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Bishamonten (P O.A

Bishamonten of the Four Heavenly Kings, the most recurring Kishin in the series

The Kishin (鬼神, Kishin)? or Guardian are all patron gods or warrior deities from various pantheons or countries. They protect a specific direction, race or country accordingly. Most of them however, are derived from Far Eastern mythology. They are generally physically overwhelming demons, and are all capable of utilizing weapons. With few exceptions, the Buddhist Four Heavenly Kings always make their appearance in every single Shin Megami Tensei installment. They are Light-Chaos (except in Majin Tensei II where they are Light-Neutral) and the namesake of the Guardians species.

Appearances[]

List of Demons[]

Megami Tensei[]

Demon Level
Naga 36
Susano-O 44
Yaksa 46
Thor 49
Kali 52

Megami Tensei II[]

Demon Level
Zouchouten 17
Koumokuten 24
Rakshasa 29
Jikokuten 36
Ifrit 42
Susano-O 46
Bishamonten 50
Ganesha 53
Thor 57
Amon 59
Kali 62

Shin Megami Tensei[]

Demon Level
Hitokotonusi 23
Kotosironusi 31
Oumononushi 38
Minakata 43
Nagasunehiko 46
Zouchouten 55
Koumokuten 57
Jikokuten 59
Kagutsuchi 63
Mikazuchi 65
Niou 68
Bishamonten 75

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne[]

Demon Level
Minakata 17
Zouchou 27
Koumoku 33
Okuninushi 39
Mikazuchi 45
Jikoku 52
Futomimi 63
Bishamon 72
Thor 76

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE[]

Demon Level
Zouchouten 38
Koumokuten 45
Jikokuten 52
Bishamonten 72

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey[]

Demon Level
Takeminakata 27
Zouchouten 37
Koumokuten 47
Jikokuten 57
Bishamonten 65
Thor 76

Shin Megami Tensei IV[]

Demon Level
Zouchouten 37
Koumokuten 44
Zhong Kui 50
Jikokuten 57
Bishamonten 64
Marici 70
Thor 76

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse[]

Demon Level
Zhong Kui 50
Zouchouten 55
Koumokuten 55
Jikokuten 65
Bishamonten 70
Marici 75
Thor 80

Shin Megami Tensei V[]

Demon Level
Attis 27
Zouchouten 36
Koumokuten 44
Jikokuten 51
Bishamonten 58
Thor 66

Majin Tensei[]

Name Level
Kali 8
Take Minakata 11
Nagasunehiko 18
Take Mikazuchi 26
Zouchouten 35
Koumokuten 46
Jikokuten 52
Bishamonten 62

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis[]

Name Level
Zouchouten 60
Koumokuten 62
Vajrayaksa 65
Jikokuten 67
Gundari 69
Fudou Myouou 71
Bishamonten 75
Atavaka 80

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner[]

Demon Level
Otogo-Douji 24
Nagasunehiko 33
Tyr 39
Zhong Kui 47
Takemikazuchi 53
Thor 58
Bishamonten 66
Marici 71

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers[]

Demon Level
Hitokotonushi 24
Kotoshironushi 33
Tyr 41
Zhong Kui 47
Futsunushi 53
Thor 58
Bishamonten 66
Marici 71
Thor* 72

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku[]

"Angry gods.  Their anger is directed at things like hostility, injustice, and bad luck, and is said to drive away the evil gods who create those things. They despise iniquity most of all and are compassionate gods. For this reason, they often protect/serve the chief god(s) in many pantheons."

Law-aligned demons are from Amatsukami, Chaos-aligned demons are from Kunitsukami.

Law-aligned
Demon Level
Tajikarao 22
Hatsuse Ou no Mikoto 24
Take Mikazuchi 35
Yamato Takeru 41
Chaos-aligned
Demon Level
Take Minakata 33
Priyankara 34
Okuninushi 42

Devil Survivor[]

The Kishin race has the Double Up Racial Skill, which allows their team to attack opposing teams up to 2 times during a single turn. Combined with the Beast's Animal Leg skill, it allows a single team to attack two separate enemy teams in one turn, or when combined with the Dragon's or Vile's Evil Wave and Chaos Wave skills, it allows a team to attack an enemy twice without any worry of retaliation, provided they remain outside that enemy's range.

Demon Level
Ubelluris 14
Nalagiri 26
Mikazuchi 42
Zouchou 49
Koumoku 57
Bishamon 65

Devil Survivor 2[]

The Kishin race has the Double Up Racial Skill, which allows their team to attack opposing teams up to 2 times during a single turn. Combined with the Beast's Animal Leg skill, it allows a single team to attack two separate enemy teams in one turn, or when combined with the Dragon's or Vile's Evil Wave and Chaos Wave skills, it allows a team to attack an enemy twice without any worry of retaliation, provided they remain outside that enemy's range. Stronger Kishin have this skill changed to Matchless, which grants a second chance to use skills outside battle.

Demon Level
Ubelluris 20
Nalagiri 28
Hitokotonusi 36
Take-Mikazuchi 43
Zouchouten 50
Jikokuten 57
Koumokuten 64
Bishamonten 71
Omoteotl 75
Okuninushi* 87
Zaou Gongen 93

*Available only in Record Breaker.

Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2[]

Demon Grade Rarity
Marici 90 ★★★★★
Futsunushi 85
Thor 83
Thor A (Devil Summoner Design) 83
Zhong Kui 75 ★★★★
Bishamonten 70
Jikokuten 62
Koumokuten 50 ★★★
Zouchouten 41
Take-Minakata 27 ★★

In Other Languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Flag of Japan Japanese 鬼神 (Kishin) Fierce God
Flag of France French Kishin Fierce God
Flag of Italy Italian Kishin Fierce God
Flag of Germany German Kishin Fierce God
Flag of Spain Spanish Kishin Fierce God


Race and species
Species Races
Gods Deity - Megami - Amatsu* - Enigma - Zealot* - Godly - Chaos - Lady* - Nymph - Vile* - Reaper* - Entity* - Meta* - Soshin
Kishin Tenma - Fury - Kishin - Lady* - Femme* - Vile* - Reaper* - Wargod - Kunitsu - Zealot* - Entity* - Shinshou - Tenjin*
Demonics Tyrant* - Genma* - Night* - Fairy* - Yoma* - Fiend* - Suiyou - Shinoma - Shin Akuma
Demons Tyrant* - Night* - Yoma* - Fairy*
Flying Herald - Divine - Fallen - Futenshi - Akuma
Avians Avian - Flight - Raptor
Dragons Dragon - Snake - Drake - Hiryu
Oni Touki - Brute - Femme* - Jirae* - Jaki - Haunt* - Henii
Beasts Avatar - Holy - Beast - Wilder - UMA - Food - Kaijuu
Vegetation Tree - Wood* - Jusei
Elements Element* - Mitama - Wood*
Fairies Fairy* - Jirae* - Genma* - Element*
Evil Spirits Haunt* - Spirit - Undead* - Rumor*
Humans Human - Gaean - Messian - Summoner - Meta* - Ranger - Hero - General - Famed - Therian* - Fiend* - Kyojin - Shinja
Fiends Fiend* - Therian*
Fouls Foul* - Vermin - Demonoid - Rumor* - Karma - Machine*
Ghosts Foul* - Undead*
Machines Machine* - Virus - Vaccine - Kugutsu
Other Zoma - Fake - Ghost - Foreigner - Horde - Primal - Enemy exclusive race
Godslayer - Goddess - Player Character exclusive race
Type Good - Evil - Holy - Ghost - Ogre - Fiend - Dragon - Alternate - Boss - Beast - Bird - Zombie - Myth
Order Pyro - Frost - Volt - Wind - Fury - Pagan - Skill - Fiend - Evil - Element - Spirit
* Asterisk denotes race that has been put under different species throughout the series.
Italic font denotes the race/species name (not in katakana for Western loanword) has not yet received any official English localization.
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