# Raikou, Entei, Suicune... cats right? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** entei, raikou, suicune, discussion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/raikou-entei-suicune-cats-right/56648 "2025-06-12T15:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/raikou-entei-suicune-cats-right/56648/23 "2025-06-13T08:19:58Z")
Interesting 🤔 I thought the creator based them on mythological Japanese creatures. I guess not. Not sure where I’ve heard about it anymore, but to quote myself from 2021: > [@Yellowdiaper's Collection atm](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/yellowdiapers-collection-atm/33526/9): > > I know this question wasn’t directed to me, but I personally always thought Entei was based on a lion; Raikou on a saber-toothed tiger; and Suicune on a wolf. > > But if you want to know what Japanese mythological creatures all three are actually based on: > > - Entei is based on [Shisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa), the “guardian lion dog” > - Suicune is based on [Kirin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin#Japan), a deer-shaped dragon with ox’s tail, the most powerful creature in Japanese mythology (with phoenix and dragon being second and third place respectively) > - Raikou is based on [Raijū](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raij%C5%AB), the “thunder animal/beast”, usually depictured with a body composed of lightning in the form of a white and blue wolf or dog, although it can represent with other forms (see the huge list of animals on the Wikipedia page). > > So they’re basically just mythological beasts, or catdogs if you will. Greetz, Quuador --- _[View the full topic](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/raikou-entei-suicune-cats-right/56648)._