Konnou
Konnou[2][3] is a character in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner.
Profile
Konnou runs the shop Konnou-Ya, an antique store which has existed in Yarai-Ginza since the Taisho period. Konnou enjoys drinking, talking (having once told his life story for eight hours), smoking from a pipe, and playing gateball, and his greatest issue is people writing on his store sign as a prank.[3]
Konnou is the descendant of the owner of the Konnou-Ya featured in Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon.[4]
Game Appearances
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Konnou runs the store Konnou-Ya.
Trivia
- Konnou is called "Tsuchiya" (土屋) in one sentence in his Kazuma Kaneko Works V description, even though a previous sentence in the same paragraph calls him Konnou.[3]
Nomenclature
According to Kazuma Kaneko Works V, Konnou (金王) is short for 金剛夜叉明王 Kongō Yasha Myōō, one of the five Wisdom Kings in Buddhism.[3]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
店主 金王屋主人[1] 金王[2] コンノウ[3] |
Shopkeeper Konnou-Ya Proprietor Konnou Konnou |
Gallery
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Portrait in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 188. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Saturn Magazine. Published by SoftBank. p. 119. Published November 8, 1995 (cover date December 1, 1995).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kazuma Kaneko Works V (2017). Published by Shinkigensha. Japanese. p. 25. ISBN-13: 978-4-7753-1532-3.
- ↑ "一作目のデビルサマナーにも金王屋が出てくるが、 彼はこの男の子孫。" Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō tai Chōriki Hei-dan Chō Kōshiki Fanbook (2006), Kazuo Ezaki. Published by Koichi Hamamura. Japanese. p. 40. ISBN-13: 978-4-7577-2847-9.