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After Rikuo becomes head of the Nura Clan, Kejoro is promoted into the elite class of the family and becomes one of Rikuo's territorial commanders. Kappa (河童, Kappa) Voiced by: Masahito Yabe (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English) A kappa yōkai in the Nura Clan whose "Fear" is water and one of Rikuo's yōkai guardians; he loves cucumbers ...
Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...
Tomoe (巴, also written 鞆絵), [a] commonly translated as "comma", [2] [3] is a comma-like swirl symbol used in Japanese mon (roughly equivalent to a heraldic badge or charge in European heraldry). It closely resembles the usual form of a magatama. The tomoe appears in many designs with various uses.
The clan was once led by a human named Sanmoto Gorozaemon who grew in power by spreading stories about yōkai and in turn created them. The group was destroyed by Rihan and the Nura Clan 350 years ago. Now, the clan is encroaching on the Nura Clan's territory and working to revive Sanmoto's main body, which resides in hell. Gokadoin House Arc
He is the ancestor of the Haji clan, the Izumo clan and the Sugawara clan, among others. Ame-no-Koyane The ancestral kami of the Nakatomi clan, and of Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan. He is a son of Kamimusubi and the father of Tamakushi-hime.
The mystical symbol of the central five-pointed star referred to in the West as a pentagram, is known in Japan as the Seiman, the Seal of Abe no Seimei, or the Seimei Kikyō (晴明紋 / 晴明桔梗); this pentacle was originally the personal seal of Abe-no-Seimei, later becoming the symbol for the Onmyōryō (the government ministry ...
In the Edo Period Japanese dictionary, the Rigen Shūran, there is only the explanation "monster painting by Kohōgen Motonobu." [4] According to the Edo Period writing Kiyū Shōran (嬉遊笑覧), it can be seen that one of the yōkai that it notes is depicted in the Bakemono E (化物絵) drawn by Kōhōgen Motonobu is one by the name of "nurarihyon," [5] and it is also depicted in the ...
In Yo-kai Watch, the Inugami is a gray and silver fox Yokai who is a recolored version of Kyubi and is called Frostail in the English dub. In the Inuyasha manga and anime, the title character is a hanyo (half-demon) born of an Inugami family. His late father, Toga the Great Dog-Demon of the West, being a legendary Inugami of supreme strength.