Demon World Tournament

The Demon World Tournament was created by Yusuke Urameshi as an alternative to the all-out war predicted to occur after the death of Raizen, one of the three great powers of Demon World. The winner of the tournament gains absolute power over Demon World, and can do as he or she pleases for three years.

Preliminary Matches
A total of 6,272 demons signed up for the tournament. As a result, the preliminary matches consisted of 128 fights with 49 demons, in which the last person standing in each group progressed to the first round of the tournament. Each preliminary battle takes place on a gargantuan Okunen Tree.

In the manga, winners of each group were determined by the collection of special rings placed around the neck of each fighter. In order to remove the ring, a fighter would have to either force the opponent to reveal their secret code or decapitate them. Yusuke, instead of retrieving the rings, merely knocked every one of his opponents off of the platform, automatically disqualifying all of them.

Known losers:
 * Seitei, to Hokushin
 * Touou, to Hokushin
 * Chu, to Natsume
 * Shura, to Yomi
 * Koryu, to Shishiwakamaru
 * Shishiwakamaru, to Hokushin
 * Touya, to Kujou
 * Hokushin, to Kokou

Main Tournament
The main matches of the tournament take place on man-made arenas divided into multiple sections: mountain, jungle, plains, desert, and lake. These different types of terrain were designed to give the combatants the chance to take the fight to an area most suited to their fighting style and abilities.

First Round
The 128 winners of the preliminary round then competed in a standard single-elimination tournament. Each fighter was placed into one of four blocks: A, B, C, or D. Due to the unique nature of each fight, the length of every fight, and thus every round, was different for all four groups. Known losers:
 * Nekobaba, to Yusuke (shown only in anime)
 * Zakuro, to Toboso (manga only)
 * Rinku, to Sasuga (the one who defeated Rinku wasn't mentioned in the anime)

Second Round
Known losers:
 * Shigure, to Kurama (shown only in the anime)
 * Shishiwakamaru, to Hokushin (anime only)
 * Jin, to Souketsu (anime only)
 * Suzuka, to Kagura (the one who defeated Suzuka wasn't mentioned in the anime, though Suzuka's defeat wasn't mentioned at all in the manga)
 * Toya to Kujo (anime only)
 * Natsume, to Mukuro (this loss occurred in the third round in the anime)

Third Round
Known losers:
 * Hiei, to Mukuro (this loss occurred in the second round in the anime)
 * Yusuke, to Yomi
 * Kurama, to Kujo

Fourth Round
Known losers:
 * Yomi, to Enki ( in the anime this happens in the fifth round, in the manga his defeat is against Kokou)

Final Rounds
Known losers:
 * Kokou to Kujo (quarterfinals)
 * Kujou to Saizou (semifinals)
 * Saizou to Enki (finals)
 * Mukuro, to Enki (in the anime her loss occurred in the semifinals)

Tournament Organization
In the anime, the tournament was hosted by Koto and Youda, former advisor to Yomi. Every fight was refereed by numerous female demons riding flying cameras.

The tournament took place in Gandara, the former kingdom of Yomi.

All of the matches occurred on top of Okunenju, gargantuan trees of the Demon World. At least one, or possibly all, of these were planted by Yoko Kurama several thousand years before the start of the tournament. As a result, he was able to manipulate the roots during his match with Shigure.

Participants
There were 6272 participants in the Makai Tournament:

0001: Yusuke Urameshi (Block 106)

0002: Kurama (Block 064)

0008: Yomi (Block 034)

0013: Chu (Block 097)

0014: Suzuka (Block 054)

0015: Rinku (Block 008)

0016: Jin (Block 046)

0017: Touya (Block 031)

0018: Shishiwakamaru (Block 033)

0066: Mukuro (Block 074)

0067: Hiei (Block 005)

4202: Shura (Block 034)

Number Unknown:
Hokushin, Seitei, Toho, and Nankai (Block 090)

Kirin (Block 023)

Shigure (Block 013)

Natsume (Block 097)

Enki (Block 59)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Kokou (Block 077)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Tetsuzan (Block 011)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Saizou (Block 029)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Souketsu (Block 085)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Den-Hou (Block 026)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Shu (Block 064)

<p style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;">Sasuga (Block 009)

Minor Participants
Nekobaba - A cat demon that can extend his claws and grow in size in the anime. Named Nekotama in the anime. Defeated easily by Yusuke.

Zakuro - An arrogant demon who gloated to Yusuke that he would win the tournament (first by defeating him, then Yomi) and engulf Demon World with darkness, only to be defeated in the first round by a no-name demon. He makes a cameo in the anime in Hiei's patrol group.

Koryu - An armored demon with a shell so strong that it is unharmed by the Banshee Shriek. Tried to eat Shishiwakamaru with the mouth on its back, but was torn open from the inside by Shishi's true form.

Ojaku - A flying, gelatinous demon that tried to chase after Jin, but was destroyed by electric shocks from the Tornado Fist Explosion.

Sasuga/Kotei - a demon girl who Rinku falls for. Defeated Rinku, but lost in the second or third round (possibly to Mukuro).

Kagura - all that is known about this demon is that Suzuka "didn't stand a chance" against her