Kantaro

Kantaro
缶太郎Kantaro
Yo-kai Type
Shadowside
Shadowside
Rank
Yo-kai Listing No.
YW4	#135 - Yo-kai
YW4	#135 - Yo-kai

Yo-kai Medallium biography "A discarded can was rolled around, and became a drifter Yo-kai. When someone kicks him, his hollow body makes a sad klink-klank sound."

Yo-kai Medallium biography "The wandering empty can monster, Kantaro's Shadowside has been revealed! He awaits a thirsty child with a lukewarm spirit, thirsty for a can of juice..."

Kantaro (Japanese: 缶太郎, Kantarō), also known as Jihanki (Japanese: ジハン鬼, Jihanki), is a Rank A Shadowside Yo-kai of the Tsukumono tribe.

Appearances

• Yo-kai Watch 4: Playable Yo-kai

Biology

Kantaro is an inanimate red and white soda can with his lid popped open. He has a purple whisp on his forehead, pink arms, and legs, yellow eyes with black irises, a round pink nose, a tear that actually is his mouth which exposes a light blue tongue. He wears a black cape with pink and gear polka dots and wears Japanese style wooden geta sandals.

Jihanki is an inanimate red and white vending machine. He retains the purple wisp on his forehead, he has big grey arms and small grey legs, yellow eyes without irises, a big grey troll-like nose, a big mouth that exposes his sharp yellow teeth, and light blue tongue. He keeps the black cape and Japanese style wooden geta sandals. Like a vending machine, he holds many different kinds of drinks, has a slot for the money, and a slot to grab the drink.

Profile

Yo-kai Watch 4

Kantaro may randomly appear while buying a drink at a vending machine. He can also be found in the Goldy Bones and Glitzy Bones battles in Enma Tournament - Oni Arena.

Game data

Yo-kai Watch 4

	Stats Calculation HP 622 YP 135 STR 217 SPR 211 PDEF 269 TDEF 254 SPD Fast Role Tank This shows Kantaro's stat on level: 76. Attribute: Weak Attribute:

	Stats Calculation HP 622 YP 135 STR 340 SPR 328 PDEF 390 TDEF 374 SPD Slow Role Tank This shows Kantaro's stat on level: 76. Attribute: Weak Attribute:

Etymology

Kantaro's name is a portmanteau of kan (缶, can/tin) and -tarou (太郎), a common name suffix for boys. "Jihanki" is a portmanteau of the term for vending machine (自販機) and oni/demon (鬼, read as "ki").

Other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Demonlattina Onibutore	It's a combination of "demone" (Italian for "demon") and "lattina" (Italian for "can"). It's a combination of "Oni" and "distributore" (Italian for "dispenser").