Ren "Joker, Akira Kurusu" Amamiya

About

Date of Birth: Unknown, 1999- early 2000
Height: 175 cm (5'9")
Initial Persona: Arsène
Ultimate Persona: Satanael
Weapons: Knives or Short Swords, Handguns

Our Protagonist is named by the player in the video game, but is given the name Akira Kurusu in the Manga Adaptation, and Ren Amamiya in the Anime Adaptation.

The protagonist of Persona 5 is a transfer student at Shujin Academy. At the beginning of the game, he has little to no power or influence in the world and is restrained by the rules of the system he was born into.

The protagonist appears as a tall young man of slim to athletic build. He has a pale complexion with unkempt, wavy black hair that falls over his eyes. His dialogue options range from somewhat indifferent to outright cheeky.

Beneath his quiet demeanor is a strong-willed Wild Card leading the Phantom Thieves and capable of exploiting the Metaverse to affect reality. To his teammates, his code name is Joker, and to the residents of the Velvet Room he is known as the Trickster. The protagonist is the leader of the rebellious Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a group which aims to change society by touching the hearts of people and performing illegal heists.

He has a good chunk of nicknames and titles, such as: Leader, Trickster, Senpai, Prisoner, and the special "little guinea pig" (by Tae Takemi).


The protagonist is able to break the chains that bound himself and Arsène, unlocking his true form as Satanael, a Persona of a colossal size that exceeds even Yaldabaoth, descending from the heavens to deliver true justice.

The protagonist harnesses the will of the people to not be controlled and orders Satanael to fire one last Sinful Shell, shooting Yaldabaoth directly through the head. In his defeat, Yaldabaoth bitterly concedes that humanity is truly worthy of living on their own accord and that Igor's beliefs were indeed the superior ones before reverting back into the lifeless grail and vanishing, removing Mementos from existence and undoing its warping of reality as if it had never happened.

(Source: Megami Tensei Wiki)

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