Jibanyan (Rave)

JIbanyan (ジバニャン, Jibanyan) is a Yo-kai from the Yo-kai Watch series and appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Rave.
He is voiced by Kira Buckland in English and Etsuko Kozakura in Japanese, with the former reprising her role from the English dub of season 3 of the Yo-kai Watch anime, while the latter reprises her role from both the games and the anime.
==Attributes==
Jibanyan is a small lightweight with average mobility on the ground and slow air speed. His strength and defense are subpar, but he excels in close-range combat. He can also crawl and wall jump. If he enters water, then he will take continuous damage as he does not know how to swim in his home series.
He has a fighter ability called the Soul Meter, which is a gauge displayed above his damage meter that is filled up by dealing damage to opponents or by consuming food. Once full, his special moves will be powered up to a Soultimate move, at which then the meter is depleted.
==Moveset==
===Ground Attacks===
Neutral attack	Scratches with his left paw, then his right, and then he scratches with both.
Forward tilt 	Whips his twin tails forward.
Up tilt 	Performs an uppercut with his claw.
Down tilt 	Crouches and slashes low on the ground.
Dash attack 	Performs a sliding attack, falling face-first on the ground.
Forward smash 	Spawns Whisper and swings him downward like a hammer.
Up smash 	Swipes his tails above himself twice, leaving a trail of fire.
Down smash 	Slams both of his tails on both sides, releasing two pillars of fire.
===Air Attacks===
Neutral aerial	Curls into a ball, performing a somersault.
Forward aerial	Swipes his claws downward, meteor smashing at the tips of the claws.
Back aerial 	Swipes his tails behind himself.
Up aerial 	Pulls out a katana set aflame and slashes above himself.
Down aerial 	Thrusts all four of his paws downward.
===Grabs & Throws===
Grab 	Emits a spectral paw from his arm.
Pummel 	Performs a headbutt to the opponent.
Forward throw	Spawns Whisper and uses him like a baseball bat, hitting the opponent away.
Back throw 	Knocks the opponent backward with his tails.
Up throw 	Throws the opponent upward while getting on his back, then he juggles them.
Down throw 	Rapidly scratches the opponent on the ground.
===Recovery Attacks===
Floor attack	Swipes his tails in front of himself and behind himself while getting up.
Edge attack 	Lunges forward before getting up.
===Special Moves===
Neutral special	Fire Technique / Victory Technique: Emits a large pair of purple fireballs that spin around him. If the Soul Meter is full, then he fires a V-shaped beam of fire forward.
Side special 	Sharp Claws / Paws of Fury: Slashes twice while moving forward. If the Soul Meter is full, then he performs a flurry of punches forward.
Up special 	Whisper Bounce: Summons Whisper beneath him, then Jibanyan bounces himself upward. If the Soul Meter is full, then Whisper will explode before being covered in ash.
Down special 	Inspirit / Nyaight Inspirit: Spins around, creating a ring of ghostly flames before thrusting his paws upward and sends them in the direction from the control stick. If the Soul Meter is full, then he dances while unleashing a red ring-shaped pulse around him.
Final Smash 	Flurry of Fury: Whisper rushes forward, and if he hits opponents, a cutscene plays where he and Jibanyan fuse into Buchinyan, then they perform a flurry of punches to opponents caught before ending with an uppercut, then they unfuse and Jibanyan returns to normal.
==On-Screen Appearance==
*The lens of a Yo-kai Watch appears with his medallion appearing, then he appears in a puff of purple smoke while saying "Jibanyan!".
==Taunts==
Up taunt 	Performs a dance in place while saying "Gera Gera Po!".
Side taunt	Poses while raising his right arm up and says "Nyeah!"
Down taunt	Takes out a chocolate bar and eats it while saying "Chocobar! Nyan!".
==Idle Poses==
*Licks one of his paws.
*Chases his tails around briefly.
==Victory Poses==
Left 	Happily jumps upward while punching the air twice before posing.
Up 	Yawns, then he curls up and falls asleep.
Right	Performs a short dance, then he poses.
Victory Theme: A remix of one of the victory themes from Yo-kai Watch 2.
==Alternate Costumes==
Red 	His appearance from the Yo-kai Watch series.
Blue 	Hovernyan
Yellow	Tomnyan
Purple	Baddinyan
Green 	Thornyan
Black 	Darknyan
Cyan 	Shogunyan
Gold 	Goldenyan
Category:Characters
Category:Super Smash Bros. Rave