Yubaba

湯婆婆

About

The evil, greedy witch that runs the spirits bath house where Chihiro is forced to work. She is known to be very powerful and has the ability to turn into a bird. She has a very large son whom she takes care of at the bath house and only shows her nice nature to him. When people begin to work at the bathhouse she signs a contract with them in which she changes and takes their name.