The Oni

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“	The cruel, disciplined warrior who strove to bring purity to the samurai by exterminating impostor samurai within its ranks.	„
	~ The description of the default "Oni-Yamaoka" cosmetic, mentioning Kazan and his goal prior to his capture by the Entity.

Kazan Yamaoka, better known as The Oni, is one of the playable killers in Dead by Daylight. A samurai warrior from Japan, Kazan was known for his violent pride. His anger and ego costed him his sanity, loyalty to his family, and his people's respect after maliciously slaughtering peasants and accidentally murdering his father. He is also the ancestor of Rin Yamaoka, a young college student who would later become The Spirit.

Appearance[]

Kazan has a muscular build with dark gray skin. He wears traditional Samurai armor with a Japanese Oni mask with pale white hair and a third eye. When enraged, his eyes and certain parts of his armor glow red and shifted into elongated horns.

Biography[]

Kazan was a Samurai who sought to outshine his father by ending what he called "impostor samurai" (farmers and other peasants who would pose as samurai), ignoring both his father and the samurai code he had been taught. He began going from village to village, murdering anyone who he deemed a fake samurai, killing them brutally. Monks believed he was possessed by a dark force, while the lord of one town cursed Kazan by calling him Oni-Yamaoka. An enraged Kazan made for the lord's town, on the way butchering anyone who would dare call him Oni-Yamaoka. On his way, he encountered a samurai warrior standing in his path that had been sent by the lord. Kazan proceeded to brutally kill the samurai only to remove his mask and see his father. Now furious at this and the fact he allowed his father's armor to be stolen, Kazan arrived at the lord's town, killed his samurai, and brutally murdered him. However, as Kazan exited the Lord's home, he was ambushed by the angered townspeople, who proceeded to lynch Kazan and dragged his body to a nearby stone mill. When they returned later, the mill was filled with a strange black mist and Kazan's body was nowhere to be found.

After Kazan was taken into The Entity, he has appeared in several other short stories within the games Tomes. He once appeared in a "Bleed", which is where the Entity and the real world overlap, while in the Bleed he killed several people, though one escaped to tell the tale. He also chased after a japanese warrior known as the Redcrane. She managed to sever his arm with a blade, but it quickly reformed in the fog. He appeared once more in the Halloween Lore Video, where an unknown figure struck him with a mysterious device attached to a hook. This caused the Oni to somehow melt, which he reformed from. Additionally, Kazan attacked Rebecca Chambers when she first entered The Entity’s realm with her narrowly escaping.

Personality[]

In life, Kazan was a very prideful individual who often let it go to his head and being quick to anger if someone dared to mock or hurt his family, shown when, as a boy he fought and possibly killed another boy who mocked him and kept his bloodied sash as a trophy, or when his son, Akito was injured whilst playing with a girl and its said that he “punished” her and her family, or when he killed a fellow samurai who questioned his honor, scalping and taking his topknot as a twisted trophy. After he was killed and taken by The Entity, any semblance of the moderately sane person he once was is now gone, replaced only with animalistic, feral, and unrelenting rage. With his anger in life being passed on to his descendant, Rin.

Powers and Abilities[]

Swordsmanship: Kazan is an expert user of the katana.
Superhuman Strength/Speed: He can reach across locations at a superb speed. His strength is proven to be above that of regular humans, as he can destroy walls and brutally beat his enemies with his bare hands.
Intimidation: Yamaoka's violent temper and ego spread fear across his native land and the land of his enemies. He was known to humiliate his people and enemy warriors alike in the worst ways imaginable.
Regeneration (within The Entity): At one point, a warrior sliced one of The Oni's arms off, but it quickly reformed out of the Fog without stopping him. Presumably, every Killer is capable of this ability.

Cosmetics descriptions referring to the Oni[]

“	It was a violent, horrible end for Kazan. Overwhelmed by dozens of peasants after killing dozens of others, he was slashed, stabbed, beaten and left to die.	„
	~ The description of the "Demon's End" cosmetic, mentioning Kazan's fate moments before being taken by the Entity.

“	He entered the battle dressed as a lord and humiliated imposter samurai before exiling into a forest where he would later cut them down.	„
	~ The description of the "Vengeful Lord", "Humiliated Lord" and "Degraded Lord" cosmetics.

“	On a red-sky night, he emerged from the burning forest, ready to kill.	„
	~ The description of the "Wildfire" cosmetic.

“	He set off to bring honor back to the samurai. He disappeared from home with his kanabo and his father's katana.	„
	~ The description of the "Defiant Warrior", "Runaway Warrior", "Rogue Warrior" and "Purist Warrior" cosmetics.

“	He was captured by a small group of farmers posing as samurai to be presented to the region's lord, but he escaped and killed all his captors.	„
	~ The description of the "Ensnared Nobleman", "Captured Nobleman" and "Imprisoned Nobleman" cosmetics.

“	He cleansed his blades in a sacred pond touched by the rays of the full Fire Moon.	„
	~ The description of the "Fire Moon Warrior" cosmetic.

“	As stories circulated, many peasants believed him to be a literal oni. They feared that an otherworldly creature—something beyond human—was coming for them in the night.	„
	~ The description of the "Cursed Fate" cosmetic.

“	He grew arrogant following his recent conquests and believed that his success was destined.	„
	~ The description of the "Demonic Force" cosmetic.

“	His overwhelming strength made him a priority candidate for testing. The searing pain of the experiment, more than anything, made his rage even more potent.	„
	~ The description of the "Bursting With Fury" cosmetic.

“	He practiced in heavy gear to build his strength.	„
	~ The description of the "Martial Encounter" cosmetic.

“	The day of Namahage was the perfect opportunity for him. Dressing as an Oni, he was welcomed into homes to admonish naughty children... but it wasn't the children he was after.	„
	~ The description of the "Ice-Cold Legacy" cosmetic, mentioning one of Kazan's strategies in his mission of killing impostor samurai.

Gallery[]

Cosmetics[]

Videos[]

Dead By Daylight Chapter 14 Cursed Legacy The Oni Chase Music (PTB)

Dead by Daylight - All Oni Audio Files

Trivia[]

The Oni has a cosmetic item called "Demon's End" which shows him in his final moments prior to his capture by the Entity. In the skin, he is covered in stabs, slashes, and arrows, but is still killing in the trials. This shows that the Entity is able to keep Killers in a dead or near-dead state without impacting their intelligence or ability.
- The cosmetic's description also stated that Kazan managed to kill at least a dozen of the villagers who overwhelmed him.
- The cosmetic's headpiece also reveals that he suffers from baldness in his later years.
He is the 18th killer to be added to the game.
His last name "Yamaoka", is Japanese for "mountain hill."
One of his weapons is a kanabō, which is a common weapon among the Oni in traditional Japanese culture.
Proportionate to his release date, The Oni is the least changed killer, receiving only 2 main balance changes to his base-kit in the 5 years he's been in the game.

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