History Main / KabukiSounds

* ''Yoo~ooh''. A call to announce a character, often accompanied by a dramatic {{zoom}} or SuperSentaiStance.

* Plugging in four controllers in to a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Gamecube]], holding the Z button down on all of them, and starting up the console will play a tsuzumi accompanied by the "Ooowoooh!" noise instead of the normal start up sounds.

* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon 2'' for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom features the "Ooowoooh!" sound on the title screen and the "area clear" screen, and also has a kabuki-themed stage where ''tsuzumi'' appear as floating springboards.

** The various musical themes for the eponymous mask of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' involve eldritch, discordant yet somehow still Kabuki-esque sounds. WordOfGod shares that the noises were inspired by the similar Chinese opera.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the theme for the Master Kohga battle has silly-sounding Kabuki sounds that match his role as a goofy leader of an evil clan of ninjas.

* ''Shinobue'' and ''Nohkan''. High pitched transverse flutes.

* In ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} D.I.Y.'', one of the drum sets in the music maker is a Japanese-themed set which includes Kabuki sounds.

* ''Tsuzumi''. A drumlike instrument that makes a "pon!" sound. Frequently employed to punctuate a joke or humorous moment, often in combination with a man's voice making an "Ooowoooh!" sound (also from Kabuki). A very traditional instrument, its sound is considered emblematic of traditional Japanese culture as a whole. Although they sound alike, do not mistake the "pon!" of a ''tsuzumi'' for the noise of TheThingThatGoesDoink.

* ''VideoGame/FatalFury Special'' uses this in Geese's CPU stage, and ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'' has a BonusBoss fight with him as well in his rooftop pagoda. The intro to the fights has several doors sliding open, punctuated with ''okawa'' beats, and the fight music itself (titled "Soy Sauce for Geese") has several tsuzumi beats and the "Ooowooh" voice as well (at least in the RBS version).

[[folder: Film]]

* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' is the latest Super Sentai to join the list, and is perhaps the ''most'' Kabuki-esque season yet. Not only do they heavily utilize them on their soundtrack, their sequences, and even their [[TransformationTrinket DonBlasters]], but this particular Sentai's outfits are designed to resemble Kabuki performers, their transformation utilizes traditional Japanese scroll painting art, and DonMomotaro arrives in a cart pulled by other people, and is often seen with a fan on his hand. Oh, and before you ask, the '''first''' sound their Henshin makes is a "[[https://youtube.com/watch?v=WP-_3kHZq6k Yooo!]]"!

* ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': The Utsusemimaru Theme also featured kabuki noises when he first morphs into ''[[Main/SixthRanger Kyoryu Gold]]''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0FVIwLE0Aw This]] ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' remix of Yuugi's theme features the "oowooooh" guy.

* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' is the latest Super Sentai to join the list, and is perhaps the ''most'' Kabuki-esque season yet. Not only do they heavily utilize them on their soundtrack, their sequences, and even their [[TransformationTrinket DonBlasters]], but this particular Sentai's outfits are designed to resemble Kabuki performers.

Kabuki is part of traditional UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese theatre, dating from the Edo period (17th century as the Western world records time). Like other Japanese theatrical styles, it uses music and musical sounds to help tell the story. Several instruments/calls have become strongly identified with the theatre performance itself, even sounds that originated in other parts of Japanese theatre.

* Used in ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}'' for the Den Den Troupe, a Kabuki troupe, and also for Princess Shirataki, who's servant, Shungiku-san, carries a tsuzumi with him for their travels.