Kappa(Ninja Sentai Kakuranger)

## Kappa

**Kappa**(カッパ *Kappa*) is a Youkai that appeared in Episode 1 and 2 of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.

He is voiced by **Shôichirô Akaboshi**, who also plays as his human form, **Man with Glasses**(眼鏡の男 *Megane no otoko*).

## Personality

Kappa is an energetic Youkai who often mock and insults his victims.

## Appearance

Kappa has an entirely green body with a yellow abdomen that holds a red circle on the chest while having yellow decorations on the thighs and knees, as well as around the elbows. He has green braided hair on his head while wearing a swimming cap, is wearing goggles, and wrist bands on his arms. He also has webbed hands and feet, webbed fins on his back, and has red lips.

## Biography

### We Are Ninja

Two men, named Sasuke and Saizou, help out a man who got his bag filled with money stolen from a thief. Once they get the bag back, the man gives them a task to take the money in the bag to an island called Kappa Inari Island. While on the island, the two are unknowingly being spied on by a Youkai hiding in the water, named Kappa. Sasuke and Saizou are suddenly chased after by a group of ninjas on the island up to a sealed door. There, a little girl tricks Saizou into step onto a stone button on the ground that unseals the door. The little girl reveals herself to be really the same man who gave Sasuke and Saizou the bag. He reveals that he tricked the two into coming to the island and that the money inside the bag is really a bunch of cucumbers. Suddenly, a man riding a cloud, named Sandayuu, appears and reveals that the sealed door was containing the Youkai energy. With all the Youkai energy unleashed, the man reveals himself to be Kappa. Kappa blows Sasuke and Saizou away to a train station where they comes across the Dorodoros and unleashed Youkai. As the two run away, the come across Sandayuu who sends them to meet with a woman named Tsuruhime. The three pull out three katanas belonging to their ninja ancestors and are given the Doron Changers. They’re then suddenly attacked by Kappa, who arrives with the Dorodoros. The three than use their Doron Changers to transform into three of Kakurangers with Tsuruhime as Ninja White, Saizou as Ninja Blue, and Sasuke as Ninja Red. Tsuruhime fights off the Dorodoros as Saizou and Sasuke watch until Kappa punches them both. The two use their Kakuremaru weapons to fight against Kappa but the Youkai is able to overpower the two and blows all three of them up with his Basketball. Before Kappa could attack again, Muteki Shogun suddenly acts and tries to strike the Youkai with the Flaming Sword. Kappa manages to dodge the giant sword and is suddenly greeted by the flying head of his wife, Rokurokubi.

## Powers/Abilities

**Human Disguise**: Kappa is able to disguise himself as a man wearing a pilot outfit complete with a leather jacket, an aviator hat, a pair of goggles, and green lipstick. He can also disguise himself as a young girl wearing a kimono.

**Adapted Swimming**: Being an aquatic Youkai, Kappa is able to swim in water.

**Hurricane Winds**: Kappa can send his enemies flying away by a simple wave of his hand.

**Teleportation**: Kappa is able to teleport anywhere.

**Kappunch**: Kappa can deliver two strong punches at once.

**Katana**: Kappa’s weapon of choice is an ordinary katana blade that he can use in battle.

**Agility**: Kappa is able to jump up high at an extraordinary height as well as jump around as a green glowing blur.

**Basketball**: Kappa’s Ninpo technique. He can summon a yellow ball covered with green circles and kick it at his enemies where it can blow up.

**Flight**: Kappa is able to fly around in the air, most likely with his wing-like fins underneath his arms.

## Trivia

* After hearing that Arushindo was the head of the kappa in the J-League, Shinohara decided to design Kappa as a soccer player or an athlete.