Mintsuchi

Minstuchi
Name
Japanese	ミンツチ
Rōmaji	Minstuchi
Profile
Species	Yōkai (Kappa)
Gender	Male
Home	Hokkaidō (2007)
Affiliation	47 Yōkai Warriors
First Appearance
Anime	GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (2008)

Mintsuchi (ミンツチ Minstuchi) is a kappa from Hokkaidō.

Appearance

Mintsuchi is a tall kappa with purple skin covered in gray splotches, pale white hair, and a pair of pointy ears. Additionally he has long limbs, a pair of yellow eyes with black pupils, black claws, and a large dark gray beak.

History

2007 Anime

Mintsuchi activating the power of the 47 Yōkai Warriors in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!.

He is one of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and represents Hokkaidō. He appears in the 2008 movie GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. His mark is located on the top of his head.

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 movie.

Legend

Mintsuchi illustration.

Mintsuchi, also known as Mintuchi or Mintuchi Kamui, is a yōkai from Hokkaido considered to the Ainu equivalent of the Kappa. Unlike the kappa, it lacks a bowl of water on its head and its feet are said to be bird-like.

He lives in the water just like the Kappa, and is said to rule over the fish, either helping people catch them or preventing them from doing so. Because of this, he is said to be a water deity.

There are sightings of it on foggy nights in the Kushiro River, where a figure may suddenly appear and walk towards you before walking away, ignoring any responses you make towards it. It appears to have disappeared at first, but as you notice that the footprints it left behind are bird-like, before you know it, it appears behind you and drags you into the water while your guard is down.

Minstuchi's name is hypothesized to be originated in Mizuchi which loosely means "Water Spirit" where Kappa was originally called Kahaku, the "River Spirit", and Mizuki noted the connections in the etymology of these beings.

Trivia

• The mold of Minstuchi's mask in The Great Yōkai War was also used for Shitagaragonboko, Suitenbō, Suiten-Ō, Oppe-no-Heishirō, Tōno-Kappa, Igusa-no-Kesabō, Suijin-Don, Neneko, and Kusenbō.