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Azukiarai (Japanese: 小豆洗い Azukiarai), is a Rank E Shadowside Yo-kai of the Uwanosora tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 4.
Appearance[]
Video games[]
- Yo-kai Watch 4: Playable Yo-kai
Biology[]
Azukiarai is a grotesquely distorted human like Yo-kai. He has brown skin, a hair do with 2 wing like hair spots and a wisp. He wears a brown Kimono with a peach rope tying it and also a blue loincloth. He carries a brown bowl with red beans inside.
Profile[]
Yo-kai Watch 4[]
Azukiarai is exclusive to PuraPura Blasters. He appears in the horse head, first Oni Orb hunt, Dameboy, Hyakki-hime (Shadowside), Yamamba and Tamamo missions.
Game data[]
Yo-kai Watch 4[]
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Etymology[]
Origin[]
Azukiarai (小豆洗い, azuki bean washing), or Azukitogi (小豆とぎ, azuki bean grinding), is a ghostly phenomenon in Japanese folklore, in which a mysterious noise that sounds like azuki beans being washed or ground is heard. It usually occurs near a river or other body of water. Sometimes the creature or spirit responsible amuses itself by singing "azuki togou ka, hito totte kuou ka? shoki shoki." ("Will I grind my azuki beans, or will I get a person to eat? shoki shoki."), and anyone who approaches will inevitably fall into the water.
While the perpetrator is seldom seen, he is often described as a short-statured man of grotesque appearance with a large balding head, crooked teeth, thin mustache, large bulging yellow eyes, wearing ragged clothes and bent over a pail washing azuki beans. Azukiarai is sometimes blamed on a tanuki (raccoon dog) or weasel.
Trivia[]
Azukiarai's design in Yo-kai Watch is almost exactly the same as its appearance in the 2018 reboot of Gegege No Kitaro.