Ichiko Ohya

**Ichiko Ohya** is a Supporting Character In Persona Record Series, She is an unscrupulous paparazzi.

## Ichiko Ohya

### Name

Camera-wearing WomanPaparazzi大宅おおや 一子いちこ 怪盗団かいとうだんのパパラッチ (Ōya Ichiko)

## Appearance

Ohya has brown eyes, black hair in a bob cut and red lips.

She wears a pair of orange sunglasses on her hair, a black shirt with a motto which reads "low life fight the power," a white long-sleeved shirt under the black shirt and blue jeans. She also carries a pink fanny pack, a camera hanging from her neck and a water bottle. Her shoes are black-and-white.

## Personality

Ichiko has a Exacted Personality always looking for the Next Big Scoop in Drama she can get for her Magazine she works for, She is also an alcoholic as she likes to drink at a Bar Crossroads in Shinjuku run by Lala Escargot.

Sometimes she is drunk when she meets with Ren.

## Background

Ohya is a paparazzi in her mid-20s. She will write whatever story sells, even sometimes manipulating and twisting the information in her articles for the sake of clickbait and attention, and even if it means she does not have to take the time to properly research the truth. She used to be a more stringent journalist, but a story of hers was censored because of exposing the scandal of Masayoshi Shido's cohort and was permanently reassigned to entertainment and, more importantly, led to the disappearance and framing of her partner, Kayo Murakami. Ohya admits she does not enjoy writing entertainment articles about the latest fads, yet feels she does not have a choice and is unwilling to quit her profession.

Feeling betrayed and used, Ohya became incredibly cynical, sure of goodwill and unselfish motives being a sign of a manipulator. Over the course of her Confidant with Ren, she gradually becomes more idealistic again and chooses to go back to getting to the bottom of the scandal, recognizing that there is a point to truthful reporting even if it does not give her the fame she wants.

Ren First Meets her with Ryuji before Ichiryusai Madarame's residency for investigation. Greeting Ren and his friends, who are there for a similar purpose, she leaves her slip for Ren. When the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are blackmailed by Makoto Niijima to reform a mafia boss in Shibuya, they contact and meet Ohya for Intel inside the bar Crossroads in Shinjuku, she in turn requests an interviewee from Shujin Academy who has been a victim of Suguru Kamoshida's abuse. Morgana nominates Yuuki Mishima, which she accepts, and reveals the identity of the mafia boss to be Junya Kaneshiro, helping the Thieves to access his Palace.

Ohya also makes a brief appearance among the crowds of people outside the Diet Building after Shido's calling card was sent.

## Trivia

* Ohya's name could be a reference to the leftist critic and journalist Sōichi Ohya (大宅 壮一) who was known in the field of popular culture. Sōichi's third child, Eiko (映子), succeeded her father's profession and political stance. Sōichi died at the age of 70, three days before Yukio Mishima performed the seppuku suicide. By that time, many peers wondered how Sōichi would appraise Mishima's actions should he have lived long enough to witness the event. Incidentally, Ohya interviews Yuuki Mishima
* Ohya works for the Maiasa (Every Morning) Newspaper as a reporter, a reference to the major Tokyo-based newspaper Mainichi Shimbun (Daily Newspaper).
* The name of her favorite bar, Crossroads, when combined with the fact she is represented by the Devil Arcana, is likely a pun on an old saying. Every time you go to meet her, you are "meeting the devil at the crossroads."
* Ohya's Last Name Means "lace", Irish lace", "lagestromia indica" in Japanese While her Name "Ichiko" Translates to "1 piece".

## Abilities

Ichiko's Arcana is the Devil, She has a Camera is using to take pictures, When she gains her Persona she uses a Baseball Bat, She Gets the Persona, **Mata Hari**, Real Name: *Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod*, better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. Many people still believe she was innocent because the French Army needed a scapegoat. She was executed by a firing squad in France.