Ryotaro Dojima

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Ryotaro Dojima
Date of Birth	May 16, 1969
Age	42-43Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden 44Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Height	179cm
Weight	66kg
Blood Type	O
Relative(s)	Nanako Dojima (Daughter) Yu Narukami (Nephew) Chisato Dojima (Wife, deceased)
Occupation(s)	Detective
Affiliation(s)	Inaba Police Department
Arcana	Hierophant
Voice Actor(s)	Unshō Ishizuka (JA)

Ryotaro Dojima is a supporting character in Persona 4. He is the father of Nanako Dojima. After Mayumi Yamano's body is discovered early in Persona 4, Dojima and his recently transferred partner, Tohru Adachi, become involved in the investigation.

Profile

Dojima is a detective in the city of Inaba. Dojima's wife Chisato passed away in a car accident, and he now raises his daughter Nanako by himself, but his work-life balance affects their relationship. He is shown coming home drunk, not coming at all, or having to go back on his word and leaving Nanako disappointed. He is also the younger brother of the protagonist's unnamed mother, and the protagonist comes to live with him while his parents are overseas. As the protagonist starts becoming friends with people who previously went missing and continuously turns up at crime scenes, Dojima becomes concerned about what his nephew has been up to since arriving in Inaba.

Dojima wears a dark suit with a crooked red tie. He's never seen wearing his jacket and usually carries it over his shoulder. When designing Dojima, Shigenori Soejima made his face look unfriendly to portray his distance from Nanako and the protagonist, but also focused on the design of his eyes and eyebrows to communicate kindness and honesty. Soejima hoped that his overall tired look would express that there was something sad about him.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Ryotaro Dojima.

Dojima is the Hierophant Social Link.

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Trivia

• A printing of the Persona 4 Official Design Works mistakenly lists Dojima's birth year as 1970. This has since been fixed for the eBook and other prints. Books released later, such as Persona Club P4, also correctly list his birth year as 1969.
• During the development of Persona 4 Arena, Arc System Works jokingly suggested adding Ryotaro Dojima as a playable character, with him summoning Nanako as his Persona. The idea was dropped as it likely would not have elicited a positive reaction from Atlus if presented.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	堂島 遼太郎 Dōjima Ryōtarō	Ryotaro Dojima

Gallery

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  Dojima's in-game portrait

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  Japanese Limited Edition BD/DVD Vol. 9 Cover of Persona 4 The Animation

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  Dojima's portrait for Persona 4 The Golden Animation

• P4A character designer Kazuaki Morita's artwork for the P4A + P4GA BluRay box

  P4A character designer Kazuaki Morita's artwork for the P4A + P4GA BluRay box