Take-Minakata

Take-Minakata's design from Shin Megami Tensei II

"Man, what're you going on about? I've been making my own way on muscle alone since I was born. Talk is cheap. So c'mon, man, let's get to comparin' our strength! Both of my arms might be gone, but I ain't sunk so low that I'd let a human get the best of me!"

—Takeminakata, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Take-Minakata (タケミナカタ, Takeminakata)^? is a demon in the series.

History

Take-Minakata-no-kami (kanji: 建御名方神), is one of the sons of Okuninushi. When the Amatsu decided to increase their influence on the earth, they sent Take-Mikazuchi to conquer Take-Minakata. They had the first sumo match which Take-Mikazuchi won. Take-Minakata then had his arms cut and fled to Suwa, where he married a Suwa goddess, Yasakatome, and became the guardian god. The local legend believed the cracking phenomenon on the icy Lake Suwa in every winter to be the "Passage of God" (御神渡り, Omiwatari, scientifically the result of pressure ridge). Take-Minakata leaves his temple via the frozen lake to the opposite bank to meet the goddess.

Appearances

• Shin Megami Tensei: Kishin Race, as Minakata
• Shin Megami Tensei II: Kunitsu Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Kunitsu Race
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Kishin Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Nation Ruler Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Kishin Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IV: Kunitsu Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: Kunitsu Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Kishin Race
• Majin Tensei: Kishin Race
• Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Chigi Race
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Kishin Race
• Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Hanged Man Arcana
• Persona 4 Golden: Jester Arcana
• Persona 5 / Royal: Hanged Man Arcana
• Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Kunitsu Race

Profile

Shin Megami Tensei

"Origin: Japan. A wild god and the son of Ookuninushi. He wouldn't reliquish Ashihara no Nakatsukuni to Amaterasu until the very end. Take-Mikazuchi defeated him and he was confined to Suwa. There are legends at Suwa of him defeating the dragon god of the lake to rule the area."

—Shin Megami Tensei A-Mode DDS dictionary

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Take-Minakata can be encountered within Ichigaya's Kagurazaka Zhu Que gold-level instance.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

"In Japanese lore, he fought Take-Mikazuchi for control of Japan and lost. He is revered as the god of hunting."

—Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey compendium

Takeminakata begins appearing once the protagonist gains the Enemy Search A app, which allows them to detect hidden enemies. Takeminakata can be found throughout Sector Antlia and Sector Bootes and at that point in the game can be a tangible threat, both for his level and heavy Physical attacks. He will generally target the protagonist and if faced during a New Moon, will continually use Zan-Ei for boosted damage.

Persona 5

"A Japanese god of war, hunting and fertility. He fought Take-Mikazuchi for control of Japan and lost. He escaped to Suwa, but was prohibited to leave since."

—Persona 5 background

Take-Minakata is the fourth Persona of the Hanged Man Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in Kaneshiro's Palace and in the Kaitul area of Mementos, with the title "Defeated Avenger." He is the first Persona to learn the Elec Break skill and the second of four Personas to learn Elec Boost. When itemized through Electric Chair execution in the Velvet Room, Take-Minakata will yield the Thunder Band accessory, which prevents the wearer from being inflicted with the Shock effect.

As a Shadow, he will attack using Mazionga and will target anyone who becomes Shocked with Assault Dive relentlessly.

The Shadow of Shinpei Honjo takes the form of Take-Minakata when fought in Mementos during the "Fighting for Truth in Journalism" request. Shadow Honjo can be found in the 9th path of Kaitul. During the battle, Shadow Honjo will use Megidola to inflict Almighty damage on the party, but he must recover SP between uses with his Invigorate 3 skill. He may also sometimes attempt to use Megidola with insufficient SP, granting the party another turn to act before being attacked. He will also use Flash Bomb to physically attack the entire party.

Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

"He is a god of war, the hunt and fertility in Japanese lore. He fought Take-Mikazuchi for control of Japan and lost. Though he escaped to Shinano no Kuni he was chased and cornered. Since then, he has been forbidden to leave the land of Suwa."

—Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 compendium

Stats

Shin Megami Tensei

• Boss
• Summonable Ally

Race Alignment Level HP MP Kishin Chaos 43 560 50 MAG NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 860 1-3 112 21 49 15 11 10 St 28 In 9 Ma 10 Vi 15 Ag 14 Lu 10 Drop Osafune Swd Gun Fir Ice Elc For Nrv Exp Crs Mgc Bnd Chg Dex Ndl Alm - 4／8 - 4／8 6／8 - 2／8 Nu Nu 6／8 2／8 6／8 - 2／8 - List of Skills Skill Effect Mazionga Strikes multiple enemies with strong lightning. Bufula Attack one enemy with strong ice, freezing it. Shibaboo Binds multiple enemies. (Bind-type)

Race Alignment Level HP MP Kishin Chaos 43 490 90 CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 29 1-3 112 21 49 15 11 10 St 28 In 9 Ma 10 Vi 15 Ag 14 Lu 10 Resistances Reflects Curse Drop Osafune Swd Gun Fir Ice Elc For Nrv Exp Crs Mgc Bnd Chg Dex Ndl Alm - 6／8 4／8 6／8 6／8 - 6／8 6／8 Rf 4／8 6／8 6／8 - 6／8 - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Mazionga 12 MP Strikes multiple enemies with strong lightning. Bufula 8 MP Attack one enemy with strong ice, freezing it. Shibaboo 3 MP Binds multiple enemies. (Bind-type)

Shin Megami Tensei II

Race Alignment Level HP MP Kunitsu Light-Chaos 53 888 163 CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 121 2 148 100 136 97 12 12 St 21 In 10 Ma 10 Vi 15 Ag 14 Lu 8 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Agilao 7 MP Medium fire damage to a single foe. Bufula 8 MP Medium ice damage to a single foe. Shibaboo 3 MP Inflicts Bind ailment, 1-3 foes. Hades Blast 20% HP Heavy Sword damage to 1-3 foes. Damage increases with user's HP

Shin Megami Tensei: if...

Race Alignment Level HP MP Kunitsu Light-Chaos 54 767 165 CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 63 2 156 103 144 100 12 12 St 24 In 10 Ma 10 Vi 18 Ag 14 Lu 11 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Agidyne 15 MP Heavy Fire damage to a single foe Bufudyne 16 MP Heavy Ice damage to a single foe. Shibaboo 3 MP Inflicts Bind ailment to 1-3 foes. (Bind-type) Hades Blast 20% HP Heavy Sword damage to 1-3 foes.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Race Level HP MP Strength 11 Magic 8 Vitality 11 Agility 9 Luck 5 Kishin 17 168 75 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak Electricity - Expel - Fire, Nerve Obtainable Fusion only List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Dark Might Passive Guarantees critical hit of equipper's basic attack during new Kagutsuchi phase. Innate Mazio 8 MP Small electric damage and 10% shock to all foes. Innate Zionga 6 MP Medium electric damage and 25% shock to one foe. Innate Makajam 4 MP 40% mute to one foe. Curse-type. 18 Intimidate Interrupt Urges an indecisive demon to accept the deal. Works best for user who is 10-level higher than the target or adult/adolescent to child target. 19 Stun Gaze 5 MP 40% stun to one foe. Nerve-type. 20 Dekaja 10 MP Removes all buffs from all foes. 21 Focus 5 MP Multiplies user's next physical attack damage by 2.5. 22

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Race Alignment Level HP MP Strength 23 Magic 20 Vitality 20 Agility 15 Luck 18 Kishin Light-Chaos 27 253 138 Attack Type Single Foe/1/Physical/None Strong - - Strong Weak Strong Strong Strong - Poison Paralyze Stone Strain Sleep Charm Mute Fear Bomb Rage - - Strong - - Strong - - - - Natural Skills Garula Zan-Ei Preparedness D-Source Skills Berserker God Garudyne Item Drops Kishin Horns Dis-Charm Revival Bead Password W2Z04JET9vZ9sigA YegAtOkKEer$Yega

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Race Level HP MP Strength 33 Dexterity 30 Magic 24 Agility 27 Luck 23 Kunitsu 21 293 58 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - Weak - Drain - Resist Resist Ailment Resistance Weak: Bind Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Counter Auto Chance of countering with weak basic attack after receiving physical or gun damage. Innate Zionga 8 MP Medium elec damage to one foe. Innate War Cry 45 MP Debuffs all foes' attack and defense by 1 level. 23 Elec Pleroma Auto Boosts elec attack by 25%. 25

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

• Summonable Ally
• Demon Market

Race Level HP MP Strength 41 Dexterity 24 Magic 18 Agility 29 Luck 29 Kunitsu 21 282 78 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - Weak - Resist - - - Ailment Resistance Weak: Bind Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy Skill Affinities Physical +2 · Electricity +1 · Force -1 · Ailment -1 · Fire -3 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Counter Auto Chance of countering with weak basic attack after receiving physical or gun damage. Innate Zionga 10 MP Medium elec damage to one foe. Innate Fang Breaker 12 MP Weak physical damage and Tarunda once to one foe. 22 Elec Pleroma Auto Boosts elec attack by 25%. 24

Race Level HP MP Strength -- Dexterity -- Magic -- Agility -- Luck -- Kunitsu 25 ? ? Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - Weak - Resist - - - Ailment Resistance Weak: Bind Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy Required quest A Godslayer Needs Demons DLC (ћ2630) Skill Affinities Physical +2 · Electricity +1 · Force -1 · Ailment -1 · Fire -3 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Zionga 10 MP Medium elec damage to one foe. Innate Mazionga 24 MP Medium elec damage to all foes. Innate Fang Breaker 12 MP Weak physical damage and Tarunda once to one foe. Innate Power Punch 9 MP Medium physical damage to one foe. Smirk +Daze Innate Charge 9 MP Multiplies user's next physical or gun damage by 2.5. Innate Elec Pleroma Auto Boosts elec attack by 25%. Innate

Majin Tensei

Race Level HP MP Mv Range Mv Type Atk Type CP Kishin 11 110 - 9 Flat 3 Strength Magic Technique Defense Agility Luck 9 5 5 9 6 6 Magic Skills Skill Cost Power Range Target Effect Electric Shock 100% 45 2 Single Medium Elec damage

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis

Race Level HP MP Mv Range Mv Type Atk Range MAG Kunitsu 36 176 - 7 Ground 1 - St Ma In Ag Lu Atk P.Def M.Atk M.Def Hit Eva Crt 20 17 14 25 5 76 19 36 35 99 14 17 List of Skills Skill Power Range Cost Target Effect Rampage 150% 1 P. Extra Multi Deals damage

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Race Alignment Level HP MP CP Equip Type Kishin Light-Chaos 33 894 417 62 ? Intuition Will Power Magic Intelligence Divine Protection 36 36 43 26 34 Strength Stamina Agility Dexterity Charm 52 50 45 21 58 List of Skills Zanma Mahazanma Rokuhara Okinagahou Tarukaja Kagemetsuha

Persona 3

• Persona 3
• FES / Portable

Arcana Level Strength 16 Magic 16 Endurance 19 Agility 10 Luck 9 Hanged Man 21 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Electricity - - - Strike, Electricity Light, Darkness Heart Item Lightning Armlet List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance) Innate Mazio 8 SP Deals light Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Innate Tarunda 6 SP Decreases 1 foe's Attack. Innate Auto-Rakukaja Passive Automatic Rakukaja at the start of battle. 22 Dodge Strike Passive Evasion rate doubled vs Strike attacks. 24 Dekaja 15 SP Nullifies stat bonuses on all foes. 26

Arcana Level Strength 16 Magic 16 Endurance 19 Agility 10 Luck 9 Hanged Man 21 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Electricity - - - Strike, Electricity Light, Darkness Skill Card Dekaja (Lv 27) Heart Item Lightning Armlet List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage / Shocks one foe. (10% chance) Innate Mazio 8 SP Deals light Elec damage / Shocks all foes. (8% chance) Innate Survive Light Passive Low odds of revival vs Light magic. (50% chance, revive with 1 HP) 22 Auto-Rakukaja Passive Automatic Rakukaja at the start of battle. 23 Dodge Strike Passive Evasion rate doubled vs Strike attacks. 24 Dekaja 15 SP Nullifies stat bonuses on all foes. 26

Persona 4 Golden

Arcana Level Strength 20 Magic 20 Endurance 22 Agility 14 Luck 12 Hunger 27 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Elec - - - Phys/Elec Light/Dark List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mazio 10 SP Deals light Elec damage to all foes. Innate Zionga 8 SP Deals medium Elec damage to 1 foe. Innate Survive Light Passive 50% chance of surviving instant death 1 time from a Light attack with 1 HP. 29 Auto-Rakukaja Passive Automatic Rakukaja at the start of battle. 30 Dekaja 10 SP Nullifies stat bonuses on all foes. 31 Dodge Physical Passive Doubles evasion rate against Phys attacks. 33

Persona 5

• Shadow
• Boss
• Shadow Honjo
• Persona

Arcana Level HP SP Type Strength 14 Magic 13 Endurance 14 Agility 15 Luck 11 Hanged 29 420 156 Gloomy Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - Repel - Weak - - Strong 20 EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 143 1,105 Tin Clasp - Assault Dive (Skill Card) List of Skills Skill Effect Assault Dive Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Mazionga Medium Electric damage to all foes. Rare chance of Shock.

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 13 Magic 12 Endurance 12 Agility 15 Luck 11 Hanged 29 520 153 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - Repel - Weak - - Strong - EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 419 2,349 - - List of Skills Skill Effect Assault Dive Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Mazionga Medium Electric damage to all foes. Rare chance of Shock.

Arcana Level HP SP Strength 35 Magic 21 Endurance 20 Agility 24 Luck 19 Hanged 30 1,400 26 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - Drain Weak Null Null - Null - EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 915 17,500 - - List of Skills Skill Effect Megidola Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Flash Bomb Medium Physical damage to all foes. Low chance of Dizzy. Invigorate 3 Restore 7 SP each turn in battle.

"I am Take-Minakata. I will become your new mask and free your heart from the chains that keep its power in check..." Arcana Level Strength 20 Magic 22 Endurance 21 Agility 18 Luck 13 Hanged 29 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Electricity Elec - - Curse Psy List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Zionga 8 SP Medium Electric damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Shock. Innate Assault Dive 13% HP Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Innate Elec Break 15 SP Suppress innate Electric resistance of all foes for 3 turns. Innate Mazionga 16 SP Medium Electric damage to all foes. Rare chance of Shock. 30 Defense Master Auto Automatic Rakukaja on user at start of battle. 32 Elec Boost Auto Strengthen Electric attacks by 25%. 34

Gallery

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Take-Minakata's design from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Model in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

As he appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Portrait from Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Sprite from Card Summoner

Trivia

• Since his appearance in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, his design has never been switched for an older one nor has he gotten a redesign. He is the favorite demon of Kazuma Kaneko as evidenced in a Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne interview.
• Initially, Minkata's 3D model has him wearing shoes without shin guards. This has been updated in Persona 5.