Tenjō-Sagari (天井下がり Tenjō-Sagari, lit. Ceiling Hanger) is a yōkai that inhabits attics and hangs from ceilings.
Appearance[]
Tenjō-Sagari is a somewhat hairy humanoid Yōkai, with pale gray skin and long wavy light brown hair. His eyes have green sclerae and yellow irises, while his mouth has orange lips, spaced apart black teeth, and a long red tongue.
Personality[]
Tenjō-Sagari usually loves to appear from ceilings of dark rooms to scare humans. Other than this, it generally causes little to no harm. Even if humans mistakenly startle it or try to capture it, it will create a large hole in the ceiling and withdraw.
History[]
2007 Anime[]
Tenjō-Sagari appears occasionally throughout the 5th anime, in addition to the adaption's movie and second ending.
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Tenjō-Sagari appears within the Kazamatsuri Household, due to Yato-no-Kami's influence, where he appears from the ceiling of Hana's empty room and scares Mrs. Kazamatsuri as she calls for her son, only to realize she does not have one. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.[1]
2018 Anime[]
Tenjō-Sagari appears within Mana's dream, where they appear as a student within her class.[2]
Powers and Abilities[]
Phasing: Tenjō-Sagari has the ability to phase through ceilings and hang from them.[1]