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The following is a list of yōkai, obake, yūrei and other legendary creatures which are notable in Japanese folklore, mythology, literature and art.

Giants, freaks, and anatomical oddities

 * Ashinagatenaga
 * Daidarabocchi
 * Hitotsume-kozō
 * Hyakume
 * Nukekubi
 * Nurarihyon(ぬらりひょん)
 * Rokurokubi

Chimeras, giant monsters and holy beasts

 * Baku
 * Byakko
 * Genbu
 * Gyūki
 * Hakutaku
 * Jinmenken
 * Kirin
 * Koma-inu
 * Kudan
 * Nue
 * Raijū
 * Senpoku-Kanpoku
 * Shisa
 * Tsuchigumo
 * Ushi-Oni

Demons and fierce gods

 * Akashita
 * Akki
 * Akuma
 * Amanojaku
 * Amanozako
 * Datsue-ba
 * Fūjin
 * Hannya
 * Hiderigami
 * Hisa-me (氷雨 or 必殺娘)
 * Ibaraki-dōji
 * Ikazuchi-no-Kami
 * Kasha
 * Mōryō
 * Oni
 * Raijin
 * Shikigami
 * Shiki-ōji
 * Shinigami
 * Shōki
 * Shuten-dōji
 * Yakubyō-gami

Dragons and serpents

 * Kiyo
 * Mizuchi
 * Nozuchi
 * Yamata-no-Orochi
 * Ryū
 * Seiryū
 * Totetsu
 * Tsuchinoko
 * Yato-no-kami
 * Zennyo Ryūō

Fantastic and Demonic Birds

 * Hō-ō
 * Itsumaden
 * Onmoraki
 * Suzaku
 * Yatagarasu

Female spirits and monsters

 * Amazake-babaa
 * Ameonna
 * Amorōnagu
 * Arikura-no-baba
 * Enshōjo
 * Futakuchi-onna
 * Harionago
 * Hone-onna
 * Jakotsu-babaa
 * Jorōgumo
 * Kage-onna
 * Kerakera-onna
 * Kijo
 * Kokakuchō
 * Kuchisake-onna
 * Nando-baba
 * Nebutori
 * Nikusui
 * Ohaguro-bettari
 * Sunakake-baba
 * Taka-onna
 * Tsurara-onna
 * Ubume
 * Yama-uba
 * Yuki-onna
 * Aonyōbō

Festival monsters

 * Amaburakosagi
 * Amamehagi
 * Anmo
 * Namahage

Foxes, raccoon dogs, and other supernatural animals

 * Aosaginohi
 * Bakeneko
 * Bunbuku Chagama
 * Hoji
 * Hototogisu
 * Inugami
 * Iwana-bōzu
 * Kawa-uso
 * Kitsune
 * Kitsune-Tsuki
 * Kuda-gitsune
 * Kyūbi-no-kitsune
 * Shin 蜃
 * Mujina
 * Morinji-no-kama
 * Myobu
 * Nekomata
 * Nekomusume
 * Okuri-inu
 * Onikuma
 * Ōmukade
 * Sesshō-seki
 * Sōtangitsune
 * Tamamo-no-Mae
 * Tanuki
 * Yama-inu

Ghosts and animated corpses

 * Abura-sumashi
 * Dodomeki
 * Gaki
 * Gashadokuro
 * Goryō
 * Hotoke
 * Ikiryō
 * Jibakurei
 * Jikininki
 * Kyōkotsu
 * Mekurabe
 * Nuppefuhofu
 * Nuribotoke
 * Oboroguruma
 * Oiwa
 * Okiku
 * Onryō
 * Shiryō
 * Sōgenbi
 * Te-no-me
 * Tesso

Haunts of mountains and roads

 * Aobōzu
 * Ashimagari
 * Ato-oi-kozō
 * Azukiarai
 * Azukibabaa
 * Azukihakari
 * Azukitogi
 * Betobeto-san
 * Ippon-datara
 * Ittan-momen
 * Kamaitachi
 * Konaki-Jijii
 * Mikoshi-nyūdō
 * Miage-nyūdō
 * Momonjii
 * Nobusuma
 * Noppera-bō
 * Nurikabe
 * Sagari
 * Shiro-bōzu
 * Shunoban
 * Sodehiki-kozō
 * Soraki-gaeshi
 * Sunekosuri
 * Tsurube-otoshi
 * Uma-no-ashi
 * Yadōkai
 * Yagyō-san
 * Yama-biko
 * Yama-bito
 * Yama-chichi
 * Yama-otoko

Haunts of towns, houses and temples

 * Abura-akago
 * Akaname
 * Akateko
 * Amikiri
 * Aoandon
 * Ashiaraiyashiki(足洗邸)
 * Enenra
 * Gagoze
 * Kamikiri
 * Keukegen
 * Makuragaeshi
 * Ōkamuro
 * Ōkubi
 * Otoroshi
 * Sakabashira
 * Shōkera
 * Sorobanbōzu
 * Suppon-no-yūrei
 * Tatami-tataki
 * Tenjōname
 * Yanari

Kappa and Tengu

 * Enko
 * Enkō
 * Gangi-kozō
 * Guhin
 * Hyōsube
 * Ichimoku-nyūdō
 * Kahaku
 * Kappa
 * Kashabo
 * Seko
 * Shibaten
 * Sōjōbō
 * Soragami
 * Taimatsumaru
 * Tengu
 * Yama-waro

Monkeys and Apes

 * Hibagon
 * Hihi
 * Sarugami
 * Satori

Sea Monsters

 * Akkorokamui - Ainu monster resembling a fish or octopus
 * Amemasu - Ainu creature resembling a fish or whale
 * Ayakashi
 * Funayūrei (ship ghost)
 * Bake-Kujira
 * Ikuchi
 * Isonade
 * Ningyo
 * Nure-onna
 * Samebito
 * Sazae-oni
 * Shachihoko
 * Umibōzu
 * Umi-nyōbō

Spirits of trees and vegetation

 * Hōkō
 * Hyōtan-kozō
 * Jinmenju
 * Jubokko
 * Kodama
 * Tankororin

Sprites, fairies, spirit children and little people

 * Amefurikozō
 * Kijimunaa
 * Koropokkuru - little people from Ainu folklore
 * Kurabokko
 * Shōjō
 * Tennin
 * Tōfu-kozō
 * Yōsei
 * Zashiki-warashi

Spook fires

 * Akurojin-no-hi
 * Asobibi
 * Ayakashi-no-ayashibi
 * Hitodama
 * Kurage-no-hinotama
 * Onibi

Haunted Objects

 * Bakezōri
 * Biwa-bokuboku
 * Chochinobake
 * Eritate-goromo
 * Kameosa
 * Karakasa
 * Kosode-no-te
 * Mokumokuren
 * Narikama
 * Nyūbachibō
 * Setotaishō
 * Shiro-uneri
 * Tsukumogami
 * Ungaikyō
 * Uwan
 * Yama-oroshi
 * Zenfushō