Boshi

“What're YOU lookin' at? If you wanna challenge me, you have to bring Cookies!”

—Boshi, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Boshi is a loner Blue Yoshi, and the rival of Yoshi. Like many other Yoshis, he can only speak the Yoshi language, having a deeper voice than most others. He and several other Yoshis live on Yo'ster Isle, home of the Mushroom Derby races. After winning a Mushroom Derby race, he declared himself leader of the Yoshis, and canceled the Derby so he could be champion for eternity.

In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario travels to Yo'ster Isle and is informed of Boshi's reign by Yoshi. Yoshi also reveals that Boshi loves Yoshi Cookies, and has a friend loan him some cookies so he and Mario can confront Boshi. Tempted by the cookies, Boshi agrees to a one-on-one race.

If Yoshi loses, Boshi will stay and race again for more cookies. If Yoshi wins the race, he is presumed to be the new boss of the isle, but declines the role, saying he just wants to race. Boshi then agrees to participate in fair competition going forward.

The ending cinematic of this game shows Boshi comforting Croco after losing a race to Yoshi, as both walk away from the race track.

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  Mario and Yoshi racing Boshi on Yo'ster Isle

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ワッシー Wasshī	From 「ワルイ」 (warui, "bad") and 「ヨッシー」 (Yosshī, "Yoshi"), similar to the origins of Wario and Waluigi's names.

Trivia

• Boshi is the only known Yoshi to not wear shoes that cover his feet, to have fangs, and to only have two plates on the back of his head.
• Predating Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars, Yoshi himself wore sunglasses identical to Boshi's in the Super Mario World episode, Born to Ride and the Club Nintendo comic, Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit.