Iso-Onna (磯女 Iso-Onna, lit. Rocky Beach Woman) is a water yōkai. She appears in the story, Iso-Onna.
Appearance[]
Except for the third and fifth anime adaptations, the true entity of Iso-Onna is the baby she holds.
Personality[]
History[]
Manga/First Anime[]
She appears along with her baby in episode #56 of the first anime adaptation, Iso-Onna.
1985 Anime[]
She appears along with her baby in episode #7 of the third anime adaptation, Yōkai Iso-Onna and Her Child.
1996 Anime[]
She appears along with her baby in episode #68 of the fourth anime adaptation, Rough seas of legend: Iso-Onna!
2007 Anime[]
She appears along with her baby in episode #56 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Forbidden Cape! Iso-Onna. She is one of the 47 Yōkai Warriors and the representative of Nagasaki. Her mark is located on her baby's diaper.
Powers and Abilities[]
Rain Casting in the 1985 anime.
Hair Manipulation in the 2007 anime.
Expansion:
Extendable Arms:
Weight Control:
Ingestion:
Water Manipulation:
Thundercloud and Rain:
Legend[]
The Iso-Onna is a yōkai found in fishing villages all over Kyushu, and similar yōkai, such as Nure-Onna and Daki, can be found among many regions of Japan. In the Kumamoto Prefecture, the Iso-Onna invades boats via a mooring line and lays her long hair on a person to suck their blood out. In the Shimabara Peninsula, by placing three strands of woven mat hair on top of one's kimono, one can avoid being attacked by Iso-Onna.
Her appearance varies between regions, but she is always described as her top half being human and her bottom half being blurred like a ghost or serpentine in nature. She has many different names, and all of them seem friendly enough including:
- Iso-Onago (磯女子) = rocky shore girl
- Umi-Onna (海女) = ocean woman
- Umi-Hime (海姫) = ocean princess
- Umi-Nyōbō (海女房) = ocean wife
Because of their close mythological origins, Mizuki's design for the Iso-Onna and Nure-Onna's design are interchangeable with one another.
Trivia[]
- The Iso-Onna story was told in the 56th episode of both the 1968 and 2007 anime adaptations.
- One of Kami-no-Sei in the manga has an appearance of Iso-Onna.
References[]
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| Manga | Kitarō • Nezumi-Otoko • Kiba-Gurui • Hyakume • Mammoth-Otoko • Adobarana • Tsuchi-Korobi • Iso-Onna • Werewolf • Frankenstein • Mummy |
| 1968 Anime | Kitarō • Kiba-Gurui • Chimi • Muku-Jara • Akanbei • Chōkōzetsu • Dozaemon • Notaribō • Nowake-Baba • Rokurobei Support: Hyakume Child • Tsurube-Bi |
| 1985 Anime | Kitarō • Nezumi-Otoko • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe • Mammoth-Otoko • Gangi-Kozō • Daruma • Karakasa-Kozō Commentary: Yumeko Tendō • Medama-Oyaji |
| 1996 Anime | Kitarō • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe • Azuki-Togi • Fūjin • Wanyūdō • Kasa-Bake • Ball Yōkai |