Party/Yosuke Hanamura

This article covers information on Yosuke Hanamura as a party member, including uses and strategies in Persona 4.
==Overview==
Yosuke is the first party member that can accompany the protagonist. He joins on April 15th after Shadow Yosuke has been defeated.
Yosuke is a flexible party member who has good offense and can double as a backup support in times of need. He specializes in Wind magic, learning the full Garu line with Wind Boost and Wind Amp, and goes uncontested in this specialization. He also can use Physical attacks, but takes a long time to reach fruition in that line as he goes for a staggering 55 levels before picking up Brave Blade to upgrade from Sonic Punch.
Yosuke's primary role is that of a jack-of-all-trades, where his support skills have underwhelming effects in comparison to others', but the trick comes in his rich variety of abilities: Yosuke can learn Sukukaja and Masukukaja, which can temporarily boost the Hit and Evasion rate of an ally or the entire party. As the first party member to join the protagonist, Yosuke also has healing abilities in Dia and Diarama, allowing him to support the party in a pinch, though this role will be overridden by Yukiko Amagi once she joins the party. He also can use Tentarafoo to confuse enemies or Dekaja to cancel enemy buffs. When it comes to being defensive, his moderate Endurance is backed up by his high Evasion from his Agility value.
Yosuke resists Wind attacks, and is weak against Electricity.
If the protagonist maxes out Yosuke's Social Link, his Persona Jiraiya will evolve into Susano-o. This will allow him to block Wind skills entirely, and develop a resistance to Fire. Additionally, Yosuke will gain the highest stat boost out of everyone, receiving three levels worth of points.
Pool 	Pool 	Explanation
Garudyne 	Masukukaja	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Dekaja 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Wind Boost	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
===Persona 4 Golden===
In Persona 4 Golden, Yosuke largely retains his role as the sole Wind specialist of the Investigation team and the initial generalist of the group. Here, he also learns Makajam as an early support skill and gains Power Slash as an intermediate physical skill to bridge the long gap between Sonic Punch and Brave Blade. Dekaja and Diarama are now tied to his Social Link, and his Bike Skills offer Confuse Boost to complement Tentarafoo, Diarahan to make him a competent single-target healer, and add assorted support options in Megido, Green Wall and Makara Break.
If Yosuke's Social Link has been maxed out, during Winter, it's possible to get Yosuke's Persona to evolve into Takehaya Susano-o, further enhancing his elemental resistances: he will be able to absorb Wind and block Fire, although his weakness to Electricity applies to all his Personas now, not just Jiraiya.
Additionally, Yosuke will be able to learn Youthful Wind, which is able to mildly heal the entire party, and at the same time, temporarily boost their Hit/Evasion. This skill doubles for Masukukaja and Mediarama, and implementing it is highly recommended to give Yosuke more room in his skill pool.
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Garudyne 	Masukukaja	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Tentarafoo	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Wind Boost	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
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Pool 	Pool 	Explanation
Garudyne 	Masukukaja	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Diarama 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Evade Elec	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
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Pool 	Pool 	Explanation
Garudyne 	Masukukaja	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Diarahan 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Wind Boost	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
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Pool 	Pool 	Explanation
Garudyne 	Diarahan 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Masukukaja	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Evade Elec	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
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Pool 	Pool 	Explanation
Garudyne 	Youthful Wind	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Magarudyne 	Wind Amp 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Brave Blade	Dekaja 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
Wind Break 	Evade Elec 	All-purpose combatant that specializes in Wind skills first and foremost. Has variety in targeting 1 enemy at a time, as well as giving his party an Accuracy/Evasion boost while negating enemy buffs.
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==Base Stats==
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===Second Awakening Stat Changes===
===Extra Skills===
===Movie Theater Bonus Stats===
Category:Persona 4 Party Members