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Tengu

Profoundly entrenched in the Japanese imagination for centuries, tengu continue to be popular subjects in modern fiction, both in Japan and increasingly in other countries. They often appear among the many characters and creatures featured in Japanese cinema, animation, comics, and video games.

The Tengu Haruka, from the Japanese animation/manga comic Tactics, takes the form of a tall young man with crow-like wings and an unusually large nose.

In the anime Shinzo, the Bird Enterran named Lord Caris has a Tengu-like appearance.

In the anime/manga Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun, Kagetsu and Hazuki are twin Tengu brothers. Shinobu Inue is half Tengu because of his Tengu Father (Kagetsu) and Human Mother. Kagetsu gave him part of his soul in order to save him, and later on died because he used up his remaining powers. Hazuki (Shinobu's 'uncle') is now Shinobu's foster father.

In the manga/anime One Piece, Usopp has a Tengu-like appearance. He is known for his trickery and using plants as weapons.

In the manga/anime Toriko, the cook Tengu Branchi is known to be a Tengu.

In Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura, Kurama the princess of the alien race, the Karasutengu (Crow Goblins). Karasutengu are a type of tengu with distinctly crow-like features.

In the anime/manga Kamisama Hajimemashita, Kurama(Shinjirou) a popular pop-star who calls himself "the fallen angel of darkness", is originally a tengu and the only son of Mt Kurama's leader.

In a Go Nagai's manga Tenkuu no Inu, tengus have important roles in its story.

The manga Black Bird (manga) contains many tengu characters including one of the two main characters, Kyo, the leader of his tengu clan.

In Samurai Champloo, warrior priests outside of the Hakone checkpoint wear Tengu masks.

In the anime/manga Naruto, the Uchiha Clan display some elements of the Tengu mythos from their fan-like family crest and Itachi's crows to each member's Susannoo appearing as a giant tengu in its fully manifested form.

In the anime/manga Gintama, Utsuro/Shoyo Yoshida display elements of the Tengu mythos like Immortality,Regeneration And Superhuman Strength.

Within the storyline for Gargoyles-Bad Guys, the only published comic book spinoff of the Disney Gargoyles TV series so far, the gargoyles of Japan — as with the Ishimura Clan, a larger clan than Goliath's Manhattan Clan — are universally called "tengu" in Japan.

In Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 3, and Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, the Tengu appears as a monster of the day/week (Kakuranger and Alien Rangers "adapted into Professor Longnose"), a queen Tengu monster which was a cut monster from the movie but appears in its Game Boy adaption as a boss, and as minions in the movie, season 3 of MMPR & the 10 episode Alien Ranger arc. In the movie, they are called the "Tengu Warriors". The suits for the Tengu Warriors are reused in the show and called the "Tenga Warriors". A Tengu-like monster known as Hit of the Tengu appears as a monster of the day in an episode of Tensou Sentai Goseiger (known as No-Joke in its American adaptation Power Rangers Megaforce). Another Tengu-like monster also serves as a monster of the day in an episode of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.

The character Tengu appears on the American television series called The Yokai King, starring by Shin Koyamada.

A Tengu also appeared on the animated TV series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja in the episode "Evil Spirit Week."

Graham Masterton's horror novel Tengu tells of a conspiracy by a secret Japanese society to avenge the American bombing of Hiroshima by producing invincible warriors possessed by the Tengu. It includes details of some of the mythology and rituals surrounding the Tengu. This novel in turn inspired the Necromantia song 'Circle of Burned Doves'.

A karasu-tengu appears in the movie Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare.

A daitengu appears in the movie The Great Yokai War.

In the 2009 movie RoboGeisha the higher-ranking Geisha soldiers are called "Tengun" and wear red long-nosed masks modeled after the human form of the tengu. "Tengu Milk" is one of their attacks.

In the 2013 version of 47 Ronin, Keanu Reeves's character was once an assassin trained and employed by Tengu monks, the leader of which has a crow's beak nose.

In the 2009 video game Mini Ninjas Tengu appear as friendly Non-player characters.

In the Pokémon series, there is an evolutionary family based on the Tengu: Seedot, Nuzleaf and Shiftry; they are known for cruel pranks and long noses.

Digimon has its own version of Karasu-tengu, which is the Karatenmon.

In the spinoff game from the Tenchu series Tenchu Z a tengu mask is an item that you can purchase and have your character wear

It has been a creature long-found in NetHack and Angband (which is primarily based on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, but has borrowed creatures from many different genres). In the game it is an evil demon capable of teleporting itself next to your character or teleporting your character next to it. It is also found as a playable bird-like race in Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

In Super Mario Bros. 2, there is an enemy named Tweeter based on a Tengu.

An enemy based on the Tengu can be found in the 2006 game Okami. However this version is actually a bird or similar creature, which sports the Tengu-based mask.

The games Mega Man 8 and Mega Man and Bass also feature the boss character Tengu Man as one of Dr. Wily's creations. He is a very cocky and overconfident Robot Master, wielding the Tornado Hold (Mega Man 8) and the Tengu Blade (Mega Man and Bass). His appearance is based on the traditional red-faced mask with a long nose. An alternate version called TenguMan.EXE appears in MegaMan Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar.

Dan Hibiki's father, Gou Hibiki in the Street Fighter series is red faced and has a long nose.

Also, in the SNES game EarthBound, there is an enemy called Tangoo, named Sir Tengu in Japan. Gekikro is the monsters which based on Tengu from the Spectrobes series.

In Eve Online, the Tengu is the name of the Caldari strategic cruiser.

In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in the Plant chapter of Arsenal Gear, you fight soldiers called "Tengus".

In the dōjin soft game series Touhou Project, Inubashiri Momiji, Himekaidou Hatate, and Shameimaru Aya are stated to be tengu, although with their cute appearances and lack of typical Tengu features (such as long noses), they are primarily based on mythical tengu in behavior and function. Notably, while Hatate and Aya are crow based Tengu, Momiji is a "wolf" tengu, possibly referencing the canine (Tiangou) name source.

In SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, the boss character "Serious Mr. Karate" wears a Tengu mask. This is a reference to the final boss in the original Art of Fighting, Mr. Karate (real name Takuma Sakazaki), who wore the Tengu mask.

In Red Alert 3 and Red Alert 3 Uprising, there is a unit called Mecha Tengu, an anti-infantry mech the can transform into an interceptor aircraft.

In Dead or Alive 2 the final boss is a Tengu. The Tengu is an unlockable character in Dead or Alive 2 as well as in Dead or Alive 4. A female Tengu called Nyotengu is a playable character in Dead or Alive 5.

In the Japanese version of the video game, Zombie Nation, the player character is a giant levitating Tengu mask.

In the game Ragnarok, a monster called Tengu.

Paizo's role-playing game, Pathfinder, and Wizards of the Coast's RPG, Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 edition, have a race, Tengu.

In the online game Maplestory there is a boss named, "Black Crow" which has Tengu-like physical characteristics.

The game Rogue Legacy features a set of enemies named Ninjo, Ninpo & Ninopojo who display ninja-like qualities whilst wearing Tengu style masks.

In Persona Q the powerful FOEs in the fourth labyrinth look very similar to Tengu.

In Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies the second case involves a Tengu-like monster known as "Tenma Taro"

In "Puzzle and Dragons" a Tengu is a monster available within the game.

In "Runescape" the Tengu is an island chain as well as a Non Player Character (NPC) encountered during the Player Owned Ports minigame.