Jibanyan

Jibanyan is a character from the Yo-kai Watch franchise.

Jibanyan is a Rank D Fire-attribute Yo-kai of the Charming tribe, and the Mononoke tribe as of later.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Jibanyan is an honorary member of the Super Sixth Squad. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

Appearance
Jibanyan is a red and white cat with a chip in his left ear. He has yellow eyes with large black pupils, his nose and inner-ears are a dull shade of pink. Attached to his collar is an aquamarine-colored bell, matching the blue flames at the end of each tail. He sports a yellow fashion belt as well.

Personality
He initially shows a mischievous and carefree side, easily breaking the rules and nearly being exorcised and having to be saved by Nate. However, he quickly makes amends shortly thereafter.

Jibanyan has an affinity for Chocobars and anything related to his favorite music group, Next HarMEOWny. Jibanyan is also eager to fight over other Yo-kai when needed, as shown in Signibble's assault at Nathan's sleepover. Also, he is quick to take action in dire moments, such as trying to force summoning when Nathan is possessed by Babblong and trying to prove superior than Robonyan, his robotic counterpart. He is very content in protecting Nathan from harm convicted by other Yo-kai.

Abilities
As a Yo-kai, he resorts to possessing people to fight on-coming trucks after numerous failed attempts to do so by himself.

Additionally, in Yo-kai Watch 2 Jibanyan can unlock three new Soultimate Moves, by scanning QR codes from special Yo-kai Medals distributed with Japanese physical copies of Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls, and the Yo-kai Watch Model Zero toy, respectively.

Jibanyan cannot evolve into another Yo-kai, but he can fuse with other Yo-kai instead. If Jibanyan fuses with or is inspirited by Roughraff, they will transform into Baddinyan. If Jibanyan fuses with Coughkoff or catches a cold, they will transform into Thornyan. If Jibanyan fuses with Jibanyan A, they will transform into Jibanyan S.

If Jibanyan and Whisper fuse together they will become Buchinyan; however, Buchinyan cannot be obtained through fusion.

Trivia

 * Besides his Nyext, Nyaight, and Victory Z Medals, Jibanyan has an additional fourth Z Medal that looks exactly like his normal medal, with a Z Medal frame.
 * Jibanyan has many different versions of himself, through fusions or not even related through Jibanyan.
 * Jibanyan is the only Yo-kai that can change his Soultimate (having four versions in all, which also includes his Rank S version).
 * In the Japanese version of Yo-kai Watch, his Soultimate move did not feature the attack being enunciated when performed, though it was later done so in later games beginning with Yo-kai Watch 2, which the English version of first game reflects.
 * In EP091, Jibanyan was revealed to be able to hold fifteen chocobars in his haramaki.
 * Jibanyan's signature Soultimate attack's Japanese name could reference Fist of the North Star protagonist Kenshiro's iconic move Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, a move that has Kenshiro punch the target rapidly.
 * There are several other Yo-kai and humans that do a similar attack, most notably being Shadowside Komajiro, and Nate, who does it the same vein as Kenshiro in EP212.
 * Jibanyan's unlockable Soultimate Moves in Yo-kai Watch 2 and Z medal poses are all based on Japanese classic comedy visual gags. Nyext (Nyooeh) is a reference to Iyami's "Sheeeh!" from Fujio Akatsuka's Osomatsu-kun, Nyaight (Nyaiiin) is based on Ken Shimura's "Aiiiin!", and Komanyachi (Victory) is a parody of Takeshi Kitano's "Komanechi!".
 * Jibanyan's "random" nicknames in Yo-kai Watch 2 are: Nyanto, Jibbers, Purrball, and Poltpaws.
 * Monokuma impersonates him in Dangan Ronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
 * As revealed in EP197 (despite the fact he tried to cover it up) and the Dazzabel chapter of the Manga, it out that there isn't anything under his harmaki other than chocobars.