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A type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore.
Karate is an umbrella term for a wide range of martial arts originating in pre-Japanese Okinawa.
A Japanese soccer club in Kashima, Ibaraki.
A Japanese professional soccer club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
A Japanese professional soccer club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
A ghost or cryptid in Japanese folkore that takes on the appearance of a fuzzy (usually white) ball. Appears frequently in the Castlevania games, where it is known as "Fuzz Buster" in the western versions.
A term used by fans to describe a visual novel that contains a linear storyline with no player choice or gameplay. The name originates from VisualArt's KineticNovel brand which began in 2004 with the release of Planetarian.
Foxes of Japanese folklore capable of magic such as shape-shifting. Their power and age are said to correlate with the number of tails they possess.
A yōkai that takes the form of a baby-sized old man. It lures victims into picking it up by crying and playing on their empathy, then suddenly grows incredibly heavy while clinging to them, crushing them to death.
Bi-annual Japanese baseball tournaments featuring high school teams, centered around Kōshien stadium.
Vampires of the east, searching for purpose unfulfilled in life.
Female ninja.
A Japanese professional soccer club based in Kyoto.
Less-lethal weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill than a conventional weapon. Less-lethal weapons are used in riot control and self-defense.
An archetype of Japanese origin of often female characters using magic to battle evil.
Martial arts are a popular set of skills that many video game characters possess. Martial arts are the cornerstone of any fighting game, and have influenced many platforming and adventure games.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA is a full contact combat sport that allows its to competitors to utilized skills from an almost unlimited variety of disciplines
Some people just have to have all the power.
Combat based on organic (or similarly functioning) mounts. This can include melee or ranged attacks from horseback.
A device by which a character's motivations or expectations are influenced by a suspiciously absent family member.
Many games such as Shin Megami Tensei, God of War, or Too Human base their story off of or utilize elements from the order of the cosmos as perceived by humans both ancient and modern.
A Japanese association soccer club based in Nagoya. Founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
An anthropomorphic cat yōkai, which often have two tails.
Consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism.
An online digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
Ninjutsu are the techniques a Ninja/Shinobi will use in battle with ones adversary. They are also considered survival techniques by the Japanese.
Nippon Professional Baseball is the highest professional baseball league in Japan.
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