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Yu Yu Hakusho: Season 4

18 episodes Premiered Aug 20, 1994 Updated Sep 21, 2026

Yu Yu Hakusho Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes.

Previously on Yu Yu Hakusho

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Yu Yu Hakusho Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Yu Yu Hakusho Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Yusuke's Destiny

Aug 20, 1994

Yusuke Urameshi suffers from a recurring nightmare that he just can't shake. Is this a mere inconvenience? Or are there deeper meanings hidden behind the bizarre occurrences? Genka

S4·E2 Core

Three Strangers, Three Kings

Aug 27, 1994

As the three strangers in Kuroko's house explain the reason for their presence, Yusuke begins to sense that something is amiss. These demons have come to him to reveal one thing: t

S4·E3 Core

Departing Living World

Sep 3, 1994

Hiei and Kurama are visited by two of the kings of Demon World with a very dangerous proposition. Meanwhile, Yusuke prepares himself for his own long journey home. He finds out tha

S4·E4 Core

Return to Demon World

Sep 10, 1994

Control of Demon World is divided among three rulers: Raizen, Yomi and Mukuro. From his deathbed, Raizen has invited his descendant, Yusuke Urameshi, to return to Demon World to tr

S4·E5 Core

Haunted by the Past

Sep 17, 1994

After years of searching, Hiei finally returns to his homeland. Hiei clearly remembers the traumatic banishing he was forced to endure. But despite his many losses, one thing was n

S4·E6 Core

The Secret of the Jagan

Sep 24, 1994

During a duel with Shigure, Hiei has a flashback to his childhood.  The origin of his Jagan is revealed.

S4·E7 Core

Reunion of the Bandits

Oct 1, 1994

Just as Yusuke and Hiei were forced to confront their demons, Kurama boldly ventures through his own past. Yomi, one of the three Kings of Demon World has summoned his former partn

S4·E8 Core

Torn Between Identities

Oct 8, 1994

In a brutal power play, Yomi has forced Kurama to serve as his advisor. If he doesn't, Yomi will destroy the one person Kurama loves more than anyone. But the alliance is hardly st

S4·E9 Core

Inheritance

Oct 15, 1994

It's been nearly a year since Yusuke, Hiei and Kurama arrived in Demon World, each firmly enmeshed in its tense power struggle. Now, the three former teammates are in high position

S4·E10 Core

Every Demon For Himself

Oct 22, 1994

Raizen's death has upset the balance of power in Demon World. Now it is up to Yusuke to prevent the threat of total upheaval. As Mukuro and Yomi prepare their next move, Yusuke arr

S4·E11 Core

The Preliminaries

Oct 29, 1994

Yomi and Mukuro, preventing a full-scale Demon War, have embraced Yusuke's unlikely proposal. Peace is secured for the moment. But the battle for control of Demon World must begin.

S4·E12 Core

The Battle of Father and Son

Nov 5, 1994

As the tournament to decide the king of Demon World wraps up it's preliminary round, one match continues to wage on. A father and son were pitted against each other in the random d

S4·E13 Core

The Demon World Tournament Begins

Nov 12, 1994

As the main bouts of the Demon World tournament get underway, some of the best and most familiar fighters are removed rather quickly. While it looks like some of the fighters' moti

S4·E14 Core

Farewell, Kurama

Nov 19, 1994

Kurama faces down Shigure in the ring! But Kurama has to deal with the demons of his past: namely his choice to remain in the Human World. With the boiling up of tempers and anxiet

S4·E15 Core

Love and War

Nov 26, 1994

In the next match of the tournament, Hiei steps into the ring of battle against his former ally, Mukuro. But Mukuro has already explored the horrors of Hiei's past and knows his th

S4·E16 Core

A Reason to Fight

Dec 3, 1994

As the fighters make their way through the main bracket of the Demon World Tournament, Yusuke Urameshi finds himself staring down Yomi. Both powerful warriors had their own reasons

S4·E17 Mytharc

Closure

Dec 10, 1994

Yusuke struggles to continue his fight with Yomi and as his demon blood continues to flow through him, his demon engery also flows out.

S4·E18 Mytharc

To the Future

Dec 17, 1994

High school student Kazuma Kuwabara is having a typical day. He is studying hard for his college entrance exams and fending off the flirtatious glances from his female admirers. Bu

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