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Amaterasu Omikami
central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan
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Hachiman
a Shinto god of war
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Hotei
one of the 7 gods of happiness
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Izanagi
the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami
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Izanami
sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan
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Kami
one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
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Kwannon
Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin
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Ninigino-Mikoto
grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan