Izanagi (Persona)

**Izanagi** is the **Persona** of **Yu Narukami**, and also **Aiko Narukami's** "Persona Father", Izanagi made it's First Appearance in **Persona Magica**. He awakens into Izanagi-no-Okami as his **Ultimate Persona**.

## Izanagi

### Name

Izanagi (イザナギ) Akemi Nakajima (Human Identity)

## History

Izanagi is a Japanese creation deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology. He is also referred to in various chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shiki as Izanagi-no-Mikoto, the "male-who-invites."

In marriage, he and Izanami have created many of the islands (all sans Onogoro Island) and deities of Japan. When Izanami died following the disastrous birth of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, Izanagi slew the fire god out of grief stricken rage, then tried to retrieve her from the underworld, but failed. He mistakenly looks at her while she's in a rotting, monstrous state in the underworld, which shames her. She attempts to kill him, and swears to kill a thousand of his men a day. Izanagi retorts that he will make sure that a thousand and five hundred will be born each day.

After returning to Earth, Izanagi performed a cleansing ritual in the river Woto to be rid of the taint of Yomi that coated his body, during which created the Haraedo-no-Okami. During that, from his left eye is born Amaterasu, from his right eye, Tsukiyomi, and from his nose, Susano-o. Izanagi separates the visible world among the three, with Amaterasu getting control over the cultivation and crops, Tsukiyomi over the moon and night, and Susano-o over the sea, the storms and the winds. After this story, Izanagi no longer appears in myths.

## Profile

Izanagi is the **Yu Narukami's** initial Persona. When He first encounters the **Shadows**, Izanagi's voice prompts him to awaken to the power within. Yu then mutters the word "Persona" and summons forth Izanagi.

Tohru Adachi is capable of invoking a bloodied, more malevolent form of Izanagi, called Magatsu-Izanagi. While the **Investigation Team** is surprised at the similarity of Adachi's Persona to that of Yu's, the reveal that Yu, Adachi and Namatame actually "received" their **Personas** from the Moel Gas Station Attendant, whose true identity is revealed to be **Izanami**. According to Izanami herself, she gave the Persona of Izanagi to three outsiders who represent Hope, Despair and Emptiness.

Yu represented Hope and thus his Izanagi is "pure." Adachi represented Emptiness, and as he refused to see the truth and gave into murderous corruption, his version of Izanagi became tainted and malevolent as well. Namatame, presumably, would also receive another version of Izanagi, which represented Despair, reflecting his desperate idea of "saving" people from the murders by throwing them in the **Midnight Channel**, although his Izanagi has never been shown neither in **Persona Record Series**, (Do to him not being a Supporting Character or Making a Appearance at all).

During the final sequences in Yu Narukami's Journey, in Yu's final confrontation with Izanami-no-Okami, he gathers the strength of the heart from all the Voices of the one's he helped and hearing both **Homura Akemi** and **Madoka Kaname's** Voices call out to him he was able to accumulated by his **Social Links** and forms **The World Arcana**, transforming Izanagi into Izanagi-no-Okami. The Persona easily dispatched Izanami-no-Okami with his Myriad Truths skill.