Akashita

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Akashita
Name
Japanese	赤舌
Rōmaji	Akashita
Meaning	Red Tongue
Profile
Species	Yōkai
Gender	Male
Abilities	Water Absorption
Affiliation	47 Yōkai Warriors (2007)
First Appearance
Manga	Yōkai Rally (1968)
Anime	Series 1 Episode 54 (1969)
Portrayals
1971 anime	Hidekatsu Shibata
1985 anime	Yūsaku Yara
1996 anime	Yasunori Masutani
2007 anime	Shōzō Iizuka
Video games	Masami Iwasaki (2003 PS2)

Akashita (赤舌 Akashita, lit. red tongue) is a water yōkai and an antagonist of Kitarō.

Appearance

Akashita appears as a giant floating yōkai in the clouds. He has a body covered in hair, no ears, beady eyes, an upturned nose, a large gaping mouth with a red, lolling tongue and fangs, and clawed fingers.

Akashita's original form in the 1996 anime.

Personality

When Akashita worked with Hone-Onna, he acted very power-hungry, with the goal of becoming an emperor. In the stories, Yōkai Rally and Yōkai Crisis, he appears as an ally, acting as a fair referee in the former, scolding Backbeard.

In the 1971 anime, Akashita is shown to use his strength in attacking others.

History

Manga/Second Anime

He appears in the Shonen Sunday story of the same name. In this chapter he is first seen being used by Hone-Onna and Nezumi-Otoko as a hot spring, but is introduced by the former as an emperor of the yōkai, worthy of challenging Kitarō, and has since resurfaced due to a lack of oxygen. He is later seen disguising himself as a "kingdom of happiness" and swallows all of the attendees Nezumi-Otoko gathered, and poops them out later on. He later disguises himself as a hot spring again to lure Kitarō, but the boy escapes just in time, causing Akashita to chase Kitarō and Ittan-Momen. He catches up to them while the two are in the Yōkai Apartments, and swallows the building while the tenants are inside. He later poops the tenants out, the yōkai are powerful enough to float towards Akashita. When Nezumi-Otoko feeds Kitarō's stomach to Akashita, the organ's stomach acid dissovles him until nothing's left but a puddle.

Third Anime

There have been two individuals seen.

Fifth Anime

Akashita appears in episode #82 of the fifth anime adaptation, Parched Life! Akashita Hot Spring. In this episode, he becomes the 10th of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and the representative of Aomori Prefecture. His mark is located on his tongue.

Powers and Abilities

Akashita dehydrating the victims in the 2007 anime.

Akashita performing water wheels in the 1996 anime.

Water Manipulation

• Water Breath
• Water Cannon
• Water Tentacles
• Dehydration
• Wave Generation
• Cloud Manipulation
• Water Wheels

Petrification

Wind Geneatation

Flight

Tongue

Size-Shifting

Shape-Shifting

Durability

Underground Mobility

47 Warrior Power Activation:

Legend

Mizuki's illustration

An Akashita is a yōkai that appeared in Toriyama Sekien's "Gazu Hyakki Yakō". It is drawn as a beast with clawed hands and a hairy face, with most of its body hidden in a black cloud over a floodgate. In its open mouth is a large tongue. Sekien did not attach an explanatory note, so it is not certain whether he intended it as an original creation, but it may be related to the Shakuzetsujin (赤舌神?, lit. "red-tongued god") which guards the western gate of Jupiter. It may also be related to the Shakuzetsunichi (赤舌日?), a day of bad luck in Onmyōdō.