Kouetsu Kirijo

Kouetsu Kirijo is a character mentioned from Persona 3 who is the father of Takeharu Kirijo and the grandfather of Mitsuru Kirijo. He was once the head of the Kirijo Group before his death.

Appearances

 * Persona 3: Mentioned by Mitsuru and Takeharu Kirijo
 * Persona 3 FES: Mentioned by Mitsuru and Takeharu Kirijo
 * Persona 3 Portable: Mentioned by Mitsuru and Takeharu Kirijo
 * Persona 4 Arena: Mentioned by Mitsuru Kirijo and Akihiko Sanada

Personality
Kouetsu Kirijo was obsessed with Shadows and wanted to harness their powers and over the years experimenting on Shadows his mind has grown into Nihilism.

Persona 3
14 years ago Kouetsu Kirijo begin the experimentation of Shadows in order to learn and harness their powers to create a time manipulation device. He assembled a team of top scientist and for several years he was able to obtain a significant amount of Shadows. Over the years he has grown into Nihilism and began preparing for The Fall. 10 years ago during the final stages of the experiment they lost control of the Shadow's power. He and the rest of the scientist lost their lives during the accident.