Bishamon

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Bishamon or Bishamonten may refer to:

• Vaiśravaṇa, a Buddhist deity, as referred to in Japan.
• Bishamonten, a fictional character in the Ranma ½ movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron China.

Bishamon may also refer to the following items found in computer, video, and role playing games:

• The ultimate weapon (a sword) used by the character Samanosuke Akechi in the video games Onimusha: Warlords and Onimusha 3: Demon Siege.
• Bishamon, a suit of samurai armor that comes to life in the fighting video game Darkstalkers.
• A 45 ton quad BattleMech in the game BattleTech.

• the ultimate weapon used by the character Uesugi Kenshin in the Playstation 2 game Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends.

Bishamon is the name of a railway station in Japan (Japanese language link).

Bishamon-ten is the name of a character in the manga RG Veda, voiced in the anime version by Kenyu Horiuchi.