Hitotsume-Kozō

Hitotsume-Kozō (一つ目小僧 Hitotsume-Kozō, lit. One-Eyed Boy) is a one-eyed yōkai. In the manga chapter Binbō-Gekigaka, a painting of Hitotsume-Kozō with a painting of Yama-Jijii materialized when they were drew with a special pen which has been treasured by Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji's ancestors and they inherited.

Appearance

Personality

History

1985 Anime

Hitotsume-Kozō briefly appeared in the film GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran as a mob, but was immediately knocked out by Nezumi-Otoko.

Fifth Anime

He appears in episode #91 of the fifth anime adaptation, Yōkai Teacher of Brush Writing! Hitotsume-Kozō.^[1]

He also appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! He is one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Tokyo. His mark is located on the back of his right hand.^[2] Due to the fifth anime adaptation's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, he is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors whose marks were not revealed aside from the movie.

2018 Anime

He is killed by Momon-Jii disguised as Kitarō, as a basis to put Kitarō on trial.^[3]

Powers and Abilities

Target and Elemental Realization

Legend

Hitotsume-Kozō was likely created in Edo period based on legends of Tofu-Kozō and Kappa.

References

Navigation

v • 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 • Kagami-Jijii • 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 • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Kaminari • Kasha • Kerakera-Onna • Keukegen • Kushizashi-Nyūdō • Makura-Gaeshi • Mannen-Dake • Menko-Tengu • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • 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 Penanggalan • Suiko • Suisei-no-Okina & Mōrei-Yassan • 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
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ayakashi • Ashi-Arai • Ashi-Magari • Daidarabotchi • Kusa-Kamaitachi • Guwagoze • Ippon-Datara • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kijo • Kowai • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Obake-Hamaguri • 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 • Qi's Troopers • 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 • Sanzu River Serpent • Sasori-Onna • Shinigami • Sōzuka-Babaa
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Adobarana • Anagura-Nyūdō & Ōgumo • Chōchin-Obake • Fairy Hanako • Furari-Bi • Fūjin • Fuku-no-Kami • Gama-Sennin • Gasha-Dokuro • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Katakira-Uwa • Kijimuna • Kinoko • Kura-Bokko • Mammoth-Otoko • Moth • Ōdako • Nozuchi • Nupperabō • Nure-Onna • Rokuro-Kubi • Sagari • Sanchū • Sankichi • Shifun-Senko • Susanoo-no-Mikoto • Tenjō-Name • Tsurara-Onna • Umi-Jijii • Umibōzu • Yakanzuru • Yama-Oni • Yōkai Flower Spirit • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Matasaburō • 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
Other Foreign Yōkai	Sennin • Yōka

v • 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
Shinigami's Family	Aoko • Honeta • Shinigami No. 99
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 • Count Dracula • Dracula II • Dracula III • Frankenstein • Gorgon • Gremlin • Mabi • Maken • Mummies • Panther • Pumpkin Soldiers • Vampire Bats • 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
Shinigami	Shinigami Chief • Shinigami No. 100
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-Kozō • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hizama • Iyake-Mushi • Kami-Kokeshi • Kawa-Otoko • Kaze-no-Kami • Kiba-Gurui • Kijimuna • Kinu-Tanuki • Ko-Oni • Kuneyusuri • Kyushu Kappa • Mikoshi-Nyūdō & Baby • Minomushi-Bi • Mitsume-Kozō • 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

v • e 2018 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
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amamehagi • Amefuri-Kozō • Amikiri • Beto-Beto-san • Chōchin-Obake • Datsue-Babaa • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Hone-Onna • Hyōsube • Ippon-Datara • Iwanabōzu • Kawauso • Kijimuna • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Maruge • Mizu-Yōkai • Nopperabō • Nure-Onna • Ohaguro-Bettari • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Takurō-Bi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Waira • Yagyō-san • Yama-Jijii • Yobuko
Sōkai Apartment	Akaname • Karakasa • Rokuro-Kubi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Mermaids	Uoko Hito • Mermaid Child
Other Allies	Adél • Agnès • Bake-Bi • Bake-Garasu • Binbōgami • Chin-san • Elder & Kojirō • Hakusanbō • Hiderigami • Ibukimaru • Isogashi • Jirōmaru & Tarōmaru • Kagami-Jijii • Karura • Kinoko • Makura-Gaeshi • Nebutori • Seika • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Umibōzu • Yuki
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Akki & Kuro-Akki • Ashi-Magari • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Dream Bell Girl • Gasha-Dokuro • Gyūki • Han-Gyojin & Ōika • Haniwa-Musha • Hōkō • Iyami • Kaminari • Kani-Bōzu • Kasha • Kubire-Oni • Machikomi • Madabin • Mayuge • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōryō • Mujina • Nobiagari • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oshiroi-Babaa • Otoroshi • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Wanyūdō • Yamata-no-Orochi & Mt. Oguro Yobuko • Yama-Tengu • Yōkai Cactus • Yōsuke-kun
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Danichirō • Danjirō • Dansaburō • Newscaster Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Adél (Former) • Belial • Buer • Carmilla • Dracula • Frankenstein • Kōmori-Neko • La Seine • Victor Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfgang • Wolfman
Four Treasonous Generals	Nue • Kurobōzu • Ibukimaru • Tamamo-no-Mae
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ama-no-Jaku • Daidarabotchi • Neko-Sennin • Nuppeppō • Shichinin Dōgyō • Te-no-Me • Tsuchi-Korobi
Saru-Oni-Gumi	Saru-Oni • Kyō • Ren
Other Foreign Threats	Asanbosam • Gahi • Penanggalan • Pii & Monroe • Vampire Elite Johnny • Yasha
Others
Seven School Mysteries	Design Statue • Anatomical Model • Kinjirō Ninomiya Statue • Jinmenken • Beethoven Portrait • Hanako-san • Yōsuke-kun (Former)
Former Threats	Baku • Korō-Bi • Mabyō • Mannen-Dake • Nanashi • Numa-Gozen • Sara-Kozō • Sekiyō • Ubume • Ushirogami
Other GeGeGe Forest Inhabitants	Aka-Atama • Ato'oi-Kozō • Chōchin-Kozō • Gotaimen • Hata-Onryō • Hihi • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Jami • Kamanari • Kuneyusuri • Mai-Kubi • Nuke-Kubi • Sakusan-Baa • Suiko • Tatami-Tataki • Tearai-Oni • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Uwan • Yamabiko • Yama-Warawa
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Gashira • Bake-Bi • Bake-Zōri • Dai-Tengu • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Hitodama • Hitotsumebō • Hitotsume-Kozō • Inugami • Jinmenki • Kaichigo • Kijin • Kubi-Kajiri • Nanashi's Father • Nanashi's Grand Father • Nikao-no-Sō • Nobusuma • Satori • Shōjō • Shuten-Dōji • Taitanbō • Yuki's Mother • Zashiki-Warashi • Zunbera
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gozu • Mezu • Jigoku Oni • Gaki
Malayan Yōkai	Miminaga • Bidi • Egiku • Humpback • Kempas Snake • Take-Nezumi no Sei • Tsuchi no Sei
Other Foreign Yōkai	Agnès' Mother • Dokkyakuki • Mama Kōmori-Neko • Papa Kōmori-Neko • Tubuan • Yōka

[EP91-1] GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 91

[NB2007-2] GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!

[EP42-3] GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 42

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