Akihiko Sanada

Jump to navigation Jump to search
This Persona series character page is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Akihiko Sanada is a major character in Persona 3. He is a third year student at Gekkoukan High School and a member of S.E.E.S. years before the events of the game. In game, he joins as one of the protagonist's party members after a certain time.

Profile

Akihiko is a third-year student at Gekkoukan High School, and the captain of its boxing team. He was the second member of S.E.E.S. after having been recruited by Mitsuru Kirijo in junior high school. After losing his parents at a young age, Akihiko and his younger sister Miki were placed in an orphanage, where he met his best friend Shinjiro Aragaki. After an orphanage fire that resulted in Miki's death, Akihiko obsessed with becoming stronger, seeing himself as having been too weak to save her.

Akihiko's extracurricular choice is boxing, a sport he has been participating in since at least his junior high school days, and is undefeated in. He accepted Mitsuru's request to join S.E.E.S. initially as another means of building his strength, however also states that he and Shinjiro's ultimate goal was to destroy the Dark Hour.[3]

Personality-wise, Akihiko comes off as practical and determined, aloof but with a "confident air and ambitious attitude".[4] At times, Akihiko is awkward and oblivious, often blunt. At other times, he is impulsive and reckless, particularly when it comes to battle and arguments.

Like most of the cast, Akihiko wears a modified version of the standard Gekkoukan uniform: a white dress shirt with black slacks and neck-tie, with brown Oxfords and black gloves. He carries his Gekkoukan uniform jacket over his shoulder, electing instead for a red sweater-vest over his shirt, emblazoned with a yellow lower-case "b". Akihiko has short light grey-hair. His eye colour ranges from brown to hazel to muted shades of blue and green, but are most often a darker shade of grey to his hair.

According to character designer Shigenori Soejima, Akihiko's initial design concept was "the cool senior".[5]

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Akihiko Sanada.

Akihiko is available as a party member starting from May 23rd. In battle, Akihiko uses his fists and specializes in physical and electric skills. In Persona 3 Portable, he is available as the Star Social Link for the female protagonist, replacing Mamoru Hayase for the male protagonist. In Persona 3 Reload, he is available as a Link Episode for the first time starting from May 29th.

Akihiko later appears in Persona Q and Persona Q2, as well as a fighter in Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. In Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, he is available as one of the main dancers.

Manual

Manual Descriptions

Lua error in Module:LoreBox at line 132: bad argument #3 to 'format' (string expected, got nil).

Game Appearances

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
Reason: Lacking details about his role in most games.

Persona 3

Persona 3 FES

The Journey

The Answer

The Answer presents a flashback to Akihiko's recruitment to S.E.E.S. at the end of the second dungeon, Caina. The memory depicts Akihiko at the end of junior high school, being hounded by fangirls and a boxing scout trying to recruit Akihiko to a rival school. Once alone, Akihiko is then approached by Mitsuru Kirijo, who introduces herself as a fellow third-year, and tells him she has enemies that need defeating. She states that the enemies are "related to what you've recently been experiencing each midnight", and that she experiences the same phenomena as he does. After handing him an Evoker, the flashback ends.

Persona 3 Portable

Akihiko is the Star Social Link for the female protagonist.

Persona 3 Reload

Instead of a Social Link, Akihiko now has five Linked Episodes with the male protagonist.

Episode Aigis: The Answer

Persona 4 Arena

Akihiko returns from training abroad and joins Mitsuru and Aigis in Inaba where the three enter the TV World together.

Akihiko's Story Mode

Akihiko's story mode unlocks after finishing two other story modes.

Other Characters

Akihiko appears in the story modes for some of the other characters.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Episode P4

Episode P3

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Akihiko is the main performer for the songs Soul Phrase, Battle Hymn of the Soul (Daisuke Asakura Remix), and Light the Fire Up in the Night DARK HOUR + MIDNIGHT. Akihiko's dance style can best be described as "just boxing" using the footwork associated with boxing. Occasionally Akihiko will adopt the dance style of his partners, but otherwise he tends to dance solo even when he has a partner.

Persona 3 Em

Audio Drama Appearances

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Novel Appearances

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Anime Appearances

Akihiko as he appears in the movies
This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Persona 3 The Movie: Spring of Birth

Persona 3 The Movie: Midsummer Knight's Dream

Persona 3 The Movie: Falling Down

Persona 3 The Movie: Winter of Rebirth

Persona: Trinity Soul

Manga Appearances

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Persona 3

Other Appearances

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

For more information on this subject in BlazBlue, see Akihiko Sanada on BlazBlue Wiki.

Trivia

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

Nomenclature

This section is a stub. You can help Megami Tensei Wiki by expanding it.
No reason provided.

The family name means "braid" and originates with the Sanada clan, a ruling clan of what is now Nagano Prefecture.[6] The given name means "bright boy."[7]

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese 真田 明彦 Sanada Akihiko
Russian Акихико Санада Akikhiko Sanada Akihiko Sanada

Gallery

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chapter 1: Characters", Persona 3: Official Design Works, Atlus. Published by ENTERBRAIN (2006). Japanese. (8 ed.) p. 30. ISBN-13: 7577-3094-2.
  2. ↑ Persona Magazine, Atlus. Published by Kadokawa (2024). Japanese. Vol. #2024 Spring p. 19. ISBN-13: 978-4047337183.
  3. ↑ "Akihiko: For me and Shinji, our goal was to get rid of the Dark Hour." Persona 3 Portable (PC). Developed by Atlus. Published by Atlus.
  4. ↑ "自信にあふれ 精力的に見え、自立的に行動し、自己の向上を熱望し、理想を求める姿は、憧れの対象となり 得る。しかし、それは他者の目に自分がどう映 るのか、ということを気にする性質につながり、 時に自己陶酔的で自己顕示欲が強く働くことも ある" Translation: "Practical and goal-oriented, Akihiko's confident air and ambitious attitude make him an obvious choice for a role model. This admirable front is just that, however, as Akihiko is obsessed with how others see him." "Chapter 1: Characters", Persona 3: Official Design Works. Published by ENTERBRAIN (2006). Japanese. p. 30. ISBN-13: 978-4757730946.
  5. ↑ "真田のデザインコンセプトは単純に「格好いい先輩」です。先輩という位置づけなので大 人っぽい格好にしています。たいして格好に気を使っているように見えないのに上質な雰囲 気を醸し出している人というイメージでしょうか。" Translation: "The initial design concept for Akihiko was "the cool senior." Since he's positioned as such, he's dressed in a mature style. It gives the impression of someone who exudes a high-quality atmosphere without appearing to care much about their appearance." "Chapter 1: Characters", Persona 3: Official Design Works. Published by ENTERBRAIN (2006). Japanese. p. 32. ISBN-13: 978-4757730946.
  6. ↑ Family Name Origins. Website.
  7. ↑ Namedic. Website.
Retrieved from "https://megatenwiki.com/index.php?title=Akihiko_Sanada&oldid=186379"