Iwanabōzu

Iwanabōzu (岩魚坊主, lit. Rock fish Monk, meaning "Char Monk") is a char fish yōkai.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
In the sixth anime, not much is known about Iwanabozū, other than that he is a harmless yōkai and is rather calm. He is shown having an interest in Shogi, as he played a match against Akaname.
==History==
===1985 Anime===
===1996 Anime===
===2007 Anime===
He is the 18th of the chosen 47 Yōkai Warriors and the representative of Gifu Prefecture.
Along with Nami-Kozō, Iwanabōzu appears and becomes one of the 47 Yōkai Warriors in episode #92 of the fifth anime adaptation, Violent!! Yōkai Waterwheel!! Good Luck Nami-Kozō.
===2018 Anime===
An Iwanabōzu appears in episode #23, The Yōkai Apartment Secret Story. In this episode, he becomes one of the new tenants of the Sokai Apartment, where he plays shogi with Akaname.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 23
Five Iwanabōzu appear in episode #28, The Great Yōkai War. They appear along with several other yōkai of the GeGeGe Forest to help Kitarō fight off the Western Yōkai. Three saw Victor Frankenstein coming towards them, when his monster comes down, consuming two of them as one fell backwards to Hyōsube. He and two more are later seen witnessing the fight between the monster with Nurikabe. After Backbeard's army retreats, the three are seen recuperating from their injuries along with the others.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 28
One is among the crowd gathered around the GeGeGe House, trying to drive Agnès out of the forest. He listens to Medama-Oyaji's warning that if they drive her out then the tragedy Malay yōkai will repeat somewhere else. Soon followed by Kitarō as he explains how grave the consequences are if Japan becomes a part of Backbeard's empire. Causing the crowd to look at one another, until Kitarō draws their attention as he stands on his resolve to fight.GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 35
==Powers and Abilities==
Another World Travel: He can freely travel from this world to another world to guide spirits to heaven.
Elemental Conversion
*Petrification
==Legend==
Iwanabōzu are char that have gained magical abilities and become yōkai. They take on the form of a monk and appear to berate fishermen who overfish or use cruel methods for fishing.
Once, a monk confronted a group of fishermen for using poison to capture fish, stating that they would end up poisoning themselves and ordering them to stop. To get rid of him, the fishermen offered him some dango, which he took before parting. With him gone, they continued using the poison to fish, even catching a large char around 1.8 meters. When they returned to their village and prepared to cook the giant char, they found to their surprise that when cutting it, in it was the dango they gave to the monk.
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