Is Jakotsu a woman in the American dub?
No, he remains a he. Apparently, this rumour began after a typo was made in the summary for episode 120 on the Adult Swim Site calling Jakotsu “her” but Viz have confirmed that Jakotsu will remain a man throughout the entire Cartoon Network run as well as in the DVD release of the episodes. However, they did say that Cartoon network asked them to tone down some of his lines (whether or not this will also be the case with the DVDs is as yet unknown). Jakotsu has a female voice actor in both the original Japanese version (Orikasa Ai) and the American dub (Jenn Forgie) of the Inuyasha anime. It is actually very common for “squealy” gay men to be voiced by female voice actors in both Japanese and English. Given that Jakotsu’s English voice sounds very feminine (then again, so does his Japanese voice) this has led to some confusion over whether or not Jakotsu’s gender has been changed for the dub. However, now the Shichinintai/Mt. Hakurei arc has aired in the USA and Jakotsu has been quite
