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Kyuemon Shingetsu Kibaoni (牙鬼 久右衛門新月 Kibaoni Kyūemon Shingetsu, lit. "Fanged Oni Nine-Guarded Gate Crescent"), originally known as Kyuemon Izayoi (十六夜 九衛門 Izayoi Kyūemon, lit. "Full Moon Nine-Guarded Gate") was the first general of the Kibaoni Army Corps and was the reserved page of Gengetsu Kibaoni and actually the son of Gengetsu Kibaoni who was born to a concubine. He was then sent into the future by Gengetsu Kibaoni. Kyuemon commanded the Yokai and always gathered the "Power of Fear" (恐れの力 Osore no Chikara) in a Hyotan (瓢箪 Hyōtan) container. Kyuemon was once the student of Yoshitaka Igasaki, but fell to darkness after feeling betrayed by Yoshitaka when he did not trust him with the End Shuriken.
Later, he came to possess Luna Kokonoe through the MidoNinger Shuriken to join the Ninningers as MidoNinger.
History[]
Past[]
Long ago, Kyuemon Izayoi was a ninja who held a huge proficiency in ninjutsu. Eager for an apprenticeship, Yoshitaka Igasaki took Kyuemon under his wing and trained the latter to follow his footsteps. Kyuemon trained with Tsumuji Igasaki as ninjas, with Kyuemon showing more in terms of proficiency and lack of hesitancy. When Yoshitaka derided Tsumuji for being so hesitant and lacking Nintality, Kyuemon stripped Tsumuji's of his ninja powers and memory, seeing this as the only logical choice. He did so just before the Last Ninja caught him. TV STORY-Shinobi 29: Definitive Edition Ninja Sugoroku!
Sometime later, Kyuemon became fearful of the power, and defected from Yoshitaka. Kyuemon eventually fell to darkness and turned into the Kyuemon the Ninningers know now. TV STORY-Shinobi 13: Burning! Ninja Sports Day According to a conversation Kyuemon had with Kinji, the betrayal was because Yoshitaka refused to hand over the End Shuriken. TV STORY-Shinobi 15: Youkai, I Never Failed
Present[]
Kyuemon first orchestrated the destruction of the Igasaki Dojo home. Kyuemon picked up a mallet from the burning ruins within a box by phasing through it while Hitokarage fought Takaharu as AkaNinger. Kyuemon later appears at the site where Gengetsu Kibaoni was sealed, and with the pilfered mallet, used it to free him from his sealed state, leading to the full revival of the Kibaoni Army Corps. TV STORY-Shinobi 1: We're Ninja!
By collecting human fears, Kyuemon resolves to revive the other generals of the Kibaoni Army Corps starting from Raizo Gabi TV STORY-Shinobi 2: Become the Last Ninja! and later tried to resurrect Gengetsu Kibaoni with it. Kyuemon began a search for the End Shuriken in the hope of reviving their master while knowing that his nemesis, Yoshitaka Igasaki has grown weaker in his older days. TV STORY-Shinobi 6: Tengu's Spiriting Away
After Raizo Gabi's death, Kyuemon used the fears he collected for him to revive Masakage Tsugomori, Kibaoni's Chief retainer, who knows that Kyuemon is not an original member of the Kibaoni Army Corps. Masakage threatened to kill Kyuemon should there be any betrayal. TV STORY-Shinobi 13: Burning! Ninja Sports Day Following Yokai Futakuchi-onna's demise, Kyuemon approaches Kinji, a wannabe student of Yoshitaka and offered him an apprenticeship, in hopes of using him to proceed with the plans. However, after thinking it over, Kinji attacked Kyuemon, saying he had been a fool for being tempted by someone who disobeyed the Last Ninja. Disappointed, Kyuemon said that an OtomoNin that he had created not only disobeyed him, but abandoned him as well. Kyuemon said that it was called the Sky OtomoNin, and that hopefully Kinji would not live to regret his decision before leaving. TV STORY-Shinobi 19: Search For It! The OtomoNin of the Sky
For his third Izayoi Way Ninja, Puppet Ninja Kuroari, Kyuemon intended him to recruit children into the Kibaoni Army Corps, with Masakage overseeing this plot. Having Kuroari use his Parasite Technique to control the ninja master, Kiroku Ise, the manipulated Kiroku then set up a ninja school to find potential ninja initiates. However, Kiroku's apprentice instructor, Kikyo Kousaka, turned out to be an acquaintance of AkaNinger, introducing him to the school where he noticed suspicious behavior from Kiroku and his students, leading Ao, Momo and StarNinger to investigate Kiroku who convened with Masakage, who intended to use Kikyo's conflicting feelings against Takaharu. Engaging the three Ninningers to prevent them from getting through to Takaharu, Masakage was forced to retreat when StarNinger escaped. Ultimately, the plot was foiled when Kikyo's faith in Takaharu led to the truth being revealed as Kiroku was freed from the manipulation of Kuroari, who was subsequently defeated by the Ninningers. While observing that Kuroari had fallen, Kyuemon proclaimed that he had served his purpose as he gathered his first three ninja's Core Gears. TV STORY-Shinobi 30: Targeted Ninja School!
Later it was revealed that he wanted the Izayoi Way ninjas to be defeated in order to collect the core gears to power the Karakuri Kyuubi, using it he nearly killed Shishi-Oh and put the other OtomoNin out of commission throwing the Ninningers out of them. He later confronted them on the ground intent on destroying them and would have if it were not for the intervention of Yoshitaka Igasaki who whisked them away to safety while unintentionally letting Kyuemon know that he is in possession of the End Shuriken. Later, as the Ninningers fought Mujina using Gekiatsu Dai-Oh, Kyuemon uses Karakuri Kyuubi to backstab him. However, while fighting Gekiatsu Dai-Oh, the Ninningers determined strength ends up overpowering Kyuubi. Then, they finish off Kyuubi with Kyuemon inside using the Gekiatsu Dai Fever. TV STORY-Shinobi 32: Extremely Hot Ninja! Acha!
While thought to be dead after Karakuri Kyuubi was taken down, Kyuemon ends up hiding in secret, wearing a cloak, now scarred from the previous battle. Kinji then searches for him in hopes of finding a cure to the You-Power in his body. Kyuemon tells him of the cursed demon sword Urusame that will absorb its power. They are both targeted by Advanced Yokai Oumukade due to orders from Tsugomori. After telling Kinji that he can go back to his friends, Tsugomori then finds him. As Oumukade is destroyed by Gekiatsu Dai-Oh, Tsugomori confronts Kyuemon for his deception, but Kyuemon tells him that his plan was to overwhelm Kinji into a Yokai with the cursed sword. TV STORY-Shinobi 35: Kinji Enters the Yokai Labyrinth! Then, as Kinji struggles to fight the You-Power, Kyuemon appears before Yoshitaka to tell that he'll save Kinji if he gives the End Shuriken to him, but he refuses. Kyuemon then enters Kinji's mind, uses his visage alongside other Yokai, and tells him that being a Yokai helps him disregard any struggles or doubts. But Kinji refuses, and at Yoshitaka's command, Kinji slays the spirits out of his mind, resulting in Urusame becoming the Gekiatsuto. After Tsugomori's defeat by StarNinger, Kyuemon curses in anger as he leaves. TV STORY-Shinobi 36: Kinji, the Glorious Super Star
After Mangetsu Kibaoni's defeat, Kyuemon revealed his secret to him before he died—he is Mangetsu's older brother, the eldest son of Gengetsu Kibaoni! TV STORY-Shinobi 42: OtomoNin Wars! Nekomata Strikes Back He then proceeds to tell Ariake no Kata about Mangetsu's demise to where she cries and with this massive despair, Kyuemon gathers all of it to resurrect his father. TV STORY-Shinobi 43: The Legendary Ninja! Yokai Karuta Tactics
Following Gengetsu's revival, the general reveals to Tsugomori and Ariake no Kata that Kyuemon is his illegitimate son, bore to him by one of his concubines and thrust into the future by Yokai power. Tsugomori apologizes to Kyuemon for his previous threats and insults towards him. Kyuemon tells him it could not be helped and orders him to gather fear and deal with the Ninningers. TV STORY-Shinobi 44: The Final Battle! The Ordeals of the Last Ninja
After assigning Raizo Gabi to take out the Ninningers and is easily defeated, Kyuemon then approaches them next, telling them them that to become the Last Ninja, they must slay their grandfather, to where he'll be the one to do so. They essentially struggle in fighting Kyuemon at that rate. Eventually, they soon learn and decide to go into a new direction of being the Last Ninja and fight Kyuemon with new, unexpected techniques. After they finish Kyuemon, the stolen Nintality he had exits his body. Tsumuji, who was watching the battle, takes the opportunity to claim his stolen Nintality back. A thoroughly vexed Kyuemon decides to charge back, but Raizo Gabi appears and tells him to stand down as they soon leave. TV STORY-Shinobi 45: Three Generations of Fathers and Sons! All Ninjas Gathered
During the climatic battle against Gengetsu Kibaoni, Kyuemon successfully seized the End Shuriken from his former mentor Yoshitaka while he was distracted in his battle with Gengetsu. But as Yoshitaka vanished, he imparted a single Sealing Shuriken to Kyuemon. With the Last Ninja vanquished, Gengetsu would empowered Kyuemon with five Sealing Yo Shuriken, transforming him into Sakuya Kyuemon, a yokai of incredible power. Though the Ninniger would fight valiantly against the Kibaoni Army, Kyuemon would eventually activate the power of the End Shuriken in the form of the Shukyoku Nin Shuriken (終極忍シュリケン Shūkyoku Nin Shuriken, Ultimate Nin Shuriken) to spread darkness throughout the land, even severing the Nintality of the Ninninger, leaving them powerless. TV STORY-Shinobi 46: The Last Shuriken Appears!
Takaharu and his team rally and regroup against Kyuemon creating new Nintality to transform and defeat him. The battle leaves Kyuemon in his original Yokai form, distraught that he was supposed to be the one to surpass Yoshitaka, not them, but Takaharu decides to approach him about the fact that he admired Yoshitaka. Kyuemon denies this, but the rest of the team understood his ambitions and feelings from his actions. Kinji even compares this to his own motives of wanting to reclaim their families. Soon, the Sealing Shuriken Yoshitaka gave to Kyuemon appears, turning into a blank green Nin Shuriken. Being told that it was a sign of Yoshitaka wanting him back as a student, Kyuemon is doubtfully surprised by this. However, Gengetsu reappears. Telling him that he cannot escape fate and grabbing him on the neck, he absorbs Kyuemon to enlarge himself. But thanks to the combined efforts of Ninningers, they release Kyuemon from the giant Gengetsu before they finish him off once and for all with Gekiatsu Dai-Oh. After Gengetsu's defeat, the weakened Kyuemon sees the spirit of Yoshitaka for the last time before he fades, leaving the End Shuriken behind to the Ninningers. As the Ninningers save the world by wishing for one without the End Shuriken, Takaharu hopes of Kyuemon being reborn a ninja through the green Nin Shuriken he retrieved as a memoir. TV STORY-Shinobi Final Chapter: To a Future Without Hiding, Wasshoi!
Ninnin Girls vs. Boys Final Wars[]
The blank green Nin Shuriken, now housed in the Igasaki home, is later used by Sakurako Igasaki to recruit a new "Ninnin Girl" to fight alongside Kasumi Momochi and Fuka Igasaki against the "Ninnin Boys" for right to be THE Igasaki ninja team. With the Nin Shuriken given to Luna Kokonoe, Kyuemon comes to possess her and redeem himself as a ninja. As Luna, he proves this by revealing himself to the Ninningers when the Yokai threat returns, saving their life, and fighting by their side as a team member. With the threat eliminated, Kyuemon departs from Luna's body and disappears into the ether, saying that he can finally reincarnate. When Takaharu asks if Kyuemon will be a ninja in the next life too, he cryptically replies that's a long way off. MOVIE STORY-Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!![]
A Kyuemon from another dimension is summoned alongside five villains from previous Sentais by Super Warumono World to capture the Zenkaigers. In his case, he had fought against and had successfully captured Vroon. Later, he is among the villains led by Super Warumono World to fight the Zenkaigers and Sentai Red. MOVIE STORY-Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!
Game Appearances[]
Super Sentai Battle Base[]
Kyuemon is among the vast pantheon of villains which appear in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base.
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Game de Wasshoi!![]
Kyuemon appears as an enemy in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Game de Wasshoi!!, where he appears to enlarge the Yokai as on the show.
Super Sentai Legend Wars[]
Kyuemon is among the villains featured in the mobile game Super Sentai Legend Wars.
Personality[]
As mentioned by Yoshitaka, Kyuemon was skillful and active in his early days as a ninja, and eagerly willing to become his student. But eventually, after developing fear of the Ninnin power, Kyuemon went astray and betrayed his teacher, ultimately falling to the dark side.
After joining the Kibaoni Army Corps, Kyuemon holds a huge loyalty for the master of the Corps and faithfully fulfills his desire to gather human fears. Kyuemon's turn to the Kibaoni Army Corps had made him a stoic and calculating person. Due to this, even though Kyuemon is capable of controlling patience such as when dealing with Raizo Gabi's lust for fighting, Kyuemon is still easily aggravated by flighty or playful persons like his former teacher Yoshitaka and Tsugomori.
Despite his questionable loyalty to the Kibaoni Army Corps, however, he is shown to be actually a loyal and dutiful son to Gengetsu Kibaoni after his revival and reveal as the true eldest son of Kibaoni Gengetsu. He stops being loyal to him however after his father absorbs him just to grow giant and atones as a spirit.
Forms[]
- Height: 184 cm
- Weight: 194 kg
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Phasing: Kyuemon was able to retrieve his mallet from a box without opening it.
- Yo Shuriken Abilities: Kyuemon Izayoi uses the ill-gotten mallet to set a Yo Shuriken in it, utilizing it in a way similar to the Ninningers and their Ninja Ichibantou.
- Yo Shuriken Creation: If one of Yoshitaka's purified Sealing Shuriken were to fall into Kyuemon's hands, it can be converted into a Yo-Shuriken.
- Flying: Kyuemon can fly by creating a black Shuriken energy construct to step on.
- Aerokinesis: Kyuemon can unleash a powerful gust of wind by simply outstretching a hand to the target.
- Yōjutsu (妖術 lit. "Demon Technique"): As one of Kibaoni Army Corps' general, Kyuemon has knowledge of dark magic. It is possible that since Kyuemon was a former student of Yoshitaka, the Yojutsu techniques were simply based on the Last Ninja's Shuriken Ninja Arts, albeit warped and corrupted. While most of the techniques made in conjunction with Kyuemon's mallet and Yo Shuriken, there are a few unique to him.
- Thunder Summoning Technique (雷招来の術 Ikazuchi Shōrai no Jutsu): One of Kyuemon's attacks- can generate a lightning bolt from his hands. As Midoninger, this turns into a general aptitude with thunder-based attacks on par with Starninger.
- Teleportation: Kyuemon can teleport by engulfing the body with purple flames.
- Pyrokinesis: Kyuemon can put out or generate fires with the wave of a hand.
- Fire Fox Technique: Kyuemon can create a small stream of fire that detonates into a violent explosion upon reaching its target.
- Inferno Cross Technique: Kyuemon focuses his ninpo energy into a field of purple flaming cross projectiles that surround the target in a dome-like formation and then bombards them with the projectiles. He retains this power as Midoninger, though the crossfires are light red instead of purple.
Abilities[]
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Weaknesses[]
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Arsenal[]
- Mallet and Yo Shuriken: Kyuemon wields a small golden ceremonial mallet stolen from the ruins of the Igasaki Ninjutsu dojo, which can be augmented with a Goton Yo Shuriken, which allows the use of Yōjutsu. The mallet itself can also being used in multiple ways, among them are:
- Transforming into a sword.
- Yojutsu: Hidaihansoku Technique (妖術・肥大蕃息の術 Yōjutsu: Hidaihansoku no Jutsu, a 4-kanji proverb meaning "to grow and multiply rapidly")
- Kyuemon's most commonly used Youjutsu. Performed by using the Goton Yo Shuriken, this technique is used to revive and grow Yokai. This technique can also grow non-Yokai, such as Roidmudes, as seen in the incident in the Kamen Riders' world, TV STORY-Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special or even the Ninningers as demonstrated when Yokai Mataneko inadvertently enlarged AkaNinger Chozetsu after taking Kyuemon's mallet. TV STORY-Shinobi 26: It's Summer! Last Ninja Race Intermediate Announcement!
- Used as a makeshift fishing rod.
- Gourd Container: As the Kibaoni Army Corps commence their acts of villainy, this special Hyotan gourd gathers the "Power of Fear" as some form of liquid. The gourd must be near to work, so Kyuemon is often close by when the Kibaoni forces are creating havoc.
- Karakuri Kyuubi: Kyuemon's personal mecha made in his own likeness.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
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Attacks[]
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Abilities[]
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Weaknesses[]
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Arsenal[]
- Nin Shuriken
- MidoNinger Shuriken
- Ninja Ichibantou
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Villain Groups[]
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Family[]
- Gengetsu Kibaoni - Father
- Mangetsu Kibaoni - Younger half-brother
- Ariake no Kata - Stepmother
- Mangetsu Kibaoni - Younger half-brother
- Unidentified concubine - Mother
Others[]
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Enemies[]
Rangers[]
- Ninningers - Former Enemy
Family[]
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Others[]
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Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Kyuemon Izayoi is voiced by Megumi Han (潘 めぐみ Han Megumi). His suit actor is Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi). As a teenager in his human form, Kyuemon is portrayed by Ryusei Takeba (竹場 龍生 Takeba Ryūsei).
Design[]
Kyuemon's design is based on the nine-tailed fox from Japanese folklore, and sports an incomplete kitsune mask from Noh theatre.
Concept Art[]
Etymology[]
Kyuemon's name is based on the nine-tailed kitsune (九尾の狐 Kyūbi no Kitsune).
Notes[]
- While initially gender-ambiguous, Izayoi was revealed not to be female but a male in the second arc of the show, largely through the use of a male human body when training under Yoshitaka Igasaki.
- The use of a female, Luna Kokonoe, as a surrogate body may be a reference to this confusion. It prompts Mangetsu to ask if his older brother was in fact his older sister this whole time, which Izayoi vehemently denies.
- The "Izayoi" of his false surname refers to the "16th day moon", which is commonly known as the "full moon". This served as foreshadowing of his true origins and his future moniker as Midoninger.
- The mallet's shape is a reference to the Uchide no Kozuchi, the legendary Lucky Hammer. In the fable Issunboushi (One-inch boy), a boy the size of a thumb defeats an oni, steals his mallet, and uses it to become a full sized man.
- Although Yoshitaka left the Midoninger Shuriken for him and he used it as Luna, it's implied that Luna was allowed to keep it even as Izayoi left her body, free to reincarnate. Were he to revive before Luna's death, it is unclear if he would reclaim the title of Midoninger.
Appearances[]
- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
- Shinobi 1: We're Ninja!
- Shinobi 2: Become the Last Ninja!
- Shinobi 3: Formidable Enemy Gabi Appears!
- Shinobi 4: It's Here! Paonmaru
- Shinobi 5: The Space Ninja UFOmaru!
- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special
- Shinobi 6: Tengu's Spiriting Away
- Shinobi 7: Spring Ninja Festival!
- Shinobi 8: The Nekomata Who Leapt Through Time!
- Shinobi 9: Ninjutsu vs. Magic, the Great Battle!
- Shinobi 10: Yee-haw! The Gold StarNinger
- Shinobi 11: Shinobimaru, Come Back!
- Shinobi 12: Ultimate Battle! Miracle Combination
- Shinobi 13: Burning! Ninja Sports Day
- Shinobi 14: Beware of the 'Help-Me' Scam!
- Shinobi 15: Youkai, I Never Failed
- Shinobi 16: The Father Tsumuji Is a Super Ninja!?
- Shinobi 17: Good Bye, StarNinger!
- Shinobi 19: Search For It! The OtomoNin of the Sky
- Shinobi 20: The Chozetsu! Lion Ha-Oh
- Shinobi 21: Burn! Ninja Baseball of Dreams
- Shinobi 22: Super Combination! Ha-Oh Shurikenjin
- Shinobi 23: It's Summer! Ninja Courage Test
- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!
- Shinobi 24: It's Summer! The Chilling Arrival of Western Yokai!
- Shinobi 25: It's Summer! Beware of Dracula
- Shinobi 26: It's Summer! Last Ninja Race Intermediate Announcement!
- Shinobi 27: It's Summer! Chozetsu Star is Born!
- Shinobi 28: Race to It! The Kibaoni Ninja Squad
- Shinobi 29: Definitive Edition Ninja Sugoroku!
- Shinobi 30: Targeted Ninja School!
- Shinobi 31: The Runaway Ninja!
- Shinobi 32: Extremely Hot Ninja! Acha!
- Shinobi 35: Kinji Enters the Yokai Labyrinth!
- Shinobi 36: Kinji, the Glorious Super Star
- Shinobi 37: Shuriken Legend ~The Road to Last Ninja~
- Shinobi 40: Look Out For Santa Claus!
- Shinobi 41: The Five Games of the Kibaoni Party!
- Shinobi 42: OtomoNin Wars! Nekomata Strikes Back
- Shinobi 43: The Legendary Ninja! Yokai Karuta Tactics
- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger The Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland
- Shinobi 44: The Final Battle! The Ordeals of the Last Ninja
- Shinobi 45: Three Generations of Fathers and Sons! All Ninjas Gathered
- Shinobi 46: The Last Shuriken Appears!
- Shinobi Final Chapter: To a Future Without Hiding, Wasshoi!
- Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
- Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!
See Also[]
- Madame Odius - Power Rangers counterpart in Ninja Steel. See comparison page.
- Cosmo Royale - Power Rangers counterpart in Ninja Steel. See comparison page. (as a role for growing the yokais and summoning the Giant Yokai Gashadokuro)
- 9-Tailed Kitsune, his equivalent motif counterpart from the Youkai Army Corps in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
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