Charlie (Shadowside Yo-kai)

, also known as, is a Shadowside Yo-kai introduced in the Shadowside anime.

Biology


In his Lightside form, Charlie is an Inanimate Object Yo-kai, who resembles a blue bicycle.

The headlight acts as his eye, which is yellow and red in color, and the front wheel is his mouth.

It seems that the pedals work like arms for him, while the kickstand acts as his legs.

In this Shadowside form, he resembles a less anthropomoprhic bicycle, but it's covered in ghostly flames. His wheels burn blue, while his back burns black, with the flames vaguely resembling a rider in shape. He also appears to have a face with a big toothy mouth and two mismatching eyes.

Blowing away the flames reveals that the bicycle underneath is skeletal.

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside


Charlie is a Yo-kai which first appeared in the second episode of the Shadowside anime. He was originally owned by a school student who lost him. Charlie went looking for him and put an X on the face of every kid he found who wasn't his owner using a chain attack available to his Shadowside form. With the help of the yo-kai detective agency he was able to find his owner. Unfortunately, his owner had obtained a new replacement bike by then. Shortly after, he was forcibly transformed into his Shadowside and attacked the Yo-kai Detective team. He was then defeated by Komasan (Shadowside). He then gave his Ark to Akinori Arihoshi who later gave him the nickname Charlie.

In the fifth episode of the Shadowside anime, Charlie was summoned for the first time by Natsume Amano, in order to defeat Lucky. Instead of being summoned through the watch as normal, Charlie is seen riding another bike to the scene of the battle. He is easily defeated, and sent flying through the air.

Etymology
is derived from the Japanese word.

Trivia

 * He shares his name with a character from the original Yo-Kai Watch anime, from the "Manjimutt: The Great (Dog) Escape".
 * He thought his original owner had given him a name, but he was merely calling him "chari", a Japanese word for "bike".