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    called the Three Great Onryō of Japan (日本三大怨霊, Nihon Sandai Onryō) because they are considered to be the most powerful and revered onryō in Japanese history...
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    the ring name Onryo (怨霊, Onryō) (sometimes stylized in romaji as ONRYO), is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Matsuri, as Onryo, portrays a...
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    on which elements of a ghost's characteristics are focused on: Onryō: The term onryō refers to the spirit of a person who died with a grudge or hatred...
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    teeth. After her death, the woman returned as a vengeful spirit, or onryō. As an onryō, she covers her mouth with a cloth mask (often specified as a surgical...
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    especially one that causes hauntings, and the term is used as a synonym for onryō (怨霊, vengeful Japanese ghosts). In a narrower sense, it refers to a person...
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    story Botan Dōrō, whose ghostly subject is one of the three most famous onryō. Hō-ō The legendary Fenghuang bird of China that rules over all other birds...
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  • her body was cut in half by a train after she had gotten stuck. She is an onryō, or a vengeful spirit, who lurks in urban areas and around train stations...
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    Emperor Sutoku as an onryō. In 2023, the heavy metal band Onmyo-Za produced the song Shiramine (白峯), about Emperor Sutoku as a onryō. Shin Heike Monogatari...
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  • turns into a vengeful Onryō as well, despite her mother not feeding her evil spirits like she did Kayako, and kills her attacker. Onryō Yūrei Erma (webtoon)...
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  • Mononoke (物の怪) are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion...
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