Jibanyan

Jibanyan the tritagonist and mascot of the Yo-Kai Watch franchise.
He's a Yokai and the ghost of a cat named Rudy (Akamaru in the original japanese) who died in an accident after being ran over by a truck. He was one of the first Yokai encountered by Nathan Adams, where he was found haunting the street that he died on. After this, Jibanyan befriended him and became one of his primary companions.
He is voiced by Etsuko Kozakura from original, Takaya Kuroda from Shadowside in the Japanese versions and by Alicyn Packard for Seasons 1-2 and Kira Buckland for Season 3 in the English version, as Jiba Jinpei, he is voiced by Mutsumi Tamura.
==Roles==
He is the tritagonist of the game series, appearing as the tritagonist of the first game, one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Whisper) of Yo-Kai Watch 2, the main protagonist of Yo-Kai Watch Blasters and its Japan-exclusive sequel, one of the three deuteragonists (alongside Whisper and Usapyon) of Yo-Kai Watch 3 and one of the main protagonists of Yo-Kai Watch 4. He is also one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Whisper) of the anime series, appearing as one of the two deuteragonists of the original series and the 2019 sequel/soft-reboot Yo-kai Watch!, a major character in Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside and the main protagonist (as Jiba Jinpei) of Yo-kai Watch Jam - Yo-kai Acadamy Y, as well as one of the main protagonists of the movies.
==Appearance==
=== Rudy ===
As Rudy (Akamaru), his appearance was that of a regular cat with red fur. He had a curved muzzle instead of a wavy muzzle, he also had white inner ears and paws tips with a regular tail.
=== Original ===
Jibanyan after his death, is a red and white coloured cat with a chip in his left ear. He has yellow coloured eyes with large pupils, his nose and inner-ears are dull shade of pink. Attached to his collar is an aquamarine coloured bell, matching the flames at the end of his two tails. He wears a harumaki around his belly.
=== Lightside ===
In his lightside form, he looks similar to his original form, but he is now taller with a wicked look on his face along with thin, vertical pupils on his eyes. His red fur is less saturated and became shagger. His two tails are short & his paws have visible digits.
=== Shadowside ===
In his Shadowside Form, he grown taller with his body shape similar to Rubeus J (Red J). He has a devilish smile on his face, as he grown sharp fangs with his eyes having no pupils and now has a glowing, light-yellow eyes. His white paws are flamed shaped, He has grown claws, & his wisps on his tails are more fierce.
==Background==
Before Jibanyan died due to an car accident, he was a normal cat named Rudy that was adopted by a girl named Amy.
As a Yo-kai, he resorts to possessing people to fight on-coming trucks after numerous failed attempts to do so by himself. Luckily, he is stopped from doing this and is then befriended by Nate and Whisper, whose house he later decides to move into. He initially shows a mischievous and carefree side, easily breaking the rules and nearly being exorcised and having to be saved by Nate. However, he quickly makes amends shortly thereafter.
Jibanyan has an affinity for Chocobars and anything related to his favorite music group, Next HarMEOWny (NyaKB in Japanese). Jibanyan is also eager to fight over other Yo-kai when needed, as shown in Signibble's assault at Nathan's sleepover. Also, he is quick to take action in dire moments, such as trying to force summoning when Nathan is possessed by Babblong and trying to prove superior than Robonyan, his robotic counterpart. He is very content in protecting Nathan from harm convicted by other Yo-kai.
In the Shadowside series, Jibanyan is more rough, tough looking, and less friendly than his original series. Despite this, he's very supportive to his friends and do anything to save them, especially his former owner Amy (Emi-Chan) & his daughter Miho. 
Sometime before the events of the Shadowside series, he lost his memory remembering anything, such as his previous owner, Amy (Emi-Chan). So he dosen't know why he got the hatred of destroying trucks, his addiction of Chocolate bars. Additionally, his heart sometimes become softer everytime he sees a school girl. As he reunited to his former own, his memory came back but reverted to his Original form in a short time.
==Trivia==
*In Episode 91 of the Yo-kai Watch anime, Jibanyan was revealed to be able to hold fifteen chocobars in his haramaki.
*Jibanyan has many different versions of himself, through fusions or not even related through Jibanyan.
**Also, within the franchise, Jibanyan's popular design was used in different Cat Yo-kai.
*His name is actually a combination of jibakurei (Japanese: 地縛霊 "ghost bound to a location") and nyan, the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's meow.
*His Japanese Voice actor, Etsuko Kozakura, also voiced Dawn's and Piplup Pokemon Diamond & Pearl anime, Cosmo from Sonic X, Omochao from Sonic the Hedgehog series, and Tamama from Sgt. Frog.
*His first English Voice Actress, Alicyn Packard, also voiced Little Miss Sunshine from The Mr. Men Show.
*His Second English Voice Actress, Kira Buckland, also voiced Setsuna in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Umi Sonoda in Love Live! School Idol Project, Izumo Kamiki in Blue Exorcist series, Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Hiyoko Saionji & Kirumi Tojo in Danganronpa video games/anime series, Petunia Rhubarb & Laura Carrot in The VeggieTales Show, Beatrice in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Sophia Ascart in I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags, 2B in NieR: Automata, Eris in KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!, Julis Riessfeld in The Asterisk War, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Maria Naruse in Testament of Sister New Devil Series, Athena Asamiya in Psycho Soldier, Katarina in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem, Eirika in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Talim in Soulcalibur XI, Yuri Sakazaki in Art of Fighting, Kuroyukihime in Accel World, Honoka in Dead or Alive, Kougyoku Ren in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Lilli and Luste Teuber in Rosenkreuzstilette, Reimi Sugimoto in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable, MarvelousAQL in Neptunia Victory, Female Cross in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Nio Altugle in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, Eri Shinkai in AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission and AIKa Zero, Malva in Pokémon Generations, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, Evangelyne in Wakfu, Mary Saotome in Kakegurui, Rebecca Bluegarden in Edens Zero, and Madoka Kyouno in Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne.
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