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Waira (わいら) is a yōkai .

Appearance[]

Personality[]

History[]

Kitarō vs. Akuma-kun[]

Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō[]

2007 Anime[]

He appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. He is one of the chosen 47 Yokai Warriors and represents Ibaraki Prefecture.

During the battle against Yato-no-Kami in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!, Yobuko calls for help from all over Japan, the remaining 47 Yōkai Warriors are revealed once their mark begins to shine. Among those are Waira, who finds his mark on the front of his back. Afterwards his power is sent to aid Kitarō in defeating Yato-no-Kami.[1]

Due to the fifth anime adaption's sudden cancellation at 100 episodes, he is among the 23 Yōkai Warriors that were not revealed aside from the movie.

2018 Anime[]

Waira briefly appears as one of the yōkai on the Ghost Train in episode seven who scares the company president. Later, he appears with the others, watching as the company president is sent to Jigoku by the Ghost Train.[2] He appears in episode #28, The Great Yōkai War. He appears along with several other yōkai of the GeGeGe Forest to help Kitarō fight off the Western Yōkai.[3]

Powers and Abilities[]

Agility

Strength

Claws: Its sickle-like claws are dangerous.

Energy Breath

Legend[]

Waira Illustration

Shigeru Mizuki's illustration of Waira.

Waira are unusual yōkai that live in the mountains. They are bull or rhinoceros-like creatures with claws as sharp as sickles, which they use to capture and feed on moles and rarely humans. The males are earth-colored and the females are colored red. Because yōkai bestiaries such as the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō put them and the Otoroshi next to each other, it is believed that the two yōkai are related in some way.

References[]

  1. GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
  2. GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 7
  3. GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 28

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