Kurama is a demon in human form. Though he appears to be a teenager he is actually over 300 years old! He is very intelligent, very kind and soft spoken. Kurama is truely the Legendary Bandit Yoko Kurama. He was a cold, heartless theif, until he became a human where his human mother opened his heart and taught him to love. Kurama first became human 15 years ago. He was injured by a bounty hunter and was forced to flee to the human world. Because he was weak he hid inside an unborn baby and became the child of Shiori Minamino. Now Kurama can once again become Yoko by drinking a special formula or he can take the appearance of Yoko when expossed to a lot of demonic energy. But by the end of the season he vows to never turn into Yoko again.