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[[folder:Jun Kurosu]]
!!Jun Kurosu / Jun Kashihara
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Hermes]]\\
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The Divine Trickster]][[/labelnote]]
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Greek Personification of Time]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Primary Arcana:''' The Wheel of Fortune
->'''Secondary Arcana:''' The Magician, The Hanged Man, The World
->'''Major Personas:''' Hermes, Chronos
->'''Weapons:''' Flowers
->'''Voiced by:''' Shigeru Shibuya (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English, ''Innocent Sin,'' PSP)

A third-year high school student who was recently transferred to Kasugayama High School after he awoke to his Persona [[BullyingADragon and injured some of his school bullies]]. His affinity is with the Fortune Arcana and his starting Persona is [[BlowYouAway Hermes]]. Jun is the son of a locally-famous actress and a high school history teacher whose messy separation and divorce, coupled with his mother's emotional abuse, led him to run away from home at the age of seventeen.

In ''Eternal Punishment'', Jun's childhood is ''much'' better. In the new timeline, his parents are alive and HappilyMarried, and he retains his father's surname, Kashihara. He plays a role early in the game when he's lured to the Sky Museum by King Leo, hoping to jog his memories of the Other Side, and he's later captured and knocked unconscious by Nyarlathotep along with Lisa and Eikichi during the final battle of the game. The three finally meet in the present timeline at the Alaya Shrine during the end of the game.

[[folder:Yukino Mayuzumi]]
!!Yukino Mayuzumi
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Vesta]]\\
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Roman Goddess of the Hearth]][[/labelnote]]
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Hindu Goddess of Motherhood and Battle]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Primary Arcana:''' The Empress
->'''Secondary Arcana:''' Strength, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Temperance, The Star
->'''Major Personas:''' Vesta, Durga
->'''Weapons:''' Razor Blades
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoeHanba (Japanese), Kirsten Potter (English, ''Innocent Sin,'' PSP)

Yukino is a returning playable character from the first ''VideoGame/{{Persona|1}}''. 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. Like before, her starting Persona is [[PlayingWithFire Vesta]] of the Empress Arcana. She is later replaced by Jun, though her ultimate fate is dependent on the player's actions.

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.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Harbors an unspoken crush on her mentor, Fujii Shunsuke.
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Her shadow grabs Anna and deeply kisses her in the lips. A person and a shadow are closely connected, so Yukino must feel that way on ''some'' level.]]
* AtomicSuperpower: Both her Personas have the Nuclear element Frei line of spells.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Anna in both scenarios. There are two ways this can go down: Yukino succeeds in pulling Anna back from the brink, and the pair of them set off to fight Nazis with the other St. Hermelin grads; or, in the 'Bad' story path, Anna is shown battling alongside Shadow Yukino at Caracol, and you must fight them.
* CameraFiend
* CastingAShadow: Durga learns Mamudo.
* CoolBigSis: Functions more like this than her former role as TeamMom in the first game, though she is a rather DeadpanSnarker version of this.
* CrutchCharacter: When she first joins in ''Innocent Sin'', she sits at level 5, enabling the rest of the team to potentially use level 10 personas without leveling up. On top of that, she has a ton of health. While this evens out over the course of the game, this trope comes back into play if the player makes the right choice at Mt. Caracol, thus making her the first party member to obtain their Ultimate Persona.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: Her weapons are a set of razors. (It makes more sense if you've played the first game.)
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Eternal Punishment''[[spoiler:, but considering what she went through in ''Innocent Sin'', this is arguably a blessing]]. Ulala takes her place as Maya's confidant and bodyguard.
* DisappearedDad: Mentions very early at Lisa's place that her dad straight up ran off with another woman on her and her mother. Yukino admits there's no love lost and that she'd kick his ass if she saw him again.
* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:Should the party leave Yukino to mourn, after her Shadow kills herself and Anna, when the party meets with Philemon, he will reveal to them Yukino, who has literally become a mindless, empty husk of her self.]]
* FlechetteStorm: Just like last time, she throws razorblades.
* GeniusBruiser: She's more brawny than brainy but still has a brilliant mind. So much in fact that she could become a teacher.
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Not exactly "guest star", because she leaves the party only after 2/3 of the game.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Something her shadow busts her on; which she hates about herself. The shadow notes that Yuki wanted to be a Teacher like Ms.Saeko and dabbled in Photography to pay her way through school and get close to Fuji. However, despite this, she lacks the brains to be the teacher and the skill for photography. Apparently, Yuki is frustrated that despite her best efforts; she's never going to be good enough to do what she wants to do.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Yukino, after her boss/mentor Fujii dies during the Nazi invasion. If you choose not to take Yukino with you, it leads to her death, becoming a EmptyShell]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:If you choose not to take Yukino with you, her Shadow commits suicide with Anna and ends with Nyarlathotep taking Yukino's ego into the abyss. Her self of "Other Side" from the ''Eternal Punishment'' timeline won't retain memories of this.]]
%%* NiceGirl
* OnlySaneWoman: Yukino often has to put up with the party's odd behavior several times.
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:After Joker is defeated, she transfers her Persona powers to Jun. However, since the events of ''Innocent Sin'' do not happen in ''Eternal Punishment'', Yukino retains her powers in the latter game.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Her primary element.
* PrecisionFStrike: Against a Longinus that belittled Fujii.
-->''The hell did you just say? '''YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!!!'''''
* RetiredBadass: 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.
* ShockAndAwe: Both her Personae have spells of the Zio line.
* SignatureMove: ''Thunder Inferno''. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* {{Tomboy}}: Which she tries to play it down in Fujii's presence to show more of the girly side of her being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She is rather tomboyish but still has a kind, motherly, protective personality and also loves ballet according to her profile.
* ToughLove: [[CoolBigSis Even when she talks to demons, she gives them this treatment]].
* WesternZodiac: Aries.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Yukino sees something of herself in Anna Yoshizaka, a delinquent at the StartOfDarkness.
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! Party Members in ''Eternal Punishment''

[[folder:Katsuya Suou]]
!!Katsuya Suou
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Helios]]\\
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God of the Sun]][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Hyperion]]\\
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Titan of Light]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Primary Arcana:''' Justice
->'''Secondary Arcana:''' Strength, The World
->'''Major Personas:''' Helios, Hyperion
->'''Weapons:''' Pistols
->'''Voiced by:''' Yuji Takada (Japanese), Creator/DaveWittenberg (English, ''Eternal Punishment,'' PSX)

Katsuya Suou is a detective of the Kounan Police Department. His current rank is Sergeant of the Homicide Division, and his starting Persona is [[PlayingWithFire Helios]] of the Justice Arcana. 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.
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* CoolLoser: 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.''

* ThreeAmigos: Tatsuya, Lisa, and Eikichi ([[SixthRanger Jun]] makes four, and adding Maya makes a FiveManBand).

* HurtingHero: Tatsuya begins ''Eternal Punishment'' [[spoiler:wracked with guilt over his decision to retain his memories of his friends. His only aim is to "atone" for what he's done by saving the world again, this time without ''any'' help]]. ''Tall order''.

* MeaningfulName: 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 [[HurtingHero hurting more]] [[StepfordSmiler than she lets on]]. This is brought up in Tatsuya's scenario in the PSP remake of ''Eternal Punishment''. Sakya mentions that she shares her name with his mother, the Mother Goddess Maya.

* NonIdleRich: Bruce Wayne has nothing on this kid.

* OedipusComplex: She's got daddy issues, just like everybody else in ''Innocent Sin''.

* BagOfSpilling: Averted in ''Eternal Punishment'', thank God. Tatsuya joins up at level 50, with his Ultimate Persona Apollo in tow. [[spoiler:This is explained in-game as "This Side's" Tatsuya being taken over by the Tatsuya from the original universe. He loses them all over again in the epilogue when the "real" Tatsuya takes over]].

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Subverted. [[spoiler:When Sugimoto brands himself the "Chief" and spreads a rumor that he's [[ExactWords stronger than Captain Death]], [[CurseEscapeClause Eikichi simply renounces his own title.]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Commence beating]]]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Subverted. [[spoiler:When Sugimoto brands himself the "Chief" and spreads a rumor that he's [[ExactWords stronger than Captain Death]], [[CurseEscapeClause Eikichi simply rescinds his own title.]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Commence beating]]]].

* {{Bishonen}}: 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.

* {{Bishonen}}: Noted in-universe to be unusually pretty even in comparison to actual women.

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* HollywoodDateless: WordOfGod says he's hopeless with the opposite sex, despite being adored by the women in his precinct, not unlike his younger brother with his schoolmates.

* PeekABangs: His bangs cover his right eye. Because his mother wears hers in the exact same way, this doubles as a HereditaryHairstyle.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Not only is Eriko completely fluent in English, she often adds English words into her sentences.

* BadassBaritone: In the Japanese version.

* BadassBaritone: In both Japanese and English.

** It's surprising that it isn't a [[MemeticMutation full-blooded meme]].

* EasilyForgiven: Inverted, Maya's not one to hold a grudge. Nyaralathotep at the end of Innocent Sin mocks her for trying to hate him by noting that forgiveness is her whole schtick.

* TokenMinority: Both in-universe and out. Lisa is currently the only playable non-Asian Persona user in the series to date, although Ann Takamaki in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 5}}'' is of mixed heritage.

* TokenMinority: Both in-universe and out. Lisa is currently the only playable non-Japanese Persona user in the series to date, although Ann Takamaki in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 5}}'' is of mixed heritage.

** Meanwhile, from ''Eternal Punishment'' we get the same IntrepidReporter accompanied by her [[ChristmasCake terminally single]] roommate, alongside a dorky detective in CoolShades, an extortionist with connections to the Taiwanese mob, the heir of a Fiction500 company, a model with surprisingly extensive knowledge of the occult, and the same bad boy loner as before, but now twice as angsty and dressed in red leather.

* ChristmasCake: Ulala lets slip the fact that she's 24. (This might explain her irritability.)

* BareYourMidriff: Her crop-top reveals her belly button and just a tad bit of her toned physique.

* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Tatsuya is mocked by Nyarlathotep and his associates for being this. Because Tatsuya did not let go of his memories as a new reality is created, his spirit persists into the Tatsuya of the new world. Being the only one who does not belong, he is dubbed “Paradox Boy” because he alone links this world with the Other Side which is supposed to be overwritten entirely. In fact, no matter how many people Nyarlathotep grants memories of the Other Side with (including Tatsuya Sudou to act as JOKER, Kandori, or even Lisa and Eikichi depending on player choices), they cannot act as an anchor to bring back the Other Side because they are from ''here'', just granted memories of the Other Side, while Tatsuya's spirit is from the Other Side. In the end, the only way to ensure the Other Side cannot return to overwrite the current reality is for Tatsuya to return there.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He obtained the position of Kasugayama's Death Boss by beating up bullies with his Persona.