Initial Persona

An initial Persona is the first Persona summoned by an individual. These Personas represent their summoners' ego, the aspect of the psyche that interacts with the external world. Their abilities tend to be relatively weak, so the mythological, literary and historic figures they take the forms of are often less significant in their corresponding sources. When a Persona-user undergoes a great change or gains a new sense of resolve, their initial Persona gives way to their ultimate Persona.
These Personas can always be summoned by their users, even when they previously returned or transformed them. This has been shown by Yukino Mayuzumi, Kei Nanjo and Eriko Kirishima, who regained their initial Personas in the Persona 2 duology; the Investigation Team, who regained their initial Personas in Persona 4 Arena, and the Phantom Thieves, who regained their initial Personas in Persona 5 Strikers.
==Appearances==
*Megami Ibunroku Persona
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
**Persona: Tsumi To Batsu
*Persona 3 / FES / Portable/ Reload
**Persona -trinity soul-
*Persona 4 / Golden
*Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax
*Persona 4: Dancing All Night
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
*Persona 5 / Royal
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
*Persona 5 Strikers
*Persona 5 Tactica
*Persona 5: The Phantom X
==List of initial Personas==
===Megami Ibunroku Persona===
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Protagonist 	Emperor 	Seimen Kongou
Maki Sonomura 	Priestess 	Maso
Masao Inaba 	Chariot 	Ogun
Kei Nanjo 	Hierophant	Aizen Myouou
Eriko Kirishima	Judgement 	Nike
Hidehiko Uesugi	Justice 	Nemhain
Yuka Ayase 	Magician 	Houri
Reiji Kido 	Devil 	Bres
Yukino Mayuzumi	Empress 	Vesta
===Persona 2===
====Innocent Sin====
This is the first game in the series to feature uniform origins for the signature Personas of each playable character, where figures from Greek and Roman mythology are used. Most of them have designs based on high fashion.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Tatsuya Suou 	Sun 	Vulcanus
Eikichi Mishina	Death 	Rhadamanthus
Lisa Silverman 	Lovers 	Eros
Maya Amano 	Moon 	Maia
Yukino Mayuzumi	Empress	Vesta
Jun Kurosu 	Fortune	Hermes
====Eternal Punishment====
Tatsuya Suou begins with Apollo in Eternal Punishment, who is actually his ultimate Persona carried over from Innocent Sin.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Maya Amano 	Moon 	Maia
Ulala Serizawa 	Star 	Callisto
Katsuya Suou 	Justice 	Helios
Baofu 	Hanged Man	Odysseus
Kei Nanjo 	Hierophant	Aizen Myouou
Eriko Kirishima	Judgement 	Nike
====Tsumi to Batsu====
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Kazumi Kiba 	Hierophant	Yama
Rihito Shimizu	Judgement 	Archangel
Keito 	Emperor 	Indra
Narui 	Justice 	Bishamonten
Rinne 	Hierophant	Varuna
===Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload===
Nearly all initial Personas are from the Greek mythology, with Lucia being the odd one out.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Makoto Yuki / Kotone Shiomi	Fool 	Orpheus
Yukari Takeba 	Lovers 	Io
Junpei Iori 	Magician 	Hermes
Akihiko Sanada 	Emperor 	Polydeuces
Fuuka Yamagishi 	Priestess 	Lucia
Mitsuru Kirijo 	Empress 	Penthesilea
Aigis 	Chariot 	Palladion
Koromaru* 	Strength 	Cerberus
Ken Amada 	Justice 	Nemesis
Shinjiro Aragaki* 	Hierophant	Castor
Metis* 	Hierophant	Psyche
* These characters never have their initial Personas evolve. In spite of this, they have the same level of power as the ultimate personas do.
==== Persona -trinity soul- ====
No characters in Persona -trinity soul- have a known Arcana and never have their initial Persona evolved.
Character 	Persona
Shin Kanzato 	Abel
Ryo Kanzato 	Cain
Jun Kanzato
Yuki Kanzato	Seth
Takuro Sakakiba	Spartacus
Megumi Kayano 	Diana
Kanaru Morimoto	Astarte
Ashtoreth
===Persona 4 / Golden===
The initial Personas in this game are from ancient Japanese scriptures and beliefs.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Yu Narukami 	Fool 	Izanagi
Yosuke Hanamura	Magician 	Jiraiya
Chie Satonaka 	Chariot 	Tomoe
Yukiko Amagi 	Priestess	Konohana Sakuya
Kanji Tatsumi 	Emperor 	Take-Mikazuchi
Rise Kujikawa 	Lovers 	Himiko
Teddie 	Star 	Kintoki-Douji
Naoto Shirogane	Fortune 	Sukuna-Hikona
==== Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax ====
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Labrys 	Fortune	Ariadne
Shadow Labrys	Fortune	Asterius
Sho Minazuki 	Moon 	Tsukuyomi
===Persona 5 / Royal / Strikers / Tactica===
The initial Personas in this game come from modern fiction and historical figures, proven or contested. Persona 5 Strikers features Pithos, an artificial construct of a Persona.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona
Ren Amamiya 	Fool 	Arsène
Morgana 	Magician 	Zorro
Ryuji Sakamoto 	Chariot 	Captain Kidd
Ann Takamaki 	Lovers 	Carmen
Yusuke Kitagawa 	Emperor 	Goemon
Makoto Niijima 	Priestess	Johanna
Futaba Sakura 	Hermit 	Necronomicon
Haru Okumura 	Empress 	Milady
Goro Akechi 	Justice 	Robin Hood*
Sumire Yoshizawa 	Faith 	Cendrillon
Sophia 	None 	Pithos**
Zenkichi Hasegawa	Apostle 	Valjean
Toshiro Kasukabe 	None 	Ernesto***
:* Although Goro Akechi's true initial Persona in Persona 5 is heavily implied to be Loki, Robin Hood is the first Persona Akechi summons while operating as a party member, and mechanically functions as Akechi's initial.
:** While not actually a Persona, Pithos functions identically to one.
:*** Ernesto is the transformed state of Erina, who existence is the most unique state, as once she awakens, she's simultaneously a cognitive being, a Shadow, and a Persona.
===Persona 5: The Phantom X===
The initial Personas in this game appear to be primarily based on historical figures. The Personas of cognitive manifestations are based on figures from Greek mythology many of which are based on nymphs, children of water gods, or otherwise connected with the water, with the exception of Yaoling Li who’s Persona is based on Chinese mythology.
Character 	Persona
Protagonist 	Jánošík
Ruferu 	Rob Roy
Motoha Arai 	Awilda
Shun Kanou 	Mandrin
Seiji Shiratori 	Leucothea
Kotone Montagne 	Terpsichore
Yukimi Fujikawa 	Styx
Tomoko Noge 	Prosymna
Reo Kamiyama 	Erytheia
Yaoling Li 	Meng Po
Kiyoshi Kurotani	Syke
Kayo Tohyama 	Cleodora
YUI 	Apseudes
Miyu Sahara 	Nemertes
Toshiya Sumi 	Gorgyra
Hina Nishimori 	Daeira
==See also==
* Prime Persona
* Ultimate Persona
* Reverse Persona
* Ancestor Persona
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