Faux Kappa

is a Water-attribute, Rank A Classic Yo-kai of the Charming tribe.

The Yo-kai Medallium bio reads; "「これぞ伝統妖怪!」との呼び声も高い頭に皿の乗ったいわゆる典型的な河童. ノガッパとの関係は不明だが格の違いはあきらか. "

He is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Netaballerina.

Appearance
Kappa has the look of a traditional Kappa; a humanoid creature who has green scaly skin, a beak, a plate on the head, and a turtle shell on the back. He has dark green hair growing around the dull yellow plate on his head. He wears nothing but a brown straw skirt. He also carries around a lightly tanned gourd with red strings tied onto it.

Personality
Kappa appears to be a bit intimidating at first glance, but he is friendly. He is also cool-headed and confident in his abilities.

In the anime, he was a bit embarrassed when he accidentally revealed that he liked rap, which supposedly clashed with the traditions of Kappa. However, he came clean and admitted that just sticking to old things was no good, and valuing new things was just as important.

Walkappa
Kappa had a duel with Walkappa to see who was the most genuine Kappa between the two of them. When Kappa lost, he recognized Walkappa as a real Kappa, and thus Walkappa earned his respect. As of episode 97, he is friends with Walkappa and Kapper and they are now the group "Mizukakitai."

Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso and Honke
Kappa is befriended automatically in the story.

History
He makes his debut in episode 33 and challenges Walkappa in swimming, eating, and sumo wrestling. He loses in sumo because his plate dried up in the sun while Walkappa's plate was immune because Walkappa wore sunscreen. Walkappa is now officially a kappa and Kappa gives Nate his medal.

He is first summoned in episode 93 just for the Halloween parade, however, he, Hitotsumekozo, Karakasa-obake, and Rokurokubi get teased despite wearing their normal clothing. This causes them to scare everyone in sight, much to the dismay of Ningyo.

In episode 97, he says he listens to enka, but his beans are spilled and he does in fact like rap music. He quickly joins Walkappa and Kapper's music group. This episode is a turning point for Kappa as he makes a historic speech: "When I challenged Walkappa at sumo . . . Since I didn't use sunscreen, my power evaporated, and I ended up losing. I realized that sticking just to the old ways was no good, and valuing new things was just as important." Whisper seemed to be embarrassed, but he starts rapping just to show his appreciation for Kappa. Nate compliments his new and improved friends, but this causes the Kappa group "Mizukakitai" to have a debut party at Nate's house, much to the annoyance of Nate and Jibanyan.

In other languages

 * Japanese: 河童 Kappa
 * Korean: 접시부기 Jeopsibugi