Kagome Higurashi

Kagome Higurashi, the deuteragonist of the series, is a 15-year-old middle school student and she is born in modern Japan as the reincarnation of the deceased priestess Kikyo. Kagome has the Sacred Shikon Jewel unknowingly hidden inside her body until 1997, when a demon pulls her into the Bone Eater's Well and five hundred years back through time. They emerge in the Feudal Era about fifty years after Kikyo's death, where the demon extracts the jewel from Kagome. When another demon seizes the Sacred Jewel, Kagome shoots it with a longbow and arrow. While trying to protect the Sacred Shikon Jewel using a longbow and arrow, she accidentally shatters it into numerous fragments that disperse throughout Japan. She agrees to help find them, as she can sense the presence of nearby shards. As the series progresses, she begins to fall in love with Inuyasha,and finds herself competing with the revived Kikyo for his affections. During the search for the Shikon Jewel, Kagome's own innate spiritual powers and abilities, and archery skills continue to improve, and has unlocked her true powers and full potential after Sesshomaru killed Magatsuhi, the evil spirit within the Shikon Jewel that was sealing her spiritual powers.

In the anime adaptation, she is voiced by Satsuki Yukino. In the English dub, she is voiced by Moneca Stori and by Kira Tozer in The Final Act.