Junpei Iori

* PMP
* PRMA

## First Appearance

### Debut

Puella Magi Persona - Chapter 2 (Main)Persona Record: Magi Arena - Chapter 3 (Supporting)

**Junpei Iori** is a supporting character in Persona Record Series and One of the main protagonist of Puella Magi Persona. He is a student at Gekkoukan High School, a former member of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad and a member of the Shadow Operatives.

## Background

Junpei Iori is one of Minato Arisato's friends. Junpei feels insecure and often hides this with humor and boasting. His insecurities lead to jealousy toward Minato. Junpei fights with a two-handed sword, but wields it more like a bat due to his lack of combat training. Junpei is a student at Gekkoukan High School, and has been in Yukari's class before.

Akihiko Sanada found him during the Dark Hour, crying and disoriented in a convenience store. As soon as Junpei discovers he has the ability to summon a Persona, he joins SEES and moves into the dorm, an action which irritates Yukari Takeba. Junpei is glad to join the team, as it gets him away from his alcoholic father, whom he resents.

Junpei fancies himself as a ladies man and has a somewhat dirty mind. He makes quick and inaccurate assumptions about Minato and Yukari's relationship, when she mentions "last night." Junpei is usually the first to comment on how attractive the ladies of SEES are. On vacations, he attempts to pick up the local women, usually dragging his guy friends along.

Junpei is eager to fight, because playing hero makes him feel important. He commonly neglects his school work and uses SEES to boost his low-self esteem. Junpei grows jealous of Minato, due to his Wild Card ability and position as the field leader of SEES. Junpei acts recklessly, often attempting to prove himself to his teammates. Junpei ends up falling for Chidori, a member of Strega, whom he meets by chance at Port Island Station.

Chidori's loyalty to Takaya Sakaki and Junpei's position with SEES ends up conflicting, resulting in Junpei being fatally shot by Takaya. Chidori sacrifices herself and uses her Persona to restore Junpei to life. His Persona, fusing with Chidori's Persona Medea, becomes Trismegistus. Chidori's residual power remains with Junpei, allowing him to regenerate health over time. Junpei becomes more focused due to her death, and decides to be the best man he can be.

Junpei remains loyal to Minato and SEES until the end of Nyx's defeat. On Graduation Day, he remembers the promise SEES made and runs to him on the roof.

## Appearance

Junpei has dark buzzcut hair, grayish eyes and a goatee. He is shown to be slightly taller than Minato, yet shorter than Akihiko. He is often seen with both of his hands on his belt, except while wielding a two-handed sword.

While at school and in Tartarus he is in the school uniform of Gekkoukan High, along with a blue collared shirt, a cap, a silver necklace, a chain attached to his pants and black dress shoes.

In Persona Record: Magi Arena, His hair is now slightly grown out, and he wears his hat backwards. He reappears wearing an aqua baseball player uniform with a black tank top and white gloves. In addition, he has a new necklace with a dagger design (which is a gift from Chidori).

## Personality

Junpei is usually portrayed as goofy, perverted, immature and upbeat. He fancies himself a ladies' man and frequently tries to hit on girls, with little to no success. Despite this, he is capable of being kind and caring, and he often cracks jokes and calls people "dude" to make them feel better. After school, he is typically seen indulging in his hobbies of reading manga or playing video games. His bedroom in the dorm is a complete mess with stuff scattered everywhere, as shown in a command console recording when Mitsuru suspects that there had been a robbery in his room, when that is actually what his room always looks like. He is also very reckless and hot-headed and rarely thinks things through, such as when he blindly chases after a Shadow when he, Yukari and Minato are on the monorail during the May full moon event, leaving the latter two to fend for themselves until they catch up to him. However, Junpei does have his sensible moments as well, such as when he repeatedly warns Yukari that going to the back alley behind Port Island Station is dangerous, when she considers it an "adventure." His Arcana is the Magician, which fits with his immature personality and tendency to act before he thinks.

As well as being reckless, Junpei is frequently shown to be book dumb, as he consistently gets low scores on every exam. However, this is largely due to a lack of willingness to study, which only increases when he joins SEES, as he considers saving the world to be more important than school work. This never ceases to annoy Mitsuru, who has to constantly remind him that school is important as well. He's frequently called 'Stupei' by Yukari due to his lack of intelligence and often poor decisions. Although he usually brushes it off, Junpei is shown to greatly dislike this name, and at one point tells her to stop calling him that. Over time, however, she uses the name less and less, and by the end of the game has stopped using it completely, likely due to him becoming more mature. Junpei also starts to take studying more seriously towards the end, and gets a decent score on the final exam.

Of all the members of SEES, Junpei's initial reason for joining is the most selfish; to play hero and earn some recognition. At one point, he laments over the fact that nobody will ever know about the group's heroics, since nobody except them know the Dark Hour even exists. He claims that he should be the leader and becomes jealous of Minato's special power, which often results in outbursts aimed at Minato of frustration.

Later, it is revealed that Junpei's 'class clown' persona is largely a facade to hide his deep insecurities; as far as he's concerned, fighting is the only thing he's ever been good at, and he hates that there's someone better than him at even that (Minato Arisato). It's because of this that he is initially annoyed that Tartarus and the Dark Hour would soon be gone, as that would mean taking away his purpose in life. Sometimes, he is shown to be upset, depressed or angry as a result of his father's alcoholism, whom he resents and has a poor relationship with. Besides these displays of negativity, however, Junpei's attitude usually remains carefree and lighthearted, and he rarely shows his true feelings in the presence of his friends.

## Abilities

Junpei's Persona is Hermes and Trismegistus. In battle, he fights with a two-handed sword and later, he fights with baseball bat and Baseball.

## Relationship

### Minato Arisato

Junpei's best friend. Although Junpei was envious of Minato that he was better and more powerful than himself, the two of them were good for each other.

### Yukari Takeba

Junpei's best friend. Junpei and Yukari often argue that Yukari likes to call him "Stupei." Although the two of them often argue, they are good for each other.

## Trivia

* During his Persona summoning Junpei may say "I can't lose to him," referring to Minato.
* Junpei is a fan of Rise Kujikawa.

## Gallery

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