Ryotaro Dojima

Mrs.Narukami (Older Sister)

Mr.Narukami (Brother-in-law)

Yu Narukami (Nephew)

Aiko Narukami (Grandniece)

## First Appearance

### Debut

Persona Magica - Chapter 1 (Cameo)Persona Record: Magi Arena - Chapter 3 (First Appearance)

**Ryotaro Dojima** is one of characters for Persona Record Series. He is Nanako's father, Yu's maternal uncle and Aiko's great-uncle.

## Background

Dojima is the father of Nanako Dojima and Yu's maternal uncle. Dojima works as a police detective in Yasoinaba, and is helped by his assistant Tohru Adachi. He lives at the Dojima Residence east of Inaba. Dojima met Yu in the past, but noted that he was still in diapers the last time he met him. Due to his older sister and and her husband needing to work overseas for a year, he takes their son in for the time being and acts has his guardian during his time in Inaba.

Several years ago, Dojima lost his wife, Chisato, when she was killed in a hit-and-run accident on her way to picking up Nanako from her preschool. Dojima has spent several years desperately searching for leads into finding his wife's killer but has ultimately come up empty handed every time. As a result, he has spent less time at home, forcing Nanako to look after herself alone and putting a strain on their relationship.

Recently, Dojima became partners with the recent transfer detective from the city, Tohru Adachi. Though Adachi often blunders or makes simple mistakes, Dojima puts all of his efforts into training Adachi into becoming a proper detective.

During the events of the story, Dojima becomes involved with the string of murders and kidnappings in Inaba staring with the deaths of Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi. As the kidnappings occur, he becomes suspicious of Yu due to his tendency to be involved with each of the victims after they are rescued. Though he confronts him on this matter a few times, he ultimately drops it due to lacking answers and evidence.

## Appearance

Dojima has short, grayish black hair, gray eyes, three-day stubble and broad shoulders. He is frequently seen wearing a dark gray shirt with pulled up sleeves, a loose, light red necktie and a brown belt with a metal buckle as well as a pair of dress pants along with dark brown shoes. On his left arm, he has a silver wristwatch. Despite carrying it around most of the time, Dojima is never seen wearing his black jacket. Dojima occasionally carries a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket.

## Personality

Living alone with his daughter, Dojima is shown to be a hard-working detective, although he often becomes a workaholic. Adachi notes that he is a particularly harsh supervisor to him, but Dojima is a seasoned detective and takes his job seriously and is merely training Adachi for their line of work. While he loves his daughter, he has difficulty being a father to her, especially in wake of his wife's death, whom he states that Nanako resembles in both appearance and personality. His wife's death weighs on him heavily and he is obsessed with catching her killer, even at the expense of spending time with his daughter. According to the events of his Social Link, Dojima did not understand the true meaning of "family" until the protagonist arrived, further pointing out the familial problems of the Dojimas. Should Yu progress his Social Link as well as Nanako's, these familial problems can be amended and Dojima becomes more involved in Nanako's life.

To Yu, he acts as his guardian during his time in Inaba, yet he states that he feels that the two share a bond more like brothers rather than uncle-nephew. He can be unknowingly stern and even harsh when he speaks to him, but always acknowledges those moments and apologizes. He is also worried about the protagonist's involvement in the case, and gets easily enraged when stressed. As events unfolds in the story, he becomes suspicious of Yu's activities and tendency to be involved with the victims throughout the story. However, during the climax of the story, when Dojima is incapacitated, he puts his full trust in Yu to resolve the situation. By the end of the story, Dojima has fully recognized him as an important member of his family and openly welcomes him back into his home whenever he comes to visit.

## Relationship

### Nanako Dojima

Dojima's daughter. After his wife died in a hit-and-run accident, he was so busy looking for his wife's killer that he had no time to return to his daughter until the relationship between them grew more pressing. Despite how pressured their relationship was, he remained loving and caring and ready to protect his daughter.

### Yu Narukami

Dojima's nephew. he acts as his guardian during his time in Inaba, yet he states that he feels that the two share a bond more like brothers rather than uncle-nephew. He can be unknowingly stern and even harsh when he speaks to him, but always acknowledges those moments and apologizes.

### Aiko Narukami

Dojima's grandniece. After Aiko is born strangely without the DNA of a woman called "mother", He looked after and cared for Aiko until he saw her as another daughter, even though Aiko was the daughter of his nephew.

## Trivia

* Dojima's favorite food is Gyōza, which are dough dumplings, usually filled with cabbage and minced chicken or pork, optionally in combination with sesame oil and garlic.
* Due to the amount of time that Dojima spends working, he leaves a majority of the household chores to Nanako.

## Gallery

Dojima's concept artDojima and NanakoA photo of the Dojima family with Dojima, Nanako and Chisato.Dojima, Nanako and ChisatoDojima sleepingDojima visiting Chisato's memorialDojima in a family photoDojima eating