Shuten-dōji

Shuten-dōji (酒呑童子) or Ibuki-dōji (伊吹童子) – a mythical oni-king of Mount Ōe, known for kidnapping and eating humans.

Suika Ibuki is based on (or may even be) Shuten-dōji, a drunken demon from Mount Ōe. According to the legends, Shuten-dōji, before becoming an oni, was a human boy, who was being trained to become a Shinto Priest. One day, during a festival, he got drunk and started scaring people while wearing a Noh Oni Mask. By the end of the day, he was transformed into a real oni. After his tranformation he escaped on Mount Ōe and became an oni-king. He started kidnapping young women to rape them, suck their blood and eat their flesh.

In an other version of the legend Shuten-dōji was a son of Yamata no Orochi – gigantic, eight-headed snake. Orochi, after being defeated by Susano-o, a japanese kami, fled from Izumo to Ōmi and had a child with a wealthy person’s daughter, that child being Shuten-dōji. survived his battle against Susanoo and then fucked someone's daughter, giving birth to Shuten-dōji (Suika)

Sometime at the turn of 10th and 11th century (Heian Period), the regent of Fujiwara Clan and a legendary samurai – Minamoto no Yorimitsu, also known as Raikō, killed the oni-king of Mount Ōe, after it's been revealed by an onmyōji Abe no Seimei, that Shuten-dōji had been kidnapping and eating women of Heian-kyō.

Devas of the Mountain
A group of four oni led by Shuten-dōji. It consisted of:


 * Ibaraki Dōji (Possible inspiration for Kasen Ibaraki)
 * Hoshiguma Dōji (Possible inspiration for Yuugi Hoshiguma)
 * Torakuma Dōji
 * Kanaguma Dōji

Shuten-dōji's Son
After Raikō and his party of heroes had subjugated Shuten-dōji and freed all of the women captured by his oni gang. One of the women, however, didn’t return to her home. Instead, she traveled to the village of Kumohara, where she gave birth to a baby oni—Shuten dōji’s son – Kidōmaru’s.

Ibuki-dōji Constelation
In Wild and Horned Hermit manga, a constellation, which shape is reminiscent of Suika, is called "Ibuki-dōji Constelation" by Nitori.