Nezumi Otoko Husbando

Nezumi-Otoko is Kitarō's troublesome and loathsome "friend". He is the filthiest man in Japan and claims to have never bathed once in his life, although he has actually been seen bathing a number of times. Because of this, his body is covered with ringworms and welts. His breath is quite foul, and it is said he can drop a fly from 10 meters away with one breath. He is a self-proclaimed graduate of the Bizarre University's Filthy Department and a lover of the occult. He boasts of receiving a doctorate in "Lazy Studies," but whether any of this is true is never made clear. He has also claimed that he actually attended the same Yōkai Academy as Kitarō.