Tanuki Physiology

Tanuki Physiology
Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Touhou) Tanuki with Ten Transformations
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of tanuki.

The power to use the abilities of tanuki. Variation of Yokai and Canine Physiology.

Also Called

• Bake-Danuki Body/Form/Imitation/Mimicry/Physiology
• Common/Chinese/Asian Racoon Dog Body/Form/Imitation/Mimicry/Physiology
• Japanese Raccoon Dog Body/Form/Imitation/Mimicry/Physiology
• Tanuki Body/Form/Imitation/Mimicry

Capabilities

The user with this ability either is or can transform into an tanuki, animal shapeshifters with great physical strength and supernatural powers. Like the kitsune, they are masters of shapeshifting and disguise and are mischievous creatures taking all sorts of disguises to deceive or annoy travelers or to get such things as saké, food, or women to the point of turning itself into inanimate objects, such as the teakettle.

Tanuki are often mischievous and jolly, but also somewhat gullible and absentminded. Notoriously found of alcohol and parties, they can become at times violent or unpleasant if drunk or deprived of their favorite drinks. Unlike kitsune, tanuki usually have their own agenda and are prone causing chaos and confusion amongst humans and, sometimes, other yokai.

Applications

• Canine Physiology
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced Endurance
  • Enhanced Senses
    • Enhanced Hearing
    • Enhanced Smell
    • Night Vision
  • Enhanced Speed
  • Enhanced Stamina
  • Enhanced Strength
  • Environmental Adaptation
  • Predator Instinct
  • Super Bite
  • Temperature Regulation
• Caudal Flight
• Hibernation
• Lightning Bruiser: Enhanced Level
• Magic
• Possession
• Shapeshifting
  • Malleable Anatomy
    • Inflation
• Sleep Paralysis Inducement
• Transmutation

Associations

• Alcohol Empowerment
• Shinto Deity
• Trickster
• Yokai Physiology

Known Users

See Also: Tanuki.

• Heinrad/Heinlad (Beast Wars Neo)
• Michiru Kagemori (BNA: Brand New Animal)
• Banri Watanuki (Inu to Boku SS)
• Hachiemon (InuYasha/Yashahime)
• Takechiyo (InuYasha/Yashahime)
• Tanuki (Japanese/Shinto Mythology)
• Keiwa Sakurai (Kamen Rider Geats); as Kamen Rider Tycoon
• Kohachi Inugami (Kemono Jihen)
• Pon (Kirby series)
• Mirropon (Mazica Party)
• A-Gedama (Medabots Series)
• Tanya Keys (Mao Mao: Heroes of the Pure Heart)
• Genjuumaru (Nagasarete Airantou)
• Gaara (Naruto); in Jinchuuriki Form
• Shukaku (Naruto)
• Bunbuku (One Piece); via the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Tanuki
• Pato (One Piece); via the Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Bake-danuki
• Rocky (Pocky & Rocky)
• Poco (Poco's Udon World)
• Tanuki-clan (Pom Poko)
• Tanuki (RPGs)
• Rioichi Cooper (Sly Cooper)
• Danzaburou (Smite)
• Kim Diel (Soul Eater)
• Tanuki (Stitch!)
• Fuuri Watanuki (Super Sonico)
• Dodon Pa (Team Sonic Racing)
• Tanukis (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Tanuki (Thea Stilton: The Secret of the Snow)
• Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Touhou)
• Otanukisama (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Tanuki from the Kincho (Yaiba)
• Doyapon/Doudanuki (Yo-Kai Watch)
• Teastroyer (Yo-Kai Watch)
• Number 64: Ronin Raccoon Sandayu (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Dodon Pa (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Raphtalia (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)
• Tanuki (Crossy Road)

Known Objects

• Inu Inu no Mi Model: Bake-danuki (One Piece)
• Inu Inu no Mi Model: Tanuki (One Piece)
• Tanooki Suit (Super Mario series)

Gallery

Heinrad (Beast Wars Neo) Transformer making a cameo in Transformers RID.

One-Tailed Shukaku (Naruto) is known as the "Monster Tanuki", taking such a form with a monstrous bloodlust to match...

...and its former Jinchuriki Gaara.

Pato (One Piece, Unlimited World Red) is a pen that "ate" the Inu Inu no Mi Model: Bake-danuki, allowing him to become a sentient mythological tanuki.

Tanuki (Pathfinder)

Rioichi Cooper (Sly Cooper), being a Japanese member of the Cooper Clan, displays multiple similarities to the racoon dog.

Tanuki (Stitch!)

Tanooki Suit (Super Mario series)

Otanukisama (Valkyrie Crusade)

Tanuki (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)

Tanya Keys (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)

Michiru Kagemori (BNA: Brand New Animal) became a tanuki beastman after receiving a transfusion of beastman blood.

Danzaburou (Smite), The Legendary Tanuki.

Kohachi Inugami (Kemono Jihen); both his human and kemono form.

Mirropon (Mazica Party) is a Remix of a Tanuki Spirit and a Mirror.

Rocky (Pocky & Rocky)

Pon (Kirby series) is based on the tanuki.

Dodon Pa (Sonic the Hedgehog), an anthropomorphic alien Tanuki.

Teastroyer (Yo-Kai Watch)

Raphtalia (The Rising of the Shield Hero) is a demi-human with racoon and tanuki ancestry.

Keiwa Sakurai (Kamen Rider Geats) as Kamen Rider Tycoon Ninja Form...

...and Bujin Sword

Tanuki (Crossy Road)

A-Gedama (Medabots Series)