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[[folder:Yukari Takeba]]
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[[folder:Junpei Iori]]
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-->''"[[HeroicWannabe Who's da man?]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Magician]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Magician (female only)\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermes]], [[HermeticMagic Trismegistus]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Two-handed swords\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VicMignogna (English), Creator/ZenoRobinson (English; ''Reload''), Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese)\\
'''Live actor:''' Genki Okawa
Junpei is the class clown of Gekkoukan High and the protagonist's best friend. He doesn't like to take things seriously, preferring to avoid serious subjects by making jokes; he enjoys the idea of being a hero, but his immaturity and inexperience make him unreliable in comparison to the protagonists. He struggles with jealousy and resentment of the protagonist's greater strength, skill, and leadership ability.
Junpei is recruited to SEES almost immediately after the protagonist after Akihiko finds him awake during the Dark Hour. He fights using a two-handed sword, but [[BatterUp wields it like a baseball bat]]. His Persona is Hermes of the Magician Arcana, which specializes in physical skills, fire magic, and status buffs.
Junpei is the female protagonist's Magician S.Link, replacing Kenji, who only appears during her Chariot link. Unlike the other male SEES members, he is not romanceable, though he notes that a lot of people think they're dating. Contrary to his normally perverted attitude, he takes on a protective role for her after the two grow closer while he confides in her about his poor family situation.
In ''The Answer'', Junpei becomes frustrated with the group conflict and serves as a middle ground between the various SEES members along with Koromaru, believing that they won't succeed at whatever path they choose as long as they're divided.
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* AbusiveParents: His father - [[MissingMom and that is the only parent that mentioned]] - used to be [[AlcoholicParent a raging alcoholic]], but nowadays is so drowned in booze that he can't even get violent. Junpei is downright relieved to be living in the dorm.
* AdaptationalBadass: His ultimate persona Trismegistus. After awakening it, Junpei gets exhausted shortly after beating Jin, and Akihiko says he's no match for Takaya in his state. In the manga, however, thanks to UnstoppableRage, he's able to [[CurbStompBattle trounce]] ''both'' Strega members. In fact, he came ''very'' close to killing Takaya if not for Yukari healing his wounds. Minato had to summon [[LetsGetDangerous Thanatos]] just to calm Trismegistus down. The movie gives Trismegistus a similar treatment by continuously throwing Agidyne on Hypnos and then cleaving Moros in half.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but his envy towards the protagonist which lasts for a major part of the story, being most noticeable after defeating the Arcana Lovers shadow, gets cut down in the movie. Instead, it gets resolved during the battle with the Arcana Priestess shadow, making Junpei become nicer far earlier than in the game.
* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:''Portable'' is the only time Chidori's Medea is seen fusing with Hermes to become Trismegistus. In all other adaptions (including the manga and movie), Hermes simply evolves into its Ultimate form like the other Personas]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Junpei is frustrated because he's not naturally good at anything but fighting, and then the main character comes along and easily outdoes him at that too.
* BatterUp: He wields his weapons like a baseball bat due to his inexperience, and swings for the fences for his critical hit animation, complete with him yelling "Home run!" He can even wield a spiked bat. He mentions to Chidori that, as a kid, he wanted to be a baseball player when he grew up.
* BeyondTheImpossible: After awakening Trismegistus, he knocks Jin down with a fire spell, despite Jin's Persona making him ''resistant'' to fire attacks.
* BigBrotherInstinct: After flirting with the female protagonist a little early on, he instead moves to being a more protective figure instead.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Though he's always full of himself and thinks he's fit for leader material, he has low self-esteem issues due to his father's abuse.
* BoisterousBruiser: Although he's [[GameplayAndStorySegregation only a bruiser in gameplay]].
* BookDumb: If you check the exam scoreboard, he consistently gets low scores until the last one, [[CharacterDevelopment which he gets a decent score on]].
* BromanticFoil: Junpei is the more perverted of the guys and more of an outlet for the player's seedier thoughts, which acts as a great foil for the protagonists.
* ButtMonkey: Junpei ends up as the butt of a lot of jokes, but doesn't really seem to mind so long as he can volley insults with Yukari.
* CasanovaWannabe: He unsuccessfully flirts with a lot of girls, though he also appears to recognize that he's not going to score.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a HeroicWannabe to TheLancer over the course of the game. Apart from shedding much of his deep-rooted resentment for the protagonist, [[spoiler:Chidori's sacrifice]] instills him with a renewed sense of purpose beyond indulging in his own escapism. This comes to a crux in ''The Answer'', where he becomes the OnlySaneMan when [[spoiler:S.E.E.S. breaks down to fighting amongst themselves.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: He's pretty lecherous, but he also gets genuinely angry when people take voyeuristic photos of the female MC during gym class. He considers it rather sleazy.
* ClassClown: Often takes light of a situation and makes jokes.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Junpei focuses on physical attacks of all three flavors, which takes up so much of his skill progression that his better skills don't appear for a while. He also cannot hit multiple targets until ''level 50'' reducing his team play value. His fire skills can hit weaknesses, but he has a low magic stat, and at the beginning of the game the Protagonist will have their own fire-specializing Personas, while by mid-game Koromaru will have appeared and does fire magic much better. He lags behind for quite a while, but after getting Trismegistus his better skills start appearing.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: [[spoiler:Junpei begs Chidori to leave Strega and come with him, but Takaya shoots him dead. Chidori expends her own life force to save him and dies in the process, and then Takaya has the gall to call her death "meaningless".]] Junpei proceeds to completely blow his fuse, awaken to Trismegistus, and fire off an Agidyne so powerful it blows Jin, who in normal gameplay repels fire attacks, several feet backwards. If it had hit Takaya like he had intended, what was left of him wouldn't have filled a matchbox.
* DatingCatwoman: He meets Chidori while she's [[VillainsOutShopping painting strange pictures by herself]], and after a while they start getting along. Eventually, Chidori is captured and hospitalized, after which Junpei begins visiting her. [[spoiler:Ends badly when she dies due to taking a bullet for him, though her body was already on the verge of failing.]]
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: His skills in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' revolve around hitting the enemies as many times as possible in a round.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: A big deal for him, as he believes he's not good at anything, and even the [[IJustWantToBeSpecial thing that makes him unique]] is outclassed by the protagonist.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Eventually wins over [[DarkActionGirl Chidori]], both through persistence and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe by taking an interest in her sketches]].
* DudeNotFunny: During the meeting in which the team discusses whether [[spoiler:to kill Ryoji]], Yukari tries to needle Junpei by asking if he's scared. In response, Junpei blows up at her for making light of the whole thing before expressing how much the stress is getting to him. Yukari apologizes, realizing she was insensitive.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Stupei", courtesy of Yukari.
* FireForgedFriends: While their relationship is quite the roller coaster ride, by the end of the game it's clear that he has the protagonist's back.
* {{Foil}}: He's the tall, bulky HotBlooded goofball to contrast the main character's short, slender stoicism. The main character's status as TheAce is further emphasized by his own shortcomings.
* FusionDance: Trismegistus is formed through the combination of Hermes and [[spoiler:Medea following Chidori's death]]. This scene however is only shown in ''Portable'' while in other versions of the scenario, Hermes evolves into Trismegistus like normal.
* GreenEyedMonster: It's not prominent at first, but he becomes jealous of the protagonist's capability to lead them into battle [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter as well as being an excellent fighter on top of that]]. He only makes his jealousy known after they defeat the Arcana Lovers and Hierophant Shadows. In the first film, his jealousy toward Makoto is much more pronounced shortly after Junpei joins.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:After his love interest Chidori dies, he uses his anger and grief to get a power-up in conjunction with her old persona Medea to acquire a new resolve.]]
* HeroicBSOD:
** Slips in and out of them. At first it's caused by his fear of being OvershadowedByAwesome, then it's caused by [[spoiler:Chidori's death]].
** He has another one when [[spoiler:when he realizes the world is going to end and Ryoji was possessing the protagonist the whole time]].
* HeroicWannabe: He likes to think of himself as the leader of SEES, [[spoiler:which causes Chidori to kidnap him.]]
* HiddenDepths: He has plenty. Considering he's implied to come from a broken home, it can be assumed almost everything he does is an act to cover up his own insecurities.
* HotBlooded: Constantly shouting and prone to jumping into things without thinking.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He's upset that anything he can do other people can do better, which leads to him not trying at the things he might be able to do competently but not excel in. At first, joining [=SEES=] is his way of escaping his life and playing hero, but character development kicks in and he grows out of it.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Acts like he should be the leader of the team when in reality he's constantly worried about being completely worthless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be ''very'' self-centered and confrontational, as well as jealous of the protagonist, but the game makes it clear that he's a great guy who'll always have your back in a pinch.
* TheLancer: One of your first-party members, the main character's biggest foil and the team member most prone to acting out of order.
* LeaderWannabe: He's jealous of the protagonist for being the field commander of the group, and brags to Chidori that he's the leader of SEES in order to impress her. Part of his CharacterDevelopment is to move past his jealousy and acknowledge that he isn't suited to being the leader.
* LeeroyJenkins: Early on, he tends to charge in as an attempt to prove himself.
* TheLoad: His LeeroyJenkins tendencies tend to result in him becoming this towards the team early on, but he grows out of it.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Has the worst Magic stat of the party members and his only offensive magic are single-target fire spells with no boosting passives. He's more of a physical fighter, though his Agi skills are still good for hitting weaknesses.
* MagikarpPower: He starts off as a decent tank, but the player quickly runs into a string of bosses early on that can exploit his weakness or are resistant to physical attacks, reducing his opportunities to be a viable combatant and reap experience from those fights. He also doesn't get a HerdHittingAttack until level ''50'', which restricts his ability to tear through random encounters for over half the game. If the player keeps leveling him up, though, he turns out to be a powerful endgame character, and is one of the best characters in ''The Answer''. This reflects his CharacterDevelopment as he grows out of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:[[TearsOfJoy He cries]] when he discovers Chidori is alive if you saved her.]]
* MightyGlacier: He has an ''insane'' number of hit points, good Strength and Endurance, and multiple physical attacks, making him one of the game's best offensive specialists, provided you keep his HP up. Even with [[spoiler:Spring Of Life]], he will eventually learn a lot of late-game abilities that will eat through his massive HP in no time.
* MissingMom: His mom is never mentioned. In fact, Junpei almost never talks about his home life, [[AbusiveParents though his reason is obvious]].
* TheNicknamer: He calls Yukari "Yuka-tan" (Yukaricchi in the Japanese version), Ken "Amada-boy" (in the Japanese version of the game) and [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Naoto]] "Nao-cakes" in ''Q''.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: To Makoto in the movie and the musicals.
* TheNotLoveInterest: His Social Link's developments are rather similar to the romantic ones, even switching the music that plays to the one commonly played in them during the last few events. The second to last event has him pause for a bit in trying to describe the relationship between the two, settling on "[[JustFriends very important friend]]".
* OnlySaneMan: He becomes this in ''The Answer''. [[spoiler:When everyone else in SEES is fighting over how to use the keys to either return to the past to try to undo the main character's death or move forward to the present, Junpei is the only one who thinks that everyone is being stupid over how they're handling the whole situation and says that if they all don't get their acts together, then he'll take them on himself just to smack some sense into them.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Usually an upbeat guy who likes to joke around when faced with scenarios most would consider serious matters; [[spoiler:after Ryoji informs the group of the upcoming Fall, Junpei's behavior changes as he starts acting more aggressively, at one point taking out his anger on the MC for his indirect role in bringing the Fall. In the movie adaptation, Junpei angrily snaps in response when Yukari teasingly asks Junpei if he's simply afraid of the Fall, then starts yelling at the others before nearly beating up Makoto. He even takes out his anger on a group of street punks he feared earlier, showing how far the dilemma has affected him]]. He gets better.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The stated reason he develops into the resenter before he realizes it's not that he envies the protagonist but that he's afraid of losing his powers and his place in SEES.
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad couldn't care less about him leaving.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With the female protagonist in that while he knows her the longest out of the SEES male members, he's the only one you can't be romantic with. Though you can joke that in Rank 10 when he's trying to tell her something, that he's going for a LoveConfession. His reaction is "Wha-- NO!" In Akihiko's Rank 4, you find out that there's a rumor going around that you and Junpei are dating. When Akihiko asks if it's true, [[ButThouMust all three options deny it]].
* PlayingWithFire: His persona's only offensive magic skills are of the fire element. However, as already mentioned, Junpei's stats are not geared for spellcasting - though they can still prove useful for hitting weaknesses. ''Persona Q'' and ''Q2'' introduce elemental physical skills to allow Junpei's fire damage to calculate off his higher Strength stat.
* PluckyComicRelief: Easily the most comedic party member, to the point where most of the game's humor can be linked to him in some way. However, his jokes actually mask his insecurities.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In the [=FeMC=] route, Junpei's jealousy of the Protagonist being named the team's field leader instead shows itself as him protesting that a girl has been named leader when he's the only guy on the team - the second time around, Mitsuru makes it abundantly clear that she won't tolerate any sexist behaviour towards the [=FeMC=] over her leadership role. Following that confrontation, the narrative drops this element of Junpei’s resentment and he returns to his original characterisation, where he resents the Protagonist for being TheAce.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: Junpei's high Strength and choice of weapon make him hit incredibly hard, but he's offset with low accuracy and low Agility, and becomes prone to stumbling if he whiffs with his normal attacks.
* RazorWings: Hermes/Trismegistus' metallic wings are its main melee weapon and it can learn moves like Blade of Fury and Vorpal Blade. In the third movie, its [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness]] is demonstrate when Trismegistus [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts Moros in half]].
* TheResenter: He initially resents the Protagonist for being better than him at everything, especially fighting.
* RunningGag:
** One of Junpei's gigs is to proclaim that the situation that the team is currently in is a "tough case even for Junpei Iori, Ace Detective". In ''Q2'', the female protagonist uses this gig in order for S.E.E.S. to recognize her and [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay how much she knows them]].
--->'''Yukari:''' Ace Detective? More like Stupei, Ace Defective.
** [[GhostStory "Junpei's Believe It, or Don't"]].
* SadClown: Compensates for his insecurities and inner darkness by acting like an idiot.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: His "Junpei's Believe It, or Don't" gag has him telling ghost stories in order to frighten the others.
* SecretArt:
** [[spoiler:His Persona's evolution to Trismegistus is accompanied with it inheriting Medea's Spring of Life.]]
** His unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Golden Gemini which gives him a good chance of repeating an attack skill for free.
** His unique skill in ''Q2'' is Called Homerun, which lets him deliver a CounterAttack when his row is attacked. This upgrades to Called Shot, which makes his retaliations hit harder.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** A mild example, but in the female protagonist's route, he thinks it would be funny if she and Akihiko got together and tells her he'll be happy to be her wingman if she decides to go for it. You get relationship points for saying you'll consider it.
** He seems to think that there's a red string connecting both ''Persona 3'' protagonists in ''Q2'' when both of them sense that they are connected in a way.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Subverted. He acts like he thinks he's really great, but he actually has pretty poor self-esteem.
* StayInTheKitchen: In the [=FeMC=] path, when Mitsuru is about to assign a team leader, he jumps at the chance just like before, but the protagonist gets the position instead. His response is a pretty blunt "But she's a girl!" which he repeats later. In response, [[TeamMom Mitsuru]] coldly just tells him that if he ever displays that kind of attitude towards the protagonist or disrespects her simply because of her gender... well, it was terrifying enough that Junpei immediately shut up before he could hear the actual threat. [[CharacterDevelopment Eventually]] he admits that the protagonist ''is'' better and that his resentment is completely unjustified.
* TheTeetotaler: Because of his [[AlcoholicParent father being an alcoholic]], Junpei seems to refuse to drink alcohol. When two friends invite him to sneak into Club Escapade, Junpei declines and raises his voice and one of them continues to be persistent.
* TookALevelInBadass: Steadily across the game, but especially after [[spoiler:Chidori dies]], where he nearly kills Jin with a massive fire blast. [[BeyondTheImpossible Jin is immune to fire]].
* TrashOfTheTitans: He never bothers to clean his room. The second recording in ''FES'' and ''Portable'' involves Mitsuru thinking his room was broken into and ransacked.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:In Vol.6 of the manga, he nearly kills Takaya with his reawakened Persona. In the game, he gets a brief burst of power and then passes out.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yukari, the two share sassy albeit mutual joking banter throughout the game.
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[[folder:Akihiko Sanada]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Polydeuces]]\\
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Caesar]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caesar_1.jpg Ruler of Ancient Rome]]
-->''"[[BloodKnight I've been waiting for this!]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Emperor]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Star (female only)\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Polydeuces]], [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Fists\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien (English), Creator/AlejandroSaab (English; ''Reload''), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese)\\
'''Live actor:''' Yuuki Fujiwara
Akihiko is a third-year student at Gekkoukan High and the captain of the school's boxing team. He's very popular and is usually surrounded by {{fangirl}}s when seen at school, but mostly ignores them. He is one of the three founding members of SEES and can summon the Persona Polydeuces of the Emperor Arcana, which focuses on Lightning and Debuffing magic. As a boxer, he's strongest with his fists and uses various gloves, metal knuckles, and fist spurs as his weapons.
Akihiko is an orphan; he had a younger sister, Miki, who died in a building fire when Akihiko was still a child. Powerless to help her, Akihiko resolved to become strong enough to protect the things he cared about, and took up boxing and got involved in SEES as ways of growing stronger. As Shinjiro notes early on, his method of coping is largely ineffective.
In the female protagonist's story, Akihiko is her Star S.Link, replacing the absent Mamoru. For some reason, the female protagonist will need a high charm stat in order to cope with his fangirls enough to start it. During the S.Link, the protagonist has the chance to get to know and appreciate Akihiko for who he is as opposed to the "cool upperclassman" image that the other Gekkoukan students admire, and helps him come to terms with the losses in his life. Depending on dialogue choices, he can become the female protagonist's love interest.
In ''The Answer'', Akihiko, believing that everyone should return to the present and move on with their lives, opposes going back to the past, and Ken joins him.
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* TheAce: He's an excellent fighter, a great student and a pretty perceptive guy. His persona is second only to the main character's in versatility and so he's a great choice for any party. It's verging on BrokenAce though, as he clearly overworks himself due to personal feelings of weakness.
* AffectionateNickname: "Aki", courtesy of Shinjiro (and the female protagonist should you pursure his romance route in ''Portable'')
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: His [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] nature in school causes his classmates to peg him as a BadBoy, which is the reason why he has a legion of fangirls.
* AmazonChaser: Implied when playing as the female protagonist. He clearly admires her taking charge, which he mentions early in his Social Link and to Shinjiro when he's forcibly bought back to SEES. Later games take note of it, with some dialogue trees in ''Persona Q'' having him express joy that muscular girls exist.
* AnnoyingPatient: Mostly because he hates being out of the action. It takes constant effort on Mitsuru's part to keep him from heading back into battle before he's fully recovered.
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of his most prominent character traits. Losing his younger sister has made him ''very'' protective of everyone around him. The third full moon mission, in which the team rescues Fuuka, and his later interactions with Ken and Junpei solidly establishes him as the resident big brother. In December, it's revealed that he's watching over Junpei to make sure he passes his exams, despite the arrival of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. If the protagonists states that he hasn't been studying, Akihiko will threaten to watch over you as well.
* BigBrotherMentor: He encourages the protagonist to study hard and join as many clubs as they can, and his final words to them on the day of graduation are "I'll always be your senpai!".
* BigManOnCampus: Captain of the boxing team, an excellent student, incredibly good-looking and a really nice guy. Akihiko, along with Mitsuru, is one of the most popular people at school.
* BloodKnight:
** His early characterization has a bit of this going on -- he's focused entirely on training and getting stronger, and enthusiastic about the Shadows and Tartarus as a means to that end. Mitsuru gets on his case repeatedly about his eagerness to fight even while injured, and only after Yukari directly accuses him of not caring what secrets are being kept from SEES as long as he gets to fight does he begin to rethink his motivations. It takes [[spoiler:Shinjiro's death]] for him to finally get past it for good.
** [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Unfortunately for his friends' sanity, he relapses into this after the game]].
* BoxingBattler: Was already a boxer before being recruited by SEES, and is the captain of the boxing club by the time the game begins. His combat style naturally makes use of his boxing skills.
* CallForward: In ''Persona Q'', he mentions that he likes the outfit Phantom Mage Shadows wear, a long cape with a hood. This is exactly what he wears by the time of ''Persona 4 Arena''.
* CannotTalkToWomen: He's completely incapable of talking to women other than his teammates. His special video added in ''FES'' shows him reading pick-up lines by himself out of a book and doubting their efficiency. In the female protagonist's route in the PSP version, he gets pretty tongue-tied around her at times.
* ChasteHero: A variation. He ignores his hordes of [[FanGirl female fans]], and as seen at the beach vacation, he's either not interested in approaching ladies or suffers crippling awkwardness around them. The female S.Link proves that he is just too much of TheStoic to understand romance very well. She literally needs to explain to him that he's in love with her when he can't quite figure out why it feels different hanging out around her.
* ChickMagnet: At school, he's usually surrounded by {{fangirl}}s, although he dislikes the attention and claims they talk so much they give him a headache.
* CoatOverTheShoulder: As you can see in his picture above. He's also the page image.
* TheComicallySerious: When Junpei, Yukari, and the protagonist go to visit Akihiko in the hospital early in the game, this trope is on full display. He becomes more relaxed around [=SEES=] members other than Mitsuru as the game goes on. In ''Q'', his obsession with protein is greatly exaggerated and he often gets into childish arguments with Shinjiro over the most minute things.
* CompetitionFreak: Due to his strive to get stronger, Akihiko has a tendency to get competitive for the most trivial of things. This is exploited by Junpei in order to rope him into Operation Babe Hunt, despite Akihiko's lack of interest, by claiming that he could get more girls than him. This trait is especially prominent in ''Persona Q'' and its sequel whenever he's butting heads with Shinjiro.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Along with the protagonists, Shinjiro (who he grew up with), and Ken.
* CovertPervert: Only if the player has maxed out his Social Link and he becomes the female protagonist's love interest. For a guy who does not know ''anything'' about women, Akihiko does get the [=FeMC=] to go to his room somehow and [[DoubleEntendre let their bodies do the talking]]. In the second movie he ogles Mitsuru's swimsuit, but otherwise never shows interest in her. Not even her tight catsuit from Arena/Ultimax.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He can get pretty jealous when he's lovers with the female protagonist. Mostly played for laughs, though, as the brunt of it is directed only against Ken, who is surprisingly capable of holding his own against it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Of everyone in the cast, Akihiko is most prone to this kind of humor. The first instance hits if the protagonist talks to him while he and Junpei are taking a break from studying for first semester midterms. By December exams, it's become a BrickJoke.
-->''Mitsuru told us to try to go back to normal, so Junpei isn't studying for his exams.''
%%* {{Determinator}}
* DeathWail: During the scene with him after[[spoiler:Shinjiro's funeral]], he lets out one of these. Averted in ''Portable'' if [[spoiler:Shinjiro survives thanks to maxing out his Social Link]], but the replacement scene [[PleaseWakeUp isn't much different.]]
* DiscOneNuke: When he rejoins the party, he's several levels ahead of the rest of the team, and his abilities and skillset make him one of the most versatile party members in the cast. Naturally, he's the first to TakeALevelInBadass mid-way through the game, making him even ''more'' valuable. For most players, Akihiko becomes a default member when forming a party, causing diminishing returns when it comes to experience points. Without unlocking the Monad Depths, it can be difficult to impossible to level Akihiko out of the 70s, as by then, he and the protagonists have outstripped the rest of the cast.
* DubNameChange: Pronunciation, rather than name. In the Japanese version, Caesar is spoken with the classical Latin pronunciation, with a hard "k" sound ("kae-sar"), emphasizing the diphthong "[=Æ=]". In the English version, it is spoken instead with its softer, Anglicized equivalent ("see-zer").
* DumbMuscle: {{Flanderization}} in spin-off media has Akihiko exhibit this trait, as opposed to the main game where he's shown to get good grades. In ''Q'', for example, he gets perplexed as to what a GPS is or even stands for.
* {{Expy}}: Silver hair? Check. [[BoxingBattler Captain of the boxing team]]? Check. [[PointlessBandAid Something going on with his left temple]]? Check. He's basically an intelligent [[Manga/Reborn2004 Ryohei Sasagawa]].
* ExtremityExtremist: He's a boxer. He boxes.
* {{Flanderization}}:
** His personality gets some of the worst of it out of the entire cast. In the original game, he is emotionally dense in certain ways but is nevertheless depicted as a mature and very intelligent young man who acts as a BigBrotherMentor to most of his teammates. His fixation on physical training is specifically because he wants the strength to protect those he cares about and comes around once he realises that he's lost sight of his original goal. He also mentions protein exactly twice: once when asked for it by the player, and once in a cutscene when another character brings it up. Later games up his obsessions with training [[BloodKnight for the sake of training]] and protein to ridiculous levels, turning him into a DumbMuscle CloudCuckoolander.
** This is also incorporated into his Persona abilities. In the original games, he was a JackOfAllStats, but befitting his personality shift into DumbMuscle he becomes an increasingly MagicallyIneptFighter, with a rushdown playstyle in the ''Arena'' games and the second-worst magic stat in ''Q2'' (only beating Kanji Tatsumi).
* FreudianTrio: With Mitsuru and Shinjiro; He's the id.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Akihiko suffers a hard case of ObliviousToLove, so it's very fitting that he's one of the hardest characters to romance in the game. It's nearly impossible to hit the right flags in his route without a [[GuideDangIt guide.]]
* GeniusBruiser:
** He's a boxer whose physical attacks are second only to Aigis, and in the original ''Persona 3'' not only does he get consistently good grades, but he's also the first to put two and two together on things like giant Shadows appearing during the full moon and why Fuuka disappeared. He even tells the protagonist that a strong mind is just as important as a strong body. It's reflected in his stats as well. He has an even split between Strength and Magic.
** Unfortunately, in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'', it's revealed that [[BrilliantButLazy he starts slacking in his studies after graduation and loses this trait, much to Mitsuru and Aigis' frustration]].
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Punches Junpei hard enough in the last movie to send him a few feet after TheReveal. Unfortunately, Akihiko was understandably not in a good state of mind either.
* GoingThroughTheMotions: It happens to everyone, but Akihiko's is the most blatant example: when he wears a swimsuit at the beach trip, he carries around a towel in the exact same manner as his coat.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Despite being a good guy, Akihiko quickly ditches sentimentality in dangerous situations and does not easily sympathize with his enemies.
** One time it comes up is when Jin and Takaya appear to commit suicide by jumping off the Moonlight Bridge after being defeated in November.
--->'''Junpei:''' What the hell were they thinking?\\
'''Akihiko:''' They chose their own fate. Don't let it faze you.
** Another time after they defeat Jin and Shadows are coming.
--->'''Female Protagonist:''' We can't just leave him.\\
'''Akihiko:''' Then are you just going to stay here and die with him?
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Akihiko's Ultimate Persona, Caesar (was known as the "ruler of the world") holds a globe in its left hand. Part of Akihiko's Instant Kill in ''Arena'' involves Caesar trapping the opponent in said globe.
* {{Hammerspace}}: You could make a drinking game out of his jacket's disappearance and sudden reappearance.
* HappilyAdopted: [[AllThereInTheManual Only mentioned in a design book, and in a CD Drama]]. He seems to at least have an adoptive mother, according to both, but both sources mention that he rarely interacts with her, so the "happily" part of the equation is debatable.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Ever since he lost his little sister, his sole mission in life has been to [[TookALevelInBadass Take a Level in Badass]] so no one would ever have to suffer her fate again. [[spoiler:He gets a little less ridiculous about this after Shinjiro dies, but he's still a badass.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Shinjiro have known each other for years and still remain close after he left SEES.
* HopelessWithTech: In ''Q'', he apparently doesn't know what a GPS is.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Well, guy, but aside from his extreme aloofness toward his fangirls at school, he doesn't see ''why'' Yukari's so embarrassed at his tiny swimsuit during the Yakushima trip. In his usual dorky fashion, he tells her he's wearing it because of how ''easy it is to swim in it.'' He's also pretty apathetic whenever the girls wear provocative outfits, and a scene in ''Persona Q'' implies that he doesn't know what constitutes as sexual harassment. On the other hand, at least when playing as the heroine, he ''can'' get flustered when she's wearing a provocative outfit in Tartarus. They can also have a conversation between Social Links where one of her responses (to a rooftop pool re-opening and him wanting to use it, in this case) is to wear a cute swimsuit. Needless to say, his embarrassment nearly gets turned up a notch.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He has several weird theories about the nutrients protein bars give and sometimes makes odd quotes that only Chie in ''Q'' is capable of understanding.
* {{Irony}}: Despite being a boxer, his Persona uses few physical moves and his Strength stats are lower than Junpei's and Shinjiro's.
* JackOfAllTrades: His Strength and Magic stats are both high, making him more or less equally effective with physical attacks and his Zio spells, plus a single-target heal and a full complement of debuffs, which are probably his most valuable assets. His only lackluster stat is his mediocre Luck. He keeps his versatility in ''Persona Q'' and ''Q2'', though he condenses his debuff selection to the (still useful) Tarunda set in exchange for a counterattack skill in ''Q'' and a good selection of physical skills in ''Q2''.
* KungFuWizard: Equally adept at beating down foes with his Persona and his fists.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Mitsuru, to the point where when they start bickering, the Chairman simply waits for them to finish before asking the protagonist to join [=SEES=]. When Mitsuru is away in November, Akihiko is as devastated as she is.
* LikeBrotherAndSister:
** The latter stages of his Social Link with the female protagonist bring to light that he views her this way, and it'll stay as such if you don't become lovers with him.
** He's like this with Mitsuru and it continues even into his adult life, though [[BloodKnight his]] [[WalkingTheEarth ridiculous]] "[[WalkingShirtlessScene hobbies]]" and slacker attitude with his career has driven her to her wit's end.
* LoveEpiphany: If you select the right flags for his lovers route in his Social Link in ''Portable,'' he'll have one. An interesting take on the trope has you, the player, ''coaching him into confessing'' because of how utterly [[ObliviousToLove oblivious of his feelings]] he is.
* MeaningfulName: "Akihiko" is written with characters meaning "bright boy."
* MetaphoricallyTrue: It’s heavily implied that he becomes a legendary gumshoe by the time of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', who claims to have "punched a bear". This is true, [[VideoGame/Persona4 except it was a bear mascot]] [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena with Persona powers]].
* MotiveDecay: He initially wanted to become stronger to protect others after his sister's death. However, he eventually became a BloodKnight who became obsessed with fighting shadows for the thrill of it. It was when Yukari calls him out on this that Akihiko starts to question what he's fighting for, something that he eventually comes to terms with [[spoiler:after Shinjiro's death]].
* MrFanservice: His swimsuit notably consists of a tiny speedo and his toned physique. Yukari can't help but stare at it when you play as the female protagonist. In the female route, he ends up replacing Yukari's infamous ShowerScene should you select him as your teammate at Shirakawa Boulevard.
* NoodleIncident: It's heavily implied that Akihiko has previously been "[[FateWorseThanDeath Executed]]" by Mitsuru. [[spoiler:It'll happen again in the Hot Spring mini-game if you fail (as a guy) or succeed (as a girl).]]
* NoSocialSkills: He's initially described as "Confident-looking student," but later scenes make it clear that he's neglected to train his social skills. In both the game and the movie adaptations, despite being a ChickMagnet in school, he is unable to get a girl in Junpei's Operation Babe Hunt because of this.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In the main games, he is shown to be pretty mature and level-headed for the most part, but he also exhibits moments of immaturity, especially if his competitive nature gets the better of him.
* NotSoStoic: Comes off as cold and distant at first, but once you get to know him, he's pretty affable, if somewhat awkward and reserved.
* ObliviousToLove: [=P3P=] states outright that he doesn't seem to understand girls' feelings at all. He's also pretty bad at recognizing his ''own'' feelings. Even if you choose not to become lovers with him, his MAX rank dialogue still has some oddly romantic vibes to it, which is odd, given that he sees [[LikeBrotherAndSister his dead younger sister in you]]...
* OddFriendship: With Shinjiro. You wouldn't expect [[BigManOnCampus a guy]] [[TheAce like him]] to hang out with [[TroubledButCute a guy]] [[JapaneseDelinquents like Shinjiro]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He is really scared of Mitsuru's execution. Serves as a BrickJoke since Akihiko is weak to ice attacks.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mitsuru. They clearly trust each other with their lives, but nothing implies that they're more than friends. [[spoiler:''The Answer'' emphasizes this when Mitsuru takes Yukari's side when deciding on going back to the past or not - Akihiko's shocked, but doesn't bother arguing with her.]] He and Mitsuru remain this way even after graduation, though Mitsuru obviously isn't pleased with the effort it takes to keep track of him as he wanders the planet picking fights with the strongest people he can find.
* PointlessBandAid: On the left side of his forehead. It's still there three years later in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', despite the fact he's now CoveredInScars.
* PowerFist: One of the only characters who will attack with an equipped weapon, often dealing major damage.
* PrettyBoy: A lean, muscular build and a soft, handsome face complete with silver hair. Akihiko's an instant hit with the ladies. [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena As he gets older]], he becomes more of a {{Hunk}}.
* RealMenHateSugar: Touched upon during his Social Link with the heroine. He doesn't hate sweets per se, but he's unused to sugary flavors, which is demonstrated when he invites her to the sweets shop at the Iwatodai Strip Mall. His opinion can easily be justified with the fact that he mainly eats a lot of beef and ramen.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Mitsuru's Blue.
* RequiredPartyMember: Of a sort. Once [[SupportPartyMember Fuuka]] joins the team and Mitsuru returns to the front line, she allows SEES to go to Tartarus without her. However, either Akihiko or Mitsuru (the two upperclassmen of SEES) must be present, or Fuuka will not allow you to go to Tartarus on Mitsuru's instruction.
* SecretArt:
** His unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Conqueror Title, which raises his critical hit rate.
** His unique skill in ''Q2'' is Rush Stance, a buff that has a chance of letting him repeat his attack skills for three turns. This upgrades to Sonic Rush, which guarantees his second strike.
* SharpDressedMan: His casual clothes are quite stylish and crisp, which is what makes his [[RummageSaleReject outfit]] in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and some dialogue in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth''[[note]]Have him in your party and fight one of the Phantom Mage Shadows; he'll mention that he "likes its style." Said shadow is wearing a long cape with a hood...[[/note]]outright baffling.
* ShockAndAwe: His Persona uses electric attacks, and unlike Junpei, Akihiko's more balanced stat spread allows his spells to hit with a bit more force without sacrificing his already strong physical abilities.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Losing his sister made Akihiko want to be as strong and smart as possible to protect what he cares about to an extremely unhealthy degree. His ridiculous constant competing to be the best at everything finally kicks the bucket after [[spoiler:all of that effort amounted to nothing because he couldn't stop Shinjiro from getting killed anyway]]. It becomes a problem the other way around later in his life. Because Akihiko becomes more relaxed and ditches his struggle to become perfect this trait takes him over. Since he would rather be testing himself in fistfights than studying and has no motivation anymore to go to school or work on his career, this results in him becoming a slacker when it comes to academics and jobs after graduation. [[{{Irony}} It's telling that]] '''[[TheSlacker Junpei]]''', [[{{Irony}} the person he always harassed about studying, has a much better work ethic than him as an adult]].
* StealthPun: Considering his enemies, what's he doing in every fight? He's [[spoiler:Shadowboxing!]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He enjoys big, hearty meals with a healthy dose of protein on them. Also overlaps with RealMenEatMeat, as beef bowl is one of said favorite meals. His first Social Link event with the Female Protagonist involves ordering a large order of ramen that leaves her reeling. A gag panel in the [=P3P=] fanbook also has him cover the [=FeMC's=] homemade pancakes with protein, to Shinjiro's chagrin.
* TragicBromance: [[spoiler:Castor and Pollux? That one was destined to end badly with Personas like that.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Implied in some dialogue, and mentioned outright in other games. In the female protagonist's route, his very first Social Link event has him mention that he won't go easy on her. In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', when fighting either female-looking Shadows or Elizabeth, he'll explicitly state that he won't hold back, even though they're female.
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[[folder:Mitsuru Kirijo]]
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-->''"[[LadyOfWar You'll fall by my hand!]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Empress]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Empress\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Penthesilea]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria Artemisia]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Rapiers [[note]]One-handed swords in the original game and FES[[/note]]\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraPlatt (English), Creator/AllegraClark (English; ''Reload''), Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese)\\
'''Live actress:''' Asami Tano
Mitsuru is a third-year student of Gekkoukan High, the school's StudentCouncilPresident, and the daughter of the head of the influential Kirijo Group, which built the school. Her family's status gives her a great deal of influence within the school, enabling her to even issue orders to teachers if necessary. She is the first member of SEES, with the Persona Penthesilea of the Empress Arcana, which focuses on Ice and Healing magic. Mitsuru is also a member of the fencing club and wields a rapier in battle.
Mitsuru is mature, intelligent, confident and kind. She often acts as the [[TeamMom mother]] of SEES, by advising the group on matters both related and unrelated to battling Shadows, and has high expectations for all of them. As the student council president and leader of SEES, she takes on an enormous amount of responsibility on her own. Her penchant for tackling problems on her own often causes her to keep everyone at an arm's length. Coupled with her family's connection to everything going on, Yukari is quite suspicious of her.
Mitsuru is the Empress Arcana S. Link. An excellent student herself, she has very high standards and the protagonist must have maximum Academics and good exam scores in order to begin her link, which becomes available in November. Her S. Link starts out with her acknowledgment that she has led a very sheltered life as well as one with little freedom.
In ''The Answer'', Mitsuru sides with Yukari. She states that this is because she promised herself that she would support Yukari if Yukari ever needed her.
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* TheAce: She's a skilled fencer, a Persona user, the class president, the valedictorian of her year, and is already at a point where she has rank in the Kirijo Group's inner circle, all at the age of 17. How the woman hasn't combusted from the amount of pressure is anyone's guess.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Eye variation. She is usually shown with red eyes but the movie gives her brown eyes.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has an air of elegance and authority, making her popular at school. She even has a stalker waiting for her outside the student council room.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her social link starts to focus on this later in the link, leaving her feeling that because she's a woman, she's expected to marry off to strengthen the company and resenting it, but not quite having the nerve to do anything about it [[spoiler:until her fiancé insults the main character, at which point she blows up and shoots down the marriage.]]
* ArtificialStupidity: Mitsuru is most prone to this trope if left to Act Freely, due to the AI causing her to use ailment skills in vain. Instruct her for Full Assault, though, and her ice damage really shines.
* TheAtoner: She feels she bears responsibility for [[spoiler:the Shadows and the Dark Hour]], even though it was something her grandfather was responsible for and that she was a young child at the time.
* BadassAdorable: She is a very beautiful yet dorky young woman who started as the official leader of S.E.E.S. at the age of 13 and summoned her first persona when she was a ''painfully cute'' girl.
* BadassBookworm: She's quiet, analytical, intelligent, and aloof, but also rather capable of combat.
* TheBeautifulElite: While most of the game's female characters are depicted as attractive, Mitsuru - with her defined lips, voluminous hair, and refined way of going about everything - stands out from the rest.
* BerserkButton:
** When Junpei starts implying that he's really not okay with taking orders from a girl, Mitsuru shuts him down hard and immediately. [[spoiler:Her fiancé hits it even harder — Mitsuru has little tolerance for sexism and ''none'' for disrespect towards her friends.]]
** Also, putting others in danger to cover your own ass is a good way to really piss Mitsuru off. See how she tears Mr. Ekoda a new one when she learns that he covered up Fuuka's disappearance.
** Do ''not'' try to peek on her when she's bathing or changing clothes, accidental or otherwise. She will execute the offender, no questions asked.
* TheCaptain: Mitsuru is the official leader of S.E.E.S, but because she initially acts as MissionControl, she appoints the MC as the Field Leader. Since (s)he is so good at the job, Mitsuru leaves the current status quo as is even after returning to the field.
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousFrench C'est magnifique]]" ("[[GratuitousEnglish Brilliant]]" in the Japanese version) and "Time for your execution!"
* ChildMarriageVeto: At the end of her social link, [[spoiler:she decides her fiancé is scum and threatens to bring the wrath of the Kirijo Group down on him.]] This is either a result of either her love for the main character or to defend her friend's honor.
* CombatStilettos: Her critical animation ends with kicking the enemy.
* TheComicallySerious: As demonstrated in many of the video clips, especially Junpei's. She also demonstrates it during Chihiro's social link.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Mitsuru has red hair and eyes, the movie breaks this by making her eyes brown though.
* DaddysGirl: How did she gain her Persona? To protect her father from the Shadows. [[spoiler:She falls into a HeroicBSOD when he's killed.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off aloof and distant from SEES apart from Akihiko, causing friction with Yukari. She loosens up later in the story and her social link indicates that the IceQueen attitude is in part fueled simply by awkwardness.
* DependingOnTheArtist: In the original ''Persona 3'', Mitsuru's hair colour varies between her character model, portraits, key art and the animated cutscenes - her character model features a dark red that leans towards brown, her portraits give her dark red hair, whilst the animated cutscenes render her hair as being dark brown without any hints of red. Her appearances in the ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' games are in-line with her ''P3'' character model, whilst [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie the anime adaptations]], ''[[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Dancing In Moonlight]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth Persona Q]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth Persona Q2]]'' all opt for a more vibrant red.
* TheDreaded: There's no one that doesn't fear Mitsuru and the word "EXECUTION!" because it is that horrific (Akihiko, whose Persona is weak to ice, is especially terrified). In fact, in one Drama CD track about the Protagonist double-timing to create Broken Social Links, the first thing Mitsuru said was short, simple, and made the Protagonist completely wince in fear even further:
-->'''Mitsuru:''' ''It's me. '''EXECUTION!''' That's all.''
* EnemyScan: As the first Navigator, she can scan enemies in battle to reveal their resistances and weaknesses. It's not as strong as Fuuka's, though.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She seems to have more female fans than male ones, including a very vocal stalker in the hallways.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Even while acting as tactical support. ''Mon analyse resulted in failure.''
* FateWorseThanDeath: Her executions, according to Akihiko.
* Fiction500: She's the heir to the Kirijo Group and shows off their wealth quite well: a video recording notes that her room in the party's dorm is more luxurious and has a private bathroom, her family has a fashion consultant, they own a vacation home at a nearby beach area, and that certainly doesn't cover all of the technology they've made in regards to hunting Shadows, including [[RobotGirl Anti-Shadow weapons]] Aigis and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''[='s=] Labrys. Her wealth also crosses with ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount, as it's implied that she covers a lot of expenses for SEES, and it's implied that the only reason [[NoSocialSkills Akihiko]], an ''orphan'', could go around the world on a journey and possibly re-enroll into college after ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' (in RealLife, college applications in Japan revolve around exams and there's very little flexibility for those who choose it or opt to go straight to work instead) is because he has Mitsuru and Aigis backing him up both financially and reputation-wise.
* FieryRedhead: Inverted. She's actually one of the calmer ones. [[AnIcePerson And wields Ice]].
* FireForgedFriends: She practically develops depression after [[spoiler:her father was killed]], and was very close to totally losing it if it wasn't for Yukari. Since then, they've practically become best friends.
* FishOutOfWater: Her S. Link demonstrates that her life has been very sheltered in some ways; she is out of her depth and uncomfortable when she goes with the protagonist to places like fast-food restaurants, the culture of which she has no experience with.
* FreudianTrio: With Akihiko and Shinjiro. The superego.
* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Mitsuru's absolutely terrified of ghosts. When watching a horror movie, she asks to hold the protagonist's hand. In ''PQ'', she is the most afaid to be in the Evil Spirit Club and poorly tries to hide her fear from the others.
* GoGetterGirl: Originally takes on this role due to her family responsibilities, but then grows into it.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese, she uses a lot of English on occasions. In the English release, this is switched to GratuitousFrench.
* GuineaPigFamily: It's easy to miss, but optional dialogue reveals she wasn't born with the ability to summon a Persona. Instead "she was forced to learn how" by being "subjected to the experiment for many years [...] under the pretense that she was assisting the [Kirijo Group]." This is best seen in ''Persona Q'' when Mitsuru [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely freaks out]] at the sight of the DeadlyDoctor-themed Guardian of the third Labyrinth.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She dedicated her life to protecting her father. Said father is later killed right in front of her. She does ''not'' take this well. She's absent for a while, and then when she returns, she's clearly depressed and dwelling on it unhealthily until Yukari [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snaps her out of it]].]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: After the scene at the river when Yukari [[spoiler:comforts her over her father's death]], the two become very close, which carries over to ''The Answer'' and ''Arena''.
* HiddenDepths: ''In Persona Q'', Shinjiro notes that she's almost as much of a BloodKnight as Akihiko is, and chides the P3 MC for being naive if he thinks otherwise. In the last labyrinth, Mitsuru also is eager to push a seemingly suspicious button (although doing so is necessary to advance) because she's tired of always being the "prize pupil."
* AnIcePerson: Penthesilea (and later, Artemisia) utilizes ice spells for offensive use.
* IncompatibleOrientation: She's on the receiving end of this, unknowingly. She has at least one fangirl at school. That said, Mitsuru herself is presumably straight given that she is a romance option for the Male Protagonist but not the Female Protagonist.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being brought up in a rich family as well as a FishOutOfWater, Mitsuru fails to understand that a small-town school like Yasogami High has no financial back up from a huge corporation like the Kirijo Group and thus could not afford to renovate the building or keep up with today's technology in ''Q'' and accidentally makes a poor remark about the school's condition in front of the Investigation Team.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Composed, graceful, and her persona skillset makes her specialized in elegantly defeating enemies with ice magic.
* LadyOfWar: Mitsuru fits the personality to a tee, as she's elegant, reserved, formal, and uses a nice, classy rapier.
* LargeHam: Theatrical with a capital T.
-->''"You'll fall by my hand!!"''
-->''"This ends NOW!!"''
* LastNameBasis: How she addresses everyone except for [[PlatonicLifePartners Akihiko]] and eventually [[FireForgedFriends Yukari]]. Mitsuru will also refer to the MC this way after progressing far enough in her social link, although she tends to do so only in private. She also refers to [[spoiler:Ken and Shinjiro by first name during and after the October 4th clusterfuck]].
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Not surprisingly, with Akihiko, as the two are the resident adults in [=SEES=]. When Akihiko contemplates reentering combat before he's finished healing, he notes Mitsuru's unstoppable rage as his reason for holding off.
* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler:Until Yukari comforts her after her father's death]], Akihiko is the only person she's close to, and it's more due to their spending time-fighting Shadows as opposed to an actual friendship. [[spoiler:Come ''The Answer,'' she and Yukari become full-blown best friends, as shown in PillarsOfMoralCharacter below]]. She can also befriend/romance the [=MCs=] when her Social Link opens up. [[spoiler:And as the Arena games reveal, she's remained friends with the entirety of what was once S.E.E.S.]]
* MagicKnight: She's a very skilled fencer, has access to the highest level Ice, healing, and status-change spells, and has the second-highest Magic stat in the game, which actually exceeds Yukari's by the end of the game courtesy of Ice Amp and Mind Charge. She's also noticeably more durable than [[SquishyWizard Yukari]] when she joins you. ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' reduces the "knight" half of the equation somewhat, but she's still not the weakest physically.
* MissingMom: Her father is a secondary character, but her mother goes unmentioned. An audio drama mentions that she's alive, but estranged from the family.
* MissionControl: She's this early on, being the only member whose Persona has sensory abilities. She's later replaced by Fuuka.
* MsFanservice: Although it's downplayed compared to Yukari. While her outfits are generally quite conservative, she's considered to be one of the most attractive characters in the series in-universe, and attention is drawn to this fact fairly regularly. In one of the security camera recordings, she's comfortably walking around in only her ModestyTowel before throwing it onto her couch [[SexyDiscretionShot away from the camera]].
* MustMakeAmends: She feels guilty for her grandfather creating the Dark Hour and is out to stop it.
* NoSocialSkills: Spending her life being trained to fight shadows have left Mitsuru a bit awkward when it comes to normal social situations. She goes to a fast-food restaurant for the first time with the protagonists during her social link and doesn't know that she was supposed to eat the food with her hands.
* NotHelpingYourCase: She tries to fix the damages that her family had made but her coldness and lack of trust towards her teammates make some of them, especially Yukari, suspicious that she's just using them for self-serving reasons. Even her father calls her out on this.
* {{Ojou}}: Wealthy and somewhat sheltered, but she's definitely not pampered.
* OjouRinglets: An interesting development happens with this. When she was a child, she had GirlishPigtails drill hair. As she grew, she started having multiple strands of ringlets. In the events of ''3'', she only has only one loose ringlet on the left side of her head, though ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' has the ringlet be more noticeable.
* OldManMarryingAChild: She's about to graduate, and her fiance is at least in his thirties.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Persona Q'', the usually unflappable Mitsuru absolutely freaks out and ''screams her head off'' when the group faces the DeadlyDoctor Shadows at the end of the Evil Spirit Club labyrinth, [[spoiler:referencing Mitsuru being experimented on by scientists under her grandfather in her backstory]]:
-->'''Mitsuru:''' ''S-Stay awaaaayy!!''
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She says that her parents married for political reasons but grew to love each other.
* PersonalityPowers: She has the demeanor of an aloof ice-queen. Fitting that her elemental spells specialize in ice skills.
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter: She herself had nothing to do with [[spoiler:the creation of the Dark Hour]], but she is determined to stop it anyway out of obligation for [[spoiler:what her grandfather set in motion.]] This also extends to the people and families (like Yukari) that were hurt by it. But this really shines in ''The Answer'', where [[spoiler:she stands with Yukari, even though she knows Yukari is wrong and could undo everything they fought for, simply because Yukari helped her get through her father's death in ''The Journey''. Because she owed Yukari that debt, Mitsuru was loyal to her no matter what.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Akihiko. The two have been close friends for years, with Akihiko being one of the very few people she refers to by their given name. However, despite their opposite genders, neither of them show any romantic interest in the other.
* RedOniBlueOni: Despite the red hair, she has an ice theme and is always the cautious and calm one compared to the more adventurous Akihiko.
* RequiredPartyMember: For the early months of the game, Mitsuru is your point of contact if you want to go to Tartarus; it's inaccessible if she's unavailable. After Fuuka takes over as Navigator, the player can access Tartarus in her absence but only if Akihiko is around; Mitsuru has instructed Fuuka to not permit the player access if both Mitsuru and Akihiko are unavailable.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Because of her sheltered life, Mitsuru lacks common sense and how life outside a wealthy family works to the point she tries to buy food at a vendor using a credit card. She also unknowingly makes crude comments in front of other people which further made Yukari detest her initially.
* RoyalRapier: ''C'est Magnifique.'' More noticeable in ''Portable'', as rapier-like weapons are in their own weapon class for Mitsuru to make them different from MC's one-handed swords.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A benevolent example. Being the heiress of the group that owns Gekkoukan High, on top of being the StudentCouncilPresident, means that she can essentially do whatever she damn well pleases, rules be damned, including register Aigis as a student mid-year. This gives her a lot of power fueled by her family name, in contrast to [[VideoGame/Persona1 Kei Nanjo's going to St. Hermelin High]]. However, she only ever does this with the benefit of the school in mind.
* SecretArt:
** Her unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Execution, a stabbing attack that dispels binds but also hits harder for each bind dispelled.
** Her unique skill in ''Q2'' is Queen's Pierce, which [[AttackItsWeakPoint increases her damage output when striking weaknesses]]. This upgrades into Empress Pierce with a greater damage bonus.
* SensorCharacter: She functions as your first scanning character until Fuuka joins. Her persona isn't really suited for it, though, so she's happy to be able to help more directly.
* ShippingBedDeath: InUniverse, this becomes a mild point in her S. Link, with her musing about how all the books in the library are about romance and there's almost nothing about married life or family. [[spoiler:She's very anxious about her upcoming arranged marriage because she knows enough to realize it's probably going to be a pretty unhappy affair altogether.]]
* SpoiledSweet: She could have anything with the amount of money within her family's coffers, but she's a hardworking, kind, and heroic young woman despite that. Having a good father probably has a lot to do with it.
* StealthPun: Mitsuru's an IceQueen who specializes in Bufu spells and is weak to fire.
* StudentCouncilPresident: She was elected in a landslide, but a lot of students admit that she just sounds really smart and that they don't really understand what she's talking about.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She seems cold and professional and hides some information, but she actually cares a lot about her friends and the group as a whole. She simply has difficulty trusting others and a large sense of responsibility that tend to mask her better nature. It makes for quite the spectacle at the end of her social link.
* SupportingLeader: She's the formal leader of the group and tends to set up most of the plans. Although not a major focus of the game, this trope comes into effect given that [[spoiler:her family is responsible for the creation of Tartarus and the Dark Hour]], and the fact that she is openly recruiting more people into SEES.
* TeamMom: Actually expects everyone to maintain good grades. ''Expects'' being the keyword. She will give your character rewards if you place highly on exams, and to start her Social Link, you must have maxed out Academics and have placed first on at least one exam.
* ToughLeaderFacade: A significant amount of her aloof attitude is based on her not being that great at socializing, while the rest is based on her attempts to be professional and in control. This causes much friction between her and Yukari, who misinterpreted her facade as a lack of empathy for her teammates.
* UndyingLoyalty: Played straight and Deconstructed. In ''The Answer'' Mitsuru sides with Yukari when she decides to [[spoiler: go back in time to stop the Protagonist from becoming the Great Seal]] even though Mitsuru does not agree with Yukari's plan and is well aware that it can end in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt disaster for humanity]]. However, Mitsuru still assists Yukari because she [[PillarsOfMoralCharacter feels indebted]] towards Yukari for being there when she needed her the most.
* UptownGirl: In the male character's Social Link. She doesn't really care [[spoiler:and even defends him when her fiancé tries to snub him to the point of instantly breaking off the engagement.]]
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[[Sandbox/Persona3SEES S.E.E.S.]] ('''Starting Members''' [[[Characters/Persona3Protagonists The Protagonists]] | [[Sandbox/Persona3YukariTakeba Yukari Takeba]]] | [[Sandbox/Persona3LaterMembers Later Members]]) | [[Characters/Persona3SocialLinksAndNPCs Social Links and NPCs]] | [[Characters/Persona3Antagonists Antagonists]] ]]-]]]
!!S.E.E.S. Starting Members
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Protagonists]]
* See [[Characters/Persona3Protagonists here]]
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[[folder:Yukari Takeba]]
* See [[Sandbox/YukariTakeba here]]
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[[folder:Junpei Iori]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/junpei_iori_4.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:''"And that's the game!"'']][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Hermes]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p3_hermes_7.jpg The Messenger God]][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Trismegistus]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p3_trismegistus.png Thrice Great Hermes]]
-->''"[[HeroicWannabe Who's da man?]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Magician]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Magician (female only)\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermes]], [[HermeticMagic Trismegistus]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Two-handed swords\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VicMignogna (English), Creator/ZenoRobinson (English; ''Reload''), Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese)\\
'''Live actor:''' Genki Okawa
Junpei is the class clown of Gekkoukan High and the protagonist's best friend. He doesn't like to take things seriously, preferring to avoid serious subjects by making jokes; he enjoys the idea of being a hero, but his immaturity and inexperience make him unreliable in comparison to the protagonists. He struggles with jealousy and resentment of the protagonist's greater strength, skill, and leadership ability.
Junpei is recruited to SEES almost immediately after the protagonist after Akihiko finds him awake during the Dark Hour. He fights using a two-handed sword, but [[BatterUp wields it like a baseball bat]]. His Persona is Hermes of the Magician Arcana, which specializes in physical skills, fire magic, and status buffs.
Junpei is the female protagonist's Magician S.Link, replacing Kenji, who only appears during her Chariot link. Unlike the other male SEES members, he is not romanceable, though he notes that a lot of people think they're dating. Contrary to his normally perverted attitude, he takes on a protective role for her after the two grow closer while he confides in her about his poor family situation.
In ''The Answer'', Junpei becomes frustrated with the group conflict and serves as a middle ground between the various SEES members along with Koromaru, believing that they won't succeed at whatever path they choose as long as they're divided.
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* AbusiveParents: His father - [[MissingMom and that is the only parent that mentioned]] - used to be [[AlcoholicParent a raging alcoholic]], but nowadays is so drowned in booze that he can't even get violent. Junpei is downright relieved to be living in the dorm.
* AdaptationalBadass: His ultimate persona Trismegistus. After awakening it, Junpei gets exhausted shortly after beating Jin, and Akihiko says he's no match for Takaya in his state. In the manga, however, thanks to UnstoppableRage, he's able to [[CurbStompBattle trounce]] ''both'' Strega members. In fact, he came ''very'' close to killing Takaya if not for Yukari healing his wounds. Minato had to summon [[LetsGetDangerous Thanatos]] just to calm Trismegistus down. The movie gives Trismegistus a similar treatment by continuously throwing Agidyne on Hypnos and then cleaving Moros in half.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but his envy towards the protagonist which lasts for a major part of the story, being most noticeable after defeating the Arcana Lovers shadow, gets cut down in the movie. Instead, it gets resolved during the battle with the Arcana Priestess shadow, making Junpei become nicer far earlier than in the game.
* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:''Portable'' is the only time Chidori's Medea is seen fusing with Hermes to become Trismegistus. In all other adaptions (including the manga and movie), Hermes simply evolves into its Ultimate form like the other Personas]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Junpei is frustrated because he's not naturally good at anything but fighting, and then the main character comes along and easily outdoes him at that too.
* BatterUp: He wields his weapons like a baseball bat due to his inexperience, and swings for the fences for his critical hit animation, complete with him yelling "Home run!" He can even wield a spiked bat. He mentions to Chidori that, as a kid, he wanted to be a baseball player when he grew up.
* BeyondTheImpossible: After awakening Trismegistus, he knocks Jin down with a fire spell, despite Jin's Persona making him ''resistant'' to fire attacks.
* BigBrotherInstinct: After flirting with the female protagonist a little early on, he instead moves to being a more protective figure instead.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Though he's always full of himself and thinks he's fit for leader material, he has low self-esteem issues due to his father's abuse.
* BoisterousBruiser: Although he's [[GameplayAndStorySegregation only a bruiser in gameplay]].
* BookDumb: If you check the exam scoreboard, he consistently gets low scores until the last one, [[CharacterDevelopment which he gets a decent score on]].
* BromanticFoil: Junpei is the more perverted of the guys and more of an outlet for the player's seedier thoughts, which acts as a great foil for the protagonists.
* ButtMonkey: Junpei ends up as the butt of a lot of jokes, but doesn't really seem to mind so long as he can volley insults with Yukari.
* CasanovaWannabe: He unsuccessfully flirts with a lot of girls, though he also appears to recognize that he's not going to score.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a HeroicWannabe to TheLancer over the course of the game. Apart from shedding much of his deep-rooted resentment for the protagonist, [[spoiler:Chidori's sacrifice]] instills him with a renewed sense of purpose beyond indulging in his own escapism. This comes to a crux in ''The Answer'', where he becomes the OnlySaneMan when [[spoiler:S.E.E.S. breaks down to fighting amongst themselves.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: He's pretty lecherous, but he also gets genuinely angry when people take voyeuristic photos of the female MC during gym class. He considers it rather sleazy.
* ClassClown: Often takes light of a situation and makes jokes.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Junpei focuses on physical attacks of all three flavors, which takes up so much of his skill progression that his better skills don't appear for a while. He also cannot hit multiple targets until ''level 50'' reducing his team play value. His fire skills can hit weaknesses, but he has a low magic stat, and at the beginning of the game the Protagonist will have their own fire-specializing Personas, while by mid-game Koromaru will have appeared and does fire magic much better. He lags behind for quite a while, but after getting Trismegistus his better skills start appearing.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: [[spoiler:Junpei begs Chidori to leave Strega and come with him, but Takaya shoots him dead. Chidori expends her own life force to save him and dies in the process, and then Takaya has the gall to call her death "meaningless".]] Junpei proceeds to completely blow his fuse, awaken to Trismegistus, and fire off an Agidyne so powerful it blows Jin, who in normal gameplay repels fire attacks, several feet backwards. If it had hit Takaya like he had intended, what was left of him wouldn't have filled a matchbox.
* DatingCatwoman: He meets Chidori while she's [[VillainsOutShopping painting strange pictures by herself]], and after a while they start getting along. Eventually, Chidori is captured and hospitalized, after which Junpei begins visiting her. [[spoiler:Ends badly when she dies due to taking a bullet for him, though her body was already on the verge of failing.]]
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: His skills in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' revolve around hitting the enemies as many times as possible in a round.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: A big deal for him, as he believes he's not good at anything, and even the [[IJustWantToBeSpecial thing that makes him unique]] is outclassed by the protagonist.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Eventually wins over [[DarkActionGirl Chidori]], both through persistence and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe by taking an interest in her sketches]].
* DudeNotFunny: During the meeting in which the team discusses whether [[spoiler:to kill Ryoji]], Yukari tries to needle Junpei by asking if he's scared. In response, Junpei blows up at her for making light of the whole thing before expressing how much the stress is getting to him. Yukari apologizes, realizing she was insensitive.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Stupei", courtesy of Yukari.
* FireForgedFriends: While their relationship is quite the roller coaster ride, by the end of the game it's clear that he has the protagonist's back.
* {{Foil}}: He's the tall, bulky HotBlooded goofball to contrast the main character's short, slender stoicism. The main character's status as TheAce is further emphasized by his own shortcomings.
* FusionDance: Trismegistus is formed through the combination of Hermes and [[spoiler:Medea following Chidori's death]]. This scene however is only shown in ''Portable'' while in other versions of the scenario, Hermes evolves into Trismegistus like normal.
* GreenEyedMonster: It's not prominent at first, but he becomes jealous of the protagonist's capability to lead them into battle [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter as well as being an excellent fighter on top of that]]. He only makes his jealousy known after they defeat the Arcana Lovers and Hierophant Shadows. In the first film, his jealousy toward Makoto is much more pronounced shortly after Junpei joins.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:After his love interest Chidori dies, he uses his anger and grief to get a power-up in conjunction with her old persona Medea to acquire a new resolve.]]
* HeroicBSOD:
** Slips in and out of them. At first it's caused by his fear of being OvershadowedByAwesome, then it's caused by [[spoiler:Chidori's death]].
** He has another one when [[spoiler:when he realizes the world is going to end and Ryoji was possessing the protagonist the whole time]].
* HeroicWannabe: He likes to think of himself as the leader of SEES, [[spoiler:which causes Chidori to kidnap him.]]
* HiddenDepths: He has plenty. Considering he's implied to come from a broken home, it can be assumed almost everything he does is an act to cover up his own insecurities.
* HotBlooded: Constantly shouting and prone to jumping into things without thinking.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He's upset that anything he can do other people can do better, which leads to him not trying at the things he might be able to do competently but not excel in. At first, joining [=SEES=] is his way of escaping his life and playing hero, but character development kicks in and he grows out of it.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Acts like he should be the leader of the team when in reality he's constantly worried about being completely worthless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be ''very'' self-centered and confrontational, as well as jealous of the protagonist, but the game makes it clear that he's a great guy who'll always have your back in a pinch.
* TheLancer: One of your first-party members, the main character's biggest foil and the team member most prone to acting out of order.
* LeaderWannabe: He's jealous of the protagonist for being the field commander of the group, and brags to Chidori that he's the leader of SEES in order to impress her. Part of his CharacterDevelopment is to move past his jealousy and acknowledge that he isn't suited to being the leader.
* LeeroyJenkins: Early on, he tends to charge in as an attempt to prove himself.
* TheLoad: His LeeroyJenkins tendencies tend to result in him becoming this towards the team early on, but he grows out of it.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Has the worst Magic stat of the party members and his only offensive magic are single-target fire spells with no boosting passives. He's more of a physical fighter, though his Agi skills are still good for hitting weaknesses.
* MagikarpPower: He starts off as a decent tank, but the player quickly runs into a string of bosses early on that can exploit his weakness or are resistant to physical attacks, reducing his opportunities to be a viable combatant and reap experience from those fights. He also doesn't get a HerdHittingAttack until level ''50'', which restricts his ability to tear through random encounters for over half the game. If the player keeps leveling him up, though, he turns out to be a powerful endgame character, and is one of the best characters in ''The Answer''. This reflects his CharacterDevelopment as he grows out of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:[[TearsOfJoy He cries]] when he discovers Chidori is alive if you saved her.]]
* MightyGlacier: He has an ''insane'' number of hit points, good Strength and Endurance, and multiple physical attacks, making him one of the game's best offensive specialists, provided you keep his HP up. Even with [[spoiler:Spring Of Life]], he will eventually learn a lot of late-game abilities that will eat through his massive HP in no time.
* MissingMom: His mom is never mentioned. In fact, Junpei almost never talks about his home life, [[AbusiveParents though his reason is obvious]].
* TheNicknamer: He calls Yukari "Yuka-tan" (Yukaricchi in the Japanese version), Ken "Amada-boy" (in the Japanese version of the game) and [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Naoto]] "Nao-cakes" in ''Q''.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: To Makoto in the movie and the musicals.
* TheNotLoveInterest: His Social Link's developments are rather similar to the romantic ones, even switching the music that plays to the one commonly played in them during the last few events. The second to last event has him pause for a bit in trying to describe the relationship between the two, settling on "[[JustFriends very important friend]]".
* OnlySaneMan: He becomes this in ''The Answer''. [[spoiler:When everyone else in SEES is fighting over how to use the keys to either return to the past to try to undo the main character's death or move forward to the present, Junpei is the only one who thinks that everyone is being stupid over how they're handling the whole situation and says that if they all don't get their acts together, then he'll take them on himself just to smack some sense into them.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Usually an upbeat guy who likes to joke around when faced with scenarios most would consider serious matters; [[spoiler:after Ryoji informs the group of the upcoming Fall, Junpei's behavior changes as he starts acting more aggressively, at one point taking out his anger on the MC for his indirect role in bringing the Fall. In the movie adaptation, Junpei angrily snaps in response when Yukari teasingly asks Junpei if he's simply afraid of the Fall, then starts yelling at the others before nearly beating up Makoto. He even takes out his anger on a group of street punks he feared earlier, showing how far the dilemma has affected him]]. He gets better.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The stated reason he develops into the resenter before he realizes it's not that he envies the protagonist but that he's afraid of losing his powers and his place in SEES.
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad couldn't care less about him leaving.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With the female protagonist in that while he knows her the longest out of the SEES male members, he's the only one you can't be romantic with. Though you can joke that in Rank 10 when he's trying to tell her something, that he's going for a LoveConfession. His reaction is "Wha-- NO!" In Akihiko's Rank 4, you find out that there's a rumor going around that you and Junpei are dating. When Akihiko asks if it's true, [[ButThouMust all three options deny it]].
* PlayingWithFire: His persona's only offensive magic skills are of the fire element. However, as already mentioned, Junpei's stats are not geared for spellcasting - though they can still prove useful for hitting weaknesses. ''Persona Q'' and ''Q2'' introduce elemental physical skills to allow Junpei's fire damage to calculate off his higher Strength stat.
* PluckyComicRelief: Easily the most comedic party member, to the point where most of the game's humor can be linked to him in some way. However, his jokes actually mask his insecurities.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In the [=FeMC=] route, Junpei's jealousy of the Protagonist being named the team's field leader instead shows itself as him protesting that a girl has been named leader when he's the only guy on the team - the second time around, Mitsuru makes it abundantly clear that she won't tolerate any sexist behaviour towards the [=FeMC=] over her leadership role. Following that confrontation, the narrative drops this element of Junpei’s resentment and he returns to his original characterisation, where he resents the Protagonist for being TheAce.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: Junpei's high Strength and choice of weapon make him hit incredibly hard, but he's offset with low accuracy and low Agility, and becomes prone to stumbling if he whiffs with his normal attacks.
* RazorWings: Hermes/Trismegistus' metallic wings are its main melee weapon and it can learn moves like Blade of Fury and Vorpal Blade. In the third movie, its [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpness]] is demonstrate when Trismegistus [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cuts Moros in half]].
* TheResenter: He initially resents the Protagonist for being better than him at everything, especially fighting.
* RunningGag:
** One of Junpei's gigs is to proclaim that the situation that the team is currently in is a "tough case even for Junpei Iori, Ace Detective". In ''Q2'', the female protagonist uses this gig in order for S.E.E.S. to recognize her and [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay how much she knows them]].
--->'''Yukari:''' Ace Detective? More like Stupei, Ace Defective.
** [[GhostStory "Junpei's Believe It, or Don't"]].
* SadClown: Compensates for his insecurities and inner darkness by acting like an idiot.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: His "Junpei's Believe It, or Don't" gag has him telling ghost stories in order to frighten the others.
* SecretArt:
** [[spoiler:His Persona's evolution to Trismegistus is accompanied with it inheriting Medea's Spring of Life.]]
** His unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Golden Gemini which gives him a good chance of repeating an attack skill for free.
** His unique skill in ''Q2'' is Called Homerun, which lets him deliver a CounterAttack when his row is attacked. This upgrades to Called Shot, which makes his retaliations hit harder.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** A mild example, but in the female protagonist's route, he thinks it would be funny if she and Akihiko got together and tells her he'll be happy to be her wingman if she decides to go for it. You get relationship points for saying you'll consider it.
** He seems to think that there's a red string connecting both ''Persona 3'' protagonists in ''Q2'' when both of them sense that they are connected in a way.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Subverted. He acts like he thinks he's really great, but he actually has pretty poor self-esteem.
* StayInTheKitchen: In the [=FeMC=] path, when Mitsuru is about to assign a team leader, he jumps at the chance just like before, but the protagonist gets the position instead. His response is a pretty blunt "But she's a girl!" which he repeats later. In response, [[TeamMom Mitsuru]] coldly just tells him that if he ever displays that kind of attitude towards the protagonist or disrespects her simply because of her gender... well, it was terrifying enough that Junpei immediately shut up before he could hear the actual threat. [[CharacterDevelopment Eventually]] he admits that the protagonist ''is'' better and that his resentment is completely unjustified.
* TheTeetotaler: Because of his [[AlcoholicParent father being an alcoholic]], Junpei seems to refuse to drink alcohol. When two friends invite him to sneak into Club Escapade, Junpei declines and raises his voice and one of them continues to be persistent.
* TookALevelInBadass: Steadily across the game, but especially after [[spoiler:Chidori dies]], where he nearly kills Jin with a massive fire blast. [[BeyondTheImpossible Jin is immune to fire]].
* TrashOfTheTitans: He never bothers to clean his room. The second recording in ''FES'' and ''Portable'' involves Mitsuru thinking his room was broken into and ransacked.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:In Vol.6 of the manga, he nearly kills Takaya with his reawakened Persona. In the game, he gets a brief burst of power and then passes out.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yukari, the two share sassy albeit mutual joking banter throughout the game.
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[[folder:Akihiko Sanada]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akihiko_sanada.png]] [[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Polydeuces]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/polydeuces_6.jpg Red Gemini]][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Caesar]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caesar_1.jpg Ruler of Ancient Rome]]
-->''"[[BloodKnight I've been waiting for this!]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Emperor]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Star (female only)\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Polydeuces]], [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Fists\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien (English), Creator/AlejandroSaab (English; ''Reload''), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese)\\
'''Live actor:''' Yuuki Fujiwara
Akihiko is a third-year student at Gekkoukan High and the captain of the school's boxing team. He's very popular and is usually surrounded by {{fangirl}}s when seen at school, but mostly ignores them. He is one of the three founding members of SEES and can summon the Persona Polydeuces of the Emperor Arcana, which focuses on Lightning and Debuffing magic. As a boxer, he's strongest with his fists and uses various gloves, metal knuckles, and fist spurs as his weapons.
Akihiko is an orphan; he had a younger sister, Miki, who died in a building fire when Akihiko was still a child. Powerless to help her, Akihiko resolved to become strong enough to protect the things he cared about, and took up boxing and got involved in SEES as ways of growing stronger. As Shinjiro notes early on, his method of coping is largely ineffective.
In the female protagonist's story, Akihiko is her Star S.Link, replacing the absent Mamoru. For some reason, the female protagonist will need a high charm stat in order to cope with his fangirls enough to start it. During the S.Link, the protagonist has the chance to get to know and appreciate Akihiko for who he is as opposed to the "cool upperclassman" image that the other Gekkoukan students admire, and helps him come to terms with the losses in his life. Depending on dialogue choices, he can become the female protagonist's love interest.
In ''The Answer'', Akihiko, believing that everyone should return to the present and move on with their lives, opposes going back to the past, and Ken joins him.
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* TheAce: He's an excellent fighter, a great student and a pretty perceptive guy. His persona is second only to the main character's in versatility and so he's a great choice for any party. It's verging on BrokenAce though, as he clearly overworks himself due to personal feelings of weakness.
* AffectionateNickname: "Aki", courtesy of Shinjiro (and the female protagonist should you pursure his romance route in ''Portable'')
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: His [[AloofBigBrother aloof]] nature in school causes his classmates to peg him as a BadBoy, which is the reason why he has a legion of fangirls.
* AmazonChaser: Implied when playing as the female protagonist. He clearly admires her taking charge, which he mentions early in his Social Link and to Shinjiro when he's forcibly bought back to SEES. Later games take note of it, with some dialogue trees in ''Persona Q'' having him express joy that muscular girls exist.
* AnnoyingPatient: Mostly because he hates being out of the action. It takes constant effort on Mitsuru's part to keep him from heading back into battle before he's fully recovered.
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of his most prominent character traits. Losing his younger sister has made him ''very'' protective of everyone around him. The third full moon mission, in which the team rescues Fuuka, and his later interactions with Ken and Junpei solidly establishes him as the resident big brother. In December, it's revealed that he's watching over Junpei to make sure he passes his exams, despite the arrival of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. If the protagonists states that he hasn't been studying, Akihiko will threaten to watch over you as well.
* BigBrotherMentor: He encourages the protagonist to study hard and join as many clubs as they can, and his final words to them on the day of graduation are "I'll always be your senpai!".
* BigManOnCampus: Captain of the boxing team, an excellent student, incredibly good-looking and a really nice guy. Akihiko, along with Mitsuru, is one of the most popular people at school.
* BloodKnight:
** His early characterization has a bit of this going on -- he's focused entirely on training and getting stronger, and enthusiastic about the Shadows and Tartarus as a means to that end. Mitsuru gets on his case repeatedly about his eagerness to fight even while injured, and only after Yukari directly accuses him of not caring what secrets are being kept from SEES as long as he gets to fight does he begin to rethink his motivations. It takes [[spoiler:Shinjiro's death]] for him to finally get past it for good.
** [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Unfortunately for his friends' sanity, he relapses into this after the game]].
* BoxingBattler: Was already a boxer before being recruited by SEES, and is the captain of the boxing club by the time the game begins. His combat style naturally makes use of his boxing skills.
* CallForward: In ''Persona Q'', he mentions that he likes the outfit Phantom Mage Shadows wear, a long cape with a hood. This is exactly what he wears by the time of ''Persona 4 Arena''.
* CannotTalkToWomen: He's completely incapable of talking to women other than his teammates. His special video added in ''FES'' shows him reading pick-up lines by himself out of a book and doubting their efficiency. In the female protagonist's route in the PSP version, he gets pretty tongue-tied around her at times.
* ChasteHero: A variation. He ignores his hordes of [[FanGirl female fans]], and as seen at the beach vacation, he's either not interested in approaching ladies or suffers crippling awkwardness around them. The female S.Link proves that he is just too much of TheStoic to understand romance very well. She literally needs to explain to him that he's in love with her when he can't quite figure out why it feels different hanging out around her.
* ChickMagnet: At school, he's usually surrounded by {{fangirl}}s, although he dislikes the attention and claims they talk so much they give him a headache.
* CoatOverTheShoulder: As you can see in his picture above. He's also the page image.
* TheComicallySerious: When Junpei, Yukari, and the protagonist go to visit Akihiko in the hospital early in the game, this trope is on full display. He becomes more relaxed around [=SEES=] members other than Mitsuru as the game goes on. In ''Q'', his obsession with protein is greatly exaggerated and he often gets into childish arguments with Shinjiro over the most minute things.
* CompetitionFreak: Due to his strive to get stronger, Akihiko has a tendency to get competitive for the most trivial of things. This is exploited by Junpei in order to rope him into Operation Babe Hunt, despite Akihiko's lack of interest, by claiming that he could get more girls than him. This trait is especially prominent in ''Persona Q'' and its sequel whenever he's butting heads with Shinjiro.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Along with the protagonists, Shinjiro (who he grew up with), and Ken.
* CovertPervert: Only if the player has maxed out his Social Link and he becomes the female protagonist's love interest. For a guy who does not know ''anything'' about women, Akihiko does get the [=FeMC=] to go to his room somehow and [[DoubleEntendre let their bodies do the talking]]. In the second movie he ogles Mitsuru's swimsuit, but otherwise never shows interest in her. Not even her tight catsuit from Arena/Ultimax.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He can get pretty jealous when he's lovers with the female protagonist. Mostly played for laughs, though, as the brunt of it is directed only against Ken, who is surprisingly capable of holding his own against it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Of everyone in the cast, Akihiko is most prone to this kind of humor. The first instance hits if the protagonist talks to him while he and Junpei are taking a break from studying for first semester midterms. By December exams, it's become a BrickJoke.
-->''Mitsuru told us to try to go back to normal, so Junpei isn't studying for his exams.''
%%* {{Determinator}}
* DeathWail: During the scene with him after[[spoiler:Shinjiro's funeral]], he lets out one of these. Averted in ''Portable'' if [[spoiler:Shinjiro survives thanks to maxing out his Social Link]], but the replacement scene [[PleaseWakeUp isn't much different.]]
* DiscOneNuke: When he rejoins the party, he's several levels ahead of the rest of the team, and his abilities and skillset make him one of the most versatile party members in the cast. Naturally, he's the first to TakeALevelInBadass mid-way through the game, making him even ''more'' valuable. For most players, Akihiko becomes a default member when forming a party, causing diminishing returns when it comes to experience points. Without unlocking the Monad Depths, it can be difficult to impossible to level Akihiko out of the 70s, as by then, he and the protagonists have outstripped the rest of the cast.
* DubNameChange: Pronunciation, rather than name. In the Japanese version, Caesar is spoken with the classical Latin pronunciation, with a hard "k" sound ("kae-sar"), emphasizing the diphthong "[=Æ=]". In the English version, it is spoken instead with its softer, Anglicized equivalent ("see-zer").
* DumbMuscle: {{Flanderization}} in spin-off media has Akihiko exhibit this trait, as opposed to the main game where he's shown to get good grades. In ''Q'', for example, he gets perplexed as to what a GPS is or even stands for.
* {{Expy}}: Silver hair? Check. [[BoxingBattler Captain of the boxing team]]? Check. [[PointlessBandAid Something going on with his left temple]]? Check. He's basically an intelligent [[Manga/Reborn2004 Ryohei Sasagawa]].
* ExtremityExtremist: He's a boxer. He boxes.
* {{Flanderization}}:
** His personality gets some of the worst of it out of the entire cast. In the original game, he is emotionally dense in certain ways but is nevertheless depicted as a mature and very intelligent young man who acts as a BigBrotherMentor to most of his teammates. His fixation on physical training is specifically because he wants the strength to protect those he cares about and comes around once he realises that he's lost sight of his original goal. He also mentions protein exactly twice: once when asked for it by the player, and once in a cutscene when another character brings it up. Later games up his obsessions with training [[BloodKnight for the sake of training]] and protein to ridiculous levels, turning him into a DumbMuscle CloudCuckoolander.
** This is also incorporated into his Persona abilities. In the original games, he was a JackOfAllStats, but befitting his personality shift into DumbMuscle he becomes an increasingly MagicallyIneptFighter, with a rushdown playstyle in the ''Arena'' games and the second-worst magic stat in ''Q2'' (only beating Kanji Tatsumi).
* FreudianTrio: With Mitsuru and Shinjiro; He's the id.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Akihiko suffers a hard case of ObliviousToLove, so it's very fitting that he's one of the hardest characters to romance in the game. It's nearly impossible to hit the right flags in his route without a [[GuideDangIt guide.]]
* GeniusBruiser:
** He's a boxer whose physical attacks are second only to Aigis, and in the original ''Persona 3'' not only does he get consistently good grades, but he's also the first to put two and two together on things like giant Shadows appearing during the full moon and why Fuuka disappeared. He even tells the protagonist that a strong mind is just as important as a strong body. It's reflected in his stats as well. He has an even split between Strength and Magic.
** Unfortunately, in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'', it's revealed that [[BrilliantButLazy he starts slacking in his studies after graduation and loses this trait, much to Mitsuru and Aigis' frustration]].
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Punches Junpei hard enough in the last movie to send him a few feet after TheReveal. Unfortunately, Akihiko was understandably not in a good state of mind either.
* GoingThroughTheMotions: It happens to everyone, but Akihiko's is the most blatant example: when he wears a swimsuit at the beach trip, he carries around a towel in the exact same manner as his coat.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Despite being a good guy, Akihiko quickly ditches sentimentality in dangerous situations and does not easily sympathize with his enemies.
** One time it comes up is when Jin and Takaya appear to commit suicide by jumping off the Moonlight Bridge after being defeated in November.
--->'''Junpei:''' What the hell were they thinking?\\
'''Akihiko:''' They chose their own fate. Don't let it faze you.
** Another time after they defeat Jin and Shadows are coming.
--->'''Female Protagonist:''' We can't just leave him.\\
'''Akihiko:''' Then are you just going to stay here and die with him?
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Akihiko's Ultimate Persona, Caesar (was known as the "ruler of the world") holds a globe in its left hand. Part of Akihiko's Instant Kill in ''Arena'' involves Caesar trapping the opponent in said globe.
* {{Hammerspace}}: You could make a drinking game out of his jacket's disappearance and sudden reappearance.
* HappilyAdopted: [[AllThereInTheManual Only mentioned in a design book, and in a CD Drama]]. He seems to at least have an adoptive mother, according to both, but both sources mention that he rarely interacts with her, so the "happily" part of the equation is debatable.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Ever since he lost his little sister, his sole mission in life has been to [[TookALevelInBadass Take a Level in Badass]] so no one would ever have to suffer her fate again. [[spoiler:He gets a little less ridiculous about this after Shinjiro dies, but he's still a badass.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Shinjiro have known each other for years and still remain close after he left SEES.
* HopelessWithTech: In ''Q'', he apparently doesn't know what a GPS is.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Well, guy, but aside from his extreme aloofness toward his fangirls at school, he doesn't see ''why'' Yukari's so embarrassed at his tiny swimsuit during the Yakushima trip. In his usual dorky fashion, he tells her he's wearing it because of how ''easy it is to swim in it.'' He's also pretty apathetic whenever the girls wear provocative outfits, and a scene in ''Persona Q'' implies that he doesn't know what constitutes as sexual harassment. On the other hand, at least when playing as the heroine, he ''can'' get flustered when she's wearing a provocative outfit in Tartarus. They can also have a conversation between Social Links where one of her responses (to a rooftop pool re-opening and him wanting to use it, in this case) is to wear a cute swimsuit. Needless to say, his embarrassment nearly gets turned up a notch.
* InsaneTrollLogic: He has several weird theories about the nutrients protein bars give and sometimes makes odd quotes that only Chie in ''Q'' is capable of understanding.
* {{Irony}}: Despite being a boxer, his Persona uses few physical moves and his Strength stats are lower than Junpei's and Shinjiro's.
* JackOfAllTrades: His Strength and Magic stats are both high, making him more or less equally effective with physical attacks and his Zio spells, plus a single-target heal and a full complement of debuffs, which are probably his most valuable assets. His only lackluster stat is his mediocre Luck. He keeps his versatility in ''Persona Q'' and ''Q2'', though he condenses his debuff selection to the (still useful) Tarunda set in exchange for a counterattack skill in ''Q'' and a good selection of physical skills in ''Q2''.
* KungFuWizard: Equally adept at beating down foes with his Persona and his fists.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Mitsuru, to the point where when they start bickering, the Chairman simply waits for them to finish before asking the protagonist to join [=SEES=]. When Mitsuru is away in November, Akihiko is as devastated as she is.
* LikeBrotherAndSister:
** The latter stages of his Social Link with the female protagonist bring to light that he views her this way, and it'll stay as such if you don't become lovers with him.
** He's like this with Mitsuru and it continues even into his adult life, though [[BloodKnight his]] [[WalkingTheEarth ridiculous]] "[[WalkingShirtlessScene hobbies]]" and slacker attitude with his career has driven her to her wit's end.
* LoveEpiphany: If you select the right flags for his lovers route in his Social Link in ''Portable,'' he'll have one. An interesting take on the trope has you, the player, ''coaching him into confessing'' because of how utterly [[ObliviousToLove oblivious of his feelings]] he is.
* MeaningfulName: "Akihiko" is written with characters meaning "bright boy."
* MetaphoricallyTrue: It’s heavily implied that he becomes a legendary gumshoe by the time of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', who claims to have "punched a bear". This is true, [[VideoGame/Persona4 except it was a bear mascot]] [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena with Persona powers]].
* MotiveDecay: He initially wanted to become stronger to protect others after his sister's death. However, he eventually became a BloodKnight who became obsessed with fighting shadows for the thrill of it. It was when Yukari calls him out on this that Akihiko starts to question what he's fighting for, something that he eventually comes to terms with [[spoiler:after Shinjiro's death]].
* MrFanservice: His swimsuit notably consists of a tiny speedo and his toned physique. Yukari can't help but stare at it when you play as the female protagonist. In the female route, he ends up replacing Yukari's infamous ShowerScene should you select him as your teammate at Shirakawa Boulevard.
* NoodleIncident: It's heavily implied that Akihiko has previously been "[[FateWorseThanDeath Executed]]" by Mitsuru. [[spoiler:It'll happen again in the Hot Spring mini-game if you fail (as a guy) or succeed (as a girl).]]
* NoSocialSkills: He's initially described as "Confident-looking student," but later scenes make it clear that he's neglected to train his social skills. In both the game and the movie adaptations, despite being a ChickMagnet in school, he is unable to get a girl in Junpei's Operation Babe Hunt because of this.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In the main games, he is shown to be pretty mature and level-headed for the most part, but he also exhibits moments of immaturity, especially if his competitive nature gets the better of him.
* NotSoStoic: Comes off as cold and distant at first, but once you get to know him, he's pretty affable, if somewhat awkward and reserved.
* ObliviousToLove: [=P3P=] states outright that he doesn't seem to understand girls' feelings at all. He's also pretty bad at recognizing his ''own'' feelings. Even if you choose not to become lovers with him, his MAX rank dialogue still has some oddly romantic vibes to it, which is odd, given that he sees [[LikeBrotherAndSister his dead younger sister in you]]...
* OddFriendship: With Shinjiro. You wouldn't expect [[BigManOnCampus a guy]] [[TheAce like him]] to hang out with [[TroubledButCute a guy]] [[JapaneseDelinquents like Shinjiro]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He is really scared of Mitsuru's execution. Serves as a BrickJoke since Akihiko is weak to ice attacks.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mitsuru. They clearly trust each other with their lives, but nothing implies that they're more than friends. [[spoiler:''The Answer'' emphasizes this when Mitsuru takes Yukari's side when deciding on going back to the past or not - Akihiko's shocked, but doesn't bother arguing with her.]] He and Mitsuru remain this way even after graduation, though Mitsuru obviously isn't pleased with the effort it takes to keep track of him as he wanders the planet picking fights with the strongest people he can find.
* PointlessBandAid: On the left side of his forehead. It's still there three years later in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', despite the fact he's now CoveredInScars.
* PowerFist: One of the only characters who will attack with an equipped weapon, often dealing major damage.
* PrettyBoy: A lean, muscular build and a soft, handsome face complete with silver hair. Akihiko's an instant hit with the ladies. [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena As he gets older]], he becomes more of a {{Hunk}}.
* RealMenHateSugar: Touched upon during his Social Link with the heroine. He doesn't hate sweets per se, but he's unused to sugary flavors, which is demonstrated when he invites her to the sweets shop at the Iwatodai Strip Mall. His opinion can easily be justified with the fact that he mainly eats a lot of beef and ramen.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Mitsuru's Blue.
* RequiredPartyMember: Of a sort. Once [[SupportPartyMember Fuuka]] joins the team and Mitsuru returns to the front line, she allows SEES to go to Tartarus without her. However, either Akihiko or Mitsuru (the two upperclassmen of SEES) must be present, or Fuuka will not allow you to go to Tartarus on Mitsuru's instruction.
* SecretArt:
** His unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Conqueror Title, which raises his critical hit rate.
** His unique skill in ''Q2'' is Rush Stance, a buff that has a chance of letting him repeat his attack skills for three turns. This upgrades to Sonic Rush, which guarantees his second strike.
* SharpDressedMan: His casual clothes are quite stylish and crisp, which is what makes his [[RummageSaleReject outfit]] in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and some dialogue in ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth''[[note]]Have him in your party and fight one of the Phantom Mage Shadows; he'll mention that he "likes its style." Said shadow is wearing a long cape with a hood...[[/note]]outright baffling.
* ShockAndAwe: His Persona uses electric attacks, and unlike Junpei, Akihiko's more balanced stat spread allows his spells to hit with a bit more force without sacrificing his already strong physical abilities.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Losing his sister made Akihiko want to be as strong and smart as possible to protect what he cares about to an extremely unhealthy degree. His ridiculous constant competing to be the best at everything finally kicks the bucket after [[spoiler:all of that effort amounted to nothing because he couldn't stop Shinjiro from getting killed anyway]]. It becomes a problem the other way around later in his life. Because Akihiko becomes more relaxed and ditches his struggle to become perfect this trait takes him over. Since he would rather be testing himself in fistfights than studying and has no motivation anymore to go to school or work on his career, this results in him becoming a slacker when it comes to academics and jobs after graduation. [[{{Irony}} It's telling that]] '''[[TheSlacker Junpei]]''', [[{{Irony}} the person he always harassed about studying, has a much better work ethic than him as an adult]].
* StealthPun: Considering his enemies, what's he doing in every fight? He's [[spoiler:Shadowboxing!]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He enjoys big, hearty meals with a healthy dose of protein on them. Also overlaps with RealMenEatMeat, as beef bowl is one of said favorite meals. His first Social Link event with the Female Protagonist involves ordering a large order of ramen that leaves her reeling. A gag panel in the [=P3P=] fanbook also has him cover the [=FeMC's=] homemade pancakes with protein, to Shinjiro's chagrin.
* TragicBromance: [[spoiler:Castor and Pollux? That one was destined to end badly with Personas like that.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Implied in some dialogue, and mentioned outright in other games. In the female protagonist's route, his very first Social Link event has him mention that he won't go easy on her. In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', when fighting either female-looking Shadows or Elizabeth, he'll explicitly state that he won't hold back, even though they're female.
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-->''"[[LadyOfWar You'll fall by my hand!]]"''
->'''Arcana:''' [[TarotMotifs The Empress]]\\
'''Social Link:''' The Empress\\
'''Persona:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Penthesilea]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria Artemisia]]\\
'''Weapons:''' Rapiers [[note]]One-handed swords in the original game and FES[[/note]]\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraPlatt (English), Creator/AllegraClark (English; ''Reload''), Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese)\\
'''Live actress:''' Asami Tano
Mitsuru is a third-year student of Gekkoukan High, the school's StudentCouncilPresident, and the daughter of the head of the influential Kirijo Group, which built the school. Her family's status gives her a great deal of influence within the school, enabling her to even issue orders to teachers if necessary. She is the first member of SEES, with the Persona Penthesilea of the Empress Arcana, which focuses on Ice and Healing magic. Mitsuru is also a member of the fencing club and wields a rapier in battle.
Mitsuru is mature, intelligent, confident and kind. She often acts as the [[TeamMom mother]] of SEES, by advising the group on matters both related and unrelated to battling Shadows, and has high expectations for all of them. As the student council president and leader of SEES, she takes on an enormous amount of responsibility on her own. Her penchant for tackling problems on her own often causes her to keep everyone at an arm's length. Coupled with her family's connection to everything going on, Yukari is quite suspicious of her.
Mitsuru is the Empress Arcana S. Link. An excellent student herself, she has very high standards and the protagonist must have maximum Academics and good exam scores in order to begin her link, which becomes available in November. Her S. Link starts out with her acknowledgment that she has led a very sheltered life as well as one with little freedom.
In ''The Answer'', Mitsuru sides with Yukari. She states that this is because she promised herself that she would support Yukari if Yukari ever needed her.
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* TheAce: She's a skilled fencer, a Persona user, the class president, the valedictorian of her year, and is already at a point where she has rank in the Kirijo Group's inner circle, all at the age of 17. How the woman hasn't combusted from the amount of pressure is anyone's guess.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Eye variation. She is usually shown with red eyes but the movie gives her brown eyes.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has an air of elegance and authority, making her popular at school. She even has a stalker waiting for her outside the student council room.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her social link starts to focus on this later in the link, leaving her feeling that because she's a woman, she's expected to marry off to strengthen the company and resenting it, but not quite having the nerve to do anything about it [[spoiler:until her fiancé insults the main character, at which point she blows up and shoots down the marriage.]]
* ArtificialStupidity: Mitsuru is most prone to this trope if left to Act Freely, due to the AI causing her to use ailment skills in vain. Instruct her for Full Assault, though, and her ice damage really shines.
* TheAtoner: She feels she bears responsibility for [[spoiler:the Shadows and the Dark Hour]], even though it was something her grandfather was responsible for and that she was a young child at the time.
* BadassAdorable: She is a very beautiful yet dorky young woman who started as the official leader of S.E.E.S. at the age of 13 and summoned her first persona when she was a ''painfully cute'' girl.
* BadassBookworm: She's quiet, analytical, intelligent, and aloof, but also rather capable of combat.
* TheBeautifulElite: While most of the game's female characters are depicted as attractive, Mitsuru - with her defined lips, voluminous hair, and refined way of going about everything - stands out from the rest.
* BerserkButton:
** When Junpei starts implying that he's really not okay with taking orders from a girl, Mitsuru shuts him down hard and immediately. [[spoiler:Her fiancé hits it even harder — Mitsuru has little tolerance for sexism and ''none'' for disrespect towards her friends.]]
** Also, putting others in danger to cover your own ass is a good way to really piss Mitsuru off. See how she tears Mr. Ekoda a new one when she learns that he covered up Fuuka's disappearance.
** Do ''not'' try to peek on her when she's bathing or changing clothes, accidental or otherwise. She will execute the offender, no questions asked.
* TheCaptain: Mitsuru is the official leader of S.E.E.S, but because she initially acts as MissionControl, she appoints the MC as the Field Leader. Since (s)he is so good at the job, Mitsuru leaves the current status quo as is even after returning to the field.
* CatchPhrase: "[[GratuitousFrench C'est magnifique]]" ("[[GratuitousEnglish Brilliant]]" in the Japanese version) and "Time for your execution!"
* ChildMarriageVeto: At the end of her social link, [[spoiler:she decides her fiancé is scum and threatens to bring the wrath of the Kirijo Group down on him.]] This is either a result of either her love for the main character or to defend her friend's honor.
* CombatStilettos: Her critical animation ends with kicking the enemy.
* TheComicallySerious: As demonstrated in many of the video clips, especially Junpei's. She also demonstrates it during Chihiro's social link.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Mitsuru has red hair and eyes, the movie breaks this by making her eyes brown though.
* DaddysGirl: How did she gain her Persona? To protect her father from the Shadows. [[spoiler:She falls into a HeroicBSOD when he's killed.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off aloof and distant from SEES apart from Akihiko, causing friction with Yukari. She loosens up later in the story and her social link indicates that the IceQueen attitude is in part fueled simply by awkwardness.
* DependingOnTheArtist: In the original ''Persona 3'', Mitsuru's hair colour varies between her character model, portraits, key art and the animated cutscenes - her character model features a dark red that leans towards brown, her portraits give her dark red hair, whilst the animated cutscenes render her hair as being dark brown without any hints of red. Her appearances in the ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' games are in-line with her ''P3'' character model, whilst [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie the anime adaptations]], ''[[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Dancing In Moonlight]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth Persona Q]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth Persona Q2]]'' all opt for a more vibrant red.
* TheDreaded: There's no one that doesn't fear Mitsuru and the word "EXECUTION!" because it is that horrific (Akihiko, whose Persona is weak to ice, is especially terrified). In fact, in one Drama CD track about the Protagonist double-timing to create Broken Social Links, the first thing Mitsuru said was short, simple, and made the Protagonist completely wince in fear even further:
-->'''Mitsuru:''' ''It's me. '''EXECUTION!''' That's all.''
* EnemyScan: As the first Navigator, she can scan enemies in battle to reveal their resistances and weaknesses. It's not as strong as Fuuka's, though.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She seems to have more female fans than male ones, including a very vocal stalker in the hallways.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Even while acting as tactical support. ''Mon analyse resulted in failure.''
* FateWorseThanDeath: Her executions, according to Akihiko.
* Fiction500: She's the heir to the Kirijo Group and shows off their wealth quite well: a video recording notes that her room in the party's dorm is more luxurious and has a private bathroom, her family has a fashion consultant, they own a vacation home at a nearby beach area, and that certainly doesn't cover all of the technology they've made in regards to hunting Shadows, including [[RobotGirl Anti-Shadow weapons]] Aigis and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''[='s=] Labrys. Her wealth also crosses with ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount, as it's implied that she covers a lot of expenses for SEES, and it's implied that the only reason [[NoSocialSkills Akihiko]], an ''orphan'', could go around the world on a journey and possibly re-enroll into college after ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' (in RealLife, college applications in Japan revolve around exams and there's very little flexibility for those who choose it or opt to go straight to work instead) is because he has Mitsuru and Aigis backing him up both financially and reputation-wise.
* FieryRedhead: Inverted. She's actually one of the calmer ones. [[AnIcePerson And wields Ice]].
* FireForgedFriends: She practically develops depression after [[spoiler:her father was killed]], and was very close to totally losing it if it wasn't for Yukari. Since then, they've practically become best friends.
* FishOutOfWater: Her S. Link demonstrates that her life has been very sheltered in some ways; she is out of her depth and uncomfortable when she goes with the protagonist to places like fast-food restaurants, the culture of which she has no experience with.
* FreudianTrio: With Akihiko and Shinjiro. The superego.
* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Mitsuru's absolutely terrified of ghosts. When watching a horror movie, she asks to hold the protagonist's hand. In ''PQ'', she is the most afaid to be in the Evil Spirit Club and poorly tries to hide her fear from the others.
* GoGetterGirl: Originally takes on this role due to her family responsibilities, but then grows into it.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese, she uses a lot of English on occasions. In the English release, this is switched to GratuitousFrench.
* GuineaPigFamily: It's easy to miss, but optional dialogue reveals she wasn't born with the ability to summon a Persona. Instead "she was forced to learn how" by being "subjected to the experiment for many years [...] under the pretense that she was assisting the [Kirijo Group]." This is best seen in ''Persona Q'' when Mitsuru [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely freaks out]] at the sight of the DeadlyDoctor-themed Guardian of the third Labyrinth.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She dedicated her life to protecting her father. Said father is later killed right in front of her. She does ''not'' take this well. She's absent for a while, and then when she returns, she's clearly depressed and dwelling on it unhealthily until Yukari [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snaps her out of it]].]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: After the scene at the river when Yukari [[spoiler:comforts her over her father's death]], the two become very close, which carries over to ''The Answer'' and ''Arena''.
* HiddenDepths: ''In Persona Q'', Shinjiro notes that she's almost as much of a BloodKnight as Akihiko is, and chides the P3 MC for being naive if he thinks otherwise. In the last labyrinth, Mitsuru also is eager to push a seemingly suspicious button (although doing so is necessary to advance) because she's tired of always being the "prize pupil."
* AnIcePerson: Penthesilea (and later, Artemisia) utilizes ice spells for offensive use.
* IncompatibleOrientation: She's on the receiving end of this, unknowingly. She has at least one fangirl at school. That said, Mitsuru herself is presumably straight given that she is a romance option for the Male Protagonist but not the Female Protagonist.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being brought up in a rich family as well as a FishOutOfWater, Mitsuru fails to understand that a small-town school like Yasogami High has no financial back up from a huge corporation like the Kirijo Group and thus could not afford to renovate the building or keep up with today's technology in ''Q'' and accidentally makes a poor remark about the school's condition in front of the Investigation Team.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Composed, graceful, and her persona skillset makes her specialized in elegantly defeating enemies with ice magic.
* LadyOfWar: Mitsuru fits the personality to a tee, as she's elegant, reserved, formal, and uses a nice, classy rapier.
* LargeHam: Theatrical with a capital T.
-->''"You'll fall by my hand!!"''
-->''"This ends NOW!!"''
* LastNameBasis: How she addresses everyone except for [[PlatonicLifePartners Akihiko]] and eventually [[FireForgedFriends Yukari]]. Mitsuru will also refer to the MC this way after progressing far enough in her social link, although she tends to do so only in private. She also refers to [[spoiler:Ken and Shinjiro by first name during and after the October 4th clusterfuck]].
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Not surprisingly, with Akihiko, as the two are the resident adults in [=SEES=]. When Akihiko contemplates reentering combat before he's finished healing, he notes Mitsuru's unstoppable rage as his reason for holding off.
* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler:Until Yukari comforts her after her father's death]], Akihiko is the only person she's close to, and it's more due to their spending time-fighting Shadows as opposed to an actual friendship. [[spoiler:Come ''The Answer,'' she and Yukari become full-blown best friends, as shown in PillarsOfMoralCharacter below]]. She can also befriend/romance the [=MCs=] when her Social Link opens up. [[spoiler:And as the Arena games reveal, she's remained friends with the entirety of what was once S.E.E.S.]]
* MagicKnight: She's a very skilled fencer, has access to the highest level Ice, healing, and status-change spells, and has the second-highest Magic stat in the game, which actually exceeds Yukari's by the end of the game courtesy of Ice Amp and Mind Charge. She's also noticeably more durable than [[SquishyWizard Yukari]] when she joins you. ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' reduces the "knight" half of the equation somewhat, but she's still not the weakest physically.
* MissingMom: Her father is a secondary character, but her mother goes unmentioned. An audio drama mentions that she's alive, but estranged from the family.
* MissionControl: She's this early on, being the only member whose Persona has sensory abilities. She's later replaced by Fuuka.
* MsFanservice: Although it's downplayed compared to Yukari. While her outfits are generally quite conservative, she's considered to be one of the most attractive characters in the series in-universe, and attention is drawn to this fact fairly regularly. In one of the security camera recordings, she's comfortably walking around in only her ModestyTowel before throwing it onto her couch [[SexyDiscretionShot away from the camera]].
* MustMakeAmends: She feels guilty for her grandfather creating the Dark Hour and is out to stop it.
* NoSocialSkills: Spending her life being trained to fight shadows have left Mitsuru a bit awkward when it comes to normal social situations. She goes to a fast-food restaurant for the first time with the protagonists during her social link and doesn't know that she was supposed to eat the food with her hands.
* NotHelpingYourCase: She tries to fix the damages that her family had made but her coldness and lack of trust towards her teammates make some of them, especially Yukari, suspicious that she's just using them for self-serving reasons. Even her father calls her out on this.
* {{Ojou}}: Wealthy and somewhat sheltered, but she's definitely not pampered.
* OjouRinglets: An interesting development happens with this. When she was a child, she had GirlishPigtails drill hair. As she grew, she started having multiple strands of ringlets. In the events of ''3'', she only has only one loose ringlet on the left side of her head, though ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' has the ringlet be more noticeable.
* OldManMarryingAChild: She's about to graduate, and her fiance is at least in his thirties.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Persona Q'', the usually unflappable Mitsuru absolutely freaks out and ''screams her head off'' when the group faces the DeadlyDoctor Shadows at the end of the Evil Spirit Club labyrinth, [[spoiler:referencing Mitsuru being experimented on by scientists under her grandfather in her backstory]]:
-->'''Mitsuru:''' ''S-Stay awaaaayy!!''
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She says that her parents married for political reasons but grew to love each other.
* PersonalityPowers: She has the demeanor of an aloof ice-queen. Fitting that her elemental spells specialize in ice skills.
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter: She herself had nothing to do with [[spoiler:the creation of the Dark Hour]], but she is determined to stop it anyway out of obligation for [[spoiler:what her grandfather set in motion.]] This also extends to the people and families (like Yukari) that were hurt by it. But this really shines in ''The Answer'', where [[spoiler:she stands with Yukari, even though she knows Yukari is wrong and could undo everything they fought for, simply because Yukari helped her get through her father's death in ''The Journey''. Because she owed Yukari that debt, Mitsuru was loyal to her no matter what.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Akihiko. The two have been close friends for years, with Akihiko being one of the very few people she refers to by their given name. However, despite their opposite genders, neither of them show any romantic interest in the other.
* RedOniBlueOni: Despite the red hair, she has an ice theme and is always the cautious and calm one compared to the more adventurous Akihiko.
* RequiredPartyMember: For the early months of the game, Mitsuru is your point of contact if you want to go to Tartarus; it's inaccessible if she's unavailable. After Fuuka takes over as Navigator, the player can access Tartarus in her absence but only if Akihiko is around; Mitsuru has instructed Fuuka to not permit the player access if both Mitsuru and Akihiko are unavailable.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Because of her sheltered life, Mitsuru lacks common sense and how life outside a wealthy family works to the point she tries to buy food at a vendor using a credit card. She also unknowingly makes crude comments in front of other people which further made Yukari detest her initially.
* RoyalRapier: ''C'est Magnifique.'' More noticeable in ''Portable'', as rapier-like weapons are in their own weapon class for Mitsuru to make them different from MC's one-handed swords.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A benevolent example. Being the heiress of the group that owns Gekkoukan High, on top of being the StudentCouncilPresident, means that she can essentially do whatever she damn well pleases, rules be damned, including register Aigis as a student mid-year. This gives her a lot of power fueled by her family name, in contrast to [[VideoGame/Persona1 Kei Nanjo's going to St. Hermelin High]]. However, she only ever does this with the benefit of the school in mind.
* SecretArt:
** Her unique skill in ''Persona Q'' is Execution, a stabbing attack that dispels binds but also hits harder for each bind dispelled.
** Her unique skill in ''Q2'' is Queen's Pierce, which [[AttackItsWeakPoint increases her damage output when striking weaknesses]]. This upgrades into Empress Pierce with a greater damage bonus.
* SensorCharacter: She functions as your first scanning character until Fuuka joins. Her persona isn't really suited for it, though, so she's happy to be able to help more directly.
* ShippingBedDeath: InUniverse, this becomes a mild point in her S. Link, with her musing about how all the books in the library are about romance and there's almost nothing about married life or family. [[spoiler:She's very anxious about her upcoming arranged marriage because she knows enough to realize it's probably going to be a pretty unhappy affair altogether.]]
* SpoiledSweet: She could have anything with the amount of money within her family's coffers, but she's a hardworking, kind, and heroic young woman despite that. Having a good father probably has a lot to do with it.
* StealthPun: Mitsuru's an IceQueen who specializes in Bufu spells and is weak to fire.
* StudentCouncilPresident: She was elected in a landslide, but a lot of students admit that she just sounds really smart and that they don't really understand what she's talking about.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She seems cold and professional and hides some information, but she actually cares a lot about her friends and the group as a whole. She simply has difficulty trusting others and a large sense of responsibility that tend to mask her better nature. It makes for quite the spectacle at the end of her social link.
* SupportingLeader: She's the formal leader of the group and tends to set up most of the plans. Although not a major focus of the game, this trope comes into effect given that [[spoiler:her family is responsible for the creation of Tartarus and the Dark Hour]], and the fact that she is openly recruiting more people into SEES.
* TeamMom: Actually expects everyone to maintain good grades. ''Expects'' being the keyword. She will give your character rewards if you place highly on exams, and to start her Social Link, you must have maxed out Academics and have placed first on at least one exam.
* ToughLeaderFacade: A significant amount of her aloof attitude is based on her not being that great at socializing, while the rest is based on her attempts to be professional and in control. This causes much friction between her and Yukari, who misinterpreted her facade as a lack of empathy for her teammates.
* UndyingLoyalty: Played straight and Deconstructed. In ''The Answer'' Mitsuru sides with Yukari when she decides to [[spoiler: go back in time to stop the Protagonist from becoming the Great Seal]] even though Mitsuru does not agree with Yukari's plan and is well aware that it can end in [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt disaster for humanity]]. However, Mitsuru still assists Yukari because she [[PillarsOfMoralCharacter feels indebted]] towards Yukari for being there when she needed her the most.
* UptownGirl: In the male character's Social Link. She doesn't really care [[spoiler:and even defends him when her fiancé tries to snub him to the point of instantly breaking off the engagement.]]
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