Yashimano Hage

Yashimano Hage is a character from Pom Poko.

Story
He is one of the three Transformation Masters from Shikoku Island. He was brought to Tama Hills, along with Inugami Gyōbu and Kinchō Daimyōjin VI, at the behest of the messenger Tamasaburo. He and the other masters pledged to help the tanuki by launching Operation Specter, and scaring the humans away from the development.

During his stay in Tama Hills, he celebrated his 999th birthday. At Shoukichi's request, he re-enacts the story of Nasu-no-Yoichi. Shapeshifting into the young samurai, he turns Gonta into a horse and puts on a stunning illusion for the other tanuki to behold.

After the failure of Operation Specter, he becomes senile and starts a Buddhist dancing cult and gets the tanuki who can't transform to join. Eventually, he gets his testicles transformed into a treasure ship and sails out to sea with his followers, and is implied to have drowned afterwards.

Personality
Master Hage is very mild-mannered, and empathetic to the cause of the Tama Hills tanuki. After he becomes senile, he thinks of himself as something of an arhat.

Appearance
Hage is a small, ancient tanuki with light brown fur, and long fur growing from his chin like a beard. He rarely shows his eyes except in significant moments.

Yashimano-Hage 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ