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Furthermore, it is said that the Japanese wolf had a trait of following humans in order to monitor them. Yōkai investigator Kenji Murakami, too, has hypothesised that the okuri-ōkami is actually the Japanese wolf, and that tales of strange goings on or protecting people are merely convenient interpretations of the Japanese wolf's nature and ...
The Japanese wolf (Japanese: ニホンオオカミ（日本狼）, Hepburn: Nihon ōkami, or 山犬, yamainu [see below]; Canis lupus hodophilax), also known as the Honshū wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.
Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale (狼の娘, Ōkami no Musume) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Kodama. It began serialization in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Monthly Flowers in August 2022.
Kibakichi (牙吉 Bakko Yokaiden Kibakichi) a 2003 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Tomoo Haraguchi. The film is about a youkai with the ability to transform himself into a werewolf-like beast at will and feed on human flesh. A sequel followed the film's release in Japan in the same year.
Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight (人狼への転生、魔王の副官, Jinrō e no Tensei, Maō no Fukukan) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hyougetsu and illustrated by Teshima Nari. A manga adaptation by Yuuchi Kosumi was serialized from October 2016 to November 2023.
A doglike mountain spirit that may appear to travelers on mountain roads. It may be friendly, or may attack and kill the traveler, depending on the tale (also see the Japanese wolf). Yamajijii An old man spirit with one eye and one leg, found in Shikoku. Yamako An ape-like occasionally-cannibalistic creature that can read minds. Yama-no-Kami
The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...
The main protagonist and young Japanese wolf zoanthrope who was fighting to uncover the circumstances of his mercenary father's death, brought upon from fighting in a South American country. He raided the Tylon corporation along with his father's friend, the French lion zoanthrope and fellow mercenary named Alan Gado.