Youichi Makimura

Youichi Makimura (牧村 洋一) is a minor character from the Persona 2 duology.

Appearance

 * Persona 2: Innocent Sin: supporting character
 * Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: supporting character

Profile
Regardless of which side of the universe, Makimura is a con-artist who cheats women but disappears after he takes all their savings away. "Youichi Makimura" is not his real name as he changes his name every time he abandons his victim. Ulala Serizawa is one of his many victims and she practices boxing in the fitness club so she can beat him for revenge someday.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Makimura calls the Joker to grant him charm irresistible to all females. Joker in turn makes him Queen Aquarius' subordinate to increase more female followers of the Masked Circle. When the player has pinpointed that King Leo's bombs are located in the fitness club GOLD, Makimura will appear to intercept them and ready to summon a Persona. To his surprise, Ulala is also in the gym practicing boxing. Upon this untimely encounter, Ulala also summons her Persona to chase down Makimura.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
After Chizuru Ishigami has announced in the TV show that any caller of the Joker curse for contract killing will become a Joker themselves, Ulala, fearing she will become a Joker too, tells Maya Amano to stay away from her in the phone. Maya thinks Ulala may have cursed Makimura for the marriage scam, accompanies Katsuya Suou and Baofu to take Makimura into custody in order to avoid any possible murdering. Makimura is found in Parabellum and cheating another woman who believes he is a scientist and readily to give him her saving for a pseudo-research. After his true nature is exposed, he is taken to the fitness club where Ulala locks herself in. Ulala at this point has become totally infected by the Joker and reveals that the she wants to kill is her close friend, Maya. After subduing the possessed Ulala, Makimura urges everyone around to kill the "evil" before she harms anyone else. Baofu exposes that he only wants the witness of his crime dead and punch him in the face. Makimura then promises to stop swindling and repay the money he has defrauded.

Trivia

 * Makimura is modeled after the Japanese actor (羽賀 研二) who was alleged to have borrowed his ex-girlfriend's money to run his unsuccessful business and had an affair with another woman before their breakup.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin Characters Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Characters