Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

The classic tale of Gegege no Kitaro told yet again.  The story is the usual in the Gegege no Kitaro series. Kitaro is a boy living in the Gegege Forest/Cemetery (lands where many Yokai roam) with his mostly dead father (who survives only in his eye), Sunakake Babaa, NekoMusume, and Konaki Jiji.  One difference between this Kitaro and all of the others that came before him, is that this one has brown hair instead of the standard grayish silver. 

__Birth Name:__ Izumi Arai (新井泉)

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The female half of the musical duo [TWO-MIX](https://anilist.co/staff/102352/).

Married mangaka [Gosho Aoyama](https://anilist.co/staff/97804/) (creator of _Detective Conan_) on her birthday, May 5, in 2005. Later divorced on December 10, 2007.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
• Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

__Chronology:__  
- (1997) Won the "Special/Lifetime Achievement" Award at the 2nd Kobe Animation Awards. 
- (2006-04-01) Resigned from 81 Produce and established her own office, Office Nozawa.  

Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. 
This version of the Kitarou story is based on the original Hakaba Kitarou manga, the manga which inspired the popular Gegege no Kitarou series in the late 60's. 
(Source: Wikipedia)

As civilization advances, people are beginning to lose the consideration and kindliness for Nature. This has incurred the wrath of the ghosts who are becoming increasingly unhappy with the selfishness of the human kind. However, there is a conflict of interests within the ghosts in which one extreme opposes the humans completely while another extreme desires the co-existence of humans and ghosts. Kitaro and his family belongs to the latter category and yearns to seek mutual understanding between the humans and ghosts. Kitaro's fight for love and hope continues.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Hobbies:__ Dancing, Poem chanting, and Singing

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. This time, Kitarou's friend Megumi is in need of his help. Her father, a botanist, went to Baruru Island to study the plant life there, and was subsequently kidnapped by evil spirits. It's up to Kitarou to save him. 
(Source: Animenfo)

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Japanese actress and seiyū from Tokyo. She is affiliated with 81 Produce.

Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.


Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro... (Source: Crunchyroll)

__Height:__ 154 cm (5' 0")
__Hobbies:__ Piano

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Began her voice-acting career in 1999 and has continued her work as a seiyuu for more than two decades. Her younger brother [Chiharu Sawashiro](https://anilist.co/staff/120159) is a fellow voice actor.

__Non-anime roles:__~!
• Aggie in "Madeline" (live-action movie)
• Agrias Oaks in "Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia" (Smartphone VG) 
• Akane in "ZERO ESCAPE: Jikan no Dilemma" (VG)
• Allie Nodens in "7th Dragon III Code: VFD" (VG)
• Anika in "HIT ～Heroes of Incredible Tales～" 
• Aranea Highwind in "Final Fantasy XV" (VG)
• Archer (Artemis) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
• Aruruu in "Utawarerumono" (VG)
• Aya in "Assassin's Creed: Origins" (VG)
• Azel in "Rune Factory Oceans" (VG)
• Banshinatari in "Granado Espada" (MMORPG) 
• Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in "The Lego Batman Movie" (animated movie)
• Barcia in "The Lost Child" (VG)
• Beelzebub in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG)
• Berserker (Florence Nightingale) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG)
• Cal 'Drei' Devens in "Phantom of Inferno" (2011) (VG)
• Camilla in "Fire Emblem Fates" (VG)
• Cammy in "Street Fighter IV" (VG)
• Carl Clover in "BlazBlue" (VG)
• Catalina in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG)
• Chidori Yoshino in "Persona 3" (VG)
• Elizabeth in "Persona 3" (VG)
• Raiden Mei in "Honkai Impact 3rd" (VG)
• Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei in ”Genshin Impact" (VG)
• Acheron in "Honkai Star Rail" (VG)
• Jolyne Cujoh in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven" (VG)
• Twilight Sparkle in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic/Equestria Girls" (animated cartoon & movies)
• Makoto Makimura in "Yakuza 0/Kiwami 2" (VG)!~

A retelling of episodes 5-6 from the 1968 TV anime.

In Showa 31 (1956), Nagura Village was secretly controlled by the Ryuga family, who dominated Japan's political and financial circles. Mizuki, who worked at the Imperial Blood Bank, entered the village under the pretense of mourning the death of the head of the family, carrying ambitions and a secret mission. At the same time, Kitaro's father entered the village searching for his wife. Within the Ryuga family, a vicious struggle over succession had begun.
 
(Source: Toei Animation)

Movie based on the 1996 TV anime with an original plot.

Kitaro is a yokai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yokai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. 

Written between 1959-1964, this manga is the original Kitaro story which a few years later, would become the template for the more well-known and popular manga/anime; "Gegege no Kitaro"

Initially shown off at the "GeGeGe no Kitarou Tribute Art Exhibition Kitarou EXPO", which was an art exhibition in Japan commemorating the 100th anniversary of mangaka Shigeru Mizuki's birth. The animation directed by Atsushi Wada was later released publicly onto the Toei Animation Beyond YouTube Channel on March 12, 2024.