Kitarō is the main and titaled character of the Gegege no Kitarō series.
History[]
Gegege no Kitarō[]
Kitarō is one second last surviving member of the Ghost Tribe, along with his father, Medama-Oyaji. He is often seen help the Yokai and humans with any known paranormal activity. He also became on and off friends with a half-Yokai known as Nezumi-Otoko, as well as close friends with Neko-Musume, Sunakake-Babaa, Konaki-Jijii, Ittan-Momen and Nurikabe. Kitarō was shown to fight against evil yōkai who use the human world for their own advantaged such as Nuraihyon, Vampires such as the infamous Count Dracula, Nezumi-Otoko some times, Backbeard, Neko-Sennin and Kōmori-Neko.
Yo-Kai Watch[]
Kitarō appeared in Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside Oni-ō no Fukkatsu, where he and his family of Yo-Kai was confronted by Natsume Amano, Akinori Arihoshi and Jibanyan in hopes to help their friend Touma Tsukinami. After thinking about it, Kitarō, Medama-Ovaji, Nezumi-Otoko and Ittan-Momen to heal Touma and created the Yo-Kai Watch Ogre after destroying his demonic cuff and left shortly after.
Kitarō also appears in Yo-Kai Watch: Wibble Wobble, as one of the guest characters, being a member of the Brave tribe.
Kitarō again appeared in Yo-Kai Watch 4, possibly to give out advice.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Psychic Abilities: Kitarō has psychic abilities such as speak to animals with them understanding, sensing the presence of other supernatural beings and is able to control his Geta shoes ad well as his Chanchanko.
- Spiked Hair: Kitarō is able to spike his hair and use it as a projectile against his enemies.
- Incorporeal: Kitarō has been shown to faze in and out of the ground to avoid large attacks.