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

Profile

Origin

Main section: Izanagi § Origin

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. The decision to make Izanagi manly comes from how not much is known or spoken about him in Japanese culture aside from him being known as the very first man.[1] 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.[2] Izanagi's shoes are based on tengu geta which has a single raised tooth on the bottom.[3]

Gameplay

Persona 3 Reload

Name Level
Izanagi 46
Strength
31
Magic
30
Endurance
25
Agility
31
Luck
28

Arcana Shuffle Time Fusion Condition Inheritance
Fool Persona 4 Golden Persona Set Elec A
Resistances
                 
RsResist WkWeak NuNull
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Cross Slash 18% HP Deals medium Slash damage to 1 foe (2 hits). Innate
  Ziodyne 14 SP Deals heavy Electric damage to 1 foe. Low chance of inflicting Shock. Innate
  Marakukaja 24 SP Increases party's Defense for 3 turns. Innate
  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
Location ?
Arcana Shuffle Time

Inheritance
Fool ?

Elec
Resistances
             
StrStrong WkWeak NulNull
×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1¼×1.25 ×½×0.50 ×1
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Cleave 5% HP Deals light Phys damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Rakukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns. Innate
  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 ×½×0.50 ×1¼×1.25 ×½×0.50 ×1
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Zio 4 SP Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Cleave 5% HP Deals light Phys damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Rakukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns. Innate
  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.

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 again in Arena Ultimax.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Name Level HP+ SP+
Izanagi Picaro 23 60 20

Arcana Type Card C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost FilmAppears when a golden Shadow is defeated

Fool Mag Elec Amp ¥3560

Inheritance
                 
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Cross Slash 12 HP Medium Phys attack. Innate
  Mazio 18 SP Light Elec attack. (All enemies) Innate
  Regenerate 2 Moderately restore HP at the end of the turn. Innate
  Elec Amp Moderately raise Elec attack strength. 24
  Combo Arts+ High chance of another attack after regular attack. 25
  Dragon Cry 28 SP Greatly raise physical attack and act first for 3 turns. 26

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.
Persona 4 One of the ancient gods who existed before Japan was formed. He created the Ouyashima from chaos, then gave birth to countless children and laid the foundation of soil and nature.
Persona 4 Golden One of the ancient gods who existed before Japan began. He created the Oyashima from chaos, then gave birth to countless children and laid the foundation of soil and nature.
Persona 5 A Persona of another story. One of the ancient gods who existed before Japan was formed. He created the Oyashima from chaos, then gave birth to countless children and laid the foundation of soil and nature.

Compendium Entries
Persona 5 A Persona turned picaro after becoming the Trickster's mask. One of the ancient gods who existed before Japan was formed. He created the Oyashima from chaos, then gave birth to countless children.

Game Appearances

Persona 4

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Other Appearances

Trivia

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

Game Appearances

Anime Appearances

Notes


References

  1. "Characters", Persona 4 The Golden Premium Fun Book, Persona Magazine Editorial Department. Published by ASCII Media Works (2012). Japanese. p. 38. ISBN-13: 978-4048868150.
  2. "Characters: Protagonist", Persona 4 Official Design Works, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Department. Published by Famitsu (2008). Japanese. p. 21. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.
  3. "Characters: Protagonist", Persona 4 Official Design Works, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Department. Published by Famitsu (2008). Japanese. p. 32. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.