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"...Very well! Just as art is meant to break boundaries, people should be saved even if they frown upon it. I won't allow the justice I believe in to be shaken any further...!"
—Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

Yusuke Kitagawa is a playable character from Persona 5. He is an art student from Kosei High School who becomes involved with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

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Yusuke Kitagawa, also known as the 'Persona Fox', is a supporting character in Persona 5: The Animation. He is a crucial party member in the game Persona 5 and its spinoffs, where he strategizes and collaborates with characters such as Morgana, Ryuji, Ann, Makoto, and Haru.
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Yusuke Kitagawa, also known as the 'persona fox' in Persona 5 Royal, joins the Phantom Thieves of Hearts after uncovering his mentor Ichiryusai Madarame's exploitation of his students. Recognizing Madarame's malevolence, Yusuke awakens his own Persona, aligns with the Thieves, and takes charge of creating the group's official logo and penning their Calling Cards.
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In Persona 5 Royal, Yusuke Kitagawa is known as the Emperor Confidant. His confidant can be initiated from June 18th at the Shibuya Underground Station. Upon completion of Yusuke's confidant, the fusion of Odin is enabled. Additionally, Yusuke provides the protagonist with Desire and Hope on March 19, allowing for the replication of any Skill Card in New Game Plus.
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In the game Persona 5, Yusuke Kitagawa is referred to as 'Persona Fox'. This is his codename within the Phantom Thieves group. His fox-like mask, used in their heists, further emphasizes this alias.
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In the Persona 5 Dengeki Comic Anthology, Yusuke Kitagawa, also known as 'Persona Fox', plays a crucial role. Released on February 27, 2017, this anthology features multiple authors and artists, including Rokuro Saito. Yusuke's character is a party member in the game Persona 5, with distinct strategies and relationships with other characters, such as Morgana and Ryuji.
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Appearances

Design

Yusuke has dark blue hair with parted bangs slightly covering his left eye and gray eyes. His in-game character model is noticeably taller and thinner than those of other male characters. His fellow Phantom Thieves Ann Takamaki and Ryuji Sakamoto both describe him as a "pretty boy" on two separate occasions.

Yusuke does not wear Kosei High's regulation uniform, unlike his fellow student, Hifumi Togo. His winter-variant uniform consists of a white gakuran-style shirt embroidered with a fleur-de-lis, fitted black pants and black loafers. A silver ring that holds multiple keys is attached to his belt loop. His summer-variant uniform replaces the white dress shirt with an ultramarine colored button-down, which Yusuke wears with the sleeves rolled-up to his elbows.

His winter-variant outfit consists of a gray blazer striped with white vertical lines over a white long sleeve shirt with red and pink detail, black pants and black ankle boots. During the summer, he wears an indigo, gray and black long sleeve shirt with black pants, and black casual loafers.

For the mid-winter term in Persona 5 Royal, Yusuke wears a long teal coat with white buttons over his regular school uniform. On his days off, he wears a grey-brown coat over a patterned dark blue, electric blue and black tunic shirt. He retains the black pants and ankle boots from his previous outfit.

His Metaverse outfit consists of a traditional kitsune-style half mask, a black high-collared puff-sleeved jumpsuit with a striped sash worn across his hips, white motorcycle boots, and bright blue gloves. Attached to the jumpsuit is a white foxtail.

In Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, he retains his summer school uniform, but with the addition of a black spike-studded blazer, bright red fingerless gloves and silvery metallic sneakers.

In Persona 5 Strikers, he wears a knee-length indigo hoodie with the sleeves rolled-up to his elbows with a thick ultramarine stripe and white tassels. Underneath it he wears a black T-shirt with a white flower pattern on the left side, with white pants and black loafers. While at the festivals, he wears a white yukata with a black ombre at the bottom and a blue sash. For the Okinawa beach trip he wears white and blue striped swim trunks, along with a periwinkle hoodie and straw sun hat when he is out of the water.

Personality

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Yusuke trailer.

Yusuke's entire life's passion is comprised of and surrounded by art. He searches for the aesthetic everywhere in his surroundings, from people to places. He sees every opportunity or challenge presented to him as a way to broaden his horizons, and primarily considers how it will benefit him greatly as an artist. He is captivated by the painting of "Sayuri," and seeks to capture the sense of beauty that it portrays. This passion extends to his mentor, Ichiryusai Madarame, who he believed created the painting and who took him in when he was young, completely ignorant that he is being used for Madarame's own profit. As such, Yusuke greatly admired and respected him to the point that he vehemently denied any of the rumors surrounding Madarame.

Even when he knows the rumors are true and finds actual proof supporting it, Yusuke claims that the abuse he faced was consensual as a means of keeping a roof over his head. Even after Madarame's fall, Yusuke still suffers from a serious case of Stockholm syndrome towards his former mentor and still desires for Madarame to revert back into what he thinks he is, even if it is pretty clear that all of Madarame's goodwill was lost right when he was born. In Royal, this is shown when Takuto Maruki's cognition-altering powers create his ideal life, wherein Madarame is an honest and sincere teacher who never took credit for creating the Sayuri and worked tirelessly for Yusuke's mother to receive her rightful acclaim, even putting the unaltered painting in a museum.

His passion for art is admired and respected by the group, though they also view him as rather strange. His mindset plays by the beat of his own drum, and his thought process can be erratic. At one point, Ann claims that he is "on a different wavelength than other people" before taking it back and saying he's just weird. However, Yusuke is well-aware that his mind operates differently from that of most people's, to the point of admitting that he's eccentric, and is shown to be downright offended whenever someone makes fun of him for it or even points it out.

However, because of Yusuke's work as an artist, Yusuke's detached from others' influence, and is rather prickly when stating that he's not interested in others' acknowledgement. However, in spite of his introverted approach to artwork, adamant that he needs no one else's guidance to carve his path as an artist, he doesn't exclusively paint for himself, and in his Confidant he begins to add a flair of color that others can appreciate, rather than being pushy with his own views of pure beauty, ones which Yusuke himself begins to think are lofty on their own. In short, he draws to purify, help and save others, but he does so in his own way.

Despite his eccentricities, Yusuke is incredibly level-headed. He sees no use in panicking or getting nervous, as it does nothing to help the situation at hand. However, when Madarame's Shadow exposes his true self, Yusuke doesn't hide that he felt betrayed and angered. He tends to be more sincere when dealing with subjects he admires from an aesthetic standpoint. For example, he is very direct and respectful when he approaches Ann out of a desire to paint her. However, this sincerity can make him appear pushy, showing that he has a very stubborn, headstrong side, which comes out when he is very inspired.

He displays a somewhat cold and haughty behavior towards people who are behaving in what he deems as an unseemly manner, or in ways that are against his personal aesthetic. This can be seen especially during his initial encounters with Ryuji and the protagonist, and during an encounter, he has two women who attempt to flirt with him. Additionally, he can be very sharp with people who make mistakes, such as when he calls out Ryuji for getting caught or when he chastises Makoto Niijima for being reckless. This even briefly extended to the rest of the group at the point when they're framed for murder, where he angrily states they shouldn't have rushed into things. Overall, he's been particularly analytical with the irrational and inhumane behavior of the general public.

Unfortunately, Yusuke's dignity is fragile, causing him to overreact whenever his status as an artist is threatened: taking a critique of the emptiness of his work to heart. Otherwise, whenever he's secure, Yusuke instead gets worked up over his craft out of passion, and may loudly monologue to himself. One of the most prominent issues for Yusuke is his reluctancy to admit the fraudulence of his mentor Madarame, as his pride as an artist is built on the dependency of the image of the mentor he admired: after facing the truth, Yusuke begins to detach from Madarame, but he still has the bad habit of referring to him as his Sensei, which he tries to fix. Yusuke's path to independence follows several patterns that stem from his attachment, as he worries that he'll either become corrupt like his mentor, or that simply by ignoring him he'll no longer have a fountain of inspiration to draw from. In the end, Yusuke settles with trusting his closest ones for support, securing his pride as an artist.

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Artwork of Yusuke Kitagawa, together with Ryuji, Ann, Morgana and the protagonist, by Shigenori Soejima.

Despite his personal pursuits of art making him uninterested in other people, Yusuke does his best to understand others, acknowledging the fact that isolating himself from other people hinders the quality of his work. He is very considerate regarding Futaba's slow growth, as he knows that deep-rooted issues like hers are not something that can be fixed in a few days, and despite arguing with her from time to time, he is also one of the first members to have a normal conversation with her. Yusuke also worries about his classmate, Naoya Makigami's, behavior, suspecting family problems are the cause. His sincerity and willingness to point out what he truly thinks, despite what others' reactions may be, makes him a very loyal, honest ally. Yusuke also says he donates blood, calling it a "hobby."

Having been unhealthily sheltered for most of his life, Yusuke acts with pure intentions but ultimately is unaccustomed to many of society's norms. The naïveté born from it shows more times than not, he, in particular, being unaware when he is coming off as intrusive until being directly informed. At times, he can cause trouble for other team members, such as being energetically pushy when asking for Ann to be his art model, when he remodels Futaba Sakura's Phoenix Ranger Featherman R figurines without her permission, and his frequent criticisms of Ryuji's brashness. A running gag in the game is how Yusuke spends all his money on things that capture his attention without any foresight, such as on art books or lobsters at the beach because they are aesthetically pleasing. Despite his naïveté when it comes to social situations, Yusuke is highly intelligent and his wisdom is evident during Phantom Thief meetings and heists.

Over time, Yusuke's disconnection from reality and his blunt introduction to his mentor's vain and evil nature becomes a source of internal struggle for him. He wishes to paint purely for the sake of passion and capture the essence of the human heart but detests it if it becomes for the sake of gaining money and recognition. He realizes that the beauty he began to portray in his paintings became corrupted by society's expectations of him, deeming it as superficial without any meaning. The protagonist eventually helps him understand his calling on a deeper level and also helps him to convey his feelings on canvas properly.

As an art student, Yusuke is knowledgeable of and admires other artists as well, as he suggests that "Da Vinci" by his Phantom Thief code name, a reference to Leonardo da Vinci. In his Confidant, he compares the protagonist to Theo, the brother of Vincent van Gogh, who was his greatest supporter. Yusuke is talented at economical dining, using his own self-taught method that thoroughly calculates cost-performance. He likes going for walks (as a bonus, it also saves on travel expenses) and frequently watches people for artistic inspiration. His knowledge of the aesthetics of food, including information about ingredients, cooking methods and servings, is vast, and he’s committed himself to it. However, his monetary situation does not allow him to practice as much as he would like to in reality. Additionally, whenever Yusuke cooks, he tends to get creative with the ingredients, which can result in bizarre meals.

Profile

Persona 5

Yusuke is an honor student who takes an art course at Kosei High School. He was raised by Madarame as his mother died when he was three. Therefore, he does not remember her and Madarame took great care of him. As he grew up, he was tutored in art by Madarame, with his masterpiece "Sayuri" being one of his greatest inspirations for his artistic career. In reality, Madarame only raised Yusuke for the sole purpose of exhibiting his artwork using his name, and he would often give him meager rations during his tutelage. By the time the game begins, most other pupils in Madarame's shack are cast away, died because of direct or indirect abuse by him, left due to losing interest in art, and Yusuke is the last pupil living in his atelier. While he appears to be aggressively defensive to Madarame, before the events of the game, Natsuhiko Nakanohara asked him about how Madarame treated him, and he admitted that he would leave his shack if he could.

While not directly stated by him, it was heavily implied that Madarame barely treated him as a person as he grew up. He did not bother giving him proper rations, fees or a proper bed, and was always looking to sabotage his artistic career while possible. Despite this, Madarame's great care towards Yusuke had caused him to develop a severe case of Stockholm syndrome that persisted after Madarame's fall, where he still believed that his mentor and adoptive father was a good person by the time he was conceived and wished for him to apologize and reconcile together.

Second Heist: Ichiryusai Madarame

Yusuke one day develops an interest in Ann Takamaki, finding inspiration in her beauty, and develops a desire to hire her as his art model. He tails her one day, only to be stopped by the protagonist and Ryuji Sakamoto. After explaining his intentions, he invites her to go to his master's art exhibition to consider his offer. Hearing Madarame is a fraud, the Phantom Thieves decide to accept Yusuke's offer so they can investigate him. They directly ask Yusuke about this, which angers Yusuke, who continuously defends his master.

After hearing about Madarame's doings from his former disciple, Natsuhiko Nakanohara, and locating his Palace, Ann and Morgana try to find the proof of Madarame's deception by once again accepting Yusuke's offer to become his model, while the protagonist and Ryuji enter Madarame's Palace. Ann does everything in her power to delay actually becoming a nude model, dressing in so many layers that Yusuke briefly believes she has gained weight. Ann attempts to sweet-talk Yusuke into letting her enter Madarame's studio. Though her acting skills are questionable, her pushy determination and Yusuke's unwillingness to be rude to her allow them to find the evidence of Madarame's deception.

When Madarame threatens to call the police, Morgana and Ann have no choice but to escape into Madarame's Palace. Ann also drags Yusuke along for this escape, resulting in him entering the Metaverse for the first time. Even after seeing the proof earlier, Yusuke remains in shock and wants to believe in his master, so he decides to follow the Thieves to find out the truth. Despite Yusuke appearing to be protective of Madarame, according to Natsuhiko Nakanohara, if he could leave from his "care" he would, indicating that he might know that Madarame was suspicious before that happened.

When a barricade in Madarame's Palace prevents the party from proceeding further, Ann attempts to trick Yusuke to open a door in Madarame's house that matches the peacock pattern on the barricade, but to no avail due to her poor acting. Despite this, with all of his hard effort, Morgana managed to open the door, which was revealed to contain numerous copies of "Sayuri," with the original one being covered in purple cloth. Yusuke sees this in denial of the truth while Madarame barges in to investigate. He threatens Yusuke and Ann with a lawsuit using his counter-paparazzi squad, only for Ann to drag him and Morgana into the Metaverse.

As Ryuji and the protagonist reunite with Ann, Morgana and Yusuke, Yusuke was in disbelief that the golden museum in front of him is how his mentor sees his shack. Even when he hears about how the cognitive copy of him in Madarame's Palace (taking the form of painting to symbolize that Madarame treated him as a tool), he still refuses to admit that Madarame was a despicable person, up until he personally meets Shadow Madarame, who reveals to him that he is nothing other than a slave to him, and he admits and flaunts that he has indeed been stealing his students' artwork and declaring it as his own. He also tells Yusuke that he didn't take him in out of goodwill, but merely treated him and his other disciples as livestock to be disposed of after they were of no use. Furthermore, he threatens to destroy his artistic career if he ever stands against him.

Once Yusuke learns this truth, his desperation to find any decent goodness in his mentor turns into that of complete and utter desire for Madarame's retribution. Yusuke awakens his Persona, Goemon, and after dispatching Shadow Madarame's guards, Yusuke desires to confront his master's Shadow to get answers, but his awakening exhausts him, forcing the party to put the plan on hold for another day. Retreating to the real world, Yusuke asks to join the Phantom Thieves, which is permitted by Morgana. Madarame also decided to hold the lawsuit until his exhibit ends so he won't attract unnecessary attention. From this point on, he is also responsible for creating calling cards for the Phantom Thieves.

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Shadow Madarame (Azazel) boss.

Yusuke and the Phantom Thieves successfully pull off the heist, leading to a chase. However, Shadow Madarame reveals that the stolen painting they took was a decoy. Trapping them, Shadow Madarame gloats at the Phantom Thieves, revealing his Palace's Treasure, the painting of Sayuri in its true form, showing a woman holding a baby. From this, Yusuke deduces that his mother's death is not a simple accident. Shadow Madarame confirms this, revealing that he offered tutelage to Yusuke's mother when Yusuke was a baby. Always very sickly, Yusuke's mother created an art piece of herself happily holding her newborn son in her arms so that she could immortalize the love she had for her son. When Madarame came across this beautifully constructed work of art, he planned to take the opportunity to claim the art for himself.

One tragic day, Madarame witnessed her having a seizure in front of him, and instead of easily offering medical support, he let her die in vain and made duplicates of her last piece dedicated to her son to sell to the public, which granted him the fame and credit he has today. In order to give it "mystery," Madarame altered the art by removing the baby from the painting completely, and that baby is none other than Yusuke himself. Since he was just three years old, Yusuke could not remember the original Sayuri and believed that the defaced Sayuri was its true form.

As Yusuke grew up, he developed artistic talent, which Madarame also took advantage of. Inspired by his control over Yusuke, Madarame decided to start targeting other youths in Tokyo, using them for their artistic ideas and throwing them out of the house, unsupported, if they did not comply with his wishes. None of Madarame's students receive credit or recognition for their works. Yusuke is no exception to this. Madarame uses them to take their credit for his own, just like he did to Yusuke's mother and his disciples, like Natsuhiko, many years ago.

Now knowing the whole truth, Yusuke sarcastically thanks his former mentor for now giving him no reason to forgive him. Eventually defeating him and stealing his heart, Yusuke retrieves the original Sayuri painting that his mother had painted for him. Yusuke deduces that "Sayuri" is just a made-up title by Madarame for the painting, and unlikely to be his mother's true name for the fear of exposing his scam.

After the exhibition, Madarame confesses to his crimes and is swiftly punished and discredited for it. Yusuke sadly recalls the "happy family" he lived in when Madarame's other disciples were around and how as he grew older, he never lost the hope that they would come back and they all could be happy once again. Now that he is part of the Phantom Thieves, he feels like he has another "happy family" again. Wanting to let go of the past, Yusuke gives the recovered and restored Sayuri painting to the protagonist, who then displays it at Café Leblanc.

Because Yusuke no longer wishes to live with Madarame, Yusuke does not have housing. He wonders where he should go, once staying over at Café Leblanc for a night. However, he eventually decides to find residence at the dormitories of Kosei High School.

If the party does not complete the dungeon in time, on the day Madarame completes his exhibition, he will report the Phantom Thieves to the police for trespassing into his home, and he will also keep Yusuke as an apprentice against his will. This scenario is a false recollection made by the protagonist during Sae Niijima's interrogation, due to his mind being addled by the drugs he was forcefully administered to take by the police. Sae proceeds to leave the room to give the protagonist time to recover, at which point Akechi takes the opportunity to assassinate him.

Third Heist: Junya Kaneshiro

"Oh, I decided to leave the school dorms. They were not only filthy, but too noisy as well... No true art could come from such a place."
—Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

After he's moved on towards a life of his own, aside from the Phantom Thieves' agenda with the public, Yusuke would eventually be dissatisfied with the state of his school's dormitories as they intervened in his pursuit of art. On finding a place to stay, he planned on staying at Ann Takamaki's place, only to get rejected. Since he's ran out of money he spent on Japanese sweets he'd give as a thank-you gift to her parents, and Ryuji's mother not letting him bring in guests, Morgana offers that he moves in with them at Leblanc, albeit at the protagonist's expense.

Ryuji and Ann decide that while they're at it, they'll visit and make the day a celebratory party for Yusuke joining the team and for Madarame's change of heart. There, Yusuke talks with the boys, curious about their pasts in hand, such as with Ryuji's guilt over causing his mother trouble after snapping back at Suguru Kamoshida, the protagonist's shock the night he's been arrested after trying to stop a man from harassing a woman, and Morgana himself having no past at all and believing he doesn't fit in to begin with.

"Thank you, but I'll return to the dorms. I realized something after talking with everyone last night. Perhaps it's due to my upbringing, but I don't know anything of the world, let alone other people. If I'm to depict people in my art, I need to learn more about them; I must interact with them more. I'll return to the dorms... and start over by talking with the people closest to me."
—Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
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Yusuke talking with Sojiro before leaving Leblanc.

The next morning, while talking with Sojiro Sakura, Yusuke decided he wanted to return to the dormitories, as talking with his friends made him realize he doesn't know anything of the world and other people, which is a necessity for him to learn about in his aforementioned pursuit of art. Also, Yusuke's decided to leave Sayuri at Leblanc as thanks. Yusuke would then leave, promising he'd visit again.

Seventh Heist: Masayoshi Shido

Decarabia SMT This topic is in need of research for the following reason:
* Study Yusuke's progression. There's empty space between Palace 3 and 7. Ann and Ryuji's character progression can be used as reference.
In Palace 5 especially, everyone in the group plays a role during their interaction with each-other, as well as in relation to the fame, but Yusuke's role is unclear.

This can be discussed on the article's talk page.

"I must decide my own path as an artist. I will not receive aid from others any longer. Now if you understand, hand over the letter. Otherwise we'll just have to take it by force. By the way, you're more feral pigeon than phoenix."
—Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

While the Phantom Thieves have been collecting all five letters of introductions for Shido's Palace, Yusuke's role was focal for the last one against the cleaner, a member of the yakuza. On Ann's idea, she convinced the cleaner to have Yusuke draw a design for him. Although he wasn't interested in drawing for others, he was provoked to fulfill his request once his pride as an artist was put into question.

Yusuke designed a phoenix design for him, which the cleaner liked. He offered Yusuke a letter of introduction only if he's recruited for his abilities, which Yusuke refuses, as he wishes to find his own path as an artist: instead, Yusuke taunts the Shadow, insisting they'll take it from him by force.

Confidant

"Multiple cards were discovered among your belongings—replicas of the same design. I don't have a clue how these cards were used, but someone proficient in the arts was close to you... ...What were you having this person do!?"
—Sae Niijima talking about Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
To see Yusuke's Confidant dialogue options and skills, see Confidant/Yusuke Kitagawa

Yusuke's Confidant can be started on June 18th, after completing Madarame's Palace. It revolves around the fallout of his relationship with Madarame, and his struggle to continue painting. Unlocking this Confidant allows Yusuke to replicate a Skill Card using Blank Cards, which can be obtained in the Palace, and being able to copy higher-end Skill Cards as the Rank increases. Yusuke may replicate Skill Cards in Shibuya's Underground Walkway or inside a Palace's Safe Room. However, his Confidant rank cannot go higher than 5 unless the protagonist's Proficiency stat is Rank 4 (Masterful). Maxing this Confidant makes Goemon evolve into Kamu Susano-o and unlocks the fusion of Odin.

Yusuke's Follow Up attack, granted at Confidant Rank 3, is a strong strike to a single target on the field which is guaranteed to be a Critical hit. However, this is on the low end as Follow Up attacks go, due to only striking one target.

Yusuke approaches the protagonist at Leblanc, having been caught up in a slump from his inability to paint after having learned of his former mentor Madarame's true nature, which caused him to lose his purpose to pursue for "pure beauty" and to capture the essence of Sayuri. He would also be concerned with tainting his talent with material desires, such as pursuing his passion for the sake of shelter or his risk of losing his art scholarship should he not produce any more results. Pondering over the logistics of why Sayuri works, he decides to try and better understand the human heart and how it provides beauty such as it, and asks the protagonist for assistance.

He goes with the protagonist to Mementos in order to find inspiration for a new piece to capture the contents of the heart. Shadows attack them while there but are quickly defeated, and when one drops a Blank Card, Yusuke uses it to create a real Skill Card, an ability he offers to the protagonist in exchange for helping him with his art.

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Yusuke is crushed by "Desire" being empty.

Using the concept sketch he made in Mementos, Yusuke creates "Desire," a painting he eagerly decides to submit to an upcoming art exhibition, believing it will be acclaimed as a raw look into the human psyche. To his disappointment, however, it is universally panned by both critics and patrons for being "empty, devoid of meaning." Although praised for its technique, his artwork is specifically criticized to have "mediocre composition," and the subject, "Desire," is not only an old theme, but cannot uphold an abstract work if it has no individuality. Upon inspection, Yusuke realizes the painting only conveys his own blank interpretation of desire, enough to say he was "captured by desire" rather than the other way around, and considers giving up, but the protagonist convinces him to try again and work hard to integrate emotion into his artwork.

Yusuke takes the protagonist to various places to observe people and paint in order to re energize his creative spirit and tackle various aspects of the human heart as themes, only to find different aspects beyond his focus. Their trips eventually take them back to Madarame's shack, where Yusuke reminisces about his pure passion for art, his pursuit of superficial beauty and his blind acceptance of Madarame's facade as a strict but kind mentor. Yusuke reveals his fears that he, too, might be succumbing to the dark desires that corrupted Madarame, and despite discovering his dark secrets, Yusuke still partly acknowledges Madarame as his teacher and father figure, and questions what lies in both Madarame's and his own heart.

He then meets Akiko Kawanabe, the director of the Japanese Art Support Foundation, who he unknowingly met back at the exhibition. Yusuke admits he believes his pure passion for art has been lost because of Madarame, and Kawanabe offers him a spot in his foundation in exchange for being marketed as a tragic brooding artist and selling his paintings through his gallery. Yusuke angrily rejects, saying the offer has nothing to do with art, but Kawanabe only notes his immaturity and instead goads him to enter an upcoming competition with the Foundation's support as the prize. Yusuke decides to enter to prove his ability and show the true meaning of art to Kawanabe and all others who only care for wealth.

Yusuke asks for help from the protagonist, Ryuji, and Ann on deciding a subject for his piece, only to quickly lament that his paintings could never match the beauty of "Sayuri," because he is overcome by needs for money and fame. The others help him realize that there is nothing wrong with doing things for himself, but his art needs to be made for the sake of others if he wants to succeed. Yusuke comes to understand the beauty he sought on a much deeper level and, during another trip to Mementos with the protagonist, the meaning behind the "Sayuri" and its impact on him.

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Yusuke's new "Desire and Hope."

He is inspired to paint again and recreates the "Desire" piece as "Desire and Hope," to reflect the duality of humanity and bring hope to people lost to their inner darkness. The painting wins the competition and is given praise from Kawanabe, who reveals his taunting of Yusuke was only an act of aid from another former victim of Madarame to spark his inner drive. Kawanabe reveals he and Madarame were classmates and that despite his vanity and evil actions Madarame too was once pure and had traits of merit, caring for Yusuke when he was ill. When he offers the support of his foundation, Yusuke again declines, saying that his friends and the bonds between them, the inspiration for his piece, are his hope and with them, he will never go down the same dark path Madarame did. With newfound resolve, Yusuke finally breaks his slump and becomes eager to start his next piece causing Goemon to transform into Kamu Susano-o.

Yusuke's farewell gift to the protagonist after maxing out his Confidant is the Desire and Hope painting he made. It unlocks the Master Duplication ability from the start of New Game+ once their Confidant has been established.

Persona 5 Royal

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A photograph of Yusuke with the guys at the hot pot welcoming party.

Yusuke's role is largely the same as he is in Persona 5, aside from that he and Ryuji also hang out with the protagonist in a summer fair during the 17th of July.

Taking Back Reality

During the New Year, Madarame was released from jail and reconciled with Yusuke. He apologizes for all of his past crimes and lets him exhibit "Sayuri" in an art museum using his mother's name. This, however, is revealed to be an alternate reality created by Maruki and his Persona, for Yusuke truly wishes that Madarame could be the mentor he always thought he was and not a corrupt, greedy villain. Once the protagonist talks to him, he gets a seed of doubt, and everything returns to normal at the end of the week when Yusuke and the other thieves deny Maruki's reality, with "Sayuri" returning to Leblanc on-screen.

If the protagonist maxed his confidant, Yusuke will offer the protagonist to have a talk in his atelier, which appears identical to his room in Persona 5 Dancing. He loathes himself that he averted his eyes from reality and betrayed the protagonist's trust with him, even going as far as denouncing himself as an "utterly hopeless fool" because the protagonist gave him the strength to expose Madarame's deception, only for him to accept Maruki's reality without a second thought. After denouncing his worth in a long and self-derogatory rant, he apologizes for falling into the same mistakes and tells the protagonist how great his mother was, and the protagonist is his greatest teacher, even going as far as holding the protagonist's shoulders in joy. Realizing this transmogrifies Kamu Susano-o and Goemon into Gorokichi.

Yusuke and Madarame Wrong Ending

"The Ideal Teacher and Student"

Should the protagonist accept any of Maruki's offers to completely overwrite the current reality with his own reality, he will consider transferring to Shujin. During the credits, he is seen being tutored by Madarame.

A few weeks later in Leblanc, after Maruki's defeat and restoring their original reality, each of the Phantom Thieves members revealed their own plans for moving away and pursuing their futures by themselves based on their experiences in January. Yusuke expressed his surprise and mild sadness as the only one who had no plans of moving anywhere but then acknowledges they will need to go their separate ways in life, though resolving to still carry their bonds and emotions together as the Phantom Thieves throughout his painting career.

Sometime after the group aided the protagonist in evading government officials from tracking him as he leaves Tokyo (with the help of the reformed Maruki who now works as a taxi driver), Yusuke continues to sit in front of a blank canvas inside his school's art room. As he notices a cherry blossom petal landing on top of his phone's screen that displays the Phantom Thieves logo, Yusuke finds his inspiration and begins painting his next piece.

Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers

"We're the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. We've come to answer the cries of the oppressed."
—Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers

Yusuke is first seen walking with Naoya Makigami and alerts the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to Naoya's post on the Phantom Aficionado Website. He convinces them that they need to stop Kazuya's gang with a more permanent solution than just reporting them to the police. Yusuke is the one to confirm that Naoya is being abused, as he notices bruises on Naoya's back and arms while they are changing clothes. He assists in fighting Kazuya's demon form, Mithras, dispatching his Onmoraki servant with Goemon's ice powers. After Kazuya's arrest, he and the other Phantom Thieves of Hearts prepare for their next heist, with Yusuke commenting that their "next prey is huge."

Persona 5 Strikers

Six months after the protagonist and Morgana's departure, the former Phantom Thieves planned to reunite together and go on a camping trip together during their summer vacation. Yusuke and the others plan a surprise party in Café Leblanc for their reunion back home. While discussing their upcoming trip, they decide to use a recently popular mobile app called EMMA to look for their camping equipment and everything else that is necessary for their trip. After regrouping back at Leblanc after buying the preparations, he and the others learned of the existence of a new Metaverse-related incident involving a fashion designer and idol known as Alice Hiiragi using a Jail, a prison serving as an overlay in the real world, to mesmerize the public of Shibuya towards her. Knowing the threat, they all decide to investigate, reestablishing the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

During their investigation on Alice, they are approached by a police officer named Zenkichi Hasegawa, who reveals that the Phantom Thieves are the prime suspects of the recent change of heart throughout Japan. He offers them a deal to clear their names in exchange that they work together with him. Not wanting to accept the offer, the Phantom Thieves are determined to change Alice's heart. Unfortunately, their plan backfires as Alice's change of heart has made the police convinced that the Phantom Thieves are involved, leaving them no choice but to accept Zenkichi's offer.

Yusuke and his friends decide to continue their plan to go on a camping trip while also investigating the Jails. At Sendai, they meet an apparently popular novelist named Ango Natsume. However, when Yusuke tries to read Natsume's novel, Yusuke couldn't feel any passion nor feelings of the author himself. Learning that Natsume has plagiarized other people's work and the popularity of the novel only occurs at Sendai, the Phantom Thieves identified him as the Monarch of Sendai's Jail. With Zenkichi's help, they're able to attend Natsume's party in the hope of gaining his EMMA keyword. When Natsume starts insulting the Sayuri, Yusuke confronts Natsume and reveals that Sayuri was painted by his late mother, filled with her love, and tells him not to compare it to Natsume's work that only ripped off from others.

After defeating Shadow Natsume, Yusuke reminds him that the real reason that he wrote is to follow the footsteps of his real talented grandfather, Natsume Shougo. He also assures Natsume that he will accept all of the efforts he put into his work. Back to reality, Yusuke attends Natsume's press conference as he confessed to the plagiarism, convincing Natsume to write his own story once he's back to the literary world.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Yusuke and co are on a regular mission in Mementos when Morgana in mobile form unexpectedly loses control and forcefully drives into a wall, which strands them all in a new world. They manage to escape various dangers and make it to the Cinema but lose sight of both Makoto and Haru Okumura in the process. They also meet the P3P heroine, and with her help, they succeed in saving their friends.

As the team ventures through other movie worlds to find the keys to escape the Cinema, they encounter new allies along the way: the Investigation Team and SEES. With everyone trapped within the same world with no means to escape, the three groups join forces to venture through the challenges together. Yusuke learns two unison attacks by completing side quests: in one of them, Yusuke and Yukiko Amagi find artistic inspiration in each other and find an ammonite in Junessic Land. In the second one, he learns to perform the attack with Shinjiro Aragaki and Akihiko Sanada.

Once the threat is no more, everyone returns to their own respective worlds. Their memories of the adventure are erased. Yusuke is last seen with his team in a movie theater where Hikari (a girl they met in the Cinema world) presents her movie.

Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

Yusuke Kitagawa appears as a playable character in Dancing in Starlight. Yusuke stars in two songs: "Blooming Villain," one of the boss themes, and "Life Goes On," the song that plays during exams. Neither of his songs are remixes.

Yusuke dances in a very eccentric way, and dances differently depending on the song and the theme. Yusuke seems to only do things on impulse and dances completely randomly, such as when he jumps and flails his arms or when he sits on the ground and scoots his butt and gets back up.

His FEVERs are about the same; he doesn't sync with anyone aside from Ren and, to an extent, Morgana. Ryuji's dance style directly clashes with his. Otherwise, he observes and supports his partners.

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Yusuke & Ren in "Blooming Villain."

In "Blooming Villain," he performs Kabuki Painting Poses and poses done by Goemon:

  • In his partnership with Ren, they share the same routine in near-perfect sync, but at some points Yusuke pauses to evaluate Ren's dancing, including the conclusion of their FEVER. As reference to Yusuke's Confidant, he criticizes Ren's pose of the anguish of Christ of having been too calm, before the two do the corrected version together.
  • In his partnership with Morgana, Yusuke at first circles around the idle Morgana, before the latter joins him. Morgana imitates Yusuke's routine but loses his balance near the end while leaning backward and falls over. Yusuke offers him a hand and their routine ends.
  • In his partnership with Makoto, they re-enact a fight scene.
  • In his dance with Caroline and Justine, the twins are the ones in sync for most of the dance as Yusuke either observes or performs his own moves. He matches up with them at the end when they salute, but once he puts his own spin on it, the two march away.

In "Life Goes On":

  • He follows the exact same routine with the majority of his female partners: namely Ann, Haru, and Futaba. He evaluates them on an artistic scale, although Futaba messes around.
  • Compared to the other girls, Yusuke is not interested in Ryuji and avoids evaluating him. Their dance styles don't mix and the two will interrupt and look away from one another, aware they cannot cooperate. Even then, they end up getting along and copy each other's gestures in the end.

Etymology

Yusuke's name and the design of his Persona Goemon are references to Utamaro Kitagawa (喜多川 歌麿*)?, one of the most highly regarded practitioners of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints, especially for his portraits of beautiful women, or bijin-ga. Born "Ichitarō" (市太郎*)?, he later changed his given name to "Yūsuke" (勇助 or 勇記*)?. Interestingly, the real name of his former mentor and oppressor, Madarame was "Ichitaro" in a scrapped cutscene that never made it in the game.

In Other Languages

Language Titles
Flag of Japan Japanese 喜多川 祐介 (Kitagawa Yūsuke) フォックス (Fokkusu)
Flag of South Korea Korean 키타가와 유스케 (Kitagawa Yuseuke) 폭스 (Pogseu)
Flag of Hong KongFlag of the Republic of China Traditional Chinese 喜多川 祐介 (Xǐduōchuān Yòujiè) FOX

Trivia

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Yusuke and the protagonist are assumed to be a couple by others.

  • Yusuke is the designer of the official Phantom Thieves logo and the creator of most Calling Cards.
  • Futaba often refers to Yusuke as "Inari." Although the name itself comes from Oinari, the Japanese god of foxes, Futaba herself cites inarizushi, a fried sushi dish that foxes had a fondness for according to Japanese folklore, as the origin of the nickname.
  • Yusuke often glitches when using the "Harisen Recovery" skill. This leads to him hitting his teammates with his hand rather than a paper fan.
  • Being an artist in-game, Yusuke's Confidant ability to "paint" a Skill Card on a Blank Card is reminiscent of the Tarot Card replication service in Persona 2 provided by Demon Painter, who is Kazuma Kaneko's in-game cameo. There is also the Skill Card replication service in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment but that requires sacrificing one for registration to make that card purchasable infinitely for a relatively high price depending on the rank of each card. Additionally, in Persona 3 Portable, there is a Skill Card replication service at Naganaki Shrine, more specifically an Inari shrine.
  • Yusuke is the tallest member of the Phantom Thieves, standing at 5'11" (181 cm) tall.
  • In the P5 credits, Yusuke is the only member of the Phantom Thieves who is not shown in his thief outfit within any of his clips.
  • It is implied in the game that Yusuke brings bad weather wherever he goes. After Yusuke has joined them in Hawaii after storms prevented Kosei High from landing in Los Angeles, they blame him for causing the rain during the fireworks festival months prior. This can be seen as almost every time Yusuke decides to hang out with the protagonist in Leblanc there is rain or heavy rain. His ultimate Persona, Kamu Susano-o, is the god of storms.
  • When Yusuke fiddled with Futaba's Phoenix Rangers Neo Featherman figures, the poses of the figures are reminiscent of the Ginyu Force from the Dragon Ball series.
  • Only preserved in the Japanese version of the game, Yusuke prefers tanukis over foxes, referring to his outfit.[4]
    • In the English localization, this was changed to him stating his preference on European food: he likes ratatouille over caprese salad.[5]
      • Additionally, Futaba would make a joke code name for him in response: in the English version, it's "Tanuki," while in the Japanese, it's "Ponpoko," the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a tanuki's belly drum.
  • When opening a chest, Yusuke can wag his tail.[6]
  • Yusuke gets carsick, and is brought up many times when roaming Mementos.[7][8]
  • Yusuke doesn't see the point of purchasing water, and instead drinks tap water.[9][10][11][12][13]
  • Yusuke purchases a weekly magazine called "Weekly Brush." (週刊筆*)?[14]
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Photo of Yusuke in Hawaii, Persona 5 Royal.

  • In Persona 5 Royal, Yusuke's face is never completely captured on the camera photographs. He's usually turned away, and the only time he's not is when his face is completely concealed in his photo in Hawaii, when Ryuji puts a tribal mask on him.
  • Just like with Makoto Niijima, Goro Akechi, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki and Haru Okumura before, the official twitter account for the Persona series posted a "birthday reveal message" for Yusuke on January 23, 2018, five days before his actual birthday to promote an event to celebrate it on the actual day, January 28.
  • Yusuke's "harmed" portrait is slightly different between his civilian and Phantom Thief appearances. In his civilian outfit, his left eye is closed, but in his Phantom Thief outfit, his right eye is closed.
  • According to a conversation in Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, Yusuke doesn't have a type of woman and believes all women are beautiful in their own way.
  • In Yusuke's Showtime in the Japanese version of Persona 5 Royal, he might sometimes say "I've cut a stupid object." (くだらぬ物を斬ってしまった。, kudaranu mono o kitte shimatta.)?, directly referencing Ishikawa Goemon XIII from Lupin the Third, whom would say "Once again I have cut a worthless object." (またつまらぬ物を斬ってしまった。, mata tsumaranu mono o kitte shimatta.)?

Appearances in Other Media

Title Details Date External Links
Lord of Vermilion Re:3 Collaboration event
* Fox
December 12, 2016 - December 25, 2016.[15]
Chain Chronicle Collaboration event
* Fox, Warrior class, 4-star
January 19th, 2017 - January 31st, 2017[16] Article on the Chain Chronicle Wiki
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle * Color swap for Kanji Tatsumi * May 31, 2018 (Japan)
* June 5, 2018 (North America)
* June 22, 2018 (Europe)
Granblue Fantasy Collaboration event
* Fox, NPC
June 18th, 2018 - June 29th, 2018[17] Article on the Granblue Fantasy Wiki
Puyo Puyo!! Quest Collaboration event for Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
* Yusuke, Balance Type, 6-star
December 3rd, 2018[18] Article on the Puyo Nexus
Catherine: Full Body DLC
* NPC
* February 14, 2019 (Japan)
* September 3, 2019 (Western countries & Europe)
Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Collaboration event
* Yusuke (Kotodaman); Normal (5-star), Phantom Thief (6-star)
March 5th, 2019 - March 28th, 2019[19]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Part of the Joker DLC
* Cameo during Joker's Final Smash and Mementos
* Primary Spirit (Novice Class, Grab Type)
April 17th, 2019 Article on the SmashWiki
Identity V Collaboration event
* Fox skin for Embalmer
August 8th, 2019 - August 29th, 2019[20] Article on the Identity V Wiki
Star Ocean: Anamnesis Collaboration event
* Fox, NPC
October 10th, 2019 - November 7th, 2019[21]
Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag Collaboration event
* Fox, NPC, Fox skin for Alice: Slash type, Water element, 6-star
February 17th, 2020 - March 10th, 2020[22]
Sword Art Online: Integral Factor Collaboration event
* Fox, NPC, Fox outfit for avatar, Fox skin for Sinon
February 28th, 2020 - March 10th, 2020
NieR Reincarnation Collaboration event for Persona 5 Royal
* Fox, Playable Character
September 8, 2022, to October 12, 2022 Article in NieR Wiki

References

  1. 今日1月28日はユースケの誕生日だ! おめでとう! #ペルソナ5, @p_kouhou (January 28th, 2018)
  2. 1月28日はおイナリ…じゃなかった、フォックスこと、喜多川祐介の誕生日だ! ハッピーバースデー、ユースケ! #ペルソナ5 #p5a, @p_kouhou (January 28th, 2019)
  3. きょう1月28日は、怪盗団の芸術家、フォックスこと喜多川祐介の誕生日だ! ハッピーバースデー、ユースケ! #P5R #P5S, @p_kouhou (January 28th, 2020)
  4. Tumblr image. joker-arewethereyet.tumblr.com (May 19, 2017)
  5. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=2172
    "I prefer ratatouille over caprese salad..."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

    キツネよりタヌキが好きなんだが…
  6. Tumblr gif. color-division.tumblr.com
  7. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=1912
    "My stomach is rumbling. Could this be carsickness? Fascinating..."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

    "Wow, your face is super pale. Oh wait... that's normal."
    —Futaba Sakura, Persona 5
  8. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=2556
    "Acupoint... "nei guan"... helps with motion sickness-- Hurp!"
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5

    "Carsick again?"
    —Ryuji Sakamoto, Response A, Persona 5

    "Calm down, all right? Deep breaths."
    —Makoto Niijima, Response B, Persona 5

    "Yikes, cars are totally your weakness... Hang in there!"
    —Futaba Sakura, Response C, Persona 5
  9. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=2267
    "They sell water in vending machines, yet tap water is readily available. It baffles me."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  10. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=959
    "Why are there so many different drinks in vending machines?"
    —Morgana, Persona 5

    "I don't understand either. Tap water alone soothes both throat and stomach..."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  11. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=2901
    "Everyone, don't forget to stay hydrated!"
    —Makoto Niijima, Persona 5

    "I am well-prepared. I have filled a plastic bottle with tap water."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  12. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=4173
    "Blegh. I need something strong to drink. My mind's all fuzzy."
    —Futaba Sakura, Persona 5

    "Would you like some of mine? It's tap water."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  13. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=4702
    "Is anyone else thirsty? Would you like something to drink?"
    —Goro Akechi, Persona 5

    "Do you want what I brought? It's tap water."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  14. https://youtu.be/lmaC6ucLvB4?t=3643
    "When was the release date of that gardening magazine's next issue...?"
    —Haru Okumura, Persona 5

    "Ah, you've reminded me... I need to purchase this week's Weekly Brush."
    —Yusuke Kitagawa, Persona 5
  15. Persona 5 and Lord of Vermilion Re:3 Collaboration Details. Persona Central (Reggy, December 7th, 2016)
  16. Persona 5 Collaboration Festival. Chain Chronicle Wiki.
  17. Persona 5: Thievery in Blue. Granblue Fantasy Wiki.
  18. Persona 3, 4, 5 Popular Scene Vote Results, Persona Q2 Line Stamps Announced, Persona Q2 x Puyo Puyo!! Quest Collaboration. Persona Central (Reggy, November 24th, 2018)
  19. Persona 5 x Kyoutou Kotoba RPG: Kotodaman Collaboration Trailer, Starts on March 5, 2019. Persona Central (Reggy, March 4th, 2019)
  20. Persona 5 x Identity V Collaboration Begins on August 8, 2019. Persona Central (Reggy, August 5th, 2019)
  21. Persona 5 Royal x Star Ocean: Anamnesis Collaboration Starts on October 10, Ends on November 7, 2019. Persona Central (Reggy, October 10th, 2019)
  22. Persona 5 Royal x Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag Collaboration to Start on February 17, 2020. Persona Central (Reggy, February 13, 2020)


Characters
Playable Protagonist - Morgana - Ryuji Sakamoto - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Goro Akechi - Sumire Yoshizawa
Confidant Igor - Sojiro Sakura - Chihaya Mifune - Munehisa Iwai - Tae Takemi - Sadayo Kawakami - Ichiko Ohya - Shinya Oda - Hifumi Togo - Yuuki Mishima - Toranosuke Yoshida - Caroline & Justine - Sae Niijima - Takuto Maruki
Major Targets Suguru Kamoshida - Ichiryusai Madarame - Junya Kaneshiro - Shadow Futaba - Kunikazu Okumura - Masayoshi Shido - Holy Grail / Yaldabaoth - Azathoth / Adam Kadmon
Other Principal Kobayakawa - SIU Director - Shiho Suzui - Natsuhiko Nakanohara - Mika - Lala Escargot - Angel and Julian - Medjed - Wakaba Isshiki - Sugimura - President Tanaka - Kazuya Makigami - Naoya Makigami - Shadow Mishima - Shinichi Yoshizawa - Rumi - Shibusawa - Jose - Kasumi Yoshizawa - Coach Hiraguchi
Locations
Tokyo Yongen-Jaya (Café Leblanc) - Shibuya - Aoyama-Itchome (Shujin Academy) - Shinjuku - Akihabara - Kichijoji - Ogikubo - Inokashira Park - Tsukishima - Akasaka Mitsuke - Suidobashi - Odaiba Seaside Park - Ichigaya - Ikebukuro - Ginza - Harajuku - Meiji Shrine - Jinbocho - Miura Beach - Maihama (Tokyo Destinyland) - Kanda - Roppongi - Ueno - Asakusa - Chinatown - Nagatacho - Shinagawa - Nakano - Kosei High School
Metaverse Kamoshida's Palace - Madarame's Palace - Kaneshiro's Palace - Futaba's Palace - Okumura's Palace - Niijima's Palace - Shido's Palace - Mementos (Path of Qimranut - Path of Aiyatsbus - Path of Chemdah - Path of Kaitul - Path of Akzeriyyuth - Path of Adyeshach - Path of Sheriruth - Depths of Mementos - Qliphoth World - Path of Da'at) - Maruki's Palace
Other Velvet Room - Hawaii - Thieves Den
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (Persona 5 / Royal (JP / EN))
Songs "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There" - "Life Will Change" - "Beneath the Mask" - "Last Surprise" - "Rivers in the Desert" - "The Whims of Fate" - "Tokyo Daylight" - "Hoshi To Bokura To" - "Break In To Break Out" - "Infinity" - "Dark Sun..." - "Autonomy" - "Found a Light" - "IT'S TOO LATE" - "Colors Flying High" - "Take Over" - "He's a Trickster☆" - "I Believe" - "No More What Ifs" - "Throw Away Your Mask" - "Bokura no Hikari (Our Light)"
Archives
Story Persona - Persona user - Shadow - Shadow Self - Second Awakening - Picaro Persona - I am thou - Cognition - P. A. D. - Metaverse - Metaverse Navigator - Mask - Wild Card - Phantom Thieves of Hearts - Phantom Aficionado Website - Antisocial Force - Treasure - Police - Calling Card - Change of Heart - Psychotic breakdown - Mental shutdown - General Public - Seven Deadly Sins - Sea of Souls - Bond - Featherman
School Life Calendar - Weather - Seasons
Confidant - Social Stats - Hideout - Class - Train - Invitations - Gifts - Decorations
Activities Bathhouse - Studying - Diner - Cleaning - Maid Café - Billiards - Books - DVDs - Retro Games - Movie Theater - Big Bang Challenge - Crane Game - Bed - Batting Cages - Fishing Pond - Crossword Puzzles - Darts - Infiltration Tools - Cooking - Training - Old Temple - Laundry - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Confessional - Jazz Jin - Houseplant - Refrigerator - TV Quiz Show - Blackboard - Drink Stand - Lottery - Cultivation - Fortune Telling
Vendors Shops: (Persona 5 / Royal) - Vending Machines - Takemi Medical Clinic - Untouchable - Jose's Shop - Home Shopping Program - Tanaka's Shady Commodities - Military Vending Machine - Trading
Phantom Life Mementos Requests - Third Eye - Security Level - Search Objects - Treasure Chests - Safe Room - Thieves Guild - List of Shadows (Treasure Demon - Disaster Shadow - Savage Shadow) - List of Bosses - Skill Card - Will Seeds - Deviations - Slot Machines
Battle Items: (Persona 5 / Royal) - Skills: (Persona 5 / Royal) - Difficulty - Status Changes - Weaknesses - Traits - Navigator - Tactics - Guard - Party Switch - Baton Pass - One More - Critical - Technical - Showtime - Cut-in - All-out Attack - Hold Up - Personality - Drops - Game Over
Follow Up - Harisen Recovery - Endure - Protect - Pickpocket - Crocodile Tears - Sexy Technique - Down Shot - Bullet Hail - Oda Special - Kakoi Kuzushi - Sleuthing Instinct - Detox X - Mindfulness - Flow - Tumbling
Velvet Room List of Personas: (Persona 5 / Royal) - Fusion - Special Fusion - Hanging - Lockdown - Electric Chair - Arcana - Skill Inheritance - Fusion Accident - Fusion alarm - Challenge Battle
System Trophies: (Persona 5 / Royal) - Cutscenes - New Game Plus - Patches and Updates - Steam Profile Items
Unused Content: (Persona 5 / Royal)
Development
Corporate Atlus Co., Ltd. - Sega
Personnel Katsura Hashino - Shigenori Soejima - Shoji Meguro - Lyn Inaizumi - Atsushi Kitajoh - Ryota Kozuka - Kenichi Tsuchiya - Toshiki Konishi - Kazuhisa Wada - Lotus Juice
Other Media
Games Royal - Dancing in Starlight - Strikers - Tactica - The Phantom X
Productions Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers - Persona 5 The Animation (Episodes - Dark Sun... - Stars and Ours - Proof of Justice - A Magical Valentine's Day) - Persona O.A. - Persona 5 The Night Breakers - Persona Stalker Club V - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best 5- - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album - Persona 5 The Stage - Persona VS
Publications Manga - Dengeki Comic Anthology - Comic à La Carte - Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics) - Tartarus Theater Wild - the Animation Dengeki Comic Anthology - Mementos Mission - Mementos Report - Persona Magazine
Events Night of the Phantom - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019 - TGS 2021 - 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
TGS 2015 - Take Tokyo Tower - E3 2016 - Take the Treasure - TGS 2016 - Morgana's Report - DJ Morgana
Miscellaneous Merchandise - Catherine: Full Body - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Characters
Playable Ren Amamiya - Ryuji Sakamoto - Morgana - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Caroline & Justine
DLC Shinjiro Aragaki - Goro Akechi - Theodore - Lavenza - Sho Minazuki - Labrys
Locations
Tokyo Café Leblanc - Shibuya - Shujin Academy
Palace Kamoshida's Palace - Madarame's Palace - Kaneshiro's Palace - Futaba's Palace - Okumura's Palace - Niijima's Palace - Shido's Palace - Mementos
Other Velvet Room - Hawaii
Music
Songs GROOVY - One Nightbreak
Albums Persona Dancing P3D & P5D Soundtrack Advanced CD
Archive
Lists Social - Trophies - Patches and Updates
Development
Corporate Atlus Co., Ltd.
Personnel Kazuhisa Wada - Shigenori Soejima - Ryota Kozuka - Shoji Meguro
Toshiki Konishi - Atsushi Kitajoh - Jazztronik - tofubeats - Mito - Yukihiro Fukutomi - KAIEN - Shacho - Taku Takahashi
Characters
Playable Protagonist - Ryuji Sakamoto - Morgana - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Sophia - Zenkichi Hasegawa
Major Targets Alice Hiiragi - Ango Natsume - Mariko Hyodo - Akane Hasegawa - Akira Konoe - Kuon Ichinose - EMMA / False God Demiurge
Other Lavenza - Sojiro Sakura - Miyako Kaburagi - Kaho Nanase - Shuzo Ubukata‎‎ - Jyun Owada - Aoi Hasegawa - Sae Niijima - Akane's Joker
Locations
Japan Yongen-Jaya (Café Leblanc) - Shibuya - Sendai - Sapporo - Okinawa - Kyoto - Osaka - Tokyo (Tokyo Tower)
Akasaka Mitsuke - Aoyama-Itchome (Shujin Academy) - Ogikubo - Fukuoka - Yokohama
Jail Shibuya Jail - Sendai Jail - Sapporo Jail - Okinawa Jail - Kyoto Jail - Osaka Jail - Jail of the Abyss - Tree of Knowledge
Other Velvet Room
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack
Songs "You Are Stronger" - "Daredevil" - "Life Will Change" - "What You Wish For" - "Axe to Grind" - "Counter Strike" - "Beneath the Mask" - "Last Surprise" - "Rivers in the Desert" - "Towards a Dream"
Archives & Terminology
Story Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Shadow Self (Monarch) - Treasure Demon - I am thou - Cognition - P. A. D. - Metaverse - Metaverse Navigator - Mask - Wild Card - Phantom Thieves of Hearts - Madicce - Antisocial Force - Police - Calling Card - Change of Heart - General Public - Seven Deadly Sins - Zephyrman
Summer Trip Calendar - Yen - Cooking - Hideout - Shrine
Vendors Shops - Vending Machines - Sophia's Shop - Big Bang Burger
Phantom Life Requests - Third Eye - Security Level - Shadows - Bosses - Lock Keeper - Dire Shadows
Battle Items - Skills - Combo Attacks - Master Arts - Party - Battle Stats - Damage - Accuracy - Experience - Level - Difficulty - Status Changes - Weaknesses - Navigator - Party Switch - Baton Pass - One More - Critical - Technical - Follow Up - Protect - Harisen Recovery - Endure - Cut-in - All-out Attack - Showtime - BOND - Game Over
Velvet Room List of Personas - Fusion - Arcana - Persona Points
System Trophies - Patches and Updates - New Game Plus - Cutscenes - Steam Profile Items
Development
Corporate Atlus Co., Ltd. - Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. - Omega Force
Personnel Daisuke Kaneda - Shigenori Soejima - Atsushi Kitajoh - Lyn Inaizumi - Lotus Juice
Other Media
Events Persona Super Live 2019 - Traveling Morgana's Newsletter
Miscellaneous Merchandise
Characters
Playable Protagonist - Morgana - Erina - Ryuji Sakamoto - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Toshiro Kasukabe - Goro Akechi - Kasumi Yoshizawa
Supporting Characters Lavenza - Yuki - Eri Natsuhara - Yuri Kurano - Luca
Legionnaires Marie - Yoshiki - Nakabachi - Shadow Toshiro - Salmael
Guernica - Jerri
Locations
Metaverse Kingdoms (Marie Kingdom - Yoshiki Kingdom - Nakabachi Kingdom - Salmael Kingdom)
The Streets
Other Velvet Room - Café Leblanc
Music
Songs "Revolution in your Heart" - "Got Your Tail" - "Inextinguishable" - "Truth Or Dare" - "Revolution is a Blade" - "The Night We Stood" - "Quiet Storm" -
Archives
Story Persona (Sub-Persona) - Persona user - Picaro Persona - Mask - Wild Card - Shadow Self - Cognition -
Factions: Phantom Thieves of Hearts - Rebel Corps - Legionnaires (Aizen Squad - Rebel Club)
Gameplay Difficulty
Hideout
Battle (Navigator - Guard - Baton Pass - One More - Critical - Cut-in - Triple Threat - Drops - Follow-Up - Voltage - Paint)
Game Over - Report
Personas
Items
Skills
Effects
System Trophies - Patches and Updates - New Game Plus - Steam Profile Items
Development
Corporate Atlus - Sega
Other Media
Events Nyahoo! News
Characters
Playable - P5 P5 hero - Ryuji Sakamoto - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Goro Akechi - Morgana - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura
Playable - P4 P4 hero - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Yukiko Amagi - Kanji Tatsumi - Rise Kujikawa - Teddie - Naoto Shirogane
Playable - P3/P P3 hero - P3P heroine - Yukari Takeba - Junpei Iori - Akihiko Sanada - Mitsuru Kirijo - Fuuka Yamagishi - Aigis - Koromaru - Ken Amada - Shinjiro Aragaki
Non-playable Hikari - Nagi - Doe - Hikari's Father - Elizabeth - Theodore - Margaret - Marie - Caroline and Justine - Kamoshidaman - Herbivore Dinosaurs - Yosukesaurus - Ribbon - Overseer - Mother Computer - Enlil - Nanako Dojima
Locations
Origin Tartarus - Iwatodai Dormitory - Junes - Midnight Channel - Dojima Residence - Café Leblanc - Mementos
Main Hub Cinema - Velvet Room - Shop
Labyrinths Kamoshidaman - Junessic Land - A.I.G.I.S. - Hikari - Theater District
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack
Songs "Road Less Taken" - "Wait and See" - "Pull the Trigger" - "Remember, We Got Your Back" - "Invitation to Freedom" - "Cinematic Tale" - "Life Will Change" - "Nothing is Promised" - "LaLaLa Goodbye Personality!" - "Hikari is Bad!" - "That’s Right, Right?" - "I Will Make You Normal" - "Colorful World"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Sub-Persona) - Persona User - Velvet Room - Fusion - Shadow (F.O.E) - Wild Card - Dark Hour - Evoker - Glasses - Mask - Power Spot - Cognition - Boost - Metaverse - SEES - Investigation Team - Phantom Thieves of Hearts - Cut-in - Special Screening - All-out Attack - Baton Pass - Akashic Record
Lists Arcana - Characters - Items - Skills - Personas - Shadows - Bosses - Ailments - Special Screenings - Patches and Updates
Other Media
Manga Roundabout Special - Official Visual Materials
Playable Characters
Original Protagonist - Ruferu - Motoha Arai - Shun Kanou - Riko Tanemura - Seiji Shiratori - Kotone Montagne - Yukimi Fujikawa - Tomoko Noge - Reo Kamiyama - Yaoling Li - Kiyoshi Kurotani - Kayo Tomiyama - YUI - Miyu Sahara - Toshiya Sumi - Haruna Nishimori - Minami Miyashita - Chizuko Nagao - Yumi Shiina - Ayaka Sakai - Kira Kitazato - Masaki Ashiya - Runa Dogenzaka
Phantom Thieves of Hearts Ren Amamiya - Ryuji Sakamoto - Morgana - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Goro Akechi - Sumire Yoshizawa
Non-Playable Supporting Igor - Merope - Marthym - Kumi Katayama - Munehisa Iwai - Tae Takemi - Chihaya Mifune - Lala Escargot
Non-Playable Antagonists Takeyuki Kiuchi - Hiromu Miyazawa - Kei Akashi
Locations
Tokyo Zoshigaya - Shimokitazawa - Shibuya - Yongen-Jaya - Shinjuku - Ueno - Kichijoji - Akihabara
Metaverse Mementos - Kiuchi's Palace - Miyazawa's Palace - Katayama's Palace - Akashi's Palace
Other Velvet Room - Thieves Den
Music
Albums
Songs "Ambitions and Visions" - "Elite Battle" - "Fatal Desire" - "Last Strike" - "Shadow Loop" - "Wake Up Your Hero"
Archives
Story Persona - Persona user - Shadow - Shadow Self - I am thou - Cognition - P. A. D. - Metaverse - Metaverse Navigator - Mask - Wild Card
School Life Weather - Social Stats - Class - Train - Invitations - Gifts - Decorations
Activities Bathhouse - Batting Cages - Fishing Pond - Training - Part-time Jobs
Vendors Vending Machines - Takemi Medical Clinic - Untouchable
Phantom Life Search Objects
Battle Skills - Items - Weaknesses - Critical - One More - Baton Pass - All-out Attack - Navigator
Velvet Room List of Personas - Fusion - Arcana - Challenge Battle
Development
Corporate Atlus Co., Ltd. - Sega
Personnel Kazuhisa Wada - Shigenori Soejima - Lyn Inaizumi
Other Media
Games Persona 5 - Persona 5 Royal - Persona 5 Strikers
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