yōkai
supernatural beings from Japanese folklore
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yōkai
Summary
yōkai ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,301 views/month, #241 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- yōkai is in the country of Japan[2].
- yōkai is a type of monster[3].
- yōkai is a type of obake[4].
- yōkai's Commons category is recorded as Yōkai[5].
- yōkai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yōkai[6].
- yōkai's worshipped by is recorded as Japanese mythology[7].
- yōkai's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8].
- yōkai's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '妖怪'}[9].
- yōkai's different from is recorded as yōkai in a work of fiction[10].
- yōkai's has list is recorded as list of legendary creatures from Japan[11].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include monster[3] and obake[4].
Why It Matters
yōkai ranks in the top 0.31% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,301 views/month, #241 of 77,819).[1] yōkai has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] yōkai is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]