Haniwa were originally produced in Japan during the Kofun period. They are typically small terracotta figures that were made in many forms. In videogames they are predominately the same type: a cylindrical boy with round top, hollow round eyes and mouth, and handle-like arms, one bent upwards, one bent downwards. 'Haniwa' literal translates to 'clay rings'.
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Armadillo
Big Bang Age
Big Bang Beat: 1st Impression
BlazBlue
Breath of Fire III
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Graphic in ROM, but unused in game)
Darkstalkers 3
Doraemon Nobita No Dorabian Nights
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Dynamite Headdy
The Final Fantasy Legend
Goemon's Great Adventure
Hany in the Sky
Hany on the Road
Kaizo Chojin Schbibinman Zero
Kirby series
La Pucelle: Tactics
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Linkage
Marble Cooking
Mysterious Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer
Ninja Taro
Okami
Pikmin 2
Pocket Fighter
Quiz Chikyu Bouei Gun
Rance: Search For Hikari
SaGa 2
Sengoku Rance
Snow Bros. 2
Super Bomberman 4
Tamagotchi Genjitchi
Tetris Plus 2
Totsugeki Kikan! Megadasu!!
Trip World
Twinbee 3: Poko Poko Daimaou
WarioWare: Twisted!, in the microgame Gyroid Jumble
We Love Katamari
Yumimi Mix
A Haniwa subtype seemingly inspired by the 'Kofun Soldier' held in the Tokyo National Museum.
The Cactuar is an enemy originating1) in the Final Fantasy series—an animate plant-based figure whose forms taes obvious inspiration from the popular haniwa representation.
