Yokai Physiology

Yokai Physiology
Koga and Sesshomaru (InuYasha), a wolf yokai and dog yokai, respectively.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of yokai.

"Diet: souls; occasionally snacks on babies."

― Matthew Meyer, The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai

The power to use the abilities of yokai. Variation of Mythic Physiology.

Also Called

• Bakemono Form/Mimicry/Physiology (animal/monstrous Yokai)
• Obake Form/Mimicry/Physiology (shapeshifting yokai)
• Yokai Form/Mimicry
• Yōkai Form/Mimicry/Physiology
• Youkai Form/Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into a youkai (ghost, phantom, strange apparition), a class of supernatural monsters and spirits in Japanese folklore. Japanese folklorists and historians use yōkai as "supernatural or unaccountable phenomena to their informants". In the Edo period, many artists, such as Toriyama Sekien, created yōkai inspired by folklore or their own ideas, and in the present several yōkai created by them are wrongly considered as being of legendary origin.

Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them. They have often animal features (such as the Kappa, which is similar to a turtle, or the Tengu which has wings), other times they can appear mostly human, some look like inanimate objects and others have no discernible shape. In some folklore, Yōkai are originally animals, or spirits infused with supernatural energy that turns them into Yōkai. Yōkai usually have a spiritual supernatural power, with shapeshifting being one of the most common.

Applications

• Gain the form of yokai.
• Possess any special abilities of yokai.

Variations

See also:

• Akaname Physiology
• Akkorokamui Physiology
• Bakeneko Physiology
• Baku Physiology
• Daidarabotchi Physiology
• Futakuchi-Onna Physiology
• Gashadokuro Physiology
• Hakutaku Physiology
• Hone-Onna Physiology
• Inugami Physiology
• Ippon Datara Physiology
• Jorōgumo Physiology
• Kamaitachi Physiology
• Kappa Physiology
• Kejourou Physiology
• Kitsune Physiology
• Koropokkuru Physiology
• Maneki-Neko Physiology
• Mizuchi Physiology
• Ningyo Physiology
• Nue Physiology
• Nuppeppo Physiology
• Nurarihyon Physiology
• Oni Physiology
• Onmoraki Physiology
• Onryo Physiology
• Raiju Physiology
• Rokurokubi Physiology
• Tanuki Physiology
• Tengu Physiology
• Tesso Physiology
• Tsukumogami Physiology
• Ushi-Oni Physiology
• Yuki-Onna Physiology
• Zashiki-Warashi Physiology

Associations

• Demon Physiology
• Shinto Deity Physiology
• Spirit Physiology

Limitations

• Depending on the type, but most can be affected by spiritual powers or objects, such as those wielded by Shinto priests and shrine maidens.

Known Users

See Also Youkai, Yōkai Wiki and Yokai.com.

• Yokai (Japanese Mythology/Folklore)
• Many characters (Rosario+Vampire)
• Some characters (Kanokon)
• Yokai (Highschool DxD)
• Claymore (Claymore)
• Hanyos (InuYasha)
  • Naraku
  • Inuyasha
  • Jinenji
  • Shiori
  • Izumo
  • Ai
  • Shion
  • Asagi
  • Dai
  • w:c:inuyasha:Roku Roku
  • Moegi
• Most characters (Nekomusume Michikusa Nikki)
• Yokai (Nioh)
• Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Chu (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Rinku (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Jin (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Toya (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Shishiwakamaru/Shishi Wakamaru (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Suzuki/Suzuka (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho); hanyo, after second resurrection
• Various other Yu Yu Hakusho characters (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Some characters (Immari Ommamori)
• Natsuho Nekogasaki (Urami Koi, Koi, Urami Koi)
• Almost everyone (Touhou)
• Yokais (Stitch!)
  • Kijimunaa
  • Tachichu
  • Jojo
  • Pilolo
  • Warracchi
  • Dolores
  • Himamushi
  • Topsy-Turvy
  • Switcheroo
• Many characters (Inu x Boku SS)
• Tora (Ushio to Tora)
• Yo-kai (Yo-kai Watch Series)
• Baron Draxum (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Yokai (Super Sentai)
  • Yokai Army Corps (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger)
    • Nurarihyon
    • Daimaou's family
      • Gashadokuro/Young Noble Junior
      • Yama-uba
      • Daidarabotchi
    • Professor Yugami
    • Nue
    • And more...
  • Kibaoni Army Corps (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
    • Gengetsu Kibaoni
    • Ariake no Kata
    • Kyuemon Shingetsu Kibaoni
    • Mangetsu Kibaoni
    • Raizo Gabi
    • Masakage Tsugomori
    • And more...

Gallery

Claymores (Claymore) are One-Fourth Yokai.

Claire (Claymore)

Yokai of the Demonworld (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Yoko Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho) is a Kitsune/Fox Yokai reborn into a human body.

Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho) is a hybrid Yokai of a Yuki-Onna/Ice Woman and a Fire Demon.

Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) wished to be reborn as a Yokai to prevent aging.

Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) wished to be reborn as a Yokai to prevent aging.

Taigokumaru (InuYasha) is a bat Yokai.

Princess Hime (Princess Resurrection) is from an royal Yokai Family.

Natsuho Nekogasaki (Urami Koi, Koi, Urami Koi) is the Hateful Cat.

Chen (Touhou Project) Black Cat of Bad Omens.

Rin "Orin" Kaenbyou (Touhou) Hell's Traffic Accident.

Keine Kamishirasawa (Touhou Project) Half-Beast of Knowledge and History.

Aya Syameimaru (Touhou) Humble Tengu Reporter.

Hatate Himekaidou (Touhou) Modern Day Spirit Photographer.

Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Touhou) Tanuki with Ten Transformations.

Letty Whiterock (Touhou) Youkai of Winter.

Matatabi/Two-Tails/Nibi and Nii Yugito (Naruto)

The Thunder Card (CardCaptor Sakura) takes the form of a Raiju.

Raijū (Otome Yōkai Zakuro)

Kijiimuna (Stitch!), a yokai from Izayoi Island.

Baron Draxum (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is a Mutant Yokai and an alchemist from the Hidden City.

Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is a Spider Yokai.

Yokai (Usagi Yojimbo)