67%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Mythology Scripts 雷神(Japanese Kanji) らいじん(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. RA-EE-ZHEEN(Japanese) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder" and 神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the god (or gods) of thunder and storms in the mythology of Japan. Categories Final Fantasy characters, gods, Japanese mythology, Kingdom Hearts characters, mythology, spirit, storm deities, storms, thunder, thunder deities, weather