Kishin

The 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
*Soul Hackers 2
*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
*Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
==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.
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Demon 	Level
Tajikarao 	22
Hatsuse Ou no Mikoto	24
Take Mikazuchi 	35
Yamato Takeru 	41
===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.
=== Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 ===
Demon 	Grade	Rarity
Marici 	90 	★★★★★
Futsunushi 	85 	★★★★★
Thor 	83 	★★★★★
Thor A (Devil Summoner Design)	83 	★★★★★
Zhong Kui 	75 	★★★★
Bishamonten 	70 	★★★★
Jikokuten 	62 	★★★★
Koumokuten 	50 	★★★
Zouchouten 	41 	★★★
Take-Minakata 	27 	★★
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name 	Meaning
Japanese	鬼神 (Kishin) 	Fierce God
French 	Kishin 	Fierce God
Italian 	Kishin 	Fierce God
German 	Kishin 	Fierce God
Spanish 	Kishin 	Fierce God
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