Izanagi (Persona)

Izanagi
Origin	Shinto
Arcana(s)	Fool

Izanagi is a Persona in the Persona series. It is the starting Persona of Persona 4' protagonist.

Profile

Origin

Izanagi is a Shinto deity and creator god, born as the scion of creation after seven generations of divine spirits. Izanagi created the physical world alongside his wife Izanami, and sired many gods with her.

When the fire god Hi-no-Kagutsuchi was born, his flames burned Izanami to death. Izanagi journeyed to Yomi, the world of the dead, to retrieve his wife. However, upon seeing Izanami in her dead, rotten state, she flew into a shame-driven rage, and expelled him from Yomi. Corrupted by the filth of Yomi, Izanami swore to kill one thousand people a day; Izanagi retorted by creating one thousand and five hundred people. After returning from Yomi, Izanagi cleansed the filth from his body. Given life by Izanagi's divinity, the filth was purified and came to life as the deities Amaterasu (born from Izanagi's left eye), Tsukuyomi (born form Izanagi's right eye), and Susano-o (born from Izanagi's nose). Izanagi separated the world among his new offspring: Amaterasu received the land, Tsukuyomi the night, and Susano-o the sea.

Design

Shigenori Soejima designed Izanagi to look manly: He has a boys' school uniform, a knife, and he gives off the vibes of an Ōendan leader. Soejima picked the large knife as a weapon even though Izanagi is depicted wielding a spear because young Japanese men thought that carrying a knife would make them feel manly and he wanted the protagonist's youth to reflect in the design. He also wanted to add some of Izanagi's manly design elements to the protagonist as well, but felt that would make the character's design a bit too cliche.

Gameplay

Persona 3 Reload

Name Level Izanagi 46	Strength 31 Magic 30 Endurance 25 Agility 31 Luck 28
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Fool ✘ Elec A
Resistances — — — — — RsResist WkWeak — NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Cross Slash 18% HP Deals medium Slash damage to 1 foe (2 hits). Ziodyne 14 SP Deals heavy Electric damage to 1 foe. Low chance of inflicting Shock. Marakukaja 24 SP Increases party's Defense for 3 turns. Matarukaja 24 SP Increases party's Attack for 3 turns. 47 Blade of Fury 17% HP Deals weak Slash damage to all foes (2-4 hits). 48 Evade Slash — Greatly increase Evasion against Slash skills. Does not stack. 50 Soul Shift — When Shifting to an ally, that ally recovers 5 SP. 52

Persona 4

Name Level Izanagi 1	Strength 3 Magic 2 Endurance 2 Agility 3 Luck 2
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Fool — Elec
Resistances — — — StrStrong WkWeak — NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe. Cleave 5% HP Deals light Phys damage to 1 foe. Rakukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns. Rakunda 12 SP Decreases 1 foe's Defense for 3 turns. 3 Tarukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Attack for 3 turns. 5

Persona 4 Golden

Name Level Izanagi 1	Strength 3 Magic 2 Endurance 2 Agility 3 Luck 2
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Skill Card Fool ✘ Elec Zio
Resistances — — — StrStrong WkWeak — NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe. Cleave 5% HP Deals light Phys damage to 1 foe. Rakukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns. Rakunda 12 SP Decreases 1 foe's Defense for 3 turns. 3 Tarukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Attack for 3 turns. 5

Persona 5

Name Level Izanagi 20	Strength 14 Magic 13 Endurance 13 Agility 14 Luck 13
Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Inheritance Electric Chair Item Fool — Almighty White Headband
Resistances — — — — StrStrong WkWeak — — — NulNull — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Cross Slash 20% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe 2 times. High Accuracy. Zionga 8 SP Medium Elec dmg to one foe. Chance of inflicting Shock. Tarukaja 8 SP Increases Attack for one ally for 3 turns. Rising Slash 14% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe. Powers up after a Baton Pass. 21 Dodge Phys — Increases Evasion from Phys skills. 22 Mazionga 16 SP Medium Elec dmg to all foes. Chance of inflicting Shock. 24 Growth 3 — Earn 100% EXP even when not participating in battle. 25

Name Level Izanagi Picaro 23	Strength 16 Magic 15 Endurance 15 Agility 16 Luck 14
Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Inheritance Electric Chair Item Fool — Almighty Growth 3
Resistances — — — — NulNull WkWeak — — — NulNull — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Cross Slash 20% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe 2 times. High Accuracy. Zionga 8 SP Medium Elec dmg to one foe. Chance of inflicting Shock. Rakukaja 8 SP Increases Defense for one ally for 3 turns. Rising Slash 14% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe. Powers up after a Baton Pass. 24 Null Phys — Nullifies Phys attacks. 25 Mazionga 16 SP Medium Elec dmg to all foes. Chance of inflicting Shock. 27 Growth 3 — Earn 100% EXP even when not participating in battle. 28

Persona 5 Royal

Name Level Izanagi 20	Strength 14 Magic 13 Endurance 13 Agility 14 Luck 13
Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Inheritance Electric Chair Items Fool — Almighty White Headband — (FAFusion Alarm)
Resistances — — — — StrStrong WkWeak — — — NulNull — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Trait God Maker Increases chance of triggering ally's Persona traits.
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Cross Slash 20% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe 2 times. High Accuracy. Zionga 8 SP Medium Elec dmg to one foe. Chance of inflicting Shock. Tarukaja 8 SP Increases Attack for one ally for 3 turns. Rising Slash 14% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe. Powers up after a Baton Pass. 21 Dodge Phys — Increases Evasion from Phys skills. 23 Mazionga 16 SP Medium Elec dmg to all foes. Chance of inflicting Shock. 24 Growth 3 — Earn 100% EXP even when not participating in battle. 25

Name Level Izanagi Picaro 23	Strength 16 Magic 15 Endurance 15 Agility 16 Luck 14
Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Inheritance Electric Chair Items Fool — Almighty Growth 2 — (FAFusion Alarm)
Resistances — — — — NulNull WkWeak — — — NulNull — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Trait God Maker Increases chance of triggering ally's Persona traits.
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Cross Slash 20% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe 2 times. High Accuracy. Zionga 8 SP Medium Elec dmg to one foe. Chance of inflicting Shock. Rakukaja 8 SP Increases Defense for one ally for 3 turns. Rising Slash 14% HP Heavy Phys dmg to one foe. Powers up after a Baton Pass. 24 Null Phys — Nullifies Phys attacks. 26 Mazionga 16 SP Medium Elec dmg to all foes. Chance of inflicting Shock. 27 Growth 3 — Earn 100% EXP even when not participating in battle. 28

Persona 4 Arena

Main article: Gameplay:Yu Narukami § Persona 4 Arena

Yu uses Izanagi as his Persona for his C and D buttons in Arena and Arena Ultimax.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Main article: Gameplay:Yu Narukami § Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Yu uses Izanagi as his Persona for his C and D buttons in Arena and Arena Ultimax.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Persona 3 Reload	A Persona that granted power to a hero in another story. He is one of the gods who existed before Japan was formed. He created the Oyashima from chaos, then birthed countless children and laid the foundation of soil and nature.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イザナギ izanagi	Izanagi
Simplified Chinese	伊邪那岐 yīxiénāqí	Izanagi
Traditional Chinese	伊邪那岐 yīxiénāqí	Izanagi
Korean	이자나기 ijanagi	Izanagi
Russian	Идзанаги Idzanagi	Izanagi

Gallery

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  Izanagi model from Persona 4 Golden.

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  Izanagi playing an electric guitar in Persona 4 Dancing

• Izanagi render for Persona 4 The Card Battle

  Izanagi render for Persona 4 The Card Battle

• Izanagi render for Persona 4 The Animation

  Izanagi render for Persona 4 The Animation