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Monstrous creatures of Japanese mythology. Some of them, such as Shuten-doji. are well-known throughout Japan, and it is common for "-doji" to be added to the names of famous Oni. Their entire bodies are built as tough as iron, they have horns on their heads and sharp fangs protrude from their mouths. Their thick, sharp claws can easily tear through tempered steel. They wear lionclothes of tiger skin and carry metal clubs studded with spikes. The number of horns and the color of their skin varies from Oni to Oni.

The appearance of the Oni was established during the Heian period (794-1185). Because the so-called Oni Gate faces northeast, between the directions of the ox (NNE) and the tiger (ENE), the Oni was conceived as having the horns of a ox and the fangs and claws of a tiger. The animals who protected the Japanese folk hero Momotaro from the Oni were derived from the opposing directions: the monkey (WSW), the cock (W), and the dog (WNW).

The prison guards of Hell who command the Oni are known as Mezuki and Gozuki.

Demon Statistics
	Name
	Oni
	Alignment
	Chaos
	Family	Demoniac	Race	Brute
	Inheritance Type	Slash	Growth Type	Small Tiwaz
	Base Level	25	Force Slot
	HP	189	Melee	49
	MP	62	Ranged	29
	Strength	34	Spell	21
	Magic	8	Support	23
	Vitality	26	Phy. Defense	10
	Intelligence	11	Mgc. Defense	3
	Speed	8	Crt. Occurrence	35
	Luck	14	Crt. Avoidance	5
	Locations Found	Ueno (Day)
	Variations	None
	Drops	DCM: Oni
	DCM Location	Dropped by Oni (Ueno)