- Raleigh: "Who is that, Yamarashi?"
- Newton: "Oh, this little Kaiju? Yeah, you got a good eye."
- Raleigh: "My brother and I took him down in 2017."
- Newton: "You know he was one of the biggest Category III’s ever? He was two thousand five hundred tons of awesome."
- —Raleigh Becket and Newton Gesiszler
Yamarashi is a Category III Kaiju that attacked Los Angeles, California in 2017.
Biology[]
According to Newton Geiszler, Yamarashi was one of the largest Category III Kaiju to ever emerge from the Breach with a weight of 2,500 tons. Knifehead later surpassed this record in 2020.[note 1][1]
Based on Newton's forearm tattoo, it can be assumed Yamarashi was green, appeared to hunch, and sported scales akin to a fish. He had a long, flat snout, pointed claws, and four eyes sunk deep into his face.[1][2]
Further details offered by Newton's tattoo is a crest of spikes behind its head, blunted teeth, and its lower jaw, which is adorned with tendrils that resemble a beard.[2]
History[]
Pacific Rim[]
In 2017, Yamarashi emerged from the Breach and attacked the city of Los Angeles. Its rampage was thwarted by Gipsy Danger, who intercepted and killed the Kaiju before it could do much damage to the city. In 2025, while on an elevator ride down into the Hong Kong Shatterdome, Raleigh Becket correctly identifies the tattoo of Yamarashi on Newton's left forearm.
Raleigh reveals to Newton that he and his late brother Yancy killed Yamarashi in 2017. In response, Newton insensitively babbles on about Yamarashi's details and calls the Kaiju "awesome" without any consideration to Raleigh's feelings, prompting the latter to give him a confused look.[1]
Trivia[]
- According to the novelization of Pacific Rim, Yamarashi was Gipsy Danger's first Kaiju kill.
- Yamarashi is the first record-breaking Category III Kaiju that was fought by Gipsy Danger, the second being Knifehead.
- "Yama arashi" is a Habukareta Waza Judo throwing technique, presumably meaning "mountain storm" or "porcupine".[3]
Notes[]
- ↑ Raleigh Becket: "Kaiju’s Category III, biggest one yet. Code name: Knifehead."
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