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The main character of ''Persona'' and designated leader of the group. His affinity is with the Emperor Arcana, which grants him use of Seimen Kongou, his starting Persona. He wields a sword and a sub-machine gun as weapons. He is most commonly dubbed the "Boy With The Pierced Ear", but with the loss of the earring in the North American version, it was shortened to simply "Boy". The manga refers to him as "Naoya Todou".
 
Dragged along to participate in the "Persona" game to settle [[The Bet|a bet]] between MarkMasao and BrownHidehiko, the protagonist and his other classmates catch a glimpse of a little girl crying. [[Lightning Can Do Anything|Lightning flashes]], and those who haven't played before are knocked out, sent into the border between consciousness and unconsciousness. A [[Guardian Entity]] named Philemon meets Naoya in a dream, asking him to state his name. Upon doing so, Philemon is impressed, for not everyone who comes to his realm knows who they really are. The protagonist gains the ability to summon his Persona, and then sent back to reality. Upon regaining consciousness, he finds himself in the school infirmary, the last of his classmates to wake up. The school nurse and their homeroom teacher Saeko Takami urge the group to go to the hospital to have themselves checked, opening up an opportunity to visit Maki again.
 
The group waits for Maki outside the ICU where she is being treated after complaining of severe pain. Tremors shake the building, and when the door to the ICU is opened, there is nothing behind it but a wall. Demons soon run wild in the hospital, attacking the people inside. Upon encountering a gang of demons, Naoya and his friends all awaken to their Personae. He is then designated as the leader.
 
* {{spoiler|[[Angsty Surviving Twin]]}}: In the manga.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass in Charge]]: Due to being the most emotionally stable. Also, in a game play sense, the Hero will have the best level gain curve since he can't be removed, giving him better stats and access to higher level persona.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Eriko can see it. Kei can ''probably'' see it. Masao ''[[All Love Is Unrequited|definitely]]'' sees it. Hell, even {{spoiler|former [[Green-Eyed Monster]] Chisato}} can tell you and Maki are the [[Official Couple]].
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Not only his first name, but his surname and 'nickname', as well. (Thethe "[[Shadow Archetype|other self]]" found in the Alaya Cavern will cite all of these to prove he ''is'' you.).
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Strangely, his "other self" can speak just fine; this convention carries over to both of ''Persona 2'''s silent protagonists. He has a single line of spoken dialogue in ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment''.
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* [[One Head Taller]]: Especially noticeable when Maki has to stand on tiptoe to kiss him.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Compared to the rest of your group, he is, [[Heroic Mime|due to being the player himself]], the least emotionally defined, and whenever the multiple personalities on the team clash, he is usually picked to make the choices they can't agree on, and its implied that's why everyone trusts him to be the leader.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: It's obvious he does speak in-universe, due to the [[Dialogue Tree]]s. So why did Masao have to participate in the Persona ritual, when he (Masao) didn't want to, as opposed to the protagonist? ''Because the devs couldn't have him talk outside of a [[Dialogue Tree.]]''.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: In the NA version, he not only loses his earring, but is also given red hair and a [[Race Lift|lighter skin tone]] to make him look more Caucasian.
* [[Shonen Hair]]: Considering the time period the game takes place.
* [[The Stoic]]: Part of why he's regarded as the [[Only Sane Man]].
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: He is this in both routes, as the SEBEC route revolves around Maki {{spoiler|coming to grips that she created an alternate reality that's trying to overtake the real reality}}, and the Snow Queen route revolves around Yukino's attempts to save Ms. Saeko.
* {{spoiler|[[Theme Twin Naming]]: Manga-only: Naoya and Kazuya.}}.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Maki in the manga.
 
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Maki Sonomura is a frail girl who has been sick all of her life, bedridden and suffers from episodic fits of dementia. When she's not in too much pain, she often paints disturbing still-life pictures, escapes into her "Ideal" world, and waits for her friends to come visit her. Kandori Takahisa takes advantage of this by kidnapping Maki from the hospital, and uses her unconscious mind as a test subject for his DVA generator, transforming the entire city into a reflection of Maki's "Ideal" version of Mikage-cho. In this world, Maki is healthy, demons wreak havoc everywhere, the hospital and police station do not exist, and the city has two sides, one light and one dark, divided in half by an ominous barrier.
 
Part of Maki accepts, and at the same time rejects this development. Thus, three manifestations of her psyche actually emerge: Thethe "Ideal" Maki which joins the party, Mai (Mae in the NA version) and Aki, (Maggie in the NA version), two alternate selves that represent her innocence and malevolence respectively. The "Ideal" Maki remains the same age, while Mai and Aki manifest as Maki's child self. Depending on how the protagonist handles himself, the "Ideal" Maki will {{spoiler|either succeed in turning the city back to normal and save her true self, or become ridden with guilt about her deep-seated nihilistic wishes and lose her identity forever}}.
 
Despite being the main heroine of the SEBEC route, Maki has only a minor role in the Snow Queen route. Another version of her, credited as the "Masked Girl", appears as one of the Night Queen's allies, and claims to be responsible for everything that has happened. She and the Masked Boy (actually a masked Kandori) merge with the Night Queen for her battle with the heroes, but are defeated. Afterwards, MarkMasao reveals that he left the Ideal Maki behind at SEBEC, tying the Snow Queen route back into the main story.
 
Maki is the party's support character, able to cast healing magic from the far end of the group's formation. Because of this, she wields exclusively long-range weapons, a crossbow and a [[Handguns|handgun]]. Her starting Persona is Matsu of the Priestess Arcanum.
 
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Which Aki pokes fun at.
* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: At the conclusion of the game, before everyone returns to the real world. The "Ideal Maki" confesses her love to the MCmain character, and kisses him as a parting gift, since she's only a fragment of the real Maki and can't go with him.}}.
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Badass]]
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