Oni Yokai

**Oni Yokai** are a variation of the Demon Yokai and the Ogre Yokai who are known for their tiger stripe clothing.

## Physical Appearance

Oni Yokai are humanoid beings in appearance. They're generally taller then the average human. Oni Yokai can have varying appearances. Usually described as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and horns growing from their heads. They can have odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common and are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths.

## Description

Oni Yokai are one of the strongest yokai species in the Hidden World. Predominantly living in Japan, Oni Yokai have a fierce disposition and extraordinary strength. Because of their superhuman strength, which lets them wield a huge metal rod with ease, the people of the surrounding areas fear them as monsters. But they can quite intelligent and rational. Blue Oni and Red Oni are very common in the Hidden World though there are other colors like yellow, black, pink, purple and even green and orange.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Oni Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
	+ Contaminant Immunity
	+ Disease Immunity
	+ Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
	+ Enhanced/Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability
	+ Enhanced/Supernatural Endurance
	+ Enhanced/Supernatural Senses
* Elemental Immunity
* Environmental Adaptation
* Fear Inducement
* Matter Ingestion
	+ Infinite Digestive System
* Natural Weaponry
	+ Claw Retraction
	+ Enhanced Bite
	+ Horn Protrusion
* Regenerative Healing Factor

### Variations

* Anger Empowerment
* Disease Manipulation
* Elemental Manipulation
	+ Darkness Manipulation
	+ Fire Manipulation
	+ Ice Manipulation
	+ Magma Manipulation
	+ Storm Manipulation
* Feral Mind
* Flight
* Invisibility
* Multiple Arms
* Multiple Eyes
* Shapeshifting
* Yokai Physiology (Shinto)

### Types

* Namahage Physiology
* Reiki Physiology

### Associations

* Demon Physiology
* Disaster Manipulation
* Giant Physiology
* Ogre Physiology
* Shinto Deity Physiology
* Troll Physiology

## Pop Culture

Oni have mainly appeared in anime and manga. In Rise of the TMNT, Karai had referred to the Kraang that had appeared when she was a child as an oni. Despite the Kraang actually being an alien from outer space. The Oni Masks from Jackie Chan Adventures are evil masks that house the Oni Generals, embuing the wearer with their powers, as well as their primordial evil. Other characters include Ram and Rem, The Little Ogre, Saizou Komiya, and Coachmon to name a few.

## Variations

### Demon Yokai

Oni can be translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. It varies on which translation someone uses when translating Oni from Japanese to English.

### Ogre Yokai

Oni are described as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common and are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs.

## Life in the Hidden World

Oni Yokai are one of the most common in the Hidden World. They mostly live in the Japan Region of the Hidden City. Though they can come in various colors, red and blue are the most common. They have different personalities as well. Blue Oni have a calm side to themselves, which is very atypical for an oni, and for that reason, unlike others of their kind, they don’t randomly assault human men. They can often be seen hanging around other oni such as the Red Oni, and because of their disposition, they often serve as the brain of the group, controlling the rest and restraining their emotional and coercive actions. As previously mentioned, even if Blue Oni find men who strike their fancy, they won’t try to rape them randomly, but that’s only true when they’re sober. Just like the Red Oni, sake is their favorite thing, and if there’s a guy they like, they’ll probably aggressively invite him to go drinking. However, they aren’t able to handle their liquor at all, rather they get dead drunk just from drinking a lot of sake, and once they get drunk off sake, rationality and self-control get thrown out the window. Their faces turn bright red, and upon revealing the lewd, drunken side of themselves, they become so lustful and ferocious that even the Red Oni pales in comparison. Their true nature as monsters is revealed through sake, and traces of their ordinary, intellectual personality can no longer be seen. They completely transform into lecherous perverts who seek pleasure and spirit energy, thinking about nothing but sex with human men. Naturally, whenever they’re drinking, if there’s a human man nearby, they’ll assault and rape him right away, so that they can enjoy the taste of spirit energy along with their sake. And what’s even more troubling, in spite of the fact that they get drunk easily, they still have a high level of maximum alcohol tolerance, appropriate for an Oni.

Red Oni are by no means ferocious. Although their speech and conduct are rough, they are bighearted and good-natured monsters that don't fret over minor details. They pay no heed whatsoever to the fact that humans fear them, and sometimes they are even pleased to receive men and sake as sacrificial offerings without even doing anything. Their most favorite things are men and sake, and they always drink a lot. They're always drunk, which stains their red faces even redder. On rare occasions, they head to villages to acquire sake and human men that catch their interest to bring back with them to their dwellings. They'll sip sake together with the man they brought inside. After boozing it up and thoroughly enjoying themselves, they'll violently push over a man and enjoy violating him thoroughly, as if he were a snack to go along with the drinks.

Either way, Oni are generally very strong and are one of those yokai species you shouldn't mess with. They can easily take down an opponent clearly stronger then them. They participate in various competitions that involves using their strength. Including in tournaments like the Battle Nexus.

## Symbolism

The oni masks are a symbol of protection for those who believe in the spiritual world. According to tattoo experts, Oni Tattoos means the devil's ability to punish any evil or unjust act. The demonic mask shows trolls and ogres among other evil creatures you may or may not have in history.