Harisen

In popular culture

• The psychopathic character Kazuo Kiriyama is given a harisen in the movie Battle Royale.
• Kaname Chidori of the anime Full Metal Panic uses a harisen that she seems to pull out from hammerspace to stop Sousuke Sagara from doing anything that could injure or kill a civilian in Tokyo.
• In the manga Negima!, character Asuna Kagurazaka wields a giant sword-sized harisen that later transforms into an enormous single-edged sword.
• The character Dr. Eto in the series Nodame Cantabile is known by the nickname "Harisen" because he uses one to punish his students.
• In the video game Persona 5, the characters can use an ability called, “Harisen Recovery”, in which they use a giant harisen to heal status effects inflicted on fellow party members.
• In the video game series Super Smash Bros., a large fan is a usable item. Characters can wield it as a very fast weapon, causing minimal but repeated and nigh-unstoppable damage to enemy characters. Additionally, in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, one of Banjo & Kazooie's attacks from Banjo-Tooie reappears, and is referred to as "Harisen Kazooie" in Japanese as according to the director, Masahiro Sakurai. This ability was originally called "Breegull Bash" in English.