Entei (InuYasha)

This is about a character from InuYasha; for the creature in Pokemon, see Entei

Entei (炎蹄, flaming hoof) is a yōba (妖馬, yōkai horse) character in the manga and anime series InuYasha.

Legend says that long ago, there was a death match between thousands of yōkai and evil humans, vying for a single prize. Entei is the prize and only the strongest person or yōkai are allowed to ride on him.

Together with his chosen champion, Entei and the yōkai started a killing spree that was only stopped by Master Shinsen, a monk with amazing spiritual powers that he can seal demons with ease. The fight between them lasted 3 days and Shinsen was finally able to complete his exorcism.

Entei and his rider were sealed in different locations far away from each other so it was less likely for their yōki (demonic energy) to interact. However, Akago, another detachment of Naraku that is actually the heart of Onigumo, in his search of the boundary of the Living World and Hades, freed Entei from his seal. In the process Akago was cut in half by Master Shinsen with his remaing power, but Akago did not die and both parts of his body survived and from them spawned Hakudoshi and Moryomaru.

After Entei is freed, he searches for his previous master and finds him. They are about to resume their path of destruction when Hakudoshi, who looks like a young child the same age as Kohaku, intercepts them. Entei senses that Hakudoshi is a lot more powerful than his current rider, so he abandons him as Hakudoshi is challenged. Hakudoshi easily defeats the demon and Entei willingly lets Hakudoshi ride on him.

Entei proves to be too fast in the few encounters with InuYasha's group, as the horse is able to easily evade Tessaiga's Wind Scar attack as well as Sango's Hiraikotsu.

Eventually, InuYasha is able to trap Entei inside a cave with the help of Kirara and unleashes the Bakuryūha on Entei to completely destroy him.