Komasan

is a Rank D Fire-attribute Rare Yo-kai (as of Yo-kai Watch 2) of the Charming tribe.

The Yo-kai Medallium bio reads: "Komasan is a guardian lion-dog that got bored with guarding his shrine. Now he's looking for a new one."

Originally, Komasan evolves into Komane starting at Lv. 35. As of Yo-kai Watch Busters, Komasan now evolves when fused with the Monge Hitodama.

Komasan is also the mascot of Yo-kai Watch Busters: White Dog Corps.

Biology
Komasan is a Komainu (though more closely resembling a shiba inu) with long, blue fiery eyebrows that look similar to Hitodama flames. He has ivory-colored fur with a light blue stomach, tail, and inner ears. His eyes are a lime green color and he has red swirls on his cheeks and hips. He carries a green backpack with white spirals wrapped around his shoulders, and a small, green sling pouch (from Yo-kai Watch 2 and beyond). This appearance is somewhat retained in his human disguise.

Personality
Komasan is an ice cream-loving Yo-kai from the countryside. After his shrine was demolished, he wandered into the city in search of soft serve ice cream. According to the Yo-kai Wiki it states, "A Koma dog that came from a rural area to an urban area. He freaks out saying "Monge~!" to express awe at the city".

In the anime, Komasan is portrayed as a "country bumpkin", unaware of the goings-on of city life. He often ends his sentences with "zura", which is how people from rural Nagano Prefecture (particularly Suwa) speak and is typically used to satirize country folk. When he is surprised or impressed, he uses the word "monge", a slang word meaning 'tremendous'. He tries his best to learn as much as he can to present himself as a good role model to his younger brother, Komajiro. He pretends to be very knowledgeable about city life. However, Komajiro has a high capacity to adapt to the city and soon becomes a DJ at a nightclub. Komasan spends most of his time roaming the city in search of delicious food, particularly soft serve ice cream, as well as going on adventures with his brother.

In the English version, Komasan is voiced with a Southern accent and often uses similar expressions in his speech, such as "y'all". His catchphrase is "Oh my swirls", which he says whenever he's excited, surprised, or upset.

Komasan is sometimes uninterested in changing people's minds. In one of his side stories, 'Movin' On Up', when the president of the company Komasan was working at retired, he says "Well, that's a plum great idea, y'all.".

Unchikuma showed up in an episode once, and he shared some interesting facts with Komasan, but Komasan was more interested in enjoying nature (he was catching butterflies at that moment).

When Nate summoned Komasan to stop Mukamukade, he ended up getting inspirited by the centipede Yo-kai, however, the way he channels his anger drove him to work toward stopping whatever problem would tick him off (e.g, scraping all the gum off the street), to the point where he eventually forced Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan and even Mukamukade to help him.

Whenever he serves as a judge in a contest, he has a strange way of deciding who wins. For example, in the Yo-kai Red & White Song Battle, Komasan chose the Red team as the winner because Jibanyan was red and happy while Whisper was white and unhappy.

Relationships
This Yo-kai belongs to the Komainu family of Yokai alongside Komajiro, Komane, Komiger, and Mighty Dog.

Komajiro
Komasan's younger brother, whom he loves very much, and strives to look cool and street-savvy toward. When Komajiro seems to take on the ways of the city much more quickly than he does, Komasan grows worried and possibly jealous. The pair live together in a small house and often go on small adventures with one another. Despite being younger, Komajiro is smarter than Komasan.

Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan
Ever since they first met, they have been friends.

Koma Mom
Komasan writes and sends Koma Mom letters about how his life in the city is going. She appears in the second movie when Komasan and Komajiro go and visit her.

Manga Artist
Komasan briefly falls in love with a manga artist at a local coffee shop and is distraught by the fact that they can't be together due to coming from different worlds. He disguises himself as a human to befriend her and and aids her when she loses her manuscript on the sidewalk. Later, he finds her disconsolate in the shop, and she explains that her publisher rejected her Yo-kai comic since no one believes in Yo-Kai anymore.

As their hands briefly touch, Komasan realizes that he encountered the same girl when she was much younger; she had passed him by with her grandmother while holding a cone of soft serve ice cream, which caught his attention. The girl admits that the experience was what inspired her to draw Yo-Kai comics in the first place, but has now become discouraged by constant rejection. Bravely, Komasan reveals himself, inspiring the girl to draw her next comic based on him. Komasan purchases her comic, but is disappointed to find that she portrayed him as a towering, ferocious monster. Ultimately, Komasan admits that he doesn't regret talking to her despite the relationship not working out, and gained a liking for coffee (which he previously found disgusting).

Powers and Abilities
In the game and movie, Komasan's power (and soultimate) is the Spirit Dance. He also has quite a high spirit stat (for a rank D Yo-Kai).

Yo-kai Watch
Komasan is befriended automatically through the main story in chapter 7, after upgrading the Yo-kai Watch to Rank C.

Additionally, Komasan appears in the Infinite Inferno's 1st and 2nd circles.

Quotes

 * Loafing: "I'm scared..."

Season 1
Nate and Whisper first meet Komasan in episode 7.

In episodes 9-24, 26, he has his own life mini section with Komajiro.

In episode 45, he confronts Sunao.

In episode 46, Poofessor attempts to tells him trivia, but Komasan is more interested in what is around him.

In episode 49, he and Komajiro dress as Santas and deliver presents for children. For the first time in the anime, Komasan proves Komajiro, as a Santa, should not have used a bus to return to him. Komajiro admits he was wrong, but he used the bus because if he walked, he would have been unable to give Komasan a Chirstmas present: a small green sling pouch. Komasan thanks his brother and they enjoy the rest of Christmas.

In episodes 54-57, he and Nate listen to a granny tell folk tales in the manner of science fiction.

In episode 56, he and Komajiro get positively jealous of Wantston.

In episode 58-65, he and Komajiro form an expedition team.

In episode 59, he tells a personal sick story that involved Komajiro so that Odenjin's oden would be ready to eat, but it was no avail.

In episode 71, he makes a cameo and eats a boyfriend's ice cream.

In episode 73, Mukamukade makes him ticked off. Unlike Happierre, however, he solves his ticked off problems by cleaning all the gum of the street. He also forces, Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan, and even Mukamukade to help him build birdhouses. In the end, Mukamukade gives Nate his medal and Komasan rejoices with his new bird friends.

Season 2
In episode 74-76 and 79-80, he visits places and somehow always beats his rivals.

In episode 82, Minochi makes him, Komajiro, and several other Yo-kai jealous at Nate because he was not summoned when they wanted to be. In the end, none of the formerly jealous Yo-kai knew why they were all near Nate, so Komasan asks him. Nate simply says: "All this attention has me tired . . ."

In episodes 83, 85-86, 90, and 115, he and Komajiro are taxi workers and talk about the featured Yo-kai passengers.

In episode 89, he is Inaho and USApyon's culprit.

In episode 91, he and Komajiro host the Yo-kai Red & White Song Battle. He chooses the Red team as the winner because Jibanyan was happy while Whisper was not.

In episode 95-97, 99, and 101-103, Komasan plays Komashiro in "Dog of the North Star," the Yo-kai parody of "Punch of the North Star." He accompanies Whisper and defeats enemies like Sproink, Roughraff, and Thornyan.

In episode 103, Komashiro has his final boss battle against King Nya (Jibanyan). As they continuously punch each other rapidly, a tornado surrounds them. When it disappears, only one Yo-kai stood, but it was neither Komashiro nor King Nya, no it was Jibakoma. This shocks Whisper and King Nya's horse, but a light from the seemingly endless smoke clouds shines on the fused Jibanyan and Komasan Yo-kai, and the series ultimately ends with Jibakoma saying: "For once in my life, I regret nothing."

In episode 107, he sobs because he thinks Whisper really hates him and all other Yo-kai, much to the bewilderment of Nate and Whisper.

In episode 111, he and Komajiro make cameos by walking on a sidewalk with ice cream and are spotted by Oburger, whom Lie-in Heart scolds for exclaiming at the wrong time.

In episode 113, Manjimutt makes an offer to form a group for ice cream.

In episodes 116-118, and 120-122, he and Komajiro work at various occupations.

In episode 119, he and Komajiro watch the Yo-1 Grand Prix in a hot-air balloon powered by Blazion's head and they root for Nate's team. When it came down to a close call scenario, Komasan's chooses Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan as the winners because they beat Inaho and USApyon by 1 centimeter.

In episode 120, he and Komajiro, as Sangokushi commanders, recruit Venoct. Venoct plans to slaughter a tiger, but Komasan interferes and proves that the ferocious animal is actually friendly. Komasan's new tiger friend playfully bites Venoct, thus delighting Komasan, embarrassing Komajiro, and annoying Venoct.

In episode 130, he makes a Dream Land cameo, and wins the ice cream prize.

In episode 131, he meets Jerry, who forces him into giving his medal.

Trivia

 * He is voiced by Melissa Hutchison.
 * Despite being described as a countryside person, in the Portuguese dub he speaks with a Porto accent, despite Porto being one of the most urbanizated portuguese districts.

Origin
Komasan is based on a komainu, a guardian statue halfway between lion and dog. Originating from Chinese guardian lions, they guard the entrance or inner building of Shintoist shrines. They usually come in male-female pairs, placed at each side of the entrance. Because of the Buddhist influences, the left one's mouth is always open while the right one's closed, pronouncing "a" and "um", which are the first and last letter of the Sanskrit alphabet: together they form the sacred syllable Aum. Incidentally, these letters are the original names of Komasan and Komajiro's Alpha and Omega skills.

Name Origin
"Komasan" is the "koma" half of komainu followed by the -san honorific.

In other languages

 * Japanese: コマさん Komasan
 * Spanish: Komasan
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: Komasan
 * Korean: 백멍이 Baengmeongi
 * Chinese: