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  2. Taito (kanji) - Wikipedia

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    Variant 1: daito or otodo Variant 2: taito Taito, daito, or otodo (𱁬/) is a kokuji (kanji character invented in Japan) written with 84 strokes, and thus the most graphically complex CJK character—collectively referring to Chinese characters and derivatives used in the written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.

  3. Ghost characters - Wikipedia

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    The name is taken from the ancient Chinese statesman Jia Xu (賈詡), but the characters have been replaced by ghost characters because the character "詡" is not registered in JIS X 0208. The book 5A73 , by Japanese mystery writer Yuji Yomisaka, begins with a series of murders in which the ghost character "暃" is written on the bodies of the ...

  4. List of Asian superheroes - Wikipedia

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    Gehenna Hewitt, supporting character from DC Comics' Firestorm comic book series (Vietnamese and European descent) Ghost Rider 2099 (European and Japanese descent) Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) (Korean, African-American and European descent) Grunge; J2 (Japanese and European) Carol and Jane Kent from Superman: Secret Identity (Indian-American and ...

  5. List of Kamen Rider Ghost characters - Wikipedia

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    Takeru Tenkūji (天空寺 タケル, Tenkūji Takeru) is the current heir to Daitenkū-ji who displays in an interest in historical figures after his ghost hunter father, Ryū, left him the tsuba from Miyamoto Musashi's katana, which the former wears as a necklace, and enjoys reading from a book titled Stories of the World's Greatest People (世界偉人伝, Sekai Ijinden).

  6. Yūrei - Wikipedia

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    Like many monsters of Japanese folklore, malicious yūrei are repelled by ofuda (御札), holy Shinto writings containing the name of a kami. The ofuda must generally be placed on the yūrei ' s forehead to banish the spirit, although they can be attached to a house's entry ways to prevent the yūrei from entering.

  7. Gwisin - Wikipedia

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    Gwisin (Korean: 귀신) are a type of deity, divinity, spirit or ghost in Korean folklore. [1] They are considered similar to a yogoe (Korean: 요괴) or mamul (Korean: 마물). Unlike dokkaebi, gwisin are humans who have died. [2] According to folklore, gwisin may be found in many places. It is claimed that when an individual dies but still ...

  8. Ghost Rider - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Rider is the name of multiple superheroes or antiheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider.

  9. List of Rurouni Kenshin characters - Wikipedia

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    The concept for Kamatari originated from a play on words by Watsuki's assistant Eiichiro Oda; [44] in Japanese, okama (お釜) is a slang word for homosexual, while the word for a scythe is kama (鎌). Watsuki used ideas from assistants to create many of the Juppongatana and Kamatari was one he seized immediately.