English dub, Kurama the Yoko), also known as Shuichi Minamino (南野秀一, Minamino Shūichi translated as Southern Field and Excellence First, respectively), is a main protagonist in the anime/manga series of YuYu Hakusho.