55%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Mythology Scripts 神武(Japanese Kanji) じんむ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /d͡ʑim.mɯᵝ/(Japanese) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "divine warrior", from Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "god" and 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial". In Japanese legend this was the name of the founder of Japan and the first emperor, supposedly ruling in the 7th century BC. Categories emperors, Japanese mythology, legend, Megami Tensei characters, mythology, warrior, warriors