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* ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy''
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark''

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* ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy''
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark''
''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'': Raido is asked to look into sightings of a red-caped monster, attacking people and drinking their blood. [[spoiler:These turn out to be victims of demonic parasytes, amplified by the military for their HumanExperiments]].



* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':

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* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'': The StarterVillain is Hanako Akai, a school girl who got bullied into wearing the grade schooler's uniform to resemble the legend and has allegedly commited suicide in the school's bathroom.



* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': Lady Dimitrescu

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* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': Lady DimitrescuDimitrescu has some resemblene to the legend, being a giantess in a white dress who stalks the protagonist around the area.



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* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'':''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': Reigen and Mob are asked to look into local urban legend. The human-faced dog they've found turn out to be a normal dog named Tero, who had his face drawn over with a marker by curel kids.



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* ''Manga/XxxHolic''''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'': It's discussed if Mister Kokkuri is related to the Kokkuri-san rumor, but he's a simple ghost who attack anyone he views as a "delinquent".
* ''Manga/XxxHolic'': Watanuki is asked to look into the "angel" fortune-telling game. Because invoking the supernatural makes it real and also knowing more than you should is taboo, several students got cursed to death. The ones Watanuki encounters [[spoiler:turn out to be DeadAllAlong, an amalgamation of negative emotions caused by the fear of the game]].



* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':

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* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'': The Slit-Mouthed Kashima of Chapter 3 is a CompositeCharacter of "Slit-Mouthed Woman" and "Kashima Reiko" rumors, with emphasis on the former. Aside having a GlasgowGrin and desire of being apprciated, she has ShearMenace as legs can kill people from a distance by manifesting scissors from inside.



* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':



* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu'': Yomi is missing the lower half of her body due to being caught in a gas explosion.

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* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu'': Yomi is missing the lower half of her body due to being [[spoiler:being caught in a gas explosion.explosion she has caused]].



* ''Manga/DarkGathering''
* ''Literature/PersonaXDetectiveNaoto''

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* ''Manga/DarkGathering''
* ''Literature/PersonaXDetectiveNaoto''
''Manga/DarkGathering'': Yayoi is collecting ghosts into her private army, usually by having Eiko to look into rumors online. These range from odd visions at certain locations, to anyone getting sent into a parallel dimension where they are killed.



* ''Anime/HellGirl'': The Hell Correspondence is a website where you can enter a name of someone you have a grudge against, and after sealing a pact with the Hell Girl the victim will suffer a KarmicDeath, but the client will join them in Hell when they die. The Hell Girl is said to have existed for a while in a form of newspaper clippings and BBS forums.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Lil' Slugger / Shonen Bat is a mysterious boy in golden rollerblades who beats up people who are close to falling into despair, providing them with a convenient victim card.

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* ''Anime/HellGirl'': The Hell Correspondence is a website where you can enter a name of someone you have a grudge against, and after sealing a pact with the Hell Girl the victim will suffer a KarmicDeath, but with the price of the client will join joining them in Hell when they die.die eventually. The Hell Girl is said to have existed for a while in a form of newspaper clippings and BBS forums.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Lil' Slugger / Shonen Bat is a mysterious boy in golden rollerblades rollerblades, who beats up people who are close to falling into despair, providing them with a convenient victim card.card. Because it sounded like an easy excuse, more people started using it, which turn out that he's not so imaginary after all.
* ''Literature/PersonaXDetectiveNaoto''



* ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ''
* ''Anime/YamishibaiJapaneseGhostStories''

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* ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ''
''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ'': Shin is a {{Fanboy}} is anything supernatural, looking into {{Yokai}}, UrbanLegends and aliens. When a particular area has some history behind it, there's likely something more to it.
* ''Anime/YamishibaiJapaneseGhostStories''''VisualNovel/SpiritHunter'': The task of each protagonist is QuietingTheUnquietDead. There is always a rumor about someone dying in unjust manner and stalking the area, which is how the protagonists can track the VengefulGhost of the day. The NigNad of the first day even mentions that fear created by rumors make spirits stronger.
* ''Anime/YamishibaiJapaneseGhostStories'': Most episodes follow a format of VictimOfTheWeek noticing some unnatural sightings, before something horrible catching up to them.



* ''Manga/XxxHolic''
* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu'': Almost all stories involve schoolgirls talking about a ghost that appears under a certain condition, which the protagonist of the chapter encounters, often intentionally.

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* ''Manga/XxxHolic''
* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu'': Almost all stories involve schoolgirls talking about a ghost supernatural rumor that appears under a certain condition, which the protagonist of the chapter encounters, encounters later, often intentionally.
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UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} is no stranger to supernatural stories, which are still common today. Due to wide access to the information, any GhostStory can get popular enough to become UrbanLegends and get commonly referenced across media.

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UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} is no stranger to supernatural stories, which are still common today. Due to wide wider access to the information, information thanks to phones and the internet, any GhostStory can get popular enough to become UrbanLegends and to get commonly referenced across media.



Due to popularization of StringyHairedGhostGirl, onryō-type ghosts are fairly common and follow a certain pattern, starting off as rumors between teenagers, before manifesting as VengefulGhost who attack people indiscriminately while confusing victims with a MortonsFork.

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Due to popularization of StringyHairedGhostGirl, onryō-type ghosts are fairly common and follow a certain pattern, starting off as rumors between teenagers, before manifesting as VengefulGhost through GossipEvolution, who attack people indiscriminately while confusing victims with a MortonsFork.
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[[folder:Hanako of the Toilet]]
''Hanako-San'' is a ghost of a girl who has committed suicide in a school bathroom. As a ScareDare, children are often challenged to come to the third floor girl's bathroom, knock three times on the third stall, and call her by name. Due to popularity among kids, the death of the challenger is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy often replaced]] by a scary prank.

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''Hanako-San''
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* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}''
* ''Film/ShinseiToireNoHanakoSan''
* ''Film/ToireNoHanakoSan''
* ''Film/ToireNoHanakoSanShinGekijoban''


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* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'': Localized as Toiletta.


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* ''Manga/DarkGathering''

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[[folder:Jinmenken]]
The ''Human-Faced Dogs'', intellegent dogs capable of SuperSpeed, but otherwise harmless and prefer to be alone.

* ''Anime/GhostStories''
* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'':
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[[folder:Jinmenken]]
The ''Human-Faced Dogs'', intellegent dogs capable of SuperSpeed, but otherwise harmless and prefer to be alone.

* ''Anime/GhostStories''
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* ''Anime/GhostStories'': Called Akagami Aogami.


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* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''

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* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''''Webcomic/TheBongcheonDongGhost''
* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'': The main premise is the team looking into supernatural rumors, which are always caused by Digital Ghosts, meaning invisible Digimon who are not used to the human world.
* ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection''
* ''Anime/HellGirl'': The Hell Correspondence is a website where you can enter a name of someone you have a grudge against, and after sealing a pact with the Hell Girl the victim will suffer a KarmicDeath, but the client will join them in Hell when they die. The Hell Girl is said to have existed for a while in a form of newspaper clippings and BBS forums.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Lil' Slugger / Shonen Bat is a mysterious boy in golden rollerblades who beats up people who are close to falling into despair, providing them with a convenient victim card.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Elder residents of the Rokkenjima island and its surroundings used to tell the kids stories that the forest is ruled by the Golden Witch, so kids wouldn't go there. This story is a mix-up of Akujikishima folk tales, conspiracy by Kinzō Ushiromiya, and other factors revealed later in the story.



* ''Anime/HellGirl''
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Elder residents of the Rokkenjima island and its surroundings used to tell the kids stories that the forest is ruled by the Golden Witch, so kids wouldn't go there. This story is a mix-up of Akujikishima folk tales, conspiracy by Kinzō Ushiromiya, and other factors revealed later in the story.

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* ''Anime/HellGirl''
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Elder residents of the Rokkenjima island and its surroundings used to tell the kids stories that the forest is ruled by the Golden Witch, so kids wouldn't go there. This story is a mix-up of Akujikishima folk tales, conspiracy by Kinzō Ushiromiya, and other factors revealed later in the story.
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* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu''

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[[folder:Seven School Mysteries]]
A collection of school-themed ghost stories that may include other known legends. Has [[TheSevenMysteries own page]].
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[[folder:Similar style ghost stories]]
* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''
* ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ''
* ''Anime/HellGirl''
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Elder residents of the Rokkenjima island and its surroundings used to tell the kids stories that the forest is ruled by the Golden Witch, so kids wouldn't go there. This story is a mix-up of Akujikishima folk tales, conspiracy by Kinzō Ushiromiya, and other factors revealed later in the story.
* ''Manga/XxxHolic''
* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu''
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A mix of UrbanLegends and {{Yokai}}.

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A mix of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} is no stranger to supernatural stories, which are still common today. Due to wide access to the information, any GhostStory can get popular enough to become UrbanLegends and {{Yokai}}.get commonly referenced across media.

These can be seen as modern analogues of {{Yokai}}.

Due to popularization of StringyHairedGhostGirl, onryō-type ghosts are fairly common and follow a certain pattern, starting off as rumors between teenagers, before manifesting as VengefulGhost who attack people indiscriminately while confusing victims with a MortonsFork.



''Red Cape'', a ghost who is said to be haunting walls in public bathroom. A victim sitting on a toilet is asked to choose between red paper/cloak or blue paper/cloak. Either option, as well attempt to TakeAThirdOption, gets the victim killed.

* ''VideoGame/Persona2''



The ''Human-Faced Dogs'', intellegent dogs capable of SuperSpeed, but otherwise harmless and prefer to be alone.



* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'': Hanako-San of the Third Floor Girl's Bathroom is a recurring extra character in the Sixth Series, presented as a CuteGhostGirl with HitodamaLight.

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''Hanako-San'' is a ghost of a girl who has committed suicide in a school bathroom. As a ScareDare, children are often challenged to come to the third floor girl's bathroom, knock three times on the third stall, and call her by name. Due to popularity among kids, the death of the challenger is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy often replaced]] by a scary prank.

* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'': Hanako-San of the Third Floor Girl's Bathroom Hanako is a recurring extra character in the Sixth Series, presented as a CuteGhostGirl with HitodamaLight.



* ''VideoGame/Persona2''
* ''Manga/ToiletBoundHanakoKun'': The titular character is a GenderFlip of the legend and is one of TheSevenMysteries.



* ''Manga/ToiletBoundHanakoKun'': The titular character is a GenderFlip of the legend and is one of TheSevenMysteries.



''The 8-feet Tall Woman'' is a ghost of a woman in a white dress and a white sunhat. She lures young boys, whose fate remains unknown. Originated as a {{Creepypasta}} from 2channel.

* ''Literature/OthersidePicnic''



''Kokkuri-san'', alternatively ''Angel-san'', is a fortune-telling game originated in Meiji era. A pot is placed on three rods labeled by kitsune, tengu, and tanuki, and the pot is shaken by a spirit depending on the question. In modern time the pot is replaced by a paper with letters written in a table, and a coin moves to form the answer, analogous with OuijaBoard.

* ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan''
* ''Manga/XxxHolic''



A "Slit-Mouthed Woman" is a wandering ghost with a GlasgowGrin, who asks strangers if she has a pretty smile. Saying no gets the victim killed, while saying yes provokes her to give the same appearance to them with scissors. Avoiding saying "yes" or "no" is a common way to survive.

* ''Film/{{Carved}}''
* ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}''
* ''VideoGame/Persona2''



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[[folder:Red Room]]Room Curse]]
''Red Room Curse'' is believed to have originated as a Flash {{Creepypasta}} on [=GeoCities=]. A red pop-up shows the question "Do you like the red room?", trying to close it would get the victim killed.



''Teke-teke'' is a woman who fell on a railroad track and got cut in half by the train. Improper encounter results in a victim getting cut with a SinisterScythe. She is often merged with the ''Kashima Reiko'' story, who haunts bathrooms at schools or train stations, searching for her legs or [[GhostAmnesia her name]].

* ''VideoGame/Persona2''



* ''VideoGame/SoulHackers''
* ''Manga/ZekkyouGakkyuu'': Yomi is missing the lower half of her body due to being caught in a gas explosion.



[[folder:Turbo Bachan]]
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[[folder:Tsuchinoko]]
A snake-like cryptid. Has [[{{Tsuchinoko}} own page]].


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''Turbo Granny'' or ''100km/h Hag'' is a mysterious spirit that can be encountered in the mountain driveways. She just dashes past cars, sometimes distracting drivers who ride above the speed limit.

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A mix of UrbanLegends and {{Yokai}}.
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* ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy''
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark''
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[[folder:Jinmenken]]
* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'':
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[[folder:Hanako of the Toilet]]
* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'': Hanako-San of the Third Floor Girl's Bathroom is a recurring extra character in the Sixth Series, presented as a CuteGhostGirl with HitodamaLight.
* ''Manga/HanakoAndTheTerrorOfAllegory''
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':
* ''Manga/ToiletBoundHanakoKun'': The titular character is a GenderFlip of the legend and is one of TheSevenMysteries.
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[[folder:Hashisaku-sama]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': Lady Dimitrescu
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[[folder:Kuchisake-onna]]
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':
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[[folder:Teke-teke]]
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'':
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* ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}'':
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunter'':
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