Bakene

Bakene is one of the Seven Shadows. He has the appearance of a catlike beast. He appeared in Sailor Moon Episode 27, Kitty Chaos.

When Bakene was imprisoned in Earth's atmosphere, he was reborn inside a cat named Hercules. Zoycite extracted the crystal from Hercules and turned him into Bakene. Bakene fought the Sailor Scouts. At one point, he saved Luna from falling (possibly due to the influence of Hercules within him), but still was intent on killing her. Sailor Moon eventually healed him with Moon Healing Activation, killing Bakene and preventing Hercules from being turned into him again.

​​Trivia

 * Zoycite calls out "Bakene" in the episode, but in the "Friends & Foes" Sailor Moon children's book published by Kodansha America in 1995, Bakene is incorrectly labelled as "Akan".
 * Bakene is never shown to use any actual attacks, so his abilities are unknown.
 * The Japanese name for Bakene (バケーネ) comes from "Bakeneko" (化猫), a Japanese demon from folklore.