Kazuma Kuwabara

桑原和真

Male

Kuwabara, as most people call him, is the second-toughest kid in Sarayashiki Junior High School and is always trying to usurp [Yusuke Urameshi](https://anilist.co/character/729/Urameshi-Yuusuke)'s position as the toughest. In the manga(chp.1) he says he never lost a fight until he met Yusuke. He leads a gang consisting of himself, [Kirishima](https://anilist.co/character/9591/Kirishima), [Okubo](https://anilist.co/character/8641/Okubo), and [Sawamura](https://anilist.co/character/8640/Sawamura) (In the English dub, Komada). He has a soft spot for kittens (including his own, Eikichi) and an iron code of honor. He develops a minor crush on [Botan](https://anilist.co/character/734/Botan) when he first meets her, but later harbors intense feelings on the ice apparition [Yukina](https://anilist.co/character/736/Yukina), but is unaware that she is [Hiei](https://anilist.co/character/732/Hiei)'s sister. Kuwabara has a tough older sister named [Shizuru Kuwabara](https://anilist.co/character/8595/Kuwabara-Shizuru). She and Yukina are the only characters known to call him by his given name. In the anime, Kazuma and Shizuru's parents never appear and are rarely, if ever, even acknowledged. H