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A character sheet for ''[[Persona 2|Persona 2: Innocent Sin]]'' and its direct follow-up
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=== Tatsuya Suou ===
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The [[Heroic Mime|silent protagonist]] of ''Innocent Sin'' and central character of the story. His affinity is with the Sun arcana, with [[Playing with Fire|Vulcanus]] as his starting Persona. Interestingly, he and Maya are the only protagonists in the ''Persona'' series to have canonical names (as opposed to the names given in the other mangas). However, the player has the option of renaming him at the start.
Tatsuya is a senior at Seven Sisters High School in Sumaru City, [[Ineffectual Loner|a rather aloof boy]] who doesn't have many friends, often preferring to be by himself and tool around with his treasured motorcycle. During a encounter with Eikichi "Captain Death/Death Boss" Mishina at Sumaru Prison (a live house where Eikichi's band "Gas Chamber" often practices), Tatsuya is attacked by Joker, an [[Urban Legends|urban legend]] who is said to grant the wish of anyone who dials their own cell phone number. He, along with the others, is knocked unconscious and awakens to his own Persona. He later joins forces with Maya and Yukino, an investigative duo from a local magazine who are also looking into the Joker case.
Eventually, Tatusya realizes that he and the rest of his team
Faced with a [[dystopia]]n future, the group accepts an offer from Philemon to [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erase their memories]] and rewind time. {{spoiler|At the last moment, however, Tatsuya can't bring himself to lose his friends forever and relents. This creates a [[Temporal Paradox]] wherein [[Merged Reality|the world is restored]], but Tatsuya retains his memories of the [[Alternate Timeline]] (the "Other Side"), allowing Nyarlathotep to repeat the cycle}}.
* [[Anime Hair]]: The dev team has joked that it's a helmet, and that he slips it off at night.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Biker]]: Tatsuya's most treasured possession (second to his lighter, of course) is his motorcycle. He wears a red cyclist's jumpsuit for the entirety of ''Eternal Punishment''.
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', {{spoiler|it's revealed not only did he care quite deeply for Maya, her horrifying end in ''Innocent Sin'' is why he's cares so much, as he doesn't want her to go through all that again, and on some level, he loves her QUITE
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: Averted. In ''Eternal Punishment'', Tatsuya joins up at level 50, with his Ultimate persona Apollo in tow.
** [[Old Save Bonus]]: If you have completed save data from ''Innocent Sin'', he'll start ''Eternal Punishment'' at the level he was there.
* [[Bishounen]]: Granted, he's still young, but going by his father and brother, the entire Suou clan is known for its dashing, well-groomed male heirs.
* [[Character Development]]: His personality is more severe in ''Eternal Punishment'', having become a hardened fighter and losing everyone he cared about.
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: His childhood friend Lisa has been [[Clingy Jealous Girl|pursuing him]] for ages, much to his discomfort and chagrin.
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Literally, in his case. He and his friends are pawns in a cosmic chess game apparently picked at random, between unknowable forces outside of their comprehension.
* [[Crutch Character]]: In ''Eternal Punishment''. Even moreso than usual, due to the fact that your party can fuse Personas up to the level of the highest-leveled party member, and unless you've been grinding yourself silly, Tatsuya will at very least be 5-10 levels above your next strongest character.
** It's actually even better in regards to the Persona thing. You can actually summon Personas up to five levels higher than your strongest character, so, getting everybody's Ultimate Persona is only a level or two away with Tatsuya.
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** Although given the sheer amount of crap he's put through between games, I'd say he has every right too.
* [[Double Consciousness]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', he struggles with {{spoiler|two sets of memories, one from the Other Side and the other from this world}}. Negated in the second game's ending, when {{spoiler|he willingly gives up his memories of his friends}}. Maya ends up shouldering his burden, hopefully for good.
* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: The English localization of ''Eternal Punishment'' is chock full of these. Tatsuya's the greatest offender of all—almost every line of his dialogue has one.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: If Jun is any indication.
* [[For Want of a Nail]]
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* [[Freak-Out]]: The losses at the end of ''Innocent Sin'' were simply too much to bear.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Although "Tatsuya" is his canonical name, the player is given a choice of naming him.
* [[The Hero]]: Of both ''Innocent Sin'' and, indirectly, ''Eternal Punishment''.
** [[Hurting Hero]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]: In the first game.
* [[His Story Repeats Itself]]
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: Tatsuya and Jun hint at this.
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]: Subverted in ''Innocent Sin'' where he ''is'' a loner, but isn't particularly averse to working alongside others as long as he doesn't think they're slowing down progress, but played straight and justified in ''Eternal Punishment''; he rebuffs Maya’s offers of help out of the fear that, should anyone from the original Masked Circle regain their memories of the Other Side, the new and old timelines would collapse into each other, and the world would end a second time.
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: Towards Maya. It's what causes the most trouble in both games.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]:
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: A red cycling suit, which he wears in the sequel.
* [[Love Hurts]]
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* [[My Greatest Second Chance]]
* [[Mysterious Protector]]: To Maya in the sequel.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: See the [[Freak-Out]] entry above.
* [[Number One Dime]]: A Zippo lighter he received from Jun as a child. The inscription reads
* [[One Head Taller]]: Between him and Jun, Tatsuya's the tall one. Actually, he's the [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|second-tallest]] of everyone in the group, Eikichi being the absolute tallest by almost two inches.
* [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]]: By the end of ''Innocent Sin'', he's {{spoiler|literally the only person on Earth who recalls what happened}}.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: He has a knife wound on his back from when King Leo attacked him as a child. Tatsuya got him back
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: His entire shtick in ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[The Stoic]]: He's not cold-hearted, just shy and requires ''tons'' of personal space. He was a lot more outgoing and talkative as a kid.
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Repeatedly tries and fails to get Maya to drop the JOKER story.
** Not to metion in ''Innocent Sin'', this is necessary in order to allow the other party members to gain their Prime Personas.
* [[Three Amigos]]: Tatsuya, Lisa
* [[Time Stands Still]]: When he performs Nova Kaiser<ref>Nova Cyther prior to the PSP release.</ref> with Apollo
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Despite (or because of?) his standoffish personality, he's considered "cool" by the other students at Sevens and has cultivated a female following.
* [[Universal Driver's License]]: Submarines? [[Mini-Mecha]]? '''[[Improbable Piloting Skills|Zeppelins]]?''' Not a problem.
** This is actually lampshaded by Katsuya, who protests that Tatsuya [[Are You Sure You Can Drive This Thing?|isn't licensed to drive a car]], much less a robot.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: He has a choice between Lisa, Maya
* [[Zen Survivor]]: He starts out like this in ''Eternal Punishment''. Expect plenty of [[Cryptic Conversation|cryptic clues]] and [[I Work Alone]].
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Maya Amano is a journalist for Kismet Publishing, writing for the teen magazine ''Coolest''. Upon hearing rumors regarding a wish granting genie called Joker, Maya decides to investigate. The trail leads both Maya and her photographer/friend Yukino to Seven Sisters High, during which she meets Tatsuya Suou and the others, setting the stage for ''Innocent Sin''. Maya's Tarot arcana is Moon and her starting Persona is [[An Ice Person|Maia]].
Maya oftentimes finds herself taking a leadership role within the group
Though she has forgotten the events of the previous game at the start of ''Eternal Punishment'', a chance meeting with Tatsuya Suou on the way to work stirs up feelings of deja vu in Maya. The feelings of familiarity intensify after she witnesses the JOKER unleashing demons inside Seven Sisters High. Tatsuya hands her a Sevens School Emblem and asks her to spread the rumor that it keeps the Joker away, and that she should try to forget about this incident for her own good. However, Maya chooses to press on, burning the emblem and going against his warning. Along with Ulala Serizawa, Katsuya Suou
* [[Achey Scars]]: The scar on her abdomen which aches whenever JOKER is near. Little does she know {{spoiler|she was impaled by Okamura}}.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Occasionally gives a mournful apology to the demons she just killed.
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Barrier Maiden]]: The Oracle of Maiya prophecy holds that a "Mayan maiden" will be {{spoiler|ritually sacrificed to bring about the end of the world}}. This indeed happens when Maya is {{spoiler|impaled with the Spear of Longinus}}.
*
* [[Captain Crash]]: [[Word of God]] indicates that Ulala [[Drives Like Crazy|never rides in the car whenever Maya drives]]. It's not helped in game by the fact that she keeps trying to drive vehicles she's not qualified to drive, like a blimp or a watercraft.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Ciao!♥
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Unbeknown to any of them,
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: Maya's father
* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Dies in Tatsuya's arms in ''Innocent Sin'' after Maya Okamura stabs her with the Spear of Longinus}}.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: This woman is a threat to public safety, whether on land, sea or air.
* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]: Hates cooking almost as much she does cleaning.
* [[For Happiness]]
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Downgraded to this trope in ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: One of her Contact options.
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: At the end of ''Innocent Sin'', she ends up on the business end of the Spear of Longinus. ''Ouch''}}.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Makki (Fujii's pet name), {{spoiler|Big Sis}}.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: In her [[Establishing Character Moment|introductory scene]], Maya literally introduces herself as this.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Two (eponymous) theme songs, the remix of which was included in ''Persona 3''. [[Dark Reprise|Darkly Reprised]] in ''Innocent Sin's'' finale.
** The [[Dark Reprise]] also shares similarities to a song earlier in the game, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7qIxtWR6g& Bomb] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NdU2Xjqic& Shelter's music]. (Possible spoilers in the related videos!)
* [[Married to the Job]]: It is implied that Masataka's absence has discouraged Maya from juggling work and relationships.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Maya means "illusion" in Hinduism and Sikhism, and her primary tarot association is [[The Moon]], which also represents illusion. She has been shown to be [[Hurting Hero|hurting more]] [[Stepford Smiler|than she lets on]].
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]
* [[Negated Moment of Awesome]]: Launching the zeppelin from the Sky Museum's roof seconds before the building explodes... only to then crash it into the ocean.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Maya and Ulala. Their Contact option is even described as "Best Friends?" {{spoiler|until defeating Ulala as a boss
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Her guns!
* {{spoiler|[[Plotline Death]]: Justified in that she was gored by ''the Spear of Longinus'', and thus her blood will keep flowing no matter what}}.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: All together now: "Let's think postive!"
* [[Pollyanna]]: Her optimism and refusal to give up saves the group more than once.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "It's whoop-ass time!"
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* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Young Maya wears this in flashbacks.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: In a defiantly-[[Kawaiiko|kawaii]] example of this trope, Maya cheerfully burns her Seven Sisters emblem, which serves as a ward against the JOKER.
* [[Team Mom]]: Takes on a motherly role amongst the group.
* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]}}
* [[Trash of the Titans]]: Maya's apartment.
* [[Universal Driver's License]]: Subverted. She THINKS she's got enough skill to have one.
* [[Betty and Veronica|The Veronica]]: To Lisa's Betty.
* [[When She Smiles]]: In ''Innocent Sin'', there's a scene of this in the Bomb Shelter. Maya showed Tatsuya her Mr. Bunbun charm, and he cracks a smile at it. She proceeds to comment that it's the first time she's ever seen him smile and that he's pretty cute when he does. Leads right to a [[Luminescent Blush]], which in turn triggers Maya's teasing contact command with him, where she ''tries'' to make him blush.
** Heck, that can almost be a subversion, since the focus is on the blush, not the smile.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]]: She has pyrophobia, thanks to
* [[Women Drivers]]: Maya thinks her driving license is universal and applies to {{spoiler|blimps and boats}}. Yukino warns the group not to let her drive a thing. Several scenes later, cue Maya driving a non-car vehicle...
{{quote|'''Lisa
=== Lisa Silverman ===
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Teased as a little girl for her blonde hair and blue eyes.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Her mother, who renamed herself Akiko, behaves like a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] despite being American. Her father is a [[Steven Seagal]] expy who lives in a traditionalist Japanese house, practices aikido
* [[Betty and Veronica|The Betty]]: To Maya's Veronica.
* [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]]
* [[Break the Cutie]]:
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Lisa's family are naturalized citizens of Japan. Like her father, Lisa is extremely prickly about her ethnicity and goes to any lengths to blend in.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Her disconcertingly single-minded pursuit of Tatsuya. If Tatsuya shows affection toward Maya or Jun, instead, Lisa immediately runs over to Eikichi and decks him, with her Shadow turning it up to 11.
* [[Dark Secret]]: It's a little vague, but Lisa may have participated in [[wikipedia:Enjo kōsai|enjo kosai]]. Her Shadow intimates that Lisa's had a few sugar daddies, and tried drugs in the past.
* [[Girl Posse]]: Asacchi and Miipo, her eventual in MUSES bandmates in MUSES. They're not really friends; Lisa is distrustful of them and treats them like hangers-on.
** However, she is genuinely upset at
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: A haphazard use of Cantonese, often saying "Aiya!" and other Chinese expressions.
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Idol Singer]]: Lisa gets roped into a [[Fake Band]] thanks to a rumor.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: In a [[Volleying Insults|fit of anger]], Eikchi bestows upon her the nickname "[[Meaningful Name|Ginko]]". "Gin" means silver in Japanese, and taken from her last name. "-ko" is a common Japanese name suffix for females. Much to Lisa's chagrin, the name pretty much stuck. However, she is able to counter Eikichi by giving him the pejorative moniker "Captain Underwear"/"Undie Boss".
* [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil]]: Averted in ''Innocent Sin'', when she rejects joining the Masked Circle despite peer pressure from her friends. {{spoiler|Little does she know}}...
* [[Power Fist]]: Unfortunately, she only has below average Strength. A handy strength source fixes this, and it's best to obtain one quickly, as Strike elemental attacks are one you'll want to exploit.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Her Japanophile father raised her to be a [[Yamato Nadeshiko|traditional Japanese girl]]. Lisa wants none of it.
** In a laughable subversion of the trope, her shadow busts her on this.
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* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Oh sure, give a girl named Silverman a nickname that's Ginko.
* [[Show Some Leg]]: One of her Contact options.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: The richest party member in ''Innocent Sin'' by far, though nowhere in the same league as Nanjo.
* [[Stephanie Sheh]]: In the 2011 PSP version port.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: Subverted:
* [[Token Minority]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Eikichi. Both have derisive nicknames for each other, they can't be in the same room together without launching into [[Volleying Insults]], and Lisa frequently runs over and decks Eikichi whenever she's upset—regardless of whether he's responsible. However, when Lisa is revealed to have fallen into the unsavory hands of Prince Taurus, Eikichi states that they better go find them—before Lisa [[Hidden Badass|murders him]].
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* [[Agent Peacock]]: It is I, the beautiful magical Michel! Now eat lead.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Subverted. When Sugimoto brands himself the "Chief" and spreads a rumor that he's [[Exact Words|stronger than Captain Death]], [[Curse Escape Clause|Eikichi simply rescinds his own title
* [[Badass]]: Became one on purpose to avoid being seen as a wimp.
** [[Take a Level In Badass]]: Does this both in his backstory and in the game itself.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not call him "[[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|Undie Boss]]".
** Or (PSX) Underpants Leader
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Bruiser with a Soft Center]]: Though outwardly self-centered and cocky, Eikichi takes his role as the school leader very seriously, and actively looks out for the welfare of his friends and classmates. He even breaks into a high-security lab to save ''Sugimoto'', of all people.
* [[Bully Hunter]]: Has never forgotten his torments as a kid, and has made it his mission to strike fear in bullies' hearts.
* [[Clark Kenting]]: According to [[Word of God]], Eikichi's dad would throw a fit if he saw Eikichi's getup. So, Eikichi sneaks out of his house every morning, goes to a public restroom, dyes his hair blue, puts on his makeup and jewelry, and then goes to school. On the way home, he reverses the process(!), and Kankichi Michina is apparently oblivious to his son's transformations.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: His Tarot arcana is Death, after all. Also, his first impression is that of a self-centered [[Jerkass]] when [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|actually...]]
* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: The son of a sushi
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Nobody in his band can play instruments. Eikichi believes they will achieve fame through his vocals alone.
** According to the TV station ''Who's Who'' in ''Persona 3'', Eikichi wound up training to take over the sushi shop, so apparently that plan didn't take off.
** However, ''Who's Who'' also mention that he's a band leader along with being a sushi chef.
* [[Gratuitous English|Gratuitous Engrish]]: "HELLO, BABY", "OHKEI EBURIBODY", "MAI SUITO SUITO HANIIS", "MAI FURENZU", among many others.
** It's surprising that it isn't a [[Memetic Mutation|full-blooded meme]].
* [[Height Equals Badassery]]: Eikichi is the tallest character playable character in ''Persona 2''. Actually, he's the tallest playable character in all the ''Persona'' games.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: He's passionate about justice, beauty and rock n' roll, baby.
* [[I Am the Band]]: His original bandmates don't even merit profile pics
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Behaves like he's on-stage ''all the time''.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Prefers to be referred to by his stage name, [[Gender Blender Name|Michel]]. But you can call him "[[Try to Fit That on A Business Card|beautiful awesome Master Michel]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: [[Hidden Depths|Ohhhhhh yes]].
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]
{{quote|"We ain't in some kinda video game, are we? It ''is'' gonna be the 21st century, right? Come on, "[[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World|high school kids fight with the fate of the world hanging in the balance]]"?" (PSX fan translation)<br />
"This ain't a video game, you know? We're nearly into the 21st century here. Why are high schoolers fighting to save the world?" (PSP translation)
* [[Man in a Kilt]]: A non-fanservice example.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: He looks like a kitchen match.
* [[Narcissist]]: Constantly looking at his hand mirror and praising his own reflection.
* [[Nonuniform Uniform]]: School dress code don't say nuthin' 'bout kilts!
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Compared to the [[Freudian Excuse|rest]] [[Stepford Smiler|of]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|the]] [[Dysfunction Junction|cast]], his issues are pretty normal.
** His "problems" can be summarized as: ''Oh no! I used to be fat!'' '''[[Took a Level in Badass|NOW I'M A BADASS!]]'''
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]
* [[The Rock Star]]
* [[Save the Villain]]: Eikichi breaks into Guido's lab and risks his life to save Sugimoto, all because Eikichi is the school's "Boss", and he feels it's his duty to look out for his classmates, even the ones who want to kill him.
* [[Senseless Violins]]: His weapon? A [[Gatling Good|gatling gun]] concealed within a guitar case.
* [[Sensory Abuse]]: Eikichi's laughably-bad synth song
* [[Spiky Hair]]
* [[Summon Backup Dancers]]: In his Contact option "Death By Song", Eikichi busts out a mic, summoning both Tatsuya ''and'' Jun to play backup.
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{{quote|'''Maya''': Hm...there's something fishy going on…
'''Eikichi''': It's not a lie, babes! [[What an Idiot!|I'm not looking for the principal of Sevens, nor was I stepped on by the Joker!]]<br />
'''Maya''': [[Captain Obvious|You know something about the Joker, don't you?!]]
* [[This Is My Side]]: Another of his Contact options.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Eikichi takes every measure to erase his original persona as a chubby, shy loser.
* [[Troy Baker]]: In the 2011 PSP version port.
** Combined with his Japanese voice being [[Kosuke Toriumi]], it means that Eikichi shares both voices with [[Tales of Vesperia|Yuri Lowell]].
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Lives in mortal fear of his traditionalist father seeing him wearing makeup.
=== Jun Kurosu
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Jun is a loner student at Kasugayama High School. He used to attend Seven Sisters, the school where his father teaches World History. When Jun awakened to his Persona, [[Bullying a Dragon|he used it to injure some kids who were bullying him]], and was soon transferred to Kasugayama High School. Jun's Tarot arcana is Fortune, and his starting Persona is [[Blow You Away|Hermes]]/
His mother
Jun ran away from his mother's house at the age of seventeen and began to manipulate rumours in order to
In ''Eternal Punishment'', Jun's father is alive, and his family life is more tranquil. Jun is lured to the Sky Museum by King Leo, hoping to jog Jun's memories of the Other Side. Jun unwittingly works against Leo by helping Maya's party to rescue the schoolchildren who were having their field trip there.
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: His official profile states that [[Crossdresser|crossdressing]] is one of his talents, to the point where he looks better in a dress than most girls, and his group demon negotiation contract with Lisa involves her jumping him and putting makeup on him... and then getting depressed over how much prettier he is then her.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: He's both sensitive and brainy, and more than a little Machiavellian.
** [[Cultured Badass]]: This guys kicks ass with [[Suck My Rose|flowers]].
** [[Four-Star Badass]]: {{spoiler|As leader of the Masked Circle, which he orders to face down The Last Battalion in ''Innocent Sin''}}.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: For years, {{spoiler|Nyarlathotep has impersonated the dead Akinari Kashihara}}, having assumed all the ideal characteristics Jun wished for in a father.
* [[Best Served Cold]]:
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Bishonen]]: Noted in-universe to be unusually pretty even in comparison to actual women.
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: Jun is quite intelligent, but was shipped off to Kasaguyama High School for delinquents. Why? His Persona maimed everyone who ever dared to bully him.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: He seems to be based on Simone Verdricci, from ''[[Suikoden II]]''
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]: {{spoiler|The Joker}} is like a Persona
* [[Closet Key]]: To Tatsuya, of course. Jun looks and acts as if he's never ''seen'' a closet, much less been in one.
* {{spoiler|[[Dark Messiah]]}}
* [[Defeat Means Playable]]
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]}}
* [[Easily Forgiven]]
*
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Jun is fluent in Hanakotoba, or "flower language".
* [[Forgotten Friend, New Foe]]
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: His mother Junko basically abandoned him after her husband's death and chased after a bunch of younger boyfriends, so Jun became a latchkey kid.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
*
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Better not laugh at someone who can send your ass to the cleaners with a daisy.
* [[More Than Mind Control]]
* [[Nom De Mom]]: Was it even his choice? Or just a parting shot at his father from Junko?
* [[Number One Dime]]: A watch given to him by Tatsuya when they were children. In exchange, Jun traded his Zippo lighter.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Defeating him the first time causes Jun to be {{spoiler|possessed by Nyarlathotep, becoming the Angel Joker}}.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: His bangs cover his right eye. Because his mother wears hers in the exact same way, this doubles as a [[Hereditary Hairstyle]].
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Although he is indeed effeminate in both his appearance and personal hobbies, it is somewhat implied that he is this towards Tatsuya rather than being outright homosexual
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: He joins late and replaces Yukino in the party roster.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Without a doubt the most objectively intelligent of the original Masked Circle. At seventeen, he already has a patent of his own (for an orthopedic shoe, in case you were wondering), and the guidebook notes that he’s excellent at mathematics and physics. He’s also deeply philosophical, and has more sophisticated hobbies (''hanakotoba'', astrology) than his peers.
* [[Something About a Rose]]: Wears a yellow flower in his lapel pocket.
*
* {{spoiler|[[Voice of the Legion]]: Joker in ''Innocent Sin'' fits this. However, this may also be a way to hide his actual gender, as for a somewhat solid portion of the plot, Lisa (and later the other characters for a few minutes) believe that Joker is the little girl they left to die ten years ago. However, that's quickly refuted by Maya, who reveals herself to be one and the same
=== Yukino Mayuzumi ===
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In ''Eternal Punishment'', Yukino is downgraded to a supporting character. She assists in Maya's current assignment by getting in touch with her former teacher Saeko Takami, who now works at Seven Sisters High School. Yukino will rejoin the rest of her former classmates later in the game, fighting off the New World Order soldiers that are trying to take over the city.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Harbors an unspoken crush on her mentor
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Retired Badass]]: Former gang kid, so she was badass in a different way before being a good guy, as pointed out from the first game. Becomes a straighter example of this in ''Eternal Punishment'', in which she becomes a minor character.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Camera Fiend]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Functions more like this than her former role as [[Team Mom]] in the first game, though she is rather [[Deadpan Snarker]] version of this.
* [[Dangerously Close Shave]]: Her weapon of choice (
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', {{spoiler|
* [[Oedipus Complex|Elektra Complex]]: She's got daddy issues, just like everybody else in ''Innocent Sin''.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: {{spoiler|Not exactly "guest star" because she leaves the party only after 2/3 of the game
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Against a Longinus that belittled Fujii.
{{quote|''The hell did you just say? '''YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!!!'''''}}
* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|Pretty Fly For A Kawaii]]
* [[Tomboy]]: She tries to play it down in Fujii's presence.
* [[Tough Love]]: [[Cool Big Sis|Even when she talks to demons, she gives them this treatment]].
* [[You Remind Me of X]]: Yukino sees something of herself in Anna Yoshizaka, a delinquent at the [[Start of Darkness]].
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Katsuya Suou is a Detective of the Kounan Police Department. His current rank is Sergeant of the Homicide Division. His Tarot arcana is Justice, and his starting Persona is [[Playing with Fire|Helios]]. Katsuya is very straight-laced, even in the face of paranormal activity (he often wonders aloud whether the penal code can apply to demons). Katsuya cares a great deal for his brother, and gets depressed very easily if Tatsuya spurns his help. After a confrontation with the JOKER at Seven Sisters High School, Katsuya invites Maya and her friend Ulala to join him in his investigation so he can ensure their safety. It is implied he has romantic feelings toward Maya Amano, but politeness forbids him from acting upon it.
* [[Adorkable]]: He's a cop who wonders if the penal code applies to demons, and ''he will even interrogate them as a contact option
* [[Agent Scully]]: Though he is completely open to the possibly of demons (he's a skeptic, not an idiot), it's a little naive of him to expect to include such outrageous claims in his police reports.
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: In ''Innocent Sin'', Tatsuya's big brother Katsuya appears to be a cold-hearted jerk preoccupied with his job. However, ''Eternal Punishment'' subverts this showing us that from Katsuya's point of view, he's trying his best to be a good brother, and Tatsuya is the one causing the problems.
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Believes very much in the letter of the law, which is why he and Baofu don't get along. He even verges into [[Lawful Stupid]] at times (Dude tries to read ''demons'' their rights!).
* [[The Caretaker]]: Katsuya assumed this role with Tatusya after their father was disgraced.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Due to the different [[Point of View]] between the games. He's a jerk from Tatsuya's perspective, but from Maya's perspective, he's stressed out due to Tatsuya's petulant behaviour.
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: Katsuya is ''very'' popular amongst the female officers, but is totally oblivious to it. He's similar to his brother in that respect.
* [[The Comically Serious]]: He ponders whether the penal code applies to demons.
* [[Cool Loser]]: He may be stiff, one-track minded, and socially inept, but he's still a well-dressed police sergeant who is ''not to be screwed with''.
* [[Cool Shades]]
* [[Determinator]]: This man has sworn to put an end to the JOKER case, and he doesn't let corruption or superpowered beings stand in his way. Several characters in the games, the villains included, lampshade his zeal.
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: Katsuya and Baofu's Contact option.
* [[Fair Cop]]: Comes with being so straight-laced.
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: He looks like a hardassed, somewhat unattractive version of himself in ''Innocent Sin'', though since he's seen from Tatsuya's POV, this is Tatsuya's perception of him. ''Eternal Punishment'' pretties him up slightly by virtue of seeing him via Maya's POV.
* [[Firing One-Handed]]
* [[Hollywood Dateless]]: Word of God says he's hopeless with the opposite sex despite being adored by the women in his precinct (he's [[Clueless Chick Magnet|similar to his brother]] in that regard).
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: He only became a police officer because it was expected of him. His secret dream was to be a [[Real Men Wear Pink|pastry chef]].
** That's "[[Insistent Terminology|patissier]]".
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Katsuya turns in a big softie over cats, [[Real Men Wear Pink|which he finds cute]]. He's even pleased his initial Persona manifests as a cat. Unfortunately, cats also seem to give him allergies.
* [[The Lancer]]: While Maya is the main character, as a police officer, he's probably the most qualified member of the party to be handling the chaos in Sumaru City (not that that's saying much).
* [[Military Salute]]: Is the only one to salute back to {{spoiler|Lieutenant General Zula}} in the PSP remake of ''Eternal Punishment''. [[Kindhearted Cat Lover|Easy to figure out why.]]
* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Remarks on having drunk a lot of coffee.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Basically, he's an asshole in ''Innocent Sin'' because you're seeing him the way Tatsuya sees him.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Rose-tinted sunglasses, bowl haircut
* [[Not So Different]]: A scene in ''Eternal Punishment'', wherein Katsuya and Baofu are forced to run through a really hot tunnel. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|They are both worried about their shades melting
* [[Perp Sweating]]: His Contact option. Made even funnier by the fact he's interrogating demons.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Katsuya isn't quite as nice and understanding in the first game. There are, however, NPCs giving second-hand accounts of Katsuya showing his true colors when you're not around. Once Tatsuya and co. become wanted criminals, you hear that Katsuya is hanging up wanted posters of a person whose face resembles his own, and he looks very sad. But when Katsuya hears the opposing rumor, that Tatsuya and co. are heroes who rescued schoolchildren, you hear that his "face lit up like never before."
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
* [[Resenter]]: He's angry because he threw away his own dreams to raise Tatsuya.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: Wore specs even as a student, so they're not just for show.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: With Baofu. Katsuya would rather toss him in the slammer, while Baofu in turn considers Katsuya to be an irritant and a wimp.
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: His final exchange with Captain Togashi.
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Ulala Serizawa is Maya Amano's longtime friend and roommate. She often pulls the latter to so-called "matchmaker parties" to meet men
Ulala is first introduced in ''Innocent Sin'', when the party visits GOLD Gym when searching for King Leo's message. Credited as "Maya's Roommate", she is advised by Maya to leave the building due to King Leo's looming bomb threat. In ''Eternal Punishment'', Ulala tends to be the cheeriest character in the ''Eternal Punishment'' group next to Maya, but panics easily when a situation takes a turn for the worse. She locks horns with Baofu repeatedly during the course of the game
Ulala became controlled by
Ulala appears on the TV show ''Who's Who'' in ''Persona 3'', along with more ''Persona 1'' and ''2'' characters. Trish describes her as a woman in her 30's with a beauty spot under her eye, and also mentions that she can dance the flamenco (which is one of her special contacts in ''Eternal Punishment''). Trish wonders what she'd look like with a rose in her mouth, this is a reference to her demon contact combo
* [[Arachnid Appearance and Attire]]
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: Her heart was broken by a con artist. Her response: [[Take a Level In Badass]] so she could shove his teeth down his throat.
** [[Take a Level In Badass]]: Borderline [[Dirty Coward]] in the beginning of the game, but attains a lot of spine along with some [[Character Development]] after Maya frees her from the {{spoiler|JOKER curse
* [[Beauty Mark]]: Possesses one under her right eye.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Well, girl. Her primary contribution to the party is to punch things to death.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* [[Christmas Cake]]: Ulala lets slip the fact that she's 24
* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]
* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: An 8x10 of Youichi Makimura is taped to her punching bag.
* [[Face Monster Turn]]: Revealed later in the game to be the one who {{spoiler|dialed JOKER to kill Maya}}, setting the events of ''Eternal Punishment'' into motion. This comes back to bite her when the Chiruzu Ishagami broadcasts a rumor that JOKER {{spoiler|infects anyone who performed the curse}}.
* [[Fortune Teller]]: She's obsessed with horoscopes, and even uses them in her Contact option.
* [[The Ladette]]: Though she's still a much better housekeeper and cook than Maya.
* [[Magic Dance]]: Her unlockable Contact option is the Flamenco, with [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Katsuya on acoustic guitar]].
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Red with white streaks.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: In the English localization, her pet name for Baofu is "Bao".
** Once Tatsuya joins up, Ulala starts referring to him and his brother as "Big Suou" and "Little Suou".
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Aside from wiretapping, Baofu also runs a bulletin board website called "The Darkside Of Sumaru City", where he sorts through various urban legends to find information that might be relevant to him. He joins Maya's party following a rendezvous arranged online, and performs a test on the effectiveness of the Kotodama, the curse where rumors can come true when spread around town. Because of his shady personality and propositions, the party finds it hard to trust him, especially Katsuya Suou.
Following a shootout in the Abandoned Factory in Kounan during which Baofu is able to defeat Yung Pao, it is revealed through Katsuya's background research that
In ''Eternal Punishment'', Kei can develop a hidden Contact option with Baofu called "Song Of A Baseball Fan" where the pair quarrel over which baseball team is the greatest. This parallels the [[Broken Base|typical debates]] in real-life Japanese baseball fandom.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Even before
* [[Anti-Hero]]: He's a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III]] at heart, but acts like a Type V.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: He's not exactly ''inconspicuously'' dressed.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: {{spoiler|His lover was murdered by the Taiwanese Mafia, and he wants revenge
* [[Best Served Cold]]: Formerly a {{spoiler|special prosecutor}}, he was forced to [[Faking the Dead|fake his death]] after the Taiwanese mafia attempted to kill him. He has spent his days hunting the man who ordered the hit, Tatsuzou Sudou.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]:
** [[Genius Bruiser]]: Proof, you ask? According to Word of God, Baofu became a {{spoiler|prosecutor}} because someone he knew mentioned that the examination tests were really hard. He took the exam, and passed with flying colors—on ''his first try''.
* [[Creepy Good]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[The Snark Knight|Dear lord...]]
* [[Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique]]: His Contact option when paired with Katsuya. The screen cuts to black, and a sharp crack is heard, implying that Bafou is smacking the ever-loving crap out of the demon.
* [[Hacker Cave]]: His "Lair" in Narumi, which effectively becomes the [[Player Headquarters]] for a while.
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Knowledge Broker]]: His rumor-collecting website.
* [[Lovable Rogue]]
* [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself]]
* [[Mangst]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Baofu means "revenge" in Mandarin Chinese.
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: {{spoiler|He only used that name after his lover was killed
* [[Mr. Smith]]: The game's creators joke that, if he was to ever recreate a roster in Japan in order to [[Ship Tease|marry Ulala]], he could probably pick the surname "Tanaka
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Though Baofu's Persona saved him from from the mafia attack, {{spoiler|his lover was fatally wounded}}. This explains why, on a certain level, he hates his Persona.
* [[Names to Know in Anime]]: Even during the less mature age of voice acting, Baofu is blessed with the voice of both [[Joji Nakata]] ''and'' [[Richard Epcar]].
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* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: In a flashback depicting Tatsuya and Jun as kids, Baofu stumbles out of a bar and proceeds to put the fear of God into them.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: [[Signature Move|"Wiseman Snap"]], anybody?
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: His [[Idle Animation]].
* [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[Sour Supporter]]: The most cynical member of the group, and an outright [[Foil]] to Katsuya.
* [[Street Smart]]
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]
* [[Symbol Swearing]]
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Subverted after settling his old vendetta with Yung Pao (and his subsequent 'outing' by Katsuya). By the end of the game, Baofu's taken to calling himself by his real name again.
* [[The Unfettered]]
* [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]: Maya needs to post on his website before he'll meet in person.
* [[What Exactly Is His Job?]]: He doesn't just sweep for bugs. He plants them.
=== Nate/Kei Nanjou ===
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Kei is a former playable characters from ''Revelations: Persona''. In ''Innocent Sin'', he is a supporting character who appears at the Abandoned Factory in Kounan, drawn to rumors that a person resembling Kandori is in Sumaru City (
In ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment'', he is a playable character. Sneak mentions that there are two people (a man and a woman) investigating the New World Order. If Maya spreads the rumor that the person with information on the NWO is a man, you will get Kei to join. He now uses katanas like Tatsuya, and when using his demon contacts, Kei still mentions his beloved butler Yamaoka, and how he intends to honor the promise he made years ago to become "the #1 man in Japan
Kei will take the group to a Science Lab run by Tatsuzou Sudou and funded by the Nanjou Group, where youths who allegedly performed the Joker Curse are kidnapped and drained of Kegare. The party will run into Kei's old classmates Reiji Kido and Maki Sonomura around the sewer entrance, assisting in their covert infiltration by working the floodgates. Kei will rejoin the rest of his former classmates later in the game (with Tatsuya taking his place in Maya's party), fighting off the New World Order soldiers that are trying to take over the city.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Biker]]: Get a good look at that pic, because he never takes off the helmet in-game.
** [[Cultured Badass]]
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* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: Bruce Wayne has nothing on this kid.
* [[Optional Party Member]]: In ''Eternal Punishment''. If the player spreads the rumor that the person with information on the NWO is a man, you will get Nanjo to join.
* [[Ransacked Room]]: Kei's penthouse is raided while he is away, with his guards' dead bodies littered about.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Eriko mentions that she read his dissertation on economics, considering it brilliant.
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]
* [[To Be a Master]]: He continues his quest to become the "number 1 man in Japan".
=== Ellen/Eriko Kirishima ===
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In ''Eternal Punishment'', Eriko is a playable character. Sneak mentions that there are two people (a man and a woman) investigating the New World Order. If Maya spreads the rumor that the person with information on the NWO is a woman, you will get Eriko to join. She still uses fencing swords, and will immediately establish rapport with Ulala Serizawa, who shares her love of fortune telling and ghost stories.
Eriko will take the group to the Sumaru TV station to investigate if Chizuru Ishigami (also known as "Wang Long Chizuru") is really involved in the New World Order. Their suspicions were confirmed as Chizuru's shikigami (who was disguised as a cat) traps them with a spell called "Kimon Tonkou" taking them to a reverse dimension. With her knowledge of the occult, Eriko concludes that they would have to find and enter the "Ba Gua" gates located on each the studio entrances in order to escape. Eriko enlists the help of TV host and former classmate Hidehiko Uesugi to find the right order of the Ba Gua gates by scouting them out back in the real world. Inside the reverse dimension, however, a stalker of Eriko lies in wait, taking the rare chance to get close to his idol.
Eriko will rejoin the rest of her former classmates later in the game (with Tatsuya taking her place in Maya's party), fighting off the New World Order soldiers that are trying to take over the city.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Attacking... Winning a battle... [[Up to Eleven|ESCAPING a battle]].
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: Her otaku level knowledge of the occult makes her a rather effective party member.
** [[Cultured Badass]]: Like Kei/Nate, she is rather well off financially and a well groomed and refined model.
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* [[Fortune Teller]]: She and Ulala share a Contact option.
* [[Freak-Out]]: Endures a string of these in a row while inside the TV studio.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: She's a smart girl, but has moments that make her seem rather...questionable...
* [[Lady of War]]: Poises herself with utmost grace and dignity with her Persona and rapier in tow.
* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]: One of the nicest character from the previous game.
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: She's a thrill seeker. When she and the others are [[Time Stands Still|frozen in time]], her immediate reaction is that of wonderment at a new experience.
* [[Non-Idle Rich]]
* [[Occult Detective]]: Eriko moonlights as this.
* [[Ojou]]: Mainly in ''Persona 1''. She generally loses this come ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[Optional Party Member]]: In ''Eternal Punishment''. If the player spreads the rumor that the person with information on the NWO is a woman, you will get Eriko to join.
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: Always seen with a smile on her face.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Her signature weapon.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]
== Major [[
=== Philemon ===
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A man with a butterfly mask who bestows Personas to people. He lives in a realm of the Collective Unconscious. Philemon operates as an ally to the party
* [[Anime Hair]]: His gravity-defying ponytail.
* [[Bishonen]]: In the second game, though he doesn't look that bad in the first game either.
*
* [[Calling Card]]: A gold butterfly.
* [[Cool Mask]]: He often appears as a man wearing a white mask that incorporates some sort of butterfly motif.
* [[End of the World Special]]:
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Will explain how to use Persona and most other systems in the games he appears in.
* [[The Faceless]]: Subverted. If the player chooses to
** Well, [[Arc Words|I am thou, thou art I after all.]]
* [[Game Over Man]]: "Are you going to finish... without knowing the truth?" (''Eternal Punishment'')
* [[God and Satan Are Both Jerks]]: The events of ''Persona 2'' all come down to a bet between him and [[God of Evil]] Nyarlathotep over whether [[Humans Are Bastards]] or not.
* [[God's Hands Are Tied]]: He just shows the heroes how to use the power of their own hearts and walks away, unlike [[Big Bad]] Nyarlathotep, who actively tries to destroy humanity.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: He seems to have de-aged from his previous incarnation. Nice leotard, Phil.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Named for Swiss psychologist Carl Jung's self-proclaimed spirit guide.
* [[The Powers That Be]]: He's the [[Big Good]], seeing to it that all the screwed up parts of humanity's collective soul stays out of their reality.
* [[Schrödinger's Butterfly]]: Literally. Just check out the endings.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: More so in ''Persona 1'' and ''Persona 2''; by the time ''Persona 3'' comes about, he doesn't even bother to make a direct appearance, though [[Word of God]] states that the blue butterflies in ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' are supposed to represent him watching over the protagonists. The blue butterfly shown in ''Persona 5'' is assumed to be Philemon as a case can be made that the butterfly isn't necessarily the one speaking and Lavenza's voice is heard telepathically.
* [[Stupid Good]]
* [[The Watcher]]: Albeit a slightly self-serving one.
=== Igor ===
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Igor is the mysterious proprietor of
In ''[[Persona 2]]'', Igor remains mostly unchanged. He is still a servant of Philemon and he handles Persona summoning in much the same way.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Welcome to the Velvet Room."
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Permanently etched on his face.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: He looks suspicious, and he withholds information from you, but he's generally very helpful, almost mentor-like.
* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Powers That Be]]: Whatever Igor is exactly, he's almost certainly one of these.
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=== Todoroki Daisuke ===
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe]]: He carries this with him at all times.
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Although he looks kind of dull and mild-mannered, he works as a Devil Summoner. The explanation for this goes back to ''Devil Summoner'' and ''Soul Hackers''. In those games, there is a devil summoner and detective named Kyouji Kuzunoha (hence the agency moniker) who loses his body and becomes a body-snatcher. He takes the form of Sukeroku in the sequel game
* [[Kavorka Man]]: Ulala seems to think so, at least.
* [[Porn Stache]]
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Maki works part-time at Hiiragi Pyschotherapy in Sumaru City in hopes of becoming a therapist like her employer
She will later receive a flower from the Time Count, and give it to Jun as his [[Infinity+1 Sword|ultimate weapon]]. Maki mentions what she was told by the count about the flower, that it was "the representation of a destiny that must be passed on
In ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment'', Maki's role as a supporting character is somewhat more significant. She feels the resonance of a Persona from Maya Amano, and is able to tell from this that the latter is acquainted with Yukino Mayuzumi, a former classmate of hers. She later appears at the Science Lab scenario in Kei Nanjou's route. Along with Reiji Kido, she will help Maya's party through the sewer entrance, coordinating their movements with the floodgate controls. Maki will rejoin the rest of her former classmates later in the game, fighting off the New World Order soldiers that are trying to take over the city.
* [[Beauty Mark]]: Has one underneath her lips.
* [[Important Haircut]]: Maki cut her hair short since we last saw her.
* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]]: Have a flower, Jun. Though she only gives it to him if you spread a rumor that the Time Count gave it to her.
* [[Toy Time]]: Maki's psychiatry center
* [[Warrior Therapist]]
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In ''Eternal Punishment'',
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: "NYAHAHAHA!"
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* [[The Fool]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Subverted. While he now gains some popularity, he still brags a lot.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: This seems to be his [[Verbal Tic]].
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=== Chris/Reiji Kidou ===
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Like Maki and Brown, Reiji is a returning alumni from the first ''Persona''. He makes an appearance in both ''Persona 2'' games as an NPC. He has long since shed his [[Badass]] image—even going as far as changing his hairstyle to conceal the [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|scar]] on his forehead—and is working a door-to-door knife salesman to support his live-in girlfriend (referred to as his wife, whom he married directly out of high school, in the remake of the first ''Persona'') who is carrying his baby. Unfortunately, his Persona still exudes the same kind of intimidating aura, scaring away potential customers. He reluctantly asks for advice from of fellow St. Hermelin alumnus Kenta "Toro" Yokouchi, whose own Persona has made him very successful.
His new hairstyle, however, made him look strikingly similar to his hated stepbrother, so rumors started circulating about Kandori being sighted in Sumaru City, which piques the interest of Kei Nanjou. Reiji can later be found in the Abandoned Factory, where he beats up on demons to blow some steam. Lisa Silverman will '[[Kubrick Stare|persuade]]' him into giving up his [[Infinity+1 Sword|Legendary American Gloves]].
Later in the game, he will join his former St. Hermelin classmates in the fight against Hitler's Last Battalion unless certain conditions are met earlier in the game. In ''Eternal Punishment'', he will appear in Kei Nanjou's route to the Science Lab. With Maki Sonomura in tow, Reiji will assist in the party's covert infiltration of the lab through the sewers by operating the floodgate controls. He will once again team up with the St. Hermelin alumni later in the game, this time to fend off the New World Order soldiers trying to take over the city.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely|He Cleans Up Nicely]]: He drops the bad boy looks after high school and now wears a business suit. Unfortunately, this doesn't help him in finding any customers.
* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]]: In ''Innocent Sin'', he agrees to fork over his prized gloves in order to be rid of Lisa.
* [[Older and Wiser]]
* [[Retired Outlaw]]: He no longer has the thuggish looks he had in high school.
=== Fujii Shunsuke ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Blood From the Mouth]]}}
* [[Camera Fiend]]
* [[Dude in Distress]]: He becomes trapped on Mount Katatsumuri while photographing the Nazi invasion.
* [[Going for the Big Scoop]]: Nazis invading Japan! It's the story of a lifetime! {{spoiler|Literally
* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]]:
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: He seems at the very least ''aware'' of Yukino's advances toward him, but considers her more a protégé.
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
*
=== Youichi Makimura ===
In ''Innocent Sin'', he was a Masked Circle minion under Queen Aquarius who performed the Joker Charm, wishing to become the sexiest man alive. He was interrupted from fighting Tatsuya's group at the fitness club GOLD when an angry Ulala Serizawa chased him out, threatening to kick his ass for stealing her money and suddenly disappearing. In ''Eternal Punishment'', Makimura is pulled out of another scam attempt and taken along while Maya's party searches for Ulala at GOLD, believing that he was the one targeted by the Joker Curse she performed.
* [[Casanova]]: Or so he seems to think.
* [[Con Man]]
* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]]: That would be Ulala. Poor bastard.
* [[Red Herring]]:
* [[The Unfought]]
==
=== Nyarlathotep ===
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Nyarlathotep (
Nyarlathotep corrupts the memories of Jun Kurosu, leading him to believe that Tatsuya Suou and the rest of the Masked Circle killed their "Big Sis"
In ''Eternal Punishment'', Nyarlathotep takes advantage of Tatsuya Suou's mistake of becoming a paradox in the recreated world. He starts by restoring the memories of King Leo, one of the key figure that led to the Other Side's destruction, as well as bringing his former host
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: The battle versus the Great Father.
* [[As Long as There Is Evil]]: He's the darkness in human hearts. As long as it exists, so will he.
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: As Kashihara, he's decked out in a [[Scarf of Asskicking|scarf]] and pinstriped suit.
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]:
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: Philemon guides those who are "strong of will", while Nyarlathotep "drags the weak to Hell."
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "That's a contradiction
* [[A Chat with Satan]]: He's one step short of Old Nick himself.
* [[Composite Character]]: The Great Father.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: His theme music is a variation on Philemon's [[Leitmotif]].
* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: Albeit not a very good one. Akinari Kashihara was a meek man in a pullover vest with a permanent case of bed-head. His doppelganger has the same face, but dresses like a GQ model and wears a perpetual smirk. This was done intentionally: Jun felt ashamed of Akinari, so he wished for a father who wouldn't embarrass him. Nyarlathotep granted his wish in usual [[Jackass Genie]] fashion, impressing his friends by showing up unannounced at their playhouse. He also keeps a Masataka Amano skin-suit around to belittle and spite Maya.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Most of the Masked Circle's members were duped by this.
* [[The Dreaded]]: He tends to have this effect. Even Baofu's blood turns to ice.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: All of his forms qualify, but the shape he takes as Jun's Persona is [http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/File:JokerNyarla.jpg singularly disturbing].
** [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Katsuya remarks that Nyarlathotep's arrogance is close to human in nature.
* [[Evil Albino]]: The "Time Count
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Philemon.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]
* [[Final Boss Preview]]: The "Fuhrer" summons the Moon Howler as his Persona. You aren't going to see it again until the sequel.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: Often appears as friends or family members of the humans he's trying to manipulate at the moment.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Neither he nor Philemon have any real stake in this wager. Nyarlathotep wants to destroy the planet... for kicks, apparently.
* [[Guardian Entity]]: To Joker and Kandori, manifesting as a Persona for each.
* [[The Heartless]]: He is described as the anthropomorphic personification of the negative emotions of humanity as a whole
* [[Hidden Villain]]: He prefers to operate in the shadows for most of the ''Persona 2'' duology.
* [[High-Class Glass]]
* [[Humanity on Trial]]: He's perfectly happy to tip the scales
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Abducts {{spoiler|Lisa, Eikichi
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: "Let me see your terrified faces."
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|Long]]/[[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: As the Time Count.
* [[Man Behind the Man]]: The engine behind the Masked Circle, the Last Battalion and (in the alternate timeline) the New World Order.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: His favorite tactic is to manipulate his enemies into doing exactly what he wants them to do, with a 95% success rate.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: The Time Count.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: An obvious one. Named for a [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] monster who delights in [[Go Mad from the Revelation|causing insanity]] in mortals, unlike his fellow Outer Gods who are more overtly violent. In ''Eternal Punishment'', one of his boss forms is a clear homage to "the Howler", perhaps his most recognizable literary depiction.
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: The Moon Howler.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: As you'd expect from someone nicknamed "God of 1000 Faces", his [[Final Boss]] forms are particularly trippy.
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: He always waits until the last moment to reveal himself.
* [[The Powers That Be]]
* [[Reality Warper]]: Can turn rumors into reality with little effort.
* [[Retcon]]: Turns out that he was the one influencing Kandori in the original ''Persona''. This is ''kind of'' alluded to in the previous game, as Kandori's Persona ("Massacre" in the old [[PS 1]] English version, Nyarlarthotep everywhere else) looks completely different if the player tries to summon it, hinting that there was more to it than it seemed.. Nyarlathotep is still attached to Kandori in ''Eternal Punishment'', functioning as his Persona during his boss fight.
* [[Shapeshifter Default Form]]: Akinari Kashihara in ''Innocent Sin'', and [[Evil Twin|Tatsuya Suou]] in ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: "Why did you come here? Heh... to [[Patrick Stewart Speech|spout gibberish]]??"
* [[Slasher Smile]]: The moments when his beastly nature is most apparent.
* [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler]]: Subverted as he only took his form for a short time.
* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: The Time Count is another of Nyarlathotep's guises, as revealed in [[All There in the Manual|Persona World Guidance]]; he's just keeping an eye on the party, and wants to force them to come into his store... and chat about their plans. Duplicating cards is a bit much
** The cockiness doesn't end there:
* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]]
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Holy crap, it took a while. {{spoiler|When his final form's life bar starts to dwindle, he he becomes a little less coherent, screaming "I won't accept it!" when Contacted and prefacing every attack with [[Not So Invincible After All|"Invincible! INVINCIBLE!]]"}}.
* [[The Virus]]: Embodied by the "shadow people" and (later) the civilians possessed by JOKER.
* [[The Watchmaker]]: Masquerades as an antique clock salesman in Rengedai.
=== Tatsuya Sudou
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Real name Tatsuya Sudou, (not to be confused with Tatsuya Suou) Leo is one of the "Masked Four", executives of the Masked Circle, and [[The Dragon]] to Joker. Easily the most psychotic of the Joker's crew, Sudou has a marked predilection for explosives and is a pyromaniac. In ''Eternal Punishment'', Leo's father is revealed to be Japan's Foreign Minister and Baofu's archenemy
* [[Abusive Parents]]: He was abused by his father.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: No splitting hairs, here.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
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* [[Bus Full of Innocents]]: Those schoolchildren picked a [[Time Bomb|bad day for a tour]]....
* [[Cardboard Prison]]: The sanitarium can't contain him, regardless of which universe he's in.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Even in flashbacks, he's still the same giggling, [[Mad Eye|mad-eyed]] arsonist we know and love. {{spoiler|Granted, this was after those rumors}}...
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: In
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Sudou tumbles into same flaming pit in both realities. The second time around, [[Death by Irony|Jun pitches him in]].
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To the other Tatsuya; in ''Innocent Sin'', his Persona is even a Reverse version of Suou's.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: If you actually look into his backstory, you'd realize that he was originally just a nervous, twitchy kid in high school. He turned crazy because of all the rumors his classmates made about him because he was a little "different". Try to hate him now, you bastards.
** In ''Eternal Punishment'' though, it seems he's just... genuinely crazy. Or at the very least, he ended up with a far more dangerous type of it.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: His previous run-in with Tatsuya Suou cost him an eye.
* [[Hearing Voices]]: "[[Madness Mantra|VOICESVOICESVOICESVOICESVOICESVOICESVOICES]]! You can't ''run'' from the voices!"
* [[I Like Swords]]: He uses swords in battle just like his counterpart.
* [[Institutional Apparel]]: When he breaks loose from the sanitarium, the first thing Sudou grabs is a trench coat (he leaves the hospital smock on underneath).
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Sudou always ends up losing an eye, regardless of which timeline he's in. He's pretty pissed about it.
* [[Last Villain Stand]]: The zeppelin battle.
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: JOKER, in a hurry to make Maya remember the Other Side, tosses her a pair of handguns to defend herself.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: More prevalent in ''Innocent Sin'' due to his pyromania and role in the Oracle of Maia. He combs four buildings to give rise to the Zodiac Temples.
* [[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]: Either Sudou knows what's coming, or it's a lucky guess. Anyway, bravado or not, once he's dead, the
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: "My face! AGAIN!!"
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Natch.
* [[Please Keep Your Hat On]]: A quarter of his face is burned off.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Type B.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: He is ''really'' devoted to Joker, to the point that shippers suspected some kind of tryst there (there isn't).
** Sudou's history following the burning of the Alaya Shrine is sketchy, but he couldn't have gotten out of the asylum without Joker's help. Jun also reminds him of Mr. Kashihara, the only person to think that Sudou wasn't crazy.
* [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter]]: As JOKER, he's a giggling loon of a [[Serial Killer]].
* [[Pyromaniac]]: He's a former arsonist who's very quick to burn things or blow them up.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Sudou [[Stuff Blowing Up|blows up]] the police station ''and'' the fire station, so nobody can act in response to his bombings.
* [[Right-Hand Attack Dog]]: His [[Hell Hound]].
* [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]]: See
* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: Tatsuya Sudou's old cell in the sanitarium. Judging by the wall graffiti, it looks like Nyarlathotep has been visiting him...
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Disfigured from an encounter with Tatsuya Suou many years ago, during which young Tatsuya manifested his Persona (Vulcanus) and blinded him in one eye.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Tatsuya's father was in charge of investigating a serial arsonist, and came close to fingering Tatsuya Sudou as the culprit. Sudou's father is a prominent politician, so he arranged for Mr. Suou to be framed and [[Turn in Your Badge|forced to resign]] from the police force in disgrace.
* [[Serial Killer]]: As JOKER, he kills people on contract based on the delusions Nyarlathotep gave him.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: After Maya flies the blimp off the museum, it's revealed in a cutscene that part of it was damaged by King Leo.
* [[Talkative Loon]]: As JOKER, his [[Sanity Slippage]] is apparent through his random, off-kilter ravings.
* [[Turn Out Like His Father]]: Both are one fry short of a happy meal, that's for certain.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Sudou began hearing voices at a young age, and it likely exacerbated his psychopathy.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Torching the Alaya Shrine was actually just because the voices told him. Normally, that'd be okay
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: After losing to Eikichi, Yasuo is sternly reprimanded by King Leo... who [[Disproportionate Retribution|sets him on fire]].
* [[You Remind Me of X]]: He obviously sees a lot of {{spoiler|Akinari Kashihara in Jun}}, and rewards Joker's kindness with dog-like devotion.
=== Anna Yoshizaka
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Anna Yoshizaka was once a track athlete at Seven Sisters High School. However, she was involved in a hit-and-run accident, which dashed her dreams of becoming a star athlete. She began skipping school, seeing no point in attending when she had nothing more to work towards. Somewhere around this time, she fell under the thrall of the Joker and became Lady Scorpio, one of the Masked Four. Like Prince Taurus, her role is targeting other young people at Kasugayama High School and the Zodiac Club. It isn't necessary to fight Lady Scorpio; she doesn't confront the party until Caracol, when the player's choices determine
In ''Eternal Punishment'', Anna is falsely accused of performing the "JOKER curse" on the driver who hit her. When Principal Hanya is murdered in his office, Anna is the obvious suspect, as Maya overheard her mutter that she would kill Hanya after he denounced her in front of the entire school.
Later in the game,
* [[The Baroness]]: The Rosa Klebb type despite her youth. She's cold, cruel and manipulative.
*
* [[Broken Bird]]: Her track injury broker her faith in the world.
* [[The Brute]]: She used to be a star athlete; this is no half-pint you're dealing with.
* [[Clear My Name]]: At the beginning of ''Eternal Punishment''. The driver who injured her has been murdered, followed by the principal. Even for those who haven't played ''Innocent Sin'', the evidence is definitely stacked against her.
* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Her character portrait shows dead, blank eyes.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: To the point of having her own [[
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: She was once an up and coming track star before her injury.
* [[Making a Splash]]: Uses water-based attacks.
* [[Mona Marshall]]: Her English VA.
* [[Not Me This Time]]: Played with in ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[Red Herring]]: See
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: Implied with her [[
** Anna/Yukino might also count, if you're a dedicated shipper.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: When she was involved in an accident and began cutting school, her dreams ruined.
* [[True-Blue Femininity]]
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: In the past, Tatsuya and Anna were often found loitering and cutting school together.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Fights with a whip.
=== Ginji Sazaki
Ginji Sasaki is an ex-musician who used to perform for a one hit wonder band. Since then, he's irked out a living as a record producer, trying to recapture his former glory. Ginji has a reputation for making sexual advances toward his female artists, particularly adolescent girls. In desperation, Ginji performed the Joker Charm, hoping to be successful again. Joker granted his wish, and Ginji was made one of the Masked Four, placed in charge of stealing Ideal Energy from young people. He begins promoting a secretive [[Fake Band|teen idol]] band known as "MUSES", and spreads a rumor that Lisa and her classmates are members. Late in the game, Prince Taurus follows the rest of the Masked Circle into Xibalba and is incinerated by a booby trap. His death is not shown on-screen, as Tatsuya's party discover his charred remains some time later.
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* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Ginji's based on Tetsuya Komuro, a Japanese music producer known for his taste in nubile pop stars. One of the artists managed by Komuro is hitomi, who sang the original ending theme for ''Innocent Sin''. Ooh, faced!
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: After being reduced to an
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: He isn't old, but he's ''definitely'' a dirty bastard.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]: Maya letting loose on his Kegare chamber. With both barrels.
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* [[One-Hit Wonder]]
=== Junko Kurosu
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The fourth and last member of the Masked Four, Queen Aquarius is secretly Junko Kurosu, a celebrity actress and Jun's mother. Once a popular girl at Seven Sisters High School, Junko set her eyes on her history teacher and husband-to-be
In ''Eternal Punishment'', Jun's father is still alive, and Junko's marriage seems stable. During a celebrity interview at the TV Studio, Chiruzu Ishagami infects Junko with the JOKER curse. It is implied that she was brought to the Velvet Room and cured, but she isn't seen for the rest of the game.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: In ''Eternal Punishment''.
* [[Dark Chick]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Immortality Immorality]]: Junko's raison d'être.
*
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: She is supposedly modeled after the adult film star Senri Yamazaki.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: The Kurosu [[Peek-a-Bangs|bangs]].
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|Pushes Joker out of a spear's path and is fatally impaled}}. This mere moments after learning that the Joker is her son Jun.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Teacher-Student Romance]]: What she sees in Kashihara is anybody's guess. He was an admired teacher at Sevens, so Junko likely considered him a trophy boyfriend. The ''real'' question is what Kashihara saw in ''her''.
* [[The Unfought]]: The only Masked Four member you can never fight.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Junko is only 37, though her ''Eternal Punishment'' incarnation looks middle aged.
=== Maya Okamura ===
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Lisa Silverman's homeroom teacher, nicknamed "Ideal-sensei" by her students due to her [[Cloudcuckoolander|eccentricities]]. She used to work alongside Jun's father
Okamura stations herself at the Kuzunoha Detective Agency, where she assists in shedding light on Mr. Kashihara's research on the Last Battalion. As the portents of the book start becoming true, Okamura loses her mind and decides to expedite the catastrophe. The final portent is the death of a woman named "Maya". Okamura is initially willing to sacrifice herself, but is instead approached by Nyarlathotep. At the conclusion of the game,
Okamura appears during the main story in ''Eternal Punishment'' only once: she is standing in the school courtyard during the game's introduction. If Maya speaks with her, she will sense that they have met before.
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* [[Have We Met Yet?]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', the player has the option of speaking with Okamura (while controlling Maya) in Seven Sister High School's courtyard. Both mention that the other looks familiar...
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Par excellence.
* [[Mr. Exposition|
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Irregardless of cosmic meddling, everything Kashihara put to paper has come to pass.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: A maiden with the name "Maya" is prophesied as a harbinger of the Apocalypse. In the depths of her insanity, Okamura is prepared to die to fulfill that role.
* [[Sinister Shades]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: When she really goes off the deep end.
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* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: So ''who'' killed Kashihara, again? Okamura says the Last Battalion did it, [[Unreliable Narrator|but]][[If I Can't Have You|...]]
* [[Woman in Black]]
* [[
=== Principal Harding/Hanya ===
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The principal of the Seven Sisters High School, and previously the vice principal of St. Hermelin in the first game. Tatsuya Suou's party battles Principal Hanya on top of the clock tower after destroying the smaller clocks in the school classrooms in ''Innocent Sin''. He dies afterwards, but when you meet a student who asks how he's doing, you can either tell the truth, or spread the rumor that he's alive. If you choose the latter, Principal Hanya will reemerge later in the game and repel the invasion of Hitler's Last Battalion on his own. Otherwise, the St. Hermelin alumni will do the job.
In ''Eternal Punishment'', he is still a hated principal, and is immediately killed when Noriko Katayama performs the Joker Curse on him for insulting Anna Yoshizaka, who can no longer represent Sevens in the regional track meet because of a permanent injury caused by a hit-and-run accident.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: He was a massive [[Jerkass]], so no one really mourns his death.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: If you spread a rumor that he survived the battle on the clock tower, he comes back to life and helps you repel the Nazi invasion.
* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Upon being defeated, he leaps off of the clock tower to certain death. Sort of.
* [[Dean Bitterman]]: With the curse in effect, he can say or do anything, and the students will still think he's peachy-keen. He abuses this to the hilt.
* [[Destination Defenestration]]: After you defeat him, he jumps through the stained-glass face of the Sevens Clock.
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]
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* [[No One Could Have Survived That]]
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Coming back to life has the added effect of turning Hanya [[Crazy Awesome]]. He keeps warping between classrooms, standing over a pile of unconscious Nazis each time.
* [[Our Founder]]: His statue in the school courtyard starts moving on its own accord
* [[Sadist Teacher
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Permanently etched onto his face.
* [[Starter Villain]]
* [[Start to Corpse]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', he's the JOKER's only onscreen victim. The school transforms into a dungeon upon discovering of his corpse, whereupon the real game starts.
* [[This Is a Drill]]: His Persona comes equipped with two of them.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Thanks to a well-placed rumor, nearly every student thinks he's the greatest thing since ice cream.
* [[Warmup Boss]]: The first true boss you fight in the game.
=== Yasuo Inoe ===
A student who hangs out on the rooftop of Kasugayama High School, discontented with the current system and wishes to become Student Body President to implement his desired changes. In ''Innocent Sin'', Yasuo uses the Joker Charm to make his ambition a reality. He was responsible for spreading the rumor that the Seven Sisters High School Emblem was cursed, and collaborated with Lady Scorpio to collect Ideal Energy at Kasugayama High's dance party. He is fought as a boss, and dies at the hands of King Leo upon failing. In ''Eternal Punishment'', Yasuo is still alive, and is back to being a discontented Student Body Presidential wannabe.
* [[All Elections Are Serious Business]]: His incentive for joining The Masked Circle.
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=== Ixquic ===
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A 13 year-old [[cosplay]]er with a very lively imagination, believing that she's a "reincarnated warrior maiden"
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I, Ixquic, shall [[Sophisticated As Hell|whoop your asses!!]]"
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: A platinum-haired variant.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Her real name is Akari Hoshi. But try telling her that.
* [[Emo Teen]]: Doesn't care whether she lives or dies
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In ''Innocent Sin'', she does redeem herself after being rescued from the museum, and she aspires to become a manga artist.
* [[Heroic Wannabe]]
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=== Tatsuzou Sudou ===
Father of Tatsuya Sudou
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Body Horror]]: Nyarlathotep's energy mutates him into a demon before you fight him.
* [[Cool Ship]]: Has his own cruise ship, the ''Nichirin-maru''.
* [[Dark Messiah]]: He wants to create an ideal world without original sin and believes in his cause. In Tatsuya's Scenario, his followers are shown to see him as a great man.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: He's old, but also a major antagonist.
* [[The Ghost]]: Referenced—but never seen—in the first game.
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: He starts of as [[The Stoic]], but his final moments show that his son inherited his bombastic attitude from him.
* [[I Have No Son]]: Imprisoned his psychopathic son inside a sanitarium. And if Tatsuzou had had his way, junior would've ''stayed'' there.
* [[The Illuminati]]: The highest echelons of government are part of his organization.
* [[Man in White]]: Wears a deathly white suit to signify how evil he is.
* [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: Tatsuzou has a ''low'' view of the human race seeing it as necessary to drown a majority of humanity in their own sins to give them the punishment he thinks they deserve.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: He's evaded every criminal investigation come his way, and seems to have the Taiwanese mafia on speed dial.
* [[Sleazy Politician]]: The Foreign Minister of Japan, he's also fairly corrupt.
* [[Sword Cane]]: He's just a docile old man with a limp.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Of Nyarlathotep.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Sees the world as filthy, false, and hopelessly corrupt, so he wants to destroy the world and use the Ameno-Torifune to create an ideal race of humans without Original Sin from the remains of humanity.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]
=== Kiyotada Sumaru ===
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The former antagonist of the original ''Persona'', who has been resurrected due to rumors. He unquestioningly serves the New World Order, but seems to be following his own agenda. During the events of ''Eternal Punishment'', Takahisa Kandori, (now called Guido Kandori in the NA version) is brought back to life through the power of Kototama performed by the
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Fresh from death and a trip to [[Hell]], he knows [[Being Evil Sucks|evil isn't what it's cracked up to be]].
* [[
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]
** [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Lost his weakness to guns from the first game and picked up resistances to pretty much everything.
* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Not only do his shades compliment his suit and enhance his evil look, they hide the fact he literally has nothing behind his eyes.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Gets annoyed with Nanjou doing this prior to the boss fight.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Wears glasses and happens to be a villain.
* {{spoiler|[[Going Down with the Ship]]}}: After assisting Nanjo and his friends, Kandori opts to {{spoiler|remain in the collapsing ruins with Chizuru at his side}}.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: He's in an ideal position to be this, and Chizuru outright wants him to be one. However, [[Subverted Trope|he really doesn't care]] because {{spoiler|he knows his time on Earth is limited and his only real interests are settling things with Nanjo and the Paradox that brought about the events of the game}}.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Despite his [[Alas, Poor Villain]] moment in the previous game, he's gone back to his old ways. When confronted on this by Kei, Kandori replies he's [[Because I'm Good At It|too old to change now]].
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Thanks be to the English translation of the first game. In the Japanese version, he only uses the alias of "Guy Shidou" (Tatsuzou's secretary), but thanks to the localization changes, he has his name from the first Persona (retconned as an alias) as well.
* [[Love Redeems]]: If he's not in love with Chiruzu, he at least cares for her deeply, as evidenced by his final scene.
* [[Mark of the Beast]]: From what little we see of his skin, it's covered in a dark spiderweb pattern.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: With Chizuru.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Nanjo. Kandori's actually grown quite fond of him in the interim between games.
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=== Chizuru Ishigami ===
Chizuru is a famous fortune teller who uses her show to spread rumors for the
Afterwards, she joins with the revived Takahisa Kandori and leaves with him for the Undersea Ruins, although she questions why someone like him would be happy serving as simply a pawn for Tatsuzou Sudou. Eventually, she and Kandori are confronted by Maya Amano, and her party along with Tatsuya Suou.
* [[Dark Mistress]]: To Kandori.
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* [[Frozen in Time]]: The trap placed by Chiruzu on the entire Sumaru TV studio.
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Means by which she employs [[Reverse Psychology]] on the entire city population.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Specializes in using knives.
* [[Love Martyr]]: To Kandori.
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: With Kandori.
* [[Woman in Black]]
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=== General Sugawara ===
A top-ranking member of the
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: By virtue of simply being self-interested, he's not [[General Ripper]] material. His men have no compunction about mowing down innocents
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]
* [[Exact Words]]: Tatsuzou promises the terminally-ill General Sugawara that if their plan goes forward, he will be made immortal. He didn't say anything about being an immortal ''person''.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Always has a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
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Head of the Kounan police force, and Katsuya's top superior in the department. He, along with other top officials, is a member of the New World Order. Unlike the others, however, he is unable to hear Gozen's voice—perhaps a sign of his wavering loyalty to them. He once worked alongside Katsuya's father.
* [[The Atoner]]:
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: His attire while serving as an informant. A rather [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], but still...
* [[Da Chief]]
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* [[Mr. Exposition]]: The [[Info Dump]] he provides is equal to Okamura's in the previous game. That is to say, ''not'' small.
* [[Mysterious Informant]]
*
=== Administrator Shimazu ===
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=== Akinari Kashihara ===
The father of Jun Kurosu, and a World History teacher at Seven Sisters High School. His charming personality made him an idol among his students in Seven Sisters, including Junko Kurosu, fomer-"Miss Sevens" and local celebrity, and Maya Okamura, a fellow History teacher who admired him as a genius. Akinari was troubled over the idea that the current world history is actually incorrect. He met with Tatsuya Sudou who have been rambling about voices in his head. Akinari was convinced that Sudou was channeling the voices of Mayans, and with the cooperation of Okamura, they produced the Oracle of Maiya. Intrigued by the revelations from the Oracle, Akinari worked on writing a book of prophecies
He married Junko after the latter's graduation. Together, they had a son
In ''Eternal Punishment'', the timeline has been changed so that Akinari is still alive and married to Junko.
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* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* [[Henpecked Husband]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: Like the ghost of "Maya", his apparition was created from rumors of him haunting the school's clock tower.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: The publication of his book.
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* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: He wears shades despite the already dim light of the room. This may be a handicap similar to what the other denizens of the Velvet Room employ to concentrate on their roles.
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=== Belladonna ===
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* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Her dialog is entirely sung in stanzas.
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=== Nameless/Nanashi ===
A pianist in suite who plays various pieces on a gigantic grand piano. In order to concentrate on performance, he covers his eyes. Nameless also has an obsession with numbering, which is parodied in the ''Persona 2''
* [[Domino Mask]]
* [[Mad Mathematician]]: Has an obsession with numbering.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: This applies to the other Velvet Room tenants, also. He claims that "90,000 and 155 nights have passed" with his eyes covered, coming out to 247 years.<ref>Minus about two months thanks to leap years.</ref>
* [[The Philosopher]]: His remarks have no bearing on the story, they're merely ruminations of life, the universe and whatnot.
* [[The Piano Player]]
=== Kelly/Trish ===
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Trish is a gold-digging refugee from the fairy world who was exiled due to her greed. Formerly an
* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: Not only does she charge obscene prices for (probably) much-needed HP replenishment, but the cost goes '''up''' each time you heal. This is why it's better to spend your money on Beads, or one of the healing shops in the city.
* [[Age-Inappropriate Dress]]: Though her exact age is unknown.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: If you refuse her service, she will tell you to go to hell.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "This world is give and take!"
* [[Cleavage Window]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Her new outfit somewhat resembles a nurse.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: You can spread a rumor to give Trish a [[Heel Realization|crisis of conscience]] and lower her prices. But she'll just drive them right back up again.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Fairy? Baofu thinks she's closer to a demon.
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: But doesn't mean she's nice.
* [[Token
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: She has green hair.
=== Tammy/Tamaki Uchida ===
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* [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit]]
* [[No Accounting for Taste]]: Meta example. Due to many fans of the game considering her boyfriend to be [[The Scrappy]], this trope is in effect for the fanbase. The fact he does not show up at all in ''Eternal Punishment'' is pretty much confirmed to be a blatant [[Fandom Nod]].
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=== Satomi "Tad" Tadashi ===
Another returning NPC from the first ''Persona'', Tad works at the Kuzunoha office with his girlfriend
* [[Author Avatar]]: Why, it's none other than Satomi Tadashi himself,
* [[Idiot Hero]]
* [[Negated Moment of Awesome]]: Fails to do anything memorable to help the party at the Sky Museum other than guiding the children to safety.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Spends more time making a fool of himself in front of his own fiancéee than doing anything helpful.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Dressed in a white suit while at the office.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: He is heir to the giant Satomi Tadashi supermarket chain.
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A returning character from the first ''Persona''. Ms. Saeko returns in ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' as the homeroom teacher of Tatsuya Suou, having transfered to Seven Sisters High School along with Vice-Principal Hanya. She is still admired by both students and former students alike.
Saeko makes it her mission to help Tatsuya Suou find direction in his life. She is well-intentioned, but relentless, even staking out his motorcycle so she can give him a pep talk. The [[Dialogue Tree|dialogue trees]] that ensue later play a minor role in the game's narrative. She assists the party in removing the curse on Seven Sisters High School. Saeko plays a much smaller role in ''Eternal Punishment''. She is interviewed by Maya Amano early in the game regarding the JOKER.
* [[Cool Teacher]]
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=== Miyabi Hanakouji ===
A second-year Seven Sisters High School student and classmate of Lisa. She works on the school newspaper, and is dating Eikichi Mishina, doubling as a groupie of sorts for the band "Gas Chamber". In ''Innocent Sin'', she was nicknamed "Hanaji" (nosebleed)
* [[Comfort Food]]: She ballooned in her teen years, partly due to guilt over what was done to Eikichi.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Sugimoto takes her hostage in a ploy to lure Eikichi out.
* [[Fat Girl]]:
** [[Formerly Fat]]: In ''Eternal Punishment'', she remains trim and is Eikichi's girlfriend.
* [[No Doubt the Years Have Changed Me]]: Eikichi doesn't even recognize Miyabi due to her weight gain. Being the [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]] he is
=== Matsuoka ===
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=== Mizuno ===
Editor-In-Chief of Coolest, Maya Amano's immediate superior. Mizuno seems to despise Maya so much that she goes as far as to discard a meaningful article that the latter wrote about the "Rumored Student", breaks her up with partner Yukino Mayuzumi during the assignment at Sevens in ''Eternal Punishment'', and also rescinds her day off. The in-game bio describes her as "30-something and still not married
* [[Brawn Hilda]]
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* [[Mean Boss]]: Her [[Dialogue Tree]]s are lose-lose situations. If you examine the chart in her office, Maya notes that sales are dropping; that might explain the boss' mood.
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