Kouetsu Kirijo is a character mentioned in the Persona series.
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Appearances[edit | edit source]
Personality[edit | edit source]
Kouetsu Kirijo was obsessed with Shadows and wanted to harness their powers and over the years experimenting on Shadows his mind eventually embraced Nihilism.
Profile[edit | edit source]
Persona 3[edit | edit source]
Kouetsu Kirijo is the father of Takeharu Kirijo and the grandfather of Mitsuru Kirijo. He was once the head of the Kirijo Group before his death.
In 1995, Kouetsu Kirijo began the experimentation of Shadows in order to learn and harness their powers to create a time manipulation device. He assembled a team of top scientists and for several years he was able to obtain a significant amount of Shadows.
Over the years he became a nihilist and began preparing for the Fall, viewing death as deliverance.
However, in 1999, during the final stages of the experiment, they lost control of the Shadow's power. He and the rest of the scientists lost their lives during the accident.
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In Other Languages[edit | edit source]
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Kouetsu Kirijo |
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桐条 鴻悦 (Kirijō Kōetsu) |
키리조 코우에츠 (Kirijo Kouecheu) |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- According to the Persona 3 Club Book, Kouetsu originally came across a Plume of Dusk and amassed a collection, intending to research them for benevolent purposes. The knowledge he gained about Nyx, however, eventually drove him mad.