Sojiro Sakura

Sojiro Sakura is a character from Persona 5.

Appearances

 * Persona 5: Supporting Character; Hierophant Cooperation
 * Persona 5 (Manga): Supporting Character

Design
Sojiro is a middle-aged man who dresses in a pink shirt, a black striped apron, white shoes, has a beard, and wears glasses.

Persona 5
Sojiro Sakura is the owner of Cafe Le Blanc and Futaba Sakura's guardian without blood relation. He is the protagonist's parents' friend who promised to look after him. He warns the protagonist not to get into trouble with the privileged class and drag other people into the mess. Ranking up his Cooperation allows him to teach the protagonist about Le Blanc signature coffee and curry recipes which can be used as healing items in battle.

Sojiro was initially unaware nor interested in Phantom Thieves of Hearts' heists until Futaba is involved. Realizing they can remove people's poisoned desires and suspecting Futaba is suicidal, he asks them to see if they can steal her heart, and with it, her desire for death. After Kunikazu Okumura's death, he accidentally finds the Phantom Thieves calling card for Futaba that she brought with her as a remembrance. He questions Futaba and the protagonist about this, giving the two no choice but to explain what happened to Futaba's mother. Sojiro only thought that the protagonist has connection with the Phantom Thieves and got Futaba involved, but Futaba's slip makes him realises that the protagonist is in fact the ringleader of the Phantom Thieves himself. Hearing Futaba's wish of wanting to find her mother's killer, Sojiro immediately rejects the idea, but seeing how determined both Futaba and the protagonist are, Sojiro promises to keep their secret and allows them to continue their activities under condition that if it get too dangerous, they must stop becoming Phantom Thieves.

Trivia

 * Sojiro's name may be inspired by, the legendary village head during Edo period who appealed directly to shogun for tax reduction for his villagers but ended up being executed for this very action.