Sumire Yoshizawa
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| Sumire Yoshizawa | |
| 芳澤 すみれYoshizawa Sumire | |
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Artwork from Persona 5 Royal
Violet artwork from Persona 5 Royal
Artwork from Persona 5 Tactica
Artwork from Persona 5: The Phantom X | |
| Other Name(s) | Kasumi Yoshizawa Violet (Phantom Thieves code name) |
| Date of Birth | March 25 |
| Age | 15-16 |
| Height | 162 cm (5'4") |
| Relative(s) | Shinichi Yoshizawa (father) Kasumi Yoshizawa (sister) |
| School(s) | Shujin Academy |
| Occupation(s) | Student Gymnast |
| Affiliation(s) | Phantom Thieves of Hearts (Temporary) |
| Arcana | Faith |
| Persona(s) | Cendrillon Vanadis Ella |
| Voice Actor(s) | Sora Amamiya (JA) Laura Post (EN) Xiao N  Persona 5: The Phantom X(ZH) |
Sumire Yoshizawa, who goes by the name Kasumi Yoshizawa, is a character in Persona 5 Royal. She transfers to Shujin Academy as an honor student at a similar time as Ren Amamiya. She is a cheerful and dedicated athlete aspiring to compete in gymnastics at the international level.
Profile
Sumire Yoshizawa is a first-year transfer student at Shujin Academy and a talented gymnast. She has a reputation as an honor student and has reservations towards the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and their goals. She has crippling survivors guilt for her twin sister after she sacrificed her life to save her. Her cognition is influenced by Takuto Maruki for what he believes to be treatment for her guilt, having herself believe that she is her sister and assuming her identity for much of the game's story. She joins the Phantom Thieves after learning the truth and regaining her memories and confidence.
Gameplay
- For complete gameplay information, including Confidant information, see Gameplay:Sumire Yoshizawa.
Game Appearances
Persona 5 Royal
Confidant
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Persona 5 Tactica
A beautiful junior student, admitted to Shujin Academy the same year the Protagonist transfers. With an excellent track record in gymnastics since middle school, the Academy has high hopes for her athletic career. Her Persona is Cendrillon.
Manga Appearances
Persona 5: Mementos Mission
Sumire doesn't appear in the story itself, but appears on an illustration included in the Barnes and Noble exclusive version of Volume 3.
Appearances in Non-Megami Tensei Media
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Violet, alongside Joker and Mona, appear as unlockable decals for custom machines.
Wuthering Waves
Trivia
- While living as Kasumi, Sumire refers to the protagonist and his friends by their last names. Upon remembering her true identity, she refers to most of them by their first names instead.
- Sumire is the only confidant who will confess their love to the protagonist before being romanced.
- Sumire was designed by Shigenori Soejima. Her Phantom Thief outfit was created by Azusa Shimada.[1]
- For the 30th anniversary celebration of the Persona series at Sea Paradise, Yoshizawa is drawn dancing with an oarfish also known as a ribbonfish.
- She was originally designed as a swimmer with very short hair.[2]
Nomenclature
The given name Sumire means "violet", and refers more specifically to Viola mandshurica. This is (as noted by Ann) the reason for her code name being the English word "Violet". The surname Yoshizawa means "desirable marsh".
Sumire's surname is a reference to Yoshizawa Ayame I (初代 芳澤 あやめ Shodai Yoshizawa Ayame), a kabuki actor renowned for his talent as an onnagata, or specialist in female roles. Yoshizawa was so devoted to his craft that he thought it important to live life as a woman offstage as well, and his descendants continued to use the stage name. This dedication to a double life is similar to how Sumire chose to live all parts of her life as "Kasumi". Additionally, the given name the actor Yoshizawa used, Ayame (あやめ), is the hiragana spelling of 菖蒲, meaning "iris"—a purple flower like Sumire/"violet".[citation needed]
Chinese translations substitute the kanji 菫 Sumire for the hiragana in her given name.
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 English
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Sumire Yoshizawa | |
 Japanese
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芳澤 すみれ Yoshizawa Sumire | |
 Simplified Chinese
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芳泽 堇 Fāngzé Jǐn | |
   Traditional Chinese
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芳澤 菫 Fāngzé Jǐn | |
 French
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Sumire Yoshizawa | |
 German
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Sumire Yoshizawa | |
 Italian
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Sumire Yoshizawa | |
 Korean
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요시자와 스미레 Yosijawa Seumire | |
 Peninsular Spanish
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Sumire Yoshizawa | |
Chinese translations substitute the kanji 霞 Kasumi for the hiragana in her given name.
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| English
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Kasumi Yoshizawa | |
| Japanese
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芳澤 かすみ Yoshizawa Kasumi | |
| Simplified Chinese
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芳泽 霞 Fāngzé Xiá | |
| Traditional Chinese
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芳澤 霞 Fāngzé Xiá | |
| French
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Kasumi Yoshizawa | |
| German
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Kasumi Yoshizawa | |
| Italian
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Kasumi Yoshizawa | |
| Korean
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요시자와 카스미 Yosijawa Kaseumi | |
| Peninsular Spanish
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Kasumi Yoshizawa | |
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| English
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Violet | |
| Japanese
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ヴァイオレット Vaioretto | Violet |
| Simplified Chinese
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VIOLET | |
| Traditional Chinese
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VIOLET | |
| Korean
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바이올렛 Baiollet | Violet |
Gallery
References
- ↑ "I designed Kasumi Yoshizawa, but Shimada did her Phantom Thieves outfit, so the work there was evenly split." Persona 5 Royal Art Book, Shigenori Soejima. Published by Atlus. English. p. 46.
- ↑ How Persona 5 Royal's New Character Was Made. Published April 4, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2026. youtube.com.