The following is a list of characters from Level-5's video game and anime franchise, Yo-kai Watch.
The version of the manga distributed in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, by Shogakukan Asia uses the original Japanese names.
[1] Where available, names from the English games, North American English dub, and the North American English manga are on the left while the original Japanese names are on the right.
The five major human characters are students of Springdale Elementary / Sakura First Elementary School (さくら第一小学校, Sakura Daiichi Shōgakkō).
The following Yo-kai make recurring appearances in the anime, sometimes receiving their own story arcs.
Spiritual beings based on Japanese mythological spirits and figures.
They are divided into eight primary tribes: Brave, Mysterious, Tough, Charming, Heartful, Shady, Eerie, and Slippery, each with their own summoning song that plays when a Yo-kai is summoned.
Yo-kai Watch 2 introduces the Wicked Tribe, and Yo-kai Watch 3 introduces a ninth main tribe, Wandroid.
The Yo-kai are listed below based on their numbering in the games' Yo-kai Medallium (as of Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Moon Rabbit Crew), while those with fictional character biographies and casting information have made appearances in the television series.
Where available, names from the English games, North American English dub, and the North American English manga are on the right, while the original Japanese names are on the left.
Brave Tribe (イサマシ族, Isamashi-zoku) Yo-kai are physically strong and gallant.
Their summoning song is "Sumo's shave!
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Mysterious Tribe (フシギ族, Fushigi-zoku) Yo-kai are strange and bizarre.
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Tough Tribe (ゴーケツ族, Gōketsu-zoku) Yo-kai are tough and heroic and have high defense.
Their summoning song is "Gruff stuff!
Kanzen muketsu no daishūketsu!, Gōketsu!
Fuku wa uchī!, "Pretty!
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Heartful Tribe (ポカポカ族, Pokapoka-zoku) Yo-kai are warm and inviting and excel at healing.
Their summoning song is "Speedy, Heartful!
Itcho yāru kā!, Pokkapoka!
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Shady Tribe (ウスラカゲ族, Usurakage-zoku) Yo-kai are hazy and shadowy and specialize in lowering their opponents' stats.
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Eerie Tribe (ブキミー族, Bukimī-zoku) Yo-kai are spooky and specialize in inflicting status conditions on opponents.
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Slippery Tribe (ニョロロン族, Nyororon-zoku) Yo-kai are hard to target and buff their allies' stats.
The Legendary Yo-kai introduced in Yo-kai Watch (Shogunyan, Komashura, Dandoodle, Elder Bloom, and Gilgaros) resemble other Yo-kai and can also be classified into the other tribes.
Among the Yo-kai in this category are: Voiced by: Aya Endō (Japanese) The Wicked Tribe (カイマ族, Kaima-zoku, "Kaima tribe") Yo-kai are powerful Yo-kai introduced in Yo-kai Watch 2, with five notable Wicked Yo-kai being collectively known as the Wicked Executives (怪魔エリート, Kaima Erīto) and possessing control over the Wicked Servants (怪, "Kai", "customized") Yo-kai, Yo-kai who have become Wicked and wear a mask.
Yo-kai in this Tribe include: Boss Yo-kai (ボス妖怪, Bosu Yōkai) are the bosses of the video games and, with some exceptions, cannot be befriended.