History Main / StringyHairedGhostgirl

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' has Palm Siberia. She, on most occasions, sports this appearance because of scruffy long black hair and too much make-up, not to mention a frightening aura caused by stress. However, she is shown to be BeautifulAllAlong when she gets rid of that Sadako look, takes a shower and combs her hair to go on a date with Gon.

* Illumi in “Manga/HunterXHunter”, who is already an [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette]] invokes this trope during an infamous scene where Hisoka threatens his little brother Killua. His face becomes green and his slicked-back black hair covers his face to show his demented side, and his even eye resembles Sadako’s iconic death stare.

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* Sachiko Shinozaki from the anime adaptation of “VideoGame/Corpse Party”, who’s backstory justifies her being an [[AxCrazy]] one. Just like Sadako, she had another literal split personality who wore white, and instead helps rather than hurt, which is what Sadako’s twin did. Sachiko wears red too instead of white like the usual onryo does.

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* Illumi in “Manga/HunterXHunter”, who is already an [[EeriePaleSkinned-Brunette]] invokes this trope during an infamous scene where Hisoka threatens his little brother Killua. His face becomes green and his slicked-back black hair covers his face to show his demented side, and his even eye resembles Sadako’s iconic death stare.

* Sachiko Shinozaki from the anime adaptation of “VideoGame/Corpse Party”, who’s backstory justifies her being an [[Ax-Crazy]] one. Just like Sadako, she had another literal split personality who wore white, and instead helps rather than hurt, which is what Sadako’s twin did. Sachiko wears red too instead of white like the usual onryo does.

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* Illumi in “Manga/HunterXHunter”, who is already an {{EeriePaleSkinned-Brunette}} invokes this trope during an infamous scene where Hisoka threatens his little brother Killua. His face becomes green and his slicked-back black hair covers his face to show his demented side, and his even eye resembles Sadako’s iconic death stare.

* Sachiko Shinozaki from the anime adaptation of “VideoGame/Corpse Party”, who’s backstory justifies her being an {{Ax-Crazy}} one. Just like Sadako, she had another literal split personality who wore white, and instead helps rather than hurt, which is what Sadako’s twin did. Sachiko wears red too instead of white like the usual onryo does.

* Illumi in “Manga/HunterXHunter”, who is already an {{EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette}} invokes this trope during an infamous scene where Hisoka threatens his little brother Killua. His face becomes green and his slicked-back black hair covers his face to show his demented side, and his even eye resembles Sadako’s iconic death stare.

* Sachiko Shinozaki from the anime adaptation of “VideoGame/Corpse Party”, who’s backstory justifies her being an {{Ax/Crazy}} one. Just like Sadako, she had another literal split personality who wore white, and instead helps rather than hurt, which is what Sadako’s twin did. Sachiko wears red too instead of white like the usual onryo does.
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* OlderThanRadio: The painting "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Oyuki The Ghost of Oyuki]]" is believed to be one of the earliest examples of this trope, dating back to 1750.
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* ''VideoGame/FancyIsland'' has a wide variety of these. Here are the following characters: Kuroageha, Yuri, 404‘San, Dai Kuchisakeonna, Eris, Konkon-san, Dorodoro, Konnichiwa, Abyss,

* ''VideoGame/FancyIsland'' has a wide variety of these.

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The long-haired onryō isn't just seen in Japanese culture. Similar variations occur in other Asian countries as well, like China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea.
* Traditionally in Korea, ghosts tend to follow the same archetype as the fiend in "The Ring". Female ghosts look bedraggled with hair in their face, and they are always clad in white (the color worn in funerals). This type of ghost, called a maiden ghost, is the most universally feared type of ghost in Korea.
* Of all the ghosts in Thailand, the most famous is "Nang Naak". The story varies, but it's usually like this: An ordinary farm girl named Naak from a village falls in love with a handsome young man named Nai Maak. Despite their economical backgrounds, they eventually manage to be together. Shortly after marriage, Nai Maak is conscripted for military service and leaves Naak behind, who dies during labor along with her unborn child. Although they are buried according to local tradition, the spirit of Naak refuses to perish. When Nai Maak returns from the war, the ghost disguises herself and her child as humans to him. The revelation itself provides one of the most memorable scenes in the story when Maak sees his wife grotesquely stretching her arm through the floorboard of their elevated house to pick up a fallen lime, or a knife in another version, on the ground. The terrified husband runs away and the ghost follows him. There are many gory accounts of how Nang Naak chases, harasses, or even kills whoever comes between Maak and her. You're going to have to go on this link to learn what happens afterward - http://asiarecipe.com/thainangnak.html
** ''Cursed Hair''. Another horror movie specifically about evil hair. Here's [[https://youtu.be/D8zLd-5NNAY the trailer]].
** ''[[https://youtu.be/bDqew5U68Q4 Nang Naak]]'': It wouldn't be long until they turned the story into a movie.
** ''[[https://youtu.be/fjtDhiSTOi0 Muoi (Legend of a Portrait)]]''
* In China, the classical image of a ghost is a young woman whose face is covered by long black hair, who dies due to misfortune, then comes back for revenge. http://gc.nuaa.edu.cn:8080/nanhangwy/zuopin/PPT/ppt/Culture.ppt#257,2,Slide 2
** Sigaw ("The Echo")
** ''[[https://youtu.be/cgIP-MArHWg The Ghost Inside]]''
* Indonesian and Malay mythology has a lot:
** The most famous example is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianak_(folklore) pontianak]] (also known as kuntilanak, especially in Java), the ghost of a woman who died while pregnant. She is vampiric and fond of sucking the blood of young men. She is associated with banana trees, where she resides during the day, and plumeria flowers, the scent of which when they are not physically around indicates the ghost's presence. Other sign includes her voice: her EvilLaugh means she is far away, but if you hear a [[GigglingVillain slow giggle]], she is nearby. In almost all myths, the only way to defeat her is by nailing her in the head. The ghost is the namesake of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianak,_West_Kalimantan a city]] in Indonesian Borneo.
** A related entity is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langsuyar langsuyar]]. While pontianak is the ghost of a pregnant woman, langsuyar is the ghost of a woman who died giving birth. She also prefers flying over walking, befitting her name (''lang'' means "eagle" in Malay). Otherwise, she is identical to pontianak.
** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundel_bolong Sundel bolong]] from Javanese folklore. She is the ghost of a prostitute (''sundel'' means "prostitute") who died giving birth to her illegitimate child. Other than long black hair, a large patch of her back is [[BodyHorror not covered by skin]]. Some state that the part is [[TorsoWithAView hollow to the front]], others say that only the skin is missing, exposing her rotten meat (complete with maggots).
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona La Llorona]], the "weeping woman" of Latin American myth, has elements of this.
* Myth/BrazilianFolklore has the Blonde Girl in the Bathroom (Loira do Banheiro in Portuguese), the ghost of a blonde girl who died at a young age and was buried in her house. A school was later built where her house used to be, so she still haunts it looking for proper burial.
** From the same Folklore, the Comadre Fulozinha is basically a NatureSpirit combined with this trope. She is the ghost of a woman with long, black, and [[PrehensileHair weaponizable]] hair who wanders the forests and kills those who defile nature.
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** The show went to the [[JustForPun well]] with this one ''again'' in season 4's "Happy Birthday, Isabella", with Stacy watching a parody of ''Film/TheGrudge'', and accidentally ending up looking like the "Grievance Girl".

* ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''’s most iconic and first-seen ghost the Bent-Neck Lady [[spoiler: as well as most of the non-bent-necked iterations of Nell’s ghost]] match the look. [[spoiler: presumably partly as a way of disguising the ghost’s identity ahead of the reveal.]]

* The [[SinisterSubway subway level]] of ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins'' (a game developed by the same people who made ''F.E.A.R.'') has several female enemies that look like onryō, with black hair, pale skin, blank eyes, and tattered white dresses. They're not real ghosts-just victims of the HatePlague affecting Metro City, and their appearance may simply be a result of living in the dark and filthy confines of the subway tunnels.

* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' features a boss named Screamer, which appears to be an homage to Alma, as it shares both Alma's appearance and mimics some of her appearances [[spoiler: such as appearing briefly in windows or sitting in the corner of the elevator]].

* ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' features a boss named Screamer, which appears to be an homage to Alma, as it shares both Alma's appearance and mimics some of her appearances [[spoiler: such as appearing briefly in windows or sitting in the corner of the elevator]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Kuon}}''. Several creepy female ghosts, most notably [[spoiler:Utsuki's sister Kureha]], who has long black hair, wears a red kimono and drags herself around killing anyone she comes across in a horrific fashion.

* ''VideoGame/EasternExorcist'', a game crammed with supernatural-themed enemies, naturally have plenty of ghost-women as common mooks, depicted as floating ethereal women in flowing white robes and having long hair that conceals their faces. They float around all over the place and can damage the player on contact, but luckily the weapons used by players are blessed to hurt spirits.
* ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' with [[https://www.roblox.com/games/6243699076/The-Mimic The Mimic.]] Almost all of the monsters surprisingly follow this trope. One of the remarkable ghosts that appear is either [[BigBad Hiachi Or Sama]]. While not authentic ghosts, they are inspired by this trope for sure. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Considering the game being based off classic Japanese urban legends]].
* ''VideoGame/TheBlackHeart'' (which runs on the below mentioned ''M.U.G.E.N'' engine) has Noroko: she is a more traditional ghost girl, with the ability to crawl on the ceiling, spew blood from her wrists, and [[TheBlank a complete lack of a face]]. She sometimes has a mouth, though. A mouth to scream loudly at you, when she's on idle mode, and during one of her fatalities. She also appears to have a mirrored body; instead of legs, she seems to have another torso, with a head and two arms, seeing as some of her attacks show a pair of hands and a head appearing from below her dress.
** Noroko's story is also that of a traditional onryō; by completing her Story Mode, we learn that, in life, [[spoiler:she was sacrificed (and ''possibly'' raped) by a man, that bathed a doll in her blood, for an unknown purpose (although it seems he was the leader of a cult). Her spirit was locked inside the doll, and it only awoke years later, when the heart of the King of the Other World was stolen. She now searches for the heart, hoping to use its power to find peace in death.]]

** Kirie, the BigBad of the original game, is classic example.
** The Box Woman from the second game, though she's an [[http://bcl.rpen.us/zerowiki/index.php?title=Ubume Ubume]] rather than an onryō.
** Kyoka Kuze, from the third game, attacks with her long hair.
** The fifth game has a recurring enemy in the form of an unnamed woman who is clad in a white dress, complete with a nice hat, and has long, stringy hair to go with it... but you're far more likely to notice her SlasherSmile and the fact that she's ''eight feet tall.'' A reference to the child snatching yokai Hachishakusama (Eight Foot Tall Woman).

* ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'''s Alma [[spoiler:Wade]] is the ghost of a psychic left to die in the psychic blocking chamber after she was drugged into a coma and forced to give birth to children to be used in a clone army project. So understandably she is PISSED. She wipes out an ENTIRE Delta team squad in three seconds by turning them into bloody skeletons. So the player is kinda over his head there.
** Oddly enough, the young Alma is somewhat benevolent towards the protagonist despite her penchant for scaring the absolute living piss out of him. She's often turned rooms filled with enemy {{Mooks}} into thin red gruel before the player character has a chance to. Alma's "current" self, however, is [[AxeCrazy less interested in his survival]]. Helps that [[spoiler: you're her son]].
*** Sadly those games have been declared CanonDiscontinuity, so don't expect any mercy from young Alma in future installments.
*** Alma ''does'' retain her merciful tendencies in ''F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin''; at one point, she saves Becket's life by killing an Abomination controlling a group of Replica soldiers. It isn't made clear why she does this until the very end, though. [[spoiler: She "covets" Becket due to his modifications in Project Harbinger, and uses him to impregnate herself.]]
*** Also unlike most here she ''does'' get revenge on her killer (in fact the whole first game seems to be just her trying to get payback)
** ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead: Overkill'' features a boss named Screamer, which appears to be an homage to Alma, as it shares both Alma's appearance and mimics some of her appearances [[spoiler: such as appearing briefly in windows or sitting in the corner of the elevator]].

* Along with many other mythical creatures and monsters, ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' also has onryō. One in particular tells you that she watches over her son in death, and is particularly busty to boot. Another is too frightened of a dark path to her husband's new home to haunt him after he remarried.
** In the second DLC chapter for the PS Vita rerelease, Gonbe's wife Otae comes back as an onryō to aid her husband on his quest.

* The TitleCharacter from ''Webcomic/TheBongcheonDongGhost'' is a stringy-haired ghost woman, though she is fairly young looking.