Characters of Persona 3
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is a video game developed and published by Atlus for the Playstation 2. The game takes place in 2009 in the modern world, with certain fictional additions.
Although Persona 3 is the fourth game in the Persona series, most of the cast has not appeared in any of the previous titles. Many of the characters can be used in battle, but only the Main Character can be directly controlled by the player.
[edit] SEES Members
SEES is an acronym for the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad of Gekkoukan High School. Under the sponsorship of the Kirijo Group corporation, which also controls the school itself, SEES hunts Shadows and investigates the Dark Hour. All of the members of SEES are Persona-users. They live together in a specialized dorm.
[edit] Main Character
- Main Character (主人公 Shujinkō?) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)
Persona: Orpheus of The Fool arcanum, and Orpheus Kai (Exclusive to Persona 3: FES), Thanatos of Death arcanum, Messiah of Judgement arcanum.
The Main Character (named by the player at the start of the game) is the story's protagonist. Persona 3 follows his 2009-2010 school year. The player is challenged to manage his time day by day, balancing the social-simulation and dungeon-crawling portions of the game. Of all the characters in Persona 3, only the Main Character has the ability to summon multiple Personas and combine them in the Velvet Room.
The story of Persona 3 begins when Main Character transfers to Gekkoukan High School at the beginning of his junior year. When he arrives at the school dorm he comes into contact with the Dark Hour, and signs a contract in the Velvet Room. Soon he is recruited to hunt Shadows and investigate Apathy Syndrome alongside the other members of SEES. In addition to exploring the Tartarus dungeon, he is free to form friendships and romantic relationships with various other characters over the course of the school year. The Main Character's "personality" is entirely up to the player to determine.
It is eventually revealed that Aigis sealed Death within the Main Character when he was a young boy. If she had not, Death would have summoned Nyx and destroyed the world. Death, in its incomplete form, became a boy known as Pharos while trapped in the Main Character's mind. The Main Character was subconsciously drawn to Gekkoukan High School since that is where Death can be revived.
Once the twelve Arcana Shadows (fragments separated from Death) are defeated, Pharos regains all of his lost memories and emerges from the Main Character's psyche and turns into Ryoji Mochizuki, the being who will soon become Death (He lost his memories yet again). From there when Ryoji remembers everything and he tells the truth to the SEES members the player is given the option of killing Ryoji and forgetting about Nyx, or allowing Ryoji to live and trying to defeat Nyx after she is summoned. Choosing the former triggers the game's "bad" ending, which everyone forgets about their SEES relationship, the Shadows, Tartarus, and everything that was connected to the Personas/the Dark Hour. Then Nyx materializes onto Ryoji as prophesied to bring The Fall.
In the "good" ending the Main Character uses the the bond of his friends to stop Nyx, at the cost of his own soul. The bonds he has forged with SEES and his other friends give him power to fight the sorrow, depression, and apathy of humankind, which were what drew the creation of Death/Nyx Avatar to Earth. He reaches his full potential and becomes both a martyr and a messiah.
The Main Character returns to life for a month after fighting Nyx, in order to keep the promise he made to meet his friends on Graduation Day. The SEES members, knowing that they'll temporarily forget their memories after defeating Nyx, promised to meet at the school rooftop. Once that promise is fulfilled, he falls asleep in Aigis' lap, smiling. In the epilogue, Persona 3 FES, you find out the main character is dead. His soul has become the barrier that stands between Nyx and humanity.
In the manga, authored by Shūji Sogabe, the Main Character is named Minato Arisato (有里 湊 Arisato Minato?).
[edit] Yukari Takeba
- Yukari Takeba (岳羽 ゆかり Takeba Yukari?) Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)
Persona: Io, Isis of The Lovers arcanum
Yukari Takeba is a classmate of the Main Character. She wields a bow and arrow in battle since she is a member of the school's archery club. Yukari's zeal for investigation brings SEES a lot of trouble, but also gains the group valuable allies and information. She has a high aptitude for magic and her Personas excel in wind and healing spells.
Yukari is very popular at school because of her good looks, cheerful disposition, and energetic attitude. But there's is more to Yukari than meets the eye. Though she's outwardly extraverted, she is very careful not to let anyone get close to her. She constantly picks on Junpei, hides her true motives from the group, and represses a lot of anger and pain about her past. At the beginning of the game she has trouble summoning her Persona and becomes distressed when holding an evoker gun to her head.
It turns out that Yukari has been on her own for quite some time. Her father died a mysterious death a decade ago, and her mother neglects her in favor of a string of shallow boyfriends. Midway through the game, Yukari discovers that her father was involved in the incident that unleashed the Shadows upon the world. She is forced to face her anger and overcome it, and ends up fighting for her friends and her father's memory. She is no longer alone.
Yukari is one of the girls that Main Character has the option of dating over the course of the game. Since Yukari is very popular, he must maximize his Charm statistic in order to ask her out. If the Main Character makes the correct choices, Yukari will fall in love with him, and he will help her mend her relationship with her mother.
In 'Persona 3: FES, Yukari is the group member who is most reluctant to go back into battle against the Shadows seemingly wanting only to move on with her life.
[edit] Junpei Iori
- Junpei Iori (伊織 順平 Iori Junpei?) Voiced by: Toriumi Kosuke (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English)
Persona: Hermes, Trismegistus of The Magician arcanum
Junpei Iori is the Main Character's best friend, though the two often find themselves at odds. He plays the class clown in order to mask his insecurities. Junpei's chosen weapon is two-handed sword which he wields like a baseball bat. His Personas excel at physical attacks and party buffs, and can also cast some fire magic.
Junpei joins SEES near the beginning of the game. He was found crying in a convenience store during the Dark Hour, and did not realize that he had the potential to call a Persona until Akihiko told him about it. His decision to join SEES was a swift one, and he immediately moved into their dorm, to Yukari’s dismay.
Initially, Junpei fights because playing hero makes him feel like less of a loser. He uses his place in SEES to prop up his self-esteem, neglects his classwork, and snaps at the Main Character out of jealousy over his unique Persona abilities. Junpei only becomes more serious after he meets the Strega member Chidori. They fall for each other, and though she continues to fight SEES, eventually her loyalty to Takaya and fear of death conflict with her feelings for Junpei. When Takaya fatally attacks Junpei, Chidori uses her Persona powers to save his life, while dying from exhasution, and gives him some of her regenerative power. After her death Junpei becomes a focused and determined young man.
In Persona 3: FES, it is revealed that he once met Koromaru when he had run away from home -- specifically, his alcoholic father.
Character designer Shigenori Soejima has stated that Junpei is "the most important character when it comes to getting the player to buy into the story," because of all the major characters, he is one who looks and acts the most like a normal teenager.[1]
[edit] Mitsuru Kirijo
- Mitsuru Kirijo (桐条 美鶴 Kirijō Mitsuru?) Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Tara Platt (English)
Persona: Penthesilea, Artemisia of The Empress arcanum
Mitsuru is the only child of the current head of the Kirijo Group, Takeharu Kirijo. She is also the school’s top ranking valedictorian and student council president. In battle she wields one-handed swords such as rapiers and sabers. Her Personas excel at ice spells, and she is the most powerful offensive magic caster aside from the Main Character.
Mitsuru has been battling Shadows for a long time. Upon discovering of the Main Character’s potential as a Persona-user, she, along with Ikutsuki, invites him into SEES. At the beginning of the game she stays behind as a Support character, offering analysis and advice. Mitsuru joins the party in battle only after the discovery of Fuuka Yamagishi, whose analysis power is much stronger than her own.
Mitsuru is the only SEES member that had her ability to summon a Persona forced on her[2]; since the Kirijo Group was responsible on the research conducted on Shadows ten years prior to the game, Mitsuru was a liability for the research.
Throughout the game, Mitsuru hides many details about Tartarus and the Dark Hour from the group, due to feelings of guilt over her family's involvement in the accident that created them. Since it was her grandfather who was responsible for everything, she believes that she alone bears the burden of setting everything right. Her Persona was artificially induced to allow her to participate in the battle against the Shadows.
Mitsuru loses all of her will to fight after Ikutsuki kills her father, since restoring the family honor is meaningless without a family. Fortunately, she regains her resolve thanks to some intervention from Yukari.
Mitsuru is one of the girls that Main Character can date over the course of the game. In order to attract such an ambitious young woman he must maximize his Academic statistic, and rank first in his class for at least one exam. If the player makes the correct choices, Mitsuru will fall in love with the Main Character, and the Main Character will help free her from some of the expectations attached to her family name.
[edit] Akihiko Sanada
- Akihiko Sanada (真田 明彦 Sanada Akihiko?) Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)
Persona: Polydeuces, Caesar of The Emperor arcanum
Akihiko is the mature and confident captain of his school’s boxing team, as well as a senior at Gekkoukan High. He is a hard worker who balances a high GPA with near-constant training. Since Akihiko is a boxer, he uses gloves and claws in battle. His Personas can be used to cast electric magic and debuff spells. He cannot fight for the first part of the game because of injuries.
Akihiko was one of the three Persona users who originally founded SEES, alongside Mitsuru and Shinjiro. He and Shinjiro were close friends as children, having grown up in an orphanage together with Akihiko's now-deceased sister Miki. However, one night when the two were chasing down a Shadow, Shinjiro’s Persona went out of control and an innocent bystander was killed. The bystander was Ken Amada’s mother.
After the incident, Shinjiro left SEES and his friendship with Akihiko became strained. The two only reconnect when Ken joins SEES, and Akihiko convinces Shinjiro to rejoin the group in order to protect him.
When Akihiko realizes that Ken only volunteered for SEES as a means to get revenge on Shinjiro, he tries to save both of them from making grave mistakes, but he arrives too late. Though Ken lets go of his vendetta, Shinjiro is fatally shot while protecting him from Takaya. In the end, Shinjiro’s way of facing death head on gave Akihiko the courage to carry on in spite of all his losses. Akihiko is determined that Shinjiro's death not be in vain and to be just as fearless in the face of his own mortality. He is the character that is the least upset and conflicted about the impossible odds of fighting Nyx.
He appears in the anime sequel Persona -trinity soul-.
In Persona 3: FES, a door which shows Akihiko's past reveals why the evoker looks like a gun. When Mitsuru first asked him to join her in fighting Shadows, she decided to create an evoker that would grab his attention, and so she chose the gun shape. Akihiko, however, was disappointed when he found out the evoker wasn't meant to shoot others, but to shoot himself in order to free his Persona.
[edit] Aegis/Aigis
- Aegis/Aigis (アイギス Aigisu?) Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English)
Persona: Palladion, Athena of The Chariot arcanum
Aigis is an android created by the Kirijo Group; she is the last surviving model of their experimental anti-Shadow weapon. In combat, she uses a wide variety of high-tech weapons, from machine guns and rocket launchers to long range guns and “rocket punches.” Aigis has the highest durability of any of the characters, and her Personas focus on physical attacks.
Aigis is introduced during SEES' summer beach vacation, where she is simultaneously the target of Mitsuru's retrieval mission and Junpei's "Operation Babe Hunt." She immediately shows an instinctual interest in protecting the Main Character which even she cannot explain. Ikutsuki has her assigned to aid SEES, and she enrolls in Gekkoukan High to act as the Main Character's bodyguard. Later when Ryoji comes and transfers to Gekkoukan High, she also feels an instictual danger and alarm by his presence.
During her battle with Ryoji on the Moonlight Bridge, Aigis regains the memories trapped in her damaged circuits. The player learns that, ten years before the game, her mission was to defeat or seal away Death so that the coming of Nyx would be averted. Since she was unable to defeat Death, she sealed the entity away in a young boy who was the sole survivor of a nearby car crash. That young boy was the Main Character. She is driven to protect him both to try and suppress Death and because she feels a great deal of guilt over her actions. And since Ryoji is Death, she feels danger from him as well.
Aigis is damaged during her fight with Ryoji and must be repaired by the Kirijo Group. When she returns she shows more human-like qualities and emotions, and decides to stand against the power of Nyx with her friends in SEES. After the final encounter with Nyx, she is the only one who remembers Tartarus, the Dark Hour, and the Main Character's sacrifice during his borrowed month of life. She allows him to live like a normal student for the few precious weeks that he has. Then, on Graduation Day, she holds the Main Character as he drifts into his final sleep, and swears that she will live her life protecting him.
In the Persona 3: FES expansion, the player can access an epilogue to the main game called The Answer ("Episode Aegis" in the Japanese version). There, Aigis replaces the Main Character as playable protagonist, inheriting his power to summon multiple Personas. As the story progresses, Aigis/Aegis begins to lose her senses as a robot. The Main Character can also date Aigis in Persona 3: FES as the "Aeon" Arcana.
The development of a cell phone game starring Aigis has been announced in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.[3] Aegis: The First Mission will follow Aigis' adventures before she sealed Death.
[edit] Ken Amada
- Ken Amada (天田 乾 Amada Ken?) Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Mona Marshall (English)
Persona: Nemesis, Kala-Nemi of Justice arcanum
Ken Amada is the youngest human member of SEES, and one of the two who don't attend Gekkoukan High School. He is mature, but sometimes he is too precocious for his own good. He uses long spears to make up for his short stature. His Personas can be used for healing, and to cast light-based spells that occasionally instantly kill the enemy.
Ken is invited by Ikutsuki to live in the SEES dorm because he is an orphan with no home to return to. He is revealed to have the potential to wield Persona and is asked to join the organization. Initially, the Main Character and his friends believe that Ken joined SEES out of altruism, but his true intentions are far darker. Ken's mother was accidentally killed by Shinjiro during a SEES mission, and Ken infiltrates SEES in order to kill him.
During Ken's confrontation with Shinjiro, Takaya intervenes and reveals that Ken has been planning to commit suicide after killing Shinjiro. He also reveals that Strega has been supplying Shinjiro with special drugs to control his Persona, and that the drugs will soon kill him. This completely shatters Ken’s hopes of revenge. After a brief fight between Shinjiro and Takaya, the Strega leader takes a shot at Ken. Shinjiro jumps in front of the bullet. Dying, he reminds Ken that he is still a child with a whole life ahead of him and a future that can be about more than vengeance. Shinjiro's last words inspire Ken to fight for the future his mother would have wanted for him.
According to character designer Shigenori Soejima, Ken was designed to have a nostalgic look, rather than to reflect the style of modern Japanese children.[4]
[edit] Koromaru
Koromaru's master was killed in an incident involving Shadows. He became a stray, and was watched over by Main character, Fuuka and Yukari. Instead of attacking with his fangs or claws, Koromaru wields daggers in his mouth. His Personas can be used to cast fire spells, as well as darkness-based spells that occasionally instantly kill the enemy. He has a speed advantage over the other characters.
Koromaru remains faithful to his master even after his death, retracing the path of their old walks and revisiting the place where he was slain. One day when Akihiko is hunting Shadows, he comes across the canine, who is gravely injured. The Shadows surrounding him are dead. Once Koromaru is healed, Ikutsuki reveals that he too has the potential to summon a Persona. Mitsuru gives him a special collar-like Evoker and he is inducted into SEES.
Aigis claims to be able to translate Koromaru's barking and body language into human speech.
[edit] Shinjiro Aragaki
- Shinjiro Aragaki (荒垣 真次郎 Aragaki Shinjirō?) Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Grant George (English)
Persona: Castor of The Hierophant arcanum
Shinjiro is Akihiko’s good friend, as well as a Senior in Gekkoukan High School. In battle, Shinjiro wields a hefty axe and relies on his brute strength. His Persona uses physical attacks.
Tough-talking, foul-mouthed Shinjiro was one of the original Persona users who made up SEES, alongside Akihiko and Mitsuru. But during one fateful mission his Persona went out of control and accidentally killed an innocent bystander: Ken’s mother. Shinjiro forced himself away from the group after the incident. He began skipping school and living as an outcast. He also started doing shady deals with Strega in order to get drugs that could help control his Persona.
Shinjiro and Akihiko have stayed in touch over the years, but Shinjiro refuses Akihiko's invitations to rejoin SEES until he learns that Ken has decided to join their group. He is fully aware of Ken's desire for revenge and ready to take responsibility for his actions. Though he puts on a brave front, the guilt of having killed an innocent woman eats away at him.
On the second Full Moon mission after he rejoins SEES, Shinjiro meets Ken at the site where Ken's mother was killed. Shinjiro has no intentions to resist to Ken's attempt to extract revenge, but warns the boy that if he carries, he could end up just like Shinjiro. As Ken struggles to go through with his plan, the two are interrupted by Takaya. Takaya takes a shot at Ken and Shinjiro jumps in front of the bullet, ending his own life. This final sacrifice earns Ken's respect and inspires Akihiko's resolve. Later the members of SEES discover that the drugs Shinjiro was taking were slowly killing him.
During his climactic confrontation with Nyx, the Main Character hears Shinjiro's voice cheering him on along with the voices of the living SEES members.
In the FES version, a hidden camera reveals that Shinjiro enjoys cooking shows.
[edit] Fuuka Yamagishi
- Fuuka Yamagishi (山岸 風花 Yamagishi Fūka?) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Mela Lee (English)
Persona: Lucia, Juno of The Priestess arcanum
Fuuka is a shy junior who is known for being sickly. Unlike the other members of SEES, she does not have any fighting abilities, nor do her Personas. Instead she takes Mitsuru's place as the team's tactical support. Fuuka's role is to forecast where upcoming bosses can be found at Tartarus, analyze the weaknesses of various enemies, and provide commentary on the battles. She also provides information on the medical/combat status of the team.
A few months into the school year, Fuuka goes missing for several days. Yukari, Junpei, and the Main Character decide to investigate after strange things start happening to girls who once bullied Fuuka. It turns out that the girls locked Fuuka up in the school gymnasium, where she accidentally became trapped in Tartarus. SEES takes part in a dangerous mission to rescue her.
In Tartarus, Fuuka is awakened to the reality of her Persona power. At the same time, Natsuki, one of the girls who bullied Fuuka, wanders into the school to see if Fuuka is alright. Fuuka ends up saving Natsuki in spite of all that Natsuki did to her, and they both become fast friends afterwards even though Natsuki has no memory of the incident. Under Natsuki and SEES' influence, Fuuka changes from a shy and isolated girl into a strong-willed, compassionate young woman. Both her Persona and her hacking skills manifest her desire to always be connected to her friends.
Fuuka is one of the girls that the Main Character can date over the course of the game. Since dating Fuuka involves tasting her horrible cooking, Main Character must maximize his Courage statistic before he can ask her out. If the Main Character makes the correct choices, Fuuka will fall in love with him, and he can help her to become more comfortable with being an unfeminine computer geek.
[edit] Strega
Strega is a group of three rogue Persona-users who use the Dark Hour for personal benefit. They set up an internet site called "Revenge Request", where users can contract Strega to commit assassinations and other illegal activities. They become enemies of SEES because SEES is trying to put an end to the Dark Hour, as Strega carries out its activities during the Dark Hour.
Part-way through the game, the player discovers that Strega are artificial Persona users created by the Kirijo Group. They were picked up off the street and used as fodder for the corporation's experiments. Because their Personas were not awakened naturally, they must take suppressants supplied by Ikutsuki. The drugs keep their Personas from killing them, but have lethal side-effects.
It is revealed in FES that some of the artificial persona users turned into Shadows.
The three main members of Strega all dress similarly to specific sub-cultures - Takaya dresses like a hippie, Jin wears a bomb expert's jacket, and Chidori wears a ruffled gothic lolita dress.
[edit] Takaya
- Takaya Sakaki (榊貴 隆也 Sakaki Takaya?) Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese), Derek Stephen Prince (English)
Persona: Hypnos of Fortune arcanum
Takaya is the confident and charismatic young leader of Strega. He functions as the Main Character's foil, leading the rival group of Persona-users and setting himself up as a false messiah. In battle, Takaya uses a six-shot revolver to strike down his opponents. Aside from Aigis, he is the only Persona-user in the game who does not use an Evoker to manifest his Persona, instead summoning it "manually" by clutching his head and falling to his knees. Persona-users in previous games also did not use Evokers, but summoning their Personas never appeared to cause them any pain.
Since Takaya doesn't have long to live, he lives fully for the moment, heedless of the harm he causes others. His dearest wish is to see the world end along with his own life. Though he does have some care for Jin and Chidori, he has no qualms about using either of them as tools. At first, he tries to prevent SEES from killing the twelve Arcana Shadows, since it'll end his Revenge Request website business and his 'powers', and as if he is trying to save the world in his own way. But he embraces death once he realizes their true purpose. Near the end of the game he creates a cult centered around the coming of Nyx as a salvation, with himself as the high priest and Jin spreading rumors around the network.
Takaya's final defeat occurs when he tries to forcibly stop SEES from climbing Tartarus and facing Nyx. Afterwards he crawls to the top of the tower to witness the final battle. It is unknown whether he survived after the Main Character sealed Nyx away; if he did, it is likely that he does not have long to live, since he still needs to take the lethal suppressant drugs.
[edit] Jin
- Jin Shirato (白戸 陣 Shirato Jin?) Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), Grant George (English)
Persona: Moros of The Hermit arcanum
Jin is Takaya's faithful right-hand man, acting as his tactical adviser and the webmaster of "Revenge Request." He uses grenades and bombs in battle and is also a skilled computer hacker.
Jin appears very eager to be rid of SEES, since he believes that they are hypocrites who don't appreciate their own power. However, he is rational enough to limit Takaya's actions when necessary. Whenever Takaya takes a reckless approach, Jin is there to hold him back and remind him of what they are truly there for.
Jin is a zealot with strong belief in Takaya's goals. He is fiercely loyal to Takaya for "showing him out of darkness" and helping him through the Kirijo Group's experiments. In spite of this, he often inadvertently helps SEES by revealing important information. It is Jin who informs the Main Character about the truth behind Strega, their involvement in the coming of Nyx, and Shuji Ikutuski's real allegiance.
At the end of the game, Jin kills himself by setting off a grenade that holds back a hoarde of Shadows in Tartarus.
[edit] Chidori
- Chidori Yoshino (吉野 千鳥 Yoshino Chidori?) Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English)
Persona: Medea of The Hanged arcanum
Chidori is the third member of Strega, and is known for her gothic lolita dress style, self-harming tendencies, and artistic ability. In battle she utilizes a red chained hand-axe. She is Fuuka's counterpart on the Strega team, and uses Medea's ability to radiate life energy to keep Strega from being detected by Fuuka's Persona. Like Takaya, she shows unusual Persona abilities, such as being able to heal living creatures (including her own wounds) and manifest Medea outside of the Dark Hour.
Chidori and Junpei meet by chance at Port Island Station. While she is initially very unpleasant to Junpei because he keeps interrupting her sketching, she eventually opens up to him due to his kindness and persistence. At the same time, Junpei tells her everything about SEES without knowing that she is a member of Strega. Chidori is led to believe that Junpei is SEES' leader.
During a full moon, Chidori kidnaps Junpei, thinking that he has the authority to call off SEES' mission to kill the Arcana Shadows. When the plan fails, she is wounded and ends up imprisoned in a Kirijo-controlled hospital. Mitsuru and Akihiko try to interrogate her, but meet with little success.
Junpei continues to visit Chidori in the hospital, and the two become closer. He is very concerned about her capacity for self-harm. However, after faking his death, Takaya returns to remind her where she truly belongs. Chidori is broken out of the hospital and rejoins Strega. However, her loyalties begin to falter when she is forced to fight Junpei, and when he is wounded by Takaya, she comes to terms with her love for him. She sacrifices her life to save his through the use of her Persona, and ends up giving Junpei some of her Persona's regenerative power, namely the passive skill Spring of Life which restores HP every turn. After her death Junpei inherits her sketch-book, which turns out of have been full of pictures of him.
In the Persona 3: FES expansion, it is possible for the player to revive Chidori later in the game if certain requirements are met. If so, then the player along with Junpei will arrive in the hospital to find Chidori alive. Unfortunately, Chidori has lost her memories only up to the point when she had awakened her Persona and no longer has a functioning persona.
She was revived when doctors took her corpse in for anatomy. For a tribute, they used the flowers she had in her room and placed them on her chest. Since Chidori constantly gave her life force to them every time Junpei came to visit her, her body took back its energy from the flowers and brought her back to life.
[edit] Other characters
[edit] Pharos
- Pharos (ファルロス Farurosu?) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)
A mysterious young boy who the main character sees in his dreams from time to time. The boy speaks of "The Fall" and the end, but his memories seem to be fragmented. He feels a strong bond of friendship with the Main Character.
After all twelve of the Arcana Shadows are defeated, Pharos regains his memories and leaves the Main Character's mind. It turns out that Pharos was the 'main' part of Death that Aigis imprisoned within the Main Character when the Main Character was only a small child. When Pharos escapes the Main Character's psyche, he takes on the physical form of Ryoji Mochizuki.
[edit] Shuji Ikutsuki
- Shuji Ikutsuki (幾月 修司 Ikutsuki Shūji?) Voiced by: Hideyuki Hori (Japanese), Dan Woren (English)
Inititally, Ikutsuki appears as the cheerful advisor, chairman, and 'boss' of SEES, always trying to keep the group in high spirits while discovering secrets about the Shadows.
In truth, Ikutsuki is working toward a completely opposite end, sharing Mitsuru's grandfather's dream of The Fall and the coming of Nyx. He was one of the scientists involved in the experiments at Gekkoukan ten years ago, including the creation of artificial Persona-users.
Ikutsuki manipulates SEES to destroy the twelve Arcana Shadows, promising them that once they do so they will eliminate the Dark Hour. But killing the twelve Arcana Shadows actually melds them together, allowing for the re-emergence of the thirteenth Arcana, Death. It is Death's function to summon Nyx and destroy the world.
After his lies are discovered, Ikutsuki reprograms Aigis to sacrifice the members of SEES as offerings for Nyx, and then kills Takeharu Kirijo. When Aigis breaks the programming and frees SEES, Ikutsuki jumps to his death from the top of Tartarus after being wounded in the stomach by a bullet. Unfortunately, his mission to revive Death was already complete by the time of his suicide.
[edit] Igor
- Igor (イゴール Igōru?) Voiced by: Isamu Tanonaka (Japanese), Dan Woren (English)
A mysterious, long-nosed gentleman who resides in the Velvet Room. As in the other Persona games, Igor's purpose is to assist the player in acquiring new powers and Persona. At the end of the game, because the Main Character has fulfilled his contract, Igor uses the power of the Main Character's social links to forge a Persona of the World Arcana with the power to change reality. Igor states that he had never thought to see such power during his lifetime. He also makes an appearance in the anime sequel, Persona -trinity soul-, meeting with the protagonist Shin Kanzato as a fortune teller. He tells Shin that they have met before in the Velvet Room.
[edit] Elizabeth
- Elizabeth (エリザベス Erizabesu?) Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Tara Platt (English)
Elizabeth resides in the Velvet Room with Igor. While Igor takes care of Persona Fusions, Elizabeth watches over the Persona Compendium and gives the Main Character bounties to complete. If the character completes all of her requests (in the second playthrough), she reveals herself to be a Persona-user just like the Main Character, also capable of switching between multiple Personae mid-battle. She is an optional boss. She can also be dated in the Persona 3: FES expansion, although she is not a social link.
[edit] Kurosawa
- Kurosawa (黒沢巡査 Kurosawa Junsa; literally Policeman Kurosawa?) Voiced by: Hirofumi Tanaka (Japanese), Grant George (English)
A police officer who works at the police station in the mall during the daytime. Although he is incapable of entering the Dark Hour, he has been informed of basic details of the situation and acts as the player's primary source of new weapons and armor.
[edit] Takeharu Kirijo
- Takeharu Kirijo (桐条 武治 Kirijō Takeharu?) Voiced by: Kōji Totani (Japanese), Derek Stephen Prince (English)
Mitsuru's father, and the current head of the Kirijo Group. Takeharu was assumed to be the only real adult survivor of the incident ten years ago. Yet the truth Takeharu knows was doctored by Ikutsuki, and he is later murdered by Ikutsuki at Tartarus.
[edit] Eiichiro Takeba
- Eiichiro Takeba (岳羽 詠一郎 Takeba Ei'ichirō?) Voiced by: Masashi Hamano (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)
Eiichiro Takeba is Yukari's father and one of the scientists working for the Kirijo Group during the Shadow Incident in 1999. The corporation blamed the accident on him even though he was trying to blow the whistle on their dangerous and unethical experiments. Eiichiro died while making a video for Yukari, which Ikutsuki later altered to manipulate SEES.
[edit] Ryoji Mochizuki
- Ryoji Mochizuki (望月 綾時 Mochizuki Ryōji?) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)
For a time Ryoji lives as a normal High School student, but he is actually Death, the herald of Nyx. In the game Ryoji is also referred to as the "Nyx Avatar" and the "Appriser". Ryoji's true form is identical to Thanatos, the ultimate form of the Death Arcana which the Main Character was able to 'copy' due to the friendship he had built while Ryoji was Pharos. He and the Main Character share the same voice actor and the same basic appearance, with their hair color and eye color reversed.
Ryoji shows up as a new transfer student after the defeat of the twelve Arcana Shadows. He becomes fast friends with Junpei and the rest of the SEES group, though he avoids hanging out with the Main Character. His cheerful, reckless, flirty attitude makes him the talk of the school. Only Aigis remains cautious of him and considers him dangerous.
Eventually a battle with Aigis on Moonlight Bridge awakens Ryoji's memories of his true purpose. He realizes that he has no choice but to summon Nyx to destroy humanity, but is tortured by his destiny. While Ryoji was born a mindless Shadow, the part of him that existed as Pharos within the Main Character has given him human desires and emotions.
Ryoji gives the group a choice: they can kill his human form and forget all of their adventures in the Dark Hour, or they can let him live and suffer the despair of knowing that the apocalypse is imminent. Either way, according to him, it is inevitable that the world will end at the hands of Nyx. If players choose not to kill Ryoji, he eventually becomes the true form of the Nyx Avatar, holding the power of the 12 arcana yet having the true form of the 13th, Death. While showing definite reluctance to face the members of SEES, he attempts to fulfill his duty as harbringer of the fall.
[edit] Persona 3: FES exclusive characters
[edit] Metis
- Metis (メティス Metisu?) Voiced by
- Chiwa Saito (Japanese) Stephanie Sheh (English)
Persona: Psyche of The Hierophant arcanum
A second android who claims to be Aigis' "sister." Metis is a playable character in the The Answer portion of Persona 3: FES, joining Aigis on the team when Aigis inherits the Main Character's Persona and powers. Metis is the manifestation of Aegis' wish to stay as a machine rather than become a real human and mourn for the Main Character. This also includes her strong feelings toward the Main Character.
[edit] Social Links
Social Links can be formed with various characters that the Main Character interacts with in his daily life. They are used to strengthen the Main Character's Personas. It is possible to increase all the Social Links to the max in one play-through -- in Persona 3: FES, this unlocks a special item and special Persona (Orpheus KAI, a supercharged version of the main character's original Persona).
Social Links with SEES and Pharos advance automatically with the plot. The player can also forge Social Links with Yukari, Fuuka, and Mitsuru, as well as with the characters listed below.
[edit] Kenji Tomochika
The first Social Link the player can make in the game who welcomes the Main Character to the school. He is interested in older women and has a crush one of his teachers, Emiri. He eventually finds out that their 'love' was his own illusion, which is somewhat of a shock to him, but gives him maturity in return. His arcana is the Magician.
His final Social Link Persona is Surt, the leader of the fire giants and the burner of Yggdrasil at Ragnarok. His unique ultimate fire spell, 'Ragnarok' seems to connect that.
[edit] Fuuka Yamagishi
One of the members of SEES. She is rather shy and timid, and interested in cooking. She tries to expertise in cooking which she's horrible at, yet ignoring her talent and mechanisms because it would seem odd. By hanging out and eventually dating the Main Character she decides on what to do. The player must raise his Courage stat to 6 (Badass) in order to start the Social Link. Her Arcana is the Priestess.
Her final Social Link Persona is Scathach, warrior queen of the Land of Shadows in Celtic Myth.
[edit] Mitsuru Kirijo
One of the members of SEES. She is intelligent and commanding, and always bears responsibilities due to as the heir to the Kirijo Group. She eventually finds conflicts with her responsibilities with her family name and company, one of them being married to an older man of a company who can help her own without any love. As she forms love with the Main Character she finally denies that, and learns to be more free. The player must raise his Academic stat to 6 (Genius) and get the top grade in a school exam in order to start the Social Link. Her Arcana is the Empress.
Her final Social Link Persona is Alilat, which is shown as a huge stone with engravings on it. The engraved stone represents an actual deity worshiped by desert nomads.
[edit] Hidetoshi Odagiri
The vice president of the student council. Since he is very strict with school policies, he is not well-liked among the other students. After protecting the Main Character from the accusations from smoking in the school, he learns to respect others' thoughts and opinions. His arcana is the Emperor.
His final Social Link persona is Odin, the Norse prime god of battle and lightning.
[edit] Nozomi Suemitsu
A student who claims to be an expert on food. He has unresolved issues concerning his late twin brother, which he has an inferiority complex with. He eventually realizes that after all, himself and his brother are different people and decides to become a food critic. His arcana is the Moon.
His final Social Link persona is Sandalphon, the 'tall angel' over holy songs and brother of Metatron.
[edit] Chihiro Fushimi
The treasurer for the student council. She is not comfortable around men, and she secretly enjoys reading shoujo manga. Chihiro is one of the girls whom the Main Character can date. At one time she, as the treasurer, is accused of having stolen the fund for the school. As the story with her unfolds, it is revealed that her family is quite poor. Her arcana is Justice.
Her final Social Link persona is Melchizedek, the righteous king.
[edit] Maiko
A little girl who hangs out at a local shrine. Her parents are in the process of getting a divorce. The main character meets Maiko playing by herself at the Naganaki Shrine. Due to her parents continuous fighting, Maiko begins to break down. She later believes that it's her fault for her parents having a divorce, so she plans to run away from home. In the end, Maiko accepts the sudden change in her life and falls in love with the main character for assisting her with the problems involving her parents. Her arcana is the Hanged Man.
Her final Social Link persona is Attis, the reborn god.
[edit] Akinari Kamiki
A young man with a fatal illness. He keeps a journal and eventually begins writing a story. The story he wrote was about a pink aligator who swallowed a flightless bird who was his only friend. His arcana is the Sun. It is hinted that in the last S. Link Event with him that he has already died. (He is shown fading away)
His final Social Link persona is Asura, the Hindu demi god.
[edit] Mitsuko and Bunkinchi
An old couple that runs a used bookstore. Their dead son was once a teacher at the Main Character's school. Their arcana is the Hierophant. They watch over the persimmon tree at the school for it's a remembrance to them about their son. It is eventually going to be cut off, and the old couple is uneasy. But they soon just accept the change in their lives.
Their final Social Link persona is Kohryu, the golden dragon and guardian of nature. Kohryu is also the prime leader of the four sacred beasts that each protects a direction and an element. They are Suzaku, Seiryuu, Byakko, and Genbu in Japanese pronunciations. It fits, since the 4 are also Personas in the game that are used to fuse Kohryu.
[edit] Bebe (Andre Roland Jean Gérard)
An exchange student from France. He is the president of the Fashion Club. When the Social Link advances, his aunt suddenly dies. Because of his aunt's death, he is forced to return to France by his uncle. He designs a kimono with the main character to help him stay, but unfortunately he returned to his country the day after the kimono's completion. His arcana is Temperance.
His final Social Link Persona is Byakko, the legendary white tiger or Yurungr, aboriginal dragon god in FES..
[edit] Keisuke Hiraga
A student the Main Character meets when the player joins one of three different clubs. He is the son of a doctor and feels that his father is pressuring him into going into the same career. He first just decides to become what he wants (based on the club you atttend to), but he finds that he really does want to become a doctor out of his own wishes. His arcana is Fortune.
His final Social Link persona is Norn, the sisters of fate.
[edit] Maya (Y-Ko)
A person the Main Character meets on an online game called Innocent Sin Online who enjoys his presence as someone she can tell all her problems to. Nicknamed herself to Maya to complement the Main Character's screenname, Tatsuya, when they first met, directly refers to the protagonists of Persona 2. She is later revealed to be the Main Character's homeroom teacher, Ms. Toriumi. In the Japanese version of Persona 3, Maya and Tatsuya were originally Y-Ko (Y子) and N-Jima (N島), namesakes of the protagonists of the first Megami Tensei title and the game they were playing was "Devil Busters Online". Since Megami Tensei was never released in America, it was necessary to change it. Her arcana is the Hermit.
Her final Social Persona is Arahabaki, the ancient Japanese god.
[edit] Tanaka
The president of a company that sells many products and is also host of a home shopping network. You need to be at a certain Charm level, since that's what inspires him to choose the Main Character as a teen model. After seeing that the Main Character doesn't realize he's being swindled by him, he decides to teach him about business. His business ethics are clearly questionable. But he learns how to do business with honor instead of tricks through talks with the Main Character. His arcana is the Devil.
His final Social Link persona is Beelzebub, the ruler of Hell.
[edit] Kazushi Miyamoto
A confident athlete. He has an injured knee, but he asks the Main Character to keep it a secret from his teammates. Shortly after joining one of the three clubs available, the main character meets Kazushi. Later on his knee injury begins to get even worse. Kazushi states that he has to win the regionals to fulfil the promise to his nephew (His nephew was involved in a car accident and he requires rehabilitation, if Kazushi wins the regionals, then his nephew will attempt walking again). His arcana is the Chariot.
His final Social Link persona is Thor, the god of thunder.
[edit] Mamoru Hayase
A star athlete from a different school. His family is poor and he has to work hard just to put food on their plates. In the past, Mamoru's father drove off a cliff and died. He keeps the car key his father used as a good luck charm to support his family. His arcana is the Star.
His final Social Link persona is Lucifer, the light bearer and the fallen angel. In FES a new form of Lucifer has been added, which is the 'fallen' form of Lucifer and is of the Judgement Arcana. Lucifer of the Star Arcana was thus renamed to Helel, the Hebrew name for Lucifer.
[edit] Yuko Nishiwaki
The manager of the sports teams. She doesn't know what to do with her life until she helps a group of children improve their running skills. Yuko is one of the girls that the Main Character can date. Her arcana is Strength.
Her final Social Link persona is Siegfried, the legendary dragonslayer of German myth.
[edit] Mutatsu
A strange monk who spends much of his time drinking at the local night club. He is estranged from his wife and son. His arcana is the Tower.
His final Social Link persona is Chi You, the god of rain.
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