Elemental Lords

The Elemental Lords (魔装輝神) are four powerful kaiju who are the reincarnations of the Four Gods, beings assigned by the Migdal Bavel to be protectors of mankind in ancient times.

Background
Six thousand years ago, the Three Heavenly Patrons granted four beings, Genbu, Suzaku, Byakko and Seiryuu great and immense power to become the Earth's guardians, the Four Gods (四神). They fought in the Ancient War against the Dark Lord's forces and were all destroyed trying to protect the world and the human race from the dark clutches of the Dark Lord and the Underworld's hellish legions. Before they were killed, the Heavenly Patrons wished to reward them for their selflessness and sacrifice and casted a spell on them that should they should die, they would be reincarnated in a future when their power and protection would be needed again.

Kaiju

 * Gamera → Gran Gamera → Giga Gamera – The kaiju form of Ichirou Tachibana and reincarnation of Genbu-Kokki-no-Kami.
 * Hououga → Chou-Hououga – The kaiju form of Lily Ramses Futaba and reincarnation of Suzaku-Kouchou-no-Kami.
 * Taigaia → DaiTaigaia → Gattaigaia – The kaiju form of Kousuke Sawaki and reincarnation of Byakko-no-Kami.
 * Tatsura → Tenka-Tatsura – The kaiju form of Tatsurou Akiyama and reincarnation of Seiryuu-no-Kami.

Abilities
Each Elemental Lord kaiju is incredibly powerful in their own merits. Each of them have elemental powers, allowing them to manipulate a fundamental aspect of nature: Gamera can unleash fire attacks, Hououga can conjured water elemental powers, Taigaia can warp the earth or the ground around him and Tatsura can manipulate the winds and weather at will.

Trivia

 * The Elemental Lords and their previous incarnations are based of the Four Symbols, mythological and astrological god-like creatures that are culturally and religiously influential to East Asian peoples.