Kura-Bokko (倉ぼっこ Kurabokko, lit. Child of the Warehouse) is a yōkai who usually inhabit warehouses.
Appearance[]
Kura-Bokko is a small Yōkai cover in long, straight brown hair with three strands standing on top of his head. The only part of his face that is visible is eyes, which have white sclerae and small pupils. His skin is pale and is always carrying a pale green walking stick.
Personality[]
History[]
In the manga, he first appeared as part of a crowd in the story Fukkeshi-Babaa.
In Yōkai Sen Monogatari, saddened by the demolition of the warehouse he was living in, he begins sabotaging construction equipment. Kitarō helps him come to terms by reminding him of all the fun times he had with the father and daughter that used to live there. Kura-Bokko then decides to move into a newly built nursery.
1985 Anime[]
His first anime appearance was in the third series as a doctor at Mt. Osore Yōkai Hospital.
1996 Anime[]
Kura-Bokko appeared in the 1996 anime as the inhabitant of a lost village.
Powers and Abilities[]
Other Media[]
Akuma-kun: The Great Prophet Nostradamus[]
Kura-Bokko appears in Akuma-kun: The Great Prophet Nostradamus as an ally of Shingo Yamada, but it was left unclear whether he or Kajū were one of his Twelve Apostles.
The Great Yōkai War[]
Kura-Bokko, alongside other yōkai, first appear as a group captured by Yasunori Katō, seen to the right of Dorotabō. When Agi visits them, she cries out to be free and later gets scared when Agi spits acid at Amefuri-Kozō and Dorotabō.
Kura-Bokko, now free, alongside thousands of other yōkai, attend the Festival of Darkness near Yasunori Katō's base in Tokyo, which ends up inadvertently trashing some of his Kikai. He is first seen carrying another yōkai after he's thrown by a Kikai with the other attendants.
Legend[]
Illustration of Kura-Bokko by Shigeru Mizuki.
A Kura-Bokko or Kura-Warashi is a yōkai that inhabits warehouses in the Iwate Prefecture and it said to be a type of Zashiki-Warashi. Like the Zashiki-Warashi, a Kura-Bokko's presence will increase a family's fortune, and if the Kura-Bokko leaves, the family's fortune will sink into decline. By scattering rice on the ground, the footprints of the Kura-Bokko can be found.