Kishin

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

• Megami Tensei
• Megami Tensei II
• Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey / Redux
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Majin Tensei
• Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
• Megami Ibunroku Persona, as Hierophant Arcana
• Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
• Devil Survivor / Overclocked
• Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker

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.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Kishin Guardian	Fierce God Guardian
Japanese	鬼神 (Kishin)	Fierce God
French	Kishin	Fierce God
Italian	Kishin	Fierce God
German	Kishin	Fierce God
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.