Teddie

Teddie
クマKuma
P4P4RP4APQ1PQ2P4DP4D Human Artwork from Persona 4 Artwork from Persona 4 Revival Artwork from Persona 4 Arena Artwork from Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Artwork from Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Artwork from Persona 4: Dancing All Night Human artwork from Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Other Name(s)	Ted (EN) Kumada (JA, alias while working at Junes)
Height	170 cm (Human form)
Weight	55 kg (Human form)
Affiliation(s)	Investigation Team
Race(s)	Shadow
Arcana	Star
Persona(s)	Kintoki-Douji Kamui Kamui-MoshiriPersona 4 Golden
Voice Actor(s)	Kappei Yamaguchi (JA) Dave WittenbergPersona 4 (EN) Sam RiegelPersona 4 Golden Persona 4 Arena Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Persona 4: Dancing All Night Persona 4 The Animation (EN) Laila BerzinsPersona 4 Revival (EN) Shen DaWeiPersona 4 Revival (ZH)
Live-Action Actor(s)	Kappei YamaguchiVisualive Persona 4 Visualive Persona 4: The Evolution Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold (Voice Over)

Teddie is a character in Persona 4. He is also the mascot who is used to represent the game.

Profile

Teddie is a mysterious figure resembling a bear costume suit that the protagonist, Yosuke Hanamura, and Chie Satonaka encounter in the TV World. Teddie is unaware of who he is but knows the TV World as his home and remembers when it was a beautiful place. Lately, it has become more hostile, and someone has been throwing people in there, which Teddie wrongfully assumes is the protagonist and his friends. Teddie joins the group to assist them in the murder investigation after forcing the protagonist and Yosuke into agreeing to help find the one responsible. He creates special glasses that allow them to see through the fog and uses his nose to sniff out where the kidnapping victims are.

Teddie comes off as being young and impressionable, and he uses his name as his pronoun similar to many young children. He repeats words and learns things from what he experiences during his time with the Investigation Team, the most noticeable being how he picks up the Japanese phrase for girls hitting on guys from Shadow Yukiko. Teddie takes an interest in girls after being pet on the head by Yukiko Amagi and begins trying to hit on her, Chie, and later Rise Kujikawa using the new—incorrect—phrase he learns from Yukiko's Shadow.

As Teddie gets to know the group, he wonders about his purpose and identity. These topics become the core of the bond between him and the protagonist, whom he confides in and starts calling sensei. After confronting his Shadow, he gains a human body and comes to the real world in order to "score with studs". He begins living with Yosuke's family and participating in everyday life outside the TV. He works a part-time job at Junes with Yosuke, goes by the alias Kumada at Junes and around Yasogami High, and gets hooked on ice cream bars.

Teddie appears as a white, blue, and red colored bear mascot with a large zipper around his head. In July, he gains a human body and starts walking around the real world as a blonde haired blue-eyed boy dressed in clothes from Junes. For Teddie's design, Hashino requested he be cute and loveable. Based on Hashino's thought that "cute" would be big, fluffy, and accepting, Soejima went with a bear that resembles vintage toys such as Kewpie dolls. Soejima intentionally made Teddie look like he is already outdated with the color palette and the buttons that get smaller. Teddie's head was inspired by the look of an astronaut helmet as a type of retrofuturism and throwback to the Showa era when people were more hopeful. Originally, Atlus thought it would be surprising if Teddie were a beautiful woman inside of the bear suit. But after switching Naoto Shirogane from a boy to a girl, they decided to make Teddie a guy instead, and he ended up with his pretty blonde hair and blue-eyed look.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Teddie.

Teddie is the Star Social Link. He becomes a playable party member in July with the Persona Kintoki-Douji.

Manual

Manual Descriptions
Persona 4	An odd being who dwells in the world within the television. What exactly is he...?
Persona 4 Golden	An odd being who dwells in the world within the television. He appears to be wearing a costume, but inside...
Persona 4 Arena	A being that came from inside the TV. He is the girl-chasing clown of the group. He used to be empty inside, but now...? With his claws and Persona, Kintoki-Douji, he'll upstage everyone with his crazy antics.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night	A mysterious, happy-go-lucky, living mascot who came from the TV world. He has a tendency to sneak bear puns into any conversation. He now lives with the friends who helped him reach the truth.

Game Appearances

Persona 4

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On April 14th, the protagonist, Yosuke Hanamura, and Chie Satonaka visit the TV World for the first time. When they return to the studio-looking area, they find a bear similar to a mascot character. The bear lives inside the TV World and suggests the trio leave soon so they do not get attacked by Shadows, then creates a pile of televisions that they can use to leave the TV World and return to Junes.

After Saki Konishi's death, Yosuke and the protagonist return to the TV World on April 15th and find the bear again in the studio area. The bear assumes the two have been throwing people in the TV lately since they were able to come back and do not seem to have been forced in. Between Yosuke's deductions and what the bear says about the TV World, they piece together a connection between the TV World and the murder victims. Eventually, the bear believes Yosuke and the protagonist are not responsible for throwing people in. But he makes them promise to help solve the mystery, or he will not let them out.

The bear introduces itself as Teddie and gives them special glasses to see through the fog in the TV World. He leads the protagonist and Yosuke to the Twisted Shopping District, the area formed around the second victim. Outside of a TV World version of Konishi Liquors, the two are attacked by two enemy Shadows. The protagonist instinctively summons his Persona and uses it to fight the Shadows to protect the group, and Teddie begins praising him and calling him sensei. Inside Konishi Liquors, another Yosuke manifests, and Teddie is surprised there are two. He advises Yosuke to accept his Shadow, as it is something that manifested from him, or else it will go mad and attack again.

Teddie explains to Yosuke that normally, Shadows only become violent when there is fog in Inaba and the fog clears inside of the TV. Thus, they might be able to use their powers to save the people who have been thrown into the TV, just like how the protagonist was able to help Yosuke. Having met the two and seen Shadows appear from humans, Teddie begins questioning what he is and why he is in the TV. He only knows about the world he lives in and has never thought about these things before. Teddie warns them not to try entering the TV World from another TV, or else he might not be able to help them again.

On April 16th, the boys and Chie talk to Teddie from outside the TV to ask if someone has been thrown inside, but no one is there besides him. That evening, Yukiko Amagi's clear image appears on the Midnight Channel, and the following day, the three return to the TV to rescue her. Teddie tells them that someone else did enter the TV World shortly after they spoke to him, and leads the group to Yukiko's Castle, which Chie and Yosuke recognize from Yukiko's broadcast. Yosuke tries to ask Teddie about the images that get broadcast on the Midnight Channel, but Teddie does not see what gets shown in the real world and has no idea what Yosuke means. He assumes the program is related to whoever gets thrown in the TV. Furthermore, he is intrigued by what Chie says about Yukiko's TV image wanting to "score with a hot stud", but no one answers him about what that means.

Chie gets concerned about Yukiko and rushes into the castle by herself. The guys and Teddie chase after her and find her on the 2nd floor when her own Shadow manifests in front of them. Like with Yosuke, Chie rejects her Shadow, and Teddie tells the boys to use their Personas to protect her. After the battle, Chie is exhausted and wants to keep going to save Yukiko. Teddie reminds the group that people inside the TV are safe until the fog clears from the TV World and settles in Inaba, and Chie finally backs down. Back at the entrance to the TV World, Teddie makes Chie her own special glasses. Now with an objective and a deadline, they form the Investigation Team with the protagonist as their leader.

Persona 4 Golden

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Teddie's Story Mode

Teddie's story mode is unlocked after completing one of the first four story modes.

Other Characters

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

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

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Persona 4: Dancing All Night

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Anime Appearances

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Appearances in Non-Megami Tensei Media

Weiß Schwarz

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Persona 4 The Slot

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CR Persona 4 The Pachinko

Teddie is one of the selectable avatars for the pachinko machine. His human avatar can also be unlocked. When selected, his mini-portrait will appears on the player's stat screen and he does the voice over for the machine's functions. He is the subject of some probability events, such as the crossdressing pageant, and an event where Yosuke tries to remove a One More from Teddie's bear costume.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

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Puzzle & Dragons

Teddie is a 5★ water and wind unit who can be obtained in the gacha during the Persona collaboration. His base card and skill up card were part of the first collab in 2018.

[4385] Teddie (Base)

• Active Skill: Marakukaja
• Leader Skill: I'm Teddie!

[4407] Persona 4: The Star Arcana (Skill Card)

• Active Skill: Marakukaja

Kotodaman

Teddie appears as a unit in the Persona collab for the mobile game Kotodaman. He was in the collab's original run in 2020, and once again during the rerun in 2024. He is a non-gacha character who can primarily be obtained by defeating him in his descent boss stage. The player can also obtain copies of Teddie by exchanging Blank Skill Cards at the event shop. As a game character, Teddie is a 5★ water-attribute unit who can be used to form words using the first syllable of his Japanese name, Kuma: く・ぐ. He can evolve into a 6★ unit. His 3+ syllable and 4+ syllable skills are named Bufula and Bufudyne, two skills that he has during his boss fight in Persona 4.

Etrian Odyssey II HD

Teddie, along with the Demi-fiend of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, are featured as selectable portraits for characters via DLC.

Astro Bot

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Teddie appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC Mii hat.

Trivia

• In Teddie's Persona 4 Official Design Works profile, Teddie's birthday, age, bear form height, bear form weight, and blood type are all listed in-character as him responding, "This bear doesn't know". His sex or gender is listed as "male?" for his bear form and "male" for his human form.
• In his Yasogami High social media profile in the 2009 setting book, Persona Club P4, Teddie fills out his profile with joking responses and emoji. His gender is "A bear who lives for a woman's love". His favorite food is sweets, but even more than sweets, he loves sweet, cute girls. His special skill is using his nose to detect people, he dislikes people who disturb his hibernation, and he does not have patience in his vocabulary. The social clubs he has joined are the "Risette Fan Club", "Gothic Lolita Fashion", "Yakitori", and "[Polar] Bear Lovers [Sun Bear]". His greeting is, "Welcome to Teddie's love nest". His inbox has a message from "Nori-P" asking him out on a date.
• The developer Q&A about Teddie reveals some background information and "explanations" regarding his character:
  • Atlus has no explanation as to how Teddie can make glasses, how his bear costume works, or how he his human body fits inside the bear costume. They write it off as "Teddie Power" and compare it to Schrodinger's Cat.
    • Later, Atlus responded to a fan question that Teddie makes glasses by using tools from the TV World's version of an optician's store in Inaba.
  • Yosuke bought Teddie a basic cell phone which Kanji decorated. In addition to buying the phone, Yosuke pays for all of Teddie's other expenses such as his cell phone bill, his food, and his snacks.
  • Teddie mentions that he has ways of making himself feel at home in the TV World. Atlus suggests he has some sort of dwelling there which he calls home. Once gaining a human body and living in the real world, he instead takes up residence in Yosuke's closet.
• Teddie's human form is his image of a guy who would be loved by everyone.
• For the 30th anniversary celebration of the Persona series at Sea Paradise, Teddie was given a trio of balloonfish.
• In early drafts, Teddie was designed as a mascot character for the TV show.
• The game carries the message that warns against blindly following others, so Teddie was designed as a character who unable to think for himself.

Nomenclature

NameHuman NameNicknames

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Teddie
Japanese	クマ Kuma	Bear
Simplified Chinese	熊 Xióng	Bear
	小熊Persona 4 Revival Xiǎoxióng	Little Bear
Traditional Chinese	熊 Xióng	Bear
	小熊Persona 4: Dancing All Night Xiǎoxióng	Little Bear
French	KumaPersona 4 manga
	TeddiePersona 4 Golden
Korean	곰 Gom	Bear

After Teddie goes out of the TV and gains a human body, he accidentally becomes known as "Kumada" after an employee in Junes asks who he is, and he starts being called by this name when he's in Inaba. This is a play on his name being "Kuma", the Japanese informal copula "da", and the Japanese surname "Kumada", implying that when asked who he was, he replied "Kuma da" ("I'm Kuma") and this was interpreted as the name "Kumada". In the English localization, Teddie has no other name and still goes by Teddie in the real world. The line where he is misinterpreted as saying his name is Kumada was changed to a person in Junes mistaking Teddie as saying his name was Terry or Eddie, but no one calls him Terry or Eddie afterwards.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Teddie
Japanese	熊田 Kumada
Simplified Chinese	熊田
Traditional Chinese	熊田
Korean	웅이

Over the course of the game, Teddie is given a couple nicknames. Early on, Yosuke and Chie begin calling him Kumakichi. Kumakichi is a Japanese boy's name, and is also the name of a perverted bear character on Gag Manga Biyori who is always getting arrested. Later, Kanji calls him Kumakō. "Kō" (meaning "lord" or "duke") being added on to the end of names can be a sign of affection or irritation. In English, Kumakichi is just localized as Teddie, while Kumakō is localized as Ted.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Teddie
	Ted
Japanese	クマきち Kumakichi
	クマ公 Kumakō

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