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==Profile==
==Profile==
Taro Namatame is the former secretary to the Inaba City Council. Some time within the previous year, he married enka singer [[Misuzu Hiiragi]], but began cheating on her with news reporter [[Mayumi Yamano]], who was also from Inaba. At the time of Mayumi's mysterious disappearance and death, he had been away from Inaba for six months and working in an office for out-of-city council members in an unnamed city that [[Ryotaro Dojima]] referred to as the central place of government,<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=[April 16] '''Ryotaro Dojima''': 奴ぁ、ここ半年は中央で仕事をしていた。スキャンダルで最近町に戻って来たらしいが、 事件当時は、市外の議員事務所に詰めてた。|translquote=|title=Persona 4|developer=Atlus|publisher=Atlus|platform=PlayStation 2|lang=Japanese|transl=}}</ref> and was thus quickly dropped as a suspect in the investigation. Due to the scandal, he was fired from his job and returned to Inaba from the out-of-city office. He can sometimes be found in the [[Central Shopping District]] or the [[Samegawa Flood Plain]], expressing his sadness over Mayumi's death.
Taro Namatame is the former secretary to the Inaba City Council. Some time within the previous year, he married Enka singer [[Misuzu Hiiragi]], but began cheating on her with news reporter [[Mayumi Yamano]], who was also from Inaba. At the time of Mayumi's mysterious disappearance and death, he had been away from Inaba for six months, working in a councilman's office in an unnamed city that [[Ryotaro Dojima]] referred to as the central place of government,<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=[April 16] '''Ryotaro Dojima''': 奴ぁ、ここ半年は中央で仕事をしていた。スキャンダルで最近町に戻って来たらしいが、 事件当時は、市外の議員事務所に詰めてた。|translquote=|title=Persona 4|developer=Atlus|publisher=Atlus|platform=PlayStation 2|lang=Japanese|transl=}}</ref>{{Note|In the English version of the game, this was mistranslated as Namatame working in "a city" (unclear if this is referring to Inaba or another city) and that he was "back home" when Mayumi was murdered.}} and was thus quickly dropped as a suspect in the investigation. Due to the scandal, he was fired from his job and returned to Inaba where his parents gave him a job working as a delivery driver for their business.<!--i don't think this has an official translation?, but it's いなば急便, e.g. inaba express. it's a reference to yamato's "black cat" service: animal logo + his truck being teal.-->


==Game Appearances==
==Game Appearances==
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Namatame can sometimes be found in the [[Central Shopping District]] or the [[Samegawa Flood Plain]], expressing his sadness over Mayumi's death.
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==Other Appearances==


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Shigenori Soejima]] originally designed Namatame to look like a crazy person, but after the story was more concrete, he instead designed him to look like an unfortunate person who is constantly troubled. He wanted to contrast Namatame, a simple-minded person who does not fully understand what is going on, with Adachi, who is actually quite sharp.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=|chapter=Chapter 2: Sub-Characters|book=[[Persona 4 Official Design Works]]|author=Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Department|publisher=Famitsu (2008)|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=p. 147|transl=|isbn=978-4757745087}}</ref>


==Nomenclature==
==Nomenclature==
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P4A TV Taro Namatame Render.png | {{link|tv|p4a}} render
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 18 October 2024

Taro Namatame is a character in Persona 4.

Profile

Taro Namatame is the former secretary to the Inaba City Council. Some time within the previous year, he married Enka singer Misuzu Hiiragi, but began cheating on her with news reporter Mayumi Yamano, who was also from Inaba. At the time of Mayumi's mysterious disappearance and death, he had been away from Inaba for six months, working in a councilman's office in an unnamed city that Ryotaro Dojima referred to as the central place of government,[1][a] and was thus quickly dropped as a suspect in the investigation. Due to the scandal, he was fired from his job and returned to Inaba where his parents gave him a job working as a delivery driver for their business.

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Trivia

  • Shigenori Soejima originally designed Namatame to look like a crazy person, but after the story was more concrete, he instead designed him to look like an unfortunate person who is constantly troubled. He wanted to contrast Namatame, a simple-minded person who does not fully understand what is going on, with Adachi, who is actually quite sharp.[2]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese 生田目 太郎 Namatame Tarō Taro Namatame

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Game Appearances

Anime Appearances

Notes

  1. In the English version of the game, this was mistranslated as Namatame working in "a city" (unclear if this is referring to Inaba or another city) and that he was "back home" when Mayumi was murdered.

References

  1. "[April 16] Ryotaro Dojima: 奴ぁ、ここ半年は中央で仕事をしていた。スキャンダルで最近町に戻って来たらしいが、 事件当時は、市外の議員事務所に詰めてた。" Persona 4 (PlayStation 2). Developed by Atlus. Published by Atlus. Japanese.
  2. "Chapter 2: Sub-Characters", Persona 4 Official Design Works, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Department. Published by Famitsu (2008). Japanese. p. 147. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.