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Jibanyan is a Yo-Kai featured in the video games, television series and movies, and comic books of the Yo-Kai Watch franchise. He is regarded as the mascot of Yo-Kai Watch, and has received immense popularity in Japan.

Concept and design
Jibanyan is based off of the Nekomata, a cat that when converting into a Yo-Kai has their tail partially split. Most nekomata in popular media exaggerates how far the tail splits, sometimes giving a nekomata two full-fledged tails.

His name is a combination of Jibakurei (Japanese: 地縛霊 lit. "Residual Haunting") and nyan, a Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound commonly made by cats.