- For the almost identically resembling character appeared in the 2007 anime, see Yuki-Nyūdo.
Ippon-Datara (一本ダタラ Ippondatara, lit. One-legged Bellows), is a one-legged yōkai. In the GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kiki Ippatsu! Yōkai Rettō game, he is instead named Hitomebō (
Appearance[]
In the 2007 anime, Ippon-Datara is a large hairy being, having pale pink skin, a pair of arms with sharp claws, one leg with a left foot, pointy ears, long gray hair, and brown fur. They have a large yellow eye with a small black pupil, a small nose underneath, and pink lips with several sharp teeth.
Personality[]
In the 1996 anime, Ippon-Datara is now friends with Kitarō, but can get easily confused.
History[]
Manga[]
1985 Anime[]
He appears in the fourth movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran!!.
1996 Anime[]
Ippon-Datara appears first as a cameo in episode #40, Graveyard Night is for the Sports Festival!. He attends the titular sports festival alongside other yōkai, as they all cheer for it to start. He appears proper in episode #51, The Snow Falls! Kasa-Jizō. Ippon-Datara chases down three kitsune children that woke him up for a snack, but loses their track and rests by several Kasa-Jizō, unaware that three of them are the kitsune children. He notices several times that they may be moving little every time he sees it. Much later Kitarō arrives trying to find the children, meeting Ippon-Datara who was trying to chase them. He gives him some food, pacifying him as he goes off somewhere else. He is also the third yōkai Qi turns into a cloth in episode # 79, Chinese Yōkai Invasion! (Part 1).
2007 Anime[]
Ippon-Datara activating the power of the 47 Yōkai Warriors in the 2008 movie.
He appears in the movie GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! He is one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Wakayama Prefecture. His mark is located on the front of his leg. Due to the fifth anime adaptation's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, he is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors that were not revealed aside from the 2008 movie GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!.
2018 Anime[]
Ippon-Datara is among the yōkai gathered around the GeGeGe House, trying to drive Agnès out of the forest. He listens to Medama-Oyaji's warning that if they drive her out then the tragedy Malay yōkai will only repeat elsewhere. Soon followed by Kitarō as he explains how grave the consequences are if Japan becomes a part of Backbeard's empire. This causes the crowd to look at one another. Until their attention is drawn to Kitarō as he stands on his resolve to fight.[1]
On a rooftop, he reads a flier from Nurarihyon, that it is time that all Yokai should stand against humans.[2]
The Great Yōkai War[]
The Great Yōkai War: Guardians[]
Ippon-Datara first hops to the gates of the Yōkai Yammit, an international gathering of yōkai in Beijing. While in the gathering, he boastfully tells Nurarihyon modern Japan is the future of other countries around the world. He also told the Tengu Elite about how Kappa already told the Yōkaijū to not go to Tokyo, but was killed as a result.
The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan[]
Powers and Abilities[]
Legend[]
Ippon-Datara illustration.
While it is mostly harmless, once per year on December 20, the Ippon-Datara turns violent. Those entering the mountains on that day who run into the Ippon-Datara are squashed flat under its powerful foot. Because of this, December 20 is considered an unlucky day in the areas where this yōkai lives. People stay out of the mountains then.