Botan (ぼたん, Botan?) is a fictional character in the popular anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi. Her seiyū is Sanae Miyuki in the autentic anime. Her English voice actresses are Cynthia Cranz in the FUNimation dub, Lia Sargent in the first movie, and Veronica Taylor in the second movie.

The guide for the dead across the Sanzu River (the River Styx), Botan is hardly typical of what one would expect from the shinigami, or death god; clad in a bright pink kimono, with her blue hair in a ponytail. Botan is cheerful, sometimes sarcastic, and a completely atypical version of Death (something the main character Yusuke Urameshi points out almost immediately after meeting her). Although her initial purpose is to help Yusuke cross over to the Spirit World, or Reikai, Botan eventually becomes a sort of guardian angel to Yusuke, helping him in his efforts to return to his body, and when Yusuke becomes a Spirit Detective, being the liaison between Yusuke and friends, and Koenma in Reikai. Botan works hard, cares deeply for others, and tries not to let her friends know when she's down. [As in the case of Genkai's Death]