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4	[[WMG:[[center:[-''VideoGame/Persona5'' '''[[Characters/Persona5 Main Character Index]]'''\
5	[[Characters/Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]] ([[Characters/Persona5StartingMembers Starting Members]] [[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]]] \| [[Characters/Persona5LaterMembers Later Members]] [[[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]] \| [[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]])\
6	[[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] ([[Characters/Persona5SaeNiijima Sae Niijima]]) \| [[Characters/Persona5Targets Targets]] - [[Characters/Persona5PalaceRulers Palace Rulers]] / [[Characters/Persona5EndgameAntagonists Endgame Antagonists]] ([[Characters/Persona5TakutoMaruki The Dreamer]]) / [[Characters/Persona5MinorTargets Minor]] \| [[Characters/Persona5OtherCharacters Other Characters]]\
7	Spin-Offs: ''[[Characters/Persona5Strikers Strikers]]'' ([[Characters/Persona5StrikersJailMonarchs Jail Monarchs]]) \| ''[[Characters/Persona5Tactica Tactica]]'' \| '''''The Phantom X'''''-]]]]]
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9	This is the character sheet for ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX''. For a full index of characters from the ''Persona'' series, go [[Characters/{{Persona}} here]].
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12	!Persona Users
13	!!Phantom Thieves
14	[[folder:In General]]
15	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_group_shot_pts_5.png]]
16	[[caption-width-right:350: From left-to-right: Riko Tanemura, Shun Kanou, Wonder, Luffel, and Motoha Arai]]
17	* CastOfExpies: Invoked, according WordOfGod. The Phantom Thieves of ''X'' are near-literal counterparts to the Phantom Thieves of the main game, sharing a number of similarities and characteristics with each other.
18	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To the original Phantom Thieves from the main game as a whole. Almost everyone from the original Phantom Thieves are outcasts of society in some way, shape, or form, with Joker having a criminal record, Ann being discriminated for her half-Japanese heritage, Ryuji getting labelled a delinquent for supposedly attacking Kamoshida unprovoked, etc. The Phantom Thieves of ''X'', however, have no such reputation or stigma and are otherwise normal people who are otherwise forced to deal with corrupt members of society.
19	* ExpyCoexistence: Due to some sort of event that links the worlds of ''Persona 5'' and ''The Phantom X'' together, Wonder's team and Joker's Phantom Thieves end up working together in order to take down the Phantom Thieves' StarterVillain, Suguru Kamoshida.
20	* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Like their main game counterparts, the Phantom Thieves sans Luffel awaken to their Persona abilities due to being directly threatened. Wonder awakens his Persona after nearly being beaten to death by a Shadow in Mementos, Motoha gains hers after being kidnapped by Shadow Kiuchi, etc.
21	[[/folder]]
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23	[[folder:Protagonist (Wonder)]]
24	!!Protagonist / Wonder
25	!!!'''Arcana:''' Le Mat (The Fool)
26	!!!'''Persona:''' [[UsefulNotes/{{Slovakia}} Jánošík]] (Initial); [[TheChosenOne Wild Card]]
27	!!!'''Weapons:''' Daggers and pistols
28	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama
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30	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_protag.png]]
31	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Wonder]]\
32	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_wonder.png[[/labelnote]]]]
33	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Jánošík]]\
34	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_janosik.png Slovakia's Robin Hood[[/labelnote]]]]
35
36	->''Go beyond.''
37
38	The main character of ''Persona 5: The Phantom X''. A second-year high-school student at Kokatsu Academy. Originally a young man living in Tokyo with no real aspirations, his encounter with Luffel leads him to develop the power of Persona. He is associated with the Fool Arcana and subsequent holder of the Wild Card, allowing him to wield multiple Personas and use them accordingly.\
39	His Persona is Jánošík, a figure in Slovak literature. Considered the Slovak equivalent to Robin Hood, Jánošík is a highwayman who robbed nobles and gave their riches to the poor. As a Persona, Jánošík appears as a white-clad warrior with a golden mask and red visor wielding twin gold axes that double as guns.
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41	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: As skilled as Wonder is, the "Heart Stealing" beta shows he still has a lot to learn. When struggling to beat Shadows in Mementos with Luffel, Joker suddenly shows up and mops the floor with most of them in the blink of an eye before teaming up with Wonder to wipe out the rest in a combo attack with their Personas.
42	* AmbiguousSituation: In the "Heart Stealing" beta, Wonder dreams of battling Joker. While the significance of this dream has yet to be explained, Wonder fights Joker while wearing a white mask. As the mask is destroyed towards the end of the fight, it is not part of his Metaverse ensemble and in fact shows his real face to Joker just as he shoots him in the face. Even taking into account the nature of the dream, whether it's Wonder DreamingOfThingsToCome or the "event" that connected his and Joker's world, it's unclear whether Wonder fought Joker using his Persona abilities at all.
43	* BadassLongcoat: His Metaverse attire consists of a long dark trenchcoat, not unlike Joker before him.
44	* BreakingOldTrends:
45	** Wonder has the unique distinction of being the first (human) Persona-user of the Metaverse to ''not'' tear off his mask from his face when summoning his Persona for the first time, with Jánošík appearing in response to him awakening to his potential and getting his mask afterward.[[note]]Sophia from ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' is technically the first to have gained her Persona without tearing off a mask, though she's not human like Wonder is.[[/note]] This is retconned in the second beta test, where he gains his mask before summoning Jánošík like the other Metaverse Persona-users.
46	** Previous ''Persona'' protagonists either had dead parents or were out of contact with them for one reason or another. Wonder bucks that trend completely as not only are his parents alive and well, they are in active contact with him (shown by his mother sending him a text message while he's heading to school).
47	* TheChosenOne: At least Luffel seems to think so. For unknown reasons, Luffel has been searching for someone who will make a "choice" of some kind, and believes Wonder might be the one he's been looking for. Even if he isn't the one who will make a "choice", Luffel nonetheless becomes invested in Wonder's growth after seeing how enthusiastic the latter is about becoming a Phantom Thief.
48	* DarkIsNotEvil: His Phantom Thief attire consists of dark colors, but he's working toward changing the hearts of corrupt adults in the city.
49	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Initially inverted at first. At the start of the game, Wonder lacks any real aspiration in his life or goals to accomplish, represented by him not filling out a questionnare about his future and Igor noting his lack of "desire". It isn't until he meets Luffel and awakens his Persona that he finds a goal he wishes to pursue: the lifestyle of a Phantom Thief, something Igor and Luffel comment on.
50	* DuelingPlayerCharacters: With Joker. In the "Heart Stealing" beta test, a white-masked Wonder duels with Joker in what appears to be a dream sequence of the casino heist.
51	* ElementalMotifs: Water, which fits Wonder's introspective personality. He perceives the Velvet Room as an ocean tunnel, and his Awakening scene includes bubbles of water floating upwards. Note that water is not part of [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei the original series]]' elemental system.
52	* {{Foil}}: To Joker. Unlike his fellow Phantom Thief, Wonder was never accused of any crimes and is native to the Tokyo metropolitan area. He's also in contact with his parents, or at the very least his mother since she messages him as he's leaving for school. Wonder is also able to participate in school activities such as playing soccer, activities Joker couldn't engage in himself due to his criminal record being leaked and few students at Shujin willing to associate themselves with him because of this. Wonder's metaverse attire is also more modern-looking than Joker's GentlemanThief outfit. Persona-wise, Jánošík is a noble-looking white-clad figure wielding twin axes and specializes in [[LightEmUp Bless skills]], whereas Arsene had a red-clad, demonic appearance with a [[ArmedLegs literal]] case of CombatStilettos and specialized in [[CastingAShadow Curse skills]].
53	* LightEmUp: Jánošík specializes in Bless skills.
54	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Wonder has red eyes. His Persona awakening cutscene has him use them to give the Shadows in Mementos a very impressive-looking DeathGlare.
55	* VirtualPaperDoll: Wonder can change his casual outfit to anything he likes, being able to buy various clothes. Characters like Kayo Toyama even give him new threads to try on, and they can be seen in any cutscene that isn't pre-rendered.
56	* WakingUpElsewhere: He first entered the Velvet Room while dozing off at school.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Luffel (Cattle)]]
60	!!Luffel / Cattle
61	!!!'''Persona:''' [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Rob Roy]]
62	!!!'''Weapons:''' Tonfas and blowguns
63	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiNonaka
64
65	->''We see you.''
66
67	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_cattle.png]]
68	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Luffel's owl form]]\
69	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_cattle_owl.png[[/labelnote]]]]
70	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Rob Roy]]\
71	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_rob_roy.png Scottish folk hero[[/labelnote]]]]
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73	A bipedal avian creature who appears as a blue-eyed owl. He follows the protagonist throughout the city, having taken an interest in him.\
74	His Persona is Rob Roy, a Scottish folk hero of the [=MacGregor=] Clan and a once-respected cattleman who took part in the [[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars Jacobite uprisings]]. As a Persona, Rob Roy manifests as a red, gun-toting TransformingMecha with owl-like traits.
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76	* CallBack:
77	** In the opening scene of ''X'', he does the same thing Igor did, informing players that the game is purely fiction and any resemblances to persons and places are coincidental. That said, he also warns players that if they become "part of the story", they will face hardship.
78	** His Persona, Rob Roy, appears as an entirely mechanical entity. The last person to have such a Persona was Aigis before her CharacterDevelopment led Palladion to transform into Pallas Athena.
79	* CoolCar: In the Metaverse, he can transform into a spiffy-looking sports car modeled after a Renault 4.
80	* TheChooserOfTheOne: Implied to be why he's been following the protagonist around the city. Previews and trailers have him searching for someone who was going to make a "choice," and seemingly finds the person he's looking for with Wonder.
81	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Although an anthropomorphic being like Morgana, Luffel is an avian creature in the real world (an owl to be precise), wields tonfas and a blow dart in battle, and wears actual clothes whereas Morgana was a cat who fought using swords and a slingshot while being almost entirely naked save for the utility belt around his waist. Luffel is also more respectful and level-headed, whereas Morgana wears his heart on his sleeve and is prone to outbursts. The relationship between their respective teams also differs: Luffel considers his group of Phantom Thieves to be "business partners" at first before becoming invested in them after witnessing their Persona awakenings, whereas Morgana initially wanted to use the Phantom Thieves to help regain his lost memories and human form before growing attached to them. Luffel's Persona specializes in Fire skills, while Morgana's Zorro uses Wind. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Luffel turns into a sports car while Mona turns into a van.]]
82	* GogglesDoNothing: Luffel has a pair of red goggles hanging around his neck, but never puts them on at any point. The goggles appear to be his "mask" in the Metaverse, as he taps them when summoning Rob Roy.
83	%%* InconsistentSpelling: His name is originally read as "Luffel" (ルフェル/''Ruferu'' in Japanese and 路菲尔/''Lù fēi ěr'' in Chinese), but this gets commonly mistranslated into/misspelt as "Luffy" in English, likely a translation error caused by the presence of the characters 路菲/''Lù fēi''/"Luffy" in his Chinese name.
84	%% InconsistentSpelling applies for spelling within the works or supplementary sources.
85	* MeaningfulName: His codename "Cattle" ties into the backstory of his Persona: In real life, Rob Roy [=MacGregor=] was a cattle dealer who operated an extralegal protection racket over the cattle herds of Scotland's lower gentry, which he used to provide for the families of his tenants and clansmen.
86	* OminousOwl: On top of being an actual owl-like being, Luffel is very mysterious. He's been looking for someone who would make a "choice" in the near future, and believes Wonder is the one he's been searching for all this time. What he means by "choice" and why he thinks the protagonist is TheChosenOne isn't clarified at the moment.
87	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He serves as this game's Morgana, being a strange cartoonish creature who serves as the protagonist's mentor within the Metaverse and explains what Personas are. He even transforms into a vehicle, just like Mona can.
88	[[/folder]]
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90	[[folder:Motoha Arai (Closer)]]
91	!!Motoha Arai / Closer
92	!!!'''Persona:''' Awilda
93	!!!'''Weapons:''' Meteor hammers and crossbows
94	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaedeHondo
95
96	->''It's cool!!!''
97
98	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_motoha_arai.png]]
99	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Closer]]\
100	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_closer.png[[/labelnote]]]]
101	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Awilda]]\
102	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_awilda.png Pirate Princess[[/labelnote]]]]
103
104	A female second-year student at Kokatsu Academy and a classmate of the protagonist. She is a talented athlete and has a cheerful personality that makes her popular among her fellow students.\
105	Her Persona is Awilda, a legendary Scandinavian princess who was said to have been betrothed to the prince of Denmark, but ran away and took up a life of piracy instead. As a Persona, Awilda appears as a female pirate clad in a hood and cape resembling a shark's head.
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107	* ActionGirl: The first female party member you recruit in the game's main story (excluding any you recruited from the gacha).
108	* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Her Metaverse outfit has a banana-yellow hood that's twisted at the back (like [[CompanyCrossReferences Jack Frost]]'s horn coverings). From that angle, it looks like a lightning bolt, complementing her electrokinesis.
109	* BatterUp: Shortly after she awakens to her Persona, she uses a bat to send Shadow Kiuchi away by hitting a homerun on his vehicle and causing it to go haywire.
110	* CompositeCharacter: She's essentially Ann Takamaki and Ryuji Sakamoto rolled into one character. Motoha is a sports fan who wields a whip-like weapon, has a pirate-themed Persona who specializes in [[ShockAndAwe electric-type]] skills, and goes after [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute a perverse sports-themed villain]] who targets her best friend. Her Persona awakening even takes cues from Ann's own awakening, having been captured by Shadow Kiuchi.
111	* DisappointedByTheMotive: Upon learning Kiuchi hates her specifically because she beat him in a baseball game, Motoha is equally flabbergasted and outraged.
112	* EpicFlail: She wields a meteor hammer in battle.
113	* FastballSpecial: Mohota lobs her meteor hammer at an enemy like a baseball as part of her attack animation. She also tosses an actual baseball towards the screen in her All-Out Attack pose.
114	* FlashStep: Her standard melee attack has her zip around the enemy in a flash.
115	* ItsPersonal: Requests Wonder and Luffel's help to go after Kiuchi after he hurts Tomoko.
116	* ShockAndAwe: Uses lightning skills.
117	[[/folder]]
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119	[[folder:Shun Kanou (Soy)]]
120	!!Shun Kanou / Soy
121	!!!'''Persona:''' Mandrin
122	!!!'''Weapons:''' Axes and rotary machine guns
123	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
124
125	->''Would you like some more?''
126
127	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_shun_kanou.png]]
128	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Soy]]\
129	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_soy.png[[/labelnote]]]]
130	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Mandrin]]\
131	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_mandrin.png Smuggler of Savoy[[/labelnote]]]]
132
133	A male second-year student at Kokatsu Academy and a classmate of the protagonist. He is a loner and bad at communicating with others, and his goal is to someday become a top chef.\
134	His Persona is Mandrin, a French smuggler notorious for rebelling against the greedy and corrupt tax collectors of his time. As a Persona, Mandrin appears as a grinning figure dressed in black highwayman attire with a sleeveless longcoat, a noose made of blue rope around his neck, and wielding an axe-tipped rifle.
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136	* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Downplayed. Shun's weapon of choice is an axe, but much of his intimidating appearance is in large part due to his poor attempts at communication.
137	* ChefOfIron: His goal is to one day become a chef. He can also kick lots of ass by virtue of being a Persona-user.
138	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter:
139	** To ''Yusuke'', believe it or not. Both have problems with communicating with others and specialize in Bufu skills, but while Yusuke comes off more aloof and a {{cloudcuckoolander}}, Shun comes off as more aggressive due to his brutish delinquent looks. Yusuke's Phantom Thief attire and overall demeanor comes off as polite with a hint of Japanese theatrical drama as seen in his Awakening cutscene and in his and Ann's Showtime attack. Shun, on the other hand, comes off as more intimidating with a Wild West theme in spite of his attempts at being polite.
140	** To Shinjiro Aragaki from ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Both characters are intimidating and standoffish, can wield axes as weapons, and have a love for cooking. While Shinjiro hides his hobby of cooking as he is [[UnmanlySecret slightly embarrassed by it]], Shun has an unabashed love and passion for the craft, wanting to become a professional.
141	* CrazyJealousGuy: It's heavily implied that he may have a bit of a crush on Motoha and is jealous of Wonder's supposed closeness with her. Notably, many of his conversations with Wonder in private have him directly ask him if his relationship with Motoha is romantic and he can even let himself get rather threatening by mistake before catching himself during these times.
142	* FaceOfAThug: Much like Ryuji Sakamoto, Kanji Tatsumi, and Shinjiro Aragaki, he has a rather intimidating appearance. His poor attempts at communication don't help matters.
143	* ItsPersonal: Shun outright despises Hiromu because one of the restaurants he visited and attempted to extort belonged to Shun's cooking mentor, whom he viewed as a father figure. When Shun's cooking mentor refused to pay up the bribe for Hiromu's good review and even threw water at the man's face for the insult, Hiromu gave him a series of reviews that were so bad and even outright scathing that they not only severely injured his business like usual, but made the man so upset and heartbroken that he fell severely ill from the stress of it all. Shun wanted to try and sue Himoru for the damages that he had caused to his mentor's business and health, but found it difficult because while Himoru's reviews were harsh, there was technically nothing illegal about him writing them and any attempts to accuse him of extortion fell flat due to Himoru's reputation and fanbase being in his favor.
144	* MeaningfulName: His codename "Soy" likely refers to 'soybean', a common cooking ingredient, which is fitting for a man who wants to be a chef.
145	[[/folder]]
146
147	[[folder:Riko Tanemura (Wind)]]
148	!!Riko Tanemura / Wind
149	!!!'''Persona:''' ???
150	!!!'''Weapons:''' ???
151	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki
152	[[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/persona_5_the_phantom_x_riko_tanemura_transparent.png]]
153	%% [[caption-width-right:291:some caption text]]
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155	A third-year student at Kokatsu Academy and an old friend of Motoha's, as well as a member of the Disciplinary Committee.
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157	* AdvertisedExtra: Riko is billed as one of the main playable Phantom Thieves, appearing as a member in her Metaverse attire in both the game's promotional art and opening movie. As of the open beta, however, she's yet to join the team or make any more meaningful appearances.
158	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To Makoto Niijima. While both are seniors at their respective high-schools, Makoto is the Student Council President and has a mixed reputation among the student body, while Riko is part of the Disciplinary Committee and is adored by the female student body for her mature personality. In regards to their Metaverse attire, Queen dresses like a punk with a leather bodysuit and spiked shoulder pads while Wind dresses in a more Japanese-inspired manner similar to Fox.
159	* EarlyBirdCameo: She makes a brief appearance in the game's first hour, lecturing a bunch of schoolgirls for crowding a hallway before offering some advice to Wonder as he leaves school.
160	[[/folder]]
161
162	!!Phantom Idols / Kaidols
163	[[folder:In General]]
164	Cognitive beings summoned by Igor and Merope to aid the protagonist in the Metaverse. In battle, they each fight using a Persona variant, called a "Persona II" (pronounced "duo") by Merope.
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166	* ActuallyADoombot: The characters summoned by Igor and Merope are not the people themselves, but a cognition based on them created by the masses. This explains how the original Phantom Thieves of Hearts are playable in the game. There are also a handful of completely new characters available, some of whom Wonder meets in the real world, but it is currently unknown how any of them may factor into the game's plot at large.
167	* BreakingOldTrends: In comparison to the Phantom Thieves, the Phantom Idols' Personas are not based off picaresque figures from real world media, but instead mythological figures from Greek myth (with Yaoling Li being the sole exception thus far).
168	* MeaningfulName:
169	** Merope named them "Phantom Idols" in reference to how fans support their idols in real life, since in terms of gameplay, they're cognitions summoned by the Velvet Room to support Wonder and the Phantom Thieves in battle.
170	** Their Personae being called "Persona II" (pronounced as "duo") works since they are derived from Wonder's own method of summoning Personas, and how they join the battle as a, well, duo.
171	* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Owing to their status as cognitive beings, the Phantom Idols' Personas are not the actual Personas of the people they're based on, but instead Personas handpicked by Merope herself, hence why they're designated as "Persona II". This is reflected in gameplay, where they're less like the permanent party members of the Phantom Thieves and more like secondary unique Personas that Wonder can call upon and have them assist in battle.
172	* {{Portmanteau}}: The term "Kaidols" is a combination of kai- from kaito (怪盗, the Japanese word for Phantom Thief) and -dol from idol.
173	* RealNameAsAnAlias: Merope has given each of them codenames, many of them being derivatives of their actual names. While this would normally count as an AtrociousAlias since it defeats the point of being a Phantom Thief, the Phantom Idols are cognitions based on people in the real world that Wonder meets and interacts with, and aren't associated with the Phantom Thieves beyond assisting them in battle. This begins to be averted in later betas, however, as more and more Kaidols are given more appropriate and creative codenames to replace their old ones, such as Seiji being called Fleuret, Hina being called Riddle, Miyu being called Puppet, and Toshiya being called Sepia.
174	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: With the exception of Seiji and Rin, the Personas of the Phantom Idols are derived from Greek mythology.
175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Seiji Shiratori (Fleuret)]]
178	!!Seiji Shiratori / Fleuret
179	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Leucothea]]
180	!!!'''Weapons:''' Rapiers and flintlocks
181	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga
182
183	->''Êtes-vous prêts.''
184
185	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_fleuret_artwork.png]]
186	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Leucothea]]\
187	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_leucothea.png[[/labelnote]]]]
188
189	A male second-year student and member of the fencing club. He is the son of a rich family and has been receiving elite education. While he may be polite, his behaviour comes off in a way detached way, and secretly he longs for genuine affection from others.\
190	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Fleuret" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
191	His Persona II is Leucothea, a woman of varying origins who was transformed into a sea goddess after throwing herself into the ocean in a fit of madness. As a Persona II, Leucothea appears dressed in a fancy black and gold suit adorned with feathers and a fancy, wide-brimmed hat topped with a mechanical bird in a gold cage.
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193	* GratuitousFrench: His All-Out Attack screen features the phrase "Êtes-vous prêts", which in English means "Are you ready?". His codename "Fleuret" from the third beta is also the French name for a fencing foil.
194	* LonelyRichKid: His upbringing has left him secretly wanting to make connections with other people.
195	* RoyalRapier: He uses a rapier in battle, which matches his princely design and sophisticated poise in battle.
196	* SomethingAboutARose: He pulls out a rose during his All-Out Attack animation.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Yukimi Fujikawa (Yuki)]]
200	!!Yukimi Fujikawa / Yuki
201	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Styx]]
202	!!!'''Weapons:''' Flails and twin pistols
203	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaSuwa
204
205	->''What goes around comes around.''
206	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_yuki_artwork.png]]
207	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Styx]]\
208	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_styx.png[[/labelnote]]]]
209
210	A female second-year high school student. After her father died when she was young, she was raised by her cold and controlling mother and is pushed to live up to her expectations.\
211	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Yuki" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
212	Her Persona II is Styx, the Greek goddess of the eponymous river forming the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. As a Persona, Styx appears as a mannequin-esque doll with a black-and-white body with red hair and wields a standing microphone in battle.
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214	* DisappearedDad: Yukimi's father died when she was young.
215	* EpicFlail: One of her favored weapons are flails.
216	* GunsAkimbo: Her firearms of choice are twin pistols.
217	* ImprovisedWeapon: Her Persona uses a microphone stand as a weapon.
218	* LightEmUp: Her Persona specializes in Bless skills.
219	* MyBelovedSmother: Her cold and controlling mother has her under her thumb, whose expectations she tries to meet even though she disagrees with her ideals.
220	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: In the first two betas, the finishing touch of her All-Out Attack features the phrase "What gose around comes around", with the spelling of "gose" instead of "goes". This is fixed in the third beta.
221	* SugarAndIcePersonality: She is described as appearing cold and distant on the outside, but soft on the inside as a result of her upbringing.
222	* YamatoNadeshiko: In her spotlight trailer, her real-world self wears a purplish yukata, has her hair tied up with a pin in a braid-like manner, and has a polite and demure attitude when talking with Wonder and Yaoling, who have more modern and casual-looking style of clothing, making her stick out in areas like the Shibuya Train Station. Her traditional Japanese look in the real world contrasts with her more aristocratic and Western-style appearance of her Phantom Thief attire.
223	[[/folder]]
224
225	[[folder:Kotone Montagne (Mont)]]
226	!!Kotone Montagne / Mont
227	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Terpsichore]]
228	!!!'''Weapons:''' Sabers and bolt action rifles
229	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinoShimoji
230
231	->''Take over the previous self.''
232	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_mont_artwork.png]]
233	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Terpsichore]]\
234	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_terpsichore.png[[/labelnote]]]]
235
236	A French-Japanese woman who was once a world-class figure skater. Having trained to be a perfectionist at skating since she was young, she was devastated after an accident on the ice, which still haunts her to this day.\
237	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Mont" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
238	Her Persona II is Terisichore, the legendary Greek muse of dance and the GreekChorus. As a Persona II, Terpsichore manifests as a graceful ballet dancer wearing white winter furs, highlighted in shades of blue and purple reminiscent of ice.
239	----
240	* ButNotTooForeign: She is of mixed Japanese and French descent, being the only member of the cast to have a surname of with "Montagne," of French origin.
241	* IKnowMaddenKombat: Mont uses her ice skating skills in some of her skills, with her highlight attack having her skate upon a ramp of ice before firing a SwordBeam at the enemy shadows.
242	* AnIcePerson: Tying in with her origins as a former figure skater, her Persona uses Bufu- skills, and her Highlight attack fires an icy sword beam at the enemy.
243	* OneSteveLimit: Shares a first name with Kotone Shiomi, the name of the female protagonist in the ''Theatre/Persona3TheWeirdMasquerade'' adaptation of ''Persona 3 Portable'', which would later be upgraded to her CanonName in ''Persona Q2'' and the 2023 ''Portable'' remaster.
244	[[/folder]]
245
246	[[folder:Yaoling Li (Rin)]]
247	!!Yaoling Li / Rin
248	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ChineseMythology Meng Po]]
249	!!!'''Weapons:''' Bo staffs and assault rifles
250	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ru Thing
251
252	->''散雲自逍遙''
253	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yaoling.png]]
254	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Rin]]\
255	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_rin_2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
256	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Meng Po]]\
257	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_mengpo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
258
259	A woman from Sichun, China currently attending her first year of university in Japan. She is generous and outgoing, but can also act childish and carefree.\
260	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Rin" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
261	Her Persona II is Meng Po, the Chinese goddess of forgetfulness whose duty was to serve a special soup to the souls of the underworld to wipe their memories, allowing them to be reincarnated without the burdens of their past life. As a Persona, Meng Po manifests as a woman wearing elaborate robes of white, red and gold and carrying an ornate bowl of her soup, steaming with blue magic.
262	----
263	* AnimalMotifs: Her Phantom Thief attire has small ears and a long tassel resembling a tail, giving her the appearance of a CatGirl. She even pulls a cat-like pose in her All-Out Attack screen.
264	* AnimeChineseGirl: Yaoling is studying abroad from her native China, has a cute personality, and her Phantom Thief attire is red and evocative of traditional Chinese culture.
265	* BreakingOldTrends: Or rather ''revisiting'' old trends; the last game to feature a playable TokenMinority was Lisa Silverman from the ''Persona 2'' duology.
266	* EndearinglyDorky: In her personal trailer, Yaoling serves Wonder in a Chinese restaurant. She burns herself a little when the kettle is too hot, calls Wonder "sensei," has an exuberant personality, is a little unfamiliar with exploring Japan, and even gets caught up in some theatrics in the middle of the restaurant. Her antics manage to get Wonder to chuckle a little.
267	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Chinese in her case, as her All-Out Attack card is written in Chinese.[[labelnote:Translation]]The text reads "[[RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning Red Spider Lily Flowers]]," which are said to bloom in Hell and guide the dead so that they may be reborn.[[/labelnote]]
268	* RedIsHeroic: Her Phantom Idol attire is predominantly red and black.
269	* TokenMinority: Among the cast of Japanese characters, Yaoling is from China and the first character of complete[[note]][[VideoGame/Persona1 Eriko Kirishima]] and Ann are Japanese and 1/4 white American[[/note]] foreign ancestry and nationality since [[VideoGame/Persona2 Lisa Silverman]].
270	[[/folder]]
271
272	[[folder:Tomoko Noge (Moko)]]
273	!!Tomoko Noge / Moko
274	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Prosymna]]
275	!!!'''Weapons:''' Twin daggers and bows
276	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AiNonaka
277
278	->''Shoot for the moon.''
279
280	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomoko_8.png]]
281	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Moko]]\
282	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_kotomo.png[[/labelnote]]]]
283	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Prosymna]]\
284	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_prosymna.png[[/labelnote]]]]
285
286	A female second-year student at Kokatsu Academy and Motoha's best friend. She has a cool and calm personality and boasts excellent observational skills. Also a talented baseball catcher, Tomoko and Motoha have won several championships together since they were young.\
287	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Moko" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
288	Her Persona II is Prosymna, a nymph from Greek mythology who along with her sisters was a nursemaid of the goddess Hera.
289	----
290	* BowAndSwordInAccord: Tomoko uses [[DualWielding twin daggers]] up close and a bow at a distance.
291	* CareerEndingInjury: During the first chapter, she signs up for the school baseball team and, based on her and Motoha’s conversation about her tryouts, was likely to be a shoo-in for it. However, after she stepped in front of her friend when Kiuchi tries to injure Motoha, she ends up falling onto the tracks herself and hurts her shoulder severely. Motoha later reveals that, even though she could probably still play baseball casually, any chance of Tomoko having a professional baseball career after the incident has gone down the drain.
292	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
293	** To Shiho Suzui from the main game. While Kiuchi isn't lusting after her like Kamoshida was to Suzui, he ends up injuring her when his attempt to hurt Motoha fails, in turn kickstarting the events leading to him being targeted by the Phantom Thieves.
294	** To Haru Okumura from the main game. She wears a similar attire to Haru, consisting of a pink cardigan over her school uniform, and a pink and purple colored puffy-sleeved Phantom Thief outfit along with a hat. She also has an implied crush on Wonder, just like Haru harbors a crush on Joker.
295	** She also has some similarities to Ryuji Sakamoto. While Tomoko doesn't suffer the same HeroWithBadPublicity treatment Ryuji does, Kiuchi's actions all but ensure she'll never be able to enter the professional scene, much like how Kamoshida destroyed Ryuji's own budding track career by breaking his leg.
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	[[folder:Kiyoshi Kurotani (Key)]]
299	!!Kiyoshi Kurotani / Key
300	!!!'''Persona II:''' Syke
301	!!!'''Weapons:''' Push daggers and flamethrowers
302	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/YuusukeKobayashi
303
304	->''Exorcizamus te.''
305	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiyoshi_5.png]]
306	[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Key]]\
307	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_key_artwork.png[[/labelnote]]]]
308	[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Syke]]\
309	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_syke.png[[/labelnote]]]]
310
311	A male first-year student at Kotatsu Academy with an interest in psychic phenomena. He claims to have psychic abilities and believes himself to be "the chosen one".\
312	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Key" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
313	His Persona II is Syke, one of the Hamadryad nymphs of Greek myth and a representation of the fig tree.
314	----
315	* TheChosenOne: He believes himself to be some sort of chosen one with his supposed psychic powers.
316	* {{Chuunibyou}}: Officially described as such, with his interest in psychic phenomena and even claiming to have special powers.
317	* FireBreathingWeapon: Utilises a flamethrower in battle in place of a gun for his long-range weapon.
318	* GratuitousLatin: Kiyoshi's All-Out Attack features the Latin phrase "Exorcizamus te", which means "We exorcise you". This fits with his edgy personality.
319	* {{Irony}}: He believes himself to be TheChosenOne with psychic powers, only for a version of himself to work for an ''actual'' Chosen One.
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder:Reo Kamiyama (Leon)]]
323	!!Reo Kamiyama / Leon
324	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Erytheia]]
325	!!!'''Weapons:''' Spears and energy blasters
326	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MariyaIse
327
328	->''Hero on stage.''
329
330	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_leon_artwork.png]]
331	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Erytheia]]\
332	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_erytheia.png[[/labelnote]]]]
333
334	A {{Tokusatsu}} enthusiast who is planning to attend acting school out of his love for the genre, and is one of Kayo Toyama's relatives.\
335	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Leo" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
336	His Persona II is Erytheia, a mythical Greek nymph and one of the Hesperides, the representations of the evening and guardians of the golden apple tree.
337	----
338	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: He's more or less the GoodCounterpart to Goro Akechi during his brief stint as Crow in his princely persona. His Metaverse attire looks like it came from a tokusatsu show, and his weapon is a futuristic cross between a spear and a ray gun. Reo himself is also very friendly and outgoing, in comparison to Akechi's more aloof interactions with other characters, [[spoiler:all of which is an act]].
339	* HenshinHero: While all the Phantom Thieves are transforming heroes, his Phantom self takes it further by being actually Sentai-themed.
340	* RayGun: His blaster shoots bolts of blue energy at enemies.
341	* {{Tokusatsu}}: Reo is a big fan of sentai shows. His Phantom Thief self is heavily inspired by ''Franchise/KamenRider'', right down to his spear and blaster. Fittingly, one of Reo's aspirations is to become an action star, specifically for tokusatsu shows.
342	[[/folder]]
343
344	[[folder:Kayo Toyama (Okyann)]]
345	!!Kayo Toyama / Okyann
346	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Cleodora]]
347	!!!'''Weapons:''' [[SupportPartyMember Flip phone]]
348	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka
349
350	->''90 Party Girl Power.''
351
352	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kayo_7.png]]
353	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Okyann]]\
354	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_okyann_artwork.png[[/labelnote]]]]
355	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Cleodora]]\
356	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_cleodora.png[[/labelnote]]]]
357
358	A 44-year-old housewife and former fashion designer who's the protagonist's neighbor.\
359	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Okyann" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
360	Her Persona II is Cleodora, one of the Thriae nymphs of Greek legend and associates of the oracle Delphi that could see the future.
361	----
362	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Unlike Futaba, a fellow support-style Persona-user, Kayo has no problems mingling with others due to her former occupation as a fashionista. Furthermore, while Futaba pulls off a hacker routine appropriate for a support member while inside her Persona, Kayo acts more like she's taking cues from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and pulls off a small dance routine while messing with her phone inside Cleodora.
363	* EarlyBirdCameo: She makes a brief appearance the morning after Wonder gains a Persona, introducing herself as Wonder's neighbor and friend of his mother well before the player gets a chance to properly socialize with her.
364	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In the first beta, Kayo sports a more traditional YamatoNadeshiko appearance, wearing a black kimono with her long black hair tied up, and sporting blue eyes. However, from the second beta onwards, she has shorter bob-length brown hair, brown eyes, and wears a much more stylish outfit that is in-line with her trendy fashion designer background.
365	* TheFashionista: In her high-school days and early adult life, she was a fashion designer who rocked a ganguro girl appearance and wore trendy clothes. When she got married, she dropped the career, but this change didn't stop her and her husband, as he still works in the industry. She occasionally gets free samples from her connections, with these sets apparently still designed by her.
366	* FountainOfYouth: Downplayed, as Phantom Idols are cognitive beings rather than the actual person that Wonder recruits to support him in the Metaverse. Regardless, Okyann's Phantom Idol appearance stems from her younger self rather than her present self, de-aging her to be when she was a mid-20s GyaruGirl.
367	* GyaruGirl: Based on a picture on her phone that she shows Wonder, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/okyann_young.png she was one of these in her youth]], sporting long, bleached blonde hair and sprayed-on tan skin, ganguro style. This style is carried over for her Phantom Idol appearance, having the same blonde hair and tanned skin.
368	* HappilyMarried: In her first social event in the open beta, she fondly talks about her husband, preparing him meals before he leaves for work, fawns over their youth, and calls him her "darling." She also keeps a picture that the two of them took together from their high-school days.
369	* LasciviousBeautyMark: Has one right below her eye, indicative of how she used to be a very attractive fashionista in her youth, but is still quite the head-turner in her mid-forties in both her civilian and phantom thief attire.
370	* SilverFox: Downplayed. She's in her mid-forties so she's not ''that'' old, but as evident by her Phantom Idol appearance, Kayo is ''very'' attractive.
371	* SupportPartyMember: Like Futaba, Kayo acts as a navigator for the Phantom Thieves instead of fighting directly on the battlefield, providing buffs for her teammates.
372	* TokenAdult: Downplayed in that while there are college-aged members of the Phantom Thieves in ''X'', she's the only middle-aged party member introduced thus far.
373	* YamatoNadeshiko: Zig-zagged. When Wonder meets her early in the story, she's dressed up wearing a black yukata and has her hair tied up in a neat bun, introducing herself as a housewife and friend of Wonder's mother. However, she only dresses like this in the first beta, due to [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference Kayo's design possibly not being finalized at the time]]. From the second beta onwards, she first meets Wonder in a casual and stylish outfit that is seen in her main art.
374	[[/folder]]
375
376	[[folder:YUI (BUI)]]
377	!!YUI / BUI
378	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Apseudes]]
379	!!!'''Weapons:''' Chakrams and railguns
380	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaAnzai
381
382	->''Game over.''
383
384	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yui_p5x.png]]
385	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see BUI]]\
386	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/persona_5_the_phantom_x_bui.png[[/labelnote]]]]
387	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Apseudes]]\
388	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_apseudes.png[[/labelnote]]]]
389
390	A player that Wonder meets through a virtual farming simulator game.\
391	In the Metaverse, a cognition based on her digital avatar named "BUI" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
392	Her Persona II is Apseudes, who was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.
393	----
394	* DeadlyDisc: BUI dual wields a pair of Chakrams as her primary melee weapon in the Metaverse.
395	* GamerChick: Yui can only be met through a virtual online game modeled after Farming sim games like ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' or ''VideoGame/StardewValley''. Her Phantom Thief attire, attacks, and her All-Out Attack finisher card all play into this as well, having pixelated Zio-element attacks, and her AOA card reads "GameOver." Her personal character trailer shows a glimpse of her real world self, where she plays the game on her phone and chats with other players (including Wonder) online.
396	* RollerbladeGood: Her Phantom Thief attire has her skating around on rollerskates, briefly losing balance before she charges forward in her AOA finishing card.
397	* ShockAndAwe: BUI can use gaming themed-Zio attacks that inflict shock.
398	[[/folder]]
399
400	[[folder:Miyu Sahara (Puppet)]]
401	!!Miyu Sahara / Puppet
402	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Nemertes]]
403	!!!'''Weapons:''' [[SupportPartyMember None]]
404	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaIchinose
405
406	->''Shattered dreams.''
407
408	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_miyu_sahara_artwork.png]]
409	[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see Puppet]]\
410	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_puppet_artwork.png]][[/labelnote]]
411	[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see Nemertes]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_nemertes.png[[/labelnote]]]]
412	A first-year high school student and the daughter of a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.\
413	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Puppet" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
414	Her Persona II is Nemertes, the Nereid of unerring (good council) and one of the 50 sea-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea".
415	----
416	* AbusiveParents: As the daughter of a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Miyu has spent her whole life being pressured into living up to her parents’ expectations of her. By the time Wonder meets her, it’s gotten so bad that she’s had to resort to running away from home.
417	* AwesomeUnderwaterWorld: Puppet's presence in battle makes it clear that Miyu has a thing for the ocean. Nemertes has a distinct oceanic appearance and is based off of a sea nymph, her Phantom Thief outfit is designed to look like a hi-tech diving suit, complete with a sea scooter, and her buffs for the team come with various aquatic effects such as bubbles, dolphins, and waves.
418	* {{Foil}}: To Kayo, a fellow Navigator. Whereas Kayo is from a middle-class background and works as a fashion designer, Miyu is from a wealthy high class family involved in politics. In regards to their Phantom Idol cognitions, Okyann represents Kayo in her youth as a GyaruGirl and dresses fashionably, while Puppet's Metaverse attire has a more futuristic design with a sea glider and is implied to represent the freedom Miyu herself yearns for due to the pressure her parents put on her.
419	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Fuuka from ''Persona 3''. Both characters are [[SupportPartyMember non-combatant navigators]] whose Personas are associated with water imagery.
420	* SupportPartyMember: Like Futaba and Kayo, she supports the Phantom Thieves and Wonder as a navigator.
421	* WaterIsWomanly: As a Phantom Idol, her powers are conjured as bubbles and her Persona has a lot of ocean-themed imagery around it.
422	[[/folder]]
423
424	[[folder:Toshiya Sumi (Sepia)]]
425	!!Toshiya Sumi / Sepia
426	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Gorgyra]]
427	!!!'''Weapons:''' Canes and duckfoot pistols
428	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunyaEnoki
429
430	->''To thine other self be true.''
431
432	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_sepia_artwork.png]]
433	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Gorgyra]]\
434	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_gorgyra.png[[/labelnote]]]]
435
436	An unemployed young man who frequents the local fishing pond and is known as the "Fishing Hermit."\
437	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Sepia" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
438	His Persona II is Gorgyra, a nymph that resided in Hades.
439	----
440	* LivingLegend: Toshiya earned his moniker after catching the King of the Fish without using a hook.
441	* PunnyName: In Greek and Latin, "Sepia" means cuttlefish, possibly referring to Toshiya's fishing hobby.
442	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite his young age, Toshiya possesses an incredible understanding of life and emotions, and will often voice them through unexpectedly wise words.
443	[[/folder]]
444
445	[[folder:Hina Nishimori (Riddle)]]
446	!!Hina Nishimori / Riddle
447	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Daeira]]
448	!!!'''Weapons:''' Pickaxes and air popper guns
449	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiOgura
450
451	->''I am curious!''
452
453	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_hina_nishimori_artwork.png]]
454	[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see Riddle]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_riddle_artwork.png[[/labelnote]]]]
455	[[caption-width-right:275:[[labelnote:Click here to see Daeira]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_daeira.png[[/labelnote]]]]
456
457	A young clothing model who was chosen by an advertising agency for her appearance.\
458	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her called "Riddle" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
459	Her Persona II is Daeira, one of the titan Oceanus' daughters and one of the 3,000 oceanids.
460	----
461	* BadassAdorable: A ten-year-old who can kick as much ass as the rest of the Phantom Thieves, or at least her cognition is.
462	* BreakingOldTrends: The last time the ''Persona'' series featured a child party member was all the way back in ''Persona 3'' with Ken Amada, who was in elementary school when he joined S.E.E.S.
463	* KidHero: Her real-world self, and by extension her Phantom Idol cognition, is ''ten-years-old''.
464	* TokenMiniMoe: The shortest character in the game next to Luffel, albeit justified due to being an actual child.
465	[[/folder]]
466
467	[[folder:Minami Miyashita (Marian)]]
468	!!Minami Miyashita / Marian
469	!!!'''Persona II:''' [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Thalia]]
470	!!!'''Weapons:''' Medical kits and anti-material rifles
471	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiSato
472
473	-> ''Sterilization Completed.''
474
475	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3895.png]]
476	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Marian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3897.png]][[/labelnote]]
477	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Thalia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3898.png]][[/labelnote]]
478
479	A third-year high school student who longs to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become a nurse.\
480	In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her called "Marian" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\
481	Her Persona II is Thalia, a muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry.
482
483	----
484	* CombatMedic: Aside from being an actual nurse in training, Minami handles melee attacks by smacking her enemies with her medical kit, provides healing buffs for her team just by entering the battle, and can heal the entire party with her Highlight Attack.
485	* MissingMom: Her mother has been dead for some time by the time Wonder meets her, and Minami wishes to honor her memory by training to become a nurse like she had been.
486	* WickedStepmother: Despite Minami's love and talent for being a medical practitioner, it's been stated that she has to keep her dream hidden due to "familial changes". Given that her mother has been confirmed to have passed away, this doesn’t paint a pretty picture of her new mother figure.
487	[[/folder]]
488
489	!Antagonists
490	[[folder:Takeyuki Kiuchi]]
491	!!Takeyuki Kiuchi
492	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatoshiTsuruoka
493
494	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiuchi.png]]
495	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Shadow Kiuchi]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiuchi_shadow.png[[/labelnote]]]]
496
497	The first target of the Phantom Thieves.
498	----
499	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To fellow StarterVillain Suguru Kamoshida. Kamoshida was a high school gym teacher and the volleyball team coach who previously won a gold medal at the Olympics. He began taking advantage of his status at Shujin by demoralizing and crushing rival sports clubs like the Track Team while sexually harassing the female members of the volleyball club. Kiuchi, on the other hand, is a former star baseball sportsman who suffered a humiliating loss against a girl in elementary school. Kamoshida treats Ryuji like garbage and lusts over Ann while forcing Shiho to have sexual relations with him to keep her spot on the team whereas Kiuchi never got over his loss against Motoha when the latter was in elementary school and attempts to get back at her.
500	* EvilIsPetty: The reason he targets Motoha? She scored a home run in a baseball game against him, which ended up humiliating him in front of his colleagues and fans for having lost against a mere elementary school student. Motoha herself is flabbergasted when she learns this and is outraged that he hates her over a petty grudge.
501	* ItsPersonal: Kiuchi hates Motoha, even going so far as to try and push her in the way of an oncoming train. The reason for this is that Motoha scored a home run against him in a baseball game ten years ago. While the loss itself was already a huge blow, the fact that he lost to a girl in ''elementary school'' humiliated him so much he's held a grudge against her ever since, believing she cost him his career.
502	* StarterVillain: The first official target for the Phantom Thieves of ''The Phantom X''.
503	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's more or less a baseball-themed Suguru Kamoshida, albeit with a toned down form of Lust in comparison to Kamoshida since he’s mainly just promiscuous with women instead of sexually harassing them. Hell, even his Shadow form resembles Asmodeus!
504	[[/folder]]
505
506	[[folder:Miyazawa Hiromu]]
507	!!Miyazawa Hiromu
508	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Cho}}
509	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miyazawa_hiromu.png]]
510	[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Shadow Hiromu]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shadow_hiromu.png[[/labelnote]]]]
511
512	The second target of the Phantom Thieves, a major TV food critic who ends up targeting Shun's mentor and ends up causing him to break down.
513	----
514	* BitchInSheepsClothing: On-screen, he's a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Off-screen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurant owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down. One of his victims was Shun's mentor, which is why he's very eager to bring Hiromu down.
515	* CausticCritic: He's a prominent food critic who extorts restaurant owners. Since he's well regarded, he can easily destroy someone's business if he wants to.
516	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He shares traits with the second boss of the original game, Madarame. They both stand on the top of their fields and their word decides who can stay in business and who doesn't. Both treat those who are passionate as [[{{Greed}} convenient sources of money]]. The actions of both also border on being legal. But while Madarame raises students to sell their work as his own, Hiromu acts alone and doesn't sell anything himself. Furthermore, Hiromu's specialty lies in being a food critic whereas Madarame is a world-famous artist.
517	* FailedASpotCheck: How the Phantom Thieves send out his Calling Card. Hiromu learns Shun's mentor finally caved in and decides to "re-review" his restaurant. Unbeknownst to Hiromu, however, the restaurant is plastered with calling cards. His production crew never informed him because they thought it was part of the show, much to his dismay and anger.
518	* LoopholeAbuse: Why Shun can't pursue any legal action against Hiromu. While Hiromu's negative scathing reviews against his mentor drove his health down the gutter, said reviews are not illegal and Shun can't definitively prove Hiromu caused any real harm against his mentor.
519	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Whenever a restaurant owner refuses to cough up the dough for his good reviews, he’ll instead tear them down completely with a bad one even though the food is perfectly good. Since he's such a famous TV host, the audience will blindly listen to whatever he says about a place, causing it to instantly lose business and inevitably shut down. This reputation is also why Shun is partly unable to sue him for hurting his mentor's restaurant with his scathing reviews, the other being that while his reviews are harsh, they are ''not'' illegal.
520	[[/folder]]
521
522	!!Mementos Targets
523	Targets who have not become corrupt enough to have their own Palace, but still carry a darkness that hurts those around them and could lead to a Palace creation if left unchecked.
524
525	[[folder:Takahashi Otoko]]
526	!!Takahashi Otoko
527	A girl who struggles with social anxiety and a fear of being alone. Her desperate desire for friendship has become so twisted that she has resorted to kidnapping a cat named Chatai and holding him against his will in her backyard.
528	----
529	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She kidnaps Chatai and forces him to stay trapped in her backyard, despite how miserable he is in captivity.
530	* CrazyCatLady: Downplayed. Unlike most examples, Otoko isn't an old woman and her main problem has less to do with her personality and more with her obsession to have friends. The cat she has isn't actually hers, having kidnapped it and forcing Chatai to stay in her home even though it's clear Chatai doesn't ''want'' to be there.
531	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Deep down, Otoko simply wants to have a friendship with someone, but is so desperate to not be alone that she’s started to go off the deep end and hold the closest thing she has to a friend hostage.
532	* {{Yandere}}: A tamer and friendship-based "pet owner" example. Otoko is willing to abuse Chatai by keeping him locked up because it satisfies her desire for "friendship", and her Shadow’s dialogue implies that she was on her way to being much worse before Wonder came along.
533	[[/folder]]
534
535	!Other Characters
536	[[folder:Merope]]
537	!!Merope
538	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariTamura
539
540	[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merope_p5x.png]]
541
542	Igor's newest assistant, who has a fondness for {{Idol\|Genre}}s and is in charge of fusions in the Velvet Room.
543	----
544	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Like other Velvet Room attendants, Merope looks human, but is implied to be anything but. That said, whether she is "one of those who govern power" is up on the air as she lacks their trademark gold eyes. Igor also hesitates when he introduces her to Wonder, as if unsure what exactly to call her.
545	* BreakingOldTrends: Excluding Demon Painter, Nameless, and Belladonna from the first game and the ''Persona 2'' duology, Merope is the first Velvet Room assistant to neither have gold eyes nor be [[ThemeNaming named after]] a character in author Mary Shelley's ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' or a character in real life associated with the novel. She is instead named after various figures from Greek mythology, sharing the name "Merope".
546	* CompositeCharacter: Appears to be one of Theodore, Elizabeth, and Margaret from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4''.
547	** Merope has Margaret's composed, demure air and mannerisms, but is offset by her interest in the human world, having a big interest in idols.
548	** Like Theodore and Elizabeth, Merope has a unique and interesting view of the world, being a FishOutOfWater, but Merope carries more of Elizabeth's eccentric charm, reacting in ways that seem a little off-putting through human eyes.
549	** Like other Velvet Attendants, Wonder can fulfill her requests by taking her out on dates, such as watching a movie at the theater, visiting the Planetarium, and drinking bubble tea.
550	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Caroline and Justine treated Joker somewhat harshly and maintained a strictly professional relationship (at least until toward the end of the game) with him. [[spoiler:They were also two halves of Lavenza, the actual form of Igor's assistant]]. Merope is much kinder to Wonder and is very amicable with him. This is best seen when Joker and Wonder visit the Velvet Room outside their dreams for the first time; whereas Caroline would kick Joker inside, Merope takes his hand and guides him inside herself. This gets retconned in the second beta test where she brings Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely by ''throwing'' him into the doorway. Their methods of fusion also differ: Instead of sending Personas to the literal chopping block or stuffing them into Iron Maidens, Merope uses what looks like a literal ''grinder''.
551	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Between her polite demeanor to Wonder and gently grabbing him by the hand when guiding him into the Velvet Room upon entering it for the first time of his own volition, it's clear Merope is much kinder to her guest than Caroline and Justine were to Joker. While this is still the case in the second beta test, Merope ends up bringing Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely as Caroline does with Joker, albeit throwing him into the door rather than kicking him inside.
552	* FlatJoy: During her introductory cutscene, she asks Wonder if he likes idols. She then demonstrates her love for them, shouting a deadpan and flat "yayyyy," while posing like one.
553	* OddNameOut: Of the Velvet Room attendants post-''Persona 3'', Merope is the only one who isn't named after a character or associated with Mary Shelley's ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}''.
554	* {{Otaku}}: A reserved kind, but Merope is a fan of idols, stating she has a strong interest in them. So much so that she tries imitating some idol poses she saw in the real world and the Phantom Idols system is named as such because of her fascination with them.
555	-->'''Merope:''' Are you interested in "idols"? "Idols" that use song, dance, and unique poses to charm crowds... I carry a strong interest in them.
556	* StatuesqueStunner: Taller than most of the female characters in the game, possibly as tall as Margaret, and is as tall as Wonder himself.
557	[[/folder]]
558
559	[[folder:Ena Kageyama]]
560	!!Ena Kageyama
561	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p5x_npcs_12.png]]
562	%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
563	The proprietor of a coffee shop in Yongen-Jaya...which strangely replaces Café Leblanc.
564	----
565	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She and her shop take over the space Sojiro's coffee and curry shop occupied in Yongen-Jaya's dingy alleys. Considering how ''X'' is an alternate universe to ''5'', the original Phantom Thieves are not mentioned at all, and the nameplate of the Sakura residence is blank, it's justified. Wonder is surprised when he accidentally ends up transported to Leblanc after staring at the coffee shop, with Joker and Morgana greeting him.
566	[[/folder]]

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