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|trivia=* The two kinshachi on Nagoya Castle have defined genders; a male and a female. | |trivia=* The two kinshachi on Nagoya Castle have defined genders; a male and a female. | ||
* The 'Rainmaker' weapon in the video game Splatoon is named the ガチホコ in Japan (' | * The 'Rainmaker' weapon in the video game Splatoon is named the ガチホコ in Japan ('Gachihoko' in Japanese, 'Real Earnest Shachihoko' in English). They're modelled after the kinshachi on Nagoya Tower, and helps whoever equips it with torrents of paint as a reference to the mythological beast's water-manipulating powers. | ||
|reference=Yokai.com. (2017). Shachihoko. [online] Available at: http://yokai.com/shachihoko/ [Accessed 1 Dec. 2017]. | |reference=Yokai.com. (2017). Shachihoko. [online] Available at: http://yokai.com/shachihoko/ [Accessed 1 Dec. 2017]. | ||