Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is composed of two kanji characters...

mostly as nationalist narratives, with the native yōkai driving out invading forces, The Great Yōkai War has been read instead for the clash between Japan's...

Tonari no Yōkai-san (Japanese: となりの妖怪さん, lit. "The Yōkai Next to Me") is a Japanese manga series by noho. It originally began serialization online via...

Kitarō series "The Great Yōkai War" (妖怪大戦争, Yōkai Daisensō) draws a great deal of influence from this story, with Kitarō and his yōkai friends driving a group...

with the release of the 2006 Gamera film Gamera the Brave. Yōkai Heaven and its sequel Yōkai Heaven Ghost Hero by Makoto Tezuka in 1986 and 1990, and Sakuya...

Nekomata (original form: 猫また, later forms: 猫又, 猫股, 猫胯) are a kind of cat yōkai described in Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are...

formidable yōkai driven by selfish motives, manipulating and engaging in combat. However, as he fights alongside Nūbē and class 5-3, resolving numerous yōkai-related...

Ayakashi (アヤカシ) is the collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of a body of water. In Nagasaki Prefecture, the atmospheric ghost lights...

The following is a list of Akuma (demons), Yūrei (ghosts), Yōkai (spirits), Kami and other legendary creatures that are notable in Japanese folklore and...

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (Japanese: 妖怪百物語, Hepburn: Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari, lit. One Hundred Yōkai Tales) is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed...