Phantom Thieves of Hearts

The **Phantom Thieves of Hearts** (心の怪盗団, *Kokoro no kaitō-dan*), also known simply as the **Phantom Thieves** (怪盗団, *Kaitō-dan*), is a group of Persona-Users in the Persona Record series. Sick of the deception, hypocrisy and corruption around them, the Phantom Thieves are devoted to "stealing" the corrupt hearts of evil adults in order to change and reform society for the better. After their first heist, the group can be named (with the default name being "The Phantoms" (ザ・ファントム)), which will be written on calling cards, to others via online features, and in dialogue.

As the series goes on, it is revealed that the Phantom Thieves has formed an alliance with The Magical girls to join forces against the Witch and the Shadows, including the Strega.

## Member

* Ren Amamiya aka Joker (Leader)
* Morgana aka Mona
* Ryuji Sakamoto aka Skull
* Ann Takamaki aka Panther
* Yusuke Kitagawa aka Fox
* Makoto Niijima aka Queen
* Futaba Sakura aka Oracle
* Haru Okumura aka Noir
* Sumire Yoshizawa aka Violet
* Sophia aka Sophie
* Zenkichi Hasegawa aka Wolf
* Goro Akechi aka Crow (Former Member)

## Appearances

* Persona Record
* Puella Persona Magia Q
* Persona Record: Magi Arena
* Persona Record: On a Road of Time
* Persona Record: Generation Memory's Mirror

## History in Persona Record Series

### Persona Record

The Phantom Thieves first appeared in Persona Record, the first Main Stories to Persona Record Series, In the story, they save Iroha Tamaki, Ren Amamiya's childhood friend from being kidnapped by an evil Magical girl, and work together to defeat Walpurgisnacht, a Powerful Witch who will destroy Shibuya.

At The Ending of Persona Record, The Phantom Thieves and Magical girls have teamed up to defeat Walpurgisnacht and join forces to defeat the witches and shadows to help save their world.

### Puella Persona Magia Q

The Phantom Thieves encounter Iroha's Team along with The New magical girl and other Persona-Users in a Labyrinth like place, Where Rumors Known as Uwasas and Mirror alike dimensions of their HomeTowns, TV World Yasoinaba, Dark Hour Tatsumi Port Island, Forest Like Shibuya Tokyo, Abandoned apocalyptic Kamihama City, Mitakihara Town, and Dark Medieval France.

They Soon Forget once everything was restored and they went back to there original Timelines.

### Persona Record: Magi Arena

In Magi Arena, When Joker, Leader of the Phantom Thieves is kidnapped by Kyoki Kagawa and is forced into a battle arena in the Tower of Tartarus that was once the Shujin Academy and with Homura's magic spreading around Tartarus, the forgotten memories of the Persona-Users and the Magical Girls return again.

Ren, with the control chip implanted in his neck, is controlled to fight Iroha until she can save him from being in control before they team up with the Persona-Users and a new magical girl to defeat Kyoki and Erebus' schemes are complete.

## Trivia

* The name of the Phantom Thieves likely originates from the gentleman thief, a stock character often used in fiction. One instance of note is Arsène Lupin, the character which inspired the protagonist's Persona Arsène.
* The innate name for the group, the "Phantom Thieves," was coined by Morgana in an early heist.