Enma Daiō
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Enma Daiō | |
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Species | Koopa (ghost) |
First appearance | Super Mario-kun Volume 4 (1992) |
- “さんざん
敵 キャラをやっつけておいて、天国 へいけるわけないだろ‼ (You killed a lot of minions, and now you expect to go to Heaven!?)” - —Enma Daiō, Super Mario-kun
Enma Daiō is a deceased Koopa king and Bowser's ancestor in Super Mario-kun who decides to torture Mario for what he did to the Koopa Troop. He looks just like his descendant, but with black eyebrows and a pointed black beard. He also wears an ancient royal hat with「王」(king) written on it. These characteristics make him resemble Kūkai's statue of King Shokō-ō, one of Buddha's Ten Kings of Hell. On the same note, his name and role are also a direct reference to another of the Ten Kings of Hell in Buddhism: Enma.
While fighting Larry Koopa, Mario dies and is taken to Hell, where Enma Daiō awaits him to punish him for what he did to his family and their minions. While Morton, Wendy, and the Koopa Troop's ghosts punish Mario, Enma Daiō is monitoring the torture; however, Mario's ghost always manages to escape unharmed. When Wendy makes Mario eat a bomb-chocolate, she lights the fuse on. Panicked, Mario runs looking for help, while the ghosts run away in fear. Mario then jumps on Enma Daiō, pleading to help him, but then burps an explosion on his face. Having lost his patience, Enma Daiō kicks Mario out from the afterlife, enabling him to live again.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | エンマ Enma Daiō |
King Enma | |
Daiō-sama |
Great King | By the ghosts |
References
Bowser's family |
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Forms and counterparts |
Alarm Koopa • Baby Bowser (Mega Baby Bowser) • Black Bowser • Blockhead Bowser • Bowcien • Bowser • Bowletta • Castle Bowser • Dreamy Bowser • Dry Bowser • Fury Bowser • Giant Bowser • Giga Bowser • Glohm Bowser • Golf Daiō • King Koopa's alter egos • King Tetris • Koopa 3 • Magma Bowser • MegaDragonBowser • Meowser • Paper Bowser • President Koopa • Qix Daiō • Shiny RoboBowser • Shrowser • Torino Daiō |
Current in-game relatives |
Dry Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser Jr. |
Former in-game relatives |
Bowser's Brother • Koopa Kid • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) |
Miscellaneous relatives |
Bowser's cousin • Bowser's father • Bowser's grandfather • Bowser's mother • Bowser's sister • Enma Daiō • King Koopa's great-great grandkoop • Poopa La Koopa |
Pets |
Mechawiggler • Pookie • Ratso |
President Koopa's relatives |
Iggy • Spike |