30 Pixel Yokai & Urban Legends — PNGs (S/M/L @1x)-CP11

Capsule: Japanese Yokai & Urban Legends (CP-A61)

Samurai, nobles, and commoners from Japan’s past in one pack.

A handy character set for historical & fantasy games.

Japanese Pack Vol.1 here 

Japanese Pack Vol.2 here

A set of 30 SNES-style pixel sprites depicting Japanese people from the Yayoi through Edo periods—samurai and ashigaru, shrine monks and temple boys, merchants, town girls, court ladies, plus a few myth-flavored figures like yokai warlords and giant spirits. Perfect for quickly populating castles, temples, villages, and battle scenes with a distinct “Japanese” flavor.

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What’s inside & Specs

• 30 transparent PNGs (approx. 100–300 px, sizes S–L)
• Filenames: CP_A61_*
• Verified for RPG Maker VX / VX Ace (also works in Unity 2D, Godot, etc.)
• Strict pixel look (nearest-neighbor, clean 1px edges)
• Format: PNG with transparency / sRGB
• Example use: indie games, prototypes, game jams, streaming/video thumbs, slides, stickers
• Not just for games—use them in thumbnails, stream graphics, and documents too.

License (highlights)

• Commercial use: OK / Editing: OK (resize / recolor / compositing allowed)
• Not allowed: reselling or redistributing the raw assets (including modified versions)
• Credit optional: Pixel Material Studio
• No AI training/dataset use (see below)

How these sprites are made

These sprites are not simple one-click AI outputs. I use generative AI only at the rough idea stage to explore poses and shapes. After that I redraw and clean everything by hand in Photoshop: fixing anatomy, adjusting palettes, removing jaggies pixel by pixel, and testing each monster inside RPG Maker to make sure the scale and clarity feel right in-game.

Because this workflow mixes AI assistance with a lot of manual polishing, I kindly ask that you don’t use these files as training data for new AI models. Small creators rely on direct asset sales, and turning finished packs into free training datasets makes it harder to keep releasing new work. If you like this style, I’d be very happy if you use the sprites themselves in your games instead.

Why this exists

This is the 3rd volume in our Japanese-themed series. Previous sets focused mainly on yokai and urban-legend creatures; this time we wanted to spotlight people: warriors, priests, nobles, and everyday townsfolk drawn from different eras of Japanese history.

Separate from our generic “jobs & professions” packs, these sprites are tuned especially for Japanese-style RPGs—ideal for historical scenarios, fantasy Sengoku settings, or any project that needs a believable cast of Japanese characters.

Included Monsters

Names shown are examples.**

• CP-A61. Korobokkuru — A tiny forest dweller who farms in secret. Short in height, towering in territorial pride.
• CP-A62. Japanese Princess — A sheltered royal raised like a national treasure. Knows nothing of the world, everything about making demands. Bodyguards age quickly.
• CP-A63. Master Carpenter — A foreman whose hammer speaks before he does. Buildings are straight, his personality is… not.
• CP-A64. Farmer — Works all year and still gets labeled “NPC.” Make him angry and you’ll unlock the peasant uprising event.
• CP-A65. Fox Mask Man — A masked swordsman of unknown allegiance. Hero or yokai agent? Depends entirely on the scenario writer.
• CP-A66. Fox Mask Woman — A shrine dancer plotting something behind a charming mask. Even allies can’t tell if she’s amused or furious.
• CP-A67. Merchant Akindo — Sets up shop on any battlefield. Try to haggle and somehow you walk away having upgraded all your gear.
• CP-A68. Old Shaman — Frail in body, overpowered in buffs and debuffs. The only thing longer than his life is his spell chants.
• CP-A69. Temple Boy — Handles every odd job at the temple. Disappears during chores, teleports in when snacks appear.
• CP-A70. Head Monk — Officially a high priest, practically the CEO of the temple. Equally devoted to sermons and donation records.
• CP-A71. Town Girl — The unofficial idol of the downtown district. Her gossip network rivals the royal intelligence bureau.
• CP-A72. Townsman — Ordinary citizen found in every town. A professional at repeating the same line until an event finally triggers.
• CP-A73. Ashigaru — Mass-produced foot soldier. Light on armor, light on pay, heavily overworked.
• CP-A74. Court Lady — Attendant who knows every palace secret. If she starts talking, brace yourself for a long flashback cutscene.
• CP-A75. Karo Retainer — The one actually running the castle. Better at paperwork than warfare, checks the ledgers even on the battlefield.
• CP-A76. Warlord A — A proper, textbook warlord. Brave, capable… and usually stuck as “your first boss” in games.
• CP-A77. Warlord B — A hot-blooded charge-first commander. Quiet in meetings, loud the moment “attack” is mentioned.
• CP-A78. Warlord C — A strategist who lives for schemes. Claims all credit when you win, blames your tactics when you lose.
• CP-A79. Lady Warlord — A charismatic woman in full armor. Loved by allies, underestimated by foes, showered with extra screentime by authors.
• CP-A80. Young Warrior — A rookie swordsman with five-star enthusiasm and one-star experience. Has a talent for complicating events.
• CP-A81. Dark Warlord — A once-hero now fully edge-coded. Eighty percent of his dialogue is vague, poetic brooding.
• CP-A82. Ghost Samurai — A restless warrior spirit. His complaints travel farther than his sword.
• CP-A83. Jomon Pottery — An ancient clay vessel that somehow woke up. Smash it and you don’t just pay damages—you start a boss fight.
• CP-A84. Amanojaku — A contrarian imp specializing in doing the exact opposite. Told to stop, he immediately goes full throttle.
• CP-A85. Warrior Monk — A temple bodyguard who took “spiritual training” as “lift heavier.” His sermons hit harder than his staff.
• CP-A86. Shaman Queen — A medium between gods and mortals. Half her consultations are about love, the other half about curses.
• CP-A87. Yokai Warlord — Commander of an unruly monster army. His true boss battle is keeping his subordinates on-script.
• CP-A88. Asuka Noble — An ancient court aristocrat and full-time pose artist. Contributes opinions more than actual work.
• CP-A89. Daidarabotchi — A giant who rearranges landscapes like furniture. Perfect for moving mountains, terrible for delicate story pacing.
• CP-A90. Umibozu — A shadowy sea giant appearing on dark nights. May sink your ship… or just chat; depends on tonight’s mood.

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### Capsules

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