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Phoenix Ranger Featherman R television program in Persona 3 Reload

Phoenix Ranger Featherman (Japanese: 不死鳥戦隊フェザーマン, romanized Fushichō sentai fezāman) is a popular tokusatsu TV franchise in the Persona universe. Likely based on 90s Super Sentai show Chōjin Sentai Jetman, it follows a team of bird-styled heroes. Their adventures often parallel or foreshadow plot events in the game where they appear.

Game Appearances

Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

The Featherman show featured in the Persona 2 duology is Phoenix Ranger Featherman. When some of the main characters were children, they wore Featherman masks while playing together.

Name Featherman Bird
Tatsuya Suou Red Hawk
Jun Kurosu
Lisa Silverman
Eikichi Mishina
Maya Amano

Persona 3

The Featherman show featured in Persona 3 is Featherman R (Japanese: フェザーマンR, romanized Fezāman R). Ken Amada is a fan of the show, though he pretends not to be as he tries to act more mature than his age. When the protagonist checks what's on TV at the Iwatodai Dorm, sometimes there will be a preview for the next episode of Featherman.

Persona 3 Reload

The protagonist gets a pink Featherman mask after the summer festival which he displays on his dorm room shelf. When in the lounge, Fuuka will occasionally have some Featherman statues of Feather Hawk, Feather Owl, Feather Asas, Feather Falcon and Feather Parakeet.

Persona 4

Featherman comes up primarily in the Temperance Social Link where Yuuta Minami is a fan of Neo Featherman (Japanese: ネオフェザーマン, romanized Neo fezāman).[a]

Persona 4 Golden

Golden adds costumes and some weapons based on Neo Featherman. In dungeons, party members will make comments about costumes the protagonist gives them. Naoto Shirogane in particular is a fan of Neo Featherman.[1]

Name Featherman Bird Weapon
Yu Narukami Feather Hawk
Yosuke Hanamura Feather Owl Feather Dagger
Chie Satonaka Feather Parakeet
Yukiko Amagi Feather Asas Feather Boomerang
Teddie Feather Horned Owl Feather Claw
Kanji Feather Falcon Feather Shield
Naoto Feather Swan Feather Shot

Persona 5

The Featherman show featured in Persona 5 is Neo Featherman Again (Japanese: ネオフェザーマン アゲイン, romanized Neo fezāman agein), though several references are made to the earlier Featherman R show, including a poster on Futaba Sakura's bedroom wall.

Persona 5 Royal

Royal introduces the retro minigame Featherman Seeker (Japanese: フェザーマンシーカー, romanized Fezāman shīkā), featuring aspiring Featherman Gray Pigeon. Featherman costumes were added with the Persona 5 Royal P5D Featherman Costume & BGM Set. The DLC features the same outfits from Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight with additional costumes for Crow and Violet.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

The Featherman show featured in Arena Ultimax is Featherman V, or Featherman Victory (Japanese: フェザーマン・ヴィクトリー, romanized Fezāman vikutorī), which features Yukari Takeba as team leader Pink Argus.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Like in Golden, Neo Featherman costumes and masks can be also obtained for the Investigation Team as free DLC.

Name Featherman Bird
Rise Feather Shoebill

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

One of the songs composed for the P3 and P5 dancing games is "Let's Go! Phoenix Ranger Featherman" sung by Yumi Kawamura and Lyn. It is accompanied by an animated opening video for Featherman Victory that uses some of Yukari's introduction cutscene from Arena Ultimax. Featherman DLC costumes are also available for S.E.E.S. and the Phantom Thieves.

Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight
Name Featherman Bird
Makoto Yuki Feather Eagle
Yukari Takeba Feather Peahen
Junpei Iori Feather Pinguino
Akihiko Sanada Feather Berkut
Mitsuru Kirijo Feather Crane
Aigis Feather Peregrine Falcon
Ken Amada Feather Sparrow
Fuuka Yamagishi Feather White-Eye
Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight
Name Featherman Bird
Ren Amamiya Feather Dooka
Ryuji Sakamoto Feather Ostrich
Morgana Feather Hopper
Ann Takamaki Feather Alnair
Yusuke Kitagawa Feather Pheasant
Makoto Niijima Feather Bald Eagle
Haru Okumura Feather Cockatoo
Futaba Sakura Feather Toucan

Anime Appearances

Persona 4 The Animation

While working at his daycare job, Yu tries to stop Yuuta and Kaneko from fighting over Kaneko's Neo Featherman toy, but the arm gets snapped off. Yu takes responsibility and offers to pay for it, but discovers it was very expensive, and ends up spending episode 14 working part-time jobs to earn the money.

Stage Play Appearances

Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Ai no Seiyaku

Yukari has a part-time job performing as the pink Feather Swan.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Featherman in referenced in Devil Survivor 2 when Joe says he that thinks "Featherman: From the Ashes" is manga of the century.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese 不死鳥戦隊フェザーマン Fushichō Sentai Fezāman Phoenix Squad Featherman
Simplified Chinese 不死鸟战队翔羽侠 Bùsǐniǎo Zhànduì Xiángyǔxiá Phoenix Squad Flight Feather Knight-Errant
Traditional Chinese 不死鳥戰隊翔羽俠 Bùsǐniǎo Zhànduì Xiángyǔxiá Phoenix Squad Flight Feather Knight-Errant
Korean 불사조不死鳥 전대戰隊 페더맨 Bulsajo Jeondae Pedeomaen Phoenix Squad Featherman

Notes

  1. In the English version of Yuuta's Social Link, the localization mistakenly says "Phoenix Ranger Featherman R".

References

  1. "Naoto: It's not blue, it's Feather Swan. Swan is the youngest, but is a master tactician, and... ...Sorry. Didn't mean to give you guys a lecture on Neo Featherman." Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita). Developed by Atlus. Published by Atlus. English.