Raijin

**Raijin** is a kaiju that appears in *Godzilla: King of the Kaiju*.

## Abilities

### Atomic Breath

Raijin's most iconic and powerful ability is his atomic breath. When he prepares his atomic breath, his dorsal fins give off an intense blue glow, after which Raijin fires a blue beam of radiation from his mouth. This beam is depicted as being extremely powerful, as it is capable of dispatching or killing most enemies in a single hit. The only exception is Monster X, who easily resisted the attack. Additionally, Godzilla possesses a variation called the **Hyper Spiral Heat Ray**. D Junior uses this atomic breath to blast and destroy the Gorath asteroid as it approaches the Earth, with pinpoint accuracy. He also possesses the powerful red spiral variant of his atomic breath known as the **Burning G Spark Heat Ray**. This beam is used after Godzilla has been supercharged with Shinichi Ozaki's Keizer energy, in order to push Keizer Ghidorah into the edge of space and destroy him.

### Physical abilities

Raijin possesses immense physical strength and surprisingly quick reflexes, allowing him to easily overpower most of his opponents in physical combat. He also possesses nearly limitless stamina. He is capable of fighting with his hands and feet as well as with his tail, shown when he uses his tail to smack Zilla into the Sydney Opera House when the latter attempts to pounce at him. Monster X proves to be the only opponent who can match his strength and even overpower him. His most impressive feat of strength may be when he picks up and throws Keizer Ghidorah, who weighs a massive 100,000 metric tons, nearly twice as heavy as Raijin himself.

### Durability

Another one of this Raijin's most powerful assets is his resistance to injury. He remains mostly unfazed by all of the attacks his opponents use against him, allowing him to easily withstand their assaults and immediately counter and defeat them.

### Amphibiousness

Being amphibious, he is adapted for living both on land and underwater. Godzilla is shown to have battled Ebirah underwater during the film, as he at one point blasts Ebirah out of Tokyo Bay with his atomic breath

### Intelligence

Raijin employs strategy in battle against his opponents, quickly discovering their weaknesses and using them to his advantage. He also understands Minilla standing in front of the humans as meaning that they are not threats.

## Weaknesses

He does not demonstrate many weaknesses, except during his final battle against Monster X. Unlike his other opponents, Monster X is resistant to Raijin's atomic breath and is able to match and exceed his physical strength. Monster X's eye beams are shown causing him pain, and he is also shown injuring Raijin when he suspends him in the air by his hands. He's also severely overwhelmed when he is attacked by both Monster X and Modified Gigan at the same time, as Monster X is able to hold D Junior still from behind while Gigan slashes his chest with his chainsaw hands. He is also nearly killed when Monster X transforms into Keizer Ghidorah, who is able to kick and blast him across the ruins of Tokyo, before biting down on Raijin and draining his life force. He was only able to survive his battle with Monster X and Keizer Ghidorah due to the intervention of Mothra and the crew of the Gotengo.