Sha Gojyo (沙悟浄, さごじょうのしそん) is a Chinese Kappa demon and a descendent of Sa Gojō/Sha Wujing (lit. "Sand Awakened to Purity"), a water monster of the 'River of the Flowing Sands'-turned-Arhat/Luohan.
Together with Son Goku's descendant (Son Goku/Sun Wukong; 孫悟空, lit. "Monkey Awakened to Vacuity")), Sha Gojyo JR. is one of two enslaved-servants of Chokyūkai (decsendent of Cho Hakkai (Zhu Wuneng (lit. "Pig Awakened to (Will)Power")/Zhu Bajie (lit. "Pig of the Eight Precepts"))), helping him to abduct beautiful young maidens by using tiara-like golden bands (like the one used on Son Goku SR. to control him with the "Headach Sutra" (Similar to Inuyasha's Beads of Subjugation) to control them (and the same ones used on them).
Despite the legend, that held the achievements of his ancestor, is a really weak demon as he was easily scared by Inuyasha who simply glared/snarled at him.
Trivia
- He is based on one of the Chinese epic novels, the Journey to the West, which has a character called Sha Wujing (沙悟凈), a yōkai who used to live in the river. It can be assumed that the reason why production team of the InuYasha series chose "kappa" to describe Sha Gojyo.
Media appearances
- Episode 129 (First appearance)
- Episode 143