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>but Japan doesn't really have a "trickster" story, do they? Someone who can pull a fast one on the gods, or stand against impossible odds, through cleverness, deception, and mischief.
Susanoo seems to fit that bill. Taking out Yamamoto-no-Orochi was a feat of cleverness and from what I understand he routinely fucked with the gods. Albeit probably in a more vicious way as befitting the guy associated with storms.