Counterclockwise from top left: Kanji, Chie, Rise, Teddie, Yu, Yukiko, Yosuke, Naoto, and the protagonist's Initial Persona, Izanagi.
The Investigation Team (自称特別捜査隊, Jishou Tokubetsu Sousa-tai)? is a group of Persona Users dedicated to investigating the phenomena of the Midnight Channel and stopping the murder cases in Yasoinaba in Persona 4. They work independently from the police because they feel the police are inept, and revealing the Midnight Channel to the police could prevent them from entering the TV at Junes, potentially never catching the serial killer.
Contents
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Persona 4 / Golden
- Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Details[edit | edit source]
Persona 4[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Social Link/Investigation Team
The team functions similarly to SEES of Persona 3, however, unlike SEES, the Investigation Team is founded as an independent group, with no sponsors nor advisor. However, one of the members, detective Naoto Shirogane, occasionally gets information from the police. Ryotaro Dojima and Tohru Adachi also sometimes spill the beans and give updates on the case. Additionally, unlike SEES or the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, the Investigation Team appear as normal people even when braving a dungeon, SEES being a sophisticated organization with distinct attires for missions, and the Phantom Thieves appearing in special outfits created by cognition when inside the Metaverse.
The Investigation Team's main objective is finding out the truth behind the murders at Inaba and the meaning behind the Midnight Channel.
The founding members of the Investigation Team are Yu Narukami, Yosuke Hanamura and Chie Satonaka, three students of Yasogami High School who awakened their Personas.
Much like how SEES becomes the Nyx Annihilation Team, the Investigation Team eventually becomes known as The Seekers of Truth (真実を追う仲間たち, Shinjitsu wo Ou Nakama-tachi)? if the protagonist chooses to continue searching for the real culprit, at which point it changes to represent the Judgement Arcana Social Link. Izanami comments the Investigation Team has become "drunk with truth" and that "knowledge of the truth is not everything."
Persona 4 Golden[edit | edit source]
If the protagonist maxed out Marie's Social Link before November 1st, an alternate sequence of events will occur.
After defeating Ameno-sagiri, Marie remembers she is actually Kusumi-no-Okami and the fog starts to absorb into her body. The fog inside her is slowly overpowering her and decides to make herself disappear when it gains control and starts to spread across the world once again.
She chooses to die to prevent this by going to the Hollow Forest, where she will kill herself and disappear. The protagonist decides to save her when he encounters her inside of a dream. With the help of Margaret, the Investigation Team decides to fight to free her from the fog's control by defeating her after the fog turns her into her true form. They succeed, gaining her a bond to the real world, allowing her to exist there permanently.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth[edit | edit source]
After combining with SEES from Persona 3, they undergo the alias "Team Yaso."
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth[edit | edit source]
The Investigation Team are one of the groups of Persona Users who find themselves trapped in the movie world. One day during an exploration run to the Midnight Channel, they were bought into a movie screen initiating a countdown instead of the Midnight Channel lobby and ended up in the movie reality Junessic Land.
Rise was poisoned by the plants in the movie reality and the P4 hero ambushes the P5 hero and the two fight, but ended up on even hands. In reality it was merely a false alarm and neither parties were hostile, and they make friends with each other. The missing member, Yosuke was found to be defending a Herbivore Dinosaur from a Tyranniqueen, and joins the party when they were kicked out of the movie reality.
After returning back to reality from the final confrontation, Nanako greets the team for returning and a dinosaur movie begins to broadcast in the Dojima Residence TV. A dinosaur with Yosuke's head appears, but as their memories were wiped, they do not recognize him. The P4 hero and Nanako cook and they eat their dishes while watching the movie.
Members[edit | edit source]
The members, arranged chronologically in the order of joining, are as follows:
| Member | Role |
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| Yu Narukami | Founder/Field Leader |
| Yosuke Hanamura | Founder/Attacker |
| Chie Satonaka | Founder/Attacker |
| Yukiko Amagi | Member/Attacker |
| Kanji Tatsumi | Member/Attacker |
| Rise Kujikawa | Support/Attacker* |
| Teddie | Support/Attacker* |
| Naoto Shirogane | Member/Attacker |
1. *In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax with Himiko as a new way of fighting, she is seen as a member.
2. *While Teddie aided Yu Narukami, Chie Satonaka, and Yosuke Hanamura even before the Investigation Team was founded, he did not join the Investigation Team until later.
The Investigation Team also often hangs out with Nanako Dojima and Marie, but they aren't technically considered official members. The Fox from Tatsuhime Shrine also joins the group in the TV World, providing healing services for a price which decreases as the protagonist progresses through it's Social Link.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The initial four
The initial four
The initial four
Promotional artwork
Promotional artwork
The Investigation Team with Dojima and Nanako
Featured on the cover artwork for Persona 4 Official Design Works
Artwork
Artwork
Artwork
Original group photo of the Investigation Team
Remake group photo of Investigation Team with Marie in Golden
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The Investigation Team in Persona 4 The Animation
TVs
Promotional artwork
Promotional artwork
Promotional artwork
Group Photo of Investigation Team during the Cultural Festival
Group Photo of Investigation Team with Nanako and Dojima
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Group Photo with Marie after the quiz game
One of the group photos without Marie
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The full Team at Junes.
The full Team at Junes.
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| Persona 4: Dancing All Night | ||||||
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Promotional artwork
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Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Naoto's theme in Persona 4 Arena, Seeker of Truth, is named after the group's Judgement Arcana Social Link of the same name.
- In Persona Q, the group is forced by Margaret into doing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure poses when they come to aid SEES during their assault against the Queen of Hearts.
- The Investigation Team is the only playable party to never directly encounter Igor outside of their leader.
| Characters | |
| Playable | Rise Kujikawa - Yu Narukami - Kanami Mashita - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Kanji Tatsumi - Teddie - Yukiko Amagi - Naoto Shirogane - Nanako Dojima - Margaret - Marie - Tohru Adachi - Hatsune Miku |
| Non-playable | Protagonist - Ryotaro Dojima - Minoru Inoue - Sumomo Ujima - Tomoe Sayama - Tamami Uesugi - Nozomi Nakahara - Kyoka Ochimizu - Dance Instructor - Yuko Osada - Mikuratana-no-Kami - President Tanaka |
| Locations | |
| Other | Velvet Room - Yomotsu Hirasaka - Takura Productions - Inaba - Midnight Channel |
| Midnight Stage | Kujikawa Rise (Stage) - Circus Tent - Sultry Lounge - Doll House - Romantic Castle - Mechanical Castle - Event Space - Mikuratana-no-Kami's Realm |
| Music | |
| Albums | Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack |
| Songs | Dance! - Calystegia |
| Archive | |
| Terminology | Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Kanamin Kitchen - LMB Festival - Shadow Self - Investigation Team - Apathy Syndrome |
| Lists | Trophies |
