Ōkubi


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Ōkubi (大首 Ōkubi, lit. giant severed head) is a yōkai that appears in the 1971, 1985 and the 1996 anime version of "GeGeGe no Kitarō." He is accompanied by Hone-Onna in a plan to sacrifice canned souls into Mt. Fuji's volcanic core for an eruption.

Appearance

Personality

History

1971 Anime

1985 Anime

1996 Anime

Trivia

Ōkubi was originally a human from the Jōmon period.

2007 Anime

Abilities

Legend

The Ōkubi of legend is also known as "Odori-kubi". Ōkubi is also a portent of impending disasters like volcanic eruptions, typhoons and such.

References

Navigation

v • d • e 1971 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Neko-Musume
Yōkai Apartments	Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe • Nekoko • Tsurube-Otoshi • Yamabiko
GeGeGe Forest	Bake-Garasu • Daruma • Ido-Sennin • Kawauso • Maruge • Nopperabō • Tsurube-Bi
Appeared as Allies and Threats	Akaname • Kasa-Bake
Threats
Japanese Threats	Akashita • Ama-no-Jaku • Amefuri-Tengu • Ashi-Magari • Bake-Neko • Bari-Bari • Daidarabotchi • Dorotabō • Enkiri-Mushi • Fukuro-Sage • Genshi-san • Gyūki • Han-Gyojin & Ōika • Hone-Onna • Iyami • Kage-Onna • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Kasha • Mammoth Flower • Miage-Nyūdō • Mizugami • Mokumokuren • Momon-Jii • Mōrei-Yassan • Ōkubi • Ōmimizu • Shibito-tsuki & Chimi-Mōryō & Dosei • Sunekosuri • Tsuchi-Korobi • Yamata-no-Orochi • Yobuko • Zunbera
Shinigami & Partners	Shinigami (Family: Aoko • Honeta) • Binbōgami • Kakure-Zatō • Pasha • Satori • Witch
Qi's Gang	Qi • Chinese Tengu • Kami-no-Sei • Sanshō • Yōken
Other Foreign Yōkai	Aku-Aku • Buer • Pii & Monroe • Yumuchaac
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Enma-Daiō • Taitanbō • Yakanzuru • Yōkai Flower Spirit
Other Foreign Yōkai	Jeeta • Karura

v • d • e 1985 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Shisa • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amikiri • Bake-Garasu • Gangi-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kamikiri • Kasa-Bake • Tsurube-Otoshi • Yobuko
Former Enemies	Akaname • Daruma • Hiderigami • Kamaitachi • Kawauso • Maruge • Sazae-Oni
Flame Yōkai Five	Bake-Bi • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Tenka • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi
Other Allies	Baku • Dodomeki • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gotaimen • Hatahiro • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hōsō-Babaa • Ichimokuren • Kage-Onna • Kanadama • Kitsune-Tsuki • Kuro-Kamikiri • Mizoidashi • Nikonbō-no-Hi • Shirobōzu • Sodehiki-Kozō • Tenjō-Sagari • Watari-Bishaku
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Atama • Akashita • Ama-no-Jaku • Amamehagi • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Binbōgami • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Enra-Enra • Fukkeshi-Babaa • Fukuro-Sage • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Han-Gyojin • Hata-Onryō • Hi Clan • Hitokui-Jima • Hone-Onna • Hyakume • Iso-Onna • Ita-Oni • Iyami • Jami • Kabuso • Kagami-Jijii • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Kaminari • Kasha • Kaze-no-Matasaburō • Kerakera-Onna • Keukegen • Kushizashi-Nyūdō • Makura-Gaeshi • Mannen-Dake • Menko-Tengu • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōrei-Yassan • Mōryō • Neko-Sennin • Nix & Cobalt • Nobiagari • Nuke-Kubi • Ōdako • Odoro-Odoro • Ōkubi • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Raijū • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō & Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Shishi-Gashira • Suiko • Suisei-no-Okina • Takurō-Bi • Te-no-Me & Gaki • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tofu-Kozō & Yama-no-Kami • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami• Wanyūdō • Yama-Otoko • Yama-Tengu • Yamata-no-Orochi • Yanari • Yaobikuni • Yōken Tarō
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ayakashi • Ashi-Arai • Ashi-Magari • Daidarabotchi • Grass Kamaitachi • Guwagoze • Ippon-Datara • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kijo • Kowai • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Oboro-Guruma • Okuri-Chōchin • Shiro-Uneri • Tsujigami • Yama-Warawa
Yōkai Army	Chinpo • Akamata • Yashi-Otoshi
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Kimono Tanuki • Silk Hat Tanuki • Danjūrō-Danuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Western Yōkai Army	Backbeard • Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Army	Qi • Gahi • Kakutanjū • Kuro-Kaibutsu • Kushami-no-Sei • Sanshō • Chinese Tengu • Yōken
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Buer • Dai-Kaijū • Gremlin • Kōmori-Neko • Pii & Monroe • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Onna • Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Yako
Vampire Gang	Yōkaiju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan • Shina-Yasha
Jigoku
Allies	Enma-Daiō • Jigoku-Dōji • Matagorō-no-Oni • Yagyō-san • Yūko
Threats	Datsui-Babaa & Jigoku no Banken • Gotoku-Neko & Tesso • Hitokui-Zakana • Kumo-Otoko • Mimizu-Otoko • Nururibō • Sasori-Onna • Shinigami • Sōzuka-Babaa
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Adobarana • Anagura-Nyūdō • Beniko • Chōchin-Obake • Fairy Hanako • Furari-Bi • Fūjin • Fuku-no-Kami • Gama-Sennin • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gasha-Dokuro • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Katakirauwa • Kijimuna • Kinoko • Kura-Bokko • Mammoth-Otoko • Ōdako • Nozuchi • Nupperabō • Nure-Onna • Oniga • Rokuro-Kubi • Sagari • Sanchū • Sankichi • Tenjō-Name • Tsurara-Onna • Umi-Jijii • Umibōzu • Yakanzuru • Yama-Oni • Yōka • Yōkai Flower Spirit • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Sara-Kazoe & Ōnyūdō
Mermaid	Mermaid Boss • Mermaid Child • Mermaid Princess
Tengu	Dai-Tengu • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Tengu Police
Former Foreign Threats	Genieya & Genieya's Father

v • d • e 1996 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
Yōkai Apartments	Abura-Sumashi • Yobuko
Kura-Bokko and Friends	Kura-Bokko • Chōchin-Obake • Kuneyusuri • Nando-Babaa • Tenjō-Name
Former Enemies	Azuki Allied Force (Azuki-Togi • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari) • Bake-Kujira • Fukikeshi-Babaa • Kani-Bōzu • Kasa-Bake • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Wanyūdō • Yuki-Onna
Other Allies	Bake-Garasu • Fūjin & Raijin • Gangi-Kozō • Hata-Onryō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kagami-Jijii • Konta • Kuro-Kamikiri • Maruge • Satori • Takekiri-Danuki • Tsurara-Onna • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku • Amefuri-Tengu • Anagura-Nyūdō & Byōchū & Ōmukade • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Buru-Buru • Daidarabotchi • Daruma • Dorotabō • Funa-Yūrei • Guwagoze • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Hi Clan Miko • Hiderigami • Hitokui-Jima • Hōkō • Hone-Onna & Ōkubi • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Iyami • Jami • Kage-Onna • Kamanari • Katsura-Otoko & Tsukime • Kihatsu • Kubire-Oni • Kyūso • Makura-Gaeshi • Mammoth Flower • Man-Eating Portrait • Mannen-Dake • Miage-Nyūdō • Mōryō • Neko-Mata • Neko-Shō • Nobiagari • Nozuchi • Oboro-Guruma • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubaga-Bi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Buer • Han-Gyojin & Yōkai-Ika • Hyakume Child • Ikkokudō's Shikigami (Gohō-Dōji • Seto-Taishō) • Jakotsu-Babaa • Momon-Jii • Poltergeist • Ustrel • Yamata-no-Orochi • Youaltepuztli • Three Assassins (Gotoku-Neko • Nyoi-Jizai • Yama-Jijii)
Backbeard and the Four Yōkai Kings	Backbeard • Giant • Grimalkin • Kōmori-Neko • Viy
Yōkai Army	Akamata • Chinpo • Kijimuna • Yashi-Otoshi
Western Yōkai Army	Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Gang	Qi • Chinese Tengu • Sanshō • Yōjin • Yōken
Other Chinese Threats	Xingtian • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Pii & Monroe • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Chiko
Vampire Yōkai	Kyūketsuju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Tuxedo Tanuki • Kimono Tanuki • Headband Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Amefuri-Kozō • Baby Dorotabō • Dai-Tengu • Enma-Daiō • Gama-Sennin • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Kashabo • Kawauso • Kawazaru • Kubinashi-Uma • Kuchisake-Onna • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Neko-Sennin • Mermaid Child • Obariyon • Shisa • Yakanzuru • Yama-Warawa • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Akaname & Shiro-Uneri • Akashita • Amamehagi • Fukuro-Sage • Kaminari • Kasha • Keukegen & Gasha-Dokuro • Mizu-Sennin
Other Foreign Yōkai	Xú Fú • Yōka • Chiisuttā no Kami

v • d • e 2007 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Neko-Musume • Nezumi-Otoko • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
Yōkai Apartment	Amabie • Kasa-Bake • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Rokuro-Kubi • Sunakake-Babaa • Yobuko
Yōkai Yokochō	Abura-Sumashi • Bake-Dako • Hakusanbō • Kasha • Maruge • Nuppehofu • Nurikabe-Nyōbō & Ko-Nurikabes • Ohaguro-Bettari • Ōkubi • Shirobōzu • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Wanyūdō
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Hakari • Azuki-Babaa
Kappa Pond	Shibaten • Garappa • Kankichi • Medochi • Neneko • Yamashita
Tengu Police	Dai-Tengu • Higomo • Kuro-Karasu
Yuki-Onna	Okuro • Yuki-Jorō
Amami Tribe	Miu • Miu's Mother • Kai
47 Yōkai Warriors	Akamata • Akashita • Amabie • Aoi • Azuki-Arai • Dansaburō-Danuki • Gyōbu-Danuki • Hitotsume-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ichimokuren • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Ittan-Momen • Iwanabōzu • Kabukiri-Kozō • Kame-hime • Kasha • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Kuro-Karasu • Matsu no Seirei • Mikari-Baba • Mintsuchi • Namahage • Nami-Kozō • Nora • Nurikabe • Osakabe-hime • Osan-Kitsune • Raijū • Seko • Shidaidaka • Shirobōzu • Sunakake-Babaa • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Tearai-Oni • Tesso • Waira • Wakasa Mermaid • Wanyūdō • Yadōkai • Yakanzuru • Yama-Jijii • Yanboshi • Yobuko • Zashiki-Warashi
Other Allies	Amefuri-Kozō • Aobōzu • Bake-Garasu • Bakerō • Baku • Bari-Bari • Biwa-Bokuboku • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Hoihoi-Bi • Ido-Sennin • Kokon • Nue • Osore • Rashōmon-no-Oni • Shiroshōzoku • Shisa • Tenjō-Sagari • Tsunomagari Obake Stag Beetle • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Uwan • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku & Te-no-Me • Bake-Tōrō • Bake-Zōri • Furu-Tsubaki • Gyūki • Hari-Onago • Hata-Onryō • Hone-Onna & Mai-Kubi • Hyakume • Isogashi • Itsu-Maden • Jami • Jubokko • Kubi-Kajiri • Kubire-Oni • Kurobōzu • Kuro-Kihatsu • Kyōkotsu • Kyōrinrin • Makura-Gaeshi • Mokumokuren • Momon-Jii • Mōrei-Yassan • Neko-Shō • Numa-Gozen • Odoro-Odoro • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shichinin Misaki • Shibito-tsuki & Chimi-Mōryō & Dosei • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Korobi • Tsuchinoko • Tsujigami • Ubume • Yato-no-Kami & Orochi-Onna
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kamaitachi • Kani-Bōzu • Kyūso • Hitorima • Katasharin • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Yōkai Castle • Yuki-Nyūdo & Mashiro
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Balmond • Bats • Count Dracula • Dracula II • Dracula III • Frankenstein • Gorgon • Gremlin • Mabi • Maken • Mummies • Panther • Pumpkin Soldiers • Witch • Wolfman • Wild • Youaltepuztli • Zambia
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
South Asian Five	Akamata • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Po • Yashi-Otoshi
Qi's Gang	Qi • Gahi • Kami-no-Sei • Tora-Otoko • Yangtze Suiko
Koku'unbō's Army	Koku'unbō • Tengu-Kugutsu • Suiryūmaru • Taimatsumaru
Other Foreign Threats	Belial • Mahi Mahi • Kahaku • Kyūketsuju • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite • Yasha
Others
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gokan-Ō • Sō-Daiō • Jion-Ō • Gion-Ō • Godō Tenrin-Ō • Renge-Ō • Byōdō-Ō • Shokō-Ō • Henjō-Ō • Taizan-Ō • Shinkō-Ō • Toshi-Ō • Gozu • Mezu
Former Threats	Akaei • Amamehagi • Daruma • Dodomeki • Dorotabō • Fuguruma-Yōbi • Gasha-Dokuro • Hidarugami • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Kagami-Jijii • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Keukegen • Miage-Nyūdō • Monroe & Pii • Nobiagari • Noderabō • Shiro-Kihatsu • Tsubomi • Ushirogami
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Atama • Akaname • Anagura-Nyūdō & Jaki • Ayatsuri-Musume • Bake-Danuki • Bakenoko • Birabira • Cerberus • Chikarasui • Chōchin-Kozō • Chōchin-Obake • Furusoma • Futatsume-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Gobutsu • Hiderigami • Hitodama • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hizama • Kami-Kokeshi • Kawa-Otoko • Kaze-no-Kami • Kiba-Gurui • Kijimuna • Kinu-Tanuki • Ko-Oni • Kuneyusuri • Kyushu Kappa • Mikoshi-Nyūdō & Baby • Minomushi-Bi • Mitsume-Nyūdō • Nebutori • Nekoko • Nyoi-Jizai • Ohiagari • Okiku • Oshiroi-Babaa • Ōyamai • Sakeyoi • Shichimi • Shiro-Uneri • Soroban-Bōzu • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tenka • Yamai • Yama-Oni • Yanari • Yōkai Cactus • Yōkaiju • Yuki-Otoko
Other Foreign Yōkai	Aguri • Golem & Ko-Golem • Guha • Karura • Monroe & Pii • New Guinea Forest Spirits • Yōka

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