Yokai Files
Yokai Files introduces one yokai of Japanese folklore in a 30-second vertical short. Each episode is paired with an article on this site that adds what a short video must leave out: names and readings, regional variations, documented behavior, and sources.
Episodes are numbered in production order. New episodes are published on YouTube and TikTok first, and the article follows here.
Episodes
- YF-001
Noppera-bō のっぺらぼう
- YF-002
- YF-003
- YF-004
Yuki-onna 雪女
- YF-005
Rokurokubi 轆轤首
- YF-006
Bakeneko 化け猫
- YF-007
Ittan-momen 一反木綿
- YF-008
Nurikabe 塗り壁
- YF-009
Jorōgumo 絡新婦
- YF-010
Umi-bōzu 海坊主
- YF-011
Zashiki-warashi 座敷童子
- YF-012
Kamaitachi 鎌鼬
- YF-013
Wanyūdō 輪入道
- YF-014
- YF-015
Funayūrei 船幽霊
- YF-016
Nekomata 猫又
- YF-017
Mikoshi-nyūdō 見越入道
- YF-018
Azuki-arai 小豆洗い
- YF-019
- YF-020
Mokumokuren 目目連
- YF-021
Ushi-oni 牛鬼
- YF-022
Okuri-inu 送り犬
- YF-023
Karakasa-kozō 唐傘小僧
- YF-024
- YF-025
- YF-026
Bake-danuki 化け狸
- YF-027
- YF-028
- YF-029
Nobusuma 野衾
- YF-030
- YF-031
- YF-032
Hakutaku 白澤
- YF-033
Nure-onna 濡女
- YF-034
Iso-onna 磯女
- YF-035
Isonade 磯撫で
- YF-036
Samebito 鮫人
- YF-037
Kawa-akago 川赤子
- YF-038
- YF-039
- YF-040
- YF-041
Yamabiko 山彦
- YF-042
- YF-043
Ippon-datara 一本だたら
- YF-044
Ōmukade 大百足
- YF-045
Tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛
- YF-046
Betobeto-san べとべとさん
- YF-047
Sunekosuri 脛擦り
- YF-048
Konaki-jiji 児啼爺
- YF-049
- YF-005
Rokurokubi
Upcoming
- YF-006
Bakeneko
Upcoming