Izanagi-no-Okami

Izanagi-no-Okami's portrayal in Persona 4.

"Thou art I, and I am thou...
From the sea of thy soul, I come...
From the very moment of my emergence, I have been a guiding light shed to illuminate thy path...
I am the original god...
Izanagi-no-Okami."

—Izanagi-no-Okami

Izanagi-no-Okami (伊邪那岐大神^? / イザナギノオオカミ^?) is a Persona in the series.

History

The name "Ōkami," which means "Great Deity," symbolizes Izanagi's true identity as the deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology.

Appearances

• Persona 4 / Golden: The World Arcana, Ultimate Persona
  • Persona 4 The Animation / Golden Animation
• Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax: Instant Kill
• Persona 4: Dancing All Night
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The World Arcana, ultimate Persona of P4 hero
• Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: The World Arcana, ultimate Persona of P4 hero
• Persona 5 Royal: World Arcana (DLC), (Picaro DLC)
• BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle: Instant Kill

Profile

Persona 4

"The Father of all in Japanese myth, as well as the ruler of creation. When forbidden to see his wife Izanami, he broke the promise, resulting in the two being separated from each other forever."

—Persona 4 compendium

The ultimate Persona of the protagonist, Izanagi-no-Okami can only be accessed in the events of the True Ending, which can be unlocked provided if the protagonist manages to choose the correct choices.

In the True Ending, the protagonist realizes that Izanami is the true mastermind behind the bizarre murder cases, and ventures into her reality within the Midnight Channel, Yomotsu Hirasaka, to put an end to her plans. Eventually facing Izanami, however, the protagonist and his comrades are engulfed by Izanami's Thousand Curses. Fortunately, the protagonist hears the voices of his friends, telling him to continue fighting on.

Accumulating the powers and bonds he forged, the protagonist channels the powers of his Social Links to his initial Persona, Izanagi, transmogrifying Izanagi into his true form, Izanagi-no-Okami. Enduring all of Izanami's assaults, the protagonist takes off his glasses, and ultimately summons Izanagi-no-Okami, ending Izanami with one powerful strike, Myriad Truths then free his comrades after the battle.

Unique from other Personas, Izanagi-no-Okami is the only Persona of The World Arcana, and while he is summoned in the final battle with Izanami-no-Okami, Izanagi-no-Okami can be summoned during a second cycle and only by achieving the game's True Ending in the previous cycle. However, as loading the data from the previous cycle technically resets the protagonist's Lv. back to 1, Izanagi-no-Okami can only be summoned once the protagonist retrains back to Lv. 91. Also, as the World Arcana is a standalone Arcana which is not represented by any Social Links, Izanagi-no-Okami does not receive any bonus EXP upon being summoned. Izanagi-no-Okami cannot be registered into the Persona Compendium nor fused with any other Persona. This however, has been slightly modified in Golden, where Izanagi-no-Okami can inherit any skills from his predecessors. However, he is still unable to be stored in the Persona Compendium for later summoning and will require fusion once again to make.

While Izanami's fabricated goddess form bears a resemblance towards Izanagi-no-Okami, having a white-ish color theme, her true form, Izanami-no-Okami takes the form of a rotting, death-ridden form, similar to the Japanese mythology.

Persona 4 Arena

Izanagi-no-Okami, along with Palladion, returns as an Instant Kill. Similar to Pallas Athena, Izanagi transforms into Izanagi-no-Okami for Yu Narukami's fatal attack. Like Palladion, however, Izanagi-no-Okami cannot be accessed by his host outside his Instant Kill, Myriad Truths.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Immediately after both the P3 hero and P4 hero reach level 55, the request, The Power of the Wild Card, becomes available. The request for just the two Heroes to fight Margaret in You in Wonderland Chapter 3. Immediately after the fight, Orpheus evolves into Messiah and Izanagi evolves into Izanagi-no-Okami. Due to the two Wild Card users being brought together, similar to everyone being able to equip two Personas, once the two heroes attain their ultimate Personas, everyone else is able to as well, with their Personas evolving once they reach level 55. Each ultimate Persona only has one skill unique to it, Izanagi-no-Okami's being Heat Riser, which greatly raises one ally's attack, defense, hit and evasion for 3 turns.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Yu summons Izanagi-no-Okami after completing Reach Out To The Truth (Dancing on PERSONA STAGE) against Mikuratana-no-Kami. Izanagi-no-Okami's instrument is a double neck guitar similar in appearance to his normal weapon. One neck is a bass guitar, the other is an electric guitar.

Fusion Prerequisite

Persona 4

Unlike the ultimate Personas of the protagonists from the previous series, Izanagi-no-Okami holds the largest fusion prerequisite to summon. Apart from completing the True Ending event in the previous cycle, the protagonist must also perform a Dodecagon Spread Fusion in the Velvet Room (which becomes available July, 11th) with specific Personas to summon Izanagi-no-Okami:

Arcana	Persona
0. Fool	Izanagi
XI. Strength	Sandman
VII. Chariot	Nata Taishi
XVIII. Moon	Girimehkala
X. Fortune	Norn
IV. Emperor	Okuninushi
XII. Hanged Man	Orthrus
XVII. Star	Kartikeya
XIV. Temperance	Mithra
II. Priestess	Tzitzimitl
XVI. Tower	Cu Chulainn
0. Fool	Legion

The significance of the Personas used for this fusion can be fully seen in the Japanese version, where the first kana in their names spells the sentence, イザナギノオオカミツクレ^?, lit. "create Izanagi-no-Okami".

Persona 5 Royal

Much like in Persona 4, fusing Izanagi-no-Ookami requires a series of Personas which spells a sentence.

• For the normal variant:

Persona
Yamata no Orochi
Throne *
Inugami
Raja Naga
Barong
Norn

• For the Picaro Variant:

Persona
Okuninushi
Orthrus
Kali
Mithras
Cu Chulainn
Lucifer

The entire text reads as ヤソイナバノオオカミクル^?, lit. "Come forth, the great god of Yasoinaba"

Stats

Persona 4

Arcana Level Strength 80 Magic 80 Endurance 80 Agility 80 Luck 80 World 91 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak None - - - Physical, Fire, Ice, Electricity, Wind - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Megidolaon 60 SP Deals severe Almighty damage to all foes. Innate Victory Cry Passive Recover full HP and SP after a successful battle. Innate Angelic Grace Passive Doubles evasion rate against all attacks but Light/Darkness/Almighty. Innate Mind Charge 15 SP Next magical attack will be 150% greater in power. Innate Agidyne 12 SP Deals heavy Fire damage to 1 foe. 92 Bufudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. 93 Ziodyne 12 SP Deals heavy Elec damage to 1 foe. 94 Garudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. 95 Fire Amp Passive Strengthens Fire attacks by 50%. 96 Ice Amp Passive Strengthens Ice attacks by 50%. 97 Elec Amp Passive Strengthens Elec attacks by 50%. 98 Wind Amp Passive Strengthens Wind attacks by 50%. 99 Myriad Truths - The word of power that banishes all the world's curses and falsehoods.* Special

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

• Evolved
• Level 99

Arcana Level Strength -- Inherit Magic -- Inherit Endurance -- Inherit Agility -- Inherit Luck -- Inherit World Inherit Cut Stab Bash Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Alm Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist - Null - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Heat Riser 30 SP Greatly raise attack, defense, hit, and evasion for 3 turns. (1 Ally) Innate Ziodyne 46 SP A heavy Elec attack. (1 Enemy) Inherit Raijinzan 135 HP A heavy Cut + Elec attack. (1 Enemy) Inherit Dekunda 24 SP Remove stat penalties. (Party) Inherit

Arcana Level Strength 85 Magic 83 Endurance 78 Agility 72 Luck 73 World 99 Cut Stab Bash Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Alm Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist - Null - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Heat Riser 30 SP Greatly raise attack, defense, hit, and evasion for 3 turns. (1 Ally) Innate Ziodyne 46 SP A heavy Elec attack. (1 Enemy) Inherit Raijinzan 135 HP A heavy Cut + Elec attack. (1 Enemy) Inherit Dekunda 24 SP Remove stat penalties. (Party) Inherit

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

• Evolution
• Level 99

Arcana Level Strength -- Inherit Magic -- Inherit Endurance -- Inherit Agility -- Inherit Luck -- Inherit World Inherit Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Alm - Resist Resist Resist Resist - - - Null - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Raikouzan 32 HP Light Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) Innate Zanshinken 16 HP Light Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) Innate Tarukaja 8 SP Raise attack for 3 turns. (1 ally) Innate Protecting Sword Passive High chance of decreasing Phys damage to the user's row. Evolution Elecstrike Link 48 HP Light Elec attack. Further allied attacks gain link damage. (1 enemy) 20 Leg Reaper 19 HP Medium Phys attack, with medium chance of Agility Bind. (1 enemy) 24 Raimeizan 56 HP Medium Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) 28 Brutal Slash 42 HP Medium Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) 32 Matarukaja 18 SP Raise attack for 3 turns. (Party) 37 Mazionga 36 SP Medium Elec attack. (All enemies) 43 Raijinzan 82 HP Heavy Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) 47 Heaven's Blade 68 HP Heavy Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) 56 Blade of Fury 68 HP Heavy Phys attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. 61 Maziodyne 52 SP Heavy Elec attack. (All enemies) 64 Myriad Arrows 85 HP 6-8 heavy Phys attacks. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. 69

Arcana Level Strength 96 Magic 57 Endurance 90 Agility 65 Luck 73 World 99 Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Alm - Resist Resist Resist Resist - - - Null - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Raikouzan 32 HP Light Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) Innate Zanshinken 16 HP Light Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) Innate Tarukaja 8 SP Raise attack for 3 turns. (1 ally) Innate Protecting Sword Passive High chance of decreasing Phys damage to the user's row. Evolution Elecstrike Link 48 HP Light Elec attack. Further allied attacks gain link damage. (1 enemy) 20 Leg Reaper 19 HP Medium Phys attack, with medium chance of Agility Bind. (1 enemy) 24 Raimeizan 56 HP Medium Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) 28 Brutal Slash 42 HP Medium Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) 32 Matarukaja 18 SP Raise attack for 3 turns. (Party) 37 Mazionga 36 SP Medium Elec attack. (All enemies) 43 Raijinzan 82 HP Heavy Elec attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) 47 Heaven's Blade 68 HP Heavy Phys attack. If unhurt during turn, extra attack activates. (1 enemy) 56 Blade of Fury 68 HP Heavy Phys attack that splashes to either side. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. 61 Maziodyne 52 SP Heavy Elec attack. (All enemies) 64 Myriad Arrows 85 HP 6-8 heavy Phys attacks. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. 69

Gallery

Concept artwork of Izanagi-no-Okami

Izanagi-no-Okami as he appears in Persona 4 The Animation

Izanagi-no-Okami as he appears in Persona 4 The Animation

Izanagi-no-Okami as he appears in Persona 4 The Golden Animation

Concept artwork from Persona 4 Arena

Izanagi-no-Okami sprite

Izanagi-no-Okami seen playing the electric bass of Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Izanagi-no-Okami being invoked in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Izanagi-no-Okami as he appears in Persona 5 Royal

Trivia

• In Japanese the skill "Myriad Truths" is literally translated as "Many Myriad's True Words" (幾万の真言^?), and Izanami's skill "Thousand Curses" is actually "Many Thousand's Curses" (幾千の呪言^?). The two skills most likely parallel Izanami's curse and Izanagi's vow in the original Japanese myths, where Izanami swore to kill 1,000 mortals a day and Izanagi countered by vowing to give life to 1,500 mortals a day. "Myriad" is also an archaic word meaning "ten thousand."
• While using cheats to get the full compendium in Persona 4, there are 5 extra slots in the compendium: 034, 0B4, 0B5, 02B (these four slots are in the Fool Arcana) and Izanagi-no-Okami. His slot is the very last one right after the Judgement Arcana, and it is labeled "World," he starts out at level 0 and he has his own info. However, he still cannot be updated.
• Yu's ultimate weapon, Blade of Totsuka, bears close resemblance to Izanagi-no-Okami's weapon.
• Izanagi-no-Okami appears to be wearing a suit and tie, whereas Izanagi seems to be wearing a shirt and open jacket, much like the Yu's fashion of wearing his school uniform; this could be symbolic of "growing up" from a student to a serious worker.
• In Persona 5 Royal, its name is written in Kanji instead of Katakana.