Four Holy Beasts

The Four Holy Beasts (四聖獣 Shiseijuu) are four Ultimate level digimon that reign over the north, south, east, and west of the Digital World. (Dub: Harmonious Ones in the Digimon Adventure, Digimon Sovereign in the Digimon Tamers)

=Members and Alignment= Each of the Four Holy Beasts reigns over one of the cardinal points of the Digital World, North, South, East and West. They are also represented by three each of the Twelve Devas which correspond to their Attribute.


 * NORTH: Xuanwumon, the two-headed turtle.
 * Kunbiramon
 * Vajiramon
 * Vikararamon


 * SOUTH: Zhuqiaomon, the sparrow.
 * Indaramon
 * Pajiramon
 * Santiramon


 * EAST: Qinglongmon, the dragon.
 * Antiramon
 * Majiramon
 * Mihiramon


 * WEST: Baihumon, the tiger.
 * Chatsuramon
 * Makuramon
 * Shinduramon

=Other Information= The Four Holy Beasts are derived from the four Guardian Beasts of the city of Kyoto from Japanese legend. Each beast protects each direction of the city just like the Holy Beasts do with the Digital World. Seiryuu the Dragon of the East, Genbu the Turtle of the North, Suzaku the Sparrow of the South, and Byakko the Tiger of the West are the guardians that the Holy Beasts based on.

=Appearances=

Digimon Adventure 02
When Miyako goes on a school trip to Kyoto, she ends up encountering Takenouchi Haruhiko, Sora's father, and Kido Shuu, one of Jou's older brothers. Haruhiko, a professor at Kyoto University, and Shuu, his student, explain to her about Kyoto's importance to the Digital World, telling her that Kyoto is the place where it is said that the barrier between the two worlds are at their weakest and that's why Digimon were able to pass. This is also why people built temples in this area. This is also where the Four Holy Beasts are explained about.

In ZT37, while protecting the last of the Holy Stones, the Chosen Children use their D-3s on the stone to release Qinglongmon. Qinglongmon explains that the Dark Masters had sealed away the Four Holy Beasts, but remained sealed even as the Dark Masters were defeated. To break the seal, the Chosen had to return to the Digital World and give up the power of their Crests.

Manga
=Video Games=

Digimon World 3
While none of the Holy Beasts actually appears in-game, each of the four main cities on each server are named after the cardinal legendary beasts they are named after.

Digimon Story
Each of the Four Holy Beasts are an Observer over the individual ranks of Tamers, with Clavis Angemon being in charge of the Platinum rank tamers.