Kikuri-Hime

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Kikuri-Hime in Shin Megami Tensei

Kikuri-Hime Template:Kana2, also known as Shirayama-Hime (シラヤマヒメ^?), is a demon in the series.

History

In Japanese mythology, Kikuri-Hime (or Shirayama-Hime) is the dragon goddess worshiped at Mt. Hakusan and is considered the Shinto goddess of negotiation and mediation. She is also said to bring the rains to the farmlands. In Japanese "Kiku" means "chrysanthemum", which is her symbolic flower and interactively associates with lamentation at death.

It is written in the Kojiki that after Izanagi was driven out of Yomi (Shinto Netherworld), Kikuri-Hime mediated on behalf of Izanami so that the husband and wife could engage in a debate. The exact content of this debate is not recorded, although there has been much conjecture. It is the actions of Kikuri-Hime that established the duty of later Miko (Japanese priestess) when communicating with Yomi.

Appearances

• Megami Tensei II: Genma Race
• Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei: Genma Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: Megami Race
• Shin Megami Tensei II: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei NINE: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Earth Mother Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IV: Nymph Race
• Majin Tensei: Megami Race
• Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Megami Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Lady Race
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Lady Race
• Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Priestess Arcana
• Persona 4 / Golden: Priestess Arcana
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Star Arcana
• Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Lady Race
• Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner: Deity Race
• Devil Survivor / Overclocked: Megami Race
• Devil Survivor 2: Megami Race
  • Devil Survivor 2 The Animation

Profile

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

"The goddess of life in Japanese mythology. She once mediated between Izanagi and Izanami during their confrontation in Yomi, the land of the dead."

—Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Compendium

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

"A goddess of agriculture and the harvest in Japanese mythology. She is also said to be a goddess of love and marriage. She is the shrine goddess of Hakusan-Hibai Shrine in Ishikawa, Japan, where she has been revered for centuries as the "mother goddess of life."
When Izanagi fled the underworld of Yomi and was pursued by Izanami, Kikuri-hime is said to have reconciled the two at Yomotsuhirasaka. The word "kikuri" means "bind fates together," and Kikuri-hime's name is said to derive from her role as mediator between Izanagi and Izanami, through which their fates were bound together.
Kikuri-hime is also sometimes seen as a goddess of Yomi, ruling over death and rebirth. She is well known throughout Japan, with over 2.700 shrines dedicated to her, and is revered as one of the most powerful deities."

—Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE Compendium

Kikuri-Hime can be acquired through fusion and as a hacked chip instance reward. She acts as a boss within Ichigaya Camp's bronze-level instance and reappears as a nightmare variant in the basement floors of the gold-level instance.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

"The goddess of Shirayama, also called Shirayama-Hime.
The deification of a maiden who relayed Izanami's words. She once mediated between Izanagi and Izanami during their confrontation in Yomi, the land of the dead. Since she is the goddess of love and marriage, she was thought to be named for "kukuri", to bring people together."

—Shin Megami Tensei IV Compendium

Devil Survivor 2 The Animation

Io Nitta summons Kikuri-Hime at the end of Monday against Merak to deal attacks to the flyer, blasting it with pink magic under heavy cover of the JP's members' Jambavans until it was hit by one of Merak's small energy beams, knocking it out of the fight.

Io later uses Kikuri-Hime to fight off multiple Legions in Nagoya before Hibiki's Suzaku comes in to destroy the rest of them. On the same day, Io also uses her to fight Phecda in JP's Nagoya headquarters. Kikuri-Hime manages to do some damage before Io becomes exhausted, and is later destroyed by Phecda's energy beam when it splits into two. It should be noted that while Phecda's first form is immune to every attack except Almighty (i.e. Sarasvati's Drain attack), Kikuri-Hime's pink magic blasts seem to affect it, implying that this attack has Almighty properties, and is perhaps an animated version of Holy Dance due to its circular patterns. It is last seen in battle against a Megrez bud, where it once again uses these Almighty blasts to damage the Septentrion's shell in a join effort with Byakko.

Upon a glance at Io's final demon roster, Kikuri-Hime seemed to have disappeared, perhaps being replaced by Lugh in a sacrifice at some point. Io summons Kikuri-Hime one last time in the last day to protect Hibiki from Nebiros. After her defeat, Io quickly summons Lugh to continue.

Despite being a demon that usually has little to no offensive capability, Kikuri-Hime is shown using some sort of almighty attack to deal damage on the opponents. How she possesses the almighty skill without fusion is never explained in the anime.

Stats

Megami Tensei II

Race Level HP MP Genma 40 303 55 Formations CP Macca Item Drops - 0 0 - Stamina Intelligence Attack Agility Defense Luck 15 15 9 16 9 15 List of Skills Samarecarm Diarahan Rakunda

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Megami Tensei II

Race Level HP MP CP NOA Genma 40 304 55 48 1 Vitality Intellect Strength Speed Luck Def 15 15 9 16 9 15 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Samarecarm 16 MP Revives ally with all HP and MP (may fail) Diarahan 10 MP Full HP recovery (1 ally) Rakunda 2 MP Reduce defense (all enemies)

Shin Megami Tensei

Race Alignment Level HP MP CP Megami Law 50 610 300 35 NOH Strength Intelligence Magic Vitality Agility Luck 1 - 3 19 15 19 13 12 17 Attack Hit Defense Evasion MPower MEffect Drop 91 17 47 14 21 17 None Resistances Weak to Sword, nulls Expel and Curse List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Diarahan 8 MP Completely restores one ally's HP. Samarecarm 24 MP Revives one ally from a Dead or Dying state. Marin Karin 6 MP Charms one enemy.

Shin Megami Tensei II

Race Alignment Level HP MP CP Lady Light-Chaos 38 285 190 105 Strength Intelligence Magic Stamina Agility Luck 7 13 15 7 8 10 NOH Attack Hit Defense Avoid MPower MEffect 1 90 69 90 70 18 16 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Bufula 8 MP Medium ice damage to a single foe. Marin Karin 6 MP Inflicts Charm ailment, one foe. Mediarahan 14 MP Recovers the maximum amount of HP, all allies. Samarecarm 24 MP Revives with full HP, one ally.

Shin Megami Tensei: if...

Race Level HP MP CP Alignment Lady 39 404 204 57 Light-Chaos Strength Intelligence Magic Stamina Agility Luck 10 13 15 10 9 11 NOA Attack Hit Defense Avoid MPower MEffect 1 98 72 98 73 18 16 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Mediarama 32 MP Recovers a large amount of HP, all allies. Marin Karin 6 MP Inflicts Charm ailment to one foe. (Nerve-type) Recarm 19 MP Revives with 1/4 HP, one ally. Mabufula 11 MP Medium Ice damage to all foes.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Level Race HP MP STR MGC VIT AGL LCK 24 Lady 210 120 10 16 11 8 11 Strong Void Drains Repels Weak - Expel, Mind, Nerve - - Fire Obtainable Fusion only List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Diarama Convo Greatly restores one ally's HP. Innate Sexy Gaze Convo 55% charm to one foe. Mind-type. Innate Maiden's Plea Convo Soothes an enraged demon. Works best for young female user. 25 Posumudi Convo Removes poison from one ally. 26 Me Patra Convo Removes bind, sleep or panic from all allies. 27 Recarm Convo Revives one dead ally with a small amount of HP. 28

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Race Level HP MP ST DX MA AG LU Nymph 36 216 210 37 41 52 35 48 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - - - Weak Null Null - Ailment resistance None Normal attack Physical, one hit, one enemy List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Tetraja 15 MP Bestows shields which nullify light or dark attacks for one attack to all allies. Innate Me Patra 15 MP Removes sleep, panic and bind from all allies. Innate Diarama 9 MP Restores medium amount of HP to one ally. 37 Recarm 20 MP Revives one dead ally with little HP restored. 38

Majin Tensei

Race Level HP MP Movement Move Type Attack Type Megami 55 527 638 12 Flight Normal Strength Magic Technique Defense Agility Luck CP 9 29 16 8 12 10 12 List of Skills Media Posmudi Detoxify

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis

Race Level HP MP Movement Move Type Range Megami 38 152 160 10 Flight 1 Strength Wisdom Magic Defense Agility Luck MAG 13 27 23 15 16 20 - Attack Phys Defense Magic Attack Magic Defense Hit Avoid Critical 38 23 82 101 101 21 10 List of Skills Patra Posmudi Paraladi Petradi Makajama Return

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Race Level HP MP CP NOA Lady 31 148 136 52 1 Strength Intelligence Magic Endurance Agility Luck 8 11 13 8 7 8 Personality Phys Attack Phys Hit Base Defense Avoid Mgc Attack Mgc Defense Mild 78 57 78 57 31 33 List of Skills Mabufu Mediarama Marin Karin Recarm

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Race Alignment Level HP MP Lady Light-Chaos 43 1405 557 CP Intuition Will Power Magic Intelligence Divine Protection 74 48 46 51 32 36 Strength Stamina Agility Dexterity Charm 69 63 56 24 65 List of Skills Bufulaon Mahabufula Bufudyne Tetra Tetoraja Samarecarm

Persona 3

Level Arcana St Ma En Ag Lu 47 Priestess 26 41 25 26 30 Inherit Resists Block Absorbs Reflects Weak Recovery Fire - - - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mediarama 16 SP Moderately restores party's HP. Innate Invigorate 1 Passive Restores 3 SP each turn in battle. Innate Maragion 12 SP Deals medium Fire damage to all foes. Innate Cool Breeze Passive Restores 8% HP and SP after battle. 50 Resist Ice Passive Reduces damage from Ice attacks. 52 Fire Amp Passive Greatly strengthens Fire attacks by 50%. 53

FES / Portable

Level Arcana St Ma En Ag Lu 53 Priestess 29 45 28 30 34 Inherit Resists Block Absorbs Reflects Weak Recovery - - - Fire Ice List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mediarama 16 SP Moderately restores party's HP. Innate Invigorate 1 Passive Restores 3 SP each turn in battle. Innate Maragion 12 SP Deals medium Fire damage to all foes. Innate Cool Breeze Passive Restores 8% HP and SP after battle. 55 Diarahan 20 SP Fully restores 1 ally's HP. 56 Resist Ice Passive Reduces damage from Ice attacks. 58 Fire Amp Passive Greatly strengthens Fire attacks by 50%. 59

Persona 4

Level Arcana St Ma En Ag Lu 48 Priestess 26 36 28 31 30 Inherit Resists Block Absorbs Reflects Weak Recovery Electricity Fire - - Darkness List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mediarama 12 SP Moderately restores party's HP. Innate Posumudi 3 SP Neutralizes Poison (1 ally). Innate Agilao 8 SP Deals medium Fire damage to 1 foe. Innate Samarecarm 18 SP Revives 1 ally with full HP. 50 Diarahan 18 SP Fully restores 1 ally's HP. 52 Resist Dark Passive Reduces chance of instant death from Darkness attacks. 53 Divine Grace Passive Effects of healing magic are increased by 50%. 54

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Level Arcana HP + SP + Inherit Extract 37 Star 75 41 Mediarama List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Agilao 28 SP A medium Fire attack. (1 Enemy) Innate Mediarama 24 SP Moderate HP restore. (Party) Innate Life Aid Passive [Navi] 20% HP restore at the end of battle. (Party) 38 Me Patra 12 SP Remove status ailments. (Party) 39 Maragion 36 SP A medium Fire attack. (All Enemies) 40 Fire Boost Passive Slightly raise Fire attack strength. 41 Fire Wall 16 SP Raise Fire resistance for 3 turns. (Party) 42

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

Level Race HP MP Drops 49 Deity 445 700 Resists Void Absorbs Reflects Weak - Fire, Expel, Charm, Mute Earth - - List of Skills Skill Effect Maragidyne Heavy Fire damage to all enemies Mabufudyne Heave Ice damage to all enemies Magic Repel Magic/Ailment Repel to all allies for one turn

Devil Survivor

Level Race HP MP ST MA VI AG 21 Megami 150 105 8 14 9 6 Racial/Auto Skill Phys Fire Ice Elec Force Mystic Affection - Weak - - - Null Command Skills Media * Recarm * - Passive Skills - - - "I am the goddess, Kikuri-Hime. I am both healer and leader. Now let us walk our path." "It seems you need me, human. If you insist, I will make myself useful."

Devil Survivor 2

Level Race HP MP ST MA VI AG 27 Megami 195 126 9 15 12 7 Racial/Auto Skill Phys Fire Ice Elec Force Curse Affection -- Weak -- -- -- Null Command Skills Media Recarm* "I am the Megami Kikuri-Hime. Karma has brought us together." "Even if I am fused, the karma between us will not disappear. May we meet again."

Gallery

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Kikuri Hime as she appears in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Persona 4

Kikuri-Hime in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation

Kikuri-hime's sprite in Shin Megami Tensei

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.

Kikuri-Hime in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Card Summoner

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Devil Survivor

Kukuri-Hime as she appears in the Devil Survivor manga

Kikuri-Hime as she appears in Devil Survivor 2

Kikuri-Hime appears in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation

Trivia

• Kikuri-Hime's second design which initially features in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne serves as the base model for Uzume and Kushinada. In a publicity conference of Nocturne in Japan, one fan asked Kazuma Kaneko why he drew Kikuri-Hime in dark skin like a ganguro girl. Kaneko explained this is due to Kikuri-Hime's association with death.
• The shade of her dress, vermillion red, is also the dominant color of miko's dress.