Wolfman

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Wolfman
Name
Japanese	狼男
Profile
Species	Yōkai
Race	Werewolf Vampire (Jigoku Arc)
Gender	Male
Home	England
Affiliation	Western Yōkai
Family	Wild (2007)
First Appearance
Manga	I'm a Freshman (1964)
Anime	Series 1 Episode 10 (1968)
Portrayals
1968 anime	Kunihiko Kitagawa
1985 anime	Hiroshi Ōtake Masato Hirano (Ep. 46) Yasuo Tanaka (Ep. 51)
1996 anime	Bin Shimada
2007 anime	Yasuhiro Takato
2018 anime	Takeshi Kusao
Video games	Kōji Ishii (2003 PS2)

The Wolfman (狼男, Ōkami-Otoko), is a werewolf and a member of the Western Yōkai. He first appeared in the Shonen Magazine story The Great Yōkai War, where he was instead called the Man-Eating Wolf (人食いおおかみ, Hitokui-Ōkami).

In the Jigoku Arc, a wolfman appeared as a vampire.

Personality

In the 2007 anime, he is concerned over his son's flamboyant choice of fashion and behavior.

History

While werewolves of legend can transform between man and wolf, the Wolfman is only ever shown in his wolf form.

In The Great Yōkai War, he appears as a member of the Western Yōkai Army under Backbeard. He represented England in the Yōkai Rally. In the third anime version of the Yōkai Rally, he admires Kitarō for going out of his way to save him and the Witch after an accident.

He later appears in stories like Shinigami Tai-Senki, After Yuki-hime-chan and GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kitarō Jigoku Arc, though he usually only plays a small role. In Jigoku Hen he is said to be a type of vampire. In Kitarō's World Obake Tour he lives in Romania. He likes jewelry and has an interest in medicine, even knowing the right medicine to break Gorgon's spell. In the anime adaptations, he fights primarily with his claws.

In Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Sen-Monogatari, he is super agile and specializes in sneak attacks. He is invinsible under a full moon but is weak against silver weapons. Kitarō defeats him by using his Finger Bullets to fire Neko-Musume's silver ring into his body.

In the film GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha, he is actually shown transforming. He is defeated by Kitarō's Remote Control Geta.

In the fifth anime, he is the father of Wild, and his generation is said to have fought in the original Great Yōkai War 12 years prior. In episode #68, he reunites with the original Frankenstein, Dracula II and Witch and launches an all-out attack on Jigoku, where he blocks the way of the Kitarō Family.

In Shōsetsu Gegege no Kitarō ~Ao no Koku~, Wolfman was mentioned as a minion of Backbeard and one of the participants in the original Great Yōkai War on Kikaiga Island.