Yosuke Hanamura

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==Summary==
Yosuke Hanamura is a playable character and one of the protagonists of Persona 4. He represents the Magician Arcana. Yosuke is Yu Narukami's best friend and second-in-command of the Investigation Team. Having moved in from the city, he initially found himself bored out of his mind and desperate for more action in his dreary rural life. After his school crush was mysteriously murdered not long after he and Yu had discovered the TV World, the two venture into the alternate reality to find clues as to the identity of the culprit. It is in the midst of this investigation that he encounters and confronts his Shadow, and upon accepting it, he obtains his Persona, Jiraiya.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely , higher with Willpower | , higher with Willpower | , higher with Willpower | , higher with Willpower
Key: Early Game | Late Game | End Game | Persona 4 Arena
Name: Yosuke Hanamura
Origin: Persona 4
Gender: Male
Age: 16 at start of the game. 17 by the endgame and P4A
Classification: Human, Member of the Investigation Team, Persona User, Magician Arcana, Captain Ressentiment (P4A)
Powers and Abilities:
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Attack Potency: At least Large Building level, likely Country level (Comparable to Chie Satonaka, who is capable of kicking shadows hard enough to send them out of sight. Comparable to Yu Narukami, as he has fought alongside him since the beginning of the game), higher with Willpower | Low Complex Multiverse level (Fought and defeated Ameno-Sagiri, who was going to fuse the Human world and the TV World, which is part of the Sea of Unconscious that exists within all human hearts), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Managed to fight against Izanami along with the rest of the Investigation Team, who is an archetype that resides in the Kadath Mandala, a plane beyond the concept of dimensions entirely), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Far more powerful than before, capable of doing battle with the Shadow Operatives)
Speed: At least Relativistic+ (Should be superior to Plasma, who is capable of using EM waves to attack) higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Is superior to the likes of Thor, who is a resident of The Expanse, a higher-dimensional plane that transcends past, present, and future), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Is capable of combating Izanagi, who exists beyond the concepts of dimensions entirely), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Far faster than before), higher with Willpower
Lifting Strength: Unknown (Lacks lifting strength feats) | Immeasurable (Should be comparable to Yu Narukami), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Can physically contend with Izanami), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Should be stronger than before), higher with Willpower
Striking Strength: At least Large Building level, likely Country level, higher with Willpower | Low Complex Multiverse level (Shouldn't be weaker than his wind attacks which blasted away Ameno-Sagiri), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Can harm Izanami with physical attacks), higher with Willpower, far higher with Izanagi-no-Okami (Should be far stronger than before due to the World Arcana) | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower
Durability: At least Large Building level, likely Country level (Can take blows from powerful shadows who are superior to Izanagi), higher with Willpower (All Persona-users can enhance their durability through being empowered by their strength of will) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Fought against Ameno-Sagiri), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Survived casual blows from Izanami), higher with Willpower, far higher with Izanagi-no-Okami | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower
Stamina: Very High. Can fight for hours on-end despite the constant use of physical and magic skills, which significantly drain physical and mental stamina respectively with every use.
Range: Standard Melee Range with kunai, Several Kilometers with Persona skills | Up to Low Complex Multiversal with spells | Up to Outerversal with spells
Standard Equipment: Team Glasses, and his Knives | Team Glasses and his ultimate knives, Malakh
Intelligence: At least High, possibly higher (He was the brain of the Investigation Team alongside Yu before Naoto joined, and continues to notably contribute even after she does. However, due to his incessant boredom and lack of focus, his grades are stuck at average.)
Weaknesses: Yosuke's physical and spiritual vitality is drained by using physical and magical skills respectively, weak to Electricity.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Persona Summoning: The ability to utilize Personas, powerful manifestations of the mind and soul. Personas can move and attack independently of their users, allowing for double-teaming between their user and the equipped Persona. Each Persona has a set of elemental affinities, which also apply to their user while the Persona is equipped. Yosuke's initial Persona is Jiraiya, his evolved Persona is Susano'o, and his ultimate Persona is Takehaya Susano'o.
Persona 4 Golden Skills:
*Garudyne: Deals heavy wind damage to one foe.
*Magarudyne: Deals heavy wind damage to all foes.
*Brave Blade: Deals severe physical damage to one enemy.
*Megido: Deals medium Almighty damage to all foes.
*Diarahan: Restores 1 ally to full health.
*Sukukaja: Enhances 1 ally's agility.
*Masukukaja: Enhances all allies' agility.
*Youthful Wind: Moderately heals and enhances the agility of all allies.
*Dekaja: Negates all enemies' stat buffs.
*Tentarafoo: Confuses all foes.
*Makajam: Silences 1 foe.
*Green Wall: Increase resistance to wind attacks of 1 ally.
*Makara Break: Negates anti-magic forcefields.
*Trafuri: Instantly escape from battle.
*Evade Elec: Triples evasion against electric attacks.
*Confuse Boost: Increases the potency of confusion spells.
*Wind Boost: Increases the damage of all wind attacks.
*Wind Amp: Further increases the damage of all wind attacks.
Persona 4 Arena Skills:
*Poison Kunai: Yosuke is able to inflict poison with his knives.
*Kunai Duplication: Yosuke is able to duplicate his kunai for thrown attacks. It is unknown how he does this, though it could be an application of his Empowerment, similar to how the Phantom Thieves can re-create their gear through willpower.
*Mirage Slash: Yosuke jumps into the air before suddenly appearing back on the ground in a cloud of smoke to dash at and slice into his opponent.
*Shippu - Nagareboshi: While Sukukaja is active, Yosuke lunges and knees his opponent, before flipping backwards in mid-air and showering them with kunai.
==Gallery==
Persona 4 arena Yosuke (1).png|Yosuke in P4A
PQ Yosuke Hanamura Render.png|Yosuke in PQ
Yosuke Hanamura P4DAN.png|Yosuke in P4D
Yosuke Hanamura (BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Character Select Artwork).png|Yosuke in BBCTB
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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