Bishamonten

Bishamonten (ビシャモンテン) or Tamonten (タモンテン) is a demon in the series.

History
Bishamonten (毘沙門天) is one of four figures placed at the corners of the main altar in a Buddhist temple. These figures correspond to the four cardinal directions, with Bishamonten representing the north. Bishamonten originated as a deity in Indian mythology and came to Japan with many attributes: guardian of the realm of the North, guardian of Buddhist law, god of victory in war, and god of wealth and good fortune. Bishamonten is also one of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese mythology.

Outside Japan, his name is Vaisravana, and in Tibet he is a dharmapala and one of the eight main dharmapalas, alongside Mahakala, Yama Yamantaka, Hayagriva, Palden Lhamo, Tshangspa Dkaro, and Begste.

Appearances

 * Megami Tensei II: Kishin Race as Tamonten
 * Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei (Megami Tensei II): Kishin Race as Tamonten
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Kishin Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Devil's Colosseum: Fury Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Kishin Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Guardian Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Kishin Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IV: Kishin Race
 * Majin Tensei: Kishin Race
 * Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Kishin Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Kishin Race
 * Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Kishin Race
 * Megami Ibunroku Persona: Justice Arcana
 * Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Justice Arcana
 * Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Justice Arcana
 * Persona 2: Tsumi To Batsu: Justice Arcana
 * Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Tower Arcana
 * DemiKids Dark Version
 * DemiKids Light Version
 * Devil Children Fire/Ice Book: as Tamonten
 * Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Kishin Race
 * Devil Survivor / Overclocked: Kishin Race
 * Devil Survivor 2: Kishin Race

Shin Megami Tensei
Bishamonten appears as the strongest of the four Heavenly Kings. The protagonist must meet with him and the others in order to proceed beyond the entrance to the Cathedral. On the neutral and law routes, he needs to be defeated to remove the protection on Tokyo. On the chaos route, however, he will join the party if the protagonist is strong enough (level 75 or higher).

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Bishamonten appears as an optional boss twice, first at the Temple north of Ueno Park after finding the Kimon Sphere, and second in the Bandou Shrine. After the first fight, the player will receive the Gundari Magatama, and Bishamonten will tell the player to collect all of the Magatama and find him again with his master. He appears again in the Bandou Shrine as the last deva protecting the pillars of Masakado's Tomb.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Bishamonten can only be fused by acquiring the Visravas within the end chest of Ichigaya Camp's gold-level instance when summoning at least two other kings alongside Jikokuten. To spawn him alongside Jikokuten, players need to defeat the Yaksa miniboss in the basement levels.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
He appears as the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings, and can only be fought if Jikokuten is spoken to while under Chaos alignment. Thus the door to Bishamonten will be opened; the reward for his defeat is a potent Chaos-aligned sword.

Shin Megami Tensei IV
Bishamonten is both the client and opponent in the Challenge Quest Tokyo Cosmos. He is found in the Jujo area of the Ikebukuro region. He appears alongside the other three once all four have been defeated to be fought as a group. He speaks and mentions that facing them as a group is the last part of the trial. After the four are defeated Bishamonten believes Flynn to be the reincarnation of the man who saved Tokyo twenty five years ago. He looks forward to the feats Flynn will accomplish and tells him to stay true to his ideals as he moves forward.

Persona 3
Bishamonten appears as a high level Persona of the Tower Arcana, only being able to be summoned once the Protagonist reaches level 60. Oddly, his in-game appearance looks more the artwork of Indra than the other Heavenly Kings.

DemiKids: Light/Dark Version
Known as Lord Pey.

Devil Survivor
Bishamonten, along with the other four Devas, protect the barrier that separates the human world from the demon world. In all routes except Yuzu's, the protagonist must defeat him along with Zouchou and Koumokuten in order to access the demon world, where the Demon Summoning Server resides. Bishamonten is the first Deva fought, and after his defeat, he is unlocked for the player to fuse.

Trivia

 * In Devil Survivor, while playing Naoya's Route, Bishamon and the Other Devas will react rather angrily at the Attack of the group, while in most other groups, they will gracefully accept fate and even encourage the Protagonist.
 * He is depicted as the strongest of the Four Heavenly Kings, usually under the service of Taira no Masakado.