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Fortuna Entertainment

Itsuki Aoi

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese), Chris Patton (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Mirage: Chrom
Class: Lord -> Great Lord/Conquerer

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The Supporting Lord

The main character of the game. Itsuki was a normal high school student who one day witnesses his friend Tsubasa be kidnapped to another world by strange, otherworldly beings. Chasing after her, he awakens a force within him known as "Performa," a person's creative energy, and bonds with the Mirage attacking him, Chrom, becoming what is known as a Mirage Master.
Alongside Tsubasa, he joins Fortuna Entertainment, a talent agency that recruits Mirage Masters to combat Mirage attacks, in order to cultivate his skill as a Master, as well as an entertainer.

In battle, Itsuki takes on the Lord class, specializing equally in both Sword attacks and Electric spells.

Achilles' Heel: He always gets mauled by lances, and all but two of his Carnages get him immolated by fire.
Audience Surrogate: Somewhat deconstructed. Itsuki pretty much serves as a self-insert character for players in the game; being someone who is new to the idol business and unfamiliar with the game's lore. The deconstruction comes because this also makes his character as if he is just born yesterday because he doesn't seem to know (or recognize) the names of any idols, songs or even tv shows, despite being close friends/classmates with an actor and another up-and-coming idol and the latter always talks to him about her favourite idol, which require other characters to explain to him about the characters they meet and their history. Barry even lampshades how dense Itsuki can be when he don't even know what a Mamorin Charm is, which is literally a cell phone charm based on Mamori's likeness.
Big Damn Heroes: Shows up in time to save Tsubasa from having her Performa drained in the first dungeon. Also manages to free the Brainwashed and Crazy Chrom and Caeda at the same time.
Born Lucky: He attracts ladies with little effort, gains superpowers, becomes an idol despite his lack of knowledge or even interest to be one, is chosen by heroes from another world, his Disney Death only lasts a few seconds before being revived, and by the end of the game, becomes the president of a company despite still being in high school and having little experience.
Can't Drop the Hero: He's stuck in the party throughout the game. In Encore, though, you can pull him out in New Game Plus.
Chick Magnet: Probably helps that Chrom is his Mirage. Similar to the Persona series and Devil Survivor games, the main female cast (including Tharja, if one responds correctly) all imply they have a thing for him, which is especially evident in the side stories and topic system. Exploited by Touma to help him learn how to become The Casanova as part of an acting role in his second Side Story. Despite all that, he doesn't notice any of it.
Touma: Riiiiiight... You're that kind of guy. *Sigh* I feel sorry for Tsubasa.
Childhood Friend: It's mentioned a couple of times that he and Tsubasa have been friends since childhood.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: As opposed to most Shin Megami Tensei RPG protagonists, he has a defined name and personality, and he even talks. Also, while most Fire Emblem protagonists are the genuine, end-all-be-all heroes of their stories, Itsuki's more of a Supporting Protagonist until the end when he becomes the hero, like the majority of Persona protagonists.
Cool Big Bro: He is this to Tiki as he helps her in her sidequests, with the two growing very close in them. Mamori also asks to call him "Big Bro" at the end of her second Side Story, but it doesn't stick.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Not unlike the various Fire Emblem Lords. Besides having the potential to help his fellow entertainers with their problems, he can also help random people with random requests, including Mirages inside the actual Idolaspheres. Best example is in the prologue, where he immediately rushes after Tsubasa to save her when she's kidnapped by Mirages.
Culture Blind: Itsuki doesn't seem to follow any of the same shows or music his friends are starring in, despite being friends with two up-and-coming idols in school. Even after joining Fortuna Entertainment, his knowledge in show business hasn't improved. Barry at one point ponders how dense Itsuki can be when he doesn't even know something as simple as a Mamorin Charm, literally a cell phone charm based on Mamori. This ironically fits into his generic personality.
The Dragonslayer:
- Unique to Itsuki is the ability to learn Wyrmslayer and Wyrmicide, light and medium-tier Sword skills that are super effective against Wyvern Knight Mirages and other Dragons. Only natural with him having a Mirage partner that wielded the Falchion of his time.
- His second Ad-lib Performance, Firm Resolve, kills any Wyvern Knight Mirages that are unfortunate enough to be caught up in the attack. And given that it is activated with usage of Sword Skills, using Wyrmicide against them enough times means it's only a matter of time.
Expy:
- For the various Lord characters in the Fire Emblem series, such as Marth and Chrom.
- His Chick Magnet tendencies and Thunder/lightning/Zio-related magic also recall Yu Narukami and Izanagi of Persona 4. The latter also possibly applies in the game itself depending on the player's choices.
Fast Ball Special: In his Dual Art with Tsubasa, he chucks her into battle for major Lance affinity damage and a full party revive.
The Hero: While the focus of the chapter swaps back and forth between characters, Itsuki is always around to help or give advice.
Healing Hands: Has access to the Dia line of healing spells, as well as Mediarama, giving him the potential to work as a backup healer.
Heroes Prefer Swords: As befitting of the Lord class, Itsuki's Carnages are all different swords from the Fire Emblem and Megaten franchises. In particular, he has access to Rapiers, which historically are swords locked to Lords, and different incarnations of Falchion.
Heroic Mime: Despite being the protagonist of a Shin Megami Tensei RPG, averted.
Hidden Depths:
- Itsuki is at least a passable model and actor and the training he receives from Barry and Yashiro does provide noticeable growth, but from the very beginning he has always been a wordsmith. His ability to describe food has gotten Yashiro interested in food as an acting medium and was enough that Tiki felt she could taste a doughnut based off his words. Finally there is the song This World is not an Illusion, which in game is composed by him and according to his bio is considered one of the best Tiki songs ever.
- Speaking of him being quite the eloquent wordsmith, he's quite the connoisseur of the various food and drink items you can buy. His descriptions are quite detailed for a few sentences, and he'd make for a great food critic.
Jack of All Stats:
- In his home game, all of Itsuki's stats are very well rounded and balanced. Through his various Carnages, Itsuki gets by far the widest range of skills, encompassing physical, magic, healing, and support, and some decent support skills to further boost their effectiveness. Though he lacks some of the best skills in each area, his versatility allows him to fill pretty much any niche the player decides. And given the active party is 3 members strong just like Digital Devil Saga, he needs to be.
- In Heroes, he has a very-well balanced stat spread. His worst stat, Speed, sits at a below-average yet salvageable 30.
Large Ham: Not in the main plot, but Itsuki's descriptions of everything he eats and drinks are hilariously overwrought. He even teaches this skill to Yashiro!
The Leader: Has this role on the team from the start, and his Radiant Skills outright confirm he's the one calling the shots in battle. In the best ending of the game, he's leading all of Fortuna as the new head of Fortuna Entertainment.
Magic Knight: Itsuki has a wide range of sword skills, but the Zio line and his Thunder session attacks run off his balanced magic stat. His Great Lord promotion focuses more on magic, while his Conqueror promotion focuses more on physical skills, even learning Thunder Strike, a heavy-tiered physical Electric skill.
Nice Guy: Itsuki is a kind and polite man. It seems to be why the girls are drawn to him.
Oblivious to Love: Hoo boy, is he ever, much to Tsubasa, Ellie, and Kiria's frustration. Even Tiki and Mamori get annoyed by it. His romantic obliviousness is bad enough where he doesn’t notice a flirtatious come-on from Maiko and interprets her suggestion of a "private lesson" as a sincere one-on-one offer of advice if the player says yes to her offer, much to everyone's exasperation when they thought they found the one person who actually reciprocated Maiko's advances.
Only Sane Man: He often plays this role in the Side Stories, often tasked to try and reign in the others.
Ordinary High-School Student: To the point that he knows shockingly little about famous idols like Kiria at the start.
Ridiculously Average Guy: Practically, Itsuki, when compared to the other members of the company, has no remarkable features or quirkiness that would make him stand out and would have been an everyman going on with his daily routine without any goals or desires in life had he not ended up being at the right place and the right time leading to him getting superpowers and a job as an idol.
Rookie Red Ranger: Itsuki is far and away the least experienced idol and Mirage Master. Despite this, he is chosen as leader of the party, over the more experienced Touma and Kiria.
Royal Rapier: 3 of his Carnages are explicitly named after rapiers (regular, Noble, and Gran), with Matador and the first Falchion being all but styled after a rapier.
Shock and Awe: Wields the Thunder element as his only element, and the Zio line of spells is exclusive to him. In New Game+, his Infinity +1 Sword True Falchion gives him Thoron, the strongest Thunder spell in the game.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Again, pretty much the reason why every major female character has the hots for him.
Stock Light-Novel Hero: An everyman who is a Ridiculously Average Guy and an Ordinary High-School Student who helps other people in need, gains super powers (from a Lord), becomes an idol and attracts girls around him easily while being completely oblivious to them. Itsuki practically checks nearly all the criteria.
Supernatural Sealing: Itsuki's Back-Up Chorus inflicts Seal when it procs, and his Infinity -1 Sword Ama-no-Mitsurugi has a chance to inflict it too. A Radiant Skill makes him immune to Seal.
Super-Scream: His Back Chorus Ad-Lib Performance has him grab a microphone and belt it out at his enemies for heavy Thunder damage, and can inflict the Seal status ailment.
Supporting Protagonist: The main thrust of the plot has Itsuki assisting his friends in fulfilling their dreams of stardom, while remaining in the shadows. He acts as their glorified roadie, basically. Though after the credits, he takes over as the chief of Fortuna Entertainment when Maiko goes back into modeling, with everyone's approval.
Theme Naming: Colorful Theme Naming to be specific. His surname references his blue hair, which many Lords in Fire Emblem have had.
Weapon of X-Slaying:
- One combat niche Itsuki has is that he can learn all of the Class Bane skills: both Anti-Cavalry skills, both Anti-Armor skills and, as noted above, both Anti-Dragon skills. He can even learn Martyr Expertise, which boosts the base power of these skills. He's only missing Anti-Air abilities to truly learn every class killer technique, though those are regulated to Bow and Wind skills.
- Tied to the Carnage Matador, one skill Itsuki can learn is Dual Dispatch, a light-tier Sword skill that deals super effective damage to both Cavalier and Knight Mirages, just like the Rapier in Fire Emblem.
Young and in Charge: By the end of the game, Itsuki becomes the president of Fortuna Entertainment while still in high school. Unlike other examples however, he gains the position by simply being a Nice Guy instead of being a prodigy or an expert in the field, despite the others insisting that he is the best person to be in charge.

Tsubasa Oribe

Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese), Kayli Mills (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Mirage: Caeda
Class: Pegasus Knight -> Wyvern Knight/Falcon Knight

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The Rising Pegasus Knight

Itsuki's childhood friend. A bit clumsy, but she always sees things through.

She is the Sole Survivor of the "Mass Disappearance", an incident at an opera that took place five years ago that caused over 1000 people, including her older sister Ayaha, to disappear without a trace. Initially depressed by her sister's disappearance, Tsubasa's resolve to find her lead her to the One in Millenium idol contest, but unbeknownst to her, the event was actually a front for a Mirage attack.

Her Mirage is Caeda, and as a Pegasus Knight, she utilizes Wind and Fire magic and Lance attacks, alongside offering healing spells and buffs.

Achilles' Heel: She always gets wrecked by axes and bows, and all but two of her Carnages get her blown away by wind… at least until she can inherit a skill that allows her to Absorb or Repel Force.
Animal Motifs: Often represented in Topic emotes by a cute puppy. She can even compared to one by Itsuki at one point!
Ascended Fanboy: Well, fangirl. She goes from being a fan of Kiria to rubbing elbows with her and both fighting and singing alongside her.
Badass Adorable: She's a Cute Clumsy Genki Girl who can get excited over the smallest things. She also doesn't hesitate to jump off the top of Shibuya 106 to chase down an escaping Aversa.
Beware the Nice Ones: Tsubasa is a sweet and cute girl, but she can be quite ruthless towards her enemies when crossed, as Aversa learns the hard way.
Tsubasa: (to Aversa, furious) I won't let you escape!
Big Sister Worship: She adores her older sister Ayaha.
Blow You Away: Her native element... despite the fact that the wind element is a weakness for Pegasus Knights, even gaining a skill to negate, absorb or repel it later on. She can use all spells of the Zan skill line, and like with Itsuki and Kiria, the strongest attack of the Wind element, Excalibur, can only be learned by her.
Childhood Friend: She and Itsuki have been friends for a long time.
Childhood Friend Romance: It's implied (rather heavily) that Tsubasa already had feelings for Itsuki prior to the game. In the Prologue, she mentions in her interview that she was helped out of her depression by a 'friend', and her final song in her last Side Story is basically a song of gratitude towards someone, highly implied both times to be Itsuki. In Encore's second EX Story, she almost lets slip to Kiria and Itsuki that she was thinking of Itsuki while recording "Maybe Friends, Maybe Lovers".
Cloudcuckoolander: Her perception of things can be a bit.. out there sometimes. In one sidequest, she takes Touma's advice about "cat-like charm" as best learned from an actual cat named Little Devil, and spends what is implied to be hours meowing in communication.
Combat Medic: Her primary role in the game. She doesn't have Touma's power or Kiria's magical strength or versatility, but she does have ready and early access to a variety of healing spells, on top of her lance strikes and wind spells.
Cover Version: In Encore's first EX Story, she does a cover of Kiria's "Reincarnation".
Cute Clumsy Girl: Despite her blunders, she never gives up.
Dark and Troubled Past: Tsubasa's sister was a popular idol who mysteriously disappeared during a perfomance, along with everyone else in the theater except Tsubasa. One of the reasons she agrees to become a Mirage Master is because she saw someone who resembled her during the incident leading to her and Itsuki meeting Chrom and Caeda.
Expy:
- Of various Pegasus Knights, specifically ones like Caeda and Tana who are childhood friends with the hero. Her personality is closer to Sumia's combined with her daughter Cynthia's energetic traits, and like them, she is very clumsy outside of battle.
- She's also one to the various Combat Medics seen in the Persona series, like Yukari.
Fangirl: She's a huge fan of Kiria, her senior. Which makes her all the more ecstatic when she finds herself working with and even singing a duet with her.
Fast Ball Special: In her Dual Art Falling Star with Itsuki, she's the ball, inflicting heavy Lance affinity damage.
Fragile Speedster: She has great Skill, Speed, Magic, and Resistance, and decent Strength to go with it, though her Defense and HP aren't the best.
Genki Girl: She's perky and friendly.
Hair Color Dissonance: Tsubasa's hair is black in her official art, but her appearance in-game is closer to blue instead, even outside of her Carnage Form.
Healing Hands: Has access to the Dia and Media line of spells, which will probably make her your go to healer for most of the game. She's also the only one to get Prayer, which is a full party and status ailment heal in one.
Idol Singer: Her dream, which she can realize in the game. Her idol costume consists of a black bra and short shorts, and transparent pink detached sleeves and stockings with glowing yellow bangles. The North American version censors her costume by adding an undershirt.
Jousting Lance: As a Pegasus Knight, she is a spear user.
Life Drain: Is able to learn this Skill from one of her later Carnages.
Magic Knight: The most dedicated magic user after Kiria, but she also has access to powerful spear attacks, making her a cross between Kiria and Touma gameplay-wise.
Ms. Fanservice: She's busty, jiggly, and has a lot of outfits that show it off.
Musical Assassin: In her Dual Art with Ellie, where they perform a song reminiscent of Splatoon.
Playing with Fire: Tsubasa's secondary element, though she can only learn Agilao and Agidyne.
Relationship Values: That the game never tells you about. Throughout the game and her Side Stories, choosing dialogue options that are nice and encouraging towards Tsubasa will eventually unlock the Falling Star Duo Art between her and Itsuki.
Removed Achilles' Heel: Out of all the Mirage Masters, only Tsubasa is able to patch out her elemental weakness with a passive skill, and that’s solely because that element, Force, is what she uses.
Sacrificial Revival Spell: Tsubasa can learn the Recarmdra skill, which revives all other allies and fully restores their HP at the cost of reducing hers to 0.
Sexy Whatever Outfit: Of a pegasus.
Spoonerism: Prone to these when she's flustered or excited, and gets further flustered when she realizes what she said.
Stripperific: Wears some revealing outfits and her idol costume is this to a T in the Japanese version. Less so in the North American version.
Sympathy for the Devil: She feels a little sympathy for Gharnef, acknowledging how much it must have sucked for all of his hard work to be for nothing.
Takes One to Kill One: As noted above, Tsubasa using Force skills allows her to take out Pegasus Knight and Wyvern Knight Mirages.
Theme Naming: Class based. Appropriate how a girl whose name means "wings" is a Pegasus Knight.

Touma Akagi

Voiced by: Yuki Ono

Mirage: Cain
Class: Cavalier -> Dark Knight/Paladin

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The Fiery Superhero

Itsuki and Tsubasa's classmate. He's a huge fan of Tokusatsu shows and wants to be the leading man in a popular franchise called Masqueraider. His Mirage is the Cavalier Cain, and he utilizes physical Lance and Fire attacks, alongside inflicting debuffs.

Achilles' Heel: He always gets rent asunder by axes, and all but two of his Carnages get him frozen by ice. He's also weak to any variant of Horseslayer and Espada.
Anime Hair: His hair is spiky and flaming red.
Ascended Extra: If the player completes all of his side stories, he'll become one In-Universe. In order, he goes from an extra on a tokusatsu show to a Villain of the Week to an understudy for a key actor to the star of his own show.
Badass Longcoat: His Carnage form has a fabulous red one.
Bash Brothers: He always had shades of this with Itsuki, but it becomes cemented by the end of his third side story.
Itsuki: You mean "our" battle, right? I hear that every hero needs a partner.
Touma: You heard right, Itsuki! I won't lose to anyone if I have you at my side!
Big Damn Heroes: Shows up just in time to help Tsubasa and Itsuki in the first dungeon against Garrick.
Blow You Away: A secondary element of his.
Butt-Monkey: Poor Touma tends to get the brunt of abuse, be it self-inflicted by talking about Maiko's age, being used as a vault by Ellie in their Dual Art, or being the target of Kiria's wrath for no reason whatsoever.
The Casanova: Not as himself, but during his second side story, he had to learn how to become one to get in character.
Expy:
- He fits the Red Cavalier Archetype in the Fire Emblem franchise. He's paired with Cain, the original progenitor of the archetype.
- His role as the protagonist's best friend and as the game's main Butt-Monkey - the latter especially shoved onto by his female classmate - also parallels that of Junpei from Persona 3 and Yosuke from Persona 4.
Fanboy: Of Tokusatsu and Henshin Hero shows.
Fiery Redhead: A boisterous personality to match his fiery hair.
Gratuitous English: You can sometimes hear him say "Nice combination!" in English when he joins in during a session.
Hidden Depths:
- Surprisingly, he was already a Mirage Master before the game began, which means he can keep a secret and made sure to keep Tsubasa and Itsuki in the dark about it, and it only got out when Daitama got attacked.
- Touma is very serious about heroes in a way that goes beyond fanboyism and spends the entirety of his sidequests trying to show Riku that real heroes exist.
Hot-Blooded: Goes into battle with hot-blooded energy and brings that same level of energy into his acting. It's almost a requirement considering he wants to be a Henshin Hero.
Hope Bringer: Aspires to be one, and believes strongly that heroes must be able to give courage and strength to others.
Jousting Lance: As befitting of a cavalier, he uses a lance.
The Lancer: To Itsuki, pun aside.
Lightning Bruiser: Touma has fantastic Strength, as well as having great Skill, Speed, and Defense to go with it, with his only drawbacks being his below average Magic and Resistance.
Magically Inept Fighter: In stark contrast to Magic Knights Itsuki and Tsubasa and especially Squishy Wizard Kiria, Touma has poor Magic and Resistance stats, and has one Magic-damaging skill, Maragi, and by the time he gets it, he'd long outgrew light-tier skills. It’s likely him being this is why Touma can't learn Bolganone, the strongest Fire skill in the game.
Mr. Fanservice: The game certainly loves showing off his toned body.
No Shirt, Long Jacket: His Carnage Form has no shirt under his coat. He also sports one in his Altus Collab DLC costume, thanks to it being Walter's uniform.
Parental Abandonment: His sidequests reveal that his parents left him to be raised by his grandfather after falling deep into debt.
Playing with Fire: His main element is Fire, though all his Fire attacks are physical, and he has access to just one spell from the Agi line, Maragi, from Butcherer.
Red Is Heroic: His primary color in both his Carnage Form and his Henshin Hero outfit are red.
Shipper on Deck: He supports Itsuki and Tsubasa but ponders over the fact how dense Itsuki can be and how Tsubasa will have a hard time getting through that.
Shout-Out: One of his DLC costumes is a tiger-print shirt. Apparently his voice actor was also well-known for voicing a guy whose name and Animal Motifs is a tiger.
Takes One to Kill One: Touma can learn the Lance variant of Horseslayer and Espada, light and Medium Anti-Cavalry skills that allow him to deal great damage to a Cavalier-type Mirage no matter what their affinity towards Lances are.
Theme Naming: Both color and class. His surname contains the kanji for "red" while his given name contains the kanji for "horse".
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ellie. Best shown in their Dual Art where they argue and step all over each other but still come through as a team in the end.
Walking Shirtless Scene: His first appearance in the game is the opening cutscene where he's getting undressed after a show and he is ripped.

Kiria Kurono

Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjo (Japanese), Megan Harvey (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Mirage: Tharja
Class: Dark Mage -> Sage/Sorcerer

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The Cool Sorceress

A very popular pop singer and a senior to Itsuki and his friends. She's very private, but it is known that she's a powerful Mirage Master. Her Mirage is the Dark Mage Tharja, and she specializes in casting powerful Ice, Fire, Wind, and Dark magic.

Achilles' Heel: She always gets annihilated by swords, and all but two of her Carnages get her fried by thunder.
Alliterative Name: Kiria Kurono.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Tall, powerful, well-endowed, and aloof.
Be Yourself: Her arc is about coming to terms with the fact that her cool image and her love of cute, girly things aren't mutually exclusive and that she doesn't have to hide who she is for the sake of others.
Blow You Away: Has access to wind spells just like Tsubasa; she even uses it as the second element of her session attacks besides ice.
Burning with Anger: Her second sidequest starts with her in a (literally) volcanic mood over Maiko booking her a gig that involves dressing up in a cat suit.
Casting a Shadow: She's the first party member to have access to darkness-based spells, such as Flux and Lullaby Song; indeed she already comes with them when she joins the team. Uuuuuunfortunately, that's all she gets for darkness.
Cover Version: In Encore's second EX Story, she does a cover of Tsubasa's "Maybe Friends, Maybe Lovers".
Cute and Psycho: Played for laughs but boy is she pissed when Maiko books her the wrong gig.
Cuteness Proximity: Sidequests reveal that she is extremely fond of cute things such as plushies, but she's ashamed of this because she's supposed to have a "cool" image. Her sidequests revolve around getting her to come to terms with this.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Initially acts quite standoffish when Itsuki and Tsubasa join up, but defrosts as the game goes on. By the epilogue, she becomes comfortable enough to smile a lot more.
Dude Magnet: She's very popular with guys.
Elemental Powers: She can learn Ice, Fire, Wind, Dark, Light, and even Almighty magic. This makes Kiria one of the most versatile party members in the game thanks to being able to cover plenty of elemental options.
Expy: While she's a mage instead of a knight, and female instead of male, Kiria is an expy of Sheena and Kanji. She puts up a tough front for other people while hiding her love of cute things, especially stuffed animals. Her generally standoffish attitude with her use of ice magic also have traces of Mitsuru.
Eyepatch of Power: In her Carnage Form, she has a large eyepatch that covers her right eye.
Girlish Pigtails: When she's in her default Carnage Form outfit, her hair is tied up in pigtails that give her a striking resemblance to Hatsune Miku.
Goofy Suit: She has to wear a cat one as part of a cute show that Maiko books her for as part of her second side story. This can be worn into battle afterwards, and is part of her Pastel Power Special Performance.
Gratuitous English: Listen to her in combat and you'll pick up the following gems:
Finish!
Last one!
Hero of Another Story: Kiria is notable in that she was doing this job solo before the others joined up, and still did solo hero work until the Illusory 106 incident.
Hot as Hell: Her Carnage Form outfit is simultaneously form-fitting and very revealing, and has a little devil-tail.
I Hate Past Me: In her second sidequest, she feels very insecure about her love for cute things, which she used to show openly when younger but slowly abandoned as she became older because it didn't line up with her fierce, standoffish image. To this end, she attempts to 'kill' her past self by slaughtering a bunch of adorable looking enemy mirages. Fortunately, Tharja and Itsuki manage to talk her out of this mindset and help her accept that there is nothing wrong with liking cute things.
An Ice Person: While Kiria has access to a wide bevy of different elemental spells, Ice is her main one. Just like with Itsuki and Tsubasa, the strongest ice spell, Fimbulvetr, is exclusive to her Infinity +1 Sword.
Ice Queen: Very serene and mysterious as befitting of a cool beauty. She's very secretive about her private life.
Idol Singer: Her single, "Reincarnation", is a chart topper.
Lady of Black Magic: An elegant and cool beauty without a single physical skill in her arsenal. It helps that Tharja, her Mirage, very much fits this as well.
Ms. Fanservice: In a more overtly sexual way than Tsubasa, to the point where her idol costume was censored to cover her panties with black leggings. Given that her Mirage is Tharja, this is not surprising.
Musical Assassin: Wields her mic like she would a staff.
Sacrificial Revival Spell: Kiria can learn the Recarmdra skill which revives all other allies and fully restores their HP at the cost of reducing hers to 0.
Sensual Spandex: Her Bowdlerised idol outfit has her wearing skintight black tights, similar to Tharja's body suit.
Squishy Wizard: Kiria has insanely high Magic, alongside having very high Skill and Resistance to go with it. Unfortunately, every other stat is rather poor, to say nothing about her HP, which is enforced if Tharja is a Sorcerer.
Stripperific: The original iteration of her idol costume was little more than lingerie and a corset, but was later censored into a full outfit. Even her street clothes proudly display her thong.
Theme Naming: Two for one Colorful Theme Naming. Her surname has the kanji for "black", as she's the resident dark mage and has black hair.
Tsundere: While not nearly as bad as Eleonora she has her moments with Itsuki and in a non romantic way everyone else.

Eleonora "Ellie" Yumizuru

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jenny Yokobori (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Mirage: Virion
Class: Archer -> Sniper/Assassin

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The Hollywood Sniper

A successful actress in Fortuna Entertainment with dreams of being a Hollywood star. Despite being younger than Itsuki and Tsubasa, she acts older than both of them. Her Mirage is the Archer Virion, and she utilizes Bow attacks, as well as physical Fire and Electric attacks.

Achilles' Heel: She always gets deleted by axes, and all but two of her Carnages get her swept up by wind.
Aloof Big Sister: She has three younger brothers. Considering she describes them as "bratty" it's clear where she lies.
Animal Motifs: Often uses a cat emote in Topic that represents her fairly well.
Badass Adorable: Her Dandelion In Love persona when she takes to the stage and fires a charm arrow.
Big Sister Mentor:
- Acts like this to Itsuki and Tsubasa, despite the fact that she's younger than they are. Though it's played straight in the original Japanese version, where she actually is older than the two of them.
- Played straight in one of Mamori's side quests where Ellie plays Mamori's fictional big sister on her cooking show. Mamori doesn't have an elder sister so Ellie has to teach her how to be a sibling.
Boyish Short Hair: Has the shortest hair style of the rest of the female main cast, wearing it in a bob cut.
But Not Too Foreign: She's half-Scandinavian.
Critical Hit Class: In addition to her high Skill, she has a unique passive skill that boosts her damage from critical hits.
Expy:
- Of Lisa Silverman. A slightly boyish girl (but not boyish enough to have a wardrobe devoid of skirts) that is younger than the main protagonist, has short blond hair, and is also a foreigner. Okay granted, Lisa is pure-blooded American when Ellie is just half-Scandinavian, but still close.
- Also of Yukari Takeba and Chie Satonaka. The former also uses bows and arrows for battling supernatural enemies, the latter is very much a tomboy, and both have a love-hate relationship with their butt-monkey male friend.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Her leggings in her Carnage form. It seems that either she's only wearing one on one leg and none on the other, or one is just longer than the other one.
Flower Motifs: Her armor form has roses as the arrows in her quiver, as well as general flower accents throughout.
Glass Cannon: She has high Strength and Skill but her defenses are so-so and her HP is only better than Kiria.
Gone Horribly Right: By the end of her second side story, Ellie is no longer afraid of horror, even seeking to fight them. Problem is, her character was supposed to be killed off. Thankfully, Tarachino is nothing if not adaptable, and makes Ellie's character essentially a bow-using Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Heroic Seductress: Her One Sided Love Ad-Lib art is a school girl version of this, enticing the enemy before shooting them with a Charm-inducing arrow.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Is able to notch and fire an arrow while doing a backflip.
Musical Assassin: During her Dual Art with Tsubasa when they sing a song from Splatoon.
Playing with Fire: Fire elemental physical attacks to go with her Thunder attacks.
Power Dyes Your Hair: When in Mirage mode, her hair turns cyan, referencing her mirage Virion.
Reduce Aggro: Ellie has access to skills that makes her targeted by enemies less often, especially if paired with Mamori or Yashiro. In particular, she has access to Support Skill Stealth, reducing aggro towards Ellie for three turns, and the Passive Skill Shadow, making enemies less likely to target her.
Shock and Awe: Eleonora has Thunder elemental physical attacks along with her Fire attacks.
Status Effects: She's the most dedicated status effects-causer on the party. She gets Bow techniques and Ad-Libs that cause status effects like Charm, Confuse, etc., and she gets a number of Radiant Skills that raise the chances of them happening.
Theme Naming: Class based. Her surname literally means "bowstring", befitting of being an Archer.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the Tomboy to Tsubasa's Girly Girl.
Tsundere: Type A, despite her (and Virion's) attempts to act as a high class lady. She generally softens up around Itsuki.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Touma; they even argue during their Dual Art.

Mamori Minamoto

Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara (Japanese), Kaitlyn Robrock (English, Fire Emblem Heroes, credited as Elizabeth Simmons)

Mirage: Draug
Class: Knight -> Berserker/General

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^{Click here to see her Carnage Form}

The Ballad Protector

A talent and Mirage Master that belongs to the same public entertainment office as the protagonists. She’s an elementary school student that likes Showa era songs and clothing. Her Mirage is the Knight Draug, and she specializes in Axe attacks, and physical Ice moves, as well as utilizing skills that protect her allies and soak up damage.

Achilles' Heel: She always gets eviscerated by swords, and all but one of her Carnages get her roasted by fire. She's also weak to any variant of Armorslayer and Diamondsplitter.
Alliterative Name: Mamori Minamoto.
Anger Born of Worry: She blows up at Barry after his stunt of running off to fight mirages without weapons or a mirage of his own, and she blows up just as he says he plans another attempt and nips that in the bud. It's one of the few times that she loses her cool with someone.
The Baby of the Bunch: She's the youngest playable character at only 11 years old, but she's quite the tank.
Badass Adorable: On the badass side, she's a girl who can tank hits and deal massive damage with a giant axe. On the adorable side, she's a girl who's dressed in golden rabbit armor.
Badass and Child Duo: With Draug, being the Child to his Badass (though because of him she's a Little Miss Badass).
Beware the Nice Ones: At the end of her third sidequest, she completely snaps at her producer after she can't take his constant changes to the show anymore.
Bling of War: Wears golden rabbit themed armor.
Blow You Away: Learns Gale Strike, a heavy physical Force skill, from her Infinity -1 Sword Girimekhala.
Bunnies for Cuteness: If her armor and accessories are any indication, she loves rabbits. Even her default axe blade has rabbit-shaped cutouts on it.
Butt-Monkey: Mamori isn't mistreated by the other characters for comedy's sake, but she doesn't have an easy time either. She's working on a show that's irrelevant to what she actually wants to do, goes through many unfocused tone changes that she has difficulty adapting to, and requires her to eat a lot of terrible frozen food. Her first album was implied to have flopped. She also has more trouble as a Mirage Master, between struggling with the size of her axe and a battle intro that has her thrown into the camera while screaming. Her Luck also happens to start at Poor.
Cute Bruiser: The youngest of the cast (aside from Tiki), but has a class traditionally known for tanking and laying out big hits.
The Cutie: She's positively adorable.
Diving Save: Starts with a passive skill, Shield of Devotion, that allows her to occasionally intercept single-target attacks aimed at an ally, which can land her in hot water at times if she's intercepting a Fire or Sword skill. Her Infinity +1 Sword Helswath gives her an upgraded version of this skill, Shield of Love.
Draw Aggro: Befitting her role as the tank of the group, she can learn the Support Skill Marking, which draws aggro to her for three turns, and the Passive Skill Taunt, which makes her more likely to be targeted by the enemy.
Executive Meddling: An In-Universe example as the victim. She's subject to constant changes to her show in fruitless attempts to raise viewership, to which she eventually stomps her foot down and furiously tells her producer she's had enough and wants to do things her way. Her defiance to this trope additionally awakens a new Performa.
Expy: With Nanako Dojima. Both are elementary school kids that are surprisingly mature, both are assertive or even defiant at times in airing their anger/concern towards people of authority ^note, and both have starred in food-themed shows at at least one point in their respective games ^note.
Glacier Waif: She's an elementary school student who uses the knight class, the classic Mighty Glacier type in the series. She wields an axe twice her size, tanks hits for her team and heals them with support. Mamori rolls with the best of them and is a godsend in a fight.
Grew a Spine: The crux of her final sidequest has her blow up at her moronic producer rather than lay down and let him drive her show over the shark.
Healing Hands: She gets access to party wide healing spells just like Tsubasa, but due to her lower magic stat and EP she's better as a backup healer.
An Ice Person: Her primary element is Ice and she uses Ice-elemental physical attacks.
Kid with the Leash: Man, good thing Mamori is a sweetheart.
Killer Rabbit: Her armor has cutesy rabbit ears and a cotton rabbit tail... and a massive axe.
Kimono Is Traditional: Despite being the youngest of the playable cast, her tastes are very old-fashioned, preferring to wear an outfit that looks like it was straight out of the Meiji Era, and her singing style is more traditional to contrast with the pop music of the others.
Little Miss Badass: Again, she's in elementary school but fights alongside the other members, who are in their late teens to legal adulthood.
Meaningful Name: "Mamori" means "protect", which is suitable for the most defensive party member and the one who learns all the abilities that allow her to take damage for her teammates.
Muscles Are Meaningless: Zig-zagged. Her axe probably weighs more than she does, and indeed she complains about how heavy it is during battle ("O-Omoi!") and visibly struggles to lift it when receiving new Carnages. None of this stops her from flipping across the air with it during actual combat. In other animations, she's seen using her own body as a counterweight or using a spinning motion to deal with it.
Oh, Crap!: Her in-battle Carnage Form transformation animation begins with her riding into the arena on Draug's back wherein he places her on the ground using the flat edge of one of his axes. During this whole time she's terrified and her face screams the trope as she's pushed closer towards the camera.
Pint Sized Power House: She's tiny due to her age, but can dish out the hurt just fine.
Rage Breaking Point: Her producer's overbearing demands for her and the show get to her, but she doesn't let it out until the end of her final sidequest, when she decided enough is enough.
Rule of Cute: A good amount of her Carnages balances out genuine axes you’d expect from a Knight like the Silver or Devil Axes with pastel-colored axes with cutesy animal motifs, like the sheep-inspired Bolt Axe or the hedgehog-inspired Plasma Axe.
Serious Business: As the host of a cooking show, food is this to her. When Yashiro dismissed food as unimportant to acting, Mamori gave him an really impassioned speech on the reasons as to why food is important in the entertainment industry in general.
Shock and Awe: The Plasma Axe provides Mamori the Bolt Strike skill, a medium Physical Thunder skill. Upgrading it allows Mamori to learn its heavy counterpart, Thunder Strike.
Stone Wall: In combat, it takes more effort to KO Mamori than any three other party members combined, and most of her Radiant Skills just increase her survivability further. It's not uncommon for her to laugh off entire Sessions by the end of the game.
Taking the Bullet: Her unique playstyle. Her first Passive Skill, Shield of Devotion, allows her to take the damage meant for someone else, and she has a Radiant Skill that lowers the damage she takes from this.
Takes One to Kill One: Mamori can learn Diamondsplitter, specifically an Axe variant of a medium-tier Anti-Armor skill, meaning no matter what a Knight Mirage's affinity towards Axes, it will always count as a weakness upon hit.
Theme Naming: Class based. Her first name literally means "protection", alluding to shields, and her Mirage's class is the Knight/General class.
Wise Beyond Their Years: She's very sharp despite her age. Lampshaded by Draug.

Yashiro Tsurugi

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Mirage: Navarre
Class: Myrmidon -> Hero/Swordmaster

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The Professional Swordsman

A highly successful and talented idol singer and actor. Initially an outsider to Fortuna, he antagonizes our heroes and holds them in contempt for working as a team, but eventually joins Fortuna Entertainment after Chapter 4 once Itsuki and the others show him another path to becoming stronger than fighting alone. His Mirage is the Myrmidon Navarre, and he specializes in powerful Sword attacks, as well as dishing out powerful counterattacks with his unique Counter skill.

Achilles' Heel: He always gets trashed by lances, and all but one of his Carnages get him zapped by thunder.
An Ice Person: Just like Mamori, Yashiro can learn the physical Ice skills Frost Strike and Freezing Strike.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a suit as his casual outfit.
Big Eater: Played for Laughs in his first side story. After Mamori teaches him the importance and value of eating, he proceeds to try out so many dishes that he gains 44 pounds in the process. Which he somehow loses instantly afterwards.
Broken Ace: He's good looking, a great singer, dancer, actor and a powerful mirage master. However Yashiro still suffers internally from the incident that claimed his father. It was when the mirages kidnapped Tsubasa's sister as well. Though unlike Ayaha, Yashiro's father was forced to kill himself to prevent Gharnef from winning right then and there.
Character Tics: Yashiro has a habit of adjusting his right glove. This is extremely obvious during Chapter 5, where he does it about five times in a few minutes during the confrontation with Hatanaka.
Cool Sword: The only other Mirage Master besides Itsuki to get sword-type Carnages. Compared to Itsuki, his swords are more based on swords associated with the Myrmidon/Swordmaster class tree, such as his starting Carnage Killer Edge.
Counter-Attack: His main gimmick as a boss, and as a party member. Yashiro comes with a spell, Counter, that shifts him into a "counter stance", where he will retaliate against any enemy with heavy damage that tries to use a physical attack on him, nullifying damage to him in the process, with his first Special Performance skill Mortal Curse automatically afterwards. Counter EX, a severe version of this move, is also his unique skill that he obtains from his Infinity +1 Sword.
The Comically Serious: Plays the part of the aloof rival arrow-straight at all times, which has the side effect of making everyone think he's a pompous jerk.
Curb-Stomp Battle: He eventually shows up at the Bloom Palace to take Tiki, and when Itsuki and co. try to stop him they get trounced. He even expresses disappointment at the party (especially Kiria) for how easily he beat them.
Defeat Means Friendship: It's not until after Itsuki defeats him while also fighting Excelleus that Yashiro decides to join up with the crew.
Draw Aggro: Knows Taunt and this is Counter's passive ability. This does run into issues if both he and Mamori are on the field.
Duality Motif: Yashiro has a light blue left eye and a silver right eye. The contrast of his heterochromia indicates his start as a cold, icy villain, who changes sides and opens up into a friendlier protagonist.
Expy: He's a Tall, Dark, and Handsome Renaissance Man who has already mastered anything needed for his job (not only dancing, singing and acting needed as an idol but also combat skills needed as a Mirage Master), takes his job very seriously, and is a cold-hearted Jerkass that looks down on The Power of Friendship and is in the job because of his family. In short, he is the Yamato Hotsuin of the idol industry.
Forgets to Eat: So much so that in his first sidequest opens with him casually mentioning he hasn't eaten in days due to his schedule, and just as casually asking Itsuki how he and the others stave off starvation. He then proceeds to collapse just outside of the cafe in Shibuya.
Glass Cannon: Yashiro has incredibly high Strength, Skill, and Speed, though his defenses are a bit lacking.
Gratuitous English: Not to be outdone by Kiria in this department during combat:
Excellent!/Fantastic!
Hopeless Boss Fight: When you fight him the first time, he is at level 35, thus he'll most likely one-shot the entire party the moment he gets a chance to attack. Survive a few rounds, and he'll wipe your party with Thousand Blades, assuming he doesn't just start his turn with it. Even if you hacked the game or grinded like crazy, it would treat it as a loss anyway, since you're not supposed to win.
Iaijutsu Practitioner: Most of his sword based animations show him Flash Stepping towards the enemy, slashing them, before "sheathing" his sword. Funnily enough, he doesn't actually have a sheath, so he uses his left hand in place of one.
I Work Alone: Rejects Itsuki's offer to fight by their side initially. He changes his mind after Fortuna proves themselves by kicking his ass.
Katanas Are Just Better: Most of his Carnage weapons are katana-esque, which fit with the eastern swordsman theme that comes with most myrmidons and swordmasters.
Large Ham: His appearance on Microwavin' with Mamorin at the end of his first sidequest has him hamming it up so much that Mamori can't even speak for several seconds after he's done. Granted, he's a master actor who can do any role but given his normal personality, it's still pretty shocking.
Last-Name Basis: Refers to everyone by their last name in the English version; however, in the Japanese dialogue, it's also Full-Name Basis.
Master Swordsman: While he possesses a few elemental skills, most of his spells are purely sword-based.
Mean Character, Nice Actor: Offstage, he can be a bit of a Defrosting Ice King, but at one point he plays a Serial Killer on Sneeze Detective Maho.
Meaningful Name: Tsurugi is a word for sword, referencing the Myrmidon class.
Might Makes Right: His justification for joining you. After you clobber him at the end of Chapter 4, he decides that there must be something to that whole friendship thing Itsuki and co. preach if they managed to overcome him, so he decides to sign on with Fortuna and give it a try.
Nice Character, Mean Actor: Offstage he can be a bit of a cold Jerkass, but in Eleonora's side story he plays the lead in a romance show.
No Social Skills: His father taught him to focus on nothing but his career, so he lacks common sense about some essential things; he goes without eating for days because he fired his agent, who apparently kept him fed, and he has no idea he could just go to a restaurant to replenish himself.
- This trope rears its head during the end of his second side story with Ellie, where he bluntly tells her her faults, killing the mood.
Not So Stoic: He does put up a pretty impressive ice-cold front, but the moment Hatanaka showed his true colors and revealed his connection to Gharnef, the one who killed Yashiro's father, he only manages to keep a lid on things because of Itsuki, and even then just barely. If you listen closely, you'll even hear his voice break. It doesn't help that Hatanaka and Gharnef were using his father's Performa as an effective Human Shield.
Pet the Dog: Even when he joins the party, he's still kind of a cold jerk, but he is noticeably nicer towards Mamori, being more receptive to her advice and criticisms compared to the others. Possibly justified since she's just a kid, and a very sweet one at that.
Playing with Fire: Uses Fire elemental attacks as his primary element.
Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Goes from a normal, shaggy style to an impressive, wild mane.
The Power of Friendship: What his side story ultimately ends up teaching him. Rather than trying to be a perfect actor that does everything on their own, Yashiro must learn to rely on others and comes to view Itsuki as a true friend.
Redemption Demotion: As one may have guessed, Thousand Waves is nowhere to be seen in his moveset once he joins Fortuna (then again, he doesn't use it during his Dual Boss alongside Excellus either). Hacking in the skill reveals that it's as much of a Game-Breaker as when he used it.
Renaissance Man: Said to be good in anything, from singing to acting.
The Rival: Downplayed Trope. He doesn't have a vendetta against Fortuna Entertainment specifically, he's just extremely critical of people who don't shape up to his own high standards, as an entertainer and as a Mirage Master. Doesn't help that he's extremely blunt about telling them, which does him no favors. This causes him to butt heads with Itsuki and the others on a couple of occasions, as well as physically fighting them. He gets better once the party kick his ass.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After he joins you, he reveals that his goal in life is to find the one who killed his father and kill them back. That person is the Mirage Gharnef, who had possessed his father. His father managed to resist Gharnef's control and stopped the Dark Pontifex from performing the Opera of Shadow five years prior by killing himself.
Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: At the point when he joins the team, he's supposed to be an amazing performer and peerless swordsman. Then we find out that without his agent's help, he has no idea how to even buy himself a meal.
Sanity Slippage: Has shades of this, one being that he barely eats. No, he's not in a diet because he's an idol, his slight insanity was the impact of the events that happened 5 years ago, where all actors and actresses were kidnapped by many Mirages and he was the only survivor. And he was only 13 years old at that time. No wonder it broke him.
Sixth Ranger: He's the last addition to the party, and the one who resists joining the most.
The Stoic: Very soft-spoken and rarely emotes when he's not in character for a role.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: His color theme isn't exactly black, as it's more dark blue and dark purple, but still fits this trope anyway.
Too Many Belts: Dude is COVERED in belts in his Carnage Form.
You Killed My Father: His motivation in fighting Mirages at first is avenging his father's death at their hands.

Maiko Shimazaki

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

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The Gravure Godmother

The President of Fortuna Entertainment, a company that recruits Mirage Masters.

Animal Motifs: Often uses emotes in Topic with a white rabbit with glasses... Who also always has a cocktail glass with her, because it's Maiko we're talking about here.
Actor Allusion: This is not even the first SMT/Persona game where Ami Koshimizu portrayed a drunk party girl. Remember when Yukiko did the King's game at a club in Tatsumi Port Island?
Berserk Button: Downplayed. Ask about or make any allusions about her age, and she'll threaten you with some highly unpleasant work to do. It's a dislike for a reason.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She's a functional alcoholic whose behavior veers between that of a thirty-year old and a thirteen-year old at the drop of a hat, but she's also an extremely competent agent, administrator, and, above all, a maintainer of the Masquerade.
Dual Wielding: The Encore version has her join you during Sessions while wielding a pair of swords.
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Maiko loves her sauce and is often found in a state of drunkenness or nursing a hangover at various points of the story.
Heroes Prefer Swords: In the Encore version, she can aid in your Sessions with a sword attack.
Lady Drunk: It doesn't interfere with her work (and in fact tends to go hand-in-hand with it, due to her wine-and-dine sessions with clients), but Maiko is frequently tanked during the company's slow periods. At one point she winds up with a hangover so massive it can only be cured with eldritch ingredients pulled from the Idolasphere.
Large Ham: Usually fairly low-key, but she chews the scenery like mad when she gets tipsy or comes up with a good idea for a gig.
Manchild: Comes across as a Woman Child sometimes, especially when she's deep in the bottle.
Ms. Fanservice: By far the bustiest of the women, and also in-universe as she's an ex-Gravure idol. Her gravure book "My Complex" becomes a key story item in Chapter 2, with its contents leaving Itsuki, Touma and Tsubasa with jaws dropped in awe.
Passing the Torch: In the Golden Ending, she names Itsuki her successor as president of Fortuna so she can return to her modeling career.
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Black hair, and also one of the few main characters with a normal hair color.
Team Mom: Is the mentor and boss to the cast and genuinely cares about them. She's even called such in-game upon completing her second side story.
The Team Normal: Maiko is the only character at Fortuna that has neither been possessed by a Mirage nor been a Mirage Master. Her support mostly comes in the form of being the president.
The Tease: She offers a "private lesson" to Itsuki when he first joined up and many more comments throughout the story. Though she's probably just doing it to get a rise out of Tsubasa and Kiria.
Theme Naming: Class based. Maiko was considered to be a Mirage Master, and she was gonna be one to a Dancer-class Mirage^note. Maiko's given name literally translates to "dancing child".

Barry Goodman

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura

The Hero Trainer

A once popular musician who’s come to Japan in search of otaku culture. Following his retirement, he works with the protagonists as a trainer.

Big Fun: The largest character in the cast. When he's not being Drill Sergeant Nasty he's a pretty swell guy to hang out with.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: The bushiest ones in the cast.
Blow You Away: In Encore, he can aid in your Sessions with a physical wind attack.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He may be an over-the-top otaku which can hamper his work, but if there's one thing you can expect out of him, it's results.
Comedic Lolicon: Downplayed but the only girls in reality he likes are Tiki and Mamori, both being prepubescent. Sometimes, he may say the wrong things about them that makes Itsuki and his friends feel uncomfortable.
Cutlass Between the Teeth: In his dual art with Mamori he attacks with her axe while holding it in his mouth since he's dressed up in a dog costume. It Makes Sense in Context.
Dented Iron: He was a former Mirage Master years prior to the present, and was one to Draug. However, a fight in the past forced the two to separate. Time has not been kind to Barry.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: When it comes to singing. Especially emphasised in his second sidequest.
Eagleland: It would be easier to list what glaring American stereotypes aren't part of his character. Let's see... he's got blond hair, blue eyes, is somewhat overweight, is Drill Sergeant Nasty, has a thick accent complete with Gratuitous English, and swears a lot.
Funny Foreigner: He's an American in Japan and has a RIDICULOUS accent.
Goofy Suit: His dog costume that he wears for his dual art with Mamori. The armor he wears for Sessions in Encore is even modeled after it.
Gratuitous English: His laughs are written in English in the Japanese version. He also swears in English.
Green-Eyed Monster: Got jealous of Itsuki because Mamori began hanging around him more and finding him cool.
Hidden Depths: Barry is a former Mirage Master, as his partner was Draug before he was cursed and the Mirage possessed him; Itsuki severed the connection between them, and Barry convinced Mamori to partner with Draug instead.
I Just Want to Be Badass: Towards the end of his story, Barry desperately wants to be a Mirage Master again so he can fight alongside Itsuki and Mamori and prove his worth to the latter. He gets so desperate he tries to convince Tiki to partner with him, but eventually gives up on it after heading into an Idolasphere without backup went predictably south, forcing Mamori to put her foot down when he tried to plan a second trip.
Large Ham: The man is easily excitable and when he does, his adrenaline is shot through the roof and he begins yelling.
Leeroy Jenkins: Runs off in a jealous fit into the Illusory Studio Idolasphere during his last side story — without weapons or a Mirage — to prove that he has what it takes to fight on Itsuki and co.'s level and be considered "cool" by Mamori. Naturally, you have to save him immediately.
Manchild: He is in his mid-thirties, yet acts as a stereotypical high school otaku with no interest in real girls (or as he dubs them, 3D girls). His dual art with Mamori even has him acting like a dog in a dog suit.
Martial Arts Headband: Probably wears one for more emphasis on his trainer job for Fortuna's talent.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Barry has a lot in common with Marty Friedman: former lead guitarist of a popular American death metal band (it was even called TERADEATH), moved to Japan after leaving his band behind, and performs covers of well-known anime songs in his best ending.
No Indoor Voice: Tends to yell his lungs out during conversations. Even his Topic messages are in fully capitalised in the localized version.
Periphery Demographic: In-universe example. He's a fan of Dia Witch Iroha, a Magical Girl anime aimed at young girls.
Punny Name: His name is almost homophonous^note for "Very good man", and drops this in a Topic message in his second Side Story.
Team Dad: Is the trainer for the kids.
Training from Hell: What his training sessions are described as; however, he's still the best in the business, so everyone considers it worth it.
Ugly Cute: His dog outfit, primarily because you can still see his face, and the face hole doubles as the mouth.

Tiki

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi

The Dragon Idol

A young girl who resides in the Bloom Palace. Like a Mirage, she can't remember much of her past. She is the basis for a popular music-making software in the real world known as "Singaloid TiKi", which has become an internet sensation.

Amnesiac Hero: Like all of the heroic mirages, she can't remember her past, but restoring her memory is actually a huge endgame plot point.
Become a Real Boy: She gets a physical body at the end of her sidequest that lets her go to the real world, eat donuts, throw a concert, and spend the day with Itsuki, but it eventually wears off.
Cute Monster Girl: She's a dragon. An adorable one.
Disappears into Light: At the end of her side quest. She gets better, but neither she nor Itsuki knew it was going to happen and treated it like death.
Disney Death: She thinks she's about to die at the end of her day with Itsuki, but she just goes back to the Bloom Palace. She's rather sheepish upon finding her there.
Expy: She shares her supernatural non-human being turned mascot celebrity like Teddie did in Junes Department Store.
Idol Singer: An odd example as she's essentially Hatsune Miku, being the visual character for a vocal software called Singaloid/Uta-loid Tiki.
Our Dragons Are Different: She's still a dragon girl, but can't transform into the scaly version at will. In her home series, she required the use of a dragonstone to make use of her draconic abilities.
Playing with Fire: In the Encore version, she can aid in your Sessions with a fire attack.
Pointy Ears: She's has pointed ears. If it wasn't for that, she would look just like a normal human girl.
Power Floats: She has the ability to constantly float in the air, and she uses this to be closer to the rest of the group's height.
Precocious Crush: On Itsuki in a way that mirrors Tiki in Fire Emblem with Marth.
Spirit Advisor: How she first appears to Itsuki in the first idolasphere to lead him to Tsubasa. She did the same for Yashiro years before, but forgot about him.
Spoiled by the Format: You didn't really think the game was about to take away your means of getting new weapons and skills by killing her off at the end of her side story, did you?
Token Mini-Moe: She stands at 110cm (3 feet, 5 inches), making her tinier than even Mamori, the shortest Mirage Master.
Virtual Celebrity: The Tiki program that hundreds of people use to make music. Of course, none of them know that she's actually a real person.
Virtual Paper Doll: There are an array of outfits that you can get that are just for Tiki, won as grand prizes in Anzu Tokyo Store in Harajuku. Some of them are outfits from other characters' shows, like a Sneeze Detective Maho outfit or the cat suit that Kiria wears in Pastel Power. There's also her idol outfit that she wears during her concert. None of these outfits do anything, it's a purely cosmetic feature. Encore even includes her classic outfit from New Shadow Dragon.

Heroic Mirages

Tropes pertaining to them as a whole

Amnesiac Hero: None of them can remember much before their awakening, only their names.
Bash Brothers: They act as this to their Masters, serving as partners in battle.
Birds of a Feather: Are paired with Masters that are similar to themselves in some way.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Until they harness their master's performa, the Mirages resemble Gharnef, wearing shrouding red outfits that turn them into mindless creatures who only exist to consume.
But Now I Must Go: In the ending.
Darker and Edgier: Their physical appearances are vastly different from their original designs, giving inhuman qualities to them. However, they're pretty much the same personality-wise.
Equippable Ally: They all serve as the weapon to their respective partners.
The Faceless: Much like most humanoid Digimon, none of their full faces are visible. Usually their eyes at least are obscured by a visor or helmet that's fused into them. The only partial exception is Chrom, who wears a high collar to cover his mouth, and has bangs beneath which you see Glowing Eyes of Doom. You can make out similar glowing eyes beneath Virion's hat.
Forever War: An interview reveals that Mirages are engaged in one. Their current appearance as The Faceless is due to losing unnecessary parts of themselves during said war.
Limit Break: Typically, they only serve as their Master's weapon and lend them the ability to use their powers. However, they can be summoned with SP and unleash extremely powerful attacks by themselves.
Phlebotinum Rebel: They are residents of the Idolosphere like any other, but thanks to their Mirage Masters, they have been freed from their trance.

Chrom

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Matthew Mercer (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

A Prince from another world, he's lost his memories. A just and courageous soul, he turns into Itsuki's sword. Represents the Lord archetype, as the unique class of The Leader. His promotions are the lighter balanced Great Lord which further specializes in a balance between Electric magic and Sword attacks, and the darker offensive Conqueror, which specializes more in powerful Sword attacks.

Blade Below the Shoulder: His left-hand sword seems to be fused to his arm.
Cool Sword: The Falchion is a sacred sword.
Dark Is Not Evil: Should he promote to Conqueror, he gains a far more intimidating, borderline-demonic appearance.
Dual Wielding: Uses both his Falchion sword and his arm-mounted blade in tandem during his Empty Wave Special Performance.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: His eyes are glowing blue.
Kryptonite Factor: For a lack of better trope. Both of Chrom's Special Performances, especially Chrom's promotion-based Special Performance Raging Blast, all lower the target's affinity chart by one degree for one turn, though Empty Wave is restricted to the target's physical affinities. Both can be used to turn resistances into neutralities, and neutralities into additional weaknesses.
Light Is Good: Gets a white outfit if he promotes to Great Lord.
Rank Scales with Asskicking: Chrom is a very hands on type of prince.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: In his home series, Chrom was the "hands on" type of lord. Here he's no different, helping fight on the front lines.

Caeda

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

A Pegasus Knight, she has no memory of her past life. She is partnered to Tsubasa. Represents the winged mount archetype as a Pegasus Knight. Her promotions are the lighter supportive Falcon Knight, further specializing in Wind and healing magic, and the darker utility-based Wyvern Knight, which specializes more on Lance attacks and debuffs.

Cool Big Sis: Acts as one to Tsubasa (who unfortunately has a missing older sister).
Dragon Knight: Can promote to one.
Flying Car: Her Pegasus is a rocket-powered robotic horse instead of an actual pegasus.
Gradual Regeneration: Aerial Dance gives this bonus after the damage roll.
Heal Thyself: Both Aerial Dance and Grand Finale Special Performance skills have healing properties, with Grand Finale healing the active party's HP and EP stats to full.
Jousting Lance: Like all Pegasus Knights, Caeda wields a lance.
Nice Girl: She's very supportive of Tsubasa and the others and rarely admonishes anyone for their behavior. The only time she calls someone out is when Tharja puts the group in a dangerous situation due to an experiment.
Power of Friendship: Grand Finale, the Special Performance skill she gains upon promotion, has increasing base power that scales with how high the initial Session set is.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Princess of the nation Talys, and just as capable of holding her own in combat.
Shoulders of Doom: Heroic variant, but her shoulder plates are enormous.
Silk Hiding Steel: Polite and kindhearted, but also a powerful warrior. She's a Pegasus Knight and will destroy the enemy on a rocket-powered flying car if you let her.

Cain

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda

A cavalier from another world. He is Touma's partner. Represents the horse-mounted classes as a Cavalier. His promotions are the lighter balanced Paladin, focusing on a more versatile skillset, and the darker utility-based Dark Knight, which specializes more on Fire attacks and debuffs.

Animal Motifs: He has bull horns on his helmet, which complements his nickname The Bull.
Badass Biker: Instead of riding a horse in this game, he uses a Cool Bike to storm into battle.
Black Knight: His Dark Knight class, giving him black, skeletal armor.
Cain and Abel: He and Abel are sworn brothers yet have an intense rivalry. In an interesting inversion, Cain's the Abel to Abel's Cain.
Cool Helmet: Resembles a bull's horns.
Critical Hit Class: For a lack of a better trope. Full Throttle's special ability is to give critical hit damage to all physical attacks in the following Session.
Dark Is Not Evil: His Dark Knight form where he wears black, skeletal armor.
Desperation Attack: Wild Ecstasy, the Special Performance skill he gains upon promotion, has increasing base power that scales with how low Touma's health is.
Hollywood Cyborg: Has robotic aspects, like his arms turning into his lance and shield.
Hot-Blooded: Just like Toma, charging into battle while shouting at the top of his lungs.
Jousting Lance: As a cavalier, Lances are his weapon of choice.
Light Is Good: His Paladin form is mostly white.
Red Baron: The Bull. While this was his nickname in his home series, Abel is the only one to bring it up.
Red Is Heroic: Should be obvious considering he's covered head to toe in red armor and is a partner to one of the main heroes.
Straight Man: He occasionally plays this role to Touma, telling him to settle down, and expressing shock and horror at his attempts at being The Casanova in his second side story.

Tharja/Sallya

Tharja (Sallya)

Voiced by: Kana Akutsu (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

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A dark mage from another world. She is Kiria's partner. Represents the magic foot soldier archetypes as a Dark Mage. Her promotions are the darker offensive Sorcerer, further specializing in powerful elemental magic, and the lighter balanced Sage, which offers buffs and healing spells to her skillset.

Bizarre Alien Biology: Tharja's mask seems to fuse with her hair, making it difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. Furthermore, her arms are attached to her Badass Cape and parts of her skin combine with her Sensual Spandex.
Casting a Shadow: Unfortunately for Tharja, she is in a game where options for darkness attacks is severely limited, mostly consisting of physical status ailments. Flux is her only offensive Body skill, and that's a light-tier skill.
Cleavage Window: With which to show off her "boingy bits."
Combat Stilettos: Slighter than most, but they're there.
Cool Big Sis: What she acts like to Kiria, serving as a teasing, but ultimately supportive mentor.
Creepy Good: While she's never at risk of veering away from the good guys' side, she does say some disturbing things, like how she wants to turn Kiria into a doll and keep her at her side because she's so cute, not helped at all by her quiet way of talking.
Dark Is Not Evil: She's clearly on the good guys' side this time around.
Deadpan Snarker: Has a sharp tongue at all times.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Like her Awakening incarnation, Tharja is rather pale.
Elemental Powers: She learns Fire, Ice, Wind, Dark, Light (with the final Carnage unlocked after classing to Sage), and Almighty magic, making her very versatile.
Evil Laugh: Like in Awakening, it's more subdued to make it more creepy.
Hypocritical Humor: She accuses Kiria of "having major issues".
Irony: She's a Dark Mage... in a game where there is 2 offensive Darkness skills, one of which she can't learn. To add salt to the wound, she learns a Light spell.
Lady of Black Magic: She is a dark mage. Despite this, she uses her powers to help Kiria outside of battle.
Mad Scientist: Similar to her home series, she apparently dabbles in darker arts for various benefits. She even creates two golems to help Kiria and Tsubasa with some idol training, but it backfires horribly and they try to kill them.
Ms. Exposition: She is the one who provides the backstory near the end of the game.
Ms. Fanservice: She was "the one with the nicest body" in Awakening, after all.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Her Sorcerer class breaks the window right open, with the neckline now plunging to her navel.
Power Dyes Your Hair: Promoting to the Sorcerer turns Tharja's normally black hair blonde, and promoting to the Sage turns her hair blue.
Shipper on Deck: For Kiria and Itsuki, and of course, Tharja being Tharja, she won't let her partner lose to any other woman.

Virion/Viaur

Virion (Viaur)

Voiced by: Hiromichi Kogami (Japanese), Jamieson Price (under "Taylor Henry") (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

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An archer from another world. He is Ellie's partner. Represents the light infantry units with Archer as the base class. His promotions are the lighter offensive Sniper, further specializing in powerful Bow attacks, and the darker utility-based Assassin, which specializes more on Electric attacks and debuffs.

Badass Cape: All three of his forms have one in a split cape design.
Blue Blood: He's a noble and wants to help Ellie become an up and proper lady in high society.
Cool Mask: Has one in every class. His base class covers his nose and face, while his Assassin class covers up his face completely and gives him red eyes. His Sniper class is more of a helmet.
Classy Cravat: Like his Awakening incarnation, a cravat is one of the main features of Virion's outfit.
Dual Wielding: Appears to have crossbows attached to his vambraces.
Flower Motifs: Much like his partner, his armor is accented with roses.
Gentleman Snarker: Some of his quips with Ellie where he comments on some of her uncouth reactions.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: His Assassin class has these, probably to reflect the class' cloak and dagger nature.
In the Hood: His Assassin class also has a dark hood that runs over his head.
One-Way Visor: As a Sniper, he gets a helmet like this that completely covers his beautiful face, hair, and eyes.
One-Hit Kill: Both of Virion's Specials can potentially kill normal Mirages outright, though Final Hour can only OHK on bruised enemies.
Rain of Arrows: Mass Destruction, the Special Performance skill he gains upon promotion.
The Straight and Arrow Path: Like in Awakening, bows are Virion's main weapons.

Draug

Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

An armor knight from another world. He is Mamori's partner after his cursed version possessing Barry, his former master, is defeated. He represents the Knight class. His promotions are the lighter defensive General, further specializing in powerful defensive abilities, and the darker offensive Berserker, which goes all out on his physical attacks.

Adaptational Villainy: Sort-of. This version of Draug starts out as an enemy, though he was Brainwashed and Crazy.
Adaptational Superpower Change: Or Weapon in this case. In Draug's home games, the Knight class specializes in spears/lances but because there are already two other classes who hold similar weapons, Draug instead specializes in axes, a weapon normally given to the Fighter and Pirate classes.
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Draug is vehemently opposed to Mamori doing any actual cooking, because she can cut her finger off, burn herself on the stove... or sneeze from pepper.
Badass and Child Duo: Though Mamori is a Little Miss Badass herself.
The Berserker: One of his promotions.
The Big Guy: He's freaking huge, dwarfing all the other Mirages.
Bling of War: Gains golden samurai armor if he takes the General class.
Dual Wielding: He wields axe heads.
Heel–Face Turn: He's originally a Brainwashed and Crazy enemy Mirage.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Mamori is tiny compared to him.
Lady and Knight: The knight, being a steadfast, loyal guardian to Mamori.
Power Floats: He has no legs to stand on.
Walking Spoiler: He's Chapter 3's boss, something that wasn't ever mentioned in promotional material.

Navarre

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Yashiro's Mirage. Represents the sword-wielding infantry classes with Myrmidon as his base form. His lighter balanced promotion is the Hero (which was incidentally the promotion of Navarre's original base class, the Mercenary class, in the second half of Mystery of the Emblem, before the remake Retcon), giving him utility and supportive options, and the darker offensive Swordmaster, which totally capitalizes on his powerful Sword attacks.

Adaptational Nice Guy: While he's still very stoic, he's much more social and affable than he usually is in his home series.
Badass Long Coat: Red, flowing, and reaches his feet.
Bizarre Alien Biology: His sword arm can best be described as a length of coiled steel.
Cool Mask: All his forms have one to a degree, but his Swordmaster class has a Japanese Oni style mask that covers his whole face.
Cool Sword: Wields one and can turn into one.
Dark Is Not Evil: His swordmaster class is very sinister-looking, but he's still a heroic spirit.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His hair is waist-length and he is pretty attractive by mirage standards.
Master Swordsman: The original myrmidon/swordmaster.
The Quiet One: A man of few words, even more so than Yashiro. Lampshaded by Navarre when he says that this sometimes leads to the pair misunderstanding each other.
Secret Test of Character: Works with Yashiro's father and Lon'qu to put Yashiro through one to test his resolve.

Enemy Mirages

Garrick/Gerbia

Garrick (Geriba)

Voiced by: Shinya Fukumatsu

Adaptational Superpower Change: In his home game, he was an axe-wielding Barbarian. Here, he's a sword-wielding Myrmidon. This is likely due to the fact that you start with two lance-using teammates.
Ascended Extra: Didn't even have a unique face in his home series, and this honestly doesn't improve here.
Didn't See That Coming: Gets this vibe from Touma, who states that Garrick's reappearance within Illusory Dolhr caught him off guard.
Kill It with Fire: Fire skills are one of his two main weaknesses, which makes Touma's timely appearance in Illusory Daitama all the more appreciative.
Warm-Up Boss: Just like in his home series, and in keeping with the Fire Emblem tradition of using bandits for this role.

Aversa/Inverse

Aversa (Inverse)

Voiced by: Kumi Tanaka

Bowdlerise: Zigzagged on her outfit. In the CG scene leading up to her battle, her chest area is covered in black smoke to cover her cleavage, yet during actual gameplay, her outfit isn't censored. Of all the content that got censored, this probably makes the least amount of sense.
Flunky Boss: Joined in battle by two normal Mirages in both her fights.
Navel-Deep Neckline: Her top is open, leaving her cleavage and midriff exposed. That both is and isn't Bowdlerised in the US release (and the official re-release).
Our Centaurs Are Different: She's fused with the Pegasus.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Tsubasa breaks her hold on Ayaha, she decides to cut her losses and find a new vessel. However, Tsubasa is having none of that.
Stripperific: Her outfit shows off a lot of skin, which isn't surprising given how she dressed in her original game.
The Vamp: She feeds off of Ayaha's performa while using sweet words and Mind Control to keep her under her power.

Gangrel

Voiced by: Manabu Sakamaki

Dirty Coward: In his boss fight, he can dodge attacks by forcing them to hit one of his flunkies instead, using "Shield me!". As long as there is at least one minion, you can't hit him.
Flying Face: Appears as a giant-sized disembodied head.
Mythology Gag: His attack, called "Reversal of Fortunes", summons minions to fight with and protect him. This comes from a line of dialogue in Awakening, where he says, "I believe this is what they call a reversal of fortunes.", right after Aversa summoned a horde of Risen to take down Phila's squadron.
Status Effects: Uses Seal, a variant of the classic Silence, preventing the affected person from using their Mirage. He also uses this ability in a cutscene.
Turns Red: If you kill all his minions, and lower his HP, he'll use "Dire Slice Ultra", a stronger version of "Dire Slice", which hits all active party members.

Excelleus/Exceli

Excelleus (Exceli)

Voiced by: Shinobu Matsumoto

Barrier Change Boss
Dirty Coward: More so than Gangrel, but just like his Awakening self. Upon defeat, he tries to fly away, but karma catches up and he shuts down, dead.
Harmful Healing: If Tsurugi gets damaged enough, Excellus will heal him fully. The catch is, Excellus loses HP equal to whatever he heals Tsurugi for.
Killer Robot
Mythology Gag: Forced a non-villainous Swordmaster character to fight for him, just like in Awakening.
Turns Red: When his HP drops low or Tsurugi goes down, he changes his color to black. In this form, he becomes weak to all attacks, but starts spamming Ma-Dynes to murder you if you don't kill him fast enough.

The Mastermind

Gharnef

Adaptational Villainy: This version of his backstory removes his theft of the Darksphere, which has the ability to magnify a person's worst traits. This has the effect of making Gharnef's descent into omnicidal mania purely of his own volition, when the original Gharnef's backstory has the possibility that the Darksphere drove him to extremes that he ordinarily wouldn't have sunk to.
Amazing Technicolor Population: He has glowing blue skin.
Bald of Evil: He's got no hair under that disco ball helmet.
Big Bad: Essentially the main villain of the plot.
Devour the Dragon: He consumes all of Hatanaka's performa (who offered it willingly) to power himself up before the fight with Itsuki and co.
Evil Sorceror: Just like his home series, he's evil and wields powerful spells and rituals.
Flunky Boss: He summons a pair of weapon spirits to assist him in battle and will raise their attack power sharply. Better take them out quick if you don't want them to One-Hit Kill your party members.
Flying Face: His Mirage form is a giant head in an armoured shell, supported by a body made of energy.
Freudian Excuse: He wants to destroy the world because he wasn't chosen to succeed his mentor. Tsubasa sympathizes somewhat, saying that Gharnef must've felt like his hard work amounted to nothing, but Touma cuts in, saying that doesn't give him the right to destroy other people's lives.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Big red ones.
Green-Eyed Monster: His Start of Darkness began when his mentor decided to pass down their power to another pupil instead of him. In his sorrow and anger, he decided to ally himself with Medeus and destroy all of mankind.
Mana Drain: One of his attacks inflicts a unique Status Effect called Mind Surge, causing the afflicted character to lose a large amount of EP at the start of their turn, effectively acting as Poison.
Omnicidal Maniac: Wants to wipe out all life by summoning the Shadow Dragon, which would of course result in his own demise as well. If you talk to Chrom late in the game, he even says that he doesn't understand people with such a motive.
Playing with Fire: He uses a few fire spells in combat, including Agidyne.
Shows Damage: The dome protecting his head loses more plates as he loses health, eventually ending with his entire head exposed.
Signature Move: Imhullu returns as a powerful Almighty spell.
Villainous Friendship: He and his mirage master, Hatanaka, seem to get along just fine and have the same goals of world destruction through Medeus. Gharnef doesn't even need to possess him like other villainous mirages have had to do.
Xanatos Gambit: How he summons Medeus. He needs to offer up his soul and Marth's for the ritual. If the party destroys him, then he accomplishes this. If he destroys the party, he removes an annoying thorn in his side. The former occurs.

The Final Boss

Medeus

Adaptational Badass: While he certainly wasn't a wimp in his home series, this version of him is a gigantic magical being on par with the usual SMT and Persona Eldritch Abomination final bosses, and has the power to match. He's also a Sequential Boss with a massive amount of HP, unlike in his original appearance where he could be defeated fairly easily with Marth's Falchion.
Dark Is Evil: He's called the Shadow Dragon and wants to wipe out all life.
Draconic Abomination: It's arguably easier to call Medeus superficially a dragon with how unearthly he is.
Elemental Powers: Uses the highest tier spells of all of them, along with Dark and Almighty.
Eye Beams: In the cutscene leading up to his boss battle, he uses these to kill Itsuki. Albeit temporarily.
Facial Horror: In the second phase, Medeus' face, minus his jaws, shatters, revealing a void beneath it that is capable of acting as a black hole.
Final Boss: The final enemy fought in the game. More or less remains as such too, as the Superboss is a Palette Swap of his second phase.
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: Both in cutscenes and during a lot of his attacks, Medeus spends a lot of time looking directly at the camera with those unnerving eyes of his.
Generic Doomsday Villain: He has no personality, and basically acts as a living embodiment of evil for Fortuna to beat up.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Big red ones that he uses to stare down at the party upon their first meeting. It's actually quite intimidating.
Greater-Scope Villain: He's the most powerful force of evil in the setting, but he doesn't make an appearance until just before his fight and barely even seems sentient, with Gharnef and Hatanaka instigating most of the plot.
Life Drain / Mana Drain: Both, in his Energy Drain attack.
Light Is Not Good: M-DEUS is gold and green instead of black and red, and an even more powerful version of Medeus.
Limit Break: Dies Irae, only usable in his second phase, where he ascends to the skies after "staring" into the camera, before carpet bombing the party with a massive Almighty attack.
Marathon Boss: To be agiven, considering what game this is; on average, he takes around 20 minutes with proper preparation.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: How he establishes himself, seconds into his first appearance? Shoot Itsuki the moment he lays eyes upon him, killing him on the spot (even if it ends up being temporary).
Our Dragons Are Different: Looks partly mechanical, with wings resembling a plane, in this incarnation.
Playing with Fire: He is a dragon, after all. What's notable is that he can inflict a burning status effect on the party that deals damage over time and prevents them from initiating or participating in sessions.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: His only colors, though he gains a noticeable purple tint in his second phase.
Sequential Boss: Two phases to the fight.
Status Effects:
- This game's burn status is introduced in his fight with his Hellfire attack, and is far more debiliating than most examples.
- He can also inflict Seal with Giant Fang.
Super Boss: Exclusive in New Game Plus files, Nieg, after giving him enough Detritus, assumes a yellow and green version of Medeus' second phase, named M-DEUS, with jacked up stats, stronger moves, and an even wider movepool.
The Voiceless: Unlike in his home series, Medeus here seems to be nothing more than an unintelligent, rampaging harbinger of doom only capable of roars.

Bord and Cord

Adaptational Villainy: They're the only enemy mirages of previously-playable characters that are neither Brainwashed and Crazy nor a Guardian. That being said, they're not actual Mirages.
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: They are golems created by Tharja to help Kiria and Tsubasa practice for an upcoming joint performance. Needless to say, they go out of control and you have to kill them before they do the same to you.
Palette Swap: Of each other, and Garrick.
Weaksauce Weakness: They are completely invulnerable unless inflicted with a status ailment. Fortunately, Kiria and Tsubasa gain a skill for the duration of the battle that will inflict guaranteed Charm on one of them (Tsubasa will charm Bord, Kiria will charm Cord), rendering them vulnerable for a short time.
- That said, when they recover, they will start attacking whoever can charm them and can easily kill them, which can make it impossible to win if you are unlucky or unprepared, since a freshly revived party member usually has their turn placed at the end of the round, allowing Bord/Cord to kill them before they can charm them and put you in a vicious healing cycle.

Pheros

Voiced by: Mika Kanda

Elemental Powers: Uses Mazio and Mabufu to nail the party.
Flunky Boss: Is flanked by two respawning Barbarians who cast buffs on her and strike with axes to set up a session.
Ghost Memory: Devoured a famous idol's performa whole, which allows her to use her talents such as her singing.
An Ice Person: Uses Mabufu to freeze your butt off.
In Name Only: In Awakening, Pheros is a Valkyrie (horse riding mage) rather than a dark flier like Aversa, and a one-off boss.
Mana Drain: Knows Spirit Drain, which drains more if you have Carnages that gives you a weakness to Mind/Light.
Our Centaurs Are Different: Like Aversa, she's fused with a Pegasus.
Palette Swap: Of Aversa, using similar tactics and abilities but harder-hitting. Pheros won't make it easy on you, but she's there to test exactly how much you've grown since Chapter 2. Her hold on her newest victim is even beaten in the exact same way, with the exact same song.
Shock and Awe: Uses Mazio to shock your butt off.
This Cannot Be!: When Tsubasa outsings her, breaking her siren hold over Chouten.
White Hair, Black Heart: Has golden hair, but is also the most monstrous of the side quest bosses.

Abel

Voiced by: Takuya Sato

Badass Biker: He's a cavalier, but instead of having a horse, he rides a huge motorcycle into battle.
Badass and Child Duo: Becomes Riku's partner after being brought back to his senses.
Brainwashed and Crazy: He kidnaps a child just so he can have a fight with Cain. Thankfully, Touma and the others snap him out of it.
Cain and Abel: With Cain of course, but in this situation, their roles are reversed, with Abel being the one trying to kill Cain. There are, however, not blood brothers, simply close friends and rivals.
Defeat Means Friendship: He calms down and apologizes for his actions after the fighting is done, even becoming Riku's Mirage; however, he doesn't join the group.
Evil Counterpart: To Cain on the heroes' side, as their names might suggest (though ironically, in this case Abel is the evil one, a Mythology Gag to Mystery of the Emblem where Abel betrayed Marth, albeit for sympathetic reasons).
Hollywood Cyborg: Similar to Cain, he seems to have mechanical parts making up his armor.
Mythology Gag: His design features prominent set of teeth, much like how Abel has buckteeth in his original design.
Red Baron: The Panther.
The Rival: To Cain. In his brainwashed state, defeating Cain his the only thing that matters to him.
Would Hurt a Child: Puts Riku in harm's way just to get Cain to come and fight him.

Lorenz

Brainwashed and Crazy: Has become corrupted, forcing you to fight him to make him snap out of it.
The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: In the battle against him, his only attack, Megaton Tackle, explicitly ignores resistances (so no attack mirrors/Tetrakarn to save you), deals incredible damage, AND can trigger sessions with his minions even if it doesn't hit a weakness.
Mythology Gag: Just like in Mystery of the Emblem, he fades away after his fight.

Lon'qu/Ronkuu/Lon'zu

Lon'qu (Ronkuu/Lon'zu)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Adaptational Villainy: While Awakening's Lon'qu is an ally, this incarnation is an enemy. Subverted when it turns out he was just pretending.
Evil Counterpart: To Navarre on the heroes' side as equivalent archetypes from Marth's and Chrom's games.
Secret Test of Character: He's not actually evil. He and Yashiro's father work together (secretly along with Navarre) to test Yashiro's abilities and reassure Yashiro's father that he'll be alright without him.

Cervantes

Barrier Change Boss
Damsel in Distress and Distressed Dude: Not him, but he holds quite a few Uta-loid users hostage, including TikiIsMyWaifu.
Flunky Boss: Has a few offsiders with which to session off of.
Manly Facial Hair: Like in his home game, he considers his mustache an integral part of his badassery. Unfortunately, since it's made of metal, it won't move in the wind.
Mythology Gag: He is the boss of Tiki's last side-story. His first appearance was in Awakening in the chapter where you first meet Tiki.

Guardian Mirages - Massive Unmarked Spoilers!

Tropes pertaining to them as a whole

Bait-and-Switch Boss: The way that they're setup, you're probably expecting to fight Marth at the end to gain his blessing, aren't you? NOPE! Gharnef steals Marth's soul to begin the Opera of Shadow, so you fight him instead.
Palette Swap: Each of them share a model with one of the possible promotions of the Heroic Mirages (barring Chrom), but with their entire bodies composed of a single color.
Superboss: In New Game +, they can randomly be fought in the Arena under the "Legendary" difficulty ranking.
Threshold Guardians: They are the spirits of Marth's former allies that are fought in the Area of Memories during Chapter 6. Split into three groups, they serve as a test to Itsuki and his party to see if they're worthy of performing the Opera of Light.
Walking Spoiler: The fact that they're in the game at all is a massive spoiler.

Jagen

Voiced by: Shiro Go

Adaptational Badass: The former Trope Namer for Crutch Character now has stats that put him on the same level as some of the very same characters that grew to outshine him.
Cool Old Guy: Even cooler than before, see Adaptational Badass above.
Palette Swap: Of Cain, as a Paladin.
Real Men Wear Pink: Or, in this case, are pink.

Gordin

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase

Palette Swap: Of Virion, as a Sniper.

Ogma

Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi

Palette Swap: Of Navarre, as a Hero.

Palla

Voiced by: Risa Taneda

Out of Focus: Palla is there to test Itsuki and co., but her sisters, Est and Catria, are not.
Palette Swap: Of Caeda, as a Falcon Knight.

Linde

Voiced by: Asami Seto

Palette Swap: Of Tharja, as a Sage.

Dolph and Macellan

Voiced by: Yoshinori Sonobe (Dolph) and Masato Funaki (Macellan)

Dual Boss: When fought in the arena, the other Guardian Mirages will be accompanied by Elite Mooks. These two, on the other hand, will always be fought together.
Palette Swap: Of Draug, as a General.

Marth

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

11th-Hour Superpower: The power that enables the cast to defeat the Final Boss.
Big Good: He has respect practically at levels of worship amongst his comrades, and it is through his power that the group can defy the Big Bad.
Fusion Dance: With Itsuki in the final battle.
He Who Must Not Be Seen: The only Mirage who isn't ever seen, as only his Fusion Dance form makes a physical appearance.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: For Medeus.
Red Baron: The Hero-King.

Supporting Cast

TikiIsMyWaifu/Tiki=Waifu

Voiced by: Asami Seto

A high school student in Itsuki's class who is Tiki's biggest fan. She uses the Singaloid software to make new music tracks constantly.

Cloudcuckoolander: She's clearly a bit spacey, and thinks nothing of calling Itsuki "Nameless Kind Person" instead of asking for his name. She also doesn't look surprised or affected at all by being in an Idolasphere.
Everybody Has Standards: Despite her name, she finds it ridiculous for Itsuki to act like Tiki is real.
Nerves of Steel: Played for Laughs. She doesn't bat an eye at being dragged into another dimension and held hostage by a monster, much to the hero's confusion.
No Name Given: She's only known by her username.
Samus Is a Girl: Itsuki is surprised to find out that an Internet-dweller who's crushing on Tiki is a girl his age.
Single-Target Sexuality: Only loves Tiki, regardless of logic or gender.
Squee: She completely melts and glomps Tiki when she gains a physical form in her final Side Story.

Ayaha Oribe

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

Tsubasa's sister and a former idol. She starts the game as missing. Later on, she joins Fortuna Entertainment as a secretary.

Brainwashed and Crazy: By Aversa.
Cannot Tell a Joke: A lot of her dialogue after completing the sidequests she hands out is made of her cracking at times cringe-inducing jokes that fail to get any reaction out of Itsuki.
Cool Big Sis: Tsubasa idolizes her.
Distressed Damsel: She becomes this at the hands of a possessed Tarachino. Or not. Turns out it was a Cleric Mirage using Ayaha's face as for Enforced Method Acting, much to everyone's fury and relief.
Green-Eyed Monster: Aversa's possession plays up her feelings of envy towards her sister.
Idol Singer: Was very popular in her heyday, but is now retired.
Out of Focus: After she's saved in the first chapter, she becomes a secretary at Fortuna and her involvement in the main story becomes bare minimum. Her only real role becomes handing out generic sidequests involving restoring performa to NPCs.
Rip Van Winkle: Of a sort. By the time she is freed of her brainwashing, she has been under Aversa's control for five years and her kid sister has become an adult.
Strong Family Resemblance: The only differences between her and Tsubasa are their clothes and hair style.

Kuen Tarachino

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake

An exceptional drama director with a peculiar fashion sense. He’s strict on himself and others, causing his production staff to fear him. Currently disdains the entertainment and TV industry.

Enforced Method Acting: He puts Tsubasa through this while possessed by Excelleus, taking Ayaha hostage^note Read " disguising a Mirage as Ayaha" to do so.
Heroic Willpower: Is able to throw of Excelleus's possession the second the Mirage threatens Tsubasa, claiming that she is part of the next generation of great performers.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: His name is almost certainly a shout out to Quentin Tarantino. On a lesser end he's also a brilliant director who makes critically acclaimed films, but can be hard to work with because of his personality.
Prima Donna Director: Not as bad as most, as he's as strict with himself as he is with his cast and crew. Played fully straight when he gets possessed by Excellus.

Yatsufusa Hatanaka

Voiced by: Ken Narita

An ace producer said to be the cornerstone of any successful production. Having lost his way in the Idolasphere once, he keeps a watchful eye for Mirage incidents.

Ax-Crazy: He's completely off his rocker, as demonstrated by the fact that he sides with the Mirages in awakening the Shadow Dragon because he thinks having the world destroyed would be the greatest form of entertainment.
Chekhov's Gunman: Appears in the first chapter in the 106 building and makes sporadic appearances throughout the story. He turns out to be the mastermind behind the Performa attacks and the Mirage Master of Gharnef.
The Dragon: Is the Mirage Master of Gharnef, and helps him summon Medeus.
Evil All Along: He seems pretty unimportant at first as he's barely involved with the Mirage incidents, and when you talk to him in the overworld he says pretty inane things. Then chapter 5 happens, revealing he's directly conspiring with the Big Bad.
Expy:
- His status of authority (within the entertainment business) combined with his apparent unimportance and the eventual reveal that he's working with the bad guys and is quite unhinged brings to mind Shuji Ikutsuki from Persona 3.
- His For the Evulz motive for destroying the world also recalls Tohru Adachi from Persona 4.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Long hair and quite effeminate.
Mad Artist: His stated reason for wanting to destroy the world is because he thinks it would be the ultimate form of entertainment.
Not Brainwashed: When the party faces him in chapter 5, they assume that he's brainwashed like every other artist they've faced up to that point. But he informs them that it's not the case at all and he's with the Mirages of his own free will.
Walking Spoiler: He's Gharnef's willing Mirage Master, and you need to kick his ass.

Teru Gojouin

Voiced by: Hiroaki Ishikawa

A comedian who presents Tsubasa’s idol audition show. Although he acts like a cheerful clown, he’s a serious and cowardly man.

Early-Bird Cameo: Appears in an early trailer, possessed by a Mirage.
Maniac Tongue: The first thing he does when he reveals that he is possessed is stick out his tongue and lick the bottom of his chin with it.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Pretty much the only sign that he's possessed at first is his puffy eyes, resembling pink eye. Once he enters the Idolosphere, they change shade to a deep crimson.
Voice of the Legion: When he reveals that he is possessed by a Mirage in the game's prologue.

Chouten Sawafuji

Voiced by: Keigo Manaka

A genius musician with the nickname “man with a million promises”. Also composed music for idols who died sudden and mysterious deaths and currently composing music for Tsubasa...

Creator Cameo: Is the real life composer for the songs of the game.
Survivor's Guilt: The legendary idol Azusa was devoured whole by a mirage while singing one of his songs, appearing to him as if she had simply died. Later, the same mirage possesses him by posing as Azusa's spirit and playing on his guilt over her death.
Take That Us: Itsuki and Tsubasa call him a weirdo at one point.

Nobu Horinozawa

Voiced by: Anri Katsu

A popular cameraman who’s able to capture the purest beauty of any woman. His debut piece of Maiko during her gravure idol days instantly propelled him to the top of the industry.

New Old Flame: His relationship with Maiko is heavily implied to have been more than just professional.
Stalker with a Crush: Implied towards Maiko, though only due to his possession by Gangrel warping his desire for Maiko. Once you reach the final floor of Illusory Shibuya, all the photos on the walls are of her.

Characters / Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

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Fortuna Entertainment

Itsuki Aoi

Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura (Japanese), Chris Patton (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Tsubasa Oribe

Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese), Kayli Mills (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Touma Akagi

Voiced by: Yuki Ono

Kiria Kurono

Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjo (Japanese), Megan Harvey (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Eleonora "Ellie" Yumizuru

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jenny Yokobori (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Mamori Minamoto

Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara (Japanese), Kaitlyn Robrock (English, Fire Emblem Heroes, credited as Elizabeth Simmons)

Yashiro Tsurugi

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya

Maiko Shimazaki

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

Barry Goodman

Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura

Tiki

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi

Heroic Mirages

Chrom

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Matthew Mercer (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Caeda

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Cain

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda

Tharja (Sallya)

Voiced by: Kana Akutsu (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Virion (Viaur)

Voiced by: Hiromichi Kogami (Japanese), Jamieson Price (under "Taylor Henry") (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Draug

Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English, Fire Emblem Heroes)

Navarre

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Enemy Mirages

Garrick (Geriba)

Voiced by: Shinya Fukumatsu

Aversa (Inverse)

Voiced by: Kumi Tanaka

Gangrel

Voiced by: Manabu Sakamaki

Excelleus (Exceli)

Voiced by: Shinobu Matsumoto

Gharnef

Medeus

Bord and Cord

Pheros

Voiced by: Mika Kanda

Abel

Voiced by: Takuya Sato

Lorenz

Lon'qu (Ronkuu/Lon'zu)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Cervantes

Guardian Mirages - Massive Unmarked Spoilers!

Jagen

Voiced by: Shiro Go

Gordin

Voiced by: Ayumu Murase

Ogma

Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi

Palla

Voiced by: Risa Taneda

Linde

Voiced by: Asami Seto

Dolph and Macellan

Voiced by: Yoshinori Sonobe (Dolph) and Masato Funaki (Macellan)

Marth

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Supporting Cast

TikiIsMyWaifu/Tiki=Waifu

Voiced by: Asami Seto

Ayaha Oribe

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

Kuen Tarachino

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake