Yanari

Yanari (家鳴り Yanari, lit. House Squeaker) are miniature to human-sized oni yōkai.

Appearance

Personality

In the 2007 anime, they don't speak normally, instead make chattering noises, and Kyūso can understand their sayings. They also don't usually squeak buildings unless they are interested in or are entertained, or being threatened.

History

1985 Anime

A trio of Yanari appear in episode #92 of the third anime adaptation, The Man-Eating House and Yōkai Yanari.

2007 Anime

Multiple Yanari appear in episode #72 of the 5th anime adaptation, Yōkai Castle Awakens!! Shu-no-Bon's Difficult War Story.

Powers and Abilities

Legend

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 2007 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
Yōkai Apartment	Amabie • Kasa-Bake • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Rokuro-Kubi • Sunakake-Babaa • Yobuko
Yōkai Yokochō	Abura-Sumashi • Bake-Dako • Hakusanbō • Kasha • Maruge • Nuppehofu • Nurikabe-Nyōbō & Ko-Nurikabes • Ohaguro-Bettari • Ōkubi • Shirobōzu • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Wanyūdō
Shinigami's Family	Aoko • Honeta • Shinigami No. 99
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Hakari • Azuki-Babaa
Kappa Pond	Shibaten • Garappa • Kankichi • Medochi • Neneko • Yamashita
Tengu Police	Dai-Tengu • Higomo • Kuro-Karasu
Yuki-Onna	Okuro • Yuki-Jorō
Amami Tribe	Miu • Miu's Mother • Kai
47 Yōkai Warriors	Akamata • Akashita • Amabie • Aoi • Azuki-Arai • Dansaburō-Danuki • Gyōbu-Danuki • Hitotsume-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ichimokuren • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Ittan-Momen • Iwanabōzu • Kabukiri-Kozō • Kame-hime • Kasha • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Kuro-Karasu • Matsu no Seirei • Mikari-Baba • Mintsuchi • Namahage • Nami-Kozō • Nora • Nurikabe • Osakabe-hime • Osan-Kitsune • Raijū • Seko • Shidaidaka • Shirobōzu • Sunakake-Babaa • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Tearai-Oni • Tesso • Waira • Wakasa Mermaid • Wanyūdō • Yadōkai • Yakanzuru • Yama-Jijii • Yanboshi • Yobuko • Zashiki-Warashi
Other Allies	Amefuri-Kozō • Aobōzu • Bake-Garasu • Bakerō • Baku • Bari-Bari • Biwa-Bokuboku • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Hoihoi-Bi • Ido-Sennin • Kokon • Nue • Osore • Rashōmon-no-Oni • Shiroshōzoku • Shisa • Tenjō-Sagari • Tsunomagari Obake Stag Beetle • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Uwan • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku & Te-no-Me • Bake-Tōrō • Bake-Zōri • Furu-Tsubaki • Gyūki • Hari-Onago • Hata-Onryō • Hone-Onna & Mai-Kubi • Hyakume • Isogashi • Itsu-Maden • Jami • Jubokko • Kubi-Kajiri • Kubire-Oni • Kurobōzu • Kuro-Kihatsu • Kyōkotsu • Kyōrinrin • Makura-Gaeshi • Mokumokuren • Momon-Jii • Mōrei-Yassan • Neko-Shō • Numa-Gozen • Odoro-Odoro • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shichinin Misaki • Shibito-Tsuki & Chimi-Mōryō & Dosei • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Korobi • Tsuchinoko • Tsujigami • Ubume • Yato-no-Kami & Orochi-Onna
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kamaitachi • Kani-Bōzu • Kyūso • Hitorima • Katasharin • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Yōkai Castle • Yuki-Nyūdo & Mashiro
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Balmond • Count Dracula • Dracula II • Dracula III • Frankenstein • Gorgon • Gremlin • Mabi • Maken • Mummies • Panther • Pumpkin Soldiers • Vampire Bats • Witch • Wolfman • Wild • Youaltepuztli • Zambia
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
South Asian Five	Akamata • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Po • Yashi-Otoshi
Qi's Gang	Qi • Gahi • Kami-no-Sei • Tora-Otoko • Yangtze Suiko
Koku'unbō's Army	Koku'unbō • Tengu-Kugutsu • Suiryūmaru • Taimatsumaru
Other Foreign Threats	Belial • Mahi Mahi • Kahaku • Kyūketsuju • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite • Yasha
Others
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gokan-Ō • Sō-Daiō • Jion-Ō • Gion-Ō • Godō Tenrin-Ō • Renge-Ō • Byōdō-Ō • Shokō-Ō • Henjō-Ō • Taizan-Ō • Shinkō-Ō • Toshi-Ō • Gozu • Mezu
Shinigami	Shinigami Chief • Shinigami No. 100
Former Threats	Akaei • Amamehagi • Daruma • Dodomeki • Dorotabō • Fuguruma-Yōbi • Gasha-Dokuro • Hidarugami • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Kagami-Jijii • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Keukegen • Miage-Nyūdō • Monroe & Pii • Nobiagari • Noderabō • Shiro-Kihatsu • Tsubomi • Ushirogami
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Atama • Akaname • Anagura-Nyūdō & Jaki • Ayatsuri-Musume • Bake-Danuki • Bakenoko • Birabira • Cerberus • Chikarasui • Chōchin-Kozō • Chōchin-Obake • Furusoma • Futatsume-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Gobutsu • Hiderigami • Hitodama • Hitotsume-Kozō • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hizama • Iyake-Mushi • Kami-Kokeshi • Kawa-Otoko • Kaze-no-Kami • Kiba-Gurui • Kijimuna • Kinu-Tanuki • Ko-Oni • Kuneyusuri • Kyushu Kappa • Mikoshi-Nyūdō & Baby • Minomushi-Bi • Mitsume-Kozō • Mitsume-Nyūdō • Nebutori • Nekoko • Nyoi-Jizai • Ohiagari • Okiku • Oshiroi-Babaa • Ōyamai • Sakeyoi • Shichimi • Shiro-Uneri • Soroban-Bōzu • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tenka • Yamai • Yama-Oni • Yanari • Yōkai Cactus • Yōkaiju • Yuki-Otoko
Other Foreign Yōkai	Aguri • Golem & Ko-Golem • Guha • Karura • Monroe & Pii • New Guinea Forest Spirits • Yōka