History Main / Karakasa

* ''Ninja Jajamaru-kun'' has this as the third type of enemy introduced, called Karakassa. It hops around a lot and occasionally throws ''geta'' at the player. The UsefulNotes/WonderSwan remake, ''Gansō Jajamaru-kun'', compensates for introducing Karakassa at a considerably later stage by having a pair of them (and no other baddies) accompanying the BigBad when he abducts the princess in the opening cutscene.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has one random gadget called the Yokai Pills, which can summon random Yokai for help. The first Yokai summoned is a karakasa, who then serves as a "normal" umbrella for Tamako about to go on a shopping trip before she's interrupted by the rain.

* Show up in the first segment of ''Anime/ShortPeace'', resentful of being discarded after damage. A travelling repairman fixes them.
* A Karakasa costume pops up in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' for a prank on Ellen/Siren -- and later that costume gets turn into [[MonsterOfTheWeek a Negatone.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack'', the game Tee K.O. features a number of Yokai as player avatars, including a Karakasa.

* ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'': These are one of the many Yokai William will encounter: they attack by either leaping into the air and coming down like a javelin, or by spinning around and flinging razor-sharp needles everywhere.
* One of weapons for [[ParasolOfPain Yagyuu]] in ''VideoGame/SenranKagura 2: Deep Crimson'' is a karakasa called "Umbrella Beast Lickoreena".
* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' during the second Episode, a prop Karakasa can be found on Yokai Lane. It isn't alive, even though it rotates quite a bit.
* The mobile RogueLike ''Yodanji'' has the Karakasa as one of its ''{{yokai}}'' character "classes".
* The ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' GameMod ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1689234891 Sunward Isles]]'', which is themed around Japanese-style horror, includes these as one of the types of yokai the party can encounter. They mostly focus on being stealthy and inflicting stress damage through unnerving appearance and actions.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' features the Bird Wyvern monster Aknosom, a frilled bird creature with a crest on its head that resembles an eyeball and a tendency to stand on one leg. Its intro video even depicts it with its wings and frill folded, hopping on one leg to fully drive home its resemblance to a Karakasa.
* ''VideoGame/YokaiHunterShintaro'' have hopping karakaras as one of the many, many yokai-themed enemies menacing you throughout gameplay.

The ''karakasa'', also known as ''karakasa-kozō'' or ''kasa-obake'' (which means "umbrella ghost"), is a Japanese fantastic creature with the body of an old oiled-paper Chinese umbrella. It is usually represented as an anthropomorphic being with [[{{Cyclops}} one eye]], an OverlyLongTongue sticking out of a mouth and one leg in place of the handle. Its leg ends either in a clawed foot or a human foot wearing a ''geta'' (wooden sandal). It might or might not have arms.

The ''karakasa'' belongs to the class of {{youkai}} known as ''tsukumogami'', discarded household objects that suddenly [[AnimateInanimateObject spring to life]] when they become 100 years old. It shares several of its physical characteristics with other youkai, particularly ''hitotsume-kozō'' (which otherwise resembles a human child rather than an animate umbrella).

Even though ''karakasa'', unlike other youkai, are not based on Japanese folktales, their goofy appearance makes them highly popular to draw, and you can almost certainly count on one of them showing up in any work that centers on or features youkai, where they are typically portrayed as {{Silly Spook}}s. [[{{Wutai}} Japanese-flavored]] stages in video games often feature umbrella ghosts as minor enemies.

* ''VideoGame/UgetsuKitan'', a horror-themed adventure game, have you rendomly encountering a ''karakasa'' who will hop away as soon as you see it in a dim corridor, motioning you to follow it.