Oni & Demons
The oni — horned, fanged, impossibly strong — is Japan's archetypal demon, but the old tales are full of monstrous foes: demon kings on their mountains, giant spiders in the dark, and chimeras that warriors were sent to hunt.
Tsuchigumo
土蜘蛛A giant earth spider that ensnares heroes in monstrous webs.
fierce
Shuten-doji
酒呑童子The sake-loving oni king of Mt. Oe, slain by Minamoto no Yorimitsu.
fierce
Nue
鵺A chimeric night beast: monkey's face, tiger's limbs, snake for a tail.
ominous
Oni
鬼Horned, fanged ogres of immense strength, often red or blue.
fierce