is a Japanese light novel series written by Mamizu Arisawa, with illustrations by Kanna Wakatsuki.

The series originally started serialization in volume seventeen of ASCII Media Works' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp on April 18, 2002.

The series revolves around a dog goddess named Yōko and her master Keita Kawahira as they fight against various troublesome spirits.

A twenty-six episode anime adaptation of the series produced by Seven Arcs aired between April and September 2006 on TV Tokyo in Japan.

Another light novel entitled Inukami Special Edition was only released as a promotional gift for the animated film.

A possible reason is that traditional inugami are considered dangerous spirits, more likely to cause harm than help, and are sometimes used to invoke deadly curses.

At first Yoko is shown to be selfish and just thinks of herself, to help with this problem Keita's cousin Kaoru sends one of his Inukamis, Nadeshiko, over to help.

Things later get heated up when Keita fights a shinigami in order to save the last heir of a wealthy family from death.

began as a series of light novels written by Mamizu Arisawa, and drawn by Kanna Wakatsuki.

The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp with the release of volume seventeen on April 18, 2002.

[2] Inukami continued to be serialized in Dengeki hp for another four initial chapters until the release of volume twenty-one of the magazine on December 18, 2002.

respectively, were bonus novels of collected short stories with illustrations provided by Mari Matsuzawa who also drew the Inukami!

[3] Another novel entitled Inukami Special Edition was only released as a promotional gift for the animated film.

Additional chapters were also serialized in Dengeki hp volumes twenty-three through thirty, thirty-two through thirty-four, and thirty-eight through forty-two.

[4][5][6] A ten-part original short story compilation is posted online at the anime's official website.

[8][9][10] The manga chapters were collected into six bound volumes released by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Comics publishing label between March 27, 2006 and May 27, 2008.

The anthology was a collaboration between sixteen artists and manga authors, some of which include: Yukari Higa, Mari Matsuzawa, Suiren Shōfū, Keiichi Sumi, Kanna Wakatsuki, and Yasu.

The manga has been licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for distribution in English in North America; five volumes have been released, the first one being in November 2008.

[11] An anime adaptation produced by Seven Arcs and directed by Keizō Kusakawa aired on TV Tokyo in Japan between April 6 and September 28, 2006, containing twenty-six episodes.

"Kei's Song") by Nana Mizuki, and episode eighteen's ending theme is "Yūjō Monogatari: Danshi (?)