Maya Kitajima (喜多嶋 麻弥 Kitajima Maya) is a classmate at Kurama's junior high school one year before the start of the series. She first appeared in Yu Yu Hakusho Manga vol. 7, chapter 9.
Synopsis[]
Two Shots[]
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Kurama (Shuichi) and Maya in junior high.
She is infatuated with Shuichi Minamino and also has a keen sense of spiritual perception. She notices Kurama talking to a demon and he lies to her and denies this. Afterwards she reveals her love for him, and he replies that he is sorry, Kurama is attacked by Hiei, who thought he was Yatsude's henchman. As they move the battle away from Maya, she gets kidnapped by one of Yatsude's real henchmen. Four hours later, Hiei wakes up in Kurama's room, having recovered from his wounds. They then go to an abandoned doll factory to face Yatsude. At the brink of death, he reveals that Maya is still alive. To keep her safe, Kurama uses a flower to erase her memory of the recent happenings and of her love for him. Maya is not seen again in the original series.
Dark Tournament Saga[]
However, during the Dark Tournament fight against Ura Urashima, Kurama has flashbacks of his childhood where a junior high and child version of Maya appear. This is only in the manga.
Etymology[]
- The name Maya means "hemp, flax" (麻) (ma) and "all the more, increasingly" (弥) (ya).
- Maya's surname Kitajima means "joy" (喜) (ki), "many" (多) (ta) and "island" (嶋) (shima/jima).