Mitsuru Kirijo

* P3
* P3R
* P4A

*For the original character of the **Persona 3** video game, see Mitsuru Kirijo*

***Mitsuru Kirijo*** 桐条 美鶴 (kirijō mitsuru) is one of the supporting characters in Persona 3 and from the Empress Arcana. She's the student council president of Gekkoukan High School and the daughter of one of the richest families in Tatsumi Port Island.

## Biography

Mitsuru Kirijo is the daughter of Takeharu Kirijo and Granddaughter of Kouetsu Kirijo, the head of the Kirijo Group (a globally operating multinational trading company possibly founded since the 1920s).

She serves as the head of the student council in Gekkoukan High. The *Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad* (SEES) is led by Mitsuru, who is also one of its founding members.

Mitsuru is both the senior valedictorian and the head of the student council at Gekkoukan High School. In addition to her excellent IQ and social standing, the Kirijo Group, also owns the school and the island where it is located. Mitsuru initially keeps information about Tartarus and the Dark Hour to herself. Later on, though, she tells the new SEES members that she has some sort of connection to the beginnings of Tartarus and the Dark Hour, as well as the enigmatic Shadows, the game's major foes. The initiative to research Shadows and learn how to harness their power included her grandfather as a participant and sponsor. However, the experiments mysteriously escaped from

However, the experiments went wrong, resulting in The Shadows and The Dark Hour. It was thought that Yukari's father and the other scientists working on the research, including Mitsuru's grandfather, had perished. The real location of this project was Gekkoukan High School. Following the incident, Gekkoukan High is perpetually transformed into Tartarus throughout the Dark Hour. Mitsuru felt that it was her responsibility to restore her family's honor, and this guilt motivates her to keep battling in the hopes that one day she will completely eradicate the Shadows. Shuji Ikutsuki, the board chairman, also supported SEES. He thought that by eliminating the twelve primary shadows that emerge during full moon phases, Tartarus and the Dark Hour would disappear.

## Takeharu Kirijo's tragic death

Although Mitsuru and the other SEES members are successful in eliminating all twelve shadows, they later learn that Shuji Ikutsuki had been using SEES to eliminate all twelve shadows in order for Nyx the harbinger of worlds, to finally manifest and bring about the end of the world. Atop Tartarus, Shuji and Mitsuru's father get into a gunfight; while Shuji perishes from the bullet, Mitsuru's father passes away right in front of her. Because she had been duped and misled, and her father had to pay the price, Mitsuru gets dejected. All of Mitsuru's resolve to fight is lost. But after spending some alone time with Yukari, she understands that she must continue to fight for her father and for her family name. As a result, her Persona develops into Artemisia, its ultimate form.

## Past

In FES: The Answer There is a door that leads to Mitsuru's history, and it is discovered that Mitsuru was among the first people to be subjected to the shadow experiment ten years before Persona 3's events. The previous incident also sets off the moment when Mitsuru first awakens her persona. In another scene involving Akihiko's background, Mitsuru is seen asking him to join SEES.

In one of the flashbacks set at Ptolomea, 8-year old Mitsuru is brought to Tartarus by her father and a few guards after he kindly asked to join them. One of the guards changes into a Shadow while he is still at the gate and assaults his friends. When Mitsuru blocks the Shadow from reaching her father, Penthesilea, one of her Personas, rises and vanquishes the Shadow. The scientist who was with them, unconcerned, compliments her extraordinary ability and is admonished by Takeharu, who laments the future his daughter will now face.

## Persona

* Penthesilea
* Artemisia
 Penthesilea

     Artemisia

Penthesilea, in Greek mythology, was a legendary queen of the Amazons, and a warrior of some note. Penthesilea would famously be found at Troy, fighting alongside the forces of King Priam against the Achaeans.

Her Ultimate Persona, Artemisia (known as Artemisia I of Caria) Was the queen of the surrounding islands of Cos, Calymnos, and Nisyrus around 480 BCE, as well as of the Greco-Carian city of Halicarnassus in the ancient region of Caria (in southwestern Anatolia).

Artemisia ruled during the Persian king Xerxes' (reigned 486-465) time as ruler, and she took part in his invasion of Greece (480–479). The Persian fleet suffered a crushing defeat in the significant naval combat with the Greeks off the island of Salamis near Athens despite her capable leadership of five ships. The historian Herodotus, who is thought to have been born in Halicarnassus around 484 BCE, asserted that Xerxes followed her advise when he immediately withdrew from Greece rather than take a chance on another fight.

### Stats

***Analysis*** Displays enemy information (stats and resistances).

***Bufu*** Deals light Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance)

***Mabufu*** Deals light Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance)

***Dia*** Slightly restores 1 ally's HP.

***Marin Karin*** Charms 1 foe. (40% chance)

***Bufula*** Deals medium Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance)

***Diarama*** Moderately restores 1 ally's HP.

***Spirit Drain*** Drains 20 SP from one foe.

***Tentarafoo*** Makes all foes Panic. (40% chance)

***Mabufula*** Deals medium Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance)

***Ice Boost*** Strengthens Ice attacks by 25%.

***Mind Charge*** Doubles magic damage dealt next turn. (2x damage)

***Bufudyne*** Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance)

***Diarahan*** Fully restores 1 ally's HP.

***Ice Break*** Reduces 1 foe's Ice resistance to average.

***Mabufudyne*** Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance)

***Ice Amp*** Greatly strengthens Ice attacks by 50%.

## Social Link

The player must optimize his academic standing and achieve the highest grade on at least one exam in order to do so. The player can approach Mitsuru and create the Empress Arcana Social link with her if these conditions are satisfied. The main character acknowledges the pressure she feels as a member of the Kirijo Group and SEES after learning that Mitsuru will be participating in an arranged marriage. She begins to fall in love with the main character as the Social Link goes on, and she decides to call off her arranged marriage after she understands she has the freedom to choose who she wants to be and what she wants to accomplish.because she has the freedom to decide for herself and that she is not required to act solely in the interests of the Kirijo Group.

The persona Alilat can be fused in the Velvet Room once the Empress Arcana Social Link has reached its maximum capacity.

## Gallery

Mitsuru and The Protagonist.Mitsuru in Motorcycle gear drawn by Shigenori Soejima.Mitsuru in costume.Mitsuru and Yukari.Mitsuru on the cover.Mitsuru on the right.Mitsuru in her P4A clothes drawn by Persona manga artist Shuuji Sogabe.Mitsuru art by Persona manga artist Shuuji Sogabe.Mitsuru Kirijo Persona 4 Arena key art.Persona 3 coverExpressions concept artPersona 3 anime artYoung MitsuruPersona 3 concept artChibi Mitsuru

## References

1. ↑ https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Mitsuru\_Kirijo?so=search#The\_Answer
2. ↑ https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/penthesilea.html
3. ↑ https://www.worldhistory.org/Artemisia\_I\_of\_Caria/
4. ↑ https://www.giantbomb.com/mitsuru-kirijo/3005-843/

Taken from Mitsuru's biography on Giant Bomb