Better known with his childhood name, Kintarou, Kintoki was one of Minamoto no Yorimitsu's Four Heavenly Kings. According to legend he was the son of the God Raijin and a Witch living on Mt. Ashigara. Kintoki was endowed with enormous strength and grew up on the Mountain, continuously facing beasts. Once his mother died he was taken by Minamoto no Yorimitsu, thought the ways of man, and became Yorimitsu's retainer.