Myoga (InuYasha)

Template:IY Character Myōga (冥加) is a character in the manga and anime series InuYasha. Myōga is Japanese for Invisible Divine Help.

Overview

Myōga is a yōkai-flea who appears randomly and gives the hanyō InuYasha information on current events, foes, and the shards of the Shikon no Tama (Jewel of Four Souls). Myōga is an old friend of InuYasha's father, and was originally charged with guarding InuYasha's father's tomb. But when Sesshomaru came to it in order to look for the Tessaiga he fled and met up with InuYasha and Kagome. When he is not with the group, he is usually off gathering new information that can be useful. Otherwise, he is with Tōtōsai.

Myōga often flees before or during a battle, which often annoys InuYasha and the rest of the group. It becomes something of a running gag among the group that if Myōga is around, they must not be in danger.

Later on, InuYasha and the gang encounter old lady Shōga, Myōga's fiancé. Shōga controls the gang separately to catch Myōga as Myōga tries to run away from her. In the end, they were going to marry in the village that they were in, but Myōga flees and Shōga swears to find him, then marry him.

Abilities

Myōga does not appear to have any significant offensive or defensive abilities, which is probably one of the reasons for his cowardice. Despite this, he seems to be almost indestructible, always coming back despite being crushed/slapped countless times.

He can use his natural blood-sucking abilities to filter poison from a person's blood and also weaken some spells, particularly those that prevent mobility. He is also capable of drinking so much blood that he swells to the size of a human child, and he can mix powerful herbal potions in his body.

Triva

Myōga has an uncanny resemblance to another infamous Takahashi character, Happosai from Ranma ½. He also possesses some of Happosai's perverted tendencies. In the English version of the series, Happosai is portrayed by the same voice actor, Paul Dobson.

Voice actors

• In the English dub, Myōga is voiced by Paul Dobson.
• In the Japanese version, he is voiced by Kenichi Ogata.
• In the Hungarian version, he is voiced by Pálfai Péter
  
• In the Latin American Spanish version, he is voiced by Daniel Abundis, who also voiced Happosai in Ranma 1/2 and Danbei Hayami in The New Cutey Honey and Cutey Honey Flash.
• In the Filipino version, he is voiced by Noel Magat.