Dandadan: 10 Strongest Characters

Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan throws readers into a chaotic universe where yokai, vengeful spirits, and aliens collide in an escalating series of bizarre battles. Momo Ayase and Ken «Okarun» Takakura, are at the center of this supernatural madness while developing powers of their own.

Through the story’s progression, we meet an expanding cast of entities whose abilities range from mirror manipulation and psychokinesis to alien technology and yokai possession.

What makes Dandadan’s power scaling fascinating is how different power systems interact — sometimes spiritual might completely trump advanced technology, while other times strategy overcomes raw strength. Based on demonstrated feats, battle outcomes, and established hierarchies, these characters represent the current pinnacle of power in this wonderfully weird world. These are the 10 most powerful characters in Dandadan.

10 Turbo Granny

The Speed Demon

The foul-mouthed yokai who kickstarted the entire adventure by stealing Okarun’s «family jewels» packs serious supernatural punch despite her crass personality. Her defining ability is supernatural speed, reportedly hitting 100km/hr but likely capable of much faster bursts during pursuit.

Even after being sealed into a Maneki-neko doll, Turbo Granny remains formidable by pivoting to luck manipulation and serving as Okarun’s reluctant mentor. Her extensive knowledge of the spirit world makes her a valuable, if crude, advisor to the main group.

Though she now lacks her original terrifying speed, her backstory is of a protective role for wronged spirits, adding nuance to what initially seemed like a straightforward monster.

9 Vamola

The Kaiju Suit

Piloting the biological Gigantomachia suit created from the consumed flesh and collective hatred of the Sumerian people, Vamola can transform into a massive kaiju-sized powerhouse.

Her suit’s immense physical strength and durability make her vital during large-scale conflicts, though her limited offensive options and slower movement in giant form keep her from ranking higher.

What makes Vamola intriguing is her untapped potential. The suit’s connection to Sumerian mythology suggests she might eventually unlock abilities beyond mere size manipulation, possibly accessing divine powers related to the Sumerian god her suit represents.

For now, she remains a straightforward but important heavy-hitter when the situation calls for raw destructive power.

8 Seiko Ayase

The Domain Master

As Santa Dodoria, Seiko borrows authority from a local deity, but with a limitation — her powers only work within Kamikoshi City. Inside this domain, she’s nearly unstoppable against spiritual threats, erecting powerful mystic barriers that can trap and incinerate potent spirits.

What’s surprising about Granny Ayase is her physical prowess. Despite her reliance on borrowed power, she demonstrates superhuman speed and strength capable of going toe-to-toe with the Evil Eye.

Combined with her clairvoyance, strategic mind, and deep knowledge of yokai and exorcism techniques, Seiko proves that domain-specific power doesn’t have to be limiting when applied with expertise. Her potential weakness? Step outside city limits, and her borrowed powers vanish.

7 Momo Ayase

The Psychic Prodigy

Momo’s psychokinesis manifests as translucent arms that can manipulate the «auras» of living beings and objects. Her versatility is unmatched — she can move massive objects, restrain powerful opponents, precisely restart hearts through «spirit surgery,» and even project energy offensively with her «Moe Moe Tri-Beam.»

Her development of the «Power of Words» technique, which enhances abilities based on conviction and belief, suggests her ceiling remains far from reached. Momo’s greatest strength isn’t raw destructive output but her adaptability and battle IQ.

She consistently serves as the group’s core, applying her powers creatively to counter diverse threats. Among brute force powerhouses, Momo proves intelligence can be just as formidable as pure strength.

6 Okarun

The Spiral Speedster

Initially possessed by Turbo Granny, Okarun gained access to her yokai abilities — primarily immense speed and enhanced strength. Even after the direct possession ended, his body retained significant supernatural capabilities, having adapted to the strain of hosting such power.

Okarun’s combat skills have evolved exponentially through battle experience. Under Turbo Granny’s reluctant tutelage, he learned to apply «Spiral Power» principles for enhanced movement and attack strength. His signature «All Out» bursts provide limited but devastating power spikes.

What makes Okarun special is how he’s improved through technique mastery rather than raw power increases, learning concepts like combat rhythm and environmental interaction that make him far more dangerous than his base abilities might suggest.

5 Evil Eye

The Grudge Incarnate

Born from the collective grudges of children sacrificed to appease a volcano god, the Evil Eye possesses Jin Enjoji (Jiji), granting him tremendous physical capabilities. Its unique power manifests these grudges as tangible, nearly invincible constructs, often taking the form of a devastating soccer ball.

Through Jiji, the Evil Eye channels spiritual energy into powerful attacks like the Ha Wave and Evil Gun. Their relationship demonstrates that possession isn’t necessarily absolute — Jiji has learned to control and direct the spirit’s power, developing hybrid techniques that make them more effective than either would be alone.

The Evil Eye’s origin reinforces a main theme in Dandadan — concentrated human suffering and negative emotion can create supernatural entities of tremendous power.

4 Count Saint-Germain

The Power Thief

This alien collector possesses a uniquely dangerous ability — using small blades reforged from the legendary Asura blade to steal powers from defeated opponents. The theft requires the target to admit defeat before being cut, after which Saint-Germain can store stolen abilities in vials and access them through his katana.

Even without stolen powers, his base combat abilities are formidable, including masterful swordsmanship and speed comparable to Okarun’s transformed state.

His extrasensory sixth sense allows him to fight effectively even when blinded. Saint-Germain’s true terror comes from his unpredictability — his current arsenal remains largely unknown, making his full capabilities impossible to gauge.

His quest for something called the «Dandadan» places him at the center of the series’ biggest mysteries.

3 The Kur Fleet

The Space Invaders

Though a collective rather than an individual, the Kur Space Globalists represent the highest technological threat in Dandadan. This alien armada employs powerful exosuits derived from forcibly assimilating other species, alongside advanced weaponry like lasers and missiles.

Their destruction of Vamola’s home planet Sumer demonstrated their planetary-scale threat level. Their initial advance force nearly overwhelmed the main cast, suggesting even top-tier individual fighters would fall before their full might.

The Kur embody pure technological, expansionist menace, contrasting with the emotionally-derived powers of many yokai.

2 Reiko Kashima

The Mirror Master

The Slit-Mouthed Woman is uncontested at Dandadan’s power pinnacle, with mirror-based yokai abilities that defy conventional limitations. She can generate portals connecting her personal mirror to any reflective surface, allowing remote attacks.

Her most formidable power is the Mirror Prison, which traps anyone reflected in her mirror within a separate dimension with seemingly unlimited capacity.

Reiko’s physical capabilities are equally impressive — tremendous strength capable of destroying thick walls with a single punch, startling speed through powerful leaps, and durability that let her shrug off a full-power hit from Vamola’s kaiju form.

Her defining feat remains the effortless annihilation of the entire Kur fleet by trapping them in her mirror dimension and systematically destroying them. Even her weaknesses follow classic yokai rules — she can’t enter homes uninvited and is vulnerable to the word «Pomade» as a banishing spell.

1 The Dandadan

The Unknown Force

Though not yet fully revealed, the mysterious «Dandadan» sought by Count Saint-Germain appears to be the central power or concept driving the series’ events. Its exact nature remains unknown, but Saint-Germain’s obsessive pursuit suggests it holds tremendous significance or power.

This force may represent the ultimate power in the series’ universe, potentially explaining the connection between yokai, aliens, and psychic phenomena.

As the narrative unfolds, the Dandadan might redefine the power structure entirely. Until then, it remains the tantalizing unknown at the heart of this chaotic supernatural universe — potentially the true power behind everything we’ve witnessed.