History Main / Kamaitachi

* ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'' features the kamaitachi "Charyeok", a spirit-beast from whom the character Nagia Midori can borrow power. Unlike nearly every other example of the trope, this version has not displayed any offensive power and has only been used for movement and rescue.

* ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'' features a kamaitachi "Charyeok", a spirit-beast from whom the character Nagia Midori can borrow power. Unlike nearly every other example of the trope, this version has not displayed any offensive power and has only been used for movement and rescue.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Appears as a monster and attainable ''shikigami'' as a weasel version of the TotemPoleTrench.

* There are two kamaitachi-based digimon in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', the first being Kyuukimon and the second being Reppamon. Kyuukimon, "kyuuki" meaning "supply of air", is a straightforward adaptation, though it comes alone instead of in a set of three. It uses both wind and its arm blades to attack. Reppamon, "reppa" coming from "reppaku" meaning "cutting through fabric", is a liberal adaptation. Rather than arm blades, its tail is a blade. Like Kyuukimon, it operates alone and combines wind powers with mundane slashing.

* ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'': Features kamaitachi-style enemies, which subsequently reappear in the ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' games.

** The Ninja job also has an ability called Phantom Kamaitachi where a phantom image of the user attacks a group of enemies with slicing wind

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': One of the Geomancer skills is a wind attack called Kamaitachi that can trigger the Paralyze (i.e. Don't Act) Status Ailment.

* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'': ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch3'' introduces a Kamaitachi. It's renamed Whirlweasel for the English version.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Izaya jokes that he's a kamaitachi after shaving a thug's head with his knife in a split second.

** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation V]]'s [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVMinccinoToGenesect Mienfoo and Mienshao]] are also based on them; according to the Pokedex, Mienfoo make up their packs in numbers and use their (normally unseen) claws to slice through enemies, and while Meinshao don't attack with claws, they instead utilize their arm fur as whips.

[[caption-width-right:350:WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel MOTHUFUCKA![[note]]Clockwise: Kamatari from ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', Weavile from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', Kamaitachi from ''VideoGame/Nioh2'' and Kyukimon from ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''[[/note]]]]

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': The Yosenju archetype. Yosenju Kamaitachi is the gust of wind (it returns an opponent's card to the hand), Yosenju Kamanitachi cuts the opponent (it can attack directly), and Yosenju Kamamitachi applies the ointment (it adds a Yosenju to your hand).

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'': Multiple games in the series have Kamaitachi as enemies known as Wind Cutter, Windsnip, or Illgaze. ''Nexus'' includes a quest to investigate strange icy winds that have been knocking other explorers down with strange slashes at their ankles, naturally it turns out to be a stronger Icy Wind Cutter.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Temari, a special technique that involves summoning a kamaitachi. She is the [[BlowYouAway wind user]], while the kamaitachi does the cutting. The only time it was used, the opponent was too dead to notice if the bleeding had stopped.

** Kamaitachi appear MonstersOfTheWeek in ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' and ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' (with the latter being adapted in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' as brothers Ripperat and Trapsaw).

Kamaitachi reported to operate in trios that follow a [[FighterMageThief Thief, Fighter, Mage]] setup: the first one knocks down a traveler with a gust of wind, the second cuts the traveler with its sickle-like claws, and the third applies an ointment that stops the bleeding, leaving the victim with bloodless but inexplicably large and painful wounds. The reasons for this depend on the region, as while some believe that the scars they create on their victims are a part of a competition between them, others believe that they subsist on blood and feed from the cuts they make.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'''s ''Stormblood'' expansion features a large Kamaitachi boss in the Hells' Lid dungeon who attacks with a variety of slashing and wind-based attacks.

** The tenth movie features, among the other creatures under Shiki's rule, the Tsujigiri Itachi (killer weasel), which actually wield small scythes with blades made from a Kenju (sword-tree) leaf.

* Various enemies from the RPG ''VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory'' use an attack called Kamaitachi which strikes multiple targets with a series of slicing attacks.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': In the "Devil Kids" line, Kamaitachi appears as a potential demon ally. Additionally, one of the Wind type fusion attacks in ''VideoGame/Persona2'' is named "Kamaitachi", in honor of this youkai.

* ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter Rise]]'''s announcement trailer has the Izuchi, which are weasel-[[DinosaursAreDragons raptors]] with sickle-bladed tails.