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Miyabi is a fair-skinned girl around Mana's age and height with straight, dull green hair that has a lock hanging between her eyes, which have dull violet irises. Her school uniform consists of a white long sleeve collared shirt, with a medium length teal skirt and matching tie, short white socks and brown tipped shoes. [1] During the colder seasons, she wears a light teal, long-sleeved jacket over her collared shirt. [2] Her casual attire usually consists of an orange T-shirt, with a yellow trim and a single yellow horizontal stripe in the middle, olive green shorts and brown strap sandals. [3]

Episode Three: Miyabi first appears in the third episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Tantanbō's Yōkai Castle . She is seen with Mana and another student when their class was touring a facility that was being constructed. [1]
Episode Eight: Miyabi is briefly seen in episode eight, Menace! Kagami-Jijii's Plot . In this episode, she is seen walking with Mana and another friend from their school. [4]
Episode 15: Miyabi appears in episode #15, Zunbera Spirit Surgery . In this episode, she and Mana spot Kirara while walking home from school. After Kirara undergoes Spirit Surgery, Miyabi is among the many students who are surprised by Kirara's new appearance. [5]
Episode 25: Miyabi appears again in episode #25, Kubire-Oni's Curse . After Mana receives a heartless message on the RAIN messaging app from their classmate Karin Yamane , she talks to Miyabi about it the next day. Miyabi suggests that Mana can get her revenge by using a cursed app. Miyabi then downloads the app for Mana soon after. [6]


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Its appearance was almost identical to that of Mizu-Yōkai in the live-action version of Akuma-kun .

It was noted to be a rather violent and dangerous being that it stayed in the human world even after finishing its job and kept causing a havoc.


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Mizu-Sennin is a man with with a bald head, lacking a noticeable neck, a pencil-thin mustache and has eyes that are always closed. He wears a blue kimono and uses green straws as a skirt, which is held together with an orange belt. [1]

Underwater Breathing : Mizu-Sennin lives underwater in Tokyo Bay, to survive in his environment, he is able to breathe and even sleep in his underwater home with no ill effect. [1]
Vacuum Breath : While underwater, he is able to produce powerful vacuums to suck in objects or beings he wants to swallow, as he did to Kitarō and Nezumi-Otoko in their fish form. [1]
Fish Communication : He is the master of Tokyo Bay and has authority over fish within the gulf. He is able to communicate with the fishes, sending a message in a similar fashion to echolocation and able to receive their replies. [1]


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The Mizu-Yōkai takes the form of a mass of green swamp water, that is constantly dripping itself. Eyebrows formed from the water rest above a pair of black eyes with small pupils pointing in different directions, and his fingers end with long white claws. [1]

He is shown to be rather eccentric and seems to be hungry at the sight of potential food. Despite being among the peaceful yōkai living in GeGeGe Forest, he is still willing to consume humans. However, he is understandable, albeit disappointed, if he should not eat humans who are guests. [1]


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Mizuki is an average salaryman, depicted most of the time with a black suit. In the Gegege no Nazo movie, he has a scar in his left eye.

Mizuki works at a blood bank and is sent on an investigation by his boss Hageyama to find out how yōkai blood ended up in their supply. He discovers that the blood came from someone living at his address, but the only other person at his house is his mother . He learns from his mother that there is an abandoned house further back on their property, so he investigates it and meets a pregnant yōkai woman and her husband who is dying of a skin disease. He learns that they are the last survivors of the Ghost Tribe and that the wife sold her blood so they could make ends meet and support their child. After the ghost family begs him to not report them, he finally agrees to look the other way until their child is born, but when he goes to check on them they have both died. [1]
He buries the wife, who was still pregnant when she died. Soon after, the child is born and crawls out of the grave. Mizuki is horrified by the child and throws him at a grave, which blinds the baby and leaves him to die in the graveyard. The husband comes back to life as a little eyeball creature ( Medama-Oyaji ) and leads his son, who he names " Kitarō ", to Mizuki's house. Upon seeing the child, Mizuki has a change of heart and adopts him, telling his mother he was left on their doorstep. [2]
About six years later, Kitarō has grown into a creepy child who the other kids find horrifying. Mizuki's mother complains to him that Kitarō has been sneaking out at night, so he follows him one night and sees him meet up with Medama-Oyaji and run off to the cemetery. He loses them while trying to hide and finds only Kitarō's geta on a patch of dirt. Mizuki confronts Kitarō back at the house and Kitarō tells him that he and his father have been using a special ticket to travel to Jigoku at night. Mizuki confiscates the ticket and punishes Kitarō but then goes back to the cemetery to see if the ticket works. He goes to the spot he lost Kitarō and suddenly sinks into the ground. [2]
Mizuki finds himself trapped in Jigoku, as the ticket is one-way for humans. [2] He remains in Jigoku until Hageyama dies and Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji escort him there. Medama-Oyaji agrees to bring Mizuki back to the human realm as thanks for raising his son. [3] Upon returning to the surface, Mizuki continues to work at the blood bank and allows Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji to live with him out of fear for what will happen to him if he doesn't (his mother had been committed while he was in Jigoku). Two days later, he meets and drinks with Trump Omoi , recounting his experiences with him. [4]
Mizuki is mostly absent from Kitarō's adventures after that, although he does agree to write an introduction for Neko 's TV performance. [4] In the manga he is last seen discussing their poor financial situation with Kitarō, Medama-Oyaji and the Fake Kitarō before Kitarō tangles with Mizugami . [5] He is not seen during Mizugami's attack on the house nor is he ever seen again afterward, leaving his fate unclear. In the " Hakaba " anime, however, he is shown to get caught by Mizugami's water during the attack on the house. Though he reaches out and calls for Kitarō to help him, Kitarō instead runs off to save himself, and Mizuki is soon washed away and dissolved by the Mizugami. [6]


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In general, Mokumokuren takes the form of a swarm of disembodied eyes, most pairs feature various expressions, such as sadness, worry, fear, and anger.
Within the 1971 anime, Mokumokuren's eyes have yellow sclerae and tiny pupils. Each pair of eyes has a solemn expression.
In the 1985 anime, Mokumokuren has white sclerae and small pupils in their eyes. They are normally in an angry expression, but can change depending on his mood.
Within the 1996 anime, Mokumokuren's eyes have white sclerae, black pupils, and thin eyebrows just above. Each pair has a different expression, ranging from anger, worry, and neutral, though they can change depending on his mood.
In the 2007 anime, Mokumokuren has white sclerae, somewhat thin pupils, and a faint glow around their eyes. The common expressions are anger, annoyance, and worry, but can change upon his mood. [1]

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Mokumokuren appeared in the episode #18 of the fifth anime adaptation , Black Eyes that Glow in the Old Castle . [1]


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In the 2007 anime, Momonjii's appearance has very few changes. He still resembles a short bald old man with a round head and white hair pointing upwards on the sides of his head. He has fair skin with slightly visible hair on his chest and legs. His eyes are usually kept closed, when he does open them, they are revealed to lack any visible pupils. He wears a loose light purple kimono, exposing his chest, that is tied with a dull red obi, a pair dull green sandals and he also carries around a light brown staff that is taller than him.

Momon-Jii first appears in the Shonen Magazine story The Great Yōkai Trial .


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Mononoke is a short humanoid yōkai with fair skin, an egg-shaped head, a bald top with black side hair, and a pencil-thin mustache. His body is covered in hair, primarily his chest, arms, and legs, and his eyes are circular with tiny pupils. He wears a sleeveless black kimono tied with a yellow sash and does not wear any shoes.


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Monroe is a beautiful woman, who is modeled after the American actress Marilyn Monroe . In the 1971 anime, she has wavy medium-length blonde hair, blunt bangs, and a mole under her left eye and beside her nose. Her eyes have black irises and white sclerae, thin eyebrows above them and she wears red lipstick. Her clothing consists of a simple sleeveless one-piece purple dress that reaches her knees and has a v-cut neckline. [1]
Within the 1985 anime, Monroe's hair is slightly longer and has more volume, her bangs are now in a parted style, having more hair by her right side. Her eyes have dark blue irises, a mole sits on her left cheek and she wears red lipstick. She wears white high heel shoes and her dress is now white and has a long skirt and thin straps, resembling the white dress of the actual Marilyn Monroe. [2]
In the 1996 anime, Monroe's hair is much longer than previous incarnations now reaching her back and her bangs are now more evenly parted. Her eyes have teal irises, her eyebrows now match her blonde hair, she has a mole on her left cheek and her lips have red lipstick. Her dark purple dress has a wide neckline that stops before her shoulders, the end of her dress reaches the middle of her thighs and her heels are red. [3]
Within the 2007 anime, Monroe's hair is shorter and the side curls inwards, pointing to her face, her bangs are parted above her left eye and curl inwards as well. Her eyes have light purple irises, light blue eye shadow, a mole under her left eye and she wears pink lipstick. She wears a pink pearl necklace, a yellow bead wristband on her right arm, a ring, and a pink dress with a long skirt and thin straps, and white heels. [4]
In the 2018 anime, Monroe has light blonde hair that curls outward at the ends, her bangs are parted above her left eye. Her eyes have purple irises with yellow pupils that have black centers, below her left eye is a mole and she wears red lipstick. Her outfit consists of a pink-hued, white dress with thin straps and a long skirt, and red high heel shoes. [5]

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Monroe appeared along with Pii in episode #25 of the second anime adaption, The Phantom Train . [1]


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Mora is a human-faced sphinx or dragon-like demon in general with bird-like wings and feline-like limbs, snake-like tongue, reptile-like protrusions along her spine and long tail, and a long neck.

When Shingo Umoregi 's spirit was trapped in the Dream Demon Realm Jigoku by Amduscias , Mora tries to enslave him with fear and sent her servants including Zu . She almost succeeded in achieving her task but fails when Shingo overcame his fear and stood up with the support from his Twelve Apostles and the imprisoned children from India and the black Akuma vanished along with her servants when they were touched by Shingo.


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In the manga, the moth is a large, dark-colored moth with compound eyes, short antennae, three pairs of legs, a wide abdomen, and most notably, lacking a mouth. It has two pairs of large wings with light-colored scales and a pattern of dark-colored scales. [1]
Within the 1968 anime, the Oniga are small moth Yōkai, resembling an average moth in its imago stage, having light setae around their heads and thorax, segmented abdomen, three pairs of legs, a pair of labial palp , and a pair of black eyes. They have two pairs of wings that match their setae, with the upper pair having light stripes. [2]
In the 1985 anime, the moth is a giant moth with brown setae covering its head and thorax, the latter having a lighter shade, purple compound eyes, thin antennae, and a lime striped abdomen. Additionally, it has three pairs of legs, a pair of labial palp, and a thick maxillary palp, resembling an ant's mandibles instead, all three are colored rosy brown. It has two pairs of wings, larger than most of its body, having primarily tan scales and orange scales patterned across. [3]

In the 1968 anime, an Oniga was saved by Kitarō from Nezumi-Otoko who tried to step on the moth. The same imago later came to aid Kitarō against Hakusanbō .


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The Mōrei-Yassan are yōkai that vaguely resemble Ittan-Momen having humanoid features, such as having arms and legs. They have skin that is a dull gray and their heads are rectangular and lack any shoulders. their eyes are light blue in color and they lack pupils. Their feet end in a single point and their hands have five digits.

Mōrei-Yassan appear in episode #39 of the second anime adaptation, Yōkai Waterwheel .


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Namahage is a yōkai with a red oni face, long wavy gray hair, sharp teeth, big eyes with yellow sclerae, and blue irises. He wears a mino that covers most of his body, his arms and legs have tan skin and he wears straw boots.

Namahage was originally a separate story from the GeGeGe no Kitarō series, but was later adapted into an episode of the 1968 series.


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Nami-Kozō resembles a small boy that has yellow skin with several small blue spots around his torso and arms, light blue hair and his torso is a lighter yellow. His eyes are rather big and have orange irises and small black pupils. He only wears a pair of pale, light blue shorts that is tied by a white cord. [1]

Along with Iwanabōzu , Nami-Kozō appears and becomes one of the 47 Yokai warriors in episode #92 of the fifth anime adaptation, Violent!! Yōkai Waterwheel!! Good Luck Nami-Kozō . He is the 19th of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and the representative of Shizuoka Prefecture . [1]


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Nanashi appears as a tall ominous figure, wearing a long black cloak that fades as it goes down, a matching black hat, resembling a fedora or homburg. His hands are pale white and rather bony. He is constantly surrounded by a dark aura. His most notable feature is his face which is white, his eyes have black scelrae and glowing purple pupils. [1] Later it is revealed that this is actually a mask and underneath is colored dark purple. [2]
After absorbing all of the malice stored within Mana and herself, Nanashi transformed into a giant monstrous baby with pale pink skin, pointy ears and few strands of black hair across his head. He has four eyes, all having black sclerae and luminescent irises, with the lower pair being blue while the upper pair are yellow.
Nanashi's true form is that of a small, dark purple creature, whose eyes have the same color as the pupils of his masked form.

For the majority of the anime, little was known about Nanashi's personality, other than he being very mysterious and enigmatic. He usually speaks in strange sentences and cryptic phrases, but can also speak normally if he wants to do so.
Nanashi is a very intelligent individual, able to manipulate humans and yōkai, even powerful ones such as Backbeard , from the shadows, using any means at his disposal. Nanashi is also very patient, as he watched over Mana 's bloodline for centuries, in order to find the ideal vessel for himself.
Nanashi's end goal was to destroy both humans and yōkai, and he would stop at nothing to achieve this, gathering as much malice as possible from them both, going as far as to create several world-class threats, without any apparent remorse.
Whenever Nanashi collects enough malice, he infuses it into Mana in the form of seals, without her being aware of it. By Nanashi's own account, he needs five of these seals to complete his objective, which he succeeds in achieving in the 48th episode.
Upon transforming into a giant oni baby, Nanashi seemingly loses the ability to speak words normally and only cries like a baby would. Nonetheless he retains intelligence to recognize Kitaro as his enemy. His true form also cannot speak, but remains intelligent.
Nanashi is at the end a broken soul, being surrounded by nothing but hatred, and being denied the right to be born and loved, causing him to resent everything, but yearning for the love, compassion, and name that he never received.


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Neko is a young girl of with long black hair, fair skin and light brown eyes. She wears a white blouse with long sleeves under a red skirt with suspenders, a pair of white socks and brown shoes.

Both due to his affection towards her, and as a get-rich-quick scheme, Kitarō helps her becoming a famous idol singer, until the Fake Kitarō and Nezumi-Otoko forced her to reveal her bake-neko face in front of the public and then drive her to suicide in a plan to steal Kitarō's chanchanko and crush his spirit.
Since then, Neko's soul came to reside in Jigoku and, when Fake Kitarō ends up trapped there too, she gives up the possibility to be resurrected, forgiving him and sending the young boy back to the mortal realm with a piece of Nezumi-Otoko's brain she bit off during her bake-neko transformation.
Despite her physical death, she's still a powerful force behind the second part of the story: in her name the Fake Kitarō repents becoming a devout ally of Kitarō, and Kitarō himself is left deeply shocked, acting even more reckless and unbalanced than before.


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In the 1968 anime, Neko-Sennin resembles an old man covered with long light-colored hair, excluding his face, and beard. He has eyes that have dark sclerae and small highlights, a pair of small nostrils and his mouth has sharp cat-like fangs. He wears a long light colored robe with baggy sleeves that conceals even his legs and carries around a staff tipped with a spiral-like head.
Within the 1985 anime, Neko-Sennin still resembles an old man covered with white hair, where it now entirely covers his face, and he still retains a long beard. His eyes have dark purple sclerae with almost indistinguishable pupils. His outfit consists of a long green robe that reaches down to his ankles and has long sleeves.
In the 1996 anime, Neko-Sennin now has more recognizable cat features, having light purple hair covering his body, a long beard and a pair of cat ears on the side of his head. His eyes have red sclerae with green irises and black pupils, a small brown nose lies above his cat-like mouth, that has sharp fangs and four pairs of whiskers. He wears a long white robe that has long baggy sleeves and usually conceals his legs, leaving his bare feet exposed. [1]
Within the 2018 anime, Neko-Sennin, resembles an old man covered with long white hair, mustache and beard. He has eyes that have black sclerae and small highlights and a pair of small nostrils that resemble his eyes. He wears a long pale green robe with baggy sleeves that reaches to his legs and carries around a wooden staff.

Neko-Sennin is typically portrayed as being a loving person towards cats, and being relentlessly vengeful to those who mistreat, abuse or abandon cats, going as far as to try to enforce the respective humans to live as pets, or even sentence them to execution.
He does, however, find room for forgiveness if they show repentance and caring towards their feline companions.


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Within the 2007 anime, Neko-Shō is a cat with short purple fur, four pairs of whiskers on the side of his mouth and eyes with green sclerae and narrow pupils. He has a light red scar over his left eye and his ears have light purple skin within them. His most notable feature are his three tails and his only article of clothing is the dull brown cloth that he uses as a robe. After being defeated, he becomes a normal cat again, having a grey fur. [1]

Neko-Shō appears in episode #108 of the fourth anime adaptation, Immortality! Neko-Shō . [2]


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Kana is a young woman of average height, though shorter than her idol group members, with fair skin, blue eyes, and short brown hair. Later on, it's revealed that her hair is dyed and that she naturally has black hair. [2] In her idol outfit, she wears a sleeveless yellow uniform with a matching skirt and shoes and has gold buttons starting from the shoulders down to the shirt. Additionally, she wears a pair of glasses with yellow frames. [1]


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Not much is known of the Nikao-no-Sō's appearance other than having a red face. [1]


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Not much is known about Nobusuma, other than that they resemble the Japanese giant flying squirrels. [1]


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In the 2007 anime, Noderabō is a yōkai with pale cyan skin, tufts of hair across his body and an oddly taller head that is very wrinkly by the top. He has thin red eyes with tiny black pupils and black lines underneath. His hands are scaly while his feet resemble that of a bird's with three toes on each and has a darker tone than the rest of his body, both sets end with sharp claws. He wears a loose, dark gray ragged kimono with a black-and-yellow striped obi. [1]

Noderabō loves animals, nature, and innocent children, and respects their happiness, in turn animals greatly respect him. [1]
While he is able to control sounds and make animals to speak human languages, he does not speak properly. [1]


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He is a yōkai without eyes and nose on face.


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Nora is an anthropomorphic cat with black fur and purple stripes, due to being a Neko-Mata he has two tails. His eyes have yellow sclerae with black pupils and he has thin whiskers on his face. He usually wears a white cloak that covers most of his back and has two holes for his ears to poke out.

Nora appears in episode #97 of the fifth anime adaptation, Shock!! Kitarō Becomes a Cat! . He became one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Toyama Prefecture . His mark is located on his left paw.
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! . Nora appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami 's influence. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami. Later, he appeared among the discovered Yōkai Warriors to help Kitarō fight off Yato-no-Kami. [1]


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In Shinigami Tai-Senki and Iyan Nacchau Bushi , unusually small individuals were seen.

In the manga episodes, Nozuchi were depicted to be rather harmless unlike the 1996 anime.
Unlike the rest of the series, Nozuchi in the 1996 anime was described to be a brainless being who only followed its instinct to vacuum anything around it, akin to the nature of Yakanzuru .
In the 1985 anime, it was noted on several occasions that Nozuchi has a friendly rivalry with Hiderigami .


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In the 2007 anime, Nue is depicted as a large shadowed equine figure, resembling that of the Qilin or the Longma . He has a voluminous and flowing mane and tail, as well as having tufts of hair around his hooves. His face has a long thin snout with a thin pair of whiskers, glowing green eyes, and lighter bushy eyebrows. He usually covers himself with a black cloud. [1]
In the 2018 anime, Nue's appearance returns to the usual depiction, being a chimerical yōkai, having the head of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the limbs of a tiger, and the tail of a snake.
In the The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan , Nue, the "False Yōkaijū ", was about 40 meters in height with unknown total body length as it's quadruped. Each body parts are composed of multiple powerful beings such as Yato-no-Kami , Sarugami , Kojin , Gyōbu-Danuki , and so on. [2]

Nue in the 2007 anime, takes priority over the happiness of other Yōkai and humans over his injuries, both on his body and honor, saving others even in his weakened state and does not mind leaving the misunderstanding of him and prefers to stay hidden because he worries about scaring other Yōkai and humans by revealing his true appearance and voice.
He welcomed the recovery of the Hyakki Yagyō , the traditional midnight marching by yōkai of Kyoto.


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Nugu appears as a large round creature, appearing to have scales, with a purple and blue coloration. They have a pair of black eyes with orange sclerae and a pair of light blue lips with two teeth prominently sticking out.

In the chapter eight The Great Spirit World Battle , they appeared as a minion of Nurarihyon .
They live in rock caverns of the spirit world. along with Iwaryū , Dasuza , and Tsuchi-Gumo , they attacked Kitarō and the others when they were playing "Spirit World Hide and Seek" in the caverns.


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In the 2007 anime, Numa-Gozen's upper-half of her body is a slender woman wearing a loose, blue kimono with a black trim, a dark blue obi with a light blue obijime and a light lavender obiage that ties around it. She has long purple hair that reaches her waist, pale lavender skin, blue lips and her eyes have red irises. Rather than legs, her lower-half is made up of four long snakes with white scales, a grey underside, sharp teeth and three red circular, pupil-less eyes. [2]
Within the 2018 anime, Numa-Gozen's appearance is that of beautiful young woman with pointy ears, pale gray skin and long light purple hair that reaches her waist and is parted in the middle with two forelocks falling to her sides each with a strand separated from them. Her lips are blue and her eyes have faint purple sclerae with red irises and black pupils, around them are her long purple eyelashes, above them are a pair of elongated, diagonal gray spots that seemingly acting as her eyebrows. She wears a loose red kimono with a white trim with black underneath it and a dark purple obi tied around her waist. She is able to assume a large serpent form that has pale gray skin with a white underside and most notably retaining her long light purple hair. Her mouth is filled with sharp white teeth and a long red forked tongue, while her eyes are completely red violet with yellow highlights and above them are the gray spots. [1]

She appears in the fifth episode of the fifth anime adaptation, The Cursed Movie . [2]
The Numa-Gozen is said to live in a well and attacks anybody who comes near. She died during the war while trying to find her husband who had become deceased as well.


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The Nupperabō appear as beings of flesh lacking heads, instead having their faces on their torsos, albeit smudged, short pairs of arms and legs and they lack any clothes. The four Nupperabo brothers appear identical in appearance and height, with the exception of the fourth who is much larger.
Within the 1985 anime, the Nupperabō retain their smudged faces, occasionally becoming unidentifiable, they lack clothing and their most noticeable feature is that their skin is pale blue. Three of the brothers are shorter than Kitarō, while the fourth is about the size of their statue disguise.
In the 2007 anime, Nuppehofu has pale brown skin, where their faces are flabby yet are more identifiable. Their arms appear higher up their body, aligned with their eyes and their fingers appears to be sharp.
Within the 2018 anime, the Nuppeppō are flabby yōkai, resembling blobs of flesh with arms and legs, where their faces appear as if they are melted. They have pale lavender skin and have pudgy fingers and toes. Three of them are roughly the same size as a human, while the giant towered over the trees.

Nupperabō first appeared in the Shonen Magazine story Korean Magic as three yōkai brothers who would lure victims with a song and then steal their youth. If someone resisted the song, a giant and invisible fourth brother would attack them. Kitarō defeated the siblings by breathing bad breath on the giant brother, causing flies to land on it and sparrows to attack it while eating the flies.
The same story was adapted for episode #57 of the first anime, Invisibility Magic , though Nupperabō first appears as a background character in episode #54, Yōkai Rally .


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Nure-Onna resembles a large serpent with the head of a woman, she has brown scales and a white underside. She has green eyes, long, soaking black hair, a long forked tongue and a pair of arms with five white claws. [1]
Nure-Onnna's appearance drastically differs between Series 3 Episode 6 and Series 3 Episode 32 .

Episode Six: Nure-Onna first appears in episode six of the third anime adaptation, Hell Journey! Ghost Train!! . She was among several other yōkai on board the Ghost Train , but played a larger role in scaring the two drunk men who were bound for Jigoku .


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There have been different types of Obake-Hamaguri seen. One as a honeycomb-like being with eyes. One is a monster clam with eyes, mouth with fangs, and tongue.

He appears in episode #58 of the first anime adaptation, Oboro-Guruma .


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The Obakejima is a massive sea turtle, about the size of a small island. It has a pair of large eyes with small black pupils, a nose, and what appears to be a beard growing around its mouth. On its shell is a forest of palm trees and grass.

The Obakejima is sensitive, waking up after travelers climb the trees on its back or start a fire on its shell.


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Obariyon is small Yōkai that has a spherical body with a lime center and a lighter layer over it. He has short limbs and a light yellow mask-like markings around his tiny black eyes.

The Obariyon is a child-sized monster from Niigata prefecture that loves to piggyback on people. They leap onto unsuspecting travelers, crying out "obairyon!", and becoming heavier as they relent to carrying the Yōkai, nearly crushing them from their weight. If the traveler is good enough to carry it, then it will start chewing on the scalps of its hapless victim. In most tales of the Obariyon, those who managed to carry it the whole way home will find that the strange burden was a sack of money all along, and becomes incredibly rich. Their name comes from a phrase in local Niigata dialect meaning “give me a piggyback ride!” [1]


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Odoro-Odoro are masters of disguise. When not disguised, they appear to be a type of four-legged beast with a wild mane. They also have claws and tusks.Its face somewhat resembles a Hannya.
In the 2007 anime , its skin color is green.

There have been different individuals represented; either as a Kitarō 's friend or as an enermy where the later is mostly an incarnation of a human.
Within the sixth anime, Shōgo's personality is mostly suppressed by the Odoro-Odoro's. In this state he behaves similar to that of a beast and mainly acts on instinct. Because of this his mindset is rather narrow and is driven to consume human blood. Shōgo describes that in this mental state he becomes a monster who only ever thinks about fresh blood, preventing him from committing suicide. However Shōgo is able to, albeit faintly, control his actions while in this state, originally fleeing once his daughter tried to stop Kitarō and though later giving in to drink her blood, had a look of remorse, begging to be stopped.


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Mr. Ogata is an elderly man with pale skin. He wears a pale green jacket, brown pants, dark brown shoes, and a beige cap. [1]
Mrs. Ogata is an elderly woman and shorter than her husband. Her gray hair is styled in a bun. She wears an orange vest over a lavender long-sleeved sweater, light-green pants, and rosy brown shoes. [1]

The Ogatas are a kind elderly couple, teaching a class of students about living in the older times and thanking them for cleaning their house. [1]


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Oguchi-Doji has an infant-like apperance, but has a disproportionally large head and mouth comparable to the genkan of Shingo Family's house.

Matching his baby-like apperance, Oguchi-Doji is a literal and metaphorical loudmouth and tends to talk big.


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In the 2007 anime, Ohaguo-Bettari is a woman with long gray hair that reaches to her shoulder. Her most noticeable feature is her lack of a face, only having a mouth full of blackened teeth. She wears a two-layered kimono, the outer layer being velvet red with a black trim, while the inner layer has a red trim and an orange obi, and a pair of geta with white tabi socks.
Within the 2018 anime, Ohaguro-Bettari's appearance has virtually no difference from her design in the 2007 anime, being a faceless woman with only a mouth of blackened teeth and long gray hair. Her outfit consists of a velvet red kimono, with a black and red trim, a yellow obi, and a pair of geta with white tabi socks. [1]

She briefly appears in the first anime adaption. Namely, these appearances are in episode seven and ten, Ghost Train [2] and The Great Yōkai War (Part 1) . [3]


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Ohiagari's appearance is that of an old man with a long face, pale white skin, he is balding but retains long, straight grey hair from the back and sides of his head that falls to his shoulders and his short bangs. His eyes have yellow sclerae and small pupils. He has a long neck and frail chest, he does not appear to have arms, as his body is covered in a white robe that becomes thinner as it goes down, becoming a long wispy tail. [1]

Ohiagari appears in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival . [1]


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In the 1971 anime, the Ōika is a giant gray squid with eight long arms, prominent suckers, and a long mantle with triangular fins. A pair of eyes with white sclerae and black irises sit just under the mantle. [3]
Within the 1996 anime, Yōkai-Ika is a giant white squid, having eight long arms, each with small suction cups, a thin siphon that rests between its eyes, and a long mantle that has spade-shaped fins at the side of the tip. Its eyes have yellow sclerae with red irises and a lack of pupils. After Kitarō possesses its body, its irises become green and the black-and-yellow pattern of the Chanchanko covers most of the mantle. [2]
In the 2018 anime, its general appearance resembles more of a colossal squid while it is noted to be a giant squid.


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Ōkamuro and Tantanbō are extensively similar in appearance to each other although there are slight differences including a bald on the top of its head, shorter hairs, (not always) extended nose hairs, and fangs on the lower jaw for the latter.

Ōkamuro appeared as a guide to human souls, including Shigeru Mizuki , leading them to Jigoku . They once lived in the eastern Jigoku, but they were downranked to a guide for the dead because Satan invaded Jigoku. As they received a message from Nita-Unarpe , they guided Shigeru Mizuki and the twelve children to Jigoku.


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Okuro has the common features of a Yuki-Onna, having pale white skin and violet lips, her most notable feature is her long light teal hair with a pair of locks hanging beside her face and bangs that completely obscure her eyes that, which in addition to her black teeth, gives her an uncanny resemblance to Ohaguro-Bettari . She wears the standard attire of a Yuki-Onna, wearing a white kimono over a medium slate blue nagajuban and a long pale blue obi.

She appears in episode #77 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yuki-onna! Beautiful Vengeful Demon .


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In the manga, Omimizu resembles a large, light-colored earthworm, having a long segmented body with a single band in the middle. He has small bumps across each segment and at the tip of his head is his mouth.
Within the 1971 anime, Omimizu's appearance is relatively the same, being a large cyan earthworm with a segmented body with and a band that is lighter than the rest of his body. His mouth is at the tip of his head and there are small bumps across each segment.

Ōmimizu appears in episode #37 of the second anime adaptation, Chisōgan . [1]


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Onmoraki has the appearance of a giant bird, with bat-like wings, three legs, the middle being the shortest, a head with three eyes and hair surrounding the back of his head.

He appears in episode #24 of the fourth anime adaptation, The Story of Yōkai Onmoraki! , where he was born from haunting, unresting human spirits of abandoned temple and takes over the corpse of Sayuri Koike . [1]


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Orochi-Onna's true form is an anthropomorphic serpent, with pale green scales, dark grey underside, a pair of slender arms and a rattle at the end of her long tail. Her face has a horn on her forehead, her eyes have yellow sclerae with narrow black pupils, a snout with a pink forked tongue and long wavy red hair. She also has a rather curvaceous figure, with pair of large breasts and unusually, a slit around her midsection that resembles a pair of legs.

Aside from Nezumi-Otoko became fascinated with Maya Hibino, Orochi-Onna also became fond of Nezumi-Otoko, as she felt the similar loneliness and hardships both went through by living through tremendous amount of times in human worlds, and tends to pull him within her coiling.
When she sacrificed herself, her despair was not only because of her duty and fate, but also by losing Nezumi-Otoko's affection.


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Osan-Kitsune is a kitsune that has brown fur, a pair of fox ears sit on top of her head, several whisker-like marks on her cheeks and long white hair reaches her waist, noticeably she has a more human-like face than most kitsune. Her eyes have black sclerae with gold pupils and her lips are pink. She wears a white nagajuban under her black kimono that has gold leaves patterned on the lower half and the tamoto, a red obi with a yellow obijime tied over it and a light purple obiage tied around them. [1]

During the battle against Yato-no-Kami in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! , Yobuko calls for help from all over Japan, the remaining 47 Yōkai Warriors are revealed once their mark begins to shine. Among those are Osan-Kitsune, who checks her ear when her mark appears. Afterward her power is sent to aid Kitarō in defeating Yato-no-Kami. [1]
Due to the fifth anime adaptation's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, she is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors that were not revealed aside from the movie.


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Osore's appearance is that of an old man, with a large head with a very wrinkly face that has pale green skin, four eye with red sclerae and small green irises, a pair placed above the other, and dark pink lips. He has a long stringy light purple hair, an eel-like tail and a pair of pair of large dark grey horns that have rings and curl upward. He wears a white lab coat over a dark blue buttoned shirt. [1]

Osore appears in episode #54 of the fifth anime adaptation, Vampire Elite . [1] He appears again in episode #79, Tenacity of Mystical Snake! Tsuchinoko!! . [2]


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Ōyamai resembles a ghostly fox with orange fur, green ears with red insides, and a black nose. They have red eyes that have an orange ring around them and pink pads on their paws. On their back is a row of black spikes. [1]

They appear alongside Gobutsu in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival . [1]


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Panther initially appears as a handsome man, with long slicked back, white hair, pointy ears and red eyes. His body consists of a purple plumage, orange breast feathers, large wings attached to his arms, pores sticking out of his chest area, a pair of orange feathers around his temples, and two long strands of orange feathers ending with a round purple feather that has a lime pattern resembling an eye. He also wears a green monocle.
Panther's true form is more monstrous, his human head is replaced with a pale red beast with pointy ears and a large maw. His hands end in three fingers with red claws, his lower half is covered with white feathers and his feet are dark with three red claws.

Panther appears in episode #95 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Sweets! Operation Valentine .


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In the first anime, Penangalan appears as a serpent-like being, with a prominent snout with sharp fangs and a pair of eyes with visible pupils. Its body is rotund with numerous hair strands all over, along with its tail. [1]
Within the fourth anime, Penangalan retains their appearance, now having green skin, its snout is still prominent, having smaller fangs now and its eyes have red sclerae with small black pupils. Its neck appears to be longer and its body is slightly larger, still retaining the numerous hair strands across it and its tail. [2]

Penangalan appears in episode #52 of the first anime adaptation, The Vampire Yōkai Gang . [1]


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Perorigon has extensively similar appearance to Bichigon .
Perorigon is noted to be 50 meters in height with unknown body length and weight.

Although Perorigon didn't make a direct appearance, it was revealed during the fight against Bichigon that Ichirō Matsushita and The Twelve Apostles defeated the monster at one point in the past.


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Bekatarō , also known as Bekuwatarō or Beroritarō or Akanbei , was recorded in Hyakki Yagyō Emaki from Edo period.
Mizuki renamed this yōkai as Peroritarō , and came up with the backstory that he was once a human boy with an endless appetite, able to eat 10 or 20 servings in a single sitting. Eventually, his parents had enough of him eating all the time and kicked him out of the house, with Tarō being forced to beg for food on the streets. But no matter how much food was given to him, Tarō's appetite was never satisfied until he decided to eat human flesh. So whenever Peroritarō appeared on the street, people would run away to avoid being eaten by him.


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In the manga, Pii's appearance is rather chimerical, composing of a reptilian snout with prominent fangs, the bottom pair in front of the top pair, reptilian legs with three claws, and a tail ending with a left hand. His body has a light-colored spot pattern with dark skin, while his face light skin and small bumps across his face. He has a pair of small horns that rest between his eyes and snout and another horn on top of his head. He has a wild, dark-colored and his eyes have light-colored sclerae with big pupils, beside them are tufts of crests. His legs and hand are light-colored and are tipped with claws at the end of his toes and fingers. He wears a dark top hat with a light band and a pair of dark-colored boots. [1]
Within the 1971 anime, Pii's face has light blue skin and small bumps from his forehead to his lips while his body has green skin and a cross net pattern with a line of small light blue bumps, ending with a right hand. He has a wild mane that is colored bright green and his eyes have white sclerae and big black pupils, as well as having tufts of green crests by the sides. Between his eyes are a pair of small white horns and a larger one on top of his head. He has claws at the end of his toes and his hand is tipped with teal claws. He wears a red top hat with a light pink band and a pair of red boots. [2]
In the 1985 anime, Pii's skin is purple with green spots and his fangs poke out from his mouth. His legs and left-hand end with yellow claws and have pale gold skin. His hair is dark blue, whereas his eyes have yellow sclerae with black pupils and the crests around them are pink. Near his eyes are a small pair of red horns and another, slightly larger pair, sits atop his head. He wears a black top hat with a black band and matching shoes. [3]
Within the 1996 anime, Pii's skin on his head is green with small bumps, his body has purple skin with gold spots, and his legs and left-hand are dark tan. He has a wild yellow mane around his neck, his eyes have red sclerae and big black pupils and the crests are now wavier and are black. On the top of his head is a white horn that curves forward. His feet have three toes facing forward and a fourth facing behind, each having a black claw and his top hat is black with a pink band and is barefoot. [4]
In the 2007 anime, Pii has green skin with orange bumps, his left hand is completely green, and has long red nails. His hair is long and blond, his eyes have yellow sclerae with orange irises and black pupils and his lips are red. The crests around his eyes are red and he has two small white horns on the top of his head in addition to the pair that rest between his eyes and the snout. His top hat is pink with a white band and his boots are red with short heels. [5] Pii's feet consist of three toes facing forward and one toe facing behind, each tipped with a red claw. [6]
Within the 2018 anime, Pii has green skin with orange spots, his left hand and legs are pink with yellow claws. He has a wild yellow mane around his neck and his eyes have red sclerae with big black pupils. His crests are noticeably wavy and match his skin, he has two small horns on the top of his head in addition to the light green pair that rest between his eyes and the snout. His feet have three toes facing forward and are barefoot. While not wearing it, his silk hat is red with a white band. [7]

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Pii appeared along with Monroe in the Shonen Sunday story, The Phantom Train . [1]


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In the 1989 Akuma-kun anime, Pluto is an akuma with blue skin, a long pointy nose, red hair, and white eyes. He wears a purple crown that has withered tips, a dark teal robe with sleeves reaching his elbows, some gold rings wrapped around his upper arms and left wrist. Additionally he has a cyan snake with a spotted pattern wrapped around his body.

Pluto, under Satan, occupied Kyōkan Jigoku and was living in his palace while preying on deaths. His subordinate, a dragonewt named Dragon or Han-Ryūjin was carrying humans to his master, including Shigeru Mizuki, who accidentally wandered into the Jigoku.
Pluto plotted to defeat Kitarō along with Dracula and Wolfman and tried to steal a magical gourd, but was sucked into the gourd in return.


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In general, Poltergeist is a yokai with a white amorphous body, resembling flowing cloth, that is varyingly shaded. He has a pair of arms with long pointy fingers, a pair of yellow eyes, and a wide mouth. Around his head are sharp-jagged edges, giving an impression of hair and a beard.
Within the 1996 anime, Poltergeist has a teal amorphous body, flowing as if it made of cloth with ripped edges, that is shaded varying around certain areas. He has arms with long thin fingers, a pair of red eyes, and purple lips.


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Levitation : The Pumpkins are able to float in the air with ease.


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In the 1985 anime, they are humanoid Yōkai clad in armor that conceals most of their features, other than a pair of eyes. The black parts around their eyes seems either sections of their outfits or faces as Neko-Musume 's attack left marks on.
Within the 1996 anime, three small child-looking monkeys are briefly seen. Their outfits closely resembled that of Sun Wukong .

In 1985, they were seen to be relatively weak by yōkai standards.


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In illustrations, the Raijū is a mammalian beast covered with green fur. It has six legs that have clawed toes, a pointy snout with sharp teeth, pointy ears, orange eyes with small pupils, and two fluffy tails.
In the 1985 anime, Raiju is a small mammalian yokai, having orange-brown fur with tan-colored digits, three on each of the front pair and five on each on the hind pair. It has triangular-shaped ears that point back and two fluffy tails, both of which have darker colored stripes. Its eyes are sharp with yellow sclerae and tiny black pupils.
Within the 2007 anime, Raijū's appearance is that of a large, lavender feline-like creature with two stocky tails and multiple yellow barbs on his back, those aligned on his spine being the largest. He has a pair of white thick whiskers, eyes with red irises, and small black pupils. On each of his stubby paws are five yellow claws. [1]

Within the 2007 anime, Raijū has an animalistic mindset and acts much like an angry beast. He displays behavior such as attacking those he deems a threat to him or his home and becoming docile once he senses his home is restored. [1]


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Rakshasa appears as a giant Yōkai with green skin, long messy blue hair and dark purple claws. His face has a wide green showing his teeth and gums, a bulbous nose and eyes with lime sclerae, red irises and black pupils. He wears an orange robe, gold bangles around his wrists and upper arms and a red jewel adorned with a gold band on his forehead. [1]

He appears in the 89th episode Hair Hell! Rakshasa .


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Rei is a well-built adolescent boy of average height, with fair skin, messy black hair that has strands of red hair, and eyes with red irises. He wears a dark gray tank top under a primarily white jacket that has black shoulders, a navy blue center and hood with red drawcords and a pair of pockets with black hems that end in red triangles, and a pair of black jeans. He also wears a pair of white and red sneakers and a pair of small, blue piercings on his ears. [1] On the back of the jacket is a white and black Hidari-mitsudomoe symbol with a red kanji (封) meaning "seal" over it. [2]

According to the official site for the 2018 anime: " A human high school student who suddenly appears before Kitarō . His abilities and purpose are completely unknown. He seems to have a strong hatred of yōkai , however...!? "
Not much is known about his personality before the slaughter of the Kidōshū, however, and as a result of that event, Rei is thirsty for revenge against his wrongdoer and pursues this objective with relentless malice. These events shaped him to develop a human-supremacist mentality in terms of human-yōkai relationships, believing the former should always be above the latter, no matter what.
By proxy this makes his concern by yōkai close to null, although he will not attack yōkai indiscriminately that's as far as his kindness for them goes, and will show absolutely no mercy to any yōkai who commits evil deeds towards humans, no matter the circumstances, even if they were forced to do it against their volition. In his view, they are vermin that have to be exterminated for the sake of humanity. Conversely, he will not harm humans who partake in these evil deeds even if they aided a yōkai in doing so, simply because of race principles.
He thus views Kitarō with scorn and as the epitome of hypocrisy for aiding humans against evil yōkai but being nowhere as malevolent as Rei is for that purpose. His extremely intolerant views are deeply ingrained and when called out for his own hypocrisy, he is prone to anger.


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Renge-Ō appears as a short girl with light pink skin, dark magenta hair, and eyes with blue iris and dark blue pupils. Her outfit consists of a sky blue robe with long sleeves, a green sash with orange rings, black shoes, and a hat with a red round-top and a tall black rim with yellow tips and a dragon pattern. She carries a red shield with a gold edge and a chain with a small black ball. Around her ankles are white bandage wrappings and has a white cloth covering her lower face.

Episode 88: she appears along with the other 13 kings in episode #88 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Do-or-Die Spirit!! Hell Traversing Quiz!! .


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The Ring Spirit is portly humanoid spirit, with pointy ears, dark brown skin, and bushy black eyebrows above a pair of eyes that have black pupils. His attire is primarily colored purple, consisting of a vest, dhoti , and armbands. Additionally, he has a pair of golden arm bracelets, golden hoop earings, a white turban with a red jewel, and a necklace with pink jewels and a golden gemstone.

Magic : The Ring Spirit can perform magic for whoever holds his ring.

Animal Transmutation : He can transform people and Yōkai into various kinds of animals, such as frogs.

Item Summoning : He can summon whatever object his master desires.


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In the 2007 anime, she has short red hair and pale colored skin. In her yōkai form she wears yellow kimono with pink and purple obi and Japanese sandals. When posing as a human, she wears normal modern clothing and refrains from stretching her neck.

Rokuro-Kubi makes only a few sporadic appearances in the Shonen Magazine series , usually as a background character such as in the stories The Great Yōkai War and Odoro-Odoro .
An elderly Rokuro-Kubi appears as the antagonist of the Zoku GeGeGe no Kitarō story The Great Rokuro Battle . A male Rokuro-Kubi named Rokurozan (ろくろ山) appeared in the Shin GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sports Era story Sumo .


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Ryū-Sennin is a tall man with long hair, beard and mustache. He additionally has a bump on his forehead, a horn on top his head and a pair of long whiskers. He wears a dark robe that reaches his ankles and have long, loose sleeves. A light sash is tied around his waist and he goes around barefoot. He is also able to assume the form of a giant Chinese dragon.

Ryū-Sennin has a long rival with the vicious Raiko-Sennin , battling with the tiger immortal every 1500 years, called Sekkai (殺戒, lit. "murdering rule").


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The Sakasa-Kubi are disembodied, human heads that are always upside-down. They have long, light-colored hair that is neatly tied into two ponytails at the side of their heads. Their skin is light-colored and their eyes have small black pupils.


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Sakeyoi is a short yōkai with red skin and is covered with long brown hair. He has a pair of small yellow horns on the top of his head, a large eye with red sclerae, a purple iris, and a black pupil. He wears a pair of gold anklets.

He appears alongside Birabira in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival . [1]


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Not much is known of Sakusan-Baa's appearance other than being an old lady. [1]


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His appearance in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!! was based on Mizuki's illustration of Sanshō but with two legs, iron-like mask like face, less-hairs, and armors and weapons. In the original illustration, Sanshō was depicted as one-legged, hairly being.

Sanshō appeared in the third movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!!


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The Sanzu River Serpent is a large snake with slit pupils, sharp fangs, and a long body. The serpent notably has long hair on its head, similar to many other Jigoku dragons and serpents. [1] In the 1985 anime, it has green scales, pink sclerae, and blue hair.

The serpent has an aggressive personality, being rather bloodthirsty and voracious.


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In the 1985 anime, Sara-Kazoe is a tall woman with pale white skin, pointy ears, red nails, pink lips, and long black hair that reaches her legs. Her eyes are completely black with blue highlights. Her outfit consists of a white kimono with a white nagajuban underneath it, around her waist is a magenta obi with a white obijime tied over it. Her footwear consists of white tabi socks and geta sandals. [1]

Sara-Kazoe appears in the chapter Plate Battle .


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The Sara-Kozō is similar to the kappas, but there a few distinct differences. The Sara-Kozō has shark-like teeth and has facial hair, furthermore his head hair is more prominent than the kappas.

The Sara-Kozō is consistently portrayed as being proud of his songs and having a major intolerance towards anybody who sings his songs without his consent, which can lead to a grudge that can get deadly. Although the Sara-Kozō may look docile, he's easy to anger and can get highly violent when this happens.


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In the manga, Satori is an ape-like yōkai with light-colored skin and fur that cover the majority of his body, excluding his face, hands and feet. He has round eyes, that are often in an angry expression, with both irises pointing in different directions. His teeth are also noticeably flat. [1]
Within the 1971 anime, Satori is a yōkai with pink skin, a balding head with white hair by the side and a matching beard. He wears a dark gray robe with loose, long sleeves. [2]
Within the 1996 anime, Satori is an ape-like yōkai with yellow skin and gray fur that cover the majority of his body, excluding his face, hands and feet. His eyes are white with blue irises, both pointing in different directions. [3]

Satori appeared in the manga adaptation of the film.


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In the Akuma-kun anime, Sedna is a gigantic, mammalian aquatic being covered in turquoise fur, it is unknown what she looks like completely as most of her body is submerged underwater. Her eyes are thin, having light pink sclerae with blue irises and dark-blue pupils. She has a wide mouth that has evenly spaced, square-shaped teeth and a purple tongue.

Sedna is a generous and a protector of ocean. She rarely appears out of the Underworld.


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In the 2018 anime, Sekiyō appears as a beautiful young woman with fair skin and shoulder length, dark magenta hair, her bangs are styled in a straight cut. Her eyes have magenta irises and she wears pink lipstick. Her usual outfit consists of a light pink, sleeveless dress with a medium length skirt and a pair of matching shoes. Before the present age, she wore a light colored kimono. [2]

Sekiyō first appears in the Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō story Sekiyō . Long ago, she would appear as a beautiful woman in a rock quarry and seduce and rob stone masons. In modern times, she comes across Nezumi-Otoko . To impress her, Nezumi-Otoko claims to be rich, so she agrees to marry him. At the wedding, all of his friends chip in to give him a dowry and pay for a honeymoon at the Gasha-Dokuro Inn. That night, Sekiyō uses her special massage to put Nezumi-Otoko to sleep and runs off with the dowry and his wallet.
She then tries the same scam on prominent Yōkai Researcher Mizuki , but the Kitarō Family confronts her while they are on a date. Kitarō uses his hair needles on her, but she turns to stone and deflects them. Nurikabe crushes her into pieces so they can take her back to the GeGeGe Forest , but she reforms, becoming a boulder and flies through his body. Kitarō rides on Ittan-Momen to lead her into the ocean. Once underwater, she turns back into her human form and Ittan-Momen uses his body to restrain her. Then Umibōzu suddenly emerges and claims Sekiyō as his pet. Kitarō agrees to this, despite Sekiyō's objections, and flies off on Ittan-Momen. [1]


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In the manga, the Sennin is an elderly man with long hair that has one strand standing. He wears a robe, covering most of his body, and stands with a wooden staff.
In the 1985 anime, the Sennin is an elderly man with pale skin, long white hair with one strand spiraling up, and a thin moustache. He wears a blue robe that covers most of his body, save for his barefeet, and is always carrying around a wooden staff.

In episode #88 of the third anime adaptation, he appears Mysterious Yōkai Dog Tarō . He came to Japan and fought against Kitarō by the request of Medama-Oyaji to sober down his son's pontifical attitude due to his continuous victories over villains. [2]


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Shibaten is a kappa with a heavy build, green skin, green shell on his back, and webbed feet and hands. He has dark-green hair, and a light-green plate sitting atop his head. He wears a small orange vest and a grass skirt tied by a white string.

Shibaten appears in episode 19 of the fifth anime adaptation. [1]


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Shichimi is a short yōkai resembling a kappa with orange skin, short red "hair" with green at the top of his round head and webbed hands. He has small eyes with black pupils, a small nose, pink lips and flat teeth. He wears a tight, yellow one piece that covers his body, legs and feet and a pair of light yellow sandals with red laces. [2]

Shichimi appeared alongside Yamai in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival . [2]


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Shidaidaka is a rather tall, beige blob-like entity, that towers over the trees. Their face consists of a pair of large eyes with light yellow sclerae and tiny black pupils, a large gaping black mouth with no visible teeth rests between the eyes. [1]

Shidaidaka is one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Yamaguchi Prefecture .
During the battle against Yato-no-Kami in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! , Yobuko calls for help from all over Japan, the remaining 47 Yōkai Warriors are revealed once their mark begins to shine. Among those are Shidaidaka, who looks down when its mark appears. Afterward, its power is sent to aid Kitarō in defeating Yato-no-Kami. [1]
Due to the fifth anime adaptation's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, he is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors that were not revealed aside from the movie.


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Shingo is a young boy with short, brown hair. His hair curls straight up at the top, as well as down towards his bangs. He wears a red shirt, brown shorts, striped socks, and white sneakers. He can sometimes be seen wearing a cloak (known as a Furoshiki) and a necklace with an ocarina attached. One side of the cloak is green with a swirling pattern, and the other side is purple. There is a golden button holding the cloak together, with the Star of David as the insignia. The necklace holding the ocarina is blue, and the ocarina itself is white.

Shingo had an affinity for the dark arts, even before meeting Doctor Faust and The Twelve Apostles. He would read books about black magic and witchcraft, much to the dismay of his mother. Because of this, his friends would often refer to him as "Akuma-kun". [1]


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Shinigami No. 100's appearance is that of the average Shinigami, having a square, skull-like head, lavender-colored skin, a prominent jaw, and thin eyes with tiny black pupils. He wears a long purple robe, with the kanji for 100 on both sleeves and a pair of yellow thin-framed glasses. [1]

He appears along with the other shinigami in episode 35 of the fifth anime adaption, Shinigami's Paradise Tour . [1]


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Shinkō-Ō is a tall man with a stout build, fair skin and short light blond hair and pointy ears. His eyes have white sclerae, blue irises and black pupils. He wears a gray robe with belt, light gray baggy pants and black shoes. He also has a black hat, called a Put'ou, with long thin “wings”.

Episode 88: He appears along with the other 13 kings in episode #88 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Do-or-Die Spirit!! Hell Traversing Quiz!! .


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Shiraishi is a boy with fair skin, average height, straight brown hair, and gray irises. He wears a pair of circular glasses, a pink long-sleeved shirt, a light-blue sweater vest, brown shorts, and yellow sneakers with socks. [1]

He is a meek young boy, easily afraid, and believes in Yōkai and curses. After his experience from aiding Kitarō and the others in sealing the Suiko, he becomes more confident and assertive. [1]


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Shiro-Kihatsu's appearance is that of a slender young woman, with pale white skin and long, wavy white hair that reaches down to her legs. Her eyes are covered by her bangs, which split above her nose. She wears a white long-sleeve midriff top over a knee-length purple sundress, white heels, and a white sunhat tied with a blue ribbon.

As she was born from the sorrow of women who were forced to cut their hair, Shiro-Kihatsu often laments over things and is rather pessimistic. This however does not mean she is placid, as she will go against anyone who she deems an enemy. She is willing to change her view though, and is selfless having sacrificed herself to save the girl possessed by Kuro-Kihatsu .


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Shiro-Uneri appears as a serpentine dragon, covered in white fur, two long whiskers around its snout and a long tail. Its has eyes that have yellow sclera and blue irises, a pair of furry ears, a pair of short limbs having four claws. It usually starts out small, but grows to a larger size after getting filthier and filthier.
Within the 1985 anime, it appears relatively the same, however its limbs are now high up its body, it has a mane as well, though unlike the rest of its fur, it is colored red and its fur appears shorter. Its eyes have white sclerae with red irises and blue pupils.
In the 1996 anime, Shiro-Uneri appears largely the same, however its fur appears longer, its mane is white and its limbs are lower down its body. Its tail is also noticeably messier, its ears are longer and it usually resides with a bucket of water. [2]
Within the 2007 anime, Shiro-Uneri starts out as little dust cloth, in this form it appears like a normal dust cloth, but with a tiny pair of eyes and little stubby arms. It can assume its dragon form upon being used past its prime, and returns to its dust cloth form upon being washed. Its dragon form is covered in white fur. Following characteristics are peculiar to this Shiro-Uneri; shorter body than most adaptions, two long whiskers around its snout, visible fangs, and a has two pairs of limbs. [1]

Shiro-Uneri appeared in the third anime adaptation's fourth movie, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran . [3]
It attacked Kitarō and others at Shigeru Mizuki 's house and tried to kidnap Caroline , but Kitarō sliced it with his Yōkai Ocarina .


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Shiroshōzoku are small, child-sized beings that are entirely black with glowing yellow eyes and mouths filled with sharp teeth. They wear white burial kimonos and conical straw hats tied with white string. [1]

Shiroshōzoku appears in episode 9 of the fifth anime adaptation. [1]


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Shōkō-Ō is a man with pointy ears, light tan skin, a somewhat stout build and average height, when compared with the rest of his colleagues. He has black bushy eyebrows with a neatly combed mustache, a bulbous nose and eyes with white sclerae, brown irises and black pupils. He wears a green robe, a gray and yellow belt around his waist, pale green pants that are somewhat baggy and black shoes. He wears white bandage wrappings around his wrists and a Put'ou, a black hat with long thin “wings”, sits atop his head.


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In the 2018 anime, Shuten-Dōji is a large Oni with pointy ears, wild hair and beard, prominent fangs, and a large pair of horns on top his head. [1]


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Shō is a man of average height and thin frame. His messy hair is colored maroon with matching eyebrows, his eyes have brown irises and he has a mole under the left side of his left eye. His clothing consists of a black shirt under a blue jacket, pale gray pants, and dark brown shoes. [1]

He appears in the sixth episode of the sixth anime adaption, The Misfortune of the Sunekosuri . [1]


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In the 2007 anime, Shōkera appears as a green-skinned yōkai, with brown hair that is styled upward, pointy ears, eyes with yellow sclerae and small black pupils. He has black pointy finger nails and a long red tongue. His only pieces of clothing are the sharp white-blue teeth necklace, the pale red violet wrists bands, matching loincloth and the pair of brown boots. [1]
Within the 2018 anime, Shōkera appears as a yōkai with a slim build and thin limbs, having three digits per limb and three protrusions pointing upward. [2]

Shōkera is one of the several Yōkai who helps Sara-Kozō abduct the members of the Poor Boys . [3]
He later appears in the story Yōkai Police vs The Heinous Yōkai Shōkera . He breaks out of Yōkai Prison and runs away to the human realm to find a dead body to possess. However, the corpse he hides in belonged to career criminal Matsugorō Daimon and he soon finds himself hunted by the police. While evading Kitarō , he is scratched by a claw, and his blood clots, freezing him in place. Now trapped in Daimon's body, he is arrested by the human police.


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Sō-Daiō appears as a very tall man with a slim build, pale skin, pointy ears, and a thin, dull brown mustache and beard. His eyes are sharp and have blue irises and thin slit pupils. He wears a mustard yellow robe with a purple and red belt, moss green baggy pants, white socks, and black shoes. He has white bandage wrappings around his wrists and a black hat with long thin “wings” called a Pu'tou.

Episode 68: He appears in episode #68 of the fifth anime adaptation, Huge Battle of Hell! All of the Western Yōkai Appear .
Episode 88: He makes another appearance along with the other 13 kings in Yōkai Do-or-Die Spirit!! Hell Traversing Quiz!! .


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The Sông Cái Dragon is an aquatic dragon with several visible features resembling those of deep sea fish.

The Sông Cái Dragon attacks Shingo Umoregi and the Twelve Apostles as they were heading into Shiva's Sacred Palace to attain the Ultimate Hexagram , but it flees after Kajū flashed it.


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Soroban-Bōzu appears a little boy, with tan skin and brown hair. His only article of clothing is a leaf pelt that reaches his left shoulder, a pair of leaves on his head and carries around an abacus tied around his neck. During the sports festival he wore a yellow headband. [1]

He appears in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaption, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival , as one of the many participants of the sports festival, representing the Western Japan team. [1]
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! . Soroban-Bōzu appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami 's influence. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami. [2]


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Spunkie resembles a young boy wearing a light blue cloak carrying a glowing ball of light. His eyes are blank white and he has a tuft of light gray hair.

In the Scottish Highlands, the Spunkie is a form of will-o'-the wisp that takes on the form of a linkboy or a receding light, those whose see the light shall be led to their doom. The Spunkie is also said to be responsible for shipwrecks because its light resembles a harbor light.


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The snake has an alternating dark and light-colored striped pattern, similar to a sea snake and Kitarō's Chanchanko . [1] Another appears, having a plain pattern instead.


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Strophaia resembles a thin young man with pale skin and medium-length dark red hair that covers his right eye, his left eye is red, He wears no clothes, letting his pair of large, vibrant red wings flow freely. His lower half is covered by dark red feathers, circling around his torso until his chest. His arms are are covered with similar feathers, but with different lengths, where the right is covered until his bicep while the left has patch wrapped around his elbow. [1]

Flight : Strophia is capable of flight with the use of his wings. [1]


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In the 2007 anime, Suiko takes the form of a kappa-like creature made of dull green water with a dull blue undertone. His head has pointy ears and is topped with a white plate, surrounded by long, moss green hair. While his face has a prominent snout, sharp white teeth and red pupilless eyes. He has webbed hands and feet, the former having claws, bumps appear over his thigh area and his dark blue shell has blue marginal scutes and matching bumps spread across it.
Within the 2018 anime, Suiko takes the form of a giant blue tiger, with dark stripes and a lighter underside. Additionally he has yellow eyes with purple sclerae. Because he is made of water, his entire color scheme consist of different shades of blue.
In Mizuki's books, Suiko originally take a Yangtze Suiko -like form and turns into kappa-like form when they get old.

The Suiko behaves like that of a beast, communicating only in growls and roars. After being awakened it goes after those who disturbed its resting place, hunting them one by one. It will go after its targets if they are near water and even if one manages to escape, will pursue them later on. [1]


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Suiryūmaru takes the form of a large limbless dragon made of flowing blue water. It has a large, light blue head, with two prominent blue eyes with smaller eyes on the sides of its face. It also has flowing white hair, prominent nostrils, and a pair of whiskers. The jaw stretches far back with a row of sharp white teeth on both the upper and lower jaw and a purple tongue, making it somewhat resemble a Pelican eel . [1]


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Mōrei-Hassan appear in episode #98 of the third anime adaptation, Tsunami Yōkai Mōrei-Hassan .


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Sunekosuri are most often described as dog-like in appearance, though they are also occasionally said to resemble cats. Their fur coats are mostly white, with large patches of orange and small patches of black scattered around their back.

Sunekosuri are small, mischievous spirits from Okayama Prefecture, nuzzling themselves on a person's shin, startling or stumbling them at their presence. They are generally harmless yōkai and do not cause much harm to humans. They behave like small animals, primarily similar to dogs or cats.


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Suppon-Yūrei is a ghost with pale blue skin, a bald head with whiskers, a whispy tail, and most notably, pointed lips like a softshell turtle. He wears a white kemono a and gray hakama. [2]

He appears in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival . [2]


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Taimatsumaru is a giant bird made out of an amalgam of flames and torches, with a long tail made of orange fire. It has red eyes, an orange beak and matching feet that has red talons. Its crest and eyebrows are made of yellow flames instead.

Taimatsumaru appears in episode #36 of the fifth anime adaptation, Medama-Oyaji's Rescue .


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Taitanbō never shows it's true form and has instead taken the form of a giant boulder.

Taitanbō appears in episode #43 of the second anime adaptation, Suspicious Footprints .


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Taizan-Ō is an old man with pale skin, bushy eyebrows, and a matching beard, the former obscuring his eyes, a somewhat pointy nose, and pointy ears. His outfit consists of a light violet long-sleeved robe with somewhat baggy pants, over it is a thin, red sideless robe with white borders and a purple belt. He additionally wears a primarily purple headdress resembling a square jin, having a gold crescent moon pattern, borders, and a black headgear between the two sides, and has white bandage wrappings around his wrists.

Episode 88: He appears along with the other 13 kings in episode #88 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Do-or-Die Spirit!! Hell Traversing Quiz!! .


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Taka-Yasha's appearance is that of a living mass of hair, much like other Yasha.

He merged with a hawk, and gained great physical strength. However, he was instantly defeated by Kitarō with his finger guns. He and the other members then merged and became Yashajū and devoured Kitarō, but they exploded from Kitarō's Yōkai Radiation.


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The Take-Nezumi no Sei are small rodent yōkai, each being identical with yellow fur, small pointy ears and a long tail. Their eyes have light yellow sclerae and small black pupils, they also have four pairs of whiskers and a pair buck teeth. On their backs are gold colored marks resembling faces in a smile, which is where their translucent apparitions appear from. [1]

As is their name, they are rat spirits who love bamboo, their appetite for is immense that the three are able to take down an entire bamboo forest.


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In the 1985 anime, the three Takurō-Bi are entirely composed of pink fire, having a small wispy tail flowing wildly upwards. Their faces consists of skull-like mouths and sunken eyes, with one only having the top set of teeth and another having sharp teeth in addition to having a third eye [1]
Within the 2018 anime, Takurō-Bi's appearance is a being completely composed of fire, from his small wispy tail to the flames atop his head. He has a pair of arms that can blend in with his fire body. His face consists of a skull-like mouth and a pair of eyes that are surrounded with black as the outer ring and yellow as the inner ring, his eyes have light purple sclerae and small black pupils. When enraged his pupils turn red and are shaped like normal eyes. [2]


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So far, her true form had never appeared in the series aside from an illustration by Shigeru Mizuki . In manga, she always appeared either as a naked woman or a mist-like being.
Sesshōseki (殺生石, meaning killing stone ) in which she was sealed in by high priest Gennō (玄翁), located in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture is much more famous and had appeared in the third anime adaptation. In manga, she escaped the sealing and resided in Aokigahara forest .
In the sixth anime, Tamamo-no-Mae's human form has a slim build, pale white skin, platinum blonde hair, pointy ears and eyes with yellow sclerae, red irises and thin black pupils. She had an assortment of outfits and hairstyles, primarily due to the number of duplicates. Her main body wore her long hair loose and free, with the exception of a few locks that are styled with purple bands to resemble fox ears. Her outfit consists of a loose navy blue kimono with a magenta trim, a large red bow and a smaller yellow bow in front of it, tied behind the former is a white fuzzy ball with large gold-colored tassels. A portion of the bows partially covers the the lower kimono, where it splits in half, the yellow half on her right side  and the red half on her left and predominantly covers the front. Around her waist is a red obi tied with a yellow obijime and a white fuzzy ball, while her footwear consists of white tabi socks and black platform geta sandals with dark red straps. She additionally wears gold earrings with red tassels and a light yellow fur collar around her neck.
Her true form is that of an enormous nine-tailed fox with glowing, golden fur, a wild mane and white ear fluff. She has orange-red markings around her eyes and black nose as well as dark red fur tipping her tails and black around her paws. Her eyes have yellow sclerae with red irises and thin black pupils.

In manga, she was titled Injū (淫獣 lit. libidinous beast ) for her extremely lewdness nature to continuously seduce men and take all of their semen ( jing ), resulting in the deaths of the victims from exhaustion from endless sexual intercourse.
She was loved and respected by Qi, and one of the objectives for the latter to invade Japan was to revenge for her both in manga and the third anime adaptation.


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In the 2007 anime, Tankororin is a giant persimmon that is about as tall as an adult, having the shape of a human head and being yellow-orange in color with olive green leaves and stem. His face is rather detailed, consisting of a large hooked nose, plump lips, and a pair of black rings surrounding his eyes that have yellow sclerae with orange irises and black pupils.
Within the 2018 anime, Tankororin appears relatively the same, being a giant persimmon that is shaped like a human head, where he is larger than an adult and is yellow-orange in color with yellow-green leaves and stem. He has a detailed face, having a large hooked nose, plump lips, and a pair of eyes that have yellow sclerae with red irises and black pupils with a pair of thick black rings surrounding them. He is usually seen wearing a white headband. [1]

He's the 14th of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors . He's the representative of Miyagi and his mark is located on his chin.


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Tantanbō's body is nothing but a giant head. He has a mop of shaggy hair covering his forehead and the back of his head, with a pointy bump of flesh growing out of the middle on top. He has an animalistic nose and cleft lip and a very thin mustache on his upper lip. He has big round eyes and has a case of hypertropia .
In the third and fourth anime, his skin is dark green, with white hair in the third and lime green in the 4th. In the fifth anime, his skin is red and his hair is brown.

Tantanbō is the leader of the Yōkai Castle gang, over Kamaitachi and Futakuchi-Onna (and Miage-Nyūdō in the spacial version of the fourth anime adaptation [1] [2] ). His plan is to kidnap human children and transform them into yōkai in order to turn Japan into a Yōkai Kingdom. He crushes Kitarō as thin as a carpet, but Kitarō controls Nezumi-Otoko (who is wearing his chanchanko ) and makes him put a rope seal around Yōkai Castle, turning the castle and Tantanbō into stone.


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Tarōmaru has the appearance of an average kappa, having light green skin with light yellow patches on his stomach area and around his beak-like mouth, pointy ears, and webbed hands. On top of his head is a glossy light blue plate surrounded by short green hair. He has thick, bushy green eyebrows over his eyes, which have black pupils. He has a shell on his back that has a green and light green camouflage pattern, with light brown marginal scutes for its edges. His only clothing consists of a blue vest. While working in Gōhara's company, he wore a long-sleeved light blue suit, a white collared shirt underneath it, a green tie, a pair of square-framed glasses, and lacking pants. [1]

Tarōmaru appears in episode nine of the sixth anime adaptation, The Kappas' Work Reform . [1]

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Tarōmaru and the kappas of Tono Mountain aid Kitarō and friends in revealing the grave of Chihaya , the lover of Ibukimaru . Together they swim in the lake, creating a vortex that shows the Kidō the grave and allowing him to let his lover rest in peace. [2]


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His appearance in the manga is drastically different from his illustration and the design used in the fifth anime.

Although he was summoned from Shikoku to aid Kitarō and others to capture an egg-shaped UFO which was an order of the deputy prime minister of Japan, he was a rough individual. Being irritated with the quick-moving UFO, he ignored the priority and crushed the UFO with his foot, killing the alien inside, but he was happy with the outcome. Humans accused his actions and told Kitarō and others to take him home.


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Teashi no Kami's true appearance is unknown and after being weakened is forced to possess the limb figures as a body. They primarily use a set of hands and feet but can use more when needed. [1]

Many years ago Teashi no Kami was revered as a Local God who could cure people's arms and legs. They were given paper or wooden figures in the shape of hands and feet as offerings at their shrine.
However, the people slowly forgot about the god, who eventually became a Yōkai. They planned on regaining the human's attention and respect by using the figures gifted to him. They decided to steal goods from the local shops, such as using a wooden hand to steal a ring, quickly fleeing with another hand and a pair of legs. Later they steal takoyaki from Nezumi-Otoko using the same set of limbs and kicks the rat Hanyō as they escape. The limbs go through the forest but are tripped and are caught by Ittan-Momen , Shisa , and Kitarō . They gather more limbs to incapacitate Kitarō and Ittan-Momen and roll back to their shrine. Kitaro's hand, which Shisa managed to pull out, uses a tree branch and knocks on the shrine to get Teashi no Kami. They exit the tree shrine as a giant ball of limbs wrapped around each other and explode right as they hit the ground. The limbs separate and fall to the ground, Shisa taking the ring from one of the hands and returns it to the couple. [1]


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Tenaga-Ashinaga are two separate humanoid yōkai who work together as a team. Tenaga has fair skin with a bald head, save for the dull grey hair on his sides that form muttonchops and bushy eyebrows atop his eyes. He has slightly visible ribs and his most notable feature is his long arms. Ashinaga on the other hand, has brown skin, a round head with ruffled black hair, and a big mouth with two missing teeth, one from each row. His eyes have blue sclerae, his chest appears to be more muscular than Tenaga and conversely, he has long legs. Their only pieces of clothing are pink straw skirts and they both lack any footwear. [1]

In the 1985 anime, Tenaga-Ashinaga held a grudge against octopi because of an Ōdako , their ancestor, who sealed the two with the Kaname Stone which neutralized their yōkai energy. As revenge, Tenaga-Ashinaga turned many octopi into half-octopi and made them dance, watching them in amusement.


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Tenjō-Sagari is a somewhat hairy humanoid Yōkai, with pale gray skin and long wavy light brown hair. His eyes have green sclerae and yellow irises, while his mouth has orange lips, spaced apart black teeth, and a long red tongue.

Tenjō-Sagari usually loves to appear from ceilings of dark rooms to scare humans. Other than this, it generally causes little to no harm. Even if humans mistakenly startle it or try to capture it, it will create a large hole in the ceiling and withdraw.


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Tenka appears as a large mass entirely composed of blue flames, having a long, smooth and wavy exterior that becomes thinner as it reaches the tail. His body has a somewhat circle pattern, with pieces that extends across his body, unlike the others he does not have a visible face. [1]

Tenka, called as "Tenpi" appeared in the chapter A Walk to Hell . Tenpi participated in a sukiyaki party which has been held at Jindaiji temple once every seven years.


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In the third anime, Tenko is a female kitsune with white fur, four pairs of whiskers above her lips and neck-length orange hair. She has a furry orange eyebrows above her sharp eyes, that have light blue sclerae and thin slit pupils. She wears a long lavender robe that conceals most of her body.
Within the fourth anime, Tenko is a female kitsune with light purple fur, five pairs of whiskers and long white hair. Her eyes have yellow sclerae and circular black pupils, above them are a pair of dark purple eyebrows. She wears a light teal priest outfit. [1]

In the 1985 anime, she admitted her lose to Kitarō not by sheer result of the combat, but due to her concern of damaging her clan by keeping the fight, and she pretended the match to be looked like somewhat even.


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In the Manga, the Guide has an unusual appearance, being a tall, portly light-colored being where in place of a head is pair of legs point upward, on the sides are his four arms and a fifth arm behind his upper right arm. [1]
In the Hakaba anime, the Guide's appearance is largely the same, being a tall portly being with no head, a multitude of arms across his body and legs on the top and bottom of his torso, in addition he has pale beige skin. [2]


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Tina is a small, purple vampire bat, with large tan ears and black eyes. She has a small pink nose, and four sharp teeth that stick out from her mouth. Her most notable feature is the pink ribbon she wears that is tied with a bow behind her neck. [1]

Tina has shown that she is close and cares deeply for her brother, almost always perched on his shoulder. When Elite falls to his supposed death, Tina stays by him and cries. [1]


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Tōfu-Kozō is a small yōkai who resembles a human child with short black hair and eyes, as well as constantly sticking his tongue out. He wears a little boys’ kimonos and wide-brimmed straw hats, which is the typical outfit of a tofu-selling young boy of the Edo period. He is virtually always seen carrying a tray of tofu.

Tōfu-Kozō is often portrayed as amicable and timid. For the most part, he will shy away from any confrontation, sticking to the sidelines.


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The Tonbotsuitachi resembles a spiketail dragonfly with a halo above its head.

Tonbotsuitachi appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Yokochō .


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He has a third eye on his forehead, and a pig-like nose.

Tonchin has a tendency to end his phrases with the word "Aru" (アル).


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Tora-Yasha's appearance is that of a living mass of hair, much like other Yasha.

He merged with a tiger, and gained great strength. However, he was instantly defeated by Kitarō with his finger guns. He and the other members then merged and became a Yasha-Beast and devoured Kitarō, but they exploded from Kitarō's Yōkai Radiation.


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Nazca is a young adolescent girl with a petite figure, long green hair that reaches her shoulders and three strands covering her forehead, fair skin and eyes with teal irises. She has a pair of white angel wings on her back that she uses to fly. Her outfit consists of a red dress with feather-themed sleeves, collar and skirt frills; pink for the collar and white for the sleeves and skirt, a yellow symbol resembling a bird rests on the abdomen and a pair of matching boots. She also has a black headband with a pink flower placed on the left and necklace with a yellow oval-shaped pendant.

Wind Manipulation : Nazca is able to manipulate the winds to do as she pleases.

Pink Hurricane (ピンクハリケーン Pinku Harikēn ): Her signature move, where she creates a powerful gust of wind. It is also known as Pink Typhoon (ピンクタイフーン Pinku Taifūn ).

Moai Summoning : Nazca is able to summon Moai from the ground and lunges them at her target.
Bird Communication : She is able to communicate with birds and understand what they say.


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Toshi-Ō is a giant rotund man, the second tallest of his colleagues, with red-orange skin, pointy ears, a somewhat pointy nose, a wide mouth and small triangular-shaped eyes. He wears a long-sleeved shirt and pants that are white and baggy, underneath a green collar with gold borders, an orange cloth tied under his collar, a similar and black shoes. He also has a black Pu'tou with a blue band tied at the back and has chains wrapped around his arms, each end ending with pale yellow crescent moon-shaped objects.

Episode 88: He appears along with the other 13 kings in episode #88 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Do-or-Die Spirit!! Hell Traversing Quiz!! .


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Toshiko is an elderly woman with long grey hair, where the front of it flows down to the right side of her face. She has dull blue eyes, noticeable wrinkles, and a mole just below the left side of her left eye.
While at the hospital, she wore a light blue hospital kimono with matching trim. [1]


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Tsubomi has long orange bangs that sweep to the right side of her face. Like the other maids, she wears a pink maid dress, a frilled white apron and head accessory, black stockings, and white Mary Jane shoes. [1]

She appeared along with her siblings and their mother, Furu-Tsubaki, in episode 45 of the fifth anime adaption, Neko-Musume Abuzz!? Yōkai Maid Cafe . [1]


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Tsuchi no Sei's body comprises a large head, a rounded torso, and a pair of legs. He has light blue skin, a bald head with a big nose, and a pair of small pointy ears. His eyes are surrounded with thin rings and have light yellow sclerae with small blue pupils. His most notable feature is his mouth, which has pink gums and a large tongue. He has few teeth, all being sharp, where a pair of big teeth with three smaller sharp teeth between them are on his lower jaw and a single tooth that is the same size as the pair is in the middle of his upper jaw. [1]

Tsuchi no Sei was among the few yōkai who managed to escape the destruction of their home. They drifted to Japan and met Kitarō and the others, who initially welcomed them to the GeGeGe Forest as they were fellow yōkai. However, Tsuchi no Sei and the others had different customs and traditions than the Japanese yōkai, which led to an argument between the two groups. While they attempted to resolve the conflict by separating themselves from each other, Agnès suddenly appears from a jewel dropped by Nezumi-Otoko . Soon after her, Wolfgang appears as well, asking Agnès to return to the castle. Miminaga identifies Wolfgang as the one responsible for destroying their home and killing their friends, causing them to hide behind some bushes. Miminaga soon faces him, determined to fight for their new place of belonging, but Wolfgang swiftly kills him. Tsuchi no Sei and the others jump out in an attempt to avenge him, but they were killed one after the other. Later, the Kitarō Family construct gravestones for their fallen friends, including one for Tsuchi no Sei, leaving behind a cup of sake for him. [1]


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In the 1996 anime, it resembled ōgumo instead of the traditional chimera-like appearance.

In chapter six, it appeared as a minion of Nurarihyon .
Along with Iwaryū , Dasuza , Cihuateteo , Greenland Evil Spirit , and Nugu , it attacked Kitarō and others when they were playing "Spirit World Hide and Seek" in the caverns.


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In the manga, Tsuchi-Korobi resembles a large spherical yōkai that is entirely covered with light-colored hair. He has a single elephant trunk that acts as his arm.
In the 1971 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai with messy teal hair covering his entire body. He has an elephant trunk that he uses as an arm.
In the 1985 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai covered in reddish-brown hair. A pair of yellow eyes sit above his trunk, which is just as hairy as the rest of his body.
Within the 1996 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a round yōkai entirely covered in brown hair, as well as having a trunk and a single eye. He is able to change his size, though usually remaining larger than an adult human.
In the 2007 anime, two Tsuchi-Korobi appear with drastic differences. The white Tsuchi-Korobi has tan skin, evident by the bald spot on top and their bare hands, as well as having a pair of hairy arms and an obscured face. During the sports festival they wore a white headband. The gray Tsuchi-Korobi has pale pink skin, shown by his lips at the end of his trunk. He has a single eye that has a yellow sclera with a blue iris and a black pupil. He also has a pair of pale pink bird feet that are normally obscured, having one backward facing toe and three longer toes facing the front. His size varies as he grows larger the more electricity he has consumed.
Within the 2018 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai covered in brown fur. He has a large eye that has a yellow sclera with a red iris and a big black pupil. Rather than a trunk he has a pair of pale brown whiskers that he uses as arms and a mouth that is normally obscured by his hair.

Tsuchi-Korobi's race was thought to be extinct, but a remnant cell was underwater and a human absorbed the scientific wastewater from a factory and was turned into a new Tsuchi-Korobi.


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The Tsunomagari Obake Stag Beetle has a dark magenta exoskeleton, a pair of orange eyes, and an orange underside. Being a stag beetle he has a six legs and a pair of mandibles and a pair of thin antennae. Notably he has red markings that form two pairs of swirls along his body.

A Tsunomagari Obake Stag Beetle appears in episode #84 of the fifth anime adaptation, Noderabō! The Bell Which Echoes in the Darkness of Night .


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Within the fourth anime, Tsurara-Onna resembles Yuki-Onna, with light green skin and green hair, she has long wavy hair that covers her right eye. She wears a teal kimono, with sleeves at are long enough to hide her hands.

In the manga she appears in Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō 's Jigoku Marathon as one of the yōkai who participated in the Jigoku Marathon held once a year. She manages to overtake Neko-Musume by freezing her in the icy area of the underworld, but fails when she melts when she reaches the scorching area soon after.


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The Tsurube-Bi is floating fireball with a face, usually that of an old man.
In the 2018 anime, Tsurube-Bi's roughly the same, being a ball of red-orange fire with droopy eyes and a nose. Their flames make three tails, two short ones on the side and one long one at the top of their head.

Tsurube-Bi often appear to assist Kitarō , performing a variety of tasks including serving as a light in dark places, shining bright enough to trick some enemies into believing it's daytime, or even attacking enemies with flames.
While most adaptations depict numerous Tsurube-Bi, some stories (particularly from the manga and the 1968 anime) depicted an individual Tsurube-Bi as an ally. Tsurube-Bi had speaking roles in two 1968 series episodes, Obake Nighter and The Yōkai Army .
The first anime also featured a similar character, the Yōkai Lamp (妖怪ランプ), a Tsurube-Bi who acted as a light for Kitarō's house and occasionally aided him in fights.


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Tsurube-Otoshi is a giant bald head, with a dark beard and proportionally sized facial features. His eyes have brown irises and small pupils, buck teeth, thick eyebrows and lips.
In some manga appearances, he has been depicted with tiny legs protruding from his beard, mainly in moments of mobilization.


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Tōma is teenage boy with fair skin, light brown hair, and blue eyes. [1]

He is easily frightened, being afraid of going alone to find one of his roommate, where instead he went with Itsuki and Subaru. He becomes traumatized after witness said roommate and his friends be attacked by a vampire, confining himself inside his room and refusing to go out. [1]


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In the 1985 anime, Ubaga-Bi is a floating, disembodied head of a woman, with pink skin, red-pink hair and her eyes have no discernible sclerae. Surrounding her head are red-pink flames, which her hair follows their direction.
Within the 1996 anime, Ubaga-Bi retains her appearance, however, her skin is more orange, her hair is now red, her eyes now have yellow sclerae and visible pupils. The flames that surround her are now a mix of red and orange flames. [1]
In the 2007 anime, her appearance is drastically different from previous incarnations, her hair is now lavender and much straighter, all flowing in a single direction. Her skin is now light blue, and her flames are light purple in color.
Within the 2018 anime, her hair has more volume and is dark red, her face also has a red skin tone and her eyes have small pupils and her sclerae are white. Her flames are now yellow and orange, which constantly shifts between the two. [2] Her appearance in Mana's dream, however, resembles her 2007 anime appearance, being a light blue-skinned head with long white hair. The flames however are orange and are not as spread out. [3]

She was featured as one of of the Flame Yōkai Five along with Tsurube-Bi , Tenka , Kurage-no-Hinotama , and Bake-Bi . [4]


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Ubume resembles a bird, resembling an owl, with a large beak, big eyes, a pair of small pointy ears on top of her head and four-toed feet. Within the First anime, she appeared relatively small, with dark feathers and large pupils. [1]
Starting from the third anime, her stature is much larger than before, now towering over adults of average height and her pupils are no longer distinguishable. Her feathers are dark blue, she has a pink beak, blue eyes and dull yellow feet. [2]
Within the fourth anime, her feathers are dark green, her beak is even darker and her eyes are red and surrounded by thin green rings. Her arms have three digits and are separate from her wings. [3]
In the fifth anime, Ubume's feathers are gray, her beak is dull green and her feet are dull pink with black talons. Her eyes are lime green and her tongue is dull purple. [4]
In the sixth anime, Ubume's feathers are brown, her beak is plum and her feet are dark purple with black talons. Her eyes are red-violet and her tongue is plum. [5]

Ubume appeared in episode #46 of the first anime adaptation, Ubume . [1]