Persona 2/Characters: Difference between revisions

== The Heroes ==

=== Tatsuya Suou ===

 

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.

Eventually, Tatusya realizes that he and the rest of his team {{spoiler|knew each other as children, forming a masked clique nicknamed "The Masked Circle" (Masquerade in the fan translation of the PSX version)}}. This leads him to suspect {{spoiler|Jun Kurosu}}, the last remaining member of the clique, as the true identity of Joker. Soon afterward, {{spoiler|Jun is revealed as a puppet of Nyarlathotep, the entity which is manifesting rumors as reality}}. At the conclusion of the game, Tatsuya confronts Nyarlathotep in his domain, and in the ensuing struggle, {{spoiler|Maya is killed, fulfilling Nyarlathotep's prophecy and having everything outside of Sumaru City completely destroyed}}.

 

 

* [[Anime Hair]]: The dev team has joked that it's a helmet, and that he slips it off at night.

 

=== Maya Amano ===

 

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]].

 

=== Lisa Silverman ===

 

Lisa "Ginko" Silverman is a popular girl at Seven Sisters High School. Despite her [[But Not Too Foreign|Caucasian lineage]], she was born and raised in Japan and does not know any English, but she has a habit of lacing her native Japanese with some Chinese words, imitating action stars such as [[Bruce Lee]]. Lisa's Tarot arcana is Lovers, while her starting Persona is [[Dishing Out Dirt|Eros]]. She is one of the more popular girls at Seven Sisters High School, and harbors a crush for Tatsuya. However, she and Kasugayama High School leader Eikichi Mishina have a confrontational relationship akin to that of Kei Nanjou and Masao Inaba from the first ''Persona''.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]

* [[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.

* [[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 {{spoiler|them losing their identity to JOKER and becomes a true friend for them in the "other world".}}

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: Subverted: To her exasperation, everyone expects blonde-haired American Lisa Silverman to speak perfect English, but because she was raised in Japan by [[Otaku]] parents wishing for her to be a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], she hardly knows any.

* [[Token Minority]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

 

=== Eikichi Mishina ===

 

Eikichi Mishina is a very flamboyant student of Kasugayama High, the rival school of Seven Sisters High School. His Tarot arcana is Death, and his starting Persona is [[Making a Splash|Rhadamanthus]]. At a young age, Eikichi was overweight and frequently bullied. After a thug pulled down Eikichi's pants in front of his childhood crush Miyabi Hanakouji, he underwent a radical image makeover, losing weight and training to beat up anyone who mocked him. Due of Eikichi's early discovery of his Persona powers, he practically rules the school as its "leader", known by many as (fittingly) Captain Death/Death Boss.

* [[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...]]

* [[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.

 

=== Jun Kurosu /Kashihara ===

 

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]]/ {{spoiler|Nyarlathotep}}. As a child, Jun exchanged mementos with a young Tatsuya Suou, who was his playmate at the Alaya Shrine. Jun gave him an engraved zippo lighter, while Tatsuya presented Jun with his father's silver wristwatch.

 

=== Yukino Mayuzumi ===

 

Yukino is a returning playable character from the first ''Persona''. In ''Innocent Sin'', she is once again playable, working as a freelance photographer under Shunsuke Fujii (who she has had a crush on for a long while), and is close friends with teen magazine journalist Maya Amano. Yukino's Tarot arcana is Empress, while her starting Persona is [[Playing with Fire|Vesta]]. She is later replaced by Jun, though her ultimate fate is dependent on the player's actions.

 

=== Katsuya Suou ===

 

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.

 

=== Ulala Serizawa ===

 

Ulala Serizawa is Maya Amano's longtime friend and roommate. She often pulls the latter to so-called "matchmaker parties" to meet men, despite a pattern of being swindled by past boyfriends. Ulala does boxing as a means for her to get revenge on the man who swindled her without getting the police involved; if she called the police, she couldn't beat him to a pulp, after all! Her Tarot arcana is Star, with [[Dishing Out Dirt|Callisto]] as her starter Persona. Ulala makes her living by selling lingerie, but is outwardly obsessed with fortune telling, and looks up to the famous TV seer Wang Long Chizuru. One of her contacts involves her telling fortunes to encountered demons, and she also subscribes to a cellphone-based Wang Long fortune service. Ulala is also fond of ghost stories, and will be able to tell some when accompanied by the right party members.

 

=== Baofu Tanaka ===

 

Baofu is a so-called "Tap Buster", an extortionist who uses wiretapping to further his vendetta against the people who have done him wrong, particularly [[Arch Enemy|Tatsuzou Sudou]] and the Tien Tao Len, a Taiwanese Mafia group. He claims he's from Taiwan, but is perfectly fluent in Japanese. Baofu's Tarot arcana is Hanged Man, with [[Blow You Away|Odysseus]] as his initial Persona.

* [[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]]

* [[Creepy Good]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: [[The Snark Knight|Dear lord...]]

* [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]: Maya needs to post on his website before he'll meet in person.

* [[The Unfettered]]

 

=== Nate/Kei Nanjou ===

 

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 (The person in question turns out to be Reiji Kido, who isn't too happy about being mistaken as his hated half-brother). When you talk to him, Kei will give Tatsuya Suou his [[Infinity+1 Sword|ultimate weapon]]. During the invasion of Hitler's Last Battalion, he joins his former classmates to fight against the Nazis unless certain conditions are met earlier in the game.

 

=== Ellen/Eriko Kirishima ===

 

Eriko is a former playable character from ''Revelations: Persona''. In ''Innocent Sin'', she is a supporting character, and has succeeded in getting into the modeling business. After Tatsuya Suou uncovers the "Oracle of Maiya", Yukino decides to look for Eriko's aid to [[Riddle Me This|unpuzzle the metaphor]] behind the poem. Unless certain conditions are met, she will fight alongside her former classmates from St. Hermelin once more to repel the invasion of Sumaru City by Hitler's Last Battalion, assisting Tatsuya's party so they can go to Xibalba.

== Major [[NPCs]] ==

=== Philemon ===

 

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, despite the fact that he can only watch events unfold as a neutral observer. As such, he cannot directly interfere with anything that is going on. Philemon is conducting an experiment with his rival, Nyarlathotep, over humanity's destiny. Philemon believes they can become enlightened, higher beings.

 

=== Igor ===

 

Igor is the mysterious proprietor of The Velvet Room. He is a [[Artificial Human|marionette given life by Philemon]]. His noticeable appearance comes from his [[Youkai|Tengu]]/Pinocchio-like long nose. In [[Persona|Megami Ibunroku Persona]], Igor has calls himself "a servant of Philemon". He is always found in The Velvet Room between consciousness and unconsciousness. He uses a phone made of bone to [[Summoning Ritual|call up Personas from the depths of the soul]].

 

=== Todoroki Daisuke ===

 

A middle-aged, overweight [[Private Detective]] who runs the Kuzunoha Detective Agency in Hirasaka (relocated to Kounan in ''Eternal Punishment''). According to rumors, he used to be an incompetent, third-rate detective, but his intelligence spiked due to a mysterious circumstance. As a result, Todoroki is a frequent font of wisdom as well as a reliable authority on the occult. He plays a vital role in ''Persona 2'', uncovering the nature of Sumaru City's curse before even the authorities manage to. Todoroki offers to spread helpful rumors for a fee, thus allowing them to become reality.

 

=== Maki Sonomura ===

 

Maki works part-time at Hiiragi Pyschotherapy in Sumaru City in hopes of becoming a therapist like her employer, Reiko. She feels that helping troubled people is the best way for her to cope with the fact that she almost destroyed her hometown because of her fantasy world coming to life and almost completely superimposing the normal one.

 

=== Brad/Hidehiko "Brown" Uesugi ===

 

Brown is a returning character from the first ''Persona'', now a supporting character. Now a popular variety-talk show host, his ego has swelled to the point of no return, especially getting nationwide attention for the rumor that he is the [[Likes Older Women|boy toy]] of actress Junko Kurosu (which turns out to be false, since he actually despises the actress for [[Always Someone Better|having as big an ego as he does]]. Even so, he still addresses the latter as "Junko-chan"). If certain conditions are met, he will fight alongside his former classmates from St. Hermelin once more to repel the invasion of Sumaru City by Hitler's Last Battalion, assisting Tatsuya Suou's party so they can go to Xibalba.

 

=== Chris/Reiji Kidou ===

 

 

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]].

== Antagonists '''(SPOILERS)''' ==

=== Nyarlathotep ===

 

Nyarlathotep (AKA "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Crawling Chaos]]") is a [[Shapeshifting|shape shifting]] entity who stands opposite to Philemon. Unlike Philemon's rule of [[God's Hands Are Tied|neutrality]], Nyarlathotep can manifest in the real world and assume the form of anything he chooses. In ''Innocent Sin'' both he and Philemon are performing an experiment to see if humanity will become enlightened or ultimately destroy itself. Nyarlathotep decides to push things in his favor by placing a curse on Sumaru City, causing rumors to come alive and guiding humans toward self-destruction. Despite appearing only at the tail end of both stories, he is nevertheless a [[Chessmaster|prime mover]] in the overarching storyline, and is retroactively named as the puppeteer behind the first ''Persona''.

 

=== Tatsuya Sudou AKA King Leo/JOKER ===

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, Tatsuzou Sudou. Despite his mania, Leo is fiercely devoted to Joker.

 

 

=== Anna Yoshizaka AKA Lady Scorpio ===

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 {{spoiler|whether she lives or dies}}.

 

 

=== Junko Kurosu AKA Queen Aquarius ===

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, Akinari Kashihara. Junko grew weary of family life after Jun was born and spread vicious rumors about her husband. Following his violent death at Seven Sister High School, Junko embraced being single again and began to treat Jun miserably. Believing her career to be in danger because of her maturity, Junko summoned the Joker and wished to remain young forever; Joker complied, recruiting her into the Masked Circle.

 

 

=== Maya Okamura ===

 

Lisa Silverman's homeroom teacher, nicknamed "Ideal-sensei" by her students due to her [[Cloudcuckoolander|eccentricities]]. She used to work alongside Jun's father, Akinari Kashihara. Okamura harbored an unrequited love for him, and resented his wife, Junko. She was a collaborator on Kashihara's unreleased book, which prophesied the signs leading up to the [[Endofthe World As We Know It|end of days]]; among these portents was the return of Adolf Hitler and his "[[Ghostapo|Last Battalion]]". Kashihara later met a suspicious death when he fell inside the Seven Sisters clock tower and was crushed by the gears.

 

=== Principal Harding/Hanya ===

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.

 

 

=== Ixquic ===

 

* [[Badass Boast]]: "I, Ixquic, shall [[Sophisticated As Hell|whoop your asses!!]]"

* [[Dark Messiah]]

* [[Evil Old Folks]]

* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]

* [[I Have No Son]]: Imprisoned his psychopathic son inside a sanitarium. And if Tatsuzou had had his way, junior would've ''stayed'' there.

 

=== Guido/Takahisa Kandori ===

 

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 NWO. The extensive scars on his body are reminiscent of Tatsuya Suou's marks.

=== Captain Togashi ===

 

 

* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Togashi was the one who betrayed Katsya's father, allowing him to take the fall for his crimes}}.

In ''Eternal Punishment'', the timeline has been changed so that Akinari is still alive and married to Junko.

 

* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Okamura beats him out for this title, but not by much.

* [[Death by Origin Story]]

 

=== Demon Artist ===

 

An inhabitant of the Velvet Room, and the only one besides Igor who serves a function in the game. At the player's request, he will convert the Free Tarot cards into any other arcana card, except for Fool and minor arcana.

 

=== Belladonna ===

 

First seen as a background character in the first ''Persona'', she is the soprano who is accompanied with Nameless. She covers her ears with her hair in order to concentrate on her performance.

 

=== Kelly/Trish ===

 

Trish is a gold-digging refugee from the fairy world who was exiled due to her greed. Formerly an [[NPC]] in the first ''Persona'', she has noticeably aged in ensuing years (as Kei will attest). Trish maintains a [[Healing Spring]] at which the party can heal, generally found in every dungeon, in each of the ''Persona 2'' games. Despite her sweet-natured appearance, Trish is notorious for being selfish, greedy, and charging outlandish prices for her healing services. While restoring in town generally costs a few thousand yen, Trish tends to charge a few dozen thousand. Should the player refuse, she'll generally tell them to go and die for all she cares.

 

=== Tammy/Tamaki Uchida ===

 

A returning NPC from the original ''Persona'', as well as protagonist of ''Shin Megami Tensei: If...''. Tamaki is now in college, and works part-time in the Kuzunoha Detective Agency as an assistant to Daisuke Todoroki and also a Devil Summoner. She handles the mail-in magazine prizes for the party, and in one occasion, Tamaki will dress up as a cat burglar along with Satomi Tadashi (who is now her fiance) helping the party to rescue the schoolchildren trapped deep inside the burning Sky Museum.

* [[Da Editor]]

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: She is envious of Maya's youth and looks.

 

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