Takeharu Kirijo

Takeharu Kirijo is a non-player character from Persona 3 who is the father of Mitsuru Kirijo and the current head of the Kirijo Group.

Appearances

 * Persona 3: Supporting Character
 * Persona 3 Manga: Supporting Character
 * Persona 3 FES: Supporting Character
 * Persona 3 Portable: Supporting Character
 * Persona 3 The Movie 
 * Persona 4 Arena: Mentioned by Mitsuru

Design
Takeharu's appearance of mid age man in his forties with black hair and gray eyes. He wears an eyepatch over his right eye and wears a gray suit, red tie and black vest. He assumes the look of a bold, resolute, and grizzled businessman which makes others tremble upon first glance.

Personality
Takeharu is firm and bold in everything he does which frightens people that he first meets. He is particularly strict with his daughter but it is shown multiple times that he means the best for her and feels especially guilty that his daughter inherited his mistake.

Persona 3
S.E.E.S. first meets Takeharu on summer vacation when Mitsuru offers to take them a location owned by her family to relax. Although they initially see him as frightening, he is gradually revealed to have a gentle side. After some time, he explains the nature of how the Dark Hour came to be as well as the fates of the researchers who caused it, most notably of Eiichiro Takeba when he shows the party a tape of Eiichiro's parting words. As a result of his explanation, Takeharu was assumed to be the only real adult survivor of this ten year old incident.

Later, it is revealed that he knew that the recording was doctored all along by Ikutsuki. Takeharu confronts him after Aigis has already restrained the party but is ultimately murdered at the hands of Ikutsuki, although not without landing a shot on his foe himself. He dies in his daughter's arms at Tartarus.

Trivia

 * In a response to fan questions during a Persona Stalker Club segment, the Persona team explained that during an investigation on Tartarus, Takeharu was attacked by Shadows. His eye was injured during the attack, thus why he wears an eyepatch.