History Characters / TeitoMonogatari

* DaylightHorror: Mostly attacks at night, but there are a few times he emerged during the day, such as to kidnap Yukari the first time in ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' or kidnapping Yukiko in ''The Last Megalopolis.''

** {{Flight}}: Kato is a master of this, especially in ''Doomed Megalopolis.''
** MindControl: Kato can take control of people, either by using ''kodoku'' or by brainwashing.
** MindOverMatter: He uses this a lot in ''The Last War'', even throwing a car at Nakamura ''with his mind.''

** AnArmAndALeg: In most adaptations, Rohan chops his hand off.
** EyeScream: In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', Keiko throws a knife at him that goes [[ImpaledPalm right through his hand]] and gouges out his eyeball.
** FlayingAlive: At the end of ''The Last War,'' Yukiko manages to rip the skin off the left side of his face with a talisman. He just laughs.
** HarmlessElectrocution: In most adaptations, he gets struck by a BoltOfDivineRetribution from Masakado after trying to awaken him a second time. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' it just knocks him out. In ''Doomed Megalopolis'', it seems to temporarily [[TakenForGranite turn him into stone.]]
** ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He gets stabbed a LOT. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' both Rohan and Keiko run him through (although he wanted the latter to stab him). In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Lord Masakado stabs him through the neck with Narutaki's knife. In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Masakado almost runs him through with his own sword, but Kato manages to get out of Yukiko's grip and escapes.
** ManOnFire: In the ''Babylon Tokyo'' manga, Keiko sets his head on fire by wrapping a lock of her hair around his neck and igniting it.
*** ImpromptuTracheotomy: And when THAT didn't work, she rips out his throat with her teeth!

** RedEyesTakeWarning: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' Kato's eyes turn completely red several different times. [[spoiler:He also gets permanent red eyes at the end of ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'' thanks to being foiled by a red azuki bean.]]

* TheUnfettered: Absolutely nothing will stop Kato from trying to destroy Tokyo, whether it be being turned to stone, stabbed in the neck, getting his eye gouged out, ''nothing''. [[spoiler:Although channeling a celestial bodhisattva seems to do the trick in the OVA.]]
** ImplacableMan: And if he needs somebody to complete this goal, no amount of purification ceremonies or anti-demon talismans will keep him from kidnapping them.

* NiceHat: An ''eboshi'' or ritual hat.

* NiceHat: Typically sports one.

* NiceHat: His CommissarCap.

** ''Doomed Megalopolis'' turns this UpToEleven by having Kato MindRape her several times before forcing the ''fukuchu-mushi'' egg down her throat via ForcedKiss. She later coughs up the worm (which has a penis for a head in this version), only to be reinfected by a nurse who is secretly working for Kato. After she is kidnapped, Kato works his magic on her which includes ''physically'' raping her by shoving a spell up her crotch. Once she is rescued, [[spoiler:she is raped by her brother.]]

* {{Abusive Parent|s}}: In all versions, Kato kidnaps Yukiko to make her a medium for Lord Masakado. In ''The Last Megalopolis,'' he forces Yukiko to burn her hand on a PaperTalisman so that Keiko will let them go. In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he also tries to sacrifice her to the Underground Dragon after Masakado refuses to awaken. [[spoiler:Even though Yukiko turns out not to be his daughter after all, he did all those things to her while he still thought she was.]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: Does this a lot. The box art of ''The Last War'' even features him standing around on a high metal tower. In the anime, he stands on poles, roofs, treetops, etc.

* HypotheticalCasting: Was played by legendary Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando V, who is actually a scholar of Kyoka Izumi, and has produced plays based on his works.

* NotSoDifferent: Kato invokes this in the anime after Hirai calls him a monster. He tells Hirai to stop acting so self-righteous, as they, being onmyoji, both inflict curses on people for a living.

* BadDreams: Has a few of them in ''The Last War.'' First she has a TroubledBackstoryFlashback about Kato kidnapping her as a child. Later, she has a bizarre nightmare about Kato turning her adopted little sister into a bug, and a clone of him [[ChestBurster popping out of her boyfriend's chest]]. She wakes up...[[DreamWithinADream only to find Kato behind her, ripping off her still-mutated sister's tail.]]

* PetTheDog: In ''Doomed Megalopolis,'' he does have some scenes with Keiko where he's not a complete {{Jerkass}}. He even buys her a parasol at one point.