Tenjō-Name

Tenjō-Name (天井なめ Tenjō-Name) is a reptilian yōkai and a resident of the Yōkai Apartments. He first appears in the Shonen Sunday story Kamanari.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
Tenjō-Name's favorite food is mold. He is also quite skilled at shogi and even once made to the finals of a tournament against Abura-Sumashi.
==History==
===Manga===
Tenjō-Name appeared primarily during the Shonen Sunday run as a resident of the Yōkai Apartments, usually only as a background character.
He made a much more prominent appearance in the Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō chapter Tofu-Kozō, where he is brought in to lick up the mold outbreak caused by Tofu-Kozō. When this proves too much even for him, a spoonful of his gastric acid is mixed with a tubful of water to create a mold-removing elixir to save the day.
===1985 Anime===
===1996 Anime===
===2018 Anime===
Tenjō-Name appears in episode #28, The Great Yōkai War. He appears along with several other yōkai of the GeGeGe Forest to help Kitarō fight off the Western Yōkai.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 28
===Live-Action===
==Non-Kitarō appearances==
===Showa===
In Showa: A History of Japan, NonNonBa tells young Mizuki about the Tenjō-Name when they spend the night at her hometown.
===The Great Yōkai War===
==Powers and Abilities==
Extendable Tongue: Tenjō-Name can extend his tongue to lick mold off of any surface.
Mold Dissolving Elixir: Mixing only a spoonful of his gastric acids with a tubful of water can create an elixir that can dissolve any mold.Tofu-Kozō, Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō
==Legend==
Tenjō-Name is a yōkai that appears at night to lick the ceiling, leaving a noticeable stain there. It appeared in mansions and halls when no one was around, using its long tongue and body to reach the ceiling to lick it. If one finds a stain on the ceiling, it is said to be Tenjō-Name's doing. Modern stories tell that these stains may contain monstrous faces and starting at these stains may lead to insanity and possibly death.
Tenjō-Name was created by Toriyama Seiken in the Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, inspired by an entry from Yoshida Kenkō's Tsurezuregusa, which advises that building high ceilings in homes will make for a cold and dimly lit winter, Seiken wrote that this is not because of a house policy, but rather Tenjō-Name is preventing light from reaching the room.
Additionally, his appearance originated from the Hyakki Yagyō Emaki, which in turn would become the basis for Isogashi.
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