Yusuke Kitagawa

Yusuke Kitagawa
Persona character
Yusuke Kitagawa in Persona 5 Royal
First appearancePersona 5 (2016)
Designed byShigenori Soejima
Voiced byEN: Matthew Mercer
JA: Tomokazu Sugita
Portrayed byKoji Kominami (stage play)
In-universe information
NationalityJapanese

Yusuke Kitagawa (喜多川 祐介, Kitagawa Yūsuke; IPA: [kʲita̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠ jɯ̟ᵝːsɨᵝke̞]) is one of the main characters and party members in the 2016 video game Persona 5. He is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita in Japanese and Matthew Mercer in English.

He is a member of the group Phantom Thieves of Hearts, who aim to change the hearts of those who do wrong to others. He joins the group after awakening to his Persona, Goemon, adopting the Phantom Thief nickname Fox (フォックス, Fokkusu). He is an eccentric and passionate artist who works under the tutelage of Ichiryusai Madarame, a prestigious artist, who becomes a target of the Phantom Thieves after hearing that he was abusing his students, and that he had killed Yusuke's mother.

Following his appearance, he has received a positive reception, mainly due to his eccentric and socially awkward personality and his passion when it comes to art, as well as the voice acting by Sugita and Mercer respectively.