Pop Culture References/Real People and Animals

This article lists all known references to real people and animals in The Battle Cats.
Feature 	References 	Reasoning
Beefcake Cat 	"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" (Muhammad Ali quote) 	Description
Dancer Cat 	Michael Jackson (singer and dancer) 	Design, animations
Masai Cat 	Masai (ethnic group) 	Name, design
iCat 	Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple) 	Description, design
Goemon Cat 	Ishikawa Goemon (outlaw) 	Name, description, design
Enchantress Cat 	Kazuko Hosoki (fortune teller and TV personality) 	JP description
Sengoku Wargods Vajiras units 	Various heroes of the Sengoku period of feudal Japan 	Names, descriptions, designs
Sportsgirl Cat 	Motoko Obayashi (volleyball player) 	JP name, design (holds a volleyball)
Wrestling Cat 	Sahori Yoshida (former freestyle wrestler) 	JP name, JP description, design
Wrestling Cat 	Jang Mi-ran (Olympic weightlifting champion) 	KR name
Cat Eastwood 	Clint Eastwood (actor and filmmaker) 	Name, design
Groucho Cat 	Groucho Marx (comedian and TV star) 	Name, design
Slapstick Cats 	Daisuke and Hanako Miyakawa (comedy duo) 	Design
Psychocat 	Uri Geller (self-proclaimed psychic who bends spoons) 	Design
Minori Yamaoka 	Minori Yamaoka (PONOS staff member) 	Name, description, design
Kanae Nakamura 	Kanae Nakamura (PONOS staff member) 	Name, description, design
Heavyweight Cat 	Yoko Gushiken (TV personality and former boxer) 	JP description, design
Miyamoku Musashi 	Miyamoto Musashi (writer, swordsman and rōnin) 	Name
D'artanyan 	D'Artagnan (the fourth Musketeer) 	Name
Volta 	Alessandro Volta (physicist, chemist and namesake of "volt") 	Name
Ushikawakamaru 	Minamoto no Yoshitsune (AKA Ushiwakamaru) 	Name, description
Ushikawakamaru 	Taira clan (AKA Heike; a clan wiped out by Ushiwakamaru) 	Description
Colossal Benkei 	Benkei (Ushiwakamaru's bodyguard) 	Name
King Nekokhamen 	King Tutankhamun (ancient Egyptian pharaoh) 	Name
Fried Chicken Cat 	Colonel Sanders (founder and mascot of Kentucky Fried Chicken) 	Name, design, Curse ability (possibly references the "Curse of the Colonel" urban legend)
Cat Chief 	Lucky Ikeda (Japanese choreographer) 	Description ("Famous for teapot choreography.")
Kinjirou Cat 	Ninomiya Kinjirō (agriculturalist and philosopher) 	Name, description, design
Master of Mind Soractes 	Socrates (philosopher) 	Name, description, design
Hippoe 	Kaba-chan (transgender actress and choreographer) 	JP name
Jackie Peng 	Jackie Chan (actor and martial artist) 	Name, description
The Face 	Masaoka Shiki (poet and essayist) 	Design
St. Pigge the 2nd 	Elizabeth II (former queen of the UK) 	JP name, JP description
Director Kurosawah 	Akira Kurosawa (filmmaker) 	Name, description
Sir Seal 	Tama-chan (famous seal spotted in Tokyo) 	JP description
R.Ost 	Dachō Club (comedy trio) 	JP name
Camelle 	Hayashiya Kobuhei (former name of Hayashiya Shōzō IX) 	JP name
Rain D. 	Masahiro Nakai (TV host, actor, singer and leader of SMAP) 	JP name, JP description
J.K Bun Bun 	J.K. Rowling (author) 	Name, description
J.K Bun Bun 	Buntaro Kuroi (military journalist) 	JP name
J.K Bun Bun 	William Shakespeare (playwright and poet) 	KR name
Sir Metal Seal 	Tama-chan (famous seal spotted in Tokyo) 	JP description
Ayumi Manbosaki 	Ayumi Hamasaki (singer, actress and model) 	Name
Imperator Sael 	Uma Thurman (actress and model) 	Name
Maawth 	Lady Gaga (singer and actress) 	JP name, description
Nimoy Bore 	Leonard Nimoy (actor) 	Name, description, design
Two Can 	Kyosen Ōhashi (TV host and writer) 	JP name, description, design (Ōhashi sounds like the Japanese word for toucan)
Boraphim 	Tarō Kida (composer and pianist) 	JP description
Queen B 	Mitsuko Mori (singer and actress) 	JP name
Queen B 	Beyoncé (singer and actress, AKA Queen B) 	Name, JP description (mentions the entertainment industry)
Lord Gravey 	Taro Hakase (musician) 	JP description
Big Sal 	Sadaharu Oh (retired baseball player) 	JP name, JP description
Zamelle 	Cameron Diaz (retired actress, model and cover girl) 	JP name, description
Selena 	Selena Gomez (singer and actress) 	Name (more likely due to JP name also being a reference)
Selena 	Namie Amuro (retired singer and actress, AKA Amuro-chan) 	JP name
M. Ost 	Audrey (comedy duo) 	JP name, JP description
Bears Be Back 	Kaneko "KAZLASER" Kazunori (member of comedy duo Maple Chogōkin) 	Design (Red Bear)
Bears Be Back 	Daiko "Miyazon" Miyazono (member of comedy duo Anzen Manzai) 	Design (Black Bear)
Bears Be Back 	Seiya Ishikawa (member of comedy duo Shimofuri Myojo) 	Design (Angel Bear)
Bears Be Back 	Kazuhiro Unagi (member of comedy duo Ginshari) 	Design (Alien Bear)
Bears Be Back 	Natsu Ando (member of comedy duo of Maple Chogōkin) 	Design (Zombie Bear)
Gobble 	Hideaki "Tackey" Takizawa (retired singer and actor) 	JP name, JP description
St. Dober 	Hachiko (Shiba Inu who died waiting for his owner) 	Description
Johnnyleon 	John Lennon (singer, songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles) 	Name, description
Aku Gory 	Hiroyuki Miyazako (comedian who become a YouTuber following a yakuza scandal dubbed "the comedians' dark business problem")	JP description
Fallen Bear 	Demon Kakka (musician, voice actor, sumo wrestling commentator, etc.) 	JP name, JP description
Deathkory 	Paul Stanley (musician and co-founder of KIϟϟ) 	Design
Sathankhamun VIII 	King Tutankhamun (ancient Egyptian pharaoh) 	Name
Dogenstein 	Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist) 	Name, design
Tarsiriel 	Peter Cooper (inventor) 	Design
Dark Dober 	Antonín Leopold Dvořák (composer) 	JP name, description
Doctor K.O. 	Karl Marx (philosopher and founder of modern communism) 	Name (K.O. starts with a "K"), design, trait, appears with CTO Seal in Pop-pop Wonderland
Techn-Old Hyena 	Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist) 	Design, trait (Alien, possibly referencing how Einstein is the father of modern cosmology)
Argentina 	Diego Maradona (soccer player and manager) 	Base
Miyazaki Prefecture (EoC stage 5 in BCJP) 	Hideo Higashikokubaru (comedian and former governor of Miyazaki) 	Base
Ishikawa Prefecture (EoC stage 25 in BCJP)	Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui (former pro baseball player from Ishikawa) 	Base
Corona 	Yuko Ogura (idol and model who jokingly claims to be one "Princess Apple-Momoka" of the apple-shaped planet Korin) 	JP name (Planet Korin → Planet Koron), base, appearance on the map, Treasure (Pop Idol)
Capone's Jail 	Al Capone (crime boss) 	Name
Adamski Type 	George Adamski (ufologist) 	Name
Undertow Coast 	Nagisa Ōshima (film director and screenwriter) 	JP name
Garden of Wilted Thoughts 	Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology (Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy) 	JP name
Dogsville 	ROLAND (host) 	JP name (ROLAND → WANLAND), King Wahwah's JP description says Everlord Wanwan is a host
Bear Grills 	Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (adventurer and TV presenter) 	Name
Heat Wave Blues 	Bruce Lee (actor, filmmaker and martial artist) 	JP name (サマータイムブルースリー can be read as "Summertime Bruce Lee")
Runner-Up #2 	2-i ja dame nande shōka" (half of a controversial quote from politician Renhō Saitō) 	
Church of Mercator 	Gerardus Mercator (geographer and cartographer) 	Name
Bug Squashing 	Tsuyoshi Takashiro (Japanese DJ, filmmaker and writer) 	JP name
Bookmarkers 	Naoto Inti Raymi (singer) 	JP name
"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." 	"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." (Steve Jobs quote) 	-
Category:Pop Culture References