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.
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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Anime Appearances
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Persona 4 The Animation: The Factor of Hope
Manga Appearances
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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
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 Japanese
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生田目 太郎 Namatame Tarō | Taro Namatame |
Gallery
Game Appearances
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Namatame's angry dress shirt portrait
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Namatame's frustrated dress shirt portrait
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Namatame's pensive dress shirt portrait
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Namatame's smiling dress shirt portrait
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Namatame's neutral hospital portrait
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Namatame's pensive hospital portrait
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Namatame's worried hospital portrait
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Namatame as a delivery driver
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Namatame's angry delivery uniform portrait
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Namatame's smirk delivery uniform portrait
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The Other Namatame's angry portrait
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The Other Namatame's neutral portrait
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The Other Namatame's smirking portrait
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Model with yellow eyes
Anime Appearances
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Persona 4 The Animation render
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "[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.
- ↑ "Chapter 2: Sub-Characters", Persona 4 Official Design Works, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Department. Published by Famitsu (2008). Japanese. p. 147. ISBN-13: 978-4757745087.