Yama-Warawa

Yama-Warawa or more commonly known as Yama-Waro (山童 Yama-Warawa, lit. Mountain child) in the series is a yōkai.

Appearance

Personality

History

Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō

He appears in episode #20. When Kani-Bōzu was about to be hunted by Yama-Waro, Kitarō saved the former.

1985 Anime

He appears in the fourth movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran!!.^[1] He and Kasha were knocked out by Yumeko Tendō and Neko-Musume with golf clubs.

1996 Anime

2018 Anime

He is first spotted in the 34th episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Emperor Backbeard.^[2] He again appears in episode #48 The Void of Despair and Darkness.

Powers and Abilities

Legend

Yamawaro is a type of kappa widely distributed among middle to western Japan. Yamawaro's original kanji was 山𤢖, and it was from Chinese mythology.

References

Navigation

v • e 1985 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Shisa • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amikiri • Bake-Garasu • Gangi-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kamikiri • Kasa-Bake • Tsurube-Otoshi • Yobuko
Former Enemies	Akaname • Daruma • Hiderigami • Kagami-Jijii • Kamaitachi • Kawauso • Maruge • Sazae-Oni
Flame Yōkai Five	Bake-Bi • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Tenka • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi
Other Allies	Baku • Dodomeki • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gotaimen • Hatahiro • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hōsō-Babaa • Ichimokuren • Kage-Onna • Kanadama • Kitsune-Tsuki • Kuro-Kamikiri • Mizoidashi • Nikonbō-no-Hi • Shirobōzu • Sodehiki-Kozō • Tenjō-Sagari • Watari-Bishaku
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Atama • Akashita • Ama-no-Jaku • Amamehagi • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Binbōgami • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Enra-Enra • Fukkeshi-Babaa • Fukuro-Sage • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Han-Gyojin • Hata-Onryō • Hi Clan • Hitokui-Jima • Hone-Onna • Hyakume • Iso-Onna • Ita-Oni • Iyami • Jami • Kabuso • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Kaminari • Kasha • Kerakera-Onna • Keukegen • Kushizashi-Nyūdō • Makura-Gaeshi • Mannen-Dake • Menko-Tengu • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōryō • Neko-Sennin • Nix & Cobalt • Nobiagari • Nuke-Kubi • Ōdako • Odoro-Odoro • Ōkubi • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Raijū • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō & Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Shishi-Gashira Penanggalan • Suiko • Suisei-no-Okina & Mōrei-Yassan • Takurō-Bi • Te-no-Me & Gaki • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tofu-Kozō & Yama-no-Kami • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami• Wanyūdō • Yama-Otoko • Yama-Tengu • Yamata-no-Orochi • Yanari • Yaobikuni
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ayakashi • Ashi-Arai • Ashi-Magari • Daidarabotchi • Kusa-Kamaitachi • Guwagoze • Ippon-Datara • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kijo • Kowai • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Obake-Hamaguri • Okuri-Chōchin • Shiro-Uneri • Tsujigami • Yama-Warawa
Yōkai Army	Chinpo • Akamata • Yashi-Otoshi
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Kimono Tanuki • Silk Hat Tanuki • Danjūrō-Danuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Western Yōkai Army	Backbeard • Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Army	Qi • Gahi • Kakutanjū • Kuro-Kaibutsu • Kushami-no-Sei • Qi's Troopers • Sanshō • Chinese Tengu • Yōken
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Buer • Dai-Kaijū • Gremlin • Kōmori-Neko • Pii & Monroe • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Onna • Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Yako
Vampire Gang	Yōkaiju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan • Shina-Yasha
Jigoku
Allies	Enma-Daiō • Jigoku-Dōji • Matagorō-no-Oni • Yagyō-san • Yūko
Threats	Datsui-Babaa & Jigoku no Banken • Gotoku-Neko & Tesso • Hitokui-Zakana • Kumo-Otoko • Mimizu-Otoko • Nururibō • Sanzu River Serpent • Sasori-Onna • Shinigami • Sōzuka-Babaa
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Adobarana • Anagura-Nyūdō & Ōgumo • Chōchin-Obake • Fairy Hanako • Furari-Bi • Fūjin • Fuku-no-Kami • Gama-Sennin • Gasha-Dokuro • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Katakira-Uwa • Kijimuna • Kinoko • Kura-Bokko • Mammoth-Otoko • Moth • Ōdako • Nozuchi • Nupperabō • Nure-Onna • Rokuro-Kubi • Sagari • Sanchū • Sankichi • Shifun-Senko • Susanoo-no-Mikoto • Tenjō-Name • Tsurara-Onna • Umi-Jijii • Umibōzu • Yakanzuru • Yama-Oni • Yōkai Flower Spirit • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Matasaburō • Sara-Kazoe & Ōnyūdō
Mermaid	Mermaid Boss • Mermaid Child • Mermaid Princess
Tengu	Dai-Tengu • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Tengu Police
Former Foreign Threats	Genieya & Genieya's Father
Other Foreign Yōkai	Sennin • Yōka

v • e 1996 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
Yōkai Apartments	Abura-Sumashi • Yobuko
Kura-Bokko and Friends	Kura-Bokko • Chōchin-Obake • Kuneyusuri • Nando-Babaa • Tenjō-Name
Former Enemies	Azuki Allied Force (Azuki-Togi • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari) • Bake-Kujira • Fukikeshi-Babaa • Hiderigami • Kani-Bōzu • Kasa-Bake • Katsura-Otoko & Tsukime • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Wanyūdō • Yuki-Onna
Other Allies	Bake-Garasu • Fūjin & Raijin • Gangi-Kozō • Hata-Onryō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kagami-Jijii • Konta • Kuro-Kamikiri • Maruge • Satori • Takekiri-Danuki • Tsurara-Onna • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku • Amefuri-Tengu • Anagura-Nyūdō & Byōchū & Ōmukade • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Buru-Buru • Daidarabotchi • Daruma • Dorotabō • Funa-Yūrei • Guwagoze • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Hi Clan Miko • Hitokui-Jima • Hōkō • Hone-Onna & Ōkubi • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Iyami • Jami • Kage-Onna • Kamanari • Kihatsu • Kubire-Oni • Kyūso • Makura-Gaeshi • Mammoth Flower • Man-Eating Portrait • Mannen-Dake • Miage-Nyūdō • Mōryō • Neko-Mata • Neko-Shō • Nobiagari • Nozuchi • Oboro-Guruma • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubaga-Bi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Buer • Han-Gyojin & Yōkai-Ika • Hyakume Child • Ikkokudō's Shikigami (Gohō-Dōji • Ko-Oni • Seto-Taishō) • Jakotsu-Babaa • Momon-Jii • Poltergeist • Ustrel • Yamata-no-Orochi • Youaltepuztli • Three Assassins (Gotoku-Neko • Nyoi-Jizai • Yama-Jijii)
Backbeard and the Four Yōkai Kings	Backbeard • Giant • Grimalkin • Kōmori-Neko • Viy
Yōkai Army	Akamata • Chinpo • Kijimuna • Yashi-Otoshi
Western Yōkai Army	Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Gang	Qi • Chinese Tengu • Qi's Troopers • Sanshō • Yōjin • Yōken
Other Chinese Threats	Xingtian • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Pii & Monroe • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Chiko
Vampire Yōkai	Kyūketsuju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Tuxedo Tanuki • Kimono Tanuki • Headband Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Amefuri-Kozō • Baby Dorotabō • Dai-Tengu • Enma-Daiō • Gama-Sennin • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Kashabo • Kawauso • Kawazaru • Kubinashi-Uma • Kuchisake-Onna • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Neko-Sennin • Mermaid Child • Obariyon • Shisa • Yakanzuru • Yama-Warawa • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Akaname & Shiro-Uneri • Akashita • Amamehagi • Fukuro-Sage • Kaminari • Kasha • Keukegen & Gasha-Dokuro • Mizu-Sennin
Other Foreign Yōkai	Xú Fú • Yōka • Chiisuttā no Kami

v • e 2018 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Neko-Musume • Nezumi-Otoko • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amamehagi • Amefuri-Kozō • Amikiri • Beto-Beto-san • Chōchin-Obake • Datsue-Babaa • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Hone-Onna • Hyōsube • Ippon-Datara • Iwanabōzu • Kawauso • Kijimuna • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Maruge • Mizu-Yōkai • Nopperabō • Nure-Onna • Ohaguro-Bettari • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Takurō-Bi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Waira • Yagyō-san • Yama-Jijii • Yobuko
Sōkai Apartment	Akaname • Karakasa • Rokuro-Kubi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Mermaids	Uoko Hito • Mermaid Child
Other Allies	Adél • Agnès • Bake-Bi • Bake-Garasu • Binbōgami • Chin-san • Elder & Kojirō • Hakusanbō • Hiderigami • Ibukimaru • Isogashi • Jirōmaru & Tarōmaru • Kagami-Jijii • Karura • Kinoko • Makura-Gaeshi • Nebutori • Seika • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Umibōzu • Yuki
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Akki & Kuro-Akki • Ashi-Magari • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Dream Bell Girl • Gasha-Dokuro • Gyūki • Han-Gyojin & Ōika • Haniwa-Musha • Hōkō • Iyami • Kaminari • Kani-Bōzu • Kasha • Kubire-Oni • Machikomi • Madabin • Mayuge • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōryō • Mujina • Nobiagari • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oshiroi-Babaa • Otoroshi • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Wanyūdō • Yamata-no-Orochi & Mt. Oguro Yobuko • Yama-Tengu • Yōkai Cactus • Yōsuke-kun
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Danichirō • Danjirō • Dansaburō • Newscaster Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Adél (Former) • Belial • Buer • Carmilla • Dracula • Frankenstein • Kōmori-Neko • La Seine • Victor Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfgang • Wolfman
Four Treasonous Generals	Nue • Kurobōzu • Ibukimaru • Tamamo-no-Mae
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ama-no-Jaku • Daidarabotchi • Neko-Sennin • Nuppeppō • Shichinin Dōgyō • Te-no-Me • Tsuchi-Korobi
Saru-Oni-Gumi	Saru-Oni • Kyō • Ren
Other Foreign Threats	Asanbosam • Gahi • Penanggalan • Pii & Monroe • Vampire Elite Johnny • Yasha
Others
Seven School Mysteries	Design Statue • Anatomical Model • Kinjirō Ninomiya Statue • Jinmenken • Beethoven Portrait • Hanako-san • Yōsuke-kun (Former)
Former Threats	Baku • Korō-Bi • Mabyō • Mannen-Dake • Nanashi • Numa-Gozen • Sara-Kozō • Sekiyō • Ubume • Ushirogami
Other GeGeGe Forest Inhabitants	Aka-Atama • Ato'oi-Kozō • Chōchin-Kozō • Gotaimen • Hata-Onryō • Hihi • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Jami • Kamanari • Kuneyusuri • Mai-Kubi • Nuke-Kubi • Sakusan-Baa • Suiko • Tatami-Tataki • Tearai-Oni • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Uwan • Yamabiko • Yama-Warawa
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Gashira • Bake-Bi • Bake-Zōri • Dai-Tengu • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Hitodama • Hitotsumebō • Hitotsume-Kozō • Inugami • Jinmenki • Kaichigo • Kijin • Kubi-Kajiri • Nanashi's Father • Nanashi's Grand Father • Nikao-no-Sō • Nobusuma • Satori • Shōjō • Shuten-Dōji • Taitanbō • Yuki's Mother • Zashiki-Warashi • Zunbera
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gozu • Mezu • Jigoku Oni • Gaki
Malayan Yōkai	Miminaga • Bidi • Egiku • Humpback • Kempas Snake • Take-Nezumi no Sei • Tsuchi no Sei
Other Foreign Yōkai	Agnès' Mother • Dokkyakuki • Mama Kōmori-Neko • Papa Kōmori-Neko • Tubuan • Yōka

[1] GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran

[Ep34-2] GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 34

[1]

[2]