Shiisaa

Shiisaa is a demon in the series.
==History==
 is a Japanese protective spirit or guardian deity in Okinawan mythology. People place pairs of shisa on either their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth and the right one an open mouth. The open mouth shisa wards off evil spirits while the closed mouth shisa keeps good spirits in.
Like the komainu ("lion dogs"), the shisa are a variation of the guardian lions from China. Gender is variously assigned to the shisa. Some Okinawans believe the male has his mouth closed to keep bad out of the home, while the female has her mouth open to share goodness. Others believe the female has her mouth closed to "keep in the good," while the male has his mouth open to "scare away the bad."
==Appearances==
*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Holy Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Holy Beast Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Avatar Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IV: Avatar Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: Avatar Race
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Holy Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Holy Race
*Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Holy Race
*Soul Hackers 2: Holy Race
*Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Holy Race
*Persona 3 FES / Portable / Reload: Hierophant Arcana
**Persona 3 The Movie: Hierophant Arcana
*Persona 4 / Golden: Hierophant Arcana
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Hierophant Arcana
*Persona 5 / Royal: Chariot Arcana / Strength Arcana
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Hierophant ArcanaPersona 5 Strikers: Chariot Arcana
*Persona 5: The Phantom X
*Persona 5 Tactica: Shock Type
*Devil Children Black Book & Red Book: God Race
*Devil Children White Book: God Race
*DemiKids Light Version / Dark Version: Beast Type, as Leogard
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book: Animal Race
*Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Holy Race
*Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner: Beast Class
*Devil Survivor / Overclocked: Avatar Race
*Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker: Avatar Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Avatar Race
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Shiisaa can be contracted within Nakano Stone Site's bronze-level instance and acquired through the Third Home hacked chip instance. Oversized nightmare variations can be encountered within the Suginami Tunnels instance.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
Shiisaa can teach Nanashi the Mazan, Shibaboo and Frenzied Chomp skills through its Demon Whisper. It benefits from learning Force skills.
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
Shiisaa is a member of the Holy race and is only obtainable through fusion.
===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
===Soul Hackers 2===
Shiisaa appears as a common enemy in Arrow's Soul Matrix 2F.
=== Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth ===
===Persona 5===
Shiisaa is the third Persona of the Chariot Arcana and can only be obtained through fusion in the Velvet Room. It is one of the Personas that learns the Dodge Curse skill. When itemized through Electric Chair Execution, Shiisaa yields a Mazio skill card.
The second task of the Strength Confidant is to fuse a Shiisaa with Frei and show it to the twins. This can be accomplished by fusing Makami, who has Frei, with an appropriately-leveled Persona of the Strength or Magician Arcana.
====Royal====
Shiisaa is the second Persona of the Strength Arcana and can be found in Madarame's Palace and the Chemdah area of Mementos as a Shadow under the name "Rooftop Lion."
When itemized through Electric Chair execution, Shiisaa will now yield a Double Fangs Skill Card. During a fusion alarm, Shiisaa will yield a Cornered Fang Skill Card.
===Persona 5 Strikers===
Shiisaa is a Persona of the Chariot Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in the later areas of the Okinawa Jail. It is a target in the requests "Prison Mail, Part 5" and "Okinawan Art Appreciation." For the first request, Lavenza is looking for a Unicorn that knows the Zionga skill. Shiisaa has Zionga as an innate skill, and can pass it on to Unicorn by fusing it with a Black Ooze, Mothman or Succubus. For the second, the protagonist must kill ten Shiisaa for Yusuke.
===Persona 5 Tactica===
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
Known as Leogard, he can perform the combo Stun Claw with Giga Rox.
===Devil Survivor 2===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Stats==
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey===
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
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===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
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===Persona 3 FES===
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===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 / Royal===
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===Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 Strikers===
===Devil Children Red/Black/White Book===
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
===Devil Children Fire/Ice Book===
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner===
===Devil Survivor===
===Devil Survivor 2===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Gallery==
Shiisaa.png|Model from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Imagine-Shiisaa.jpg|As it appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Shiisaa Card.GIF|Sprite from Card Summoner
SHIISAH.png|Shiisaa as he appears in Devil Survivor
Devil Survivor 2 (USA) 22 25182.png|Shiisa as he appears in Devil Survivor 2
P3M - Shiisaa.jpg|Shiisaa in Persona 3 The Movie
Shiisaa P5R.jpg|Shiisaa in Persona 5 Royal
File:Shiisaa SMTV.jpg|Shiisaa's appearance in Shin Megami Tensei V
Devour SMT5.gif|Shiisaa casting Devour in Shin Megami Tensei V
シーサー - 真・女神転生V 日めくり悪魔 Vol.050|Shiisaa in SMTV Daily Demon #050
【シーサー】ソウルハッカーズ2 日刊・リンゴと悪魔の未来予測 4-27(水)|Shiisaa in SH2 Daily Ringo's Demon Prediction 4/27
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
Japanese	シーサー (Shiisaa)
French 	Shiisaa
Italian 	Shiisaa
German 	Shiisaa
Spanish 	Shiisaa
== Trivia ==
* Shiisaa's dialogue when obtaining it in Devil Survivor has it say "Nankurunaisa". It is an Okinawan expression, referencing its presence in Okinawan mythology, with its modern meaning being "Everything will be OK".
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