Count: 0 — No Japanese gods begin with the letter L in standard Hepburn romanization. Searching for “Japanese gods that start with L” returns no canonical Shinto kami or well‑attested regional deities that meet reliable scholarly criteria. Note an interesting detail: Japanese does not have a native /l/ sound, so names that might sound like they start with L in English are consistently romanized with R (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).

Explain why the criteria produces no results. Use Hepburn romanization and consult primary sources such as the Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Encyclopedia of Shinto, and shrine pages; those sources record Japanese deity names using the ら行 as R, not L. Regional and folk gods recorded in reputable works follow the same patterns. Modern fiction, nonstandard spellings, or older Western renderings sometimes introduce L‑initial names, but these are not canonical and fall outside the recommended, verifiable lists.

Consult these alternatives instead. Search for gods under R (for example, Raijin and Ryūjin) or search by kana order (the ら行) to build an alphabetical reference. Consult the Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Encyclopedia of Shinto, and official shrine pages for verified names, and use Hepburn romanization for consistent alphabetization.