Kitarou

鬼太郎

Kitarou is a yokai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe (yūrei zoku). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yokai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. His hair is a grayish silver (except for the 2007/2008 incarnation of him which has brown hair. This leads to speculation that this is a complete different Kitarou). His black and yellow vest is made out of the hair of his ancestors.
Kitarou has an assortment of strange weapons at his disposal, including:
* remote-controlled geta sandals
* a detachable hand, also remote-controlled
* a magic chanchanko vest which can protect its wearer from danger
* Spiny hairs which can be shot like arrows
* Another hair which can serve as an antenna for detecting spirit activity
* A magical ocarina (usually used for calling Ittan Momen), which contains a baton, a whip and occasionally music which has the power to damage certain ghosts.
Kitarou has been the icon for many things yokai in Japan since his initial appearance in the 1960's, from statues being built of him to his own "Yokai museums," much like how Gundam is the icon for many things military or robot Japan.
The Oldest (in terms of age not vintage) incarnation of Kitarou seen would be the Kitarou in the 2006/2007 Gegege no Kitarou Live Action Movie where he is a young adult with the appearance between the ages of 18-24.

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First name:: Kitarou

Photo gallery

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Productions featuring this character

(21)

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Gegege no Kitarou (2018)

GeGeGe no Kitaro

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Gegege no Kitarou: Nippon Bakuretsu

Spooky Kitaro: Japan Explodes!!

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Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Japan Rally 3D

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Hakaba Kitarou

Graveyard Kitaro

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Gegege no Kitarou (2007)

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Gegege no Kitarou: Kitarou no Yuurei Densha

Gegege no Kitarou: Kitarou's Ghost Train

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Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Tokkyuu! Maboroshi no Kisha

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Gegege no Kitarou: Obake Nighter

Spooky Kitaro: The Obake Nighter

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Gegege no Kitarou: Daikaijuu

Spooky Kitaro: Giant Sea Monster

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Gegege no Kitarou (1996)

Spooky Kitaro

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Gegege no Kitarou: Jigoku-hen

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Gegege no Kitarou: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Youkai no Daihanran

Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rebellion of the Multi-Dimensional Yōkai

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Gegege no Kitarou: Saikyou Youkai Gundan! Nippon Jouriku!!

Spooky Kitarou: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!!

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Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Daisensou

Spooky Kitarou: Ghost War Struggle

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Gegege no Kitarou (1985 Movie)

Spooky Kitaro

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Gegege no Kitarou (1985)

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Gegege no Kitarou: Chisougan

Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye

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Gegege no Kitarou (1971)

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Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

Movie

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Kitarou Tanjou: Gegege no Nazo

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

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Supporting

Youkai Watch Movie 4: Shadow Side - Oni-ou no Fukkatsu

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King

Voice actors for this character

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Miyuki SawashiroVoices: Japanese

Minami TakayamaVoices: Japanese

Joy ChanVoices: Mandarin

Masako NozawaVoices: Japanese

Noriko HidakaVoices: Japanese

Youko MatsuokaVoices: Japanese

Kalimba MarichalVoices: Spanish

Keiko TodaVoices: Japanese

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