Krushas are blue-scaled, Kremlings; they are among the elite of the Kremling Krew. All Krushas wear clothing with a camouflage pattern and also have silver arm bands on each forearm.

Krushas first appear in the game Donkey Kong Country as uncommon foes, portrayed as large, hulking, dangerous and formidable but amiable Kremlings. Krushas attack Donkey and Diddy Kongby walking into them, and can only be defeated by throwing a barrel at them or by having Donkey Kong jump on them, being resistant to any other method of attack (simply laughing it off). Although it does not harm them, Donkey Kong's Hand Slapattack still causes them to drop a banana every time they are hit by it, making it possible to acquire a virtually unlimited number of bananas from any single Krusha