Tora-kuma-dōji.

Tora-kuma-dōji (虎熊童子) bears the most aggressive composite name among Shuten-dōji's lieutenants, joining tiger violence to bear mass. Even without a long independent legend, the name works like compressed characterization. He is imagined as a fast, savage, heavily built oni captain suited to the inner defenses of the demon fortress.

As one of the Four Divine Kings of Shuten-dōji, Tora-kuma-dōji helps define the demon lord's power as organized and ranked. He is not merely one more monstrous body in a cave. He is a named officer in a retinue that the invading heroes must reckon with. His presence thickens the atmosphere of impending combat around the demon court.

He is preserved in the medieval versions of the Shuten-dōji story that elaborate the oni household, especially the Otogi-zōshi tradition. The retention of his name, despite the lack of a full separate tale, shows how important naming was to the shaping of demon courts in medieval narrative. Tora-kuma-dōji survives because the tale wanted recognizable captains at the demon king's side.