Goro Akechi

Goro Akechi is a playable character and party member from Persona 5.

Appearances

 * Persona 5: Playable Character; Justice Cooperation
 * Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers: Cameo

Design
Goro has shaggy chin-length brown hair with bangs and brown eyes. He wears a gray coat, black and white tie, black buttons, black trousers, and black gloves.

As Crow, Goro wears a princely royal outfit with a pointed red mask resembling a plague doctor (a bird, hence "Crow"), but the mask reveals his eyes.

Personality
Goro is a high school student who carries on a detective business. His abilities as a detective have been widely approved since not only has he solved numerous cases, but he’s also able to deal with people from the investigation agency smoothly. His handsome feature also draws himself public attention, and people comment him as “The Second Advent of Detective Prince”.

He has a strong distaste for brainwashing and condemns the very act itself on television. For reasons unknown, he also shows a significant aversion towards pancakes.

Persona 5
Goro is the ninth and final member to eventually join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. He is a high school student and a detective. He, the protagonist, and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are shown marching towards the Casino.

Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers
Goro makes an appearance on TV, where he is asked his opinion on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. His response is that whether or not they truly exist, they are criminals who should be brought to justice; he goes on to denounce their actions, and believes that forcing people to change what's in their hearts is wrong.

He is later present at the arrest of Kazuya Makigami and his gang.

Trivia

 * Goro Akechi is referenced to the name (明智 小五郎), a fictional private detective created by Japanese mystery writer  (a pseudonym for Tarō Hirai) from the story "The Case of the Murder on D. Hill" in January 1925 and continued to appear in stories for a quarter of a century. Edogawa Rampo is considered the father of the Japanese detective story and was a great admirer of Sir . Akechi is the first recurring detective character in Japanese fiction and is clearly inspired by Doyle’s.