History Main / Tengu

* ''Manga/TonariNoYoukaiSan'': Both types of Tengu exist side by side in Fuchigamori. One of the main characters, Jiro, is a crow-like Tengu, but he shares his house with a long-nosed Tengu. Also, while they have wings and can thus fly, Jiro claims doing so takes a lot of effort (he compares it to a human running at full speed all the time), so they prefer to walk or use other modes of transportation, like riding the bus.

* ''Manga/TonariNoYoukaiSan'': Both types of Tengu exist side by side in Fuchigamori. One of the main characters, Jiro, is a crow-like Tengu, but he shares his house with a long-nosed Tengu.

* ''Manga/TonariNoYoukaiSan'': Both types of Tengu exist side by side in Fuchigamori, with Buchio once encountering a crow-like Tengu and long-nosed Tengu who live in the same house.

* In ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'', Akane becomes trapped in the Kami Plane, and is trained by Masakazu, a tengu. He looks like a red-feathered, long-beaked birdman, and he is both a great warrior and a mischievous trickster.

* The tengu were the ones to raise the main character in ''Film/FortySevenRonin'' before he ran away and entered human society. Unlike most portrayals, the tengu are shown as bald monks with almost no nose and very large eyes and offhandedly mention a "persecution" suffered at the hands of men.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Harry is briefly assisted by a group of katana-wielding tengu (referred to here as [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons kenku]]) during the events of ''Literature/{{Changes}}''.
* Several characters in ''Literature/TheEccentricFamily'' are tengu living in modern-day Kyoto.
* The character of Leizhenzi/Thunder-Quaker from ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'' is transfigured into a monstrous winged being upon eating two magic apricots, growing blue skin, red hair, wings and an elongated snout/beak with sharp silver tusks. In many depictions, he looks remarkably like the typical karasu-tengu, portrayal reinforced by his ability to fly across long distances in short time, mountainous home and using a massive staff as a weapon.
* ''[[Literature/JiraiyaGouketsuMonogatari Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari]]'': Jiraiya's disciple Rikimatsu is a student of tengu magic. After Jiraiya and Tsunade are poisoned by the EvilSorcerer Orochimaru, Rikimatsu saves their lives by flying from Japan to India and back within a single day in order to [[FindTheCure retrieve the antidote]].
* In ''Literature/{{Tinker}}'', [[spoiler: Riki]] turns out to be a tengu spying for the oni. [[spoiler: It later turns out that the tengu are the only Oni ServantRace who aren't evil but only serving the oni because their leader is being held hostage]]

* Bernard Adelstein is occasionally compared to one in ''TokyoVice'' thanks to his prominent schnoz. He also resembles a crow, in that as a crime reporter he's inquisitive and drawn to the stench of death.
* Sonoko's first FairyCompanion in ''Literature/WashioSumiIsAHero'' is a tengu named "Kurama Tengu".

* An episode of ''Series/Akumaizer3'' featured Onitengu, a demon resembling a cross between a tengu and an {{oni}}.

* In the ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'', the Torinin (Bird Ninjas) Karasutengu are the [[{{Mooks}} common underlings]] of the Sorcerers Clan.