Kurokyura

Kurokyura is a vampire enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It is one of the few humanlike enemies found in the entire Mario franchise.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Kurokyura appears near the Goal of the first stage of the Pumpkin Zone. To attack, it sends small bats known as Minikyura towards Mario. Mario gets hurt if he touches Kurokyura from the sides, but can defeat it by jumping on its head or shooting a fireball at it as Fire Mario. According to the Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten, Kurokyura is the master the building of this stage long before the events of Super Mario Land 2.

Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
Kurokyura also appears in the Kodansha Super Mario manga in the Super Mario Land 2 arc, where it takes the role of Wario's right-hand man. Shortly after Mario and Luigi enter Mario's castle and defeat hoards of enemies, Kurokyura appears as a bat and steals their sack of Carrots. The brothers give chase, and eventually find it in Wario's throne room, where it returns to its vampire form and aids Wario in handling Luigi. After Mario is quick to defeat Wario, Kurokyura tosses him a Carrot so he will power up. It is eventually defeated and seemingly killed when Luigi prepares garlic soup and forcefully feeds it to it.

Later on, however, it does appear alive, aiding Wario in framing Mario by disguising as Luigi and robbing a bank. Their plan goes wrong, and they get arrested alongside the true counterparts, however, Peach claims that Wario's group (still disguised as the heroes) are the innocent party. After Mario and co escape, they are able to save Peach and defeat Wario's gang again.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
''' クロキュラ 種族 　ゴースト族 性格 　お人好し 登場 ゲーム　ランド2 ''' 戦うの好きじゃないんです  マリオランドに人が住む前から建っていた謎の西洋館. ここの主人がクロキュラだ. 手下のミニキュラ（P214）を飛ばして戦うが、自分では攻撃しない. 踏むだけで倒せる.

 Kurokyura  Tribe: Ghost clan Disposition: Good-natured Game appearances: Land 2 ' I don't like fighting. ''The mysterious western pavilion was built before people lived in Mario Land. The master of this place is Kurokyura. He fights by sending his minion Minikyura (P214) to fight, but he does not attack himself. They can be defeated by simply stepping on them.''

Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.
Bio: その場から動かず、ミニキュラを次々と出してくる. (They do not move from their spot and bring out one Minikyura after another.)