“Thou art I, and I am thou... From the sea of thy soul, I come... From the very moment of my emergence, I have been a guiding light shed to illuminate thy path... I am the original god... Izanagi-no-Okami.”
Izanagi-no-Okami is the Ultimate Persona of Yu Narukami and a Demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series featured in Persona 4.
Izanagi-no-Okami can only be accessed in the events of the True Ending, which can be unlocked provided if the player manages to choose the correct choices.
He evolves from Izanagi in the final fight against Izanami in Persona 4.
Physical Appearance[]
While Izanami's fabricated goddess form bears a resemblance towards Izanagi-no-Okami, having a white-ish color theme, her true form, Izanami-no-Okami takes the form of a rotting, death-ridden form, similar to the Japanese mythology.
Design Variants[]
In Persona 5 Royal, Izanagi-no-Okami appears in the DLC with a Picaro form which is red and punk themed.
Video Game Appearances[]
| Video Game Appearances | |
|---|---|
 Izanagi-no-Okami in Persona 4 Arena  Izanagi-no-Okami in Persona 5 Royal  Izanagi-no-Okami in Persona Q |
Powers & Abilities[]
Unlike the ultimate Personas of the protagonists from the previous series, Izanagi-no-Okami holds the largest fusion prerequisite to summon. Apart from completing the True Ending event in the previous cycle, the protagonist must also perform a Dodecagon Spread Fusion in the Velvet Room (which becomes available July, 11th) with specific Personas to summon Izanagi-no-Okami.
Mythological Origins[]
"Okami" means "Great Deity," making the name symbolize Izanagi's true identity as the deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology.
Appearances[]
- Persona 4 / Golden
- Persona 4 Arena
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
- Persona 5 Royal
Trivia[]
- In Japanese, the skill "Myriad Truths" is literally translated as "Many Myriad's True Words" (幾万の真言, Ikuman no Shingon), and Izanami's skill "Thousand Curses" is actually "Many Thousand's Curses" (幾千の呪言, Ikusen no Jugon). The two skills most likely parallel Izanami's curse and Izanagi's vow in the original Japanese myths, where Izanami swore to kill 1,000 mortals a day and Izanagi countered by vowing to give life to 1,500 mortals a day. "Myriad" is also an archaic word meaning "ten thousand."
- While using cheats to get the full compendium in Persona 4, there are 5 extra slots in the compendium: 034, 0B4, 0B5, 02B (these four slots are in the Fool Arcana) and Izanagi-no-Okami. His slot is the very last one right after the Judgement Arcana, and it is labeled "World," he starts out at level 0 and he has his own info. However, he still cannot be updated.
- Yu's ultimate weapon, Blade of Totsuka, bears close resemblance to Izanagi-no-Okami's weapon.
- Izanagi-no-Okami appears to be wearing a suit and tie, whereas Izanagi seems to be wearing a shirt and open jacket, much like the Yu's fashion of wearing his school uniform; this could be symbolic of "growing up" from a student to a serious worker.
- In Persona 5 Royal, its name is written in Kanji instead of Katakana.
- In Persona 5 Royal, Izanagi-no-Okami is a "balance breaker" as not only is it accessible during early game and can be summoned for free for the first time due to being a DLC persona, its properties, such as its incredible resistances, elite-tier stats and movepool, an incredibly powerful Persona Trait, and most importantly, access to the incredibly powerful Almighty Attack "Myriad Truths" allow it to OHKO or 2HKO nearly any enemy in-game while ignoring resistances.
- In Persona 5 Royal, Joker's line when using Myriad Truths is either "全て晴らしてやる"(Romaji: Subete harashiteyaru. En: All will be revealed) or "幾万の真言を信じて" (Romaji: Ikuman no Shingon wo shinjite. En: By the myriad truths/ I believe in the myriad truths). These two lines are based on Yu's lines in the Persona 4 Animation "それを邪魔する霧は、俺が全て晴らしてやる" (Romaji: Sore wo jama suru kiri ha, subete harashiteyaru En: I'll dispel the fog that covers our path) and "その先にある幾万の真言を信じて" (Romaji: sono saki ni aru ikuman no shingon wo shinjite. En: I believe in the myriad truths ahead of us)
- Izanagi-no-Okami is the only playable Persona to bear the World Arcana in the main line games since its debut in Persona 4. (Messiah in Persona Q Also is from The World.)
