Yokai Kamaitachi

Youkai Kamaitachi (妖怪カマイタチ) is the first Youkai the Ninningers have fought, brought upon the revival of Gengetsu Kibaoni.

Character History
Youkai Kamaitachi was created when one of the corrupted Sealing Shurikens was imbedded into a discarded chainsaw following Gengetsu Kibaoni's revival and a onslaught of Hitokarage appeared in the city. Following Takaharu's resolve to fight the Kibaoni after doing a brief battle against Kamaitachi, the other Ninningers suited up and fought Kamaitachi and his entourage of Hitokarage, eventually ending with Kamaitachi being defeated by AkaNinger's Ninja Issen.

Following his defeat however, Kyuemon Izayoi revived Kamaitachi, allowing him to send the taken-aback Ninningers flying with a swing of his claws. However, the Ninningers soon summoned their Otomo Nin mechs and began taking the fight back to Kamaitachi, starting with AkaNinger and Shinobimaru.

When Kamaitachi unveiled his lastest toy in the form of throwing kunai at Shinobimaru, KiNinger and Dumpmaru blocked them with a revolving street-sized panel, and followed that up withthrew exploding caltrops at his feet. With ShiroNinger and Wanmaru proving to be difficult to work together with even with MomoNinger and Byunmaru's help by unhelpfully sitting down or catching Byunmaru's shurikens, Shinobimaru appeared behind Kamaitachi via a revolving buildingside and gave him a solid whack upside the head with a piece of steel scaffolding. When he tripped, however, Kamaitachi was on him in a flash, slashing Shinobimaru up onto his feet and pinned him to a building side.

Quick to the rescue, Dragomaru and AoNinger arrived with a blast of flame to get Kamaitachi off of Shinobimaru, allowing the Ninningers space to form Shuriken Gattai Shurikenjin. Once completed, Yokai and mech duked it out, ending with the destruction of Kamaitachi and the purification of the Sealing Shuriken that spawned him.

Personality
Kamaitachi has no regard for human life and has sadistic glee about causing mayhem and destruction.

Arsenal
Kamaitachi has the fabled claws of the kamaitachi from mythology, allowing him to rend all in his path with glowing purple energy slices. Once enlarged, Kamaitachi had kunai with serrated edges to toss at his foes.
 * Chainsaw-like claws
 * Serrated Throwing Kunai

Portrayal

 * Youkai Kamaitachi's suit actor is Keizo Yabe.