Enemies in Nioh are varied and challenging, ranging from human rogues, samurai, and bandits to supernatural entities known as Yokai. Not all Yokai in the game are immediately hostile, and some are even friendly. This page lists all the enemies encountered in the game during exploration.
- See the Bosses page for the more powerful foes in the game.
- To check the compendium of both friendly and hostile Yokai that are encountered, check our Yokai page.
Enemies of Nioh 2
Hostile Humans
Rogue Soldiers/Bandits
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Soldiers/bandits equipped with a sword, spear, dual hatchets, or axe. Marksmen equipped with swords and either a bow, rifle, or hand cannon.
Sohaya Hunter
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Sohaya Yokai hunter equipped with either a switchglaive, splitstaff, dual hatchets, or fists. Last 2 weapons appear in the DLCs taking place in the Heian Period. Also able to use Onmyo Magic and other buffing abilities.
Rogue Samurai
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Samurais that may be equipped with a sword, dual swords, spear, axe, or odachi. Appear larger than soldiers. In some main missions, some samurais will be named and appear as special enemies with unique armor and weapons.
Ninja
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Shinobi that are equipped with dual swords, kusarigama, or tonfas. Able to use shuriken and other basic ninja tools. Marksmen also equipped with bows, rifles, or hand cannons.
Hostile Yokai
Enenra
A yokai composed of smoke and darkness, born from the grudges of humans who met their untimely ends in the Dark Realm.
Gaki
Gaki is a yokai that was once human, cast down to Gakido upon dying due to the sins it committed during its lifetime.
Ippon-Datara
Ippon-Datara is a one-legged, one-eyed yokai. It is most commonly encountered in the vicinity of mines and it is believed to have gained its unsightly form after years of harsh labor as a blacksmith.
Karakasa Umbrella
A yokai in the shape of an umbrella. It has a single large eye at its center and a single leg in place of a handle.
Kappa
Kappa are diminutive Yokai with green skin, a dish-like depression on their heads, and a turtle-like shell on their back.
Magatsu Warrior
Magatsu Warriors are armored warriors and corpses that have transformed into yokai by the power of the spirit stones.
Oni-bi
Oni-bi resemble floating balls of fire. They are formed when the elemental power of fire, water, wind, lightning or earth coalesces around the will of a dead soul.
Toxic Slime
Toxic slime has a malleable body that is very resistant to attacks, so the key to repelling one is to aim for its glowing core.
Yoki
A human turned fiend by the power of Amrita. Also known as a form of oni, a muscular, horned humanoid dwelling in the mountains.
Enki
An Enki is a monkey that has been transformed by Amrita into a yokai after a lifetime of cruelty and abuse by humans.
Lesser Umi-bozu
Ko-umi-bozu, literally "small-umi-bozu" are the resentful souls of samurai who died fighting at sea.
Mitsume Yazura
Mitsume Yazura is a three-eyed, eight-faced yokai, born when the souls of various beasts combined.
Karasu Tengu
Karasu Tengu, giant Tengu with wings like a crow's, has been known to humans since ancient times.
Koroka
Koroka were once old stone lanterns, and are considered a type of "tsukumogami" (an item that has acquired a spirit.)
One-Eyed Oni
Yatsu-No-Kami
Yatsu-no-kami is a serpent god with a horn made of countless blades protruding from its foreheard.
One-eyed Imp
Rokurokubi
These yokai feature elongated necks, although they are indistinguishable from regular humans when their neck is reteracted.
Snowclops
The Snowclops are one-eyed yokai that leave behind bizarre tracks in the snow- a trail of single footprints that ends abruptly.
Tatarimokke
A Tatarimokke is formed when a large number of resentful spirits coalesce to form a giant owl.
Wheelmonk
Namahage
As yokai that appears in legends from the Oga peninsula in northern Dewa Province, the namahage are viewed as savage servants of the gods.
Spider
Spiders are carnivorous arthropods. Under the influence of Spirit Stones, they metamorphose into gigantic yokai that prey on humans.
Tesso
A Tesso was originally a monk who died while bearing a grudge, transforming into a giant rat yokai.
Gyuki

Gyuki is an enormous yokai with the legs of a spider and head of a bull.
Kasha
A Kasha (literally "fire chariot") is a yokai that snatches corpses and spirits them away to hell.
Lady Osakabe
Magatsu Warrior
Magatsu warriors are armored warriors and corpses that have transformed into yokai via the power of the spirit stones.
Onyudo
O-nyudo (oh-NYOO-doh) are yokai that take the form of a gigantic monk and are said to be former novices who were unable to fully leave the lay world behind and broke vows of their temple.
Otakemaru
Red Kappa
The red kappa is a special kind of kappa found in the land of Tono in northern Mutsu Province.
Ryomen Sukuna
Ryomen Sukuna's unusual form is composed of two demons, red and blue, who are joined at their backs.
Shuten Doji
Shuten Doji is considered one of Japan's three greatest yokai, alongside Tamamo-no-mae and Otakemaru
Ubume
Kiryoki
While Kiryoki bear a resemblance to the yokai Enki, they wield a unique weapon that is able to change its form
Bakegani
Bakegani is giant crab yokai that have made many an appearance in folktales told all over Japan.
Fox Spirit
The fox spirit is a fox-based yokai that is highly intelligent and possesses strong magical powers.
White Tiger
The White Tiger is one of the four legendary beasts-gods of the cardinal directions, said to be protector of the West.
Hellish Hag
Hellish hags are demons with a frightful countenance, and can be found living in Yomi, the Japanese underworld.
Underworld Soldier
The Underworld Soldiers, are demons who form the army of Yomi, the Japanese underworld.
Tate Eboshi
Tate Eboshi, the yokai that haunts Suzuka Pass, was once a bandit. She was born to an unmarried mother, who eventually died in an epidemic.
Itsumade
Itsumade is a birdlike yokai of unknown origin. Though not much is known about this creature, it is often seen in places where many corpses that have not received proper burial are found.
Kinki
Kinki is one of the four demons said to have been employed by Fujiwara no Chikata. In the Taiheiki, Fujiwara no Chikata is described as a very powerful noble of the Heian period, who controlled the region surrounding the border of Iga and Ise.
Nightmare Bringer
The Nightmare Bringer is thoroughly governed by its feelings of loathing, amplified a hundredfold by all the resentment absorbed into its body.
- Anonymous
Also missing: Tesso ( the one that looks like a rat that farts all the time ) and the yokai which holds a crystal like a baby in her arms and cries and has a huge purple AOE that depletes your ki (lol sorry i dont remember the name).
- Anonymous
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