Katasharin (片車輪 Katasharin, lit. Single Wheel) is a fire yōkai.
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2007 Anime[]
He appears in episode #30 of the fifth anime adaptation, Strategy to Kill Kitarō.
Powers and Abilities[]
Vehicle Possession: Katasharin is able to possess any vehicle.
Pyrokinesis
Legend[]
Katasharin is an alternate name for the Katawa-Guruma that's used in modern yōkai encyclopedias. It has been theorized by yōkai researchers that this name originates from how the name Katawa-Guruma (Crippled Wheel) could be viewed as a discriminatory term for disabled people.