In ancient Japan, that uncanny "something" was thought to be "yokai," ghouls and hobgoblins ... During the Heian Period (794-1185), "oni" demons (with horns and fangs) represented what we now ...

The first installment in his encyclopedia series, titled “The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” was ... Meyer feels the yokai craze continues to grow outside Japan. He organized autograph ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we follow the cry of the Konakijiji, a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure ...

Much like Saint Saturn, the rest of the Elders can also appear to possess Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits modeled after Japanese and Chinese demons and monsters (yokai), except Saint Ju Peter ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend of the ferocious Ushioni, a Yokai with the hulking body of a bull and an ogre-like face. In certain regions of Ehime ...