This article is of a Yo-kai which only appears in that game and may or may not appear in future titles.
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Kuja (Japanese: クジャ Kuja) is a SSS Rank Yo-kai of the Slippery Tribe exclusively in Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble. He is one of the main antagonists of Final Fantasy IX that represents Zidane's rival in the games and is one of the collab characters in the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT collab.
Appearances[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai
Biology[]
Appearance[]
Kuja is a 24-year-old man with silver hair that falls halfway down his back. He wears a large feather in his hair, has light-blue eyes and pale complexion, and is of medium height and light build. He wears white sleeves with a violet mantle around his shoulders. A white robe covers the back of his legs down to his ankles held up by four straps that act as a codpiece. He wears armored, dark purple boots, with golden buckles.
When in Trance, Kuja becomes covered in red fur and his clothes, which turn white, become tattered. He has a long furred tail in this form.
Personality[]
Kuja speaks in metaphors, referring to Garnet as a "canary" and Brahne as "the elephant-lady". His refined nature juxtaposes his role as a sadistic war-bringer. Kuja loves luxury, as evidenced by his home at Desert Palace and spending time in the nobles' district in Treno.
Profile[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
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Game data[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
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Etymology[]
In Hindi, "kuj" or "kuja" means "born of the earth". In Hindu cosmogony, Kuja is the name of the planet Mars, which is also the name of the Roman God of War.
In Tagalog, "kuya" formally means "older brother". Informally, it may also be used to refer to an older male person, usually a blood relative, within the same generation as the addressor.
"Born of the earth" may symbolize Kuja's birth on Terra ("terra" is Latin for Earth), and reflect Kuja's role to incite war and destruction on Gaia. Mars is known as the red planet, fitting with Terra being the red planet to contrast Gaia's blue. Kuja could also be considered to be Zidane's brother.
An alternative Japanese spelling of "kuja" is "九蛇", which translates to "nine snakes", referencing both the title from which he hails as well as his untrustworthy and scheming characteristics.
Kuja's name may also be derived from the Japanese word "kujaku", which means "peacock", an animal befitting of Kuja's flamboyant and vain nature.
Kuja's story arc about going to extremes to ensure his soul is preserved even at the expense of others takes from Japanese cultural views, in particular the concepts in Zen Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and Shintoism regarding the inevitability of death and how one should not have an aggressive ego due to it harming oneself and others.