Top 20 Scariest Japanese Urban Legends

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[@marcusyates3044]

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[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It WatchMojo.

[@joeleboeuf]

I'm not sure. But that thumbnail is gonna keep me up at night.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Love the nice, pleasant easy listening music when you're talking about ghosts and horrific murders!

[@Damien2004]

Ikr

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[@NezukoKamado-li3fv]

Japan be having the most scariest urban legends bro.💀

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Agree with that statement

[@SirStoneHD]

For real 💯

[@TandemSKITTLEZ]

The best

[@markallen2984]

They are a deeply psychologically disturbed people

[@melissawinn996]

Ikr 😨😭

[@henri191]

Teke Teke and Koshisake Onna are the scariest for me 😬

[@NezukoKamado-li3fv]

Same😭 image hearing a "Teke Teke" sound thinking it's a train only to turn around to see an upper body ghost moving with no problem towards you.😰 And image being stopped by a woman with a mask asking if she's beautiful only to find out she has a slit mouth and will kill you or make you look like her if you say yes or no either will end deadly and not only that she's extremely fast so there's no escape 😟

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Ghost taxi passengers seem like the least scary here, but there’s nothing a nightlight can’t help.

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Scary stuff..!! 🥶

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

Trip to Japan this summer so thank you.

[@lessismore8533]

Dang lucky. I wanna go

[@phantomrequim]

I love urban legends. I'll stay far away from the scary Japanese Urban legends though. Too damn scary.

[@BlazerK1914]

The Slit Mouth Woman kinda gave me some Mileena vibes.

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

I've heard that one a million times. At least there's a few things you can say to get away from her.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I guess that's where they got the idea of Mileena from.

[@DragonGoddess18]

I heard of a few of these stories from Sapphire Sandalo when she was on "Something Scary" (She has her own KZbin channel but, still)

[@bluebelt1235]

Could you do Chinese mythical creatures next? Like Qilin and huli-jing?

[@Charl_es19]

You forgot one : Hachishaku-Sama , her sound "Po Po Po" , she is scary as anything on this list

[@DragonPupil-dm7it]

And considering that she's 8 ft. tall makes her presence all the more intimidating. Plus, she's one of Lady D's inspirations when it comes to appearance and gameplay wise.

[@terboyeet4613]

I envy those children if you know what I’m talking about

[@crimsonmoonrise9785]

I love that one,the Slenderman of the East.

[@flamingeel3196]

imagine waking up to that you watching you sleep at night

[@PalZer0]

@@DragonPupil-dm7it Intimidating? Or arousing?

[@davidknightx]

Nobody does a better ghost story than the Japanese.

[@melissawinn996]

Fr

[@dreamguardian8320]

Well, Ireland has a good share of scary ghost stories too, with Samhain, the dullahan, and Dearg-due. Just saying.

[@anziocc]

the video:💀 the background song:🥰

[@cyrussoxlegion]

3:34 Was that an Oompa Loopma child???

[@Dangic23]

I just moved to Tokyo 6 months ago. Lifetime dream!

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Awesome video great job 👍 🖤

[@lessismore8533]

Ahh! Juon The Grudge still gets me to this day!

[@maxmeidl4909]

Now I’m questioning if I should travel to Japan…

[@iamlinda100]

every country has their own urban legends about ghosts and spirits, even America. Don't let that stop you from going to Japan, urban legends are just that, they're fictional, myths, not facts.

[@lessismore8533]

@@iamlinda100yes every country has it but that doesn’t American will affect someone the same as Japan. Yes there’s myths but paranoia isnt going anywhere

[@SPAnComCat]

Love those Urban Legends!

[@stevenmattrell3448]

If parodies of the Ring have taught me anything, you're safe against an Onryo so long as you're good in a fight as they're vulnerable to getting the crap beaten out of them.

[@lessismore8533]

Maybe in the PARODY but not for real. In BOTH Ring movies the Onyro can NOT be defeated especially in The Grudge. Thank goodness these films blue up BEFORE the dumb parodies came along

[@Animeguy300]

Awesome informative video

[@Nun3n]

Hearing Rebecca talk about them just makes the stories more hilarious.

[@masterklaw4527]

11:39 For those who are interested, an alleged fragment of this story involves Archeologists discovering that a town was destroyed by a curse, after their famine-driven rage causes them to torture and murder a man with a cow's head, this man being the titular Gozu.

[@aaronjackson8204]

I like the story of Yuki-Onna. That’s the one I’m more familiar with.

[@joshuawinters7644]

It Even Served As The Inspiration For The Pokemon Frosslass, Which Explains Her Partial Ghost-typing And The Fact That Only Females Of The Species Exist! The Also The Futakuchi Onna Which Serves As The Inspiration For Mawile, Despite The Fact That Males Of That Species Also Exists

[@anhurtorrez]

There's so many hard to just pick 20 but some on this list shouldn't even be on this list since they are also urban legends in other counties as well

[@davidray1036]

Hachishaku-sama. Don't forget her

[@rockyjmoon3]

That empty classroom murder at 12:36. I think that’s the Nevada-tan case!

[@Toledotourbillion]

I love WatchMojo lists most of the time but I have to say, the background music doesn't fit this content.

[@otakubancho6655]

My personal favorite is Hone-Onna,or the bone woman.😱😱😱

[@BigFella117]

I was wondering if the Slit Mouth Woman would be number 1. That’s the urban legend I know of the most from Japan.

[@eugenethomas1636]

Watching this past midnight as im going to bed... Im bound to have nightmares from this

[@lessismore8533]

This list has been done before in the past Anyway, love Sadako and Kayako!

[@jorgitoguzman8797]

The ghost messing with the people in the handicap stall is messed up

[@timalice-2833]

The number 4 is bad luck in Japan, and definitely 444, because one of the ways to pronounce the number is “shi” which sounds like the Japanese word for death.

[@lessismore8533]

Yes and her number 4 is referenced a lot in the Juon Franchise

[@permenitem]

Daruma san when u can add scene from as god will but you add scene from squid game. Nice

[@JasonSmith-vj1de]

The thumbnail itself is scarry enough.

[@no1uknugamingchannel]

Another amazing video as always 🥰

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10/20 Chinese Myth/Gods and Goddesses!

[@judyradin]

Constatine made it! Just watched that episode

[@Eastybeastyy]

What's with the Sims 2 building music blaring? Super distracting 🤣

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Japan rules

[@StanHalen1936]

Japan rules

[@flamingeel3196]

what about Nupepou a blob creature that looks slow but fast when they're in danger

[@toadskywalker6417]

These urban legends should have their own video games based on them. It would be cool if they were on the switch or the PS4

[@Mixedbeats18]

Nioh got a bunch of old japanese folk tales like ninetails

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

You should read Budding Star by Annie Dalton. Two angels (don't panic, they appear to be young teenagers - one was a girl who died when she was thirteen and the other is a boy who never lived on earth and started out in Heaven) have gone to Limbo to rescue the soul of a Japanese pop star, who's fourteen and is on life support and might die, even though she's not supposed to. One angel realizes that it seems to be like a game. They see the same scenes over and over, everyone seems to know what they're looking for and everything seems fairytale-ish, but they hear musical chords whenever they kill a demon, and then they gain more energy and are moved to a different world with a new, higher status, like they start as peasants then become ninjas and so on. It's basically a video game in a teen novel.

[@brandonsmith5880]

They forgot the Japanese urban legend about all that nuclear waste leaking out of the Fukushima powerplant and into the Pacific Ocean 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@alexphillips4644]

No love for Hachishakusama?

[@Yishai-dl9fr]

That’s wicked

[@5FtOfRage]

How about the top 20 vengeful spirits

[@lessismore8533]

Good one. As this current list has been done already

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

There is also the Jinmenken or the Human-Faced Dog which are just like their name says are dogs that have human faces that people will encounter on the side of the road the speak to them

[@napstablook0493]

There's also the Umibozu. An entity that was able to capsized ships that is haunting to sailors.

[@msgriffin8478]

This music definitely took me out of the element

[@ReginaldOrakwe-zi9up]

If Kuchisake onna was real especially during the coronavirus period it It will cause mass paranoia😅

[@G1Grimlock94]

Now that's disturbing!!!

[@msn64man1]

8 foot tall woman

[@andybonk365]

here for this!

[@roywilliams660]

Ok that less too scary and terrifying for me in Japan.

[@CrimsonNick171]

This is what I originally found out about the Kuchisake Onna (courtesy of Tats Top Videos) When approached, she will ask if you think she's pretty. At any time you say no, you die. If you answer yes, she will take off her mask and will ask again. If you say yes again, she will then proceed to use her kitchen knife sized scissors and slice your mouth and give you the same scars as her. However, if she asks and you instead throw a piece of candy to her, it will briefly confuse her and that will grant you enough time to escape. Just be sure not to hesitate to escape. Otherwise, you're dead where you stand.

[@strawberrysoulforever8336]

I read that if you say you have an appointment or are meeting someone, she'll apologize and let you go, and that she also gets confused if someone says she's average.

[@chromicapop4595]

gashodokoro are famine victims wrath in a way i read and i think they petty

[@jeremiasnolasco-uw2lt]

If this would also include real urban legends then the forest would win by a landslide

[@iamjenantoinette]

I’m not going to watch this because I don’t like scary stuff but I just wanted to mention that I was reading too fast and I thought the title said Scarlett Johansson

[@nkt0811]

that’s why they have Demon Slayers & Jujutsu Kaisen…

[@EnigmaGirl831]

I based off one of my haunt characters after kuchisake onna

[@motherscooking9740]

She took the form millena❤

[@trashaimgamer7822]

Good thing they are just that: legends. That said you should still stay away from wierd looking figures in the dark. They are most likely mentally unstable hobos and will eat your kidneys if you get too close.

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

Mortimer Mouse.

[@maruku4445]

Anyone get this weird message pop up before this video even starts?

[@JonnySuite13]

So what was the disclaimer for, again?

[@smorgasbroad1132]

How can Kune kune be an "urban" legend if terrorizes the country side? That would be a "rural" legend.

[@bobbiemanueldelapena4997]

How much would it cost me hiring the Akaname to clean up my bathroom after I hit the showers?

[@jimbo9208]

stop asking pointless questions

[@tiger31623]

​@@jimbo9208why are you so disrespectful. Your pointless opinion is not necessary

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

Ok, what is even happening? I doubt they're a bot, but they don't need to, but I'm perplexed.

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

@@tiger31623 You know who is worse? Bots!

[@jimbo9208]

@@tiger31623 your comments are not necessary

[@supergamerxda.k.ahollowich4775]

Ooooooh very scary ! 😱

[@nightslayer6951]

All the legends originated in Japan

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

Nihon Chinbotsu 🌋

[@kodicallahan6083]

Meanwhile Texas urban legends . ..

[@dgtalmjaydean]

Watch the anime GHOSTS AT SCHOOL they all have the japanese ghosts there

[@arhamsayeed319]

KUCHAESAKAE ONNA!

[@kennethm9680]

Game?

[@CJ_Pharaoh]

Fcuked up with the bgm team mojo Thanks for the videos though

[@irawilliams343]

I actually wanna meet the Kuchisake-Onna. And as much as I wanna tell her the beauty is the eye of the beholder, I still have to answer "So-so" and run like hell.

[@earlmoore7003]

What about the Kappa?🤔

[@dreamguardian8320]

And the Jorogumo?

[@dylanmackay4991]

PLEASE DO MLP URBAN LEGENDs

[@13TxAxK60]

Really? A parental advisory warning for fake stories. SMH

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Why tf I get a warning before watching this video? 😂😂

[@jimbo9208]

um cant you read

[@jeremiasnolasco-uw2lt]

2:47 should show why

[@GoogleAccount-jr3iq]

Daddy, chill!

[@gintokisan5171]

The last one was women in general. Whahaha

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

I have a warning to all Monsters mythological creatures cryptids and yokais from across planet earth:we are NOT evil:YOU ARE! Our original goals was to help,protect and evolve but ever since the europeans arrived on other continents and start attacking other countries they belived that ALL of us are evil when the real monsters are non other than the humans THEMSELVES!

[@shadyclaww_]

Wow the bathroom one scared me the most but the rest was SUPER cool i love Japanese horror its my favorite❤

[@mihai4024]

pain

[@TandemSKITTLEZ]

❤

[@jorgeadairramos7469]

Hello good nights

[@kleine.5438]

wow and yikes

[@JimBra-ck7ik]

G day

[@BugehSabai]

•_• but...... Gods games?

[@5FtOfRage]

I just love Japanese folklore and urban legends

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

😱 So so 😱

[@JamiWoodoworth]

I like the Kleenex one

[@kalegolas]

Po po po…

[@CarlitosKayn]

Channel fell off

[@jimbo9208]

how

[@Smeck-gq1rj]

I don't think it is, but I don't like the sound effects during narration or the extinction of the "For this list..." gag.

[@lessismore8533]

@@Smeck-gq1rjthey DID this list already in the past tho. Atleast think of something new lol