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This article is about an antagonist in the Persona 2 duology. For the protagonist of Persona 2: Innocent Sin, see Tatsuya Suou.

"Hyaha...!! It's the Voices, the Voice--s!! VoicesVoicesVoicesVoicesVoices!! You can't run from the Voices----!!"
—Tatsuya Sudou, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Tatsuya Sudou is an antagonist in the Persona 2 duology.

Appearances[]

Personality[]

Sudou is an insane man who has no qualms committing any crime just to get back at people who spited him, and is likely so delusional that he is completely detached from reality and lacks agency over his actions. He views Maya as a "witch" and burns down her shrine over his own delusions, has no compunctions in turning against his subordinates or associates such as his father Tatsuzou Sudou, and at one point in the Innocent Sin timeline tries to order his subordinate Akari Hoshi to sacrifice herself and take the party down alongside her. He also claims to see visions his voices had him see, making him an ideal candidate to spread destructive rumors. In both realities, Nyarlathotep used him as a pawn to fulfill his bogus prophecies.

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Persona 2[]

Tatsuya Sudou is the son of Tatsuzou Sudou, Japan's Foreign Minister.

Innocent Sin[]

Tatsuya Sudou was a senior at Seven Sisters High School when Akinari Kashihara was teaching history there. He was a nervous, timid boy who was terrified of his cruel father. He developed a deep affection towards Kashihara, who acted as a substitute father in the place of Tatsuzou Sudou because the latter only regarded him as a disgrace. At an unknown point, he began to hear "voices" supposedly from Maian aliens in his head, which made him even more nervous. In actuality, the voices were from Nyarlathotep, who was looking for some people he could freely toy with. Kashihara thought that Sudou's voices were direct messages from the Maian aliens and teamed up with Kashihara and Mrs. Ideal to write them all down into the book In Lak'ech. His descent into outright madness was compounded partly because of the vicious rumors other students would spread after him, making him even more unstable and volatile than before.

Shortly afterwards, Sudou set fire to the Alaya Shrine only for Maya Amano to break out of the shrine using her Persona, Maia. Dubbing her a "witch", Sudou attempted to kill her, only to flee after Tatsuya Suou burned out his eye using his Persona. Despite this, the incident heavily traumatized Maya, leaving her with severe pyrophobia. The incident was taken advantage of by Nyarlathotep to trick Jun Kurosu into thinking that Tatsuya Suou, his similarly-named childhood friend burnt the shrine and killed Maya, turning him into Joker, a pawn who would delusionally try to exact revenge against Tatsuya and bring forth the end for the evil entity's sick game.

He eventually joined the Masked Circle as King Leo and served as the right hand man to Joker, and Nyarlathotep also made Joker believe that Tatsuya Suou was the arsonist who killed Maya instead of Sudou (who actually just traumatized her). Alongside Joker, he was responsible for spreading the In' Lakech into the public, making the events depicted in the book come to life. Akari Hoshi, a girl who went by the name "Ixquic," acts as his subordinate, although he has no qualms of trying to sacrifice her when she questions him. Because Joker is in fact Kashihara's son, his loyalty towards Joker possibly stems from the physical resemblance between the two.

At one point, he sets up an arson incident at the Aerospace Museum and tries to sacrifice Ixquic by seating her atop a model plane while he burns down the building, intent on using her as bait to burn the entire party with her. This fails, and the party manages to save Ixquic and leave the museum, only for King Leo to show up and use her as hostage when they run to the ceiling. However, he falls off a crater as a blimp activates, causing him to lose grip on Ixquic as Maya manages to save her and take control of the blimp to escape. However, King Leo smuggled himself onto the board and attacks the party. He uses the Persona Reverse Vulcanus and died in combat.

The events of the Aerospace Museum were implied to be attempts to fulfill a line in the Oracle of Maia. Unbeknown to the party, Sudou's part of the prophecy was complete the moment he set the Aerospace Museum on fire.

Eternal Punishment[]

Tatsuya Sudou in Eternal Punishment is liberated by Nyarlathotep after being confined to the Morimoto Sanitarium by his father, Tatsuzou Sudou, for committing serial arson-murder 10 years ago, which was investigated by the father of both Tatsuya and Katsuya Suou, but the investigation was abruptly halted by Tatsuzou. Nyarlathotep informs him of the existence of the Other Side and gives him the opportunity to escape by manipulating rumors and becoming the JOKER. (As explained by Tatsuya Suou, Sudou has not "restored" any memory of the Other Side.) He becomes a contract killer, whom the caller summons by dialing their own cellphone number. He wears a paper bag resembling the Other Side's Joker mask.

JOKER is introduced in the game when he kills Principal Hanya and later confronts Maya Amano himself, claiming to have been "ordered" to kill her. Instead, he attempts to get Maya to remember the Other Side, but fails and summons demons to kill her and her party. They later catch up to him at the clock tower, where he is attempting to get Anna Yoshizaka to remember her role as Lady Scorpio, one of the executives of the Masked Circle on the Other Side. He puts Maya's party to sleep and attempts to finish them off, but is stopped by Tatsuya Suou.

With the aid of Baofu, Maya's party heads to the Morimoto Sanitarium where Sudou is being held, only to find that he has broken free and has killed the assassins sent by his father to kill him. Maya later confronts Tatsuya Sudou in the Director's Office, where he reveals that he got his power by spreading rumors and that the "voices" told him everything. Sudou then picks up the phone of one of the dead assassins and tells the person on the other line to tell his father that he is coming. He then summons a Hellhound and leaves, instructing them to go to the Sky Museum if they survive.

Once Maya's party reaches the Sky Museum, they learn that Sudou had lured Jun Kashihara to the museum. Sudou then reveals over the intercom that he has set bombs to go off in 30 minutes, "just like the Other Side." Maya manages to save the children there and reach the top of the Museum. Once there, she finds that Jun has been taken hostage by Sudou, who attempts in vain to get Jun to remember his role as the Joker. Tatsuya Suou attempts to save Jun and the remaining bombs go off, creating a hole in the roof which Jun pushes Sudou through. Maya and the others attempt to escape via blimp, but Sudou, clearly enraged at having lost his eye again, manages to sneak on board and attacks them, but is killed by Tatsuya Suou.

Later on, rumors spread by Chizuru Ishigami turned anyone who contacted JOKER-Sudou prior into Joker-monsters. She then spreads the rumor further to even random people. The goal for this is to lure all of the affected personnel into having their Kegare extracted, which would awaken the Ameno-Torifune to ensure the New World Order escapes to paradise while everyone else in the world dies out. Unlike the similar scheme from Innocent Sin, this was unsuccessful as the party takes out all of the executives of the New World Order and throws the ship to the Monado Mandala.

Stats[]

Innocent Sin[]

Tatsuya Sudou persona
Hyahaaa! You're gonna burn!
Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop
- Fire 29 2067 Fire Crystal Skull, ¥14,600 -
Traits No personality
Atk Def Matk Mdef
Strength 30
Vitality 23
Dexterity 22
Agility 25
Luck 15
118 104 67 66
Sw Rn Sk Th Hv Fi Wt Wi Er Ic El Nc Li Dk Al Nr Mn
- - - - - Dr - - - Rf 24 Nu - 24 Nu
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Agilao Deal medium Fire damage to one enemy.
Agidyne Deal high Fire damage to one enemy.
Maragion Deal medium Fire damage to an enemy group.
Tarukaja Increase one ally's physical attack.
Dark Fiery Fury Deal low Sword + Fire damage to all enemies.

Tatsuya Sudou persona
Hyahaaa! You're gonna burn!
Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop
- Fire 29 2067 Fire Crystal Skull, ¥14,600 -
Traits No personality
Atk Def Matk Mdef
Strength 30
Vitality 23
Dexterity 22
Agility 25
Luck 15
82 83 46 52
Sw Rn Sk Th Hv Fi Wt Wi Er Ic El Nc Li Dk Al Nr Mn
- - - - - Dr - - - Rf 24 Nu - 24 Nu
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Agilao Deal medium Fire damage to one enemy.
Agidyne Deal high Fire damage to one enemy.
Maragion Deal medium Fire damage to an enemy group.
Tarukaja Increase one ally's physical attack.
Dark Fiery Fury Deal low Sword + Fire damage to all enemies.

Eternal Punishment[]

You can't run from fate‼
Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop
- Fire 20 1280 - -
Traits None
Foreign Minister Tatsuzou Sudou's son. Hears voices in his head.
Atk Def Matk Mdef
Strength 22
Vitality 19
Technique 15
Agility 20
Luck 16
86 77 46 46
Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn
- - - - - Dr - - - - - 24 24 - 24 24
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Agilao Inflicts medium Fire damage to an enemy.
Maha Agi Inflicts small Fire damage to a group of enemies.
Pulinpa Renders an enemy Confused. (52% chance) [Mind-element]
Hypnotic Wave Puts all enemies to Sleep. (44% chance) [Nerve-element]
Sonic Punch Inflicts medium Strike damage to an enemy.
Old Maid Forces one random foe to cast the "Joker" spell.

Arcana Type Level HP Normal Drop Rare Drop
- Fire 65 1800 ¥8,000 -
Traits None
Atk Def Matk Mdef
Strength 50
Vitality 60
Technique 60
Agility 40
Luck 50
215 245 172 180
Sw Sh Sk Th Ak Fi Wt Wi Er Ic Ln Nc Ho Dk Al Nr Mn
St - - - - Dr - - - - - - St Nu - Nu Nu
List of Skills
Skill Effect
JOKER Inflicts medium Almighty damage to all enemies.
Poison Needle Small Throw damage + Poisoned effect to an enemy. (59% chance)
Megido Inflicts medium Almighty damage to all enemies.
Nova Cyther Inflicts huge Nuclear damage to an enemy.
Pulinpa Renders an enemy Confused. (52% chance) [Mind-element]

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Etymology[]

Tatsuya Sudou's name is similar to Tatsuya Suou in pronunciation, although the kanji on their names are completely different characters. This might be a deliberate wordplay intended for Nyarlathotep to easily trick Jun into believing Tatsuya Suou was the arsonist who "killed" (actually traumatized) Maya.

  • The name Tatsuya means "dragon" (竜) (tatsu) and "to be, also" (也) (ya).
  • Tatsuya's surname Sudou means "ought, by all means, necessarily" (須) (su) and "wisteria" (藤) (tou/dou).

Trivia[]

  • Tatsuya Sudou's clothes bear some resemblance to The Reaper's garments, from Persona 3 and onwards. The Reaper is also missing the same eye that Sudou is missing, lending to the resemblance.
  • Scenario writer Tadashi Satomi expressed his grievance at Japan's law which remits convicted murderers who are diagnosed with a mental disorder like Tatsuya Sudou in the additional scenario. This is reflected by how despite Sudou is one of the very few villains who are so insane to the point of being completely detached from reality in the Persona series, the main cast gives no sympathy towards his circumstances.


Major Characters
Playable Tatsuya Suou - Maya Amano - Lisa Silverman - Eikichi Mishina - Yukino Mayuzumi - Jun Kurosu
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - Joker
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Head Monk - Maki Sonomura - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima - Hidehiko Uesugi - Reiji Kido - Tamaki Uchida - Tadashi Satomi - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji
Masked Circle Tatsuya Sudou - Ginji Sasaki - Anna Yoshizaka - Junko Kurosu - Shadow Tatsuya - Shadow Maya - Shadow Lisa - Shadow Eikichi - Shadow Yukino - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Takashi Hanya - Yasuo Inoe - Youichi Makimura
Last Battalion Fuhrer - Order of the Holy Lance
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Baofu - Chika Ueda - Sumaru Genie
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Kankichi Mishina
Climax Theater Motoko Mitsugi - Naozumi Kariyazaki - Musubu Torikiri - Akari Torikiri - Rose Futaba - Minato - Umiko Shiyama - Persephone - Tamaizu Nirasawa - Haruo Weyland - Kushiel
Locations
Sumaru City Seven Sisters High School - Club Zodiac - Kasugayama High School - Air Raid Shelter - Mu Continent - Giga Macho - Aoba Park - Smile Hirasaka - GOLD - Aerospace Museum - Mt. Iwato - Mt. Katatsumuri - Caracol - Aquarius Temple - Taurus Temple - Scorpio Temple - Leo Temple - Silver River - Xibalba - Abandoned Factory - Climax Theater
Music
Albums Original Soundtracks - The Errors of Their Youth - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Kimi no Tonari" - "Joker" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song" - "Unbreakable Tie"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Ideal Energy - In Lak'ech - Oracle of Maia - Spear of Destiny - Muses - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Shadow Self - Ambrosia - "Infectious Groove" - Crystal Skull - Ideal Self - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Lost Memories
Publications Innocent Sin (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: Short Comic Heaven / Innocent Children / Innocent Memory / Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)
Major Characters
Playable Maya Amano - Tatsuya Suou - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Baofu - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - JOKER/Tatsuya Sudou
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant X series robots - Eikichi Mishina - Jun Kashihara - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Youichi Makimura - Ginji Sasaki - Suou's father - Trish - Shunsuke Fujii - Junko Kurosu - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Yasuo Inoe - Matsuoka - Yung Pao - Miki Asai - Makoto Kuwahara
Seven Sisters High School Maya Okamura - Lisa Silverman - Takashi Hanya - Noriko Katayama - Akinari Kashihara - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji - Anna Yoshizaka - Saeko Takami
New World Order Tatsuzou Sudou - Takahisa Kandori - Chizuru Ishigami - General Sugawara - Captain Shimazu - Chief Togashi
St. Hermelin High School Graduates Hidehiko Uesugi - Maki Sonomura - Reiji Kido - Yukino Mayuzumi - Tamaki Uchida - Boy with Earring
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Chika Ueda
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Sumaru Genie - Kankichi Mishina
Shadow Selves Shadow Maya - Shadow Katsuya - Shadow Baofu - Shadow Ulala
Tatsuya's Scenario Lieutenant General Zula - Shiori Miyashiro - Chandraputra - Kouji Nakamura
Locations
Sumaru City Kasugayama High School - The Seedy CD - Mu Continent - Seven Sisters High School - Mt. Mifune - Sanitarium - Sky Museum - GOLD - Club Zodiac - Aoba Park - Padparcha - Sewers - Laboratory - Sumaru TV - Smile Mall - Factory - Nichirinmaru - Undersea Ruins - Mt. Iwato - Subway Tunnel - Ameno Torifune - Sumaru Castle - Monado Mandala - Bomb Shelter - Extra Dungeon
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (PSX / PSP) - Punitive Dance - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Change Your Way" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Unknown Power - JOKER Infection (Artificial Persona) - Kegare - Other Side - Nanjo Group - Trapezohedron - Muses - New World Order - Tien Tao Lien - Shadow Self - Tatsuya's Scenario - DEVA System - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Infinity Mask
Publications Eternal Punishment (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: The Atoners / The Unforgivable / The Strays
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