物語Every build has a spirit.
Japanese folklore says yokai live in the things people pour themselves into. Decades of late nights on mountain passes, gravel stages and expressway loops gave three of them a new home: the cars. Now they’re stepping out of the garage and into the real world.
Spirit of Drift · NissanOni
The legendIn Japanese folklore, oni are horned ogres with red skin and iron clubs: raw strength, hard to tame. Their faces were carved onto temple roof tiles to scare bad spirits away.
Reborn inDrifting grew out of Japan’s mountain passes in the 1970s and ’80s, when touge drivers learned to slide rear-wheel-drive cars through the bends. Nissan’s Silvia, from the S13 to the S15, became its weapon of choice. Every tyre-smoke night fed the Oni.
Ride S15 · Drift build
Spirit of Rally · SubaruRaiju
The legendRaiju is the thunder beast. Folklore says it rides down to earth in lightning storms and curls up in people’s homes. In our world, it answers to Ryu, the dragon.
Reborn inSubaru took the Impreza rallying in the ’90s and won three straight World Rally manufacturers’ titles, from 1995 to 1997. All-wheel drive, gravel and flat-four thunder. That noise is where Raiju was born.
Ride GC8 · Rally build
Spirit of Kanjo · HondaTengu
The legendTengu are mountain spirits with long beaks and red faces: tricksters, sword masters and impossible to catch. Legend says they trained the samurai.
Reborn inIn the late ’80s and ’90s, Osaka’s Kanjozoku raced the Hanshin Expressway loop at night in light, high-revving Honda Civics. Small cars, big nerve, always one move ahead. That’s Tengu.
Ride Civic · Kanjo build
?More spirits to come
The message of Yokai SpiritFind the one that’s you.
Every spirit stands for a subculture and a car brand. Some people live for the style, some for the badge. Pick whichever speaks to you.
- OniDriftNissan
- RaijuRallySubaru
- TenguKanjoHonda
- ???Next subcultureNext brand
More spirits are on the way as the world grows. Got one in mind? Design it in the Yokai Contest.
Meet them in the Spirit Garage ↓