Doglion

No official Digimon is called “Doglion”. The official Digimon Encyclopedia counts 1,325 registered Digimon on its live counter, and none of them has that name. Most people searching for it remember a lion-dog, and the best match is Siesamon (Seasarmon), a Champion based on the Okinawan shisa. The file below is Siesamon’s, and the rest of this page sorts out every other Digimon you might be picturing.

Who is Doglion

Doglion isn’t a real Digimon. It’s the name fans reach for when they can’t remember which dog-like Digimon had a lion’s mane. Searching “Doglion” on the official encyclopedia at digimon.net returns nothing. The closest real name is Doggymon (Dogmon), a rubber cartoon dog that looks nothing like a lion.

The mix-up makes sense, though. Several dog Digimon are based on East Asian “lion-dogs”, the shisa of Okinawa and the komainu of Japanese shrines, which are half lion and half dog by design. The English dub also renamed some of them, so the same creature can turn up under two or three names. Once you match what you saw to the right species, finding the evolution line is easy.

Which “Doglion” are you thinking of? Quick identifier

Pick the row that fits what you remember.

What you remember	Digimon	Level	Attribute	Where you saw it
Sandy, compact lion-dog with a curly mane, tied to a Labrador puppy	Siesamon (Seasarmon)	Champion	Vaccine	Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers’ Battle
White lion-dog, long blue tail, temple-guardian look	Caturamon	Ultimate	Vaccine	Digimon Tamers (anime)
Small toy-like dog with a mane of golden drill-shaped cones	Wankomon	Rookie	Vaccine	Toho Braves V-Pet, Card Game EX-12
Blue dog with boxing gloves, later a caped wolf-knight with a mane	Gaomon → MirageGaogamon	Rookie → Mega	Data	Digimon Data Squad, Time Stranger
Cartoon dog with a rubbery body and a goofy grin	Doggymon (Dogmon)	Champion	Data	Digimon Frontier cameo, Digimon Masters Online
Upright lion warrior with a sword	Leomon	Champion	Vaccine	Digimon Adventure, Digimon Tamers

Siesamon (Seasarmon): The Real Lion-Dog Digimon

Siesamon is the Digimon that is actually a lion-dog. It’s a Champion-level Holy Beast with the Vaccine attribute, and it’s modelled on the shisa, the guardian lion-dogs of Okinawa. Its official profile calls it a living firewall that shields against evil viruses, which fits the guardian-statue theme.

Its best-known special move is Tiida Iya, which fires endless arrows of holy sunlight. The name is Okinawan: “tiida” means sun and “iya” means arrow. That’s a nice detail, since Okinawa is exactly where the shisa tradition comes from.

Shisa and komainu: the myth behind the design

Pairs of shisa sit on Okinawan rooftops and gateposts to ward off evil, much like the komainu in front of Japanese shrines. Both come from Chinese guardian lions. Lions weren’t native to East Asia, so the old artists drew a lion shape with a lot of dog in it, and the result is the curly-maned, wide-mouthed “lion-dog”.

Digimon has used this idea at least three times. Siesamon is the straight shisa. Caturamon takes the same design into Buddhist temple-guardian territory. Wankomon blends it with the inu hariko, a papier-mâché dog charm from Japan. That shared myth is why so many people remember a “doglion” without knowing which one they saw.

Labramon and Minami Uehara in The Adventurers’ Battle

Siesamon’s big screen moment comes in the 2001 film Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers’ Battle, released in English as Battle of Adventurers. Takato goes to Okinawa on a summer trip and meets Minami Uehara, whose partner is the Rookie Labramon. Setting a shisa Digimon’s debut in Okinawa was a smart touch.

According to Wikimon, Labramon is the reincarnation of Minami’s dog Mei and the prototype of the V-Pet her father was developing. In the film it digivolves into Siesamon (Seasarmon in the dub) to protect her. Labramon got a second partner role later: it is the partner of Aoi Shibuya in the 2022 game Digimon Survive.

Siesamon vs Seasarmon vs Shiisamon: the name confusion

These are all one Digimon. Shiisamon is the Japanese name, taken straight from “shisa”. The English dub of the Tamers film used Seasarmon, and the Card Game’s English cards still print Seasarmon. Bandai’s official English encyclopedia uses Siesamon. If you want to know why the dub says Seasarmon while the encyclopedia says Siesamon, the answer is that different localisation teams worked on each, decades apart.

Caturamon: The “Dog” Deva of Baihumon

Caturamon is the white lion-dog with the long blue tail. It’s an Ultimate-level Holy Beast and the “Dog” of the twelve Deva. It serves Baihumon, the white tiger among the Four Holy Beasts. The design is still a shisa, but it’s grander and more like a temple guardian than Siesamon.

Wikimon notes that the Deva share their master’s attribute, and Baihumon is a Vaccine, so Caturamon is Vaccine too. Its signature move is Howl of the Heavens, a supersonic howl that can shatter barriers. Digimon Tamers and Digimon ReArise list its technique as Shuvabojana (also spelled Swabhojana).

Who are the Deva?

The Deva are twelve zodiac-themed Digimon. Three serve each of the Four Holy Beasts (the Digimon Sovereign): Azulongmon, Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon and Ebonwumon. Each one matches a Chinese zodiac animal, and Caturamon is the dog. That’s why it’s the lion-dog of the group. The design brings together the zodiac dog and the guardian lion.

Caturamon in Digimon Tamers

In the Digimon Tamers anime, Caturamon has one of the darkest storylines among the Deva. It goes to a bitter Impmon and offers Zhuqiaomon’s power so that Impmon can grow stronger, in exchange for a promise to kill the Tamers. That deal leads to Beelzemon (Beelzebumon). Later Gallantmon (Dukemon) deletes Caturamon, and Beelzemon loads its data. If you want the whole Deva arc in context, the Digimon Tamers anime guide covers it episode by episode.

Seasarmon to Caturamon to Baihumon in Soul Chaser

The mobile game Digimon Soul Chaser makes the lion-dog link official in gameplay. There, Seasarmon digivolves into Caturamon, and Caturamon can digivolve into Baihumon. Put that together with Labramon and you get a neat Rookie-to-Mega shisa line: Labramon, Seasarmon, Caturamon, Baihumon. Remember that this route belongs to Soul Chaser. The anime never shows it.

Wankomon: Shambala’s Inu Hariko Lion-Dog

Wankomon is the newest lion-dog. It’s a Rookie from the Shambala group, Digimon’s digital world based on East Asian myth. Its design comes from the inu hariko, a papier-mâché dog charm traditionally given in Japan to protect children. Its mane of golden drill-like cones riffs on the spiral curls you see on carved lion-dog statues.

It first appeared in Digimon Pendulum COLOR 7 Toho Braves, the V-Pet it shares with Renamon, which came out in December 2025. In that V-Pet, Wankomon digivolves into Siesamon. Wikimon gives the requirement as 0-1 care mistakes and at least 3 effort. That confirms on paper what fans had assumed: Wankomon is the newest Rookie for the shisa line.

Wankomon in Digital World Shambala (EX-12)

The Digimon Card Game’s EX-12 Digital World Shambala came out in English on July 3, 2026. It has 83 card types and an MSRP of $4.99 per pack. TCG Talk calls it the first set themed on Shambala. It ties into Digimon Pendulum COLOR and adds a TS trait linked to Time Stranger. Wankomon got a Rare card, EX12-009.

Card	Number	Level	Attribute	What it does for the lion-dog line
Wankomon (Rare)	EX12-009	Lv.3 Rookie	Vaccine	Alternate digivolve for 0 from any Lv.2 with the [Shambala] trait
Seasarmon	EX12-011	Lv.4 Champion	Vaccine	Alternate digivolve from a Lv.3 with the [Shambala] trait, which Wankomon is

On the card table, the V-Pet evolution becomes a deck plan: a Shambala Lv.2 goes to Wankomon, and Wankomon goes to Seasarmon. Note the card name. The English card game uses Seasarmon, the dub spelling, and not Siesamon. If you’re new to how digivolution costs and traits work, our explainer on the Digimon Card Game and why people play it covers the basics.

Gaomon to MirageGaogamon: The Boxer Dog With a Lion’s Mane

The Gaomon line is the dog line you’re most likely to have raised yourself. Gaomon is a Rookie Beast with the Data attribute: a blue dog in boxing gloves who was Thomas H. Norstein’s partner in Digimon Data Squad (Digimon Savers, 2006-2007). By Mega it becomes MirageGaogamon, a caped wolf-knight with a flowing mane, which is why some fans call it the lion-dog of the boxing world.

Gaomon evolution line

Fandom’s Digimon Wiki lists Wanyamon as Gaomon’s In-Training form and Gaogamon as its next step. Gaomon belongs to the Nature Spirits family in the card and game files.

Stage	Digimon	Level	Attribute	Look
In-Training	Wanyamon	In-Training	n/a	Small round puppy blob
Rookie	Gaomon	Rookie	Data	Blue boxer dog with red gloves
Champion	Gaogamon	Champion	Data	Large four-legged wolf-dog
Ultimate	MachGaogamon	Ultimate	Data	Upright armoured boxer with arm jets
Mega	MirageGaogamon	Mega	Data	Armoured wolf-knight with a cape
Burst Mode	MirageGaogamon: Burst Mode	Mega (Burst)	Data	Gold-trimmed form from Data Squad’s finale arc

Gaomon fights like a boxer: Gao Rush is a flurry of punches, and Rolling Upper is a spinning uppercut. Gaogamon uses Spiral Blow, MachGaogamon uses Winning Knuckle, and MirageGaogamon’s finisher is Full Moon Blaster. In Data Squad, Burst Mode is the series’ top power-up, gained through the Tamer’s surge of emotion, and Thomas and Gaomon reach it in the final arc.

Gaomon in Digimon Story: Time Stranger

Digimon Story: Time Stranger (2025) has 475 Digimon to scan and obtain, according to Destructoid, and the whole Gaomon line is among them. Grindosaur’s database lists Gaomon as a Rookie Data Beast that digivolves into Gaogamon at Champion. The later steps are in the next section.

Doggymon (Dogmon): The Rubber Cartoon Dog

Doggymon is the closest name match to “Doglion”, but it isn’t a lion at all. It’s a Champion-level Puppet Digimon with the Data attribute. Wikimon says it came from a database of American cartoon TV shows, and fan wikis point to Hanna-Barbera’s Muttley as the obvious inspiration. Its rubber body absorbs attacks.

Its attacks are Distem Howling, a huge howl that damages the enemy’s hearing and saps their will to fight, and Ultra Kamitsuku, a giant bite. In the anime, a Dogmon makes a cameo in Digimon Frontier, running in the Trailmon race next to a black WereGarurumon. In Digimon Masters Online, Doggymon digivolves into Cerberusmon at Lv 25 and Anubismon at Lv 41, so this joke dog can end up as a Mega guardian of the underworld.

Dogmon or Doggymon?

Yes, they’re the same Digimon. Dogmon is the Japanese name and the title Wikimon still uses. Bandai’s official English encyclopedia lists it as Doggymon, and the Card Game printed it under that name as ST19-06 in Starter Deck 19: Fable Waltz.

Dot-art contest origin

Doggymon is one of the few Digimon that started with a fan.

Evolution line

The lion-dog evolution lines are different in every medium, so the tables below are split by source. No single lion-dog line works the same way in the anime, the games and the card game.

Anime and movies

From	To	Where	Condition
Labramon	Siesamon (Seasarmon)	Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers’ Battle	Digivolves to protect Minami
Wanyamon	Gaomon	Digimon Data Squad	Standard growth
Gaomon	Gaogamon → MachGaogamon → MirageGaogamon	Digimon Data Squad	Thomas’s DNA Charge
MirageGaogamon	MirageGaogamon: Burst Mode	Digimon Data Squad	Burst Mode in the final arc

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

The Gaomon line is the one with documented requirements. The thresholds below come from Nightly Gaming Binge’s Time Stranger Field Guide.

From	To	Requirements
Gaomon	Gaogamon	Standard Rookie-to-Champion digivolution
Gaogamon	MachGaogamon	Agent Rank 5, 1,800 Max HP, 1,060 SPD
MachGaogamon	MirageGaogamon	Agent Rank 7+, 2,470 Max HP, 1,790 SPD
MirageGaogamon	MirageGaogamon: Burst Mode	Agent Rank 8+, 3,100 ATK, 3,100 SPD

There are branches too. Gaogamon can go to SaviorHuckmon instead, and MachGaogamon can go to MegaGargomon.

Other games and V-Pets

Lion-dog line	In-Training	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Mega	Source
Shisa line	n/a	Labramon	Seasarmon	Caturamon	Baihumon	Digimon Soul Chaser
Shambala line	n/a	Wankomon	Siesamon	n/a	n/a	Pendulum COLOR 7 Toho Braves
Cartoon dog line	n/a	n/a	Doggymon	Cerberusmon	Anubismon	Digimon Masters Online

Wikimon also lists Siesamon digivolving into Cerberumon (Cerberusmon) in the Korean Digimon RPG and in Soul Chaser. That gives it a dark-hound Ultimate as well as the holy Deva route.

Card game

From	To	Set	Condition
Any Lv.2 with [Shambala] trait	Wankomon (EX12-009)	EX-12 Digital World Shambala	Alternate digivolve for 0
Lv.3 with [Shambala] trait (e.g. Wankomon)	Seasarmon (EX12-011)	EX-12 Digital World Shambala	Alternate digivolve requirement

Signature attacks

Each lion-dog has its own fighting style. The shisa line uses holy light and barrier-breaking howls, the Gaomon line boxes, and Doggymon goes for cartoon slapstick.

Digimon	Attack	What it does	Source
Siesamon	Tiida Iya	Fires endless arrows of holy sunlight	Official profile
Caturamon	Howl of the Heavens	Supersonic howl that shatters barriers	Game and wiki profiles
Caturamon	Shuvabojana	Data-type damage to one enemy	Digimon Tamers, Digimon ReArise
Gaomon	Gao Rush / Rolling Upper	Punch flurry and a spinning uppercut	Digimon Data Squad
Gaogamon	Spiral Blow	Spinning shockwave attack	Digimon Data Squad
MachGaogamon	Winning Knuckle	Jet-boosted finishing punch	Digimon Data Squad
MirageGaogamon	Full Moon Blaster	Energy blast from its chest	Digimon Data Squad
Doggymon	Distem Howling	Howl that damages hearing and fighting spirit	Reference Book
Doggymon	Ultra Kamitsuku	Huge bite	Reference Book

Appearances

These Digimon turn up across three decades of anime, games and cards. Here is where each one appears.

Anime series and movies

• Digimon Tamers (2001-2002): Caturamon tempts Impmon and is later deleted. Leomon, the best-known lion Digimon, is Juri’s partner. Dobermon, another dog Champion, appears in the Sovereign arc too. Our guide on where to watch Digimon on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix and Blu-ray lists current streaming options.
• Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers’ Battle (2001): Labramon and Siesamon, with Minami Uehara in Okinawa.
• Digimon Frontier (2002-2003): Dogmon’s cameo in the Trailmon race.
• Digimon Data Squad (2006-2007): the whole Gaomon line, up to MirageGaogamon: Burst Mode.

Games

• Digimon Story: Time Stranger (2025): Gaomon, Gaogamon, MachGaogamon, MirageGaogamon and Burst Mode, plus Dobermon and Cerberusmon. Game8 lists Cerberusmon as an Ultimate Vaccine Dark Beast here.
• Digimon Survive (2022): Labramon as Aoi Shibuya’s partner.
• Digimon Soul Chaser: the Seasarmon, Caturamon, Baihumon route.
• Digimon ReArise: Caturamon with Shuvabojana.
• Digimon Masters Online: Doggymon to Cerberusmon to Anubismon.
• Digimon Pendulum COLOR 7 Toho Braves (V-Pet, 2025): Wankomon’s debut and its Siesamon evolution.

Card game sets

• EX-12 Digital World Shambala (July 2026): Wankomon EX12-009 (Rare) and Seasarmon EX12-011.
• Starter Deck 19: Fable Waltz: Doggymon ST19-06.

Every Dog and Lion Digimon at a Glance

This list covers the main dog and lion Digimon fans ask about. It gives the confirmed level and attribute for each, so you can tell them apart at a glance.

Dog Digimon list

Digimon	Animal motif	Level	Attribute	Notable appearance
Labramon	Labrador retriever	Rookie	Vaccine	Tamers movie, Digimon Survive
Wankomon	Inu hariko lion-dog	Rookie	Vaccine	Toho Braves V-Pet, EX-12
Gaomon	Boxer dog	Rookie	Data	Digimon Data Squad
Siesamon (Seasarmon)	Shisa lion-dog	Champion	Vaccine	Tamers movie
Gaogamon	Wolf-dog	Champion	Data	Digimon Data Squad
Doggymon (Dogmon)	Cartoon dog	Champion	Data	Digimon Frontier, DMO
Caturamon	Shisa, zodiac dog	Ultimate	Vaccine	Digimon Tamers
Cerberusmon	Three-headed hound	Ultimate	Vaccine	Time Stranger, DMO
MachGaogamon	Armoured boxer dog	Ultimate	Data	Digimon Data Squad
MirageGaogamon	Wolf-dog knight	Mega	Data	Digimon Data Squad

Wanyamon (Gaomon’s In-Training), Dobermon (a Champion) and Anubismon (Doggymon’s Mega in DMO) also belong to the wider dog family.

Lion Digimon list

Leomon is the classic lion: a Champion Vaccine Beast Man with a sword, who appears in Digimon Adventure and is Juri’s partner in Tamers. The lion-dogs (Siesamon, Caturamon and Wankomon) sit between the dog and lion lists, which is exactly why “Doglion” searches happen. Baihumon, Caturamon’s master, is a white tiger, not a lion. People still mix it up with the shisa designs because the two are linked in Soul Chaser.

White dog Digimon

Caturamon is the white dog Digimon with a blue tail. If you remember a white lion-dog with that long blue tail in a Tamers episode, that’s the one you saw.

How to Get a Lion-Dog Digimon in Time Stranger

In Digimon Story: Time Stranger, the lion-dog you can actually build is the Gaomon line. Recruit Gaomon, digivolve it into Gaogamon, then raise its stats and your Agent Rank until MachGaogamon and MirageGaogamon unlock.

1. Scan and obtain Gaomon (Rookie, Data, Beast) and get its scan data high enough to convert it.
2. Digivolve Gaomon into Gaogamon at Champion.
3. Train Gaogamon to 1,800 Max HP and 1,060 SPD and reach Agent Rank 5, then digivolve it into MachGaogamon.
4. Build MachGaogamon to 2,470 Max HP and 1,790 SPD at Agent Rank 7+ for MirageGaogamon.
5. Push MirageGaogamon to 3,100 ATK and 3,100 SPD at Agent Rank 8+ to unlock Burst Mode.

SPD is the stat to watch. Every gate on this line needs it, so focus your training on speed early and the later steps go much faster. If you’d rather have a darker hound, Cerberusmon is an Ultimate Vaccine Dark Beast in the same roster, and Dobermon is a dog Champion you can pick up along the way.

Trivia

• Siesamon’s debut film is set in Okinawa, where shisa statues guard roofs and gates, so the Digimon first appeared in its own mythological home.
• The English card game still prints the dub name Seasarmon in 2026, while the official English encyclopedia uses Siesamon.
• Wankomon’s V-Pet requirement for Siesamon (0-1 care mistakes and at least 3 effort) rewards careful raising, which fits a Digimon based on a charm that protects children.
• Caturamon is the only Deva that is a dog, and among the twelve its design is the closest to a classic temple lion-dog.
• Doggymon is a fan-designed Digimon that grows into Anubismon in Digimon Masters Online, a long way from a dot-art contest entry.

FAQ

Is Doglion a real Digimon?

No. No official Digimon is called Doglion, and the official encyclopedia returns no results for it. It’s a fan nickname, not a Digimon from a newer release. The species people usually mean are Siesamon (Seasarmon), Caturamon, Wankomon, the Gaomon line or Doggymon.

What Digimon looks like a lion dog?

Siesamon is the textbook lion-dog: a Champion Holy Beast based on the Okinawan shisa. Caturamon (Ultimate) and Wankomon (Rookie) also use the lion-dog design. If you’re thinking “what’s the name of that dog/lion looking Digimon, I can’t remember”, start with Siesamon.

What is the shisa Digimon called?

It’s called Siesamon in the official English encyclopedia, Seasarmon in the dub and the English card game, and Shiisamon in Japanese. All three names are the same Champion Vaccine Holy Beast.

What does Labramon digivolve into?

Labramon digivolves into Siesamon (Seasarmon). It does this in Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers’ Battle and in games like Soul Chaser, where the line continues to Caturamon and Baihumon.

What is Gaomon’s Mega form?

MirageGaogamon is Gaomon’s Mega, reached through Gaogamon and MachGaogamon. It also has a stronger Burst Mode from Digimon Data Squad, which you can unlock in Time Stranger.

Is Dogmon the same as Doggymon?

Yes. Dogmon is the Japanese name, and Doggymon is the name in the official English encyclopedia and the Card Game. It’s a Champion Puppet Digimon with the Data attribute.

What dog Digimon are in Digimon Story: Time Stranger?

The Gaomon line (Gaomon, Gaogamon, MachGaogamon, MirageGaogamon and its Burst Mode) is in the game, along with Dobermon and Cerberusmon. Gaomon is the easiest place to start if you want a dog line.

What is the white dog Digimon with a blue tail?

That’s Caturamon, the Ultimate Holy Beast Deva who serves Baihumon. It appears in Digimon Tamers, where it offers Impmon power.

Which Deva is the dog?

Caturamon. The twelve Deva follow the Chinese zodiac, three serve each of the Four Holy Beasts, and Caturamon is the dog in Baihumon’s group.

Why is it Seasarmon in the dub but Siesamon in the encyclopedia?

Different English teams localised the name at different times. The 2001 film dub chose Seasarmon, and the card game kept it. Bandai’s English encyclopedia later standardised Siesamon. Either name will find the same Digimon.

What are all the dog Digimon?

The main ones are Labramon, Wankomon, Gaomon, Siesamon, Gaogamon, Doggymon, Dobermon, Caturamon, Cerberusmon, MachGaogamon, MirageGaogamon and Anubismon. The master list above gives levels and attributes for each.

If the lion-dog you remember is the shisa, Wankomon is the best way into it right now. It has a brand-new V-Pet and a 2026 card, and in both of them it digivolves into Siesamon.

Article notes

AC

Written by Ava Chen

Ava Chen covers Digimon Story: Time Stranger and the older Story, World and Survive games, Digimon Card Game deck building, rulings and set breakdowns, and the raising mechanics and regional releases of Digivices and Vital Bracelets. She checks claims against Bandai Namco announcements, official rule documents and patch notes, and says plainly when a mechanic is still unclear.

• Fact-checked by Noelle Fairbanks against the sources listed below before publication.
• Published November 12, 2026

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