Gotou

Gotou is a non-player character and boss in Shin Megami Tensei.

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei: Major character, Boss (Choujin Clan)
 * Shin Megami Tensei II: Cameo
 * Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE: Referenced through some enemies' names
 * Shin Megami Tensei if...: Fiend Class (Guardian)
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Khan

Personality
Gotou is an avid follower of the Gaian religion, he believes that Mother Gaia has been forgotten and neglected, leading to the current state of the world. He also believes that the demons were ancient gods that had been awakened to heal the broken planet and prevent its destruction.

Shin Megami Tensei
Gotou is a military general who acts as the catalyst of the Great Destruction. After learning of an American plot to destroy Japan with nuclear missiles, he institutes martial law in Tokyo and begins using STEVEN's Terminal System technology to bring forth a massive number of demons in the city, where he would use them as a military force to fight the forthcoming threat and prevent the establishment of the Thousand Year Kingdom of God, a conspiracy that had started long before the events of Shin Megami Tensei. Knowing only the name of the leader of the Resistance opposing him, he orders the capture of any girl with the same name as the Heroine.

When fighting him, he summons four demons to fight you before fighting the protagonist himself; first he summons a Pishacha and a Nue, then a Shade and a Baykok, before facing the player himself. He is killed by the Hero in the Law or Neutral alignment paths, and perishes on the Great Destruction in the Chaos path.

Shin Megami Tensei II
Gotou's departed soul makes a brief cameo in Makai. He laments the fact that Thor's Hammer destroyed him and all of Tokyo.

Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE
During Chapter 16, Ogami  is shown to revive and be posessed by someone. While not said explicitly, it is hinted that the one who Ogami revived was none other than Gotou. The fact they share similar poses hints at this.

Trivia

 * In one art Kazuma Kaneko collection mentioned that Gotou was based on the Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima . Both Gotou and Mishima attempt coups against the Japanese government, and some of the former's poses seem to be based on actual pictures of the latter.
 * Gotou is indirectly referenced in the Old Ichigaya Camp (remains of the SDF headquarters) dungeon in Shin Megami Tensei Online: IMAGINE. The demons that accompany the dungeon's boss have titles like "Former SDF Soldier" and "Gotou's Loyal Henchman" in their names.