Tsuchi-Korobi

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Tsuchi-Korobi
Name
Japanese	土転び
Rōmaji	Tsuchi-Korobi
Meaning	Earth Roller
Profile
Species	Yōkai
Gender	Male
First Appearance
Manga	Tsuchi-Korobi (1969)
Anime	Series 2 Episode 11 (1971)
Portrayals
1971 anime	Kōsei Tomita
1985 anime	Ryūji Saikachi
1996 anime	Tōru Furuya
2007 anime	Yasuhiro Takato
2018 anime	Yasuhiro Mamiya

Tsuchi-Korobi (土転び Tsuchi-Korobi, lit. Earth Roller) is a Yōkai that rolls around the forest in the form of a ball of soil.

Appearance

In the manga, Tsuchi-Korobi resembles a large spherical yōkai that is entirely covered with light-colored hair. He has a single elephant trunk that acts as his arm.

In the 1971 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai with messy teal hair covering his entire body. He has an elephant trunk that he uses as an arm.

In the 1985 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai covered in reddish-brown hair. A pair of yellow eyes sit above his trunk, which is just as hairy as the rest of his body.

Within the 1996 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a round yōkai entirely covered in brown hair, as well as having a trunk and a single eye. He is able to change his size, though usually remaining larger than an adult human.

In the 2007 anime, two Tsuchi-Korobi appear with drastic differences. The white Tsuchi-Korobi has tan skin, evident by the bald spot on top and their bare hands, as well as having a pair of hairy arms and an obscured face. During the sports festival they wore a white headband. The gray Tsuchi-Korobi has pale pink skin, shown by his lips at the end of his trunk. He has a single eye that has a yellow sclera with a blue iris and a black pupil. He also has a pair of pale pink bird feet that are normally obscured, having one backward facing toe and three longer toes facing the front. His size varies as he grows larger the more electricity he has consumed.

Within the 2018 anime, Tsuchi-Korobi is a large yōkai covered in brown fur. He has a large eye that has a yellow sclera with a red iris and a big black pupil. Rather than a trunk he has a pair of pale brown whiskers that he uses as arms and a mouth that is normally obscured by his hair.

History

Manga/1971 Anime

Tsuchi-Korobi's race was thought to be extinct, but a remnant cell was underwater and a human absorbed the scientific wastewater from a factory and was turned into a new Tsuchi-Korobi.

2007 Anime

Tsuchi-Korobi appeared in the 48th episode.

It also made a brief appearance in the movie based on the fifth adaption, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! It was seen frolicking in the streets after the balance between the yokai and human worlds started to fall apart.

2018 Anime

Two Tsuchi-Korobi appears in the opening animation of the sixth anime adaption during the sports festival scene.

Powers and Abilities

Electricity Blast

Energy/Electricity/Gasoline sucking

Electricity Emission

Tree intaking

Size shifting

Rolling

Human Possession

Adhesive Spit (粘着つば Nenchaku-Tsuba): Tsuchi-Korobi can spit out a yellow-green-colored spit, that is very sticky and can immobilize his targets.

Dissolving Spit: By spitting out a lavender-colored liquid, Tsuchi-Korobi can dissolve his adhesive spit.

Legend

Tsuchi-Korobi is a yōkai that rolls around in the mountains and is said to resemble a hairy snake or a straw hammer with hair growing around it.

In the Chubu region, When a traveler is walking along a mountain pass, they feel that something is chasing them, and that is when Tsuchi-Korobi appears. They start running in fear, but Tsuchi-Korobi rolls down the pass faster than the traveler and waits for them at the bottom. When a frightened traveler tries to avoid the paths, they end up getting lost in the mountains.

In western Japan, some of Tsuchi-Korobi's legends are connected to that of Nozuchi and Tsuchinoko.