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Thirteen Buddhas | Four Heavenly Kings | Eight Offering Bodhisattvas | Twelve Heavenly Generals | Twelve Devas | Twenty-Eight Legions | Five Great Vidyārājas
The Shitennō are the four guardian deities who guard four cardinal directions of Mt. Sumeru, and thus the world according to Buddhist cosmology, and who are under the command of Taishakuten in the center.
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     37 – Tamonten | Vaiśravaṇa (多聞天) 
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Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Soma Saito
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Fire (火)
Illustrated by: Ekka
Guardian of the North and commander-in-chief of the Four Heavenly Kings, possibly the least quirky member of this faction as a calm and composed leader.
  • By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Shiō Zaibun; the activating command is destroy (gakai seyo).
  • Cool Big Bro: Having the trust of the Heavenly Kings under his command as well as the complete and utter admiration and devotion of General Sanshi, naturally he qualifies for this position.
  • Covert Pervert: May or may not be one if his reply to Hana is anything to go by.
    Tamon: (It's also important to be honest with one's feelings…)
  • Defeat Means Friendship: Twice, on both receiving and giving ends. He became Taishakuten's helper after being defeated by him and Sanshi became his disciple under similar circumstances.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic; he's the most "normal" Heavenly King in terms of personality, and is generally cool and level-headed.
  • Hidden Depths: He's a notorious hoarder whose room is practically a garbage dump, but this is out of a belief that anything and everything he can get his hands on may be useful in the future.
  • The Leader: Of the Four Heavenly Kings.
  • Literal Split Personality: He and Bishamonten are the same person – they're just different ways of referring to one Vaiśravaṇa – but they exist as two entities alongside one another in this universe. Probably explains why they're voiced by the same person as well.
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Downplayed, he's the only Heavenly King with long hair and has the smooth, beardless face of a Bishōnen, but the physical build of a Hunk.
  • The Mentor: To General Sanshi.
  • Purple Is Powerful: Has purple hair, clothes with a predominantly purple scheme, and is the highest Heavenly King.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Sanshi's Red; he's much more calm and authoritative than his irritable and short-tempered disciple.
  • Supernatural Gold Eyes
  • Temporary Online Content: He is a limited Buddha only available for summon on events.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: His attendant reply to Kangiten reveals he likes kenchin soup… which conveniently is the only dish Sanshi knows how to cook.
  • Trash of the Titans: His room is a complete and utter mess due to his hoarding tendency, and even as Sanshi and Kōmoku discreetly throw things out of his room, he just brings them back.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Taishakuten; the entire Four Heavenly Kings are under his command, but being their chief as well as Taishakuten's direct beneficiary, Tamon displays this the most.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: His battle gear is extremely revealing: only his arms, shoulders and neck are covered and guarded, while nothing covers his torso save for two leather straps across it.
  • You Remind Me of X: His "Defeat Means Friendship and learning the value of companions" backstory is in many ways similar to that of Sanshi's, which he admits to the latter.
     38 – Jikokuten | Dhṛtarāṣṭra (持国天) 
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Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Gakuto Kajiwara
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Fire (火)
Illustrated by: Mashita

     39 – Zōjōten | Virūḍhaka (増長天) 
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Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Earth (地)
Illustrated by: Shikiori
Guardian of the South, a boisterous and outgoing young man with a love for fun and parties.
     40 – Kōmokuten | Virūpākṣa (広目天) 
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Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Kōtarō Nishiyama
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Void (空)
Illustrated by: Eda
Guardian of the West, owner of magical-seeing eyes which he conceals due to past troubles.
  • Blessed with Suck: Though his eye powers prove useful in combat situations, they come with nasty side consequences that landed him in trouble in the past and necessitate limiting them with a pair of shades.
    Kōmoku: To see things I don't want to see… that is my karmic retribution…
  • By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Jintoku Senrigan; the activating command is reflect (utsushidase).
  • Cool Shades: Subverted; he undeniably looks cool with them, but he doesn't wear them for aesthetics. They're meant to limit his eyesight.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
  • Magical Eyes: True to his name, he has a pair which allows him to see everything within a very wide area, because of which he wears sunglasses to limit this power.
  • Nosy Neighbor: His all-seeing eyes can be and have been used to peep in on other people out of curiosity, for instance Tamon and Sanshi's training and a social skill class Rasetsu takes that he doesn't want anyone to know. Tamon calls him out on this.
  • Paper Master: While his fellow Kings use a staff, a sword and a spear, he fights with an open scroll.
  • Power Limiter: The sunglasses, which prevent him from seeing too much.
  • Power Perversion Potential: The not-so-clean-and-innocent side effect of his eye powers is brought up as the prospect of being constantly watched by him gives Nanda the hots.

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