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Kawauso (Japanese: かわうそ Kawauso), is a Rank C Yo-kai of the Mononoke Tribe.
Appearances[]
- Yo-kai Watch 4: Playable Yo-kai.
Biology[]
Kawauso resembles a blue otter wearing a conical straw hat, as well as a green and turquoise kimono top with a thin orange obi.
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Kawauso can also be found in the Gutsy Bones battles in Enma Tournament - Oni Arena. His soul can be acquired by beating the Tsuwamono Arena in the Yo-kai Sumo Ring.
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Etymology[]
Name Origin[]
Kawauso (Japanese: 川獺 "Otter") is based on the youkai of the same name, a river otter turned shapeshifting youkai, much like kitsune (see Kyubi) and tanuki. They will often disguise as boys wearing kasa hats to purchase sake (which they love) from human shops, or according to people in the Noto region (now Ishikawa) they would turn into little boys wearing checkered kimono or even beautiful young girls. If a human attempts to ask who they are, they will answer "araya" instead of the dialectal "oraa ya" ("it's me"), and if they further ask where they come from they will answer "kahai", the meaning of which is unknown.
They are generally harmless pranksters who love to trick humans, though occasionally they can be more dangerous, like the case of a kawauso living in the castle's moat in the Kaga province (now Ishikawa) who would shapeshift into a woman to lure men and devour them. However, such stories are rare.
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Other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Italian
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Lontrumana | It's a combination of "lontra" (Italian for "otter") and "umano" (Italian for "human"). |