Onryo Physiology

Onryo Physiology
Toshio Saeki (The Grudge) returned as an Onryo after being drowned by his father.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of a Onryo.

The power to use the abilities of Onryo. Variation of Ghost Physiology.

Also Called

• Onryo Mimicry

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into an Onryō, spirit from Japanese folklore who is able to return to the physical world in order to seek vengeance using the spiritual powers they gain after death.

While male Onryō exist, the majority of them are women, usually young women, with long, stringy black hair that covers their face, clad in a white burial kimono or shroud. Their face itself is often quite ghastly to look upon. Their deaths are often caused by the suffering visited upon them by the capricious whims of their male lovers.

Applications

• Curse Inducement as they sometimes just haunt or give their targets bad luck.
• Decelerated Aging, Semi-Immortality, or Immortality
• Dream Walking
• Fear Inducement
  • Paralysis Inducement
• Ghost Physiology
• Mental Inducement

Variations

• Illusion Manipulation
• Revenge Empowerment

Associations

• Kuchisake-Onna Physiology
• Revenant Physiology

Limitations

• Users may be bound to where they were killed.
• Obsessed with vengeance.
• May lose strength after getting revenge.
• May be weak against Exorcism or holy powers.

Known Users

See Also: Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl.

Folklore/Mythology

• Onryo (Japanese Folklore)

Movies

• The Saeki Family (The Grudge Series)
• Samara Morgan/Sadako Yamamura (The Ring Series)
• Sadayaka (Sadako vs Kayako)

Live Television

• Lee (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)
• The Chen Family (American Horror Story: Roanoke)

Theater

• Oiwa (Yotsuya Kaidan)

Video Games

• Spirits (Fatal Frame series)
• Cynthia Velasquez (Silent Hill 4: The Room)
• Mima (Touhou)
• Hisako (Killer Instinct)

Web Comics

• Erma Williams (Erma)
• Emiko Williams (Erma)

Gallery

Kayako Saeki (The Grudge) is the cursed soul of a dead woman who was killed by her husband.

Sadako Yamamura/Samara Morgan (The Ring)

Sadayaka (Sadako vs Kayako) is the fusion of Sadako and Kayako.

Lee (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)

The Chen Family (American Horror Story: Roanoke) were a family of Korean immigrants that were killed by the vengeful Roanoke colonist spirits at the Roanoke house...

...cursed to haunt the grounds as murderous ghosts.

Hisako (Killer Instinct)

Erma Williams (Erma)

Emiko Williams (Erma)