Komasan is a guardian lion-dog that got bored with guarding his shrine. Now he’s looking for a new one.
Komasan is an ice cream-loving Yo-kai from the countryside. After his shrine was demolished, he wandered into the city in search of soft serve ice cream. According to the Yo-kai Wiki it states, “A Koma dog that came from a rural area to an urban area. He freaks out saying “Monge~!” to express awe at the city”. In the anime, Komasan is quite childish and is easily distinguished from a city slicker. He often ends his sentences with “zura”, which is how people from rural Nagano (particularly Suwa) speak and is typically used to satirise country folk. Komasan is referred to as being a ‘country bumpkin’ and thus has highly limited knowledge of urban life. He also uses the word “monge”, a slang word meaning ‘tremendous’, when he’s surprised or impressed. He tries his best to learn as much as he can to present himself as a good role model to his younger brother, Komajiro. He pretends to be very knowledgeable about city life. However, Komajiro already knows a lot about the city and is already a DJ at a nightclub. Komasan spends most of his time roaming the city in search of delicious food, particularly soft serve ice cream, as well as going on adventures with his brother. In the English version, he appears to have a Southern accent and with saying “Oh my swirls” whenever he’s excited. Komasan is sometimes uninterested in what people say. In his side story, ‘A Rosy Bumpkin’, when the president (of the company Komasan was working in) retired, he replied with “Oh? Good work, zura.” Unchikuma showed up in an episode, he shared some interesting facts with Komasan, but Komasan was more interested in nature (he was catching butterflies at that moment).
Japanese Name : Komasan
English Name : Komasan
Represent: xxx Yo-kai
Medallium Number : 099
Class : Charming (Purichi)
Rank : D
Element / Attribute : Fire
Favorite Food : Milk
Role : Attacker
Character :
Time : Present Youkai
Skill : Alpha
Special Effect :
Fusion:
Evolution : Komasan >> Komane
Yo-kai Medallium Bio: Komasan is a guardian lion-dog that got bored with guarding his shrine. Now he’s looking for a new one.
Komasan is a Komainu (though more closely resembling a shiba inu) with long, blue fiery eyebrows that look similar to Hitodama flames. He has ivory-colored fur with a light blue stomach, tail, and inner ears. His eyes are a lime green color and he has red swirls on his cheeks and hips. He carries green pouch with white spirals wrapped around his shoulders. This appearance is somewhat retained in his human disguise.
TRIVIA
- The ‘Koma’ part of his name stems from the word Komainu (Lion dog). ‘San’ is an honorific attached to names to address someone respectfully, an English equivalent of which would be ‘Mr.’, ‘Mrs.’ ‘Ms.’.
- Komasan is based on a komainu (“guardian dog”), a guardian statue halfway between lion and dog. Originating from Chinese guardian lions, they guard the entrance or inner building of Shintoist shrines. They usually come in male-female pairs, placed at each side of the entrance. Because of the Buddhist influences, the left one’s mouth is always open while the right one’s closed, pronouncing “a” and “um”, which are the first and last letter of the Sanskrit alphabet: together they form the sacred syllable Aum.