Kinshiro Morooka



Kinshiro Morooka is a character in Persona 4. A teacher in Yasogami High School, he is given the nickname of 'King Moron' by students.

Appearances

 * Persona 4

Persona 4


Kinshiro Morooka is first heard during the Protagonist's first day to Yasogami High. The Protagonist enrolls to Class 2-2, which the homeroom teacher happens to be Kinshiro Morooka.

A snobbish and judgmental man, Kinshiro Morooka is known to express his hatred towards the teenage cultures nowadays, and exclaims that the student nowadays are useless. He also deemed students in Yasoinaba that their studies are ultimately futile, as even if they did study, they cannot get a decent job out in Yasoinaba.

Kinshiro Morooka also appears to be having a grudge against women as well as the Protagonist. He treats his students rudely, and places the Protagonist in his "Shit List" within the first few minutes of meeting him. When the Protagonist tries to asks about the information of joining clubs, Kinshiro Morooka instantly judges the Protagonist' motive for joining clubs is to meet girls.

During the School's camping trip, Kinshiro Morooka, while a teacher in charge of supervising the students, takes his job lightly, and takes advantage of being a supervisor of order students to return to sleep early so he could drink his booze. Kanji Tatsumi also reveals that Kinshiro Morooka had also threatened him countless times to expelling him, and often refers Kanji as "garbage".

Later, during the news regarding a teen idol, Rise Kujikawa's appearance in Yasoinaba, Kinshiro Morooka expresses his disgust towards the incident, and rants about how pointless the overall incident is, and chastises his students. However, through the gossiping of students, it is revealed that Kinshiro Morooka is actually a closet fan of Rise, and is known to be buying Rise's Pin-up books and magazines.

Kinshiro Morooka is, however, unfortunately killed in a same fashion as the recent bizarre murder cases in Yasoinaba, a fact that greatly confuses the Investigation Team. The Investigation Team deducted that the victims in the Midnight Channel are taken from those who appeared in TV. However, Kinshiro Morooka has never shown to be on TV, as well as not appearing in the Midnight Channel. To add up their confusion, Teddie also exclaimed that he did not sense any human presence after the Team left.

During the Investigation Team trying to figure out Kinshiro Morooka's death, Yosuke Hanamura confessed that in reality, while Kinshiro Morooka is classified as a "Capital-A Asshole", he is actually sad to hear Kinshiro Morooka's death. Motivated by Kinshiro Morooka's death and Yosuke's words, the Investigation Team swore to work harder to solve the mystery.