Lord Enma

Lord Enma  (Japanese:  エンマ大王  Enma-daiō)  is the King Yo-kai who rules the Yo-kai World. He made his debut in Yo-kai Watch the Movie: Enmadaiou and five stories nyan!

Appearance
Lord Enma is a humanoid Yo-kai with ruddy skin, amber eyes and spiky blond hair.

Personality
Lord Enma is a curious about the human world due to Nurarihyon saying how dangerous it is, so he disguises himself as a human in order to explore it. He is however very cautious about it and used to believe that humans are evil, sending Demon Okure to kill Nate in order to test him. He also likes going to extreme lengths in order to test people, like kidnapping a baby to see how Komasan and Komajiro takes care of it.

He is also shown to not enjoy doing paper work in the credits, as Nuraihyon needs to monitor him to keep him on track.

Nuraihyon
Nuraihyon is Enma's second-n-command. he was tasked with the old Enma to protect his son from humans. He would even go to extreme lengths as to ban interaction between humans and Yo-kai.

Powers and Abilities
Being the king of all Yo-kai, Lord Enma is extremely powerful. He is capable of flight and shooting fireballs at high speeds. He can also withstand multiple blasts from Nurarihyon without a scratch. Enma can also disguise himself as a human, send people through time and make fusions defuse.

Movies
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 * Yo-kai Watch the Movie: Lord Enma and the Five Tales, Nyan! (first appearance)
 * Yo-kai Watch the Movie: The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Nyan!

Anime

 * EP098 (first appearance, cameo in human disguise)
 * EP138 (first appearance in normal form)

Origin
Lord Enma is based on Yama, who is a deity of Hindu origin introduced into Japan by Buddhist monks, with the Buddhist version has Yama being is a dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead and preside over the Narakas ("Hells" or "Purgatories") and the cycle of saṃsāra.