Yu Narukami

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Yu Narukami
Other Name(s)	Investigation Team BoyPersona 5 Royal Soji SetaPersona 4 (Manga) Yuya SetaVisualive Persona 4 Hayato AsakawaVisualive Persona 4 the Evolution The Sister-Complex Kingpin of SteelPersona 4 Arena Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Age	16-17
Height	180 cm (5’11”)
School(s)	Yasogami High School
Affiliation(s)	Investigation Team
Arcana	Fool Judgement World
Persona(s)	Izanagi (Initial) Izanagi-no-Okami (Ultimate Persona)
Voice Actor(s)	Daisuke Namikawa (JA) Johnny Yong Bosch (EN)

Yu Narukami is a playable character and the protagonist of Persona 4 and its spin-offs. The name Yu Narukami was originally the protagonist's name in Persona 4 The Animation, later adopted for Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4: Dancing All Night. The name became the protagonist's default name in the Steam and subsequent re-releases of Persona 4 Golden, which the game defaults to if its text language settings are changed.

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Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Yu Narukami.

The protagonist starts out with Izanagi. Unlike other party members, the protagonist can never be swapped out of battle, and having him faint will result in an automatic Game Over.

The protagonist has the special property of being a Wild Card, making him able to summon and switch between different Personas in battle, as well as change his stock of Personas to an extent. This lets him swap out between multiple different strategies, as well as switch his elemental affinities.

Game Appearances

Persona 4

The Hero is silent and nameless with a malleable personality like other silent protagonists in the franchise.

Persona 4 Golden

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Persona 4 Arena

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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Side P4:

On this side he is the player character and once again silent and nameless. The Hero is referred to as Leader on this side, while the P3 Hero is referred to as Vice Leader.

Side P3:

On this side he is a supporting character, despite being a vocal supporting character he is still nameless. Because of this, he is referred to as Vice Leader while the P3 Hero is referred to as Leader.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

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Persona 4: Dancing All Night

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Persona 5 Royal

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	鳴上 悠	Narukami Yū. The family name means "above the animal cry" and the given name means "calm" or "eternal."

Trivia

• According to the Persona 4 Art Book, Soejima states if the P4 Hero was a Sentai Ranger he would be the Blue Ranger rather than the Red Ranger.
  • Despite this, his later outfit is ironically the Red Ranger in both P4G and P4D.
• According to the Persona 5 Art Book, the Hero is described as being designed to remind you of a dog: loyal and sincere.
• In the US manual for the original Playstation 2 release of Persona 4, the protagonist is shown to be named Raidou Kuzunoha. This is a reference to the character of the same name from the Devil Summoner series.
• Yu Narukami has several alternate color palettes in Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle intended to reference other media.

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  Palette 8
  Based on Ryoji Mochizuki from Persona 3.

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  Palette 9
  Based on Ragna the Bloodedge from the Blazblue series.

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  Palette 10
  Based on Makoto Yuki and Orpheus from Persona 3.

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  Palette 11
  Based on Hyde Kido and Linne from Under Night In-Birth.

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  Palette 12
  Based on Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee from RWBY

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  Palette 13
  Based on Joker and Arsène from Persona 5.

• In the manga, Soji forms bonds with both characters of the Sun and Strength Arcana, despite this being impossible in-game.
• In the stage plays, the Hero's name is changed with each showing as the audience would choose the name.
• Yu's cell phone in Persona 4 The Animation is the teal and silver EXILIM CA003.

Gallery

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